25.272.16 100th Legislative Session HCR6002
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Concurrent Resolution
6002
ENROLLED
AN ACT
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Urging the United States Congress and the President
of the United States to remove the requirement of a project labor agreement
for federal construction projects.
WHEREAS, Executive Order 14063, signed on February 4, 2022, requires the use of a
project labor agreement for a construction project that is contracted with the federal
government and has a total estimated cost of thirty-five million dollars or more; and
WHEREAS, a project labor agreement, as provided for in 48 C.F.R. ยง 22.502, is a pre-hire
collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization; and
WHEREAS, in awarding a contract for a construction project, a federal agency shall require
a contractor or subcontractor engaged in a federal government construction project to agree
to negotiate or become a party to a project labor agreement with a labor organization; and
WHEREAS, the Ellsworth Air Force Base, located in South Dakota, is a federal property
that will require a contract with the federal government for construction projects on the base;
and
WHEREAS, South Dakota is a right-to-work state and does not require a person to join a
labor organization; and
WHEREAS, the requirement of a project labor agreement would prohibit South Dakotans
who are not members in a labor organization from being able to work on construction projects
on the Ellsworth Air Force Base that would meet the requirements of Executive Order 14063;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Senate of the One Hundredth Legislature of
the State of South Dakota, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that the United
States Congress and the President of the United States be urged to overturn Executive Order 25.272.16 2 HCR6002
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14063 by passing legislation that would remove the requirement of a project labor agreement
for federal construction projects. 25.272.16 3 HCR6002
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Adopted by the House of Representatives, February 12, 2025
Concurred in by the Senate, February 21, 2025
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Jon Hansen Patricia Miller
Speaker of the House Chief Clerk
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Chris Karr Peggy Laurenz
President Pro Tempore Secretary of the Senate
of the Senate