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the contracting officer to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards <br />Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210. The Administrator, or an <br />authorized representative, will approve, modify, or disapprove every additional classification action <br />within 30 days of receipt and so advise the contracting officer or will notify the contracting officer <br />within the 30 -day period that additional time is necessary. <br />(C) In the event the Contractor, the laborers, or mechanics to be employed in the classification, or their <br />representatives, and the contracting officer do not agree on the proposed classification and wage rate <br />(including the amount designated for fringe benefits where appropriate), the contracting officer shall <br />refer the questions, including the views of all interested parties and the recommendation of the <br />contracting officer, to the Administrator for determination. The Administrator, or an authorized <br />representative, will issue a determination within 30 days of receipt and so advise the contracting officer <br />or will notify the contracting officer within the 30 -day period that additional time is necessary. <br />(D) The wage rate (including fringe benefits where appropriate) determined pursuant to subparagraphs <br />(1)(ii) (B) or (C) of this paragraph, shall be paid to all workers performing work in the classification <br />under this contract from the first day on which work is performed in the classification. <br />(iii) Whenever the minimum wage rate prescribed in the contract for a class of laborers or mechanics <br />includes a fringe benefit which is not expressed as an hourly rate, the contractor shall either pay the <br />benefit as stated in the wage determination or shall pay another bona fide fringe benefit or an hourly <br />cash equivalent thereof. <br />(iv) If the Contractor does not make payments to a trustee or other third person, the Contractor may <br />consider as part of the wages of any laborer or mechanic the amount of any costs reasonably anticipated <br />in providing bona fide fringe benefits under a plan or program: Provided that the Secretary of Labor has <br />found, upon the written request of the Contractor, that the applicable standards of the Davis -Bacon Act <br />have been met. The Secretary of Labor may require the Contractor to set aside in a separate account <br />assets for the meeting of obligations under the plan or program. <br />2. Withholding. <br />The Federal Aviation Administration or the sponsor shall upon its own action or upon written request of <br />an authorized representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause to be withheld from the <br />Contractor under this contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other <br />federally -assisted contract subject to Davis -Bacon prevailing wage requirements, which is held by the <br />same prime contractor, so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to <br />pay laborers and mechanics, including apprentices, trainees, and helpers, employed by the Contractor or <br />any subcontractor the full amount of wages required by the contract. In the event of failure to pay any <br />laborer or mechanic, including any apprentice, trainee, or helper, employed or working on the site of <br />work, all or part of the wages required by the contract, the Federal Aviation Administration may, after <br />written notice to the Contractor, Sponsor, Applicant, or Owner, take such action as may be necessary to <br />cause the suspension of any further payment, advance, or guarantee of funds until such violations have <br />ceased. <br />Guidelines for Contract Provisions for Obligated Sponsors and Airport Improvement Program Projects <br />Issued on December 12, 2017 Page 31 <br />