PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 1267 (c) PAYMENT DEPOSITS.— ^A payment under a project grant agreement under this subchapter may be made only to an official or depository designated by the sponsor and authorized by law to receive public money. (d) WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS. — (1) The Secretary may withhold a payment under a grant agreement under this subchapter for more than 180 days after the payment is due only if the Secretary— (A) notifies the sponsor and provides an opportunity for a hearing; and (B) finds that the sponsor has violated the agreement. (2) The 180-day period may be extended by— (A) agreement of the Secretary and the sponsor; or (B) the hearing officer if the officer decides an extension is necessary because the sponsor did not follow the schedule the officer established. (3) A person adversely affected by an order of the Secretary withholding a payment may apply for review of the order by filing a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit or in the court of appeals of the United States for the circuit in which the project is located. The petition must be filed not later than 60 days after the order is served on the petitioner. §47112. Carrying out airport development projects (a) CONSTRUCTION WORK. —The Secretary of Transportation may inspect and approve construction work for an airport development project carried out under a grant agreement under this subchapter. The construction work must be carried out in compliance Regulations, with regulations the Secretary prescribes. The regulations shall require the sponsor to make necessary cost and progress reports on the project. The regulations may amend or modify a contract related to the project only if the contract was made with actual notice of the regulations. (b) PREVAILING WAGES. —^A contract for more than $2,000 involving labor for an airport development project carried out under a grant agreement under this subchapter must require contractors to pay labor minimum wage rates as determined by the Secretary of Labor under the Act of March 3, 1931 (known as the Davis- Bacon Act) (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5). The minimum rates must be included in the bids for the work and in the invitation for those bids. (c) VETERANS' PREFERENCE.— (1) In this subsection— (A) "disabled veteran" has the same meaning given that term in section 2108 of title 5. (B) "Vietnam-era veteran" means an individual who served on active duty (as defined in section 101 of title 38) in the armed forces for more than 180 consecutive days, any part of which occurred after August 4, 1964, and before May 8, 1975, and who was separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions. (2) A contract involving labor for carrying out an airport development project under a grant agreement under this subchapter must require that preference in the employment of labor (except in executive, administrative, and supervisory positions) be given to Vietnam-era veterans and disabled veterans when they are available and qualified for the employment.
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