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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 222: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 222.4

DFARS 222.404 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations.

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In plain English

This section requires each department and agency to send the Wage and Hour Division Administrator a general outline of its proposed construction program for the coming fiscal year by April 1 each year. The Department of Labor uses this information to decide where to conduct general wage determination surveys. It matters to contractors because it affects how and where construction wage determinations are developed.

Applies to: Each department and agency

What it requires

  • Furnish the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, with a general outline of its proposed construction program for the coming fiscal year not later than April 1 of each year
  • Indicate by individual project of $500,000 or more the anticipated type of construction
  • Indicate by individual project of $500,000 or more the estimated dollar value
  • Indicate by individual project of $500,000 or more the location in which the work is to be performed (city, town, village, county, or other civil subdivision of the state)

Key terms: construction program · general wage determination surveys · individual project of $500,000 or more · Department of Labor All Agency Memo 144 · report control number 1671-DOL-AN

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The text

Not later than April 1 of each year, each department and agency shall furnish the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, with a general outline of its proposed construction program for the coming fiscal year. The Department of Labor uses this information to determine where general wage determination surveys will be conducted.

(1) Indicate by individual project of $500,000 or more—

(i) The anticipated type of construction;

(ii) The estimated dollar value; and

(iii) The location in which the work is to be performed (city, town, village, county, or other civil subdivision of the state).

(2) The report format is contained in Department of Labor All Agency Memo 144, December 27, 1985.

(3) The report control number is 1671-DOL-AN.

← 222.403-70 Department of Labor regulations. · 222.404-2 General requirements. →

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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