FOCA Act of 2025
Official title: To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded co… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Fair and Open Competition Act of 2025 or the FOCA Act of 2025
This bill requires that federal contracts for construction projects neither require nor prohibit a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor from entering into agreements with one or more labor organizations with respect to such projects or related projects.
Under the bill, the controlling documents for federal construction contracts (such as bid specifications and project agreements) may not require or prohibit a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor from entering into or adhering to such labor agreements. Additionally, the controlling documents may not discriminate against or give preference to a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who signs or refuses to sign such a labor agreement.
These requirements also apply to any (1) construction manager acting on behalf of the federal government with respect to such contract, (2) recipient of a federal grant or financial assistance for construction projects or construction manager acting on the recipient's behalf, and (3) party to a federal cooperative agreement for construction projects or construction managers acting on the party's behalf.
An agency may exempt a project from this prohibition to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve the national security.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SOLUTIONS, LLC
- GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SOLUTIONS, LLC
- GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SOLUTIONS, LLC
- GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SOLUTIONS, LLC
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Treasury, Dept of
- Education, Dept of
- Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
- White House Office
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2126: FOCA Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2126/
"H.R. 2126: FOCA Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2126/.
H.R. 2126, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2126/.
[H.R. 2126: FOCA Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2126/)