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PUBLIC LAW 627-JUNE 29, 1966

standards required by this title for the Interstate System. The time, method, and amounts of such reimbursement, if any, shall be determined by the Congress following a study which the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and directed to conduct, in cooperation with the State highway departments, and other agencies as may be required, to determine which highways in the Interstate System measure up to the standards required by this title, including all related factors of cost, depreciation, participation of Federal funds, and any other items relevant thereto. A complete report of the results of such study shall be submitted to the Congress within ten days subsequent to January 2, 1958. SEC. 115. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE. (a) AppiiicATiON OF DAVIS-BACON ACT.—The Secretary of Commerce shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on the initial construction work performed on highway projects on the Interstate System authorized under section 108 of this title shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on the same type of work on similar construction in the immediate locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of August ao, 1935, known as the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. sec. 276-a).

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(b) CONSULTATION W I T H STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS; PREDE- 276«.6.

j'ERMiNATiON OF RATES.—In Carrying out the duties of the foregoing subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall consult with the highway department of the State in which a project on the Interstate System is to be performed. After giving due regard to the information thus obtained, he shall make a predetermination of the minimum wages to be paid laborers and mechanics in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing subsection which shall be set out in each project advertisement for bids and in each bid proposal form and shall be made a part of the contract covering the project. SEC. 116. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM. (a) ACCELERATION or PROGRAM.—It is hereby declared to be in the

national interest to accelerate the construction of the Federal-aid highway systems, including the Interstate System, since many of such highways, or portions thereof, are in fact inadequate to meet the needs of local and interstate commerce, the national and the civil defense. (b) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM; PROGRESS REPORT ON FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM.—It is further declared that one of the

most important objectives of this Act is the prompt completion of the Interstate System. Insofar as possible in consonance with this objective, existing highways located on an interstate route shall be used to the extent that such use is practicable, suitable, and feasible, it being the intent that local needs, to the extent practicable, suitable, and feasible, shall be given equal consideration with the needs of interstate commerce. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby directed to submit ^^•f'"* to c o n to the Congress not later than February 1, 1959, a report on the prog- gr«ss. """"" ress made in attaining the objectives set forth in this subsection and in subsection (a), together with recommendations. (c) Pupxic HEARINGS.—Any State highway department which submits plans for a Federal-aid highway project involving the bypassing of, or going through, any city, town, or village, either incorporated or unincorporated, shall certify to the Commissioner of Public Roads that it has had public hearings, or has afforded the opportunity for such hearings, and has considered the economic effects of such a location: Provided, That, if such hearings have been held, a copy of the tran69225 O - 5 7 - 2 9 ( V o l. 70)

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