The Davis $-$Bacon Act required that A $)$ B $)$ D$)$ companies using federal dollars for construction projects use the "prevailing wage rate" of the area as the minimum $-$wage rate on their construction projects employers with federal contracts pay time and a half to any employee working more than eight hours per day employers certify unions to represent a group of employees for purposes of collective bargaining if a majority of the employees sign authorization cards employers meet with accredited representatives of a majority of their employees and to make an honest effort to reach agreement on issues raised