 
           CHAPTER 31--GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION
 
SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS CONCERNING OPERATION 
AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS: GENERAL AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY
 
          Part 2--Administration: Requirements and Limitations
 
Sec. 1232b. Labor standards

    All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors 
on all construction and minor remodeling projects assisted under any 
applicable program shall be paid wages at rates not less than those 
prevailing on similar construction and minor remodeling in the locality 
as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-
Bacon Act, as amended [40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.]. The Secretary of Labor 
shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this 
section, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 14 of 1950 and section 276c of title 40.

(Pub. L. 90-247, title IV, Sec. 439, formerly Sec. 423, as added Pub. L. 
91-230, title IV, Sec. 401(a)(10), Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 169; 
renumbered Sec. 433, Pub. L. 92-318, title III, Sec. 301(a)(1), June 23, 
1972, 86 Stat. 326; renumbered Sec. 439 and amended Pub. L. 103-382, 
title II, Secs. 212(b)(1), 261(d), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3913, 3927.)

                       References in Text

    The Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, referred to in text, is act Mar. 3, 
1931, ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494, as amended, which is classified generally 
to section 276a to 276a-5 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and 
Works. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 276a of Title 40 and Tables.
    Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in text, is set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 439 of Pub. L. 90-247 was renumbered section 445, 
and is classified to section 1232h of this title.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-382, Sec. 261(d), substituted ``All laborers'' for 
``Except for emergency relief under section 241-1 of this title, all 
laborers''.
