Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Philadelphia on Tuesday to celebrate the new labor reforms at a union hall.
"The rules are more important than ever to ensure fair wages for workers and ensuring good wages for them," a senior administration official said.
The Davis-Bacon Act, first established in 1931, tasks the federal government with establishing wage floors - known as prevailing wages - that apply to construction projects partially or fully funded by the federal government.
It applies to more than one million construction workers on $200 billion of such projects, the administration said.
Trade groups have long criticized the prevailing wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act, saying they are burdensome and discourage small businesses from seeking federal contracts.
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