The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee May 24 passed an amendment to the fiscal year 2012 Military Construction (MilCon)-Veterans Affairs Appropriations legislation prohibiting federal agencies from mandating anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) and discriminatory PLA preferences on all MilCon construction projects funded by the legislation.
The amendment, offered by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), was drafted with assistance from ABC National and received broad support from a diverse coalition of construction industry trade associations and employer representatives.
“This is a victory for free enterprise, open competition and taxpayers,” said ABC Vice President of Federal Affairs Geoff Burr. “This will result in increased competition, reduced costs and job creation for an industry suffering from an unemployment rate of more than 17 percent.”
The legislation will be debated on the House floor in June.
ABC will continue to support all legislation that prohibits discriminatory PLA mandates and preferences and will urge members of Congress to oppose any effort that would strike this language from the bill.
Click here to view ABC’s statement on the amendment.
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