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Interim Rules Issued for Bush    Executive Orders of February 17th, 2001.

As we covered in our Spring 2001 Newsletter President Bush issued four executive orders on 02/17/2001 for the purpose of opening Government Contracts to all American workers - not just the 15% that are unionized.

The Bush Administration has now issued interim rules (published in the May 16 Federal Register) amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement two of those Executive orders. The relevant orders are:

1) Executive Order: Revocation of Executive Order on Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers under Certain Contracts (February 17, 2001) This order reduces job protection for certain federal contractors' employees when the projects on which they are working are awarded to other contractors.

2) Executive Order on Preservation of Open Competition and Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors' Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded Construction Projects (February 17, 2001) This order rescinds the "project labor agreement." The project labor agreement gave priority to unionized employers on certain federal projects.

Below is the actual release from the May 16th Federal Register:

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[Federal Register: May 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 95)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 27414-27416]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr16my01-28]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Parts 17, 22, and 36

[FAC 97-26; FAR Case 2001-016; Item II] RIN 9000-AJ14

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Executive Order 13202, Preservation of Open Competition and Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors' Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded Construction Projects

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13202, Preservation of Open Competition and Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors' Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded Construction Projects, which prohibits including requirements for affiliation with a labor organization as a condition for award of any contract or subcontract for construction or construction management services.

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