23 U.S.C. § 113 : US Code - Section 113: Prevailing rate of wage

Search 23 U.S.C. § 113 : US Code - Section 113: Prevailing rate of wage

(a) The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to
insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or
subcontractors on the construction work performed on highway
projects on the Federal-aid highways authorized under the highway
laws providing for the expenditure of Federal funds upon the
Federal-aid systems, shall be paid wages at rates not less than
those prevailing on the same type of work on similar construction
in the immediate locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor
in accordance with sections 3141-3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40.
(b) In carrying out the duties of subsection (a) of this section,
the Secretary of Labor shall consult with the highway department of
the State in which a project on any of the Federal-aid systems is
to be performed. After giving due regard to the information thus
obtained, he shall make a predetermination of the minimum wages to
be paid laborers and mechanics in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section which shall be set out in each
project advertisement for bids and in each bid proposal form and
shall be made a part of the contract covering the project.
(c) The provisions of the section shall not be applicable to
employment pursuant to apprenticeship and skill training programs
which have been certified by the Secretary of Transportation as
promoting equal employment opportunity in connection with Federal-
aid highway construction programs.