1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act”.
Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act
A BILL
To require that the prevailing wage utilized for purposes of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act), be determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics determination of prevailing wage
Section 3142(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended—
by inserting “(acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor)” after “Secretary of Labor”; and
by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, using surveys carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that use proper random statistical sampling techniques”.