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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. It's coming. From all outward signs, it appears that the Biden Administration may be planning to use the "American Jobs Plan" - otherwise known as the proposed infrastructure plan - to expand the Davis Bacon Act ("DBA") and require the use of prevailing wages on all projects funded by any infrastructure bill ultimately passed by Congress. The Davis Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. §§ 3141-3148), requires employers performing construction work under contract with the federal or District of Columbia go...

Puerto Rican organizations in Chicago call for self-determination of Puerto Rico Erika Pérez, La DePaulia Managing Editor|May 9, 2021 The future status of Puerto Rico has been an ongoing debate in Congress. Puerto Rico has conducted six non-binding referendums with the goal to address their political status. Puerto Rico has been a territorial property of the U.S. since the Spanish-American war in 1898.  In the 2020 referendum Puerto Ricans, who refer to themselves as “Boricuas,” voted on a non-binding referendum that asked the question, “should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted as a...

Decades-long debates surrounding D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam statehood have been reignited. What's the best option? Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The decades-long conversation around statehood for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico has been ramping up in Congress. A bill granting statehood to the District of Columbia passed in the House of Representatives on April 22, though it faces slim odds in the split Senate.  Meanwhile, the U.S. territory Puerto Rico has two current options: the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act and the Puerto Rico Self-Determina...

Decades-long debates surrounding D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam statehood have been reignited. What's the best option? Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The decades-long conversation around statehood for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico has been ramping up in Congress. A bill granting statehood to the District of Columbia passed in the House of Representatives on April 22, though it faces slim odds in the split Senate.  Meanwhile, the U.S. territory Puerto Rico has two current options: the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act and the Puerto Rico Self-Determina...

Lawmakers can't decide on the best path to bring the territory into the Union, and it's not even clear that Puerto Ricans want what Congress is offering.