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PUBLIC LA\^ 91-575-DEC. 24, 1970

[84 STAT.

(c) Nothing contained in the compact shall be deemed to restrict the Executive powers of the President in the event of a national emergency. (d) Nothing contained in the compact shall be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting the applicability to all Federal funds budgeted and appropriated for use by the commission of such authority over budgetary and appropriation matters as the President and Congress may have with respect to agencies in the executive branch of the Federal Government. Bonds, taxa(e) Except to the same extent that State bonds are or may continue tion. to be free or exempt from Federal taxation under the internal revenue laws of the United States, nothing contained in the compact shall be construed as freeing or exempting from internal revenue taxation in any manner whatsoever any bonds issued by the commission, their transfer, or the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof). (f) Nothing contained in the compact shall be construed to obligate the United States legally or morally to pay the principal or interest on any bonds issued by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission. Wages. (g) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the construction, alteration or repair, including painting and decorating of projects, buildings and works which are undertaken by the commission or are financiallv assisted by it, shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality so determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with 49 Stat. 1011. the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 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 any workweek, as the case may be. A provision stating the minimum wages thus determined and the requirement that overtime be paid as above provided shall be set out in each project advertisement for bids and in leach bid proposal form and shall be made a part of the contract covering the project. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the administration and enforcement of labor standards specified in this provision, the supervisory, investigatory and other authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176, 64 Stat. 1267), and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 276(c)). 63 Stat. 108. 40 USC 276c. Discrimination, (h) The commission shall insure that there is no discrimination on prohibition. the ground of race, color, religion, sex. or national origin in (1) the programs and activities of the commission, (2) the employment practices of the commission, and (3) the employment practices of parties entering into contracts with the commission, including construction contracts and contracts for private concessions in connection with recreational facilities. (i) Contracts for the manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles and equipment with the commission which are in excess of $10,000 shall be subject to the provisions of the Walsh49 Stat. 2036. Healey Public Contracts Act (41 TT.S.C. 35 et seq.). Water pollution. (j) Nothing Contained in this Act or in the compact shall be construed as superseding or limiting the functions, under any other law, of the Secretary of the Interior or of any other officer or agency of the Ignited States, relating to water pollution: Provided, That the exercise of such functions shall not limit the authority of the commission to control, prevent or abate water pollution.

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