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- curred. A g The report, here, deals only with the controversy over urban and rural wage data. Concerning the litigation on the other rules, see: U.S. Library of Con- gress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. fDavis-Bacon Act and New Department of Labor Regulations. by Vincent E. Treacy. ‘April 18, l984 (updated, January l8, 1985). 6 p. , 3/ Federal Register, January 31, 1985. p
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‘ / ,Mff ab? thg Contract shall be CRS-3 fed into law by President Herbert Hoover on March 3rd of that year. g] In its flinitial form, the law provided: yf;1f...j.;that the rate of wage for all laborers and mechanics employed AAW5§by the contractor or any subcontractor on the public buildings covered not less than the prevailing rate of wages for in the city, town, village, or other civil p
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of the case. On January l6, 1984, the Supreme Court denied certiorari, thus leaving in place the decision of the Appeals Court and clearing the way for implementation of those Davis+Bacon regulations that had been J sustained. 21] géf DLR, July 6, 1983. p. A12-A14 and Dl—D4. 27/ The U.S. Supreme Court left standing the decision by the Court of Appeals and it was the substance of this decision, Judge Greene
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as a source of data for a wage determination in a rural county, and projects in rural counties may not be used as a source of data for a wage determination for a metropolitan county." g§j DLR, January 17, 1984. p. All-A12. 22/ U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Civil Action No. 82-1631. December 21, i984. Order signed by Judge Harold H. Greene.
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that its perspectives had been largely ignored.l Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan.(a construction com- pany executive in private life) affirmed that all interested parties had been consulted before the final revisions were published. "Bobby Georgine [BCTD lg] The Washington Report (U.S. Chamber of Commerce), June 8, l982. p. l and 20.
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235-631 E LCiL'L* )3/3? . Congressional Research Service RWLIA" 8353' E: The Library of Congress ’ Washington, o.c. 20540 AVOIDING URBAN/RURAL WAGE INEQUITIES I IN DETERMINATION OF PREVAILING WAGE RATES UNDER THE DAVIS-BACON ACT William G. Whittaker Analyst in Labor Economics Economics Division March 20, 1985 LTR Z5’-v 2:7 2’
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, since 442 fellowships multiplied by the average classroom teacher salary for 1981-82 ($20,114) equals $8,890,388, somewhat below the aggregate authorization of $10 million.
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programs or total costs of (at least public) colleges. While Ti- tle VII of P.L. 98-558 would offer scholarships of $5,b00, the maximum Pell Grant for 1984-85 is $1,900 and the maximum amount an undergraduate student may borrow under the Guaranteed Student Loan program is $2,500. With respect to costs, $5,000 would represent approximately 102 percent of estimated average (total) costs of a resident
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CRS-3 teaching at the elementary or secondary level. Funds appropriated for this pro- gram will be allocated to the States in proportion to each State's share of the total population. The amount authorized to be appropriated for this part is $20 million for fiscal year (FY) 1986, $21 million for FY 1987, $22 million for is? 1988, and $23 million for FY 1939. 1/ Scholarship recipients
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in the same manner as, as is often referred to, the Gulf of Tonkin resolution." E1. Sll390. Finally, Senator Lugar, referring to the use Aof military action by the President in Grenada and Libya, stated that where Nicaragua was concerned the President “has constrained himself and the language of the bill constrains Congress, constrains all of us. But I come back to the point ea. that we cannot inva
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Government, may enter Nicaragua for the purposes of assisting the Contras militarily. A ~ — ..1 I believe this amendment is necessary in the ' absence of any firm commitment from the administration that the United States military forces will not be used in Nicaragua. It is one ' - thing to support the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, which has proven to be a nasty thorn in the side
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CRS-2 The first sentence of the provision first appeared in S.J. Res, No» 233» a resolution sponsored by Senators Dole and Lugar that, as passed by the Senate S in March 1986, provided $100 million in Contra aid. 132 Cong» Rec. S3689 (daily ed. March 27, 1986). In approving the provision, the Senate rejected two related amendments by Senator Kennedy: one that would have prohibited the obligation
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increases for Government officials being granted .12] The views of the National Chamber Foundation were by Martin Lefcowitz, Director of Special Projects, via telephone with CRS on November 13, 1986. Mr. Lefcowitz stated that comparing positions such as the Secretary of Defense with the President of General Motors do not work because the profit motive and the commercial ethos do not apply in the Federal
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the Public, Business Week, June 25, 1984, p. 15; and the Business Week/Harris Poll, June 25, 1984, pp. 15-16. §§/ U.S. Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. Report of the Comission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. Washington, December l968. p. iv.
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of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Chamber Foundation via telephone conversation with CRS on November 13, 1986. glf Loomis, Carol J. The Madness of Executive Compensation. Fortune, July 12, 1982. p. 45; Executive Pay: Who Made the Most-And Are They Worth It? Business Week, May 5, 1986.“ pp. 5l~52; Top Executive Pay Peeves the Public. Business Week, June 25, 1984. p. 15; and The Business Week
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CRS‘2l in accordance with the plenary legislative process required by [Article 1, Section 7] of the Constitution." 32/ The Department of Justice was also asked to advise on whether or not the unconstitutional legislative veto section of the statute could be severed from the rest of the statute, thereby leaving the remainder of the statute valid. ,The Department of Justice affirmed
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