
[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 29CFR5]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
PART 5--LABOR STANDARDS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS COVERING FEDERALLY F
INANCED AND ASSISTED CONSTRUCTION (ALSO LABOR STANDARDS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE T
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Subpart A--Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures

    Source: 48 FR 19540, Apr. 29, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

    Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to Subpart A appear at 61 FR 
19984, May 3, 1996.

Sec. 5.1  Purpose and scope.

    (a) The regulations contained in this part are promulgated under the 
authority conferred upon the Secretary of Labor by Reorganization Plan 
No. 14 of 1950 and the Copeland Act in order to coordinate the 
administration and enforcement of the labor standards provisions of each 
of the following acts by the Federal agencies responsible for their 
administration and of such additional statutes as may from time to time 
confer upon the Secretary of Labor additional duties and 
responsibilities similar to those conferred upon the Secretary of Labor 
under Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950:

    1. The Davis-Bacon Act (sec. 1-7, 46 Stat. 1949, as amended; Pub. L. 
74-403, 40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-7).
    2. Copeland Act (40 U.S.C. 276c).
    3. The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-
332).
    4. National Housing Act (sec. 212 added to c. 847, 48 Stat. 1246, by 
sec. 14, 53 Stat. 807; 12 U.S.C. 1715c and repeatedly amended).
    5. Housing Act of 1950 (college housing) (amended by Housing Act of 
1959 to add labor provisions, 73 Stat. 681; 12 U.S.C. 1749a(f)).
    6. Housing Act of 1959 (sec. 401(f) of the Housing Act of 1950 as 
amended by Pub. L. 86-372, 73 Stat. 681; 12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(3)).
    7. Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 (sec. 
7, 78 Stat. 199; 16 U.S.C. 779e(b)).
    8. Library Services and Construction Act (sec. 7(a), 78 Stat. 13; 20 
U.S.C. 355c(a)(4), as amended).
    9. National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act (sec. 5(b)(5), 79 
Stat. 126; 20 U.S.C. 684(b)(5)).
    10. National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (sec. 
5(k), 79 Stat. 846 as amended; 20 U.S.C. 954(j)).
    11. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended by 
Elementary and Secondary and other Education Amendments

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of 1969 (sec. 423 as added by Pub. L. 91-230, title IV, sec. 401(a)(10), 
84 Stat. 169, and renumbered sec. 433, by Pub. L. 92-318; title III, 
sec. 301(a)(1), 86 Stat. 326; 20 U.S.C. 1232(b)). Under the amendment 
coverage is extended to all programs administered by the Commissioner of 
Education.
    12. The Federal-Aid Highway Acts (72 Stat. 895, as amended by 82 
Stat. 821; 23 U.S.C. 113, as amended by the Surface Transportation 
Assistance Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97-424).
    13. Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (sec. 7, 
88 Stat. 2205; 25 U.S.C. 450e).
    14. Indian Health Care Improvement Act (sec. 303(b), 90 Stat. 1407; 
25 U.S.C. 1633(b)).
    15. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (sec. 306(b)(5) 87 Stat. 384, 29 
U.S.C. 776(b)(5)).
    16. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (sec. 606, 87 
Stat. 880, renumbered sec. 706 by 88 Stat. 1845; 29 U.S.C. 986; also 
sec. 604, 88 Stat. 1846; 29 U.S.C. 964(b)(3)).
    17. State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (sec. 123(a)(6), 
86 Stat. 933; 31 U.S.C. 1246(a)(6)).
    18. Federal Water Pollution Control Act (sec. 513 of sec. 2, 86 
Stat. 894; 33 U.S.C. 1372).
    19. Veterans Nursing Home Care Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 502, as 
amended; 38 U.S.C. 5035(a)(8)).
    20. Postal Reorganization Act (sec. 410(b)(4)(C); 84 Stat. 726 as 
amended; 39 U.S.C. 410(b)(4)(C)).
    21. National Visitors Center Facilities Act of 1966 (sec. 110, 32 
Stat. 45; 40 U.S.C. 808).
    22. Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (sec. 402, 79 Stat. 
21; 40 U.S.C. App. 402).
    23. Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Medical 
Libraries Act of 1974 (sec. 107, see sec. 308(h)(2) thereof, 88 Stat. 
370, as amended by 90 Stat. 378; 42 U.S.C. 242m(h)(2)).
    24. Hospital Survey and Construction Act, as amended by the Hospital 
and Medical Facilities Amendments of 1964 (sec. 605(a)(5), 78 Stat. 453; 
42 U.S.C. 291e(a)(5)).
    25. Health Professions Educational Assistance Act (sec. 303(b), 90 
Stat. 2254; 42 U.S.C. 293a(g)(1)(C); also sec. 308a, 90 Stat. 2258, 42 
U.S.C. 293a(c)(7)).
    26. Nurse Training Act of 1964 (sec. 941(a)(1)(C), 89 Stat. 384; 42 
U.S.C. 296a(b)(5)).
    27. Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments of 1965 (sec. 904, 
as added by sec. 2, 79 Stat. 928; 42 U.S.C. 299d(b)(4)).
    28. Safe Drinking Water Act (sec. 2(a) see sec. 1450e thereof, 88 
Stat. 1691; 42 U.S.C. 300j-9(e)).
    29. National Health Planning and Resources Act (sec. 4, see sec. 
1604(b)(1)(H), 88 Stat. 2261, 42 U.S.C. 300o-3(b)(1)(H)).
    30. U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended and recodified (88 Stat. 
667; 42 U.S.C. 1437j).
    31. Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 
(secs. 110, 311, 503, 1003, 80 Stat. 1259, 1270, 1277, 1284; 42 U.S.C. 
3310; 12 U.S.C. 1715c; 42 U.S.C. 1437j).
    32. Slum clearance program: Housing Act of 1949 (sec. 109, 63 Stat. 
419, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 1459).
    33. Farm housing: Housing Act of 1964 (adds sec. 516(f) to Housing 
Act of 1949 by sec. 503, 78 Stat. 797; 42 U.S.C. 1486(f)).
    34. Housing Act of 1961 (sec. 707, added by sec. 907, 79 Stat. 496, 
as amended; 42 U.S.C. 1500c-3).
    35. Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 
1951 (sec. 310, 65 Stat. 307; 42 U.S.C. 1592i).
    36. Special Health Revenue Sharing Act of 1975 (sec. 303, see sec. 
222(a)(5) thereof, 89 Stat. 324; 42 U.S.C. 2689j(a)(5)).
    37. Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (sec. 607, 78 Stat. 532; 42 
U.S.C. 2947).
    38. Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership Act 
of 1974 (sec. 11, see sec. 811 thereof, 88 Stat. 2327; 42 U.S.C. 2992a).
    39. Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (sec. 707, 79 Stat. 
492 as amended; 42 U.S.C. 3107).
    40. Older Americans Act of 1965 (sec. 502, Pub. L. 89-73, as amended 
by sec. 501, Pub. L. 93-29; 87 Stat. 50; 42 U.S.C. 3041a(a)(4)).
    41. Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (sec. 712; 79 
Stat. 575 as amended; 42 U.S.C. 3222).
    42. Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act (sec. 1, 86 Stat. 536; 42 
U.S.C. 3884).
    43. New Communities Act of 1968 (sec. 410, 82 Stat. 516; 42 U.S.C. 
3909).
    44. Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970 (sec. 
727(f), 84 Stat. 1803; 42 U.S.C. 4529).
    45. Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (sec. 406, 87 Stat. 410; 
42 U.S.C. 5046).
    46. Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (secs. 110, 
802(g), 88 Stat. 649, 724; 42 U.S.C. 5310, 1440(g)).
    47. Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (sec. 
126(4), 89 Stat. 488; 42 U.S.C. 6042(4); title I, sec. 111, 89 Stat. 
491; 42 U.S.C. 6063(b)(19)).
    48. National Energy Conservation Policy Act (sec. 312, 92 Stat. 
3254; 42 U.S.C. 6371j).
    49. Public Works Employment Act of 1976 (sec. 109, 90 Stat. 1001; 42 
U.S.C. 6708; also sec. 208, 90 Stat. 1008; 42 U.S.C. 6728).
    50. Energy Conservation and Production Act (sec. 451(h), 90 Stat. 
1168; 42 U.S.C. 6881(h)).
    51. Solid Waste Disposal Act (sec. 2, 90 Stat. 2823; 42 U.S.C. 
6979).
    52. Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (sec. 405d, 84 Stat. 1337; 45 
U.S.C. 565(d)).
    53. Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (sec. 10, 78 Stat. 307; 
renumbered sec. 13 by 88 Stat. 715; 49 U.S.C. 1609).
    54. Highway Speed Ground Transportation Study (sec. 6(b), 79 Stat. 
893; 49 U.S.C. 1636(b)).

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    55. Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 (sec. 22(b), 84 Stat. 
231; 49 U.S.C. 1722(b)).
    56. Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2281i).
    57. National Capital Transportation Act of 1965 (sec. 3(b)(4), 79 
Stat. 644; 40 U.S.C. 682(b)(4). Note.-- Repealed December 9, 1969, and 
labor standards incorporated in sec. 1-1431 of the District of Columbia 
Code).
    58. Model Secondary School for the Deaf Act (sec. 4, 80 Stat. 1027, 
Pub. L. 89-694, but not in the United States Code).
    59. Delaware River Basin Compact (sec. 15.1, 75 Stat. 714, Pub. L. 
87-328) (considered a statute for purposes of the plan but not in the 
United States Code).
    60. Energy Security Act (sec. 175(c), Pub. L. 96-294, 94 Stat. 611; 
42 U.S.C. 8701 note).

    (b) Part 1 of this subtitle contains the Department's procedural 
rules governing requests for wage determinations and the issuance and 
use of such wage determinations under the Davis-Bacon Act and its 
related statutes as listed in that part.

Sec. 5.2  Definitions.

    (a) The term Secretary includes the Secretary of Labor, the Deputy 
Under Secretary for Employment Standards, and their authorized 
representatives.
    (b) The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and 
Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, or authorized representative.
    (c) The term Federal agency means the agency or instrumentality of 
the United States which enters into the contract or provides assistance 
through loan, grant, loan guarantee or insurance, or otherwise, to the 
project subject to a statute listed in Sec. 5.1.
    (d) The term Agency Head means the principal official of the Federal 
agency and includes those persons duly authorized to act in the behalf 
of the Agency Head.
    (e) The term Contracting Officer means the individual, a duly 
appointed successor, or authorized representative who is designated and 
authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of the Federal agency.
    (f) The term labor standards as used in this part means the 
requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety 
Standards Act (other than those relating to safety and health), the 
Copeland Act, and the prevailing wage provisions of the other statutes 
listed in Sec. 5.1, and the regulations in parts 1 and 3 of this 
subtitle and this part.
    (g) The term United States or the District of Columbia means the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and all executive departments, 
independent establishments, administrative agencies, and 
instrumentalities of the United States and of the District of Columbia, 
including corporations, all or substantially all of the stock of which 
is beneficially owned by the United States, by the foregoing 
departments, establishments, agencies, instrumentalities, and including 
nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.
    (h) The term contract means any prime contract which is subject 
wholly or in part to the labor standards provisions of any of the acts 
listed in Sec. 5.1 and any subcontract of any tier thereunder, let under 
the prime contract. A State or local Government is not regarded as a 
contractor under statutes providing loans, grants, or other Federal 
assistance in situations where construction is performed by its own 
employees. However, under statutes requiring payment of prevailing wages 
to all laborers and mechanics employed on the assisted project, such as 
the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, State and local recipients of Federal-aid 
must pay these employees according to Davis-Bacon labor standards.
    (i) The terms building or work generally include construction 
activity as distinguished from manufacturing, furnishing of materials, 
or servicing and maintenance work. The terms include without limitation, 
buildings, structures, and improvements of all types, such as bridges, 
dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets, subways, tunnels, sewers, 
mains, power lines, pumping stations, heavy generators, railways, 
airports, terminals, docks, piers, wharves, ways, lighthouses, buoys, 
jetties, breakwaters, levees, canals, dredging, shoring, rehabilitation 
and reactivation of plants, scaffolding, drilling, blasting, excavating, 
clearing, and landscaping. The manufacture or furnishing of materials, 
articles, supplies or equipment (whether or not a Federal or State 
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materials, articles, supplies, or equipment during the course of the 
manufacture or furnishing, or owns the materials from which they are 
manufactured or furnished) is not a building or work within the meaning 
of the regulations in this part unless conducted in connection with and 
at the site of such a building or work as is described in the foregoing 
sentence, or under the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the Housing 
Act of 1949 in the construction or development of the project.
    (j) The terms construction, prosecution, completion, or repair mean 
the following:
    (1) All types of work done on a particular building or work at the 
site thereof, including work at a facility which is deemed a part of the 
site of the work within the meaning of (paragraph (l) of this section by 
laborers and mechanics employed by a construction contractor or 
construction subcontractor (or, under the United States Housing Act of 
1937; the Housing Act of 1949; and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, all work done in the 
construction or development of the project), including without 
limitation--
    (i) Altering, remodeling, installation (where appropriate) on the 
site of the work of items fabricated off-site;
    (ii) Painting and decorating;
    (iii) Manufacturing or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies 
or equipment on the site of the building or work (or, under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937; the Housing Act of 1949; and the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 in the 
construction or development of the project);
    (iv)(A) Transportation between the site of the work within the 
meaning of paragraph (l)(1) of this section and a facility which is 
dedicated to the construction of the building or work and deemed a part 
of the site of the work within the meaning of paragraph (l)(2) of this 
section; and
    (B) Transportation of portion(s) of the building or work between a 
site where a significant portion of such building or work is 
constructed, which is a part of the site of the work within the meaning 
of paragraph (l)(1) of this section, and the physical place or places 
where the building or work will remain.
    (2) Except for laborers and mechanics employed in the construction 
or development of the project under the United States Housing Act of 
1937; the Housing Act of 1949; and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and except as provided in 
paragraph (j)(1)(iv)(A) of this section, the transportation of materials 
or supplies to or from the site of the work by employees of the 
construction contractor or a construction subcontractor is not 
``construction, prosecution, completion, or repair'' (see Building and 
Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO v. United States Department of 
Labor Wage Appeals Board (Midway Excavators, Inc.), 932 F.2d 985 (D.C. 
Cir. 1991)).
    (k) The term public building or public work includes building or 
work, the construction, prosecution, completion, or repair of which, as 
defined above, is carried on directly by authority of or with funds of a 
Federal agency to serve the interest of the general public regardless of 
whether title thereof is in a Federal agency.
    (l) The term site of the work is defined as follows:
    (1) The site of the work is the physical place or places where the 
building or work called for in the contract will remain; and any other 
site where a significant portion of the building or work is constructed, 
provided that such site is established specifically for the performance 
of the contract or project;
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (l)(3) of this section, job 
headquarters, tool yards, batch plants, borrow pits, etc., are part of 
the site of the work, provided they are dedicated exclusively, or nearly 
so, to performance of the contract or project, and provided they are 
adjacent or virtually adjacent to the site of the work as defined in 
paragraph (l)(1) of this section;
    (3) Not included in the site of the work are permanent home offices, 
branch plant establishments, fabrication plants, tool yards, etc., of a 
contractor or subcontractor whose location and continuance in operation 
are determined wholly without regard to a particular Federal or 
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contract or project. In addition, fabrication plants, batch plants, 
borrow pits, job headquarters, tool yards, etc., of a commercial or 
material supplier, which are established by a supplier of materials for 
the project before opening of bids and not on the site of the work as 
stated in paragraph (l)(1) of this section, are not included in the site 
of the work. Such permanent, previously established facilities are not 
part of the site of the work, even where the operations for a period of 
time may be dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to the performance of a 
contract.
    (m) The term laborer or mechanic includes at least those workers 
whose duties are manual or physical in nature (including those workers 
who use tools or who are performing the work of a trade), as 
distinguished from mental or managerial. The term laborer or mechanic 
includes apprentices, trainees, helpers, and, in the case of contracts 
subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, watchmen or 
guards. The term does not apply to workers whose duties are primarily 
administrative, executive, or clerical, rather than manual. Persons 
employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional 
capacity as defined in part 541 of this title are not deemed to be 
laborers or mechanics. Working foremen who devote more than 20 percent 
of their time during a workweek to mechanic or laborer duties, and who 
do not meet the criteria of part 541, are laborers and mechanics for the 
time so spent.
    (n) The terms apprentice, trainee, and helper are defined as 
follows:
    (1) Apprentice means (i) a person employed and individually 
registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the 
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office 
of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, or with a State 
Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Bureau, or (ii) a person in the 
first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such an 
apprenticeship program, who is not individually registered in the 
program, but who has been certified by the Office of Apprenticeship 
Training, Employer and Labor Services or a State Apprenticeship Agency 
(where appropriate) to be eligible for probationary employment as an 
apprentice;
    (2) Trainee means a person registered and receiving on-the-job 
training in a construction occupation under a program which has been 
approved in advance by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, as meeting its standards for on-the-job 
training programs and which has been so certified by that 
Administration.
    (3) These provisions do not apply to apprentices and trainees 
employed on projects subject to 23 U.S.C. 113 who are enrolled in 
programs which have been certified by the Secretary of Transportation in 
accordance with 23 U.S.C. 113(c).
    (4) A distinct classification of ``helper'' will be issued in wage 
determinations applicable to work performed on construction projects 
covered by the labor standards provisions of the Davis-Bacon and Related 
Acts only where:
    (i) The duties of the helper are clearly defined and distinct from 
those of any other classification on the wage determination;
    (ii) The use of such helpers is an established prevailing practice 
in the area; and
    (iii) The helper is not employed as a trainee in an informal 
training program. A ``helper'' classification will be added to wage 
determinations pursuant to Sec. 5.5(a)(1)(ii)(A) only where, in 
addition, the work to be performed by the helper is not performed by a 
classification in the wage determination.
    (o) Every person performing the duties of a laborer or mechanic in 
the construction, prosecution, completion, or repair of a public 
building or public work, or building or work financed in whole or in 
part by loans, grants, or guarantees from the United States is employed 
regardless of any contractual relationship alleged to exist between the 
contractor and such person.
    (p) The term wages means the basic hourly rate of pay; any 
contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a 
trustee or to a third person pursuant to a bona fide fringe benefit 
fund, plan, or program; and the

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rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor which may be reasonably 
anticipated in providing bona fide fringe benefits to laborers and 
mechanics pursuant to an enforceable commitment to carry out a 
financially responsible plan of program, which was communicated in 
writing to the laborers and mechanics affected. The fringe benefits 
enumerated in the Davis-Bacon Act include medical or hospital care, 
pensions on retirement or death, compensation for injuries or illness 
resulting from occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the 
foregoing; unemployment benefits; life insurance, disability insurance, 
sickness insurance, or accident insurance; vacation or holiday pay; 
defraying costs of apprenticeship or other similar programs; or other 
bona fide fringe benefits. Fringe benefits do not include benefits 
required by other Federal, State, or local law.
    (q) The term wage determination includes the original decision and 
any subsequent decisions modifying, superseding, correcting, or 
otherwise changing the provisions of the original decision. The 
application of the wage determination shall be in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec. 1.6 of this title.

[48 FR 19541, Apr. 29, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 50313, Nov. 1, 1983; 55 
FR 50149, Dec. 4, 1990; 57 FR 19206, May 4, 1992; 65 FR 69693, Nov. 20, 
2000; 65 FR 80278, Dec. 20, 2000]

Secs. 5.3--5.4  [Reserved]

Sec. 5.5  Contract provisions and related matters.

    (a) The Agency head shall cause or require the contracting officer 
to insert in full in any contract in excess of $2,000 which is entered 
into for the actual construction, alteration and/or repair, including 
painting and decorating, of a public building or public work, or 
building or work financed in whole or in part from Federal funds or in 
accordance with guarantees of a Federal agency or financed from funds 
obtained by pledge of any contract of a Federal agency to make a loan, 
grant or annual contribution (except where a different meaning is 
expressly indicated), and which is subject to the labor standards 
provisions of any of the acts listed in Sec. 5.1, the following clauses 
(or any modifications thereof to meet the particular needs of the 
agency, Provided, That such modifications are first approved by the 
Department of Labor):
    (1) Minimum wages. (i) All laborers and mechanics employed or 
working upon the site of the work (or under the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 or under the Housing Act of 1949 in the construction or 
development of the project), will be paid unconditionally and not less 
often than once a week, and without subsequent deduction or rebate on 
any account (except such payroll deductions as are permitted by 
regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor under the Copeland Act (29 
CFR part 3)), the full amount of wages and bona fide fringe benefits (or 
cash equivalents thereof) due at time of payment computed at rates not 
less than those contained in the wage determination of the Secretary of 
Labor which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, regardless of any 
contractual relationship which may be alleged to exist between the 
contractor and such laborers and mechanics.

Contributions made or costs reasonably anticipated for bona fide fringe 
benefits under section 1(b)(2) of the Davis-Bacon Act on behalf of 
laborers or mechanics are considered wages paid to such laborers or 
mechanics, subject to the provisions of paragraph (a)(1)(iv) of this 
section; also, regular contributions made or costs incurred for more 
than a weekly period (but not less often than quarterly) under plans, 
funds, or programs which cover the particular weekly period, are deemed 
to be constructively made or incurred during such weekly period. Such 
laborers and mechanics shall be paid the appropriate wage rate and 
fringe benefits on the wage determination for the classification of work 
actually performed, without regard to skill, except as provided in 
Sec. 5.5(a)(4). Laborers or mechanics performing work in more than one 
classification may be compensated at the rate specified for each 
classification for the time actually worked therein: Provided, That the 
employer's payroll records accurately set forth the time spent in each 
classification in which work is performed. The wage determination 
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classification and wage rates conformed under paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of 
this section) and the Davis-Bacon poster (WH-1321) shall be posted at 
all times by the contractor and its subcontractors at the site of the 
work in a prominent and accessible place where it can be easily seen by 
the workers.
    (ii)(A) The contracting officer shall require that any class of 
laborers or mechanics, including helpers, which is not listed in the 
wage determination and which is to be employed under the contract shall 
be classified in conformance with the wage determination. The 
contracting officer shall approve an additional classification and wage 
rate and fringe benefits therefore only when the following criteria have 
been met:
    (1) The work to be performed by the classification requested is not 
performed by a classification in the wage determination; and
    (2) The classification is utilized in the area by the construction 
industry; and
    (3) The proposed wage rate, including any bona fide fringe benefits, 
bears a reasonable relationship to the wage rates contained in the wage 
determination.
    (B) If the contractor and the laborers and mechanics to be employed 
in the classification (if known), or their representatives, and the 
contracting officer agree on the classification and wage rate (including 
the amount designated for fringe benefits where appropriate), a report 
of the action taken shall be sent by the contracting officer to the 
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210. The 
Administrator, or an authorized representative, will approve, modify, or 
disapprove every additional classification action within 30 days of 
receipt and so advise the contracting officer or will notify the 
contracting officer within the 30-day period that additional time is 
necessary.
    (C) In the event the contractor, the laborers or mechanics to be 
employed in the classification or their representatives, and the 
contracting officer do not agree on the proposed classification and wage 
rate (including the amount designated for fringe benefits, where 
appropriate), the contracting officer shall refer the questions, 
including the views of all interested parties and the recommendation of 
the contracting officer, to the Administrator for determination. The 
Administrator, or an authorized representative, will issue a 
determination within 30 days of receipt and so advise the contracting 
officer or will notify the contracting officer within the 30-day period 
that additional time is necessary.
    (D) The wage rate (including fringe benefits where appropriate) 
determined pursuant to paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) (B) or (C) of this section, 
shall be paid to all workers performing work in the classification under 
this contract from the first day on which work is performed in the 
classification.
    (iii) Whenever the minimum wage rate prescribed in the contract for 
a class of laborers or mechanics includes a fringe benefit which is not 
expressed as an hourly rate, the contractor shall either pay the benefit 
as stated in the wage determination or shall pay another bona fide 
fringe benefit or an hourly cash equivalent thereof.
    (iv) If the contractor does not make payments to a trustee or other 
third person, the contractor may consider as part of the wages of any 
laborer or mechanic the amount of any costs reasonably anticipated in 
providing bona fide fringe benefits under a plan or program, Provided, 
That the Secretary of Labor has found, upon the written request of the 
contractor, that the applicable standards of the Davis-Bacon Act have 
been met. The Secretary of Labor may require the contractor to set aside 
in a separate account assets for the meeting of obligations under the 
plan or program.
    (2) Withholding. The (write in name of Federal Agency or the loan or 
grant recipient) shall upon its own action or upon written request of an 
authorized representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause 
to be withheld from the contractor under this contract or any other 
Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other federally-
assisted contract subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, 
which is held by the same prime contractor, so much of the accrued 
payments or advances as may be

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considered necessary to pay laborers and mechanics, including 
apprentices, trainees, and helpers, employed by the contractor or any 
subcontractor the full amount of wages required by the contract. In the 
event of failure to pay any laborer or mechanic, including any 
apprentice, trainee, or helper, employed or working on the site of the 
work (or under the United States Housing Act of 1937 or under the 
Housing Act of 1949 in the construction or development of the project), 
all or part of the wages required by the contract, the (Agency) may, 
after written notice to the contractor, sponsor, applicant, or owner, 
take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of any 
further payment, advance, or guarantee of funds until such violations 
have ceased.
    (3) Payrolls and basic records. (i) Payrolls and basic records 
relating thereto shall be maintained by the contractor during the course 
of the work and preserved for a period of three years thereafter for all 
laborers and mechanics working at the site of the work (or under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, or under the Housing Act of 1949, in 
the construction or development of the project). Such records shall 
contain the name, address, and social security number of each such 
worker, his or her correct classification, hourly rates of wages paid 
(including rates of contributions or costs anticipated for bona fide 
fringe benefits or cash equivalents thereof of the types described in 
section 1(b)(2)(B) of the Davis-Bacon Act), daily and weekly number of 
hours worked, deductions made and actual wages paid. Whenever the 
Secretary of Labor has found under 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1)(iv) that the wages 
of any laborer or mechanic include the amount of any costs reasonably 
anticipated in providing benefits under a plan or program described in 
section 1(b)(2)(B) of the Davis-Bacon Act, the contractor shall maintain 
records which show that the commitment to provide such benefits is 
enforceable, that the plan or program is financially responsible, and 
that the plan or program has been communicated in writing to the 
laborers or mechanics affected, and records which show the costs 
anticipated or the actual cost incurred in providing such benefits. 
Contractors employing apprentices or trainees under approved programs 
shall maintain written evidence of the registration of apprenticeship 
programs and certification of trainee programs, the registration of the 
apprentices and trainees, and the ratios and wage rates prescribed in 
the applicable programs.
    (ii)(A) The contractor shall submit weekly for each week in which 
any contract work is performed a copy of all payrolls to the (write in 
name of appropriate Federal agency) if the agency is a party to the 
contract, but if the agency is not such a party, the contractor will 
submit the payrolls to the applicant, sponsor, or owner, as the case may 
be, for transmission to the (write in name of agency). The payrolls 
submitted shall set out accurately and completely all of the information 
required to be maintained under Sec. 5.5(a)(3)(i) of Regulations, 29 CFR 
part 5. This information may be submitted in any form desired. Optional 
Form WH-347 is available for this purpose and may be purchased from the 
Superintendent of Documents (Federal Stock Number 029-005-00014-1), U.S. 
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. The prime contractor 
is responsible for the submission of copies of payrolls by all 
subcontractors.
    (B) Each payroll submitted shall be accompanied by a ``Statement of 
Compliance,'' signed by the contractor or subcontractor or his or her 
agent who pays or supervises the payment of the persons employed under 
the contract and shall certify the following:
    (1) That the payroll for the payroll period contains the information 
required to be maintained under Sec. 5.5(a)(3)(i) of Regulations, 29 CFR 
part 5 and that such information is correct and complete;
    (2) That each laborer or mechanic (including each helper, 
apprentice, and trainee) employed on the contract during the payroll 
period has been paid the full weekly wages earned, without rebate, 
either directly or indirectly, and that no deductions have been made 
either directly or indirectly from the full wages earned, other than 
permissible deductions as set forth in Regulations, 29 CFR part 3;

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    (3) That each laborer or mechanic has been paid not less than the 
applicable wage rates and fringe benefits or cash equivalents for the 
classification of work performed, as specified in the applicable wage 
determination incorporated into the contract.
    (C) The weekly submission of a properly executed certification set 
forth on the reverse side of Optional Form WH-347 shall satisfy the 
requirement for submission of the ``Statement of Compliance'' required 
by paragraph (a)(3)(ii)(B) of this section.
    (D) The falsification of any of the above certifications may subject 
the contractor or subcontractor to civil or criminal prosecution under 
section 1001 of title 18 and section 231 of title 31 of the United 
States Code.
    (iii) The contractor or subcontractor shall make the records 
required under paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section available for 
inspection, copying, or transcription by authorized representatives of 
the (write the name of the agency) or the Department of Labor, and shall 
permit such representatives to interview employees during working hours 
on the job. If the contractor or subcontractor fails to submit the 
required records or to make them available, the Federal agency may, 
after written notice to the contractor, sponsor, applicant, or owner, 
take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of any 
further payment, advance, or guarantee of funds. Furthermore, failure to 
submit the required records upon request or to make such records 
available may be grounds for debarment action pursuant to 29 CFR 5.12.
    (4) Apprentices and trainees--(i) Apprentices. Apprentices will be 
permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work they 
performed when they are employed pursuant to and individually registered 
in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. 
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of 
Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, or with a State 
Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Office, or if a person is 
employed in his or her first 90 days of probationary employment as an 
apprentice in such an apprenticeship program, who is not individually 
registered in the program, but who has been certified by the Office of 
Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services or a State 
Apprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) to be eligible for 
probationary employment as an apprentice. The allowable ratio of 
apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft classification 
shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the contractor as to 
the entire work force under the registered program. Any worker listed on 
a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who is not registered or otherwise 
employed as stated above, shall be paid not less than the applicable 
wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of work 
actually performed. In addition, any apprentice performing work on the 
job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program 
shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage 
determination for the work actually performed. Where a contractor is 
performing construction on a project in a locality other than that in 
which its program is registered, the ratios and wage rates (expressed in 
percentages of the journeyman's hourly rate) specified in the 
contractor's or subcontractor's registered program shall be observed. 
Every apprentice must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the 
registered program for the apprentice's level of progress, expressed as 
a percentage of the journeymen hourly rate specified in the applicable 
wage determination. Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in 
accordance with the provisions of the apprenticeship program. If the 
apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, apprentices 
must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage 
determination for the applicable classification. If the Administrator 
determines that a different practice prevails for the applicable 
apprentice classification, fringes shall be paid in accordance with that 
determination. In the event the Office of Apprenticeship Training, 
Employer and Labor Services, or a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized 
by the Office, withdraws approval of an apprenticeship program, the 
contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize apprentices at less 
than the applicable predetermined rate

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for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved.
    (ii) Trainees. Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not 
be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work 
performed unless they are employed pursuant to and individually 
registered in a program which has received prior approval, evidenced by 
formal certification by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration. The ratio of trainees to journeymen on the job 
site shall not be greater than permitted under the plan approved by the 
Employment and Training Administration. Every trainee must be paid at 
not less than the rate specified in the approved program for the 
trainee's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman 
hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Trainees 
shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the 
trainee program. If the trainee program does not mention fringe 
benefits, trainees shall be paid the full amount of fringe benefits 
listed on the wage determination unless the Administrator of the Wage 
and Hour Division determines that there is an apprenticeship program 
associated with the corresponding journeyman wage rate on the wage 
determination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for 
apprentices. Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee rate who is 
not registered and participating in a training plan approved by the 
Employment and Training Administration shall be paid not less than the 
applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of 
work actually performed. In addition, any trainee performing work on the 
job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program 
shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage 
determination for the work actually performed. In the event the 
Employment and Training Administration withdraws approval of a training 
program, the contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize trainees 
at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed 
until an acceptable program is approved.
    (iii) Equal employment opportunity. The utilization of apprentices, 
trainees and journeymen under this part shall be in conformity with the 
equal employment opportunity requirements of Executive Order 11246, as 
amended, and 29 CFR part 30.
    (5) Compliance with Copeland Act requirements. The contractor shall 
comply with the requirements of 29 CFR part 3, which are incorporated by 
reference in this contract.
    (6) Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in 
any subcontracts the clauses contained in 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1) through (10) 
and such other clauses as the (write in the name of the Federal agency) 
may by appropriate instructions require, and also a clause requiring the 
subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts. 
The prime contractor shall be responsible for the compliance by any 
subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with all the contract clauses 
in 29 CFR 5.5.
    (7) Contract termination: debarment. A breach of the contract 
clauses in 29 CFR 5.5 may be grounds for termination of the contract, 
and for debarment as a contractor and a subcontractor as provided in 29 
CFR 5.12.
    (8) Compliance with Davis-Bacon and Related Act requirements. All 
rulings and interpretations of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts 
contained in 29 CFR parts 1, 3, and 5 are herein incorporated by 
reference in this contract.
    (9) Disputes concerning labor standards. Disputes arising out of the 
labor standards provisions of this contract shall not be subject to the 
general disputes clause of this contract. Such disputes shall be 
resolved in accordance with the procedures of the Department of Labor 
set forth in 29 CFR parts 5, 6, and 7. Disputes within the meaning of 
this clause include disputes between the contractor (or any of its 
subcontractors) and the contracting agency, the U.S. Department of 
Labor, or the employees or their representatives.
    (10) Certification of eligibility. (i) By entering into this 
contract, the contractor certifies that neither it (nor he or she) nor 
any person or firm who has an interest in the contractor's firm is a 
person or firm ineligible to be awarded

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Government contracts by virtue of section 3(a) of the Davis-Bacon Act or 
29 CFR 5.12(a)(1).
    (ii) No part of this contract shall be subcontracted to any person 
or firm ineligible for award of a Government contract by virtue of 
section 3(a) of the Davis-Bacon Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1).
    (iii) The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in the 
U.S. Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. 1001.
    (b) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The Agency Head 
shall cause or require the contracting officer to insert the following 
clauses set forth in paragraphs (b)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this 
section in full in any contract in an amount in excess of $100,000 and 
subject to the overtime provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety 
Standards Act. These clauses shall be inserted in addition to the 
clauses required by Sec. 5.5(a) or 4.6 of part 4 of this title. As used 
in this paragraph, the terms laborers and mechanics include watchmen and 
guards.
    (1) Overtime requirements. No contractor or subcontractor 
contracting for any part of the conract work which may require or 
involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or permit 
any such laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or she is 
employed on such work to work in excess of forty hours in such workweek 
unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less 
than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked 
in excess of forty hours in such workweek.
    (2) Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. In 
the event of any violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (b)(1) 
of this section the contractor and any subcontractor responsible 
therefor shall be liable for the unpaid wages. In addition, such 
contractor and subcontractor shall be liable to the United States (in 
the case of work done under contract for the District of Columbia or a 
territory, to such District or to such territory), for liquidated 
damages. Such liquidated damages shall be computed with respect to each 
individual laborer or mechanic, including watchmen and guards, employed 
in violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section, in the sum of $10 for each calendar day on which such 
individual was required or permitted to work in excess of the standard 
workweek of forty hours without payment of the overtime wages required 
by the clause set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (3) Withholding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages. The (write 
in the name of the Federal agency or the loan or grant recipient) shall 
upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized 
representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause to be 
withheld, from any moneys payable on account of work performed by the 
contractor or subcontractor under any such contract or any other Federal 
contract with the same prime contractor, or any other federally-assisted 
contract subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, 
which is held by the same prime contractor, such sums as may be 
determined to be necessary to satisfy any liabilities of such contractor 
or subcontractor for unpaid wages and liquidated damages as provided in 
the clause set forth in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (4) Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in 
any subcontracts the clauses set forth in paragraph (b)(1) through (4) 
of this section and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to 
include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts. The prime 
contractor shall be responsible for compliance by any subcontractor or 
lower tier subcontractor with the clauses set forth in paragraphs (b)(1) 
through (4) of this section.
    (c) In addition to the clauses contained in paragraph (b), in any 
contract subject only to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards 
Act and not to any of the other statutes cited in Sec. 5.1, the Agency 
Head shall cause or require the contracting officer to insert a clause 
requiring that the contractor or subcontractor shall maintain payrolls 
and basic payroll records during the course of the work and shall 
preserve them for a period of three years from the completion of the 
contract for all laborers and mechanics, including guards and watchmen, 
working on the contract. Such records shall contain the name and address 
of

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each such employee, social security number, correct classifications, 
hourly rates of wages paid, daily and weekly number of hours worked, 
deductions made, and actual wages paid. Further, the Agency Head shall 
cause or require the contracting officer to insert in any such contract 
a clause providing that the records to be maintained under this 
paragraph shall be made available by the contractor or subcontractor for 
inspection, copying, or transcription by authorized representatives of 
the (write the name of agency) and the Department of Labor, and the 
contractor or subcontractor will permit such representatives to 
interview employees during working hours on the job.

(The information collection, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements 
contained in the following paragraphs of this section were approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget:

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                                                             OMB Control
                         Paragraph                              Number
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(a)(1)(ii)(B)..............................................    1215-0140
(a)(1)(ii)(C)..............................................    1215-0140
(a)(1)(iv).................................................    1215-0140
(a)(3)(i)..................................................   1215-0140,
                                                               1215-0017
(a)(3)(ii)(A)..............................................    1215-0149
(c)........................................................   1215-0140,
                                                               1215-0017
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[48 FR 19540, Apr. 29, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 12265, Apr. 9, 1986; 55 
FR 50150, Dec. 4, 1990; 57 FR 28776, June 26, 1992; 58 FR 58955, Nov. 5, 
1993; 61 FR 40716, Aug. 5, 1996; 65 FR 69693, Nov. 20, 2000]

    Effective Date Note: At 58 FR 58955, Nov. 5, 1993, Sec. 5.5 was 
amended by suspending paragraph (a)(1)(ii) indefinitely.

Sec. 5.6  Enforcement.

    (a)(1) It shall be the responsibility of the Federal agency to 
ascertain whether the clauses required by Sec. 5.5 have been inserted in 
the contracts subject to the labor standards provisions of the Acts 
contained in Sec. 5.1. Agencies which do not directly enter into such 
contracts shall promulgate the necessary regulations or procedures to 
require the recipient of the Federal assistance to insert in its 
contracts the provisions of Sec. 5.5. No payment, advance, grant, loan, 
or guarantee of funds shall be approved by the Federal agency unless the 
agency insures that the clauses required by Sec. 5.5 and the appropriate 
wage determination of the Secretary of Labor are contained in such 
contracts. Furthermore, no payment, advance, grant, loan, or guarantee 
of funds shall be approved by the Federal agency after the beginning of 
construction unless there is on file with the agency a certification by 
the contractor that the contractor and its subcontractors have complied 
with the provisions of Sec. 5.5 or unless there is on file with the 
agency a certification by the contractor that there is a substantial 
dispute with respect to the required provisions.
    (2) Payrolls and Statements of Compliance submitted pursuant to 
Sec. 5.5(a)(3)(ii) shall be preserved by the Federal agency for a period 
of 3 years from the date of completion of the contract and shall be 
produced at the request of the Department of Labor at any time during 
the 3-year period.
    (3) The Federal agency shall cause such investigations to be made as 
may be necessary to assure compliance with the labor standards clauses 
required by Sec. 5.5 and the applicable statutes listed in Sec. 5.1. 
Investigations shall be made of all contracts with such frequency as may 
be necessary to assure compliance. Such investigations shall include 
interviews with employees, which shall be taken in confidence, and 
examinations of payroll data and evidence of registration and 
certification with respect to apprenticeship and training plans. In 
making such examinations, particular care shall be taken to determine 
the correctness of classifications and to determine whether there is a 
disproportionate employment of laborers and of apprentices or trainees 
registered in approved programs. Such investigations shall also include 
evidence of fringe benefit plans and payments thereunder. Complaints of 
alleged violations shall be given priority.
    (4) In accordance with normal operating procedures, the contracting 
agency may be furnished various investigatory material from the 
investigation files of the Department of Labor. None of the material, 
other than computations of back wages and liquidated damages and the 
summary of back wages due, may be disclosed in any manner to anyone 
other than Federal officials charged with administering

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the contract or program providing Federal assistance to the contract, 
without requesting the permission and views of the Department of Labor.
    (5) It is the policy of the Department of Labor to protect the 
identity of its confidential sources and to prevent an unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy. Accordingly, the identity of an employee 
who makes a written or oral statement as a complaint or in the course of 
an investigation, as well as portions of the statement which would 
reveal the employee's identity, shall not be disclosed in any manner to 
anyone other than Federal officials without the prior consent of the 
employee. Disclosure of employee statements shall be governed by the 
provisions of the ``Freedom of Information Act'' (5 U.S.C. 552, see 29 
CFR part 70) and the ``Privacy Act of 1974'' (5 U.S.C. 552a).
    (b) The Administrator shall cause to be made such investigations as 
deemed necessary, in order to obtain compliance with the labor standards 
provisions of the applicable statutes listed in Sec. 5.1, or to affirm 
or reject the recommendations by the Agency Head with respect to labor 
standards matters arising under the statutes listed in Sec. 5.1. Federal 
agencies, contractors, subcontractors, sponsors, applicants, or owners 
shall cooperate with any authorized representative of the Department of 
Labor in the inspection of records, in interviews with workers, and in 
all other aspects of the investigations. The findings of such an 
investigation, including amounts found due, may not be altered or 
reduced without the approval of the Department of Labor. Where the 
underpayments disclosed by such an investigation total $1,000 or more, 
where there is reason to believe that the violations are aggravated or 
willful (or, in the case of the Davis-Bacon Act, that the contractor has 
disregarded its obligations to employees and subcontractors), or where 
liquidated damages may be assessed under the Contract Work Hours and 
Safety Standards Act, the Department of Labor will furnish the Federal 
agency an enforcement report detailing the labor standards violations 
disclosed by the investigation and any action taken by the contractor to 
correct the violative practices, including any payment of back wages. In 
other circumstances, the Federal agency will be furnished a letter of 
notification summarizing the findings of the investigation.

Sec. 5.7  Reports to the Secretary of Labor.

    (a) Enforcement reports. (1) Where underpayments by a contractor or 
subcontractor total less than $1,000, and where there is no reason to 
believe that the violations are aggravated or willful (or, in the case 
of the Davis-Bacon Act that the contractor has disregarded its 
obligations to employees and subcontractors), and where restitution has 
been effected and future compliance assured, the Federal agency need not 
submit its investigative findings and recommendations to the 
Administrator, unless the investigation was made at the request of the 
Department of Labor. In the latter case, the Federal agency shall submit 
a factual summary report detailing any violations including any data on 
the amount of restitution paid, the number of workers who received 
restitution, liquidated damages assessed under the Contract Work Hours 
and Safety Standards Act, corrective measures taken (such as ``letters 
of notice''), and any information that may be necessary to review any 
recommendations for an appropriate adjustment in liquidated damages 
under Sec. 5.8.
    (2) Where underpayments by a contractor or subcontractor total 
$1,000 or more, or where there is reason to believe that the violations 
are aggravated or willful (or, in the case of the Davis-Bacon Act, that 
the contractor has disregarded its obligations to employees and 
subcontractors), the Federal agency shall furnish within 60 days after 
completion of its investigation, a detailed enforcement report to the 
Administrator.
    (b) Semi-annual enforcement reports. To assist the Secretary in 
fulfilling the responsibilities under Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 
1950, Federal agencies shall furnish to the Administrator by April 30 
and October 31 of each calendar year semi-annual reports on compliance 
with and enforcement of the labor standards provisions of the Davis-
Bacon Act and its related acts

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covering the periods of October 1 through March 31 and April 1 through 
September 30, respectively. Such reports shall be prepared in the manner 
prescribed in memoranda issued to Federal agencies by the Administrator. 
This report has been cleared in accordance with FPMR 101-11.11 and 
assigned interagency report control number 1482-DOL-SA.
    (c) Additional information. Upon request, the Agency Head shall 
transmit to the Administrator such information available to the Agency 
with respect to contractors and subcontractors, their contracts, and the 
nature of the contract work as the Administrator may find necessary for 
the performance of his or her duties with respect to the labor standards 
provisions referred to in this part.
    (d) Contract termination. Where a contract is terminated by reason 
of violations of the labor standards provisions of the statutes listed 
in Sec. 5.1, a report shall be submitted promptly to the Administrator 
and to the Comptroller General (if the contract is subject to the Davis-
Bacon Act), giving the name and address of the contractor or 
subcontractor whose right to proceed has been terminated, and the name 
and address of the contractor or subcontractor, if any, who is to 
complete the work, the amount and number of the contract, and the 
description of the work to be performed.

Sec. 5.8  Liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours and Safety 
          Standards Act.

    (a) The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires that 
laborers or mechanics shall be paid wages at a rate not less than one 
and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess 
of forty hours in any workweek. In the event of violation of this 
provision, the contractor and any subcontractor shall be liable for the 
unpaid wages and in addition for liquidated damages, computed with 
respect to each laborer or mechanic employed in violation of the Act in 
the amount of $10 for each calendar day in the workweek on which such 
individual was required or permitted to work in excess of forty hours 
without payment of required overtime wages. Any contractor of 
subcontractor aggrieved by the withholding of liquidated damages shall 
have the right to appeal to the head of the agency of the United States 
(or the territory of District of Columbia, as appropriate) for which the 
contract work was performed or for which financial assistance was 
provided.
    (b) Findings and recommendations of the Agency Head. The Agency Head 
has the authority to review the administrative determination of 
liquidated damages and to issue a final order affirming the 
determination. It is not necessary to seek the concurrence of the 
Administrator but the Administrator shall be advised of the action 
taken. Whenever the Agency Head finds that a sum of liquidated damages 
administratively determined to be due is incorrect or that the 
contractor or subcontractor violated inadvertently the provisions of the 
Act notwithstanding the exercise of due care upon the part of the 
contractor or subcontractor involved, and the amount of the liquidated 
damages computed for the contract is in excess of $500, the Agency Head 
may make recommendations to the Secretary that an appropriate adjustment 
in liquidated damages be made or that the contractor or subcontractor be 
relieved of liability for such liquidated damages. Such findings with 
respect to liquidated damages shall include findings with respect to any 
wage underpayments for which the liquidated damages are determined.
    (c) The recommendations of the Agency Head for adjustment or relief 
from liquidated damages under paragraph (a) of this section shall be 
reviewed by the Administrator or an authorized representative who shall 
issue an order concurring in the recommendations, partially concurring 
in the recommendations, or rejecting the recommendations, and the 
reasons therefor. The order shall be the final decision of the 
Department of Labor, unless a petition for review is filed pursuant to 
part 7 of this title, and the Administrative Review Board in its 
discretion reviews such decision and order; or, with respect to 
contracts subject to the Service Contract Act,

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unless petition for review is filed pursuant to part 8 of this title, 
and the Administrative Review Board in its discretion reviews such 
decision and order.
    (d) Whenever the Agency Head finds that a sum of liquidated damages 
administratively determined to be due under section 104(a) of the 
Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for a contract is $500 or 
less and the Agency Head finds that the sum of liquidated damages is 
incorrect or that the contractor or subcontractor violated inadvertently 
the provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act 
notwithstanding the exercise of due care upon the part of the contractor 
or subcontractor involved, an appropriate adjustment may be made in such 
liquidated damages or the contractor or subcontractor may be relieved of 
liability for such liquidated damages without submitting recommendations 
to this effect or a report to the Department of Labor. This delegation 
of authority is made under section 105 of the Contract Work Hours and 
Safety Standards Act and has been found to be necessary and proper in 
the public interest to prevent undue hardship and to avoid serious 
impairment of the conduct of Government business.

[48 FR 19541, Apr. 29, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 12265, Apr. 9, 1986; 51 
FR 13496, Apr. 21, 1986]

Sec. 5.9  Suspension of funds.

    In the event of failure or refusal of the contractor or any 
subcontractor to comply with the labor standards clauses contained in 
Sec. 5.5 and the applicable statutes listed in Sec. 5.1, the Federal 
agency, upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized 
representative of the Department of Labor, shall take such action as may 
be necessary to cause the suspension of the payment, advance or 
guarantee of funds until such time as the violations are discontinued or 
until sufficient funds are withheld to compensate employees for the 
wages to which they are entitled and to cover any liquidated damages 
which may be due.

Sec. 5.10  Restitution, criminal action.

    (a) In cases other than those forwarded to the Attorney General of 
the United States under paragraph (b), of this section, where violations 
of the labor standards clauses contained in Sec. 5.5 and the applicable 
statutes listed in Sec. 5.1 result in underpayment of wages to 
employees, the Federal agency or an authorized representative of the 
Department of Labor shall request that restitution be made to such 
employees or on their behalf to plans, funds, or programs for any type 
of bona fide fringe benefits within the meaning of section 1(b)(2) of 
the Davis-Bacon Act.
    (b) In cases where the Agency Head or the Administrator finds 
substantial evidence that such violations are willful and in violation 
of a criminal statute, the matter shall be forwarded to the Attorney 
General of the United States for prosecution if the facts warrant. In 
all such cases the Administrator shall be informed simultaneously of the 
action taken.

Sec. 5.11  Disputes concerning payment of wages.

    (a) This section sets forth the procedure for resolution of disputes 
of fact or law concerning payment of prevailing wage rates, overtime 
pay, or proper classification. The procedures in this section may be 
initiated upon the Administrator's own motion, upon referral of the 
dispute by a Federal agency pursuant to Sec. 5.5(a)(9), or upon request 
of the contractor or subcontractor(s).
    (b)(1) In the event of a dispute described in paragraph (a) of this 
section in which it appears that relevant facts are at issue, the 
Administrator will notify the affected contractor and subcontractor(s) 
(if any), by registered or certified mail to the last known address, of 
the investigation findings. If the Administrator determines that there 
is reasonable cause to believe that the contractor and/or 
subcontractor(s) should also be subject to debarment under the Davis-
Bacon Act or Sec. 5.12(a)(1), the letter will so indicate.
    (2) A contractor and/or subcontractor desiring a hearing concerning 
the Administrator's investigative findings shall request such a hearing 
by letter postmarked within 30 days of the date of the Administrator's 
letter. The request shall set forth those findings which are in dispute 
and the reasons

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therefor, including any affirmative defenses, with respect to the 
violations and/or debarment, as appropriate.
    (3) Upon receipt of a timely request for a hearing, the 
Administrator shall refer the case to the Chief Administrative Law Judge 
by Order of Reference, to which shall be attached a copy of the letter 
from the Administrator and response thereto, for designation of an 
Administrative Law Judge to conduct such hearings as may be necessary to 
resolve the disputed matters. The hearing shall be conducted in 
accordance with the procedures set forth in 29 CFR part 6.
    (c)(1) In the event of a dispute described in paragraph (a) of this 
section in which it appears that there are no relevant facts at issue, 
and where there is not at that time reasonable cause to institute 
debarment proceedings under Sec. 5.12, the Administrator shall notify 
the contractor and subcontractor(s) (if any), by registered or certified 
mail to the last known address, of the investigation findings, and shall 
issue a ruling on any issues of law known to be in dispute.
    (2)(i) If the contractor and/or subcontractor(s) disagree with the 
factual findings of the Administrator or believe that there are relevant 
facts in dispute, the contractor or subcontractor(s) shall so advise the 
Administrator by letter postmarked within 30 days of the date of the 
Administrator's letter. In the response, the contractor and/or 
subcontractor(s) shall explain in detail the facts alleged to be in 
dispute and attach any supporting documentation.
    (ii) Upon receipt of a response under paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this 
section alleging the existence of a factual dispute, the Administrator 
shall examine the information submitted. If the Administrator determines 
that there is a relevant issue of fact, the Administrator shall refer 
the case to the Chief Administrative Law Judge in accordance with 
paragraph (b)(3) of this section. If the Administrator determines that 
there is no relevant issue of fact, the Administrator shall so rule and 
advise the contractor and subcontractor(s) (if any) accordingly.
    (3) If the contractor and/or subcontractor(s) desire review of the 
ruling issued by the Administrator under paragraph (c)(1) or (2) of this 
section, the contractor and/or subcontractor(s) shall file a petition 
for review thereof with the Administrative Review Board within 30 days 
of the date of the ruling, with a copy thereof the Administrator. The 
petition for review shall be filed in accordance with part 7 of this 
title.
    (d) If a timely response to the Administrator's findings or ruling 
is not made or a timely petition for review is not filed, the 
Administrator's findings and/or ruling shall be final, except that with 
respect to debarment under the Davis-Bacon Act, the Administrator shall 
advise the Comptroller General of the Administrator's recommendation in 
accordance with Sec. 5.12(a)(1). If a timely response or petition for 
review is filed, the findings and/or ruling of the Administrator shall 
be inoperative unless and until the decision is upheld by the 
Administrative Law Judge or the Administrative Review Board.

Sec. 5.12  Debarment proceedings.

    (a)(1) Whenever any contractor or subcontractor is found by the 
Secretary of Labor to be in aggravated or willful violation of the labor 
standards provisions of any of the applicable statutes listed in 
Sec. 5.1 other than the Davis-Bacon Act, such contractor or 
subcontractor or any firm, corporation, partnership, or association in 
which such contractor or subcontractor has a substantial interest shall 
be ineligible for a period not to exceed 3 years (from the date of 
publication by the Comptroller General of the name or names of said 
contractor or subcontractor on the ineligible list as provided below) to 
receive any contracts or subcontracts subject to any of the statutes 
listed in Sec. 5.1.
    (2) In cases arising under contracts covered by the Davis-Bacon Act, 
the Administrator shall transmit to the Comptroller General the names of 
the contractors or subcontractors and their responsible officers, if any 
(and any firms in which the contractors or subcontractors are known to 
have an interest), who have been found to have disregarded their 
obligations to employees, and the recommendation of the Secretary of 
Labor or authorized representative regarding debarment.

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The Comptroller General will distribute a list to all Federal agencies 
giving the names of such ineligible person or firms, who shall be 
ineligible to be awarded any contract or subcontract of the United 
States or the District of Columbia and any contract or subcontract 
subject to the labor standards provisions of the statutes listed in 
Sec. 5.1.
    (b)(1) In addition to cases under which debarment action is 
initiated pursuant to Sec. 5.11, whenever as a result of an 
investigation conducted by the Federal agency or the Department of 
Labor, and where the Administrator finds reasonable cause to believe 
that a contractor or subcontractor has committed willful or aggravated 
violations of the labor standards provisions of any of the statutes 
listed in Sec. 5.1 (other than the Davis-Bacon Act), or has committed 
violations of the Davis-Bacon Act which constitute a disregard of its 
obligations to employees or subcontractors under section 3(a) thereof, 
the Administrator shall notify by registered or certified mail to the 
last known address, the contractor or subcontractor and its responsible 
officers, if any (and any firms in which the contractor or subcontractor 
are known to have a substantial interest), of the finding. The 
Administrator shall afford such contractor or subcontractor and any 
other parties notified an opportunity for a hearing as to whether 
debarment action should be taken under paragraph (a)(1) of this section 
or section 3(a) of the Davis-Bacon Act. The Administrator shall furnish 
to those notified a summary of the investigative findings. If the 
contractor or subcontractor or any other parties notified wish to 
request a hearing as to whether debarment action should be taken, such a 
request shall be made by letter postmarked within 30 days of the date of 
the letter from the Administrator, and shall set forth any findings 
which are in dispute and the reasons therefor, including any affirmative 
defenses to be raised. Upon receipt of such request for a hearing, the 
Administrator shall refer the case to the Chief Administrative Law Judge 
by Order of Reference, to which shall be attached a copy of the letter 
from the Administrator and the response thereto, for designation of an 
Administrative Law Judge to conduct such hearings as may be necessary to 
determine the matters in dispute. In considering debarment under any of 
the statutes listed in Sec. 5.1 other than the Davis-Bacon Act, the 
Administrative Law Judge shall issue an order concerning whether the 
contractor or subcontractor is to be debarred in accordance with 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section. In considering debarment under the 
Davis-Bacon Act, the Administrative Law Judge shall issue a 
recommendation as to whether the contractor or subcontractor should be 
debarred under section 3(a) of the Act.
    (2) Hearings under this section shall be conducted in accordance 
with 29 CFR part 6. If no hearing is requested within 30 days of receipt 
of the letter from the Administrator, the Administrator's findings shall 
be final, except with respect to recommendations regarding debarment 
under the Davis-Bacon Act, as set forth in paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section.
    (c) Any person or firm debarred under Sec. 5.12(a)(1) may in writing 
request removal from the debarment list after six months from the date 
of publication by the Comptroller General of such person or firm's name 
on the ineligible list. Such a request should be directed to the 
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210, and 
shall contain a full explanation of the reasons why such person or firm 
should be removed from the ineligible list. In cases where the 
contractor or subcontractor failed to make full restitution to all 
underpaid employees, a request for removal will not be considered until 
such underpayments are made. In all other cases, the Administrator will 
examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the violative practices 
which caused the debarment, and issue a decision as to whether or not 
such person or firm has demonstrated a current responsibility to comply 
with the labor standards provisions of the statutes listed in Sec. 5.1, 
and therefore should be removed from the ineligible list. Among the 
factors to be considered in reaching such a decision are the severity of 
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subcontractor's attitude towards compliance, and the past compliance 
history of the firm. In no case will such removal be effected unless the 
Administrator determines after an investigation that such person or firm 
is in compliance with the labor standards provisions applicable to 
Federal contracts and Federally assisted construction work subject to 
any of the applicable statutes listed in Sec. 5.1 and other labor 
statutes providing wage protection, such as the Service Contract Act, 
the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. 
If the request for removal is denied, the person or firm may petition 
for review by the Administrative Review Board pursuant to 29 CFR part 7.
    (d)(1) Section 3(a) of the Davis-Bacon Act provides that for a 
period of three years from date of publication on the ineligible list, 
no contract shall be awarded to any persons or firms placed on the list 
as a result of a finding by the Comptroller General that such persons or 
firms have disregarded obligations to employees and subcontractors under 
that Act, and further, that no contract shall be awarded to ``any firm, 
corporation, partnership, or association in which such persons or firms 
have an interest.'' Paragraph (a)(1) of this section similarly provides 
that for a period not to exceed three years from date of publication on 
the ineligible list, no contract subject to any of the statutes listed 
in Sec. 5.1 shall be awarded to any contractor or subcontractor on the 
ineligible list pursuant to that paragraph, or to ``any firm, 
corporation, partnership, or association'' in which such contractor or 
subcontractor has a ``substantial interest.'' A finding as to whether 
persons or firms whose names appear on the ineligible list have an 
interest (or a substantial interest, as appropriate) in any other firm, 
corporation, partnership, or association, may be made through 
investigation, hearing, or otherwise.
    (2)(i) The Administrator, on his/her own motion or after receipt of 
a request for a determination pursuant to paragraph (d)(3) of this 
section may make a finding on the issue of interest (or substantial 
interest, as appropriate).
    (ii) If the Administrator determines that there may be an interest 
(or substantial interest, as appropriate), but finds that there is 
insufficient evidence to render a final ruling thereon, the 
Administrator may refer the issue to the Chief Administrative Law Judge 
in accordance with paragraph (d)(4) of this section.
    (iii) If the Administrator finds that no interest (or substantial 
interest, as appropriate) exists, or that there is not sufficient 
information to warrant the initiation of an investigation, the 
requesting party, if any, will be so notified and no further action 
taken.
    (iv)(A) If the Administrator finds that an interest (or substantial 
interest, as appropriate) exists, the person or firm affected will be 
notified of the Administrator's finding (by certified mail to the last 
known address), which shall include the reasons therefor, and such 
person or firm shall be afforded an opportunity to request that a 
hearing be held to render a decision on the issue.
    (B) Such person or firm shall have 20 days from the date of the 
Administrator's ruling to request a hearing. A detailed statement of the 
reasons why the Administrator's ruling is in error, including facts 
alleged to be in dispute, if any, shall be submitted with the request 
for a hearing.
    (C) If no hearing is requested within the time mentioned in 
paragraph (d)(2)(iv)(B) of this section, the Administrator's finding 
shall be final and the Administrator shall so notify the Comptroller 
General. If a hearing is requested, the ruling of the Administrator 
shall be inoperative unless and until the administrative law judge or 
the Administrative Review Board issues an order that there is an 
interest (or substantial interest, as appropriate).
    (3)(i) A request for a determination of interest (or substantial 
interest, as appropriate), may be made by any interested party, 
including contractors or prospective contractors and associations of 
contractor's representatives of employees, and interested Government 
agencies. Such a request shall be submitted in writing to the 
Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards 
Administration,

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U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210.
    (ii) The request shall include a statement setting forth in detail 
why the petitioner believes that a person or firm whose name appears on 
the debarred bidders list has an interest (or a substantial interest, as 
appropriate) in any firm, corporation, partnership, or association which 
is seeking or has been awarded a contract of the United States or the 
District of Columbia, or which is subject to any of the statutes listed 
in Sec. 5.1. No particular form is prescribed for the submission of a 
request under this section.
    (4) Referral to the Chief Administrative Law Judge. The 
Administrator, on his/her own motion under paragraph (d)(2)(ii) of this 
section or upon a request for hearing where the Administrator determines 
that relevant facts are in dispute, will by order refer the issue to the 
Chief Administrative Law Judge, for designation of an Administrative Law 
Judge who shall conduct such hearings as may be necessary to render a 
decision solely on the issue of interest (or substantial interest, as 
appropriate). Such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the 
procedures set forth at 29 CFR part 6.
    (5) Referral to the Administrative Review Board. If the person or 
firm affected requests a hearing and the Administrator determines that 
relevant facts are not in dispute, the Administrator will refer the 
issue and the record compiled thereon to the Administrative Review Board 
to render a decision solely on the issue of interest (or substantial 
interest, as appropriate). Such proceeding shall be conducted in 
accordance with the procedures set forth at 29 CFR part 7.

[48 FR 19541, Apr. 29, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 50313, Nov. 1, 1983]

Sec. 5.13  Rulings and interpretations.

    All questions relating to the application and interpretation of wage 
determinations (including the classifications therein) issued pursuant 
to part 1 of this subtitle, of the rules contained in this part and in 
parts 1 and 3, and of the labor standards provisions of any of the 
statutes listed in Sec. 5.1 shall be referred to the Administrator for 
appropriate ruling or interpretation. The rulings and interpretations 
shall be authoritative and those under the Davis-Bacon Act may be relied 
upon as provided for in section 10 of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 
(29 U.S.C. 259). Requests for such rulings and interpretations should be 
addressed to the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Employment 
Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 
20210.

Sec. 5.14  Variations, tolerances, and exemptions from parts 1 and 3 of 
          this subtitle and this part.

    The Secretary of Labor may make variations, tolerances, and 
exemptions from the regulatory requirements of this part and those of 
parts 1 and 3 of this subtitle whenever the Secretary finds that such 
action is necessary and proper in the public interest or to prevent 
injustice and undue hardship. Variations, tolerances, and exemptions may 
not be made from the statutory requirements of any of the statutes 
listed in Sec. 5.1 unless the statute specifically provides such 
authority.

Sec. 5.15  Limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions under the 
          Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

    (a) General. Upon his or her own initiative or upon the request of 
any Federal agency, the Secretary of Labor may provide under section 105 
of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act reasonable 
limitations and allow variations, tolerances, and exemptions to and from 
any or all provisions of that Act whenever the Secretary finds such 
action to be necessary and proper in the public interest to prevent 
injustice, or undue hardship, or to avoid serious impairment of the 
conduct of Government business. Any request for such action by the 
Secretary shall be submitted in writing, and shall set forth the reasons 
for which the request is made.
    (b) Exemptions. Pursuant to section 105 of the Contract Work Hours 
and Safety Standards Act, the following classes of contracts are found 
exempt from all provisions of that Act in order to prevent injustice, 
undue hardship, or serious impairment of Government business:

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    (1) Contract work performed in a workplace within a foreign country 
or within territory under the jurisdiction of the United States other 
than the following: A State of the United States; the District of 
Columbia; Puerto Rico; the Virgin Islands; Outer Continental Shelf lands 
defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (ch. 345, 67 Stat. 
462); American Samoa; Guam; Wake Island; Eniwetok Atoll; Kwajalein 
Atoll; and Johnston Island.
    (2) Agreements entered into by or on behalf of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation providing for the storing in or handling by commercial 
warehouses of wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, grain sorghums, soybeans, 
flaxseed, rice, naval stores, tobacco, peanuts, dry beans, seeds, 
cotton, and wool.
    (3) Sales of surplus power by the Tennessee Valley Authority to 
States, counties, municipalities, cooperative organization of citizens 
or farmers, corporations and other individuals pursuant to section 10 of 
the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 8311).
    (c) Tolerances. (1) The ``basic rate of pay'' under section 102 of 
the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act may be computed as an 
hourly equivalent to the rate on which time-and-one-half overtime 
compensation may be computed and paid under section 7 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 207), as interpreted in 
part 778 of this title. This tolerance is found to be necessary and 
proper in the public interest in order to prevent undue hardship.
    (2) Concerning the tolerance provided in paragraph (c)(1) of this 
section, the provisions of section 7(d)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act and Sec. 778.7 of this title should be noted. Under these 
provisions, payments for occasional periods when no work is performed, 
due to vacations, and similar causes are excludable from the ``regular 
rate'' under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Such payments, therefore, are 
also excludable from the ``basic rate'' under the Contract Work Hours 
and Safety Standards Act.
    (3) See Sec. 5.8(c) providing a tolerance subdelegating authority to 
the heads of agencies to make appropriate adjustments in the assessment 
of liquidated damages totaling $500 or less under specified 
circumstances.
    (4)(i) Time spent in an organized program of related, supplemental 
instruction by laborers or mechanics employed under bona fide 
apprenticeship or training programs may be excluded from working time if 
the criteria prescribed in paragraphs (c)(4)(ii) and (iii) of this 
section are met.
    (ii) The apprentice or trainee comes within the definition contained 
in Sec. 5.2(n).
    (iii) The time in question does not involve productive work or 
performance of the apprentice's or trainee's regular duties.
    (d) Variations. (1) In the event of failure or refusal of the 
contractor or any subcontractor to comply with overtime pay requirements 
of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, if the funds 
withheld by Federal agencies for the violations are not sufficient to 
pay fully both the unpaid wages due laborers and mechanics and the 
liquidated damages due the United States, the available funds shall be 
used first to compensate the laborers and mechanics for the wages to 
which they are entitled (or an equitable portion thereof when the funds 
are not adequate for this purpose); and the balance, if any, shall be 
used for the payment of liquidated damages.
    (2) In the performance of any contract entered into pursuant to the 
provisions of 38 U.S.C. 620 to provide nursing home care of veterans, no 
contractor or subcontractor under such contract shall be deemed in 
violation of section 102 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards 
Act by virtue of failure to pay the overtime wages required by such 
section for work in excess of 40 hours in the workweek to any individual 
employed by an establishment which is an institution primarily engaged 
in the care of the sick, the aged, or the mentally ill or defective who 
reside on the premises if, pursuant to an agreement or understanding 
arrived at between the employer and the employee before performance of 
the work, a work period of 14 consecutive days is accepted in lieu of 
the workweek of 7 consecutive days for the purpose of overtime 
compensation and if such individual receives

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compensation for employment in excess of 8 hours in any workday and in 
excess of 80 hours in such 14-day period at a rate not less than 1\1/2\ 
times the regular rate at which the individual is employed, computed in 
accordance with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938, as amended.
    (3) Any contractor or subcontractor performing on a government 
contract the principal purpose of which is the furnishing of fire 
fighting or suppression and related services, shall not be deemed to be 
in violation of section 102 of the Contract Work Hour and Safety 
Standards Act for failing to pay the overtime compensation required by 
section 102 of the Act in accordance with the basic rate of pay as 
defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section, to any pilot or copilot of 
a fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft employed on such contract if:
    (i) Pursuant to a written employment agreement between the 
contractor and the employee which is arrived at before performance of 
the work.
    (A) The employee receives gross wages of not less than $300 per week 
regardless of the total number of hours worked in any workweek, and
    (B) Within any workweek the total wages which an employee receives 
are not less than the wages to which the employee would have been 
entitled in that workweek if the employee were paid the minimum hourly 
wage required under the contract pursuant to the provisions of the 
Service Contract Act of 1965 and any applicable wage determination 
issued thereunder for all hours worked, plus an additional premium 
payment of one-half times such minimum hourly wage for all hours worked 
in excess of 40 hours in the workweek;
    (ii) The contractor maintains accurate records of the total daily 
and weekly hours of work performed by such employee on the government 
contract. In the event these conditions for the exemption are not met, 
the requirements of section 102 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety 
Standards Act shall be applicable to the contract from the date the 
contractor or subcontractor fails to satisfy the conditions until 
completion of the contract.

(Reporting and recordkeeping requirements in paragraph (d)(2) have been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 
1215-0140 and 1215-0017. Reporting and recordkeeping requirements in 
paragraph (d)(3)(ii) have been approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget under control number 1215-0017)

[48 FR 19541, Apr. 29, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 12265, Apr. 9, 1986; 61 
FR 40716, Aug. 5, 1996]

Sec. 5.16  Training plans approved or recognized by the Department of 
          Labor prior to August 20, 1975.

    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sec. 5.5(a)(4)(ii) relating to 
the utilization of trainees on Federal and federally assisted 
construction, no contractor shall be required to obtain approval of a 
training program which, prior to August 20, 1975, was approved by the 
Department of Labor for purposes of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, 
was established by agreement of organized labor and management and 
therefore recognized by the Department, and/or was recognized by the 
Department under Executive Order 11246, as amended. A copy of the 
program and evidence of its prior approval, if applicable shall be 
submitted to the Employment and Training Administration, which shall 
certify such prior approval or recognition of the program. In every 
other respect, the provisions of Sec. 5.5(a)(4)(ii)--including those 
relating to registration of trainees, permissible ratios, and wage rates 
to be paid--shall apply to these programs.
    (b) Every trainee employed on a contract executed on and after 
August 20, 1975, in one of the above training programs must be 
individually registered in the program in accordance with Employment and 
Training Administration procedures, and must be paid at the rate 
specified in the program for the level of progress. Any such employee 
listed on the payroll at a trainee rate who is not registered and 
participating in a program certified by ETA pursuant to this section, or 
approved and certified by ETA pursuant to Sec. 5.5(a)(4)(ii), must be 
paid the wage rate determined by the Secretary of Labor for the 
classification of work actually performed. The ratio of trainees

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to journeymen shall not be greater than permitted by the terms of the 
program.
    (c) In the event a program which was recognized or approved prior to 
August 20, 1975, is modified, revised, extended, or renewed, the changes 
in the program or its renewal must be approved by the Employment and 
Training Administration before they may be placed into effect.

Sec. 5.17  Withdrawal of approval of a training program.

    If at any time the Employment and Training Administration 
determines, after opportunity for a hearing, that the standards of any 
program, whether it is one recognized or approved prior to August 20, 
1975, or a program subsequently approved, have not been complied with, 
or that such a program fails to provide adequate training for 
participants, a contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize 
trainees at less than the predetermined rate for the classification of 
work actually performed until an acceptable program is approved.
