(a) The procedural rules in this part apply under the Davis-Bacon
Act (946 Stat. 1494, as amended; 40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-7) and other
statutes listed in appendix A to this part which provide for the payment
of minimum wages, including fringe benefits, to laborers and mechanics
engaged in construction activity under contracts entered into or
financed by or with the assistance of agencies of the United States or
the District of Columbia, based on determinations by the Secretary of
Labor of the wage rates and fringe benefits prevailing for the
corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on projects
similar to the contract work in the local areas where such work is to be
performed. Functions of the Secretary of Labor under these statutes and
under Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267, 5 U.S.C.
appendix), except those assigned to the Administrative Review Board (see
29 CFR part 7), have been delegated to the Deputy Under Secretary of
Labor for Employment Standards who in turn has delegated the functions
to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, and authorized
representatives.
(b) The regulations in this part set forth the procedures for making
and applying such determinations of prevailing wage rates and fringe
benefits pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act, each of the other statutes
listed in appendix A, and any other Federal statute providing for
determinations of such wages by the Secretary of Labor in accordance
with the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act.
(c) Procedures set forth in this part are applicable, unless
otherwise indicated, both to general wage determinations for contracts
in specified localities, and to project wage determinations for use on
contract work to be performed on a specific project.
[48 FR 19533, Apr. 29, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 49823, Dec. 4, 1985]
