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PUBLIC LAW 89-220-SEPT. 30, 1965

[79 STAT.

employees of any common carrier who are affected by any demonstration carried out under a contract between the Secretary and such carrier under such section. Such protective arrangements shall include, without bein^ limited to, such provisions as may be necessary for (1) the preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits (including continuation of pension rights and benefits) to such employees under existing collective-bargaining agreements, or otherwise; (2) the continuation of collective-bargaining rights; (3) the protection of such individual employees agamst a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment as a result of such demonstration; (4) assurances of priority of reemployment of employees terminated or laid off as a result of such demonstration; and (5) paid training or retraining programs. Such arrangements shall include provisions protecting individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment as the result of such demonstrations which shall in no event provide benefits less than those established pursuant to section 5(2)(f) of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 5). Any contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of this Act shall specify the terms and conditions of such protective arrangements. ^^y^j -pj^g Sccrctary shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of funds received under any contract or agreement entered into under this Act 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. The Secretary shall not enter into any such contract or agreement without first obtaining adequate assurance that required l ^ o r staudards will be maintained upon the construction work. The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards specified in this subsection, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 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; 40 U.S.C. 276c). SEC. 7. I n exercising the authority granted in the first section and section 2 of this Act, the Secretary may lease, purchase, develop, test, and evaluate new facilities, equipment, techniques, and methods and conduct such other activities as may be necessary, but nothing in this Act shall be deemed to authorize the Secretary to acquire any interest in any line of railroad. SEC. 8. (a)(1) l u cxcrcising the authority grautcd under this Act, the Sccrctary is authorized to enter into agreements and to contract with public or private agencies, institutions, organizations, corporations, and individuals, without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5). (2) To the maximum extent practicable, the private agencies, institutions, organizations, corporations, and individuals with which the Secretary enters into such agreements or contracts to carry out research and development under this Act shall be geographically distributed throughout the United States. (3) Each agreement or contract entered into under this Act under other than competitive bidding procedures, as determined by the Secretary, shall provide that the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, may, for the purpose of audit and examination, have access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the parties to such agreement

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