Calls for Congressional Repeal These Agency Policies
On November 15, 黑料不打烊 Congress to repeal鈥攗nder the Congressional Review Act (CRA)鈥攂urdensome federal agency policies, including the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration鈥檚 (OSHA) multi-employer citation policy, the U.S. General Services Administration鈥檚 (GSA) bid preference policy for construction project proposals including project labor agreements (PLAs), and the U.S. Department of Justice鈥檚 (DOJ) guidance seeking to hold individuals in construction firms criminally liable for company offenses. A recent by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed what 黑料不打烊 informed Congress of : that Congress may repeal not only final rules under the CRA, but also agency guidance and policies.
Collectively, these policies place unnecessary and unreasonable risks on contractors, often driving up the cost of construction. The OSHA multi-employer citation policy has created a confounding web of risk for prime contractors, often considered controlling employers responsible for the miscues of other contractors on the jobsite. GSA is the only federal construction agency that provides a 10 point bid preference for proposals with PLAs. And, the DOJ policy encourages prosecutorial fishing expeditions, instead of calculated enforcement efforts to address the actions of bad actors.
黑料不打烊 has previously the administration to address these policies and will continue to work with both Congress and the agencies to repeal them.
For more information, contact Jimmy Christianson at (703) 837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.