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Davis-Bacon Wage
Determinations
This Davis-Bacon Wage Determination Database search is brought to
you by FedWorld, an online
system operated by the National
Technical Information Service an agency of the US Department of
Commerce. NTIS provides easy public access to government produced
scientific, technical and related business information.
U.S. Code, Bills, Laws and Congressional Record
The complete text of the U.S. Code, Bills, and Congressional
Record are available through the web, gopher, and telnet. The GPO
provides searchable web and telnet access to the following:
Bills.
All published versions of bills from the 104th (1995-1996) and
103rd Congress (1993-1994). Bills from the 104th Congress are
updated by 6 a.m. daily when bills are published and approved for
release.
The Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record for the 104th Congress, 1st Session from
January 4, 1995 (vol. 141, number 1). It is updated between 9:00
a.m. and 11:00 a.m., Eastern time each day the Congressional Record
is published, depending on when Congress adjourned the previous
day. The daily issues of the Congressional Record for the 103d
Congress, 2d Session (1994) are also available (vol. 140).
The Congressional Record Index. The 1995 Congressional Record
Index (vol. 141) provides information about the proceedings and
debates of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate during
the 104th Congress, 1st Session, as published in the Congressional
Record. The database is updated biweekly when the Congressional
Record Index is published. Entries include actions that are
reported in the Congressional Record and reference the issue date
and pages where the action is reported. The 1992, 1993 and 1994
Congressional Record Index databases cover the 102d Congress, 2d
Session, and the 103d Congress, 1st and 2nd Sessions, respectively.
Because biweekly issues of the Congressional Record Index do not
cumulate, there is no equivalent print counterpart of these
databases.
The U.S. Code.
The U.S. Code is prepared and published by the Office of the Law
Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, and contains the
general and permanent laws of the U.S. in effect as of January 1994
or January 1995, depending on the title. The database is updated
periodically, annotating changes to individual sections. Whole
titles are superseded annually as the editing process for each
title is completed. Notification of a change to a section of the
U.S. Code usually occurs within five business days of the enactment
of the law; the text of a revision is incorporated when the annual
bound volumes are published.
Public Laws.
The Public Laws database is a collection of laws enacted during
the 104th Congress (1995-1996). The header of each section
indicates whether a recent Public Law affects that particular
section, but the text remains unchanged until the annual revision
cycle. Prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register
(OFR), National Archives and Records Administration, each law is
first published as a slip law and then later compiled into a volume
of the Statutes at Large. The Public Laws database contains the
text of each law enacted, and is updated irregularly as the
publication of a slip law is authorized by the OFR.
The United States Code (USC) database available from the
Government Printing Office (GPO). The United States Code is
prepared and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel,
U.S. House of Representatives. This database contains the laws of
the United States in effect as of January 1996. For more recent
enactments one must turn to the uncompiled statues or Public Laws
in the form passed by Congress [see
legislation section].
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) Blue Book Reports. GAO
"blue book" reports from October 1, 1994. The database is updated
daily and reports are available within two business days after
public release. The reports contain GAO's findings and
recommendations to members of Congress or to congressional
committees. Restricted and classified products, as well as
correspondence, are not included in this database.
These GPO databases described above can be accessed at:
