Sec. 212. labor standards
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## Sec. 212 labor standards **[**[12 U.S.C. 1715c](/us/usc/t12/s1715c)**]** ###
(a)The Secretary shall not insure under section 207 or section 210 of this title, or under section 608 of title VI, pursuant to any application for insurance filed subsequent to the effective date of this section, or under section 213 of this title, or under title VII pursuant to any application filed subsequent to sixty days after the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1950, or under section 803 or 810 of title VIII, or under section 908 of title IX, a mortgage or investment which covers property on which there is or is to be located a dwelling or dwellings, or a housing project, the construction of which was or is to be commenced subsequent to such date, unless the principal contractor files a certificate or certificates (at such times, in course of construction or otherwise, as the Secretary may prescribe) certifying that the laborers and mechanics employed in the construction of the dwelling or dwellings or the housing project involved have been paid not less than the wages prevailing in the locality in which the work was performed for the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on construction of a similar character, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5), prior to the beginning of construction and after the date of the filing of the application for insurance. The provisions of this section shall also apply to the insurance of any loan or mortgage under section 220 or section 233 which covers property on which there is located a dwelling or dwellings designed principally for residential use for twelve or more families. The provisions of this section shall apply to the insurance under section 221 of any mortgage described in subsection (d)(3) or (d)(4) and (deeming the term “**construction**” as used in the first sentence of this section to mean rehabilitation) of any mortgage described in subsection (h)(1) or section 235(j)(1) which covers property on which there is located a dwelling or dwellings designed principally for residential use for more than eight families; except that compliance with such provisions may be waived by the Secretary— ####
(1)with respect to mortgages described in such subsection (d)(3) or (d)(4) in cases or classes of cases where laborers or mechanics (not otherwise employed at any time in the construction of the project) voluntarily donate their services without compensation for the purpose of lowering their housing costs in a cooperative housing project and the Secretary determines that any amounts saved thereby are fully credited to the cooperative undertaking the construction, and ####
(2)with respect to mortgages described in such subsection (h)(1) or section 235(j)(1), in cases or classes of cases where prospective owners of such dwellings voluntarily donate their services without compensation, or other persons (not otherwise employed at any time in the rehabilitation of the property) voluntarily donate their services without compensation, and the Secretary determines that any amounts saved thereby are fully credited to the nonprofit organization undertaking the rehabilitation. The provisions of this section shall also apply to the insurance of any mortgage under section 231, 232, or 236 except that compliance with such provisions may be waived by the Secretary in cases or classes of cases where laborers or mechanics, not otherwise employed at any time on the project, voluntarily donate their services without full compensation for the purpose of lowering the costs of construction and the Secretary determines that any amounts thereby saved are fully credited to the nonprofit corporation, association or other organization undertaking the construction. The provisions of this section shall also apply to the insurance of any mortgage under section 234(d). The provisions of this section shall also apply to the insurance of any mortgage under section 242, except that compliance with such provisions may be waived by the Secretary in cases or classes of cases where laborers or mechanics, not otherwise employed at any time on the project, voluntarily donate their services without compensation for the purpose of lowering the costs of construction and the Secretary determines that any amounts thereby saved are fully credited to the nonprofit corporation, association, or other organization undertaking the construction; and each laborer or mechanic employed on any facility covered by a mortgage insured under section 242 shall receive compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times his basic rate of pay for all hours worked in any workweek in excess of eight hours in any workday or forty hours in the workweek, as the case may be. The provisions of this section shall also apply to the insurance of any mortgage under title XI; and each laborer or mechanic employed on any facility covered by a mortgage insured under such title shall receive compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times his basic rate of pay for all hours worked in any workweek in excess of eight hours in any workday or forty hours in the workweek, as the case may be. ###
(b)The Secretary is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. ###
(c)There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for each fiscal year thereafter, a sum sufficient to meet all necessary expenses of the Department of Labor in making the determinations provided for in subsection (a).
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