---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 6704"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "6704"
heading: "Limitation on minimum wage"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/6704"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Other Advertising and Contract Provisions"
  - "Chapter 67 — Service Contract Labor Standards"
---

# §6704. Limitation on minimum wage

- (a) **In General.—** A contractor that makes a contract with the Federal Government, the principal purpose of which is to furnish services through the use of [service employees](/usc/41/6701.md?p=3), and any subcontractor, may not pay less than the minimum wage specified under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ([29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)](/usc/29/206.md?p=a-1)) to an employee engaged in performing work on the contract.
- (b) **Violations.—** Sections [6705](/usc/41/6705.md) to [6707(d)](/usc/41/6707.md?p=d) of this title are applicable to a violation of this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3813.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6704 | 41:351(b). | Pub. L. 89–286, § 2(b), Oct. 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 1034; Pub. L. 94–489, § 1(b), Oct. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 2358. |