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S. 2963In CommitteeGOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND POLITICS

Service Contract Modernization Act

Employee benefits and pensions · Inflation and prices · Public contracts and procurement
Sponsor
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
R · OK
Key facts
Introduced: Oct 7, 2021
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 0
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Oct 7, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summary

Service Contract Modernization Act

This bill increases a threshold used to determine whether an employee of a federal services contractor or subcontractor is entitled to wages and fringe benefits prevailing in the locality where services are performed (or in a predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement).

Under current law, a federal contractor or subcontractor that enters into a service contract in excess of $2,500 must comply with prevailing wage and related requirements. This bill increases that amount by adjusting it for inflation since 1965 and provides for future increases based on inflation.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Oct 7, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Oct 7, 2021
    Introduced in Senate

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