PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK.

SEC. 22. PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK. (a) Regulations.—The construction work on any project for airport development approved by the Secretary pursuant to section 16 of this part shall be subject to inspection and approval by the Secretary and in accordance with regulations prescribed by him. Such regulations shall require such cost and progress reporting by the sponsor or sponsor’s of such project as the Secretary shall deem necessary. No such regulation shall have the effect of altering any contract in connection with any project entered into without actual notice of the regulation. (b) Minimum Rates of Wages.—All contracts in excess of $2,000 for work on projects for airport development approved under this part, which involve labor shall contain provisions establishing minimum rates of wages, to be predetermined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 2T6a—276a–5), which contractors shall pay to skilled and unskilled labor, and such in minimum rates shall be stated in the invitation for bids and shall be included in proposals or bids for the work. (c) Other Provisions as to Labor.—All contracts for work on projects for airport development approved under this part which involve labor shall contain such provisions as are necessary to insure ( 1) that no convict labor shall lie employed; and (2) that, in the employment of labor (except in executive, administrative, and supervisory positions), preference shall be given, where they are qualified, 84 Stat. 232 to individuals who have served as persons in the military service of the United States, as defined in section 101 (1) of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended (50 App. U.S.C. 511(1)), and who have been honorably discharged from such service. However, this preference shall apply only where the individuals are available and qualified to perform the work to which the employment relates.