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Contents
M ost Recent Developments ...........................................1
Introducing the Davis-Bacon Act .......................................1
The Structure and Context of Davis-Bacon .......................... 2
The Purposes of the Act ........................................4
A Continuing Process ...........................................5
The Debate Over Davis-Bacon ......................................6
Perspectives of Davis-Bacon Critics ................................6
Perspectives of Davis-Bacon Supporters ...........................7
What Do We Really Know About the Impact of the Davis-Bacon Act?........ 8
Some Areas of Continuing Concern ....................................9
The "Helper" Issue ............................................9
Setting Out the Issue ......................................9
Efforts to Revise the "Helper" Requirement .................... 10
Initiatives of the 108th Congress...........................12
The "Site of the Work" Coverage Issue .............................13
Questions of Interpretation ...................................13
A New Rule Is Issued .......................................14
School Construction and Davis-Bacon ............................ 15
Davis-Bacon and the District of Columbia Schools .............. 16
Davis-Bacon and School Finance ............................ 16
New Initiatives in the 108th Congress9......................18
The Clean Water Act and Prevailing Wage ......................... 18
An Altered Requirement? . .................................18
Consideration During the 107th Congress....................19
Consideration in the 108th Congress........................20
Raising the Davis-Bacon Threshold .............................. 21
The "CALFED" Water Resources Legislation ...................... 23
Through the 107th Congress.............................23
In the 108th Congress..................................24
Modernization of America's Railroads ............................ 24
Through the 107th Congress.............................24
In the 108th Congress .......................................25
Other Davis-Bacon Legislative Issues of the 108th Congress..............26
Child Care Construction and Renovation Act ....................... 26
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Whittaker, William G. The Davis-Bacon Act: Issues and Legislation During the 108th Congress, report, March 19, 2004; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc855863/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.