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  2. Walsh–Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936 - Wikipedia

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    The WalshHealey Public Contracts Act of 1936 (41 USC §§6501-6511) is a United States labor law, passed as part of the New Deal. It is a law on basic labor rights for U.S. government contracts. It was intended to improve labor standards.

  3. Prevailing wage - Wikipedia

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    In the WalshHealey Public Contracts Act (1936) the federal government set the minimum wage equal to the prevailing wage in an area. Economics. Federal level

  4. Bureau of Labor Standards - Wikipedia

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    The WalshHealey Public Contracts Act of 1936 established labor standards for government contracts in excess of $10,000, and included the first mandatory standards for safety and health to be adopted by the federal government, through the influence of the Division of Labor Standards. [10]

  5. List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 - Wikipedia

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    This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.

  6. Category:1936 in American law - Wikipedia

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    WalshHealey Public Contracts Act of 1936 This page was last edited on 21 April 2020, at 06:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  7. Flood of 1936: How Potomac River flooding devastated ... - AOL

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    The flood’s damage was the catalyst needed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign the Flood Control Act of 1936, the first federal flood control bill in the country. Soon after, the Army ...

  8. Hegseth orders immediate pause on gender-affirming medical ...

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    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming medical care procedures for all active-duty service members in a memo that was addressed to senior Pentagon leadership ...

  9. United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor ...

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    During the 1930s, the committee took action on the National Labor Relations Act, the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936 and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.