Reading Room Document

Reconsideration of Applicability of the Davis-Bacon Act to the Veterans Administration's Lease of Medical Facilities

Contrary to the view expressed in an earlier opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel, the plain language of the Davis-Bacon Act does not bar its application to a lease contract on the ground that such contracts are per se not contracts for construction. The applicability of the Davis-Bacon Act to any specific lease contract can be determined only by considering the details of the particular contract. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/20341/download.

May 23, 1994