FOCA Act of 2023

United States118th CongressHR-1209House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 18, 2024

Summary

Fair and Open Competition Act or the FOCA Act This bill prohibits federal construction contracts or controlling documents for federally supported construction projects from requiring or prohibiting project labor agreements. Such documents also may not discriminate against or give preference to a bidder or contractor who signs or refuses to sign a project labor agreement. 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.

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S-537: FOCA Act

Introduced in Senate

  1. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

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  2. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 20.

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  3. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-899.

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  4. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 734.

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