The Yurok Tribe desires to establish a prevailing wage for certain employees as designated by the federal government on the Yurok Reservation in order to promote the general welfare and economic development of the Tribe in exercise of the Tribe’s inherent authority and Congressionally delegated authority.

Section 4114(b)(3) of Title 25 of the United States Code expressly provides that the determination of prevailing wages by an Indian Tribe supersedes federal prevailing wage determinations of the Secretary and the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. § 276a et seq., and upon passage of this chapter the Tribally determined prevailing wage shall be applied to contracts or agreements, including contracts or agreements for assistance, sale, or lease pursuant to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act, 25 U.S.C. § 4101 et seq.

The prevailing wages established by the Tribe under this chapter are intended to supersede all federal wage determinations to the greatest extent allowed under federal law and to the fullest legal authority of Tribal law. [Ord. 29 § 5002, adopted, 10/12/2012.]