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 72 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 85-e06-AUG. 8, 1968

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Labore (3) The said subsection is further amended by striking out the mechanics.r s and period at the end thereof and inserting a colon and the following: Prevailing wage ^'•Provided further, That all laborers and mechanics employed by con- rates. tractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of any contribution of Federal funds made by the Administrator under the provisions of this section shall be paid wages 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, as amended (40 U. S. G. 276a-276a-5), and every such employee shall receive compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times his basic rate of pay for all hours worked in any workweek in excess of eight hours in any workday or forty hours in the workweek, as the case may be. The Administrator shall make no contribution of Federal funds without first obtaining adequate assurance that these labor standards will be maintained upon the construction work. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this proviso, the authority and functions set forth in Keorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F. E. 3176, 64 Stat. 1267, 5 U.S.C. 133z-15), and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948, as amended; 40 U.S.C. 276(c))." 64 SEC. 4. Title II of said Act is amended by adding the following 50 Stat. e 1248. p. u s ap new section thereto: 2281-2284. S t "SEC. 205. To further assist in carrying out the purposes of this nel,t a t ce.s, persone Act, the Administrator is authorized to make financial contributions to the States (including interstate civil defense authorities established pursuant to section 201(g) of this Act) for necessary and essential State and local civil defense personnel and administrative expenses, on the basis of approved plans (which shall be consistent with the national plan for civil defense approved by the Administrator) for the civil defense of the States: Provided, That the finan- Limitation. cial contributions to the States for the purposes of this section shall not exceed one-half of the total cost of such necessary and essential State and local civil defense personnel and administrative expenses. " (a) Plans submitted under this section shall S u b m i s s i o n of plans. "(1) provide, pursuant to State law, that the plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State and be mandatory on them, and be administered or supervised by a single State agency; . ^ "(2) provide that the State shall share the financial assistance with that provided by the Federal Government under this section from any source determined by it to be consistent with State law; "(3) provide for the development of State and local civil defense operational plans, pursuant to standards approved by the Administrator; "(4^ provide for the employment of a full-time civil defense director, or deput;^ director, by the State, and for such other methods of administration, including methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on the merit basis (except that the Administrator shall exercise no authority with respect to the selection, tenure of office, and compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such methods) as the Administrator shall find to be necessary and proper for the operation of the plan; "(5) provide that the State shall make such reports in such form and content as the Administrator may require; "(6) make available to duly authorized representatives of the Administrator and the Comptroller General, Dooks, records, and papers necessary to conduct audits for the purposes of this section.

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