[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR585.313]

[Page 272]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 585_YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart D_Youthbuild Implementation Grants
 
Sec. 585.313  Labor standards.

    (a) Trainees. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rate requirements are not 
applicable to trainees on housing projects or in training programs 
assisted by Youthbuild grant funds, regardless of whether other Federal 
assistance is involved. However, where the trainees' performance of 
public and Indian housing work is subject to HUD-determined prevailing 
wage rates under section 12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
trainees must be paid HUD-determined wage rates; as a matter of policy, 
the wage rates determined by HUD to apply to Youthbuild trainees will be 
the trainee wage rates rather than journeyperson rates.
    (b) Laborers and mechanics other than Youthbuild Trainees. (1) All 
laborers and mechanics (other than Youthbuild trainees) employed by 
contractors or subcontractors in any construction, alteration or repair, 
including painting and decorating, of housing that is assisted by a 
Youthbuild grant shall be paid at rates not less than those prevailing 
on similar construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary 
of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a through 
276a-5). The employment of such laborers and mechanics on assisted 
housing shall be subject to the provisions of the Contract Work Hours 
and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327 through 333). Where these 
requirements are applicable, recipients, sponsors, owners, contractors 
and subcontractors must comply with all related Department of Labor and 
HUD rules, regulations and requirements.
    (2) The labor standards requirements in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section do not apply where a Youthbuild grant is provided solely for 
classroom and/or on-the-job training and supportive services for 
Youthbuild trainees, and the grant does not include costs for housing 
project development involving acquisition (including lease), 
rehabilitation or new construction of real properties; however, if other 
Federal programs provide assistance to the housing project, labor 
standards apply to laborers and mechanics other than Youthbuild trainees 
to the extent required by the other Federal programs. Applicants need to 
review applicable Federal regulations to determine which relevant 
requirements apply to their individual situations.