Bill · H.R. 4148· House(119-HR-4148)
To provide that the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation" shall have no force or effect.
- Introduced
- 6/25/2025
- Last activity
- 6/25/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Sponsored by
- Lloyd Smucker
- Cosponsors
- - 15 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill aims to overturn a specific regulation from the Department of Labor. The regulation in question is titled "Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation." If passed, this rule would have no force or effect.
Yes
Would business owners be better off under this?+3
Reducing Davis-Bacon compliance requirements may lower labor costs for contractors bidding on federal projects.
The opposite· 3 of 4
Would union members be better off under this?-5
Overturning the Davis-Bacon regulation directly undermines wage standards and protections historically championed by unions.
Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?-4
Overturning the Davis-Bacon regulation may reduce wage protections and prevailing wage requirements for workers on federal projects.
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?-2
The removal of prevailing wage requirements may negatively impact low-income construction workers.
Who it would affect, and how
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Groups and Interests Ranking
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- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners+3Good For Union Workers-5Good For Low Income Households-2
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Union Protections-4
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power-2
- 6/25/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- 15 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
James BairdRepublican · Indiana
Virginia FoxxRepublican · North Carolina
Richard HudsonRepublican · North Carolina
Erin HouchinRepublican · Indiana
Julia LetlowRepublican · Louisiana
Tracey MannRepublican · Kansas
John MoolenaarRepublican · Michigan
Mary MillerRepublican · Illinois
John RoseRepublican · Tennessee
Pete SessionsRepublican · Texas
Keith SelfRepublican · Texas
Glenn ThompsonRepublican · Pennsylvania
Beth Van DuyneRepublican · Texas
Randy WeberRepublican · Texas
Roger WilliamsRepublican · Texas