[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19179-19180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8119]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket FAR 2010-0077, Sequence 3]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2005-41; Small Entity Compliance Guide

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide.

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SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of the 
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with 
section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act 
of 1996. It consists of the summary of the rule appearing in Federal 
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-41 which amends the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain further information 
regarding this rule by referring to FAC 2005-41 which precedes this 
document. These documents are also available via the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The analyst whose name appears in the 
table below. Please cite FAC 2005-41 and the specific FAR case number. 
For information pertaining to status or

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publication schedules, contact the FAR Secretariat at (202) 501-4755.

                                                               Rule Listed in FAC 2005-41
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                                                    Subject                                                           FAR case            Analyst
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Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects..............................................  2009-005           Woodson.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary for the FAR rule follows. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments made by this FAR case, refer to FAR 
Case 2009-005.
    FAC 2005-41 amends the FAR as specified below:

Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects (FAR 
Case 2009-005)

    This final rule amends the FAR to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 
13502, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction 
Projects. The E.O. encourages the use of project labor agreements for 
Federal construction projects where the total cost to the Government is 
$25 million or more in order to promote economy and efficiency in 
Federal procurement. The rule provides that an agency may, if 
appropriate, require that every contractor and subcontractor engaged in 
construction on a construction project agree, for that project, to 
negotiate or become a party to a project labor agreement with one or 
more labor organizations. The rule identifies factors that agencies may 
consider to help them decide, on a case-by-case basis, whether the use 
of a project labor agreement is likely to promote economy and 
efficiency in the performance of a specific construction project, and 
multiple strategies for timing the Federal Government's receipt of 
project labor agreements.

    Dated: April 2, 2010.
Al Matera,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-8119 Filed 4-12-10; 8:45 am]
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