Detail for 2017 House Roll Call Vote 464

Vote Date: 7-Sep-2017
Yeas : Nays: 173 : 240

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National Taxpayers Union

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AFL-CIO

Amendment to Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws.

This amendment by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 3354) would have repealed Davis-Bacon coverage for Department of Homeland Security projects funded under this bill. The Davis-Bacon Act requires companies to pay construction workers locally prevailing wages on federally funded projects. The amendment failed.

Citizens Against Government Waste

Fiscal 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Legislative Vehicle -- Prevailing Wage Requirements - Homeland Security.

King, R-Iowa, amendment, as modified, that would prohibit funding made available in the bill for the Department of Homeland Security and related agencies from being used to implement, administer or enforce the Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements.

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