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Support for the Fair and Open Competition Act of 2025 (H.R. 2126/S. 1064) Opposition to government-mandated project labor agreements on federal and federally assisted construction projects. Opposition to Executive Order 14063: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects. Opposition to FAR Council (Reg.) Title: Federal Acquisition Regulation: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects (RIN: 9000-AO40). Opposition to project labor agreement mandates/preferences in Inflation Reduction Act clean energy tax credits related to Biden administration's U.S. Treasury (Reg.) Title: Increased Amounts of Credit or Deduction for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (RIN 1545-BQ62) Concerns with June 12, 2025, OMB memo M-25-29, Titled: Use of Project Labor Agreements on Federal Construction Projects - Amendments to OMB Memorandum M-24-06 Opposition to possible language on project labor agreements in the House and Senate NDAA FY26 bills and MilCon/VA appropriations bills and amendments. Opposition to possible language on project labor agreements in the House and Senate Surface Transportation Reauthorization bills. Opposition to U.S. DOT inclusion of project labor agreement preferences in federal grants/NOFOs across various DOT Agencies. Opposition to potential pro-PLA guidance from U.S. DOT FHWA. Concerns with DOL-WHD (Reg). Title: Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations (RIN 1235-AA40) Improvements to U.S. DOL Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage regulations. Concerns with the Biden administration's Commerce Department's funding guidance related to project labor agreements on microchip manufacturing facilities funded via the CHIPS and Sciences Act.

Department of Education's Workforce Pell proposed rule [RIN 1840-AD99] and how it might relate to construction industry workforce development and apprenticeship programs. Department of Labor subregulatory guidance on apprenticeship.