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[CITE: 49USC47112]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                  PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
 
                    CHAPTER 471--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT
 
Sec. 47112. Carrying out airport development projects

    (a) Construction Work.--The Secretary of Transportation may inspect 
and approve construction work for an airport development project carried 
out under a grant agreement under this subchapter. The construction work 
must be carried out in compliance with regulations the Secretary 
prescribes. The regulations shall require the sponsor to make necessary 
cost and progress reports on the project. The regulations may amend or 
modify a contract related to the project only if the contract was made 
with actual notice of the regulations.
    (b) Prevailing Wages.--A contract for more than $2,000 involving 
labor for an airport development project carried out under a grant 
agreement under this subchapter must require contractors to pay labor 
minimum wage rates as determined by the Secretary of Labor under the Act 
of March 3, 1931 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act) (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-
5). The minimum rates must be included in the bids for the work and in 
the invitation for those bids.
    (c) Veterans' Preference.--(1) In this subsection--
        (A) ``disabled veteran'' has the same meaning given that term in 
    section 2108 of title 5.
        (B) ``Vietnam-era veteran'' means an individual who served on 
    active duty (as defined in section 101 of title 38) in the armed 
    forces for more than 180 consecutive days, any part of which 
    occurred after August 4, 1964, and before May 8, 1975, and who was 
    separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions.

    (2) A contract involving labor for carrying out an airport 
development project under a grant agreement under this subchapter must 
require that preference in the employment of labor (except in executive, 
administrative, and supervisory positions) be given to Vietnam-era 
veterans and disabled veterans when they are available and qualified for 
the employment.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1267.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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47112(a)..............................  49 App.:2214(a).                 Sept. 
3, 1982, Pub. L. 97-248, Sec.
                                                                          515, 
96 Stat. 691.
47112(b)..............................  49 App.:2214(b).
47112(c)..............................  49 App.:2214(c).
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    In this section, the words ``for an airport development project 
carried out under a grant agreement under this subchapter'' are 
substituted for ``on any project for airport development contained in an 
approved project grant application submitted in accordance with this 
chapter'' in 49 App.:2214(a), ``on projects for airport development 
approved under this chapter'' in 49 App.:2214(b), and ``under project 
grants for airport development approved under this chapter'' in 49 
App.:2214(c) for clarity and consistency in this section. See H.R. Rept. 
No. 97-760, 97th Cong., 2d Sess., p. 715 (1982).
    In subsection (a), the words ``or sponsors'' are omitted because of 
1:1.
    In subsection (b), the words ``must require contractors to pay labor 
minimum wage rates'' are substituted for ``shall contain provisions 
establishing minimum rates of wages . . . which contractors shall pay to 
skilled and unskilled labor'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The word 
``proposals'' is omitted as included in ``bids''.
    Subsection (c)(1)(A) is substituted for ``a disabled veteran is an 
individual described in section 2108(2) of title 5'' for consistency in 
the revised title and with other titles of the Code.
    In subsection (c)(1)(B), the words ``after August 4, 1964, and 
before May 8, 1975'' are substituted for ``during the period beginning 
August 5, 1964, and ending May 7, 1975'' for consistency in the revised 
title and with other titles of the United States Code and to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
    In subsection (c)(2), the words ``must require that'' are 
substituted for ``shall contain such provisions as are necessary to 
insure that'', and the words ``when they are available and qualified for 
the employment'' are substituted for ``However, this preference shall 
apply only where the individuals are available and qualified to perform 
the work to which the employment relates'', to eliminate unnecessary 
words.

                       References in Text

    Act of March 3, 1931, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Mar. 3, 
1931, ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494, as amended, known as the Davis-Bacon Act, 
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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 47119 of this title.
