Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 720.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOOD of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 21, February 1, 2023, Page H630):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Repealing the Davis-Bacon law requiring the federal government to pay the ``prevailing wage.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2023 ↗

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  157 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 720, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ee98139ad6b997ef75e7670c33b0fac2da80b55456350d13485fc488db29ace

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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