Updates to wage rate calculations

(a) In general Section 3142(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking work in the civil and inserting the following: “work— (1) (A) in the civil; and (2) by striking, or in the District and inserting the following: “; or (B) from geographic groupings other than civil subdivisions of the State (which may include metropolitan statistical areas or other groupings determined appropriate by the Secretary), as long as projects in metropolitan labor markets are not used as a source of data for a wage determination in a nonmetropolitan labor market; or (2) in the District. (b) Changes to survey methodology Section 3142 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Survey information collection By not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Affordable Housing Expansion Act, the Secretary shall— (1) review the Secretary's method of collecting survey information for determining prevailing wages for purposes of subsection (a); and (2) revise how such survey information is collected, following a public notice and opportunity for public comment, by— (A) including surveys that allow for reliable and objective sources of data and a defendable methodology, which may include information collected through Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys; and (B) improving the percentage of businesses choosing to participate in prevailing wage determination surveys and ensuring proportional representation of businesses represented by labor organizations and businesses not represented by labor organizations in the prevailing wage determination surveys that are completed..