Investigation of Military Public Works: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, Second Session. February 18, 1952, Volume 20, Parts 2-4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 |
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Page 332 - Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives In Congress assembled, March 13, 1950, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION SECTION 1.
Page 322 - ... the Government may, by written notice to the contractor, terminate his right to proceed with the work or such part of the work as to which there has been a failure to pay said required wages and to prosecute the work to completion by contract or otherwise, and the contractor and his sureties shall be liable to the Government for any excess costs occasioned the Government thereby.
Page 334 - The wages of every laborer and mechanic employed by the Contractor or any subcontractor engaged In the performance of this contract shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight hours per day and work In excess of eight hours per day...
Page 322 - ... city, town, village, or other civil subdivision of the State in which the work is to be performed...
Page 321 - That the advertised specifications for every contract in excess of $2,000, to which the United States or the District of Columbia is a party, for construction, alteration, and/or repair, including painting and decorating, of public buildings or public works of the United States or the District of Columbia within the geographical limits of the States of the Union...
Page 327 - Apprentices will be permitted to work only under a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with a State Apprenticeship Council which is recognized by the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship, US Department of Labor...
Page 338 - Federal agency to the Secretary of Labor. In the event the interested parties cannot agree on the proper classification or reclassification of a particular class of laborers and mechanics to be used, the question accompanied by the recommendation of the contracting officer shall be referred to the Secretary for final determination.
Page 329 - ... shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight hours per day and work in excess of eight hours per day is permitted only upon the condition that every such laborer and mechanic shall be compensated for all hours worked in excess of eight hours per day at not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay.
Page 328 - Similarly, in the case of contracts entered into pursuant to the National Housing Act, changes or modifications in the original determination shall be effective if made prior to the beginning of construction, but shall not apply after the mortgage is initially endorsed by the Federal agency.
Page 321 - Columbia within the geographical limits of the States of the Union or the District of Columbia...