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[CITE: 42USC6979]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
                SUBCHAPTER VII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6979. Labor standards

    No grant for a project of construction under this chapter shall be 
made unless the Administrator finds that the application contains or is 
supported by reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics 
employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects of the type 
covered by the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-5), 
will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar 
work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in 
accordance with that Act; and 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 (15 
F.R. 3176) and section 276c of title 40.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 7009, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2828; amended Pub. L. 96-482, Sec. 28, Oct. 21, 
1980, 94 Stat. 2349.)

                       References in Text

    The Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-5), referred 
to in text, is act Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494, as amended, 
which is classified generally to sections 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

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 3256 of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94-580.


                               Amendments

    1980--Pub. L. 96-482 substituted ``Administrator'' for 
``Secretary''.
