Abercrombie introduced the amendment during full committee consideration of the fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act that ties the Davis-Bacon wage rate on Guam to the wage rate on Hawaii for all military construction projects. The amendment passed the House Armed Services Committee.
“I co-sponsored an amendment with Congressman Abercrombie that places a two-year cap on use of H-2 workers on military construction projects as a market-driven method to help raise the quality of life for workers on Guam,” Bordallo said.
She said Abercrombie offered the amendment to improve upon her provision which extends Davis-Bacon to military construction on Guam.
The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 established the requirement for paying prevailing wages on public works projects. All federal government construction contracts, and most contracts for federally assisted construction over $2,000 must include provisions for paying workers on-site no less than the locally prevailing wages and benefits paid on similar projects.
Bordallo’s office said there are no indications that the Senate will consider any amendments to its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, S. 1390, relating to the military buildup on Guam.
