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(c) Any report submitted by WMATC to the Board shall con-
sider, without limitation, the probable affect EFFECT of the matter
or proposal upon the operation of the publicly and privately owned OR
CONTROLLED transit facilities as a coordinated regional system,
passenger movements, fare structures, service and the impact on the
revenues of both the public and private facilities.

Article XIV
Labor Policy
317-64. Construction—

The Board shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that
all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcon-
tractors in the construction, alteration or repair, including painting
and decorating, of projects, buildings and works which are under-
taken by the Authority or are financially assisted by it, shall be
paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar con-
struction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in
accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-
276a-5), and every such employee 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 work-
day or forty hours in any workweek, as the case may be. A pro-
vision stating the minimum wages thus determined and the require-
ment that overtime be paid as above provided shall be set out in
each project advertisement for bids and in each bid proposal form
and shall be made a part of the contract covering the project, which
contract shall be deemed to be a contract of the character specified
in section 103 of the Contract Work Hours Standards Act (76 Stat.
357 , AS NOW OR AS MAY HEREAFTER BE IN EFFECT.
The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the admin-
istration and enforcement of the labor standards specified in this
provision, the supervisory, investigatory and other authority and
functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950
(15 F.R. 3176, 64 Stat. 1267, 5 U.S.C. 133Z-15), and section 2 of
the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948, as amended;
40 U.S.C. 276 (c)). The requirements of this section shall also be
applicable with respect to the employment of laborers and mechanics
in the construction, alteration, or repair (other than routine mainte-
nance) , INCLUDING PAINTING AND DECORATING, of the
transit facilities owned OR CONTROLLED by the Authority where
such activities are performed by a contractor pursuant to agreement
with the operator of such facilities.

317-65. Equipment and Supplies—

Contracts for the manufacture or furnishing of materials, sup-
plies, articles and equipment which are in excess of $10,000 shall be
subject to the provisions of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
(41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.)-. , AS NOW OR AS MAY HEREAFTER BE
IN EFFECT.

317-66. Operations—

It shall be a condition of the operation of the transit facilities
owned OR CONTROLLED by the Authority that the provisions of
section 10(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (49