40 USC 3141 - Sec. 3141. Definitions
40 USC - US Code - Title 40: Public Buildings, Property, and Works (January 2003)
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In this subchapter, the following definitions apply: (1) Federal government. - The term "Federal Government" has the same meaning that the term "United States" had in the Act of March 3, 1931 (ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act).(!1) (2) Wages, scale of wages, wage rates, minimum wages, and prevailing wages. - The terms "wages", "scale of wages", "wage rates", "minimum wages", and "prevailing wages" include - (A) the basic hourly rate of pay; and (B) for medical or hospital care, pensions on retirement or death, compensation for injuries or illness resulting from occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the forgoing, for unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness insurance, or accident insurance, for vacation and holiday pay, for defraying the costs of apprenticeship or other similar programs, or for other bona fide fringe benefits, but only where the contractor or subcontractor is not required by other federal, state, or local law to provide any of those benefits, the amount of - (i) the rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person under a fund, plan, or program; and (ii) the rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor that may be reasonably anticipated in providing benefits to laborers and mechanics pursuant to an enforceable commitment to carry out a financially responsible plan or program which was communicated in writing to the laborers and mechanics affected.
Historical And Revision Notes Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section 3141(1) (no source). 3141(2) 40:276a(b) (1st Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, Sec. par. words before 1(b) (1st par. words before proviso). proviso), as added Pub. L. 88-349, Sec. 1, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 239. Clause (1) is added for clarity. References In Text The Davis-Bacon Act, referred to in par. (1), is act of Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494, as amended, which was classified generally to sections 276a to 276a-5 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed and reenacted as sections 3141-3144, 3146, and 3147 of this title by Pub. L. 107-217, Secs. 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Section Referred To In Other Sections This section is referred to in sections 3142, 14701 of this title; title 10 section 2304; title 12 sections 1701q, 1715c; title 15 section 3152; title 16 section 284c; title 20 sections 954, 956, 1232b, 4305, 4332; title 23 section 113; title 25 sections 450e, 458aaa-8, 1633, 4114, 4225; title 31 section 6703; title 33 section 1372; title 38 sections 8135, 8162; title 39 section 410; title 41 section 42; title 42 sections 291e, 300j-9, 300s-1, 300t-12, 1437j, 1440, 1486, 1592i, 2297g-3, 2992a, 3107, 3212, 3936, 4728, 5046, 5196, 5310, 5919, 6371j, 6708, 6728, 6881, 6979, 7614, 8013, 9604, 9839, 12836; title 49 sections 5333, 24312, 47112. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) So in original.The period probably should be preceded by an additional closing parenthesis.
