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4	4	STSESSION S. 1064
5	5	To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards
6	6	the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and
7	7	federally funded construction projects, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MARCH13, 2025
10	10	Mr. Y
11	11	OUNG(for himself, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. CORNYN, Mr.
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13	13	AGERTY, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BUDD, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. WICKER, Mr.
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15	15	RAMER, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY,
16	16	Mrs. B
17	17	LACKBURN, Mr. RISCH, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following
18	18	bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland
19	19	Security and Governmental Affairs
20	20	A BILL
21	21	To preserve open competition and Federal Government neu-
22	22	trality towards the labor relations of Federal Government
23	23	contractors on Federal and federally funded construction
24	24	projects, and for other purposes.
25	25	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
26	26	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
27	27	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
28	28	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Open Com-4
29	29	petition Act’’ or the ‘‘FOCA Act’’. 5
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33	33	SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 1
34	34	It is the purpose of this Act to— 2
35	35	(1) promote and ensure open competition on 3
36	36	Federal and federally funded or assisted construc-4
37	37	tion projects; 5
38	38	(2) maintain Federal Government neutrality to-6
39	39	wards the labor relations of Federal Government 7
40	40	contractors on Federal and federally funded or as-8
41	41	sisted construction projects; 9
42	42	(3) reduce construction costs to the Federal 10
43	43	Government and to the taxpayers; 11
44	44	(4) expand job opportunities, especially for 12
45	45	small and disadvantaged businesses; and 13
46	46	(5) prevent discrimination against Federal Gov-14
47	47	ernment contractors or their employees based upon 15
48	48	labor affiliation or the lack thereof, thereby pro-16
49	49	moting the economical, nondiscriminatory, and effi-17
50	50	cient administration and completion of Federal and 18
51	51	federally funded or assisted construction projects. 19
52	52	SEC. 3. PRESERVATION OF OPEN COMPETITION AND FED-20
53	53	ERAL GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY. 21
54	54	(a) P
55	55	ROHIBITION.— 22
56	56	(1) G
57	57	ENERAL RULE.—The head of each execu-23
58	58	tive agency that awards or enters into any construc-24
59	59	tion contract or that obligates funds pursuant to 25
60	60	such a contract, shall ensure that the agency, and 26
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64	64	any construction manager acting on behalf of the 1
65	65	Federal Government with respect to such contract, 2
66	66	in its bid specifications, project agreements, or other 3
67	67	controlling documents does not— 4
68	68	(A) require or prohibit a bidder, offeror, 5
69	69	contractor, or subcontractor from entering into, 6
70	70	or adhering to, agreements with 1 or more 7
71	71	labor organizations, with respect to that con-8
72	72	struction project or another related construction 9
73	73	project; or 10
74	74	(B) discriminate against or give preference 11
75	75	to a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcon-12
76	76	tractor because such bidder, offeror, contractor, 13
77	77	or subcontractor— 14
78	78	(i) becomes a signatory, or otherwise 15
79	79	adheres to, an agreement with 1 or more 16
80	80	labor organizations with respect to that 17
81	81	construction project or another related 18
82	82	construction project; or 19
83	83	(ii) refuses to become a signatory, or 20
84	84	otherwise adhere to, an agreement with 1 21
85	85	or more labor organizations with respect to 22
86	86	that construction project or another related 23
87	87	construction project. 24
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91	91	(2) APPLICATION OF PROHIBITION .—This sub-1
92	92	section shall apply with respect to— 2
93	93	(A) contracts awarded on or after the date 3
94	94	of the enactment of this Act; and 4
95	95	(B) subcontracts awarded under such con-5
96	96	tracts. 6
97	97	(3) R
98	98	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 7
99	99	paragraph (1) may be construed to prohibit a con-8
100	100	tractor or subcontractor from voluntarily entering 9
101	101	into an agreement described in such paragraph. 10
102	102	(4) F
103	103	EDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION .—Not 11
104	104	later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 12
105	105	of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall 13
106	106	be revised to implement the provisions of this sub-14
107	107	section. 15
108	108	(b) R
109	109	ECIPIENTS OFGRANTS ANDOTHERASSIST-16
110	110	ANCE.—The head of each executive agency that awards 17
111	111	grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooper-18
112	112	ative agreements for construction projects after the date 19
113	113	of the enactment of this Act shall ensure that— 20
114	114	(1) the bid specifications, project agreements, 21
115	115	or other controlling documents for such construction 22
116	116	projects of a recipient of a grant or financial assist-23
117	117	ance, or by the parties to a cooperative agreement, 24
118	118	do not contain any of the requirements or prohibi-25
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122	122	tions described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of sub-1
123	123	section (a)(1); or 2
124	124	(2) the bid specifications, project agreements, 3
125	125	or other controlling documents for such construction 4
126	126	projects of a construction manager acting on behalf 5
127	127	of a recipient or party described in paragraph (1) do 6
128	128	not contain any of the requirements or prohibitions 7
129	129	described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection 8
130	130	(a)(1). 9
131	131	(c) F
132	132	AILURETOCOMPLY.—If an executive agency, 10
133	133	a recipient of a grant or financial assistance from an exec-11
134	134	utive agency, a party to a cooperative agreement with an 12
135	135	executive agency, or a construction manager acting on be-13
136	136	half of such an agency, recipient, or party, fails to comply 14
137	137	with subsection (a) or (b), the head of the executive agency 15
138	138	awarding the contract, grant, or assistance, or entering 16
139	139	into the agreement involved, shall take such action, con-17
140	140	sistent with the law, as the head of such agency deter-18
141	141	mines to be appropriate. 19
142	142	(d) E
143	143	XEMPTIONS.— 20
144	144	(1) I
145	145	N GENERAL.—The head of an executive 21
146	146	agency may exempt a particular project, contract, 22
147	147	subcontract, grant, or cooperative agreement from 23
148	148	the requirements of 1 or more of the provisions of 24
149	149	subsections (a) and (b) if the head of such agency 25
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153	153	determines that special circumstances exist that re-1
154	154	quire an exemption in order to avert an imminent 2
155	155	threat to public health or safety or to serve the na-3
156	156	tional security. 4
157	157	(2) S
158	158	PECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES .—For purposes 5
159	159	of paragraph (1), a finding of special circumstances 6
160	160	may not be based on the possibility or existence of 7
161	161	a labor dispute concerning contractors or sub-8
162	162	contractors that are nonsignatories to, or that other-9
163	163	wise do not adhere to, agreements with 1 or more 10
164	164	labor organizations, or labor disputes concerning em-11
165	165	ployees on the project who are not members of, or 12
166	166	affiliated with, a labor organization. 13
167	167	(3) A
168	168	DDITIONAL EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN 14
169	169	PROJECTS.—The head of an executive agency, upon 15
170	170	application of an awarding authority, a recipient of 16
171	171	grants or financial assistance, a party to a coopera-17
172	172	tive agreement, or a construction manager acting on 18
173	173	behalf of any of such entities, may exempt a par-19
174	174	ticular project from the requirements of any or all 20
175	175	of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b), if the head 21
176	176	of such agency finds— 22
177	177	(A) that the awarding authority, recipient 23
178	178	of grants or financial assistance, party to a co-24
179	179	operative agreement, or construction manager 25
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183	183	acting on behalf of any of such entities had 1
184	184	issued or was a party to, as of the date of the 2
185	185	enactment of this Act, bid specifications, project 3
186	186	agreements, agreements with 1 or more labor 4
187	187	organizations, or other controlling documents 5
188	188	with respect to that particular project, which 6
189	189	contained any of the requirements or prohibi-7
190	190	tions set forth in subsection (a)(1); and 8
191	191	(B) that 1 or more construction contracts 9
192	192	subject to such requirements or prohibitions 10
193	193	had been awarded as of the date of the enact-11
194	194	ment of this Act. 12
195	195	(e) D
196	196	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
197	197	(1) C
198	198	ONSTRUCTION CONTRACT .—The term 14
199	199	‘‘construction contract’’ means any contract for the 15
200	200	construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, 16
201	201	extension, or repair of buildings, highways, or other 17
202	202	improvements to real property. 18
203	203	(2) E
204	204	XECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 19
205	205	agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Executive 20
206	206	agency’’ in section 105 of title 5, United States 21
207	207	Code, except that such term does not include the 22
208	208	Government Accountability Office. 23
209	209	(3) L
210	210	ABOR ORGANIZATION .—The term ‘‘labor 24
211	211	organization’’ has the meaning given such term in 25
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215	215	section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 1
216	216	U.S.C. 2000e). 2
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