Subs on Federal Project Can't Reach Undisbursed Funds

Unpaid subcontractors on a federal construction project could not reach the undisbursed prime contract funds. In the absence of a viable Miller Act payment bond, the subs’ only payment remedies were through or against the prime contractor.

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