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RE: NECA delivers Public Comments on RIN 1235-AA40 - Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

NECA provides these comments in support of the Departments Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations, 87 Fed.

Key Points: 
  • NECA provides these comments in support of the Departments Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations, 87 Fed.
  • 15698 (March 18, 2022)(hereafter "Proposed DBA Rule").As outlined in detail below, NECA enthusiastically supportsmanyof the revisions included in theProposed DBARule.
  • "40U.S.C.3142(b).Intheplaintextofthelaw, the Davis-Bacon Act does not define the term "prevailing" or "prevailing wage," but insteadgives the authority to the Secretary of Labor.
  • If thesame wage is not paid to a majority of those employed in the classification, the 'prevailing wage'shall betheaverageofthewagespaid, weightedbythetotalemployed intheclassification.").