42 USC § 7614 - Labor standards

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title: "42 USC § 7614 - Labor standards"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7614"
section_name: "Labor standards"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
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source_credit: "(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title III, § 314, formerly § 307, as added Pub. L. 90–148, § 2, Nov. 21, 1967, 81 Stat. 506; renumbered § 314 and amended Pub. L. 91–604, §§ 12(a), 15(c)(2), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1705, 1713.)"
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# 1 Labor standards

So in original. Probably should be “section,”.

[^1]64 Stat. 1267section 3145 of title 40

The Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this chapter shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing for the same type of work on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this subsection, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; ) and .

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**Source Credit**: (July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title III, § 314, formerly § 307, as added Pub. L. 90–148, § 2, Nov. 21, 1967, 81 Stat. 506; renumbered § 314 and amended Pub. L. 91–604, §§ 12(a), 15(c)(2), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1705, 1713.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in text, is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

### Codification

In text, “sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted for “the Act of , as amended, known as the Davis-Bacon Act (; —276a–5)” and “” substituted for “, as amended (; )”, on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Section was formerly classified to .

### Amendments

1970—, substituted “Administrator” for “Secretary” meaning the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.