Pub. L. 86-372, tit. VI, sec. 602

Sec. 602. Section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 is amended by adding the following new subsections at the end thereof: “(e) The provisions of section 309 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1950 (63 Stat. 662), which are applicable to corporations or agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, shall also be applicable to the activities of the Administrator under this title. “(f) The Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on any project assisted under this title, the construction or rehabilitation of which was commenced after the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1959, (1) shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on the same type of work on similar construction 73 Stat. 682in the immediate locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (Davis-Bacon Act), as amended, and (2) shall be employed not more than forty hours in any one week unless the employee receives wages for his employment in excess of the hours specified above at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed; but the Administrator may waive the application of this subsection in cases or classes of cases where laborers or mechanics, not otherwise employed at any time in the construction of such project, voluntarily donate their services without full compensation for the purpose of lowering the costs of construction and the Administrator determines that any amounts saved thereby are fully credited to the educational institution undertaking the construction.”