18. Department of Labor and Related Agencies · Major · Needs Congress
Repeal the Davis–Bacon Act
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“Repeal Davis–Bacon. Congress should enact the Davis–Bacon Repeal Act and allow markets to determine market wages.”
What has happened
- Not started
The Davis–Bacon Repeal Act was introduced in both chambers on 2026-04-30 (H.R. 8602, S. 4477) and referred to committee; neither has had a hearing, a markup or a vote, and introduction by a member is not a step by Congress. Davis–Bacon administration continues unchanged: the Wage and Hour Division renewed its construction-wage and conformance information collections in 2026, and no rulemaking to rescind the 2023 Davis–Bacon regulations was found.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
Negative search (playbook 1.6).
bills.ndjsontitle match onDavis-Bacon|Davis–Bacon: H.R. 4148 (2025-06-25, a bill to void the 2023 “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation” rule, referred), H.R. 8602 and S. 4477 (Davis–Bacon Repeal Act, both 2026-04-30, both referred).public-laws.ndjson(104 laws of the 119th Congress): no repeal.- Federal Register full-text
"Davis-Bacon", RULE and PRORULE, since 2025-01-20: nine documents, all Federal Acquisition Regulation threshold adjustments or unrelated rules. Full-text"Davis-Bacon and Related Acts": three information-collection notices (2026-02-25, 2026-05-04, 2026-06-15) — routine administration of a statute that is still in force. presidential-actions.ndjson: no presidential action mentioning Davis–Bacon. Repeal needs Congress in any case; the President can suspend the Act only during a national emergency, and no such suspension was found.
- Action
- repeal
- Object
- Davis–Bacon Act
- ID
- 1662