Affordable Housing Expansion Act

This bill changes how the Department of Labor sets prevailing wages (minimum pay rates) for construction workers on federally funded projects under the Davis-Bacon Act. It allows wage data to be drawn from areas such as metropolitan statistical areas, but not from city projects for rural wage rates, and requires the Labor Department to revise its wage survey methods within one year. For several federal housing programs, it limits each project to one wage rate based on its overall residential character, set at the time the application is filed. It also creates a temporary working group of federal agencies, industry groups, housing agencies, and a labor organization to recommend further changes and report within one year.

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Sponsors

• Jerry Moran Republican sponsor
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