The fringe benefits provisions of the 1964 amendments to the Davis-
Bacon Act are, in part, as follows:
(b) As used in this Act the term ``wages'', ``scale of wages'',
``wage rates'', ``minimum wages'', and ``prevailing wages'' shall
include--
(1) The basic hourly rate of pay; and
(2) The amount of--
(A) The rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or
subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person pursuant to a fund,
plan, or program; and
(B) The rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor which may
be reasonably anticipated in providing benefits to laborers and
mechanics pursuant to an enforceable commitment to carry out a
financially responsible plan or program which was communicated in
writing to the laborers and mechanics affected,
for medical or hospital care, pensions on retirement or death,
compensation for injuries or illness resulting from occupational
activity, or insurance to provide any of the foregoing, for unemployment
benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness insurance, or accident
insurance, for vacation and holiday pay, for defraying costs of
apprenticeship or other similar programs, or for other bona fide fringe
benefits, but only where the contractor or subcontractor is not required
by other Federal, State, or local law to provide any of such benefits *
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