[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00948]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

29 CFR Part 9

RIN 1235-AA02; 1235-AA33


Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts; 
Rescission of Regulations

AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Final rule; rescission of regulations.

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SUMMARY: On October 31, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive order 
on improving Federal contractor operations, which revoked an Executive 
order concerning nondisplacement of qualified workers under Federal 
service contracts, and directed the Secretary of Labor to promptly 
rescind the regulations and policies implementing the revoked Executive 
order. The directive also ordered the termination of all investigations 
or compliance actions based on the revoked Executive order. In 
accordance with this directive, the Department of Labor is issuing a 
final rule to rescind the regulations on nondisplacement of qualified 
workers under service contracts, which were promulgated pursuant to the 
authority provided by the revoked Executive order.

DATES: This rule is effective January 31, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy DeBisschop, Director of Division 
of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and Hour 
Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 693-0406 (this is not 
a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Executive Summary

    On October 31, 2019, President Trump issued Executive Order 13897--
Improving Federal Contractor Operations by Revoking Executive Order 
13495 (84 FR 59709, November 5, 2019). Executive Order 13897 directs 
the Secretary of Labor to promptly rescind regulations and other 
materials implementing or enforcing Executive Order 13495. Accordingly, 
the Department issues this final rule rescinding 29 CFR part 9, 
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts, as these 
regulations implement Executive Order 13495.

II. Background

    Executive Order 13495 of January 30, 2009--Nondisplacement of 
Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts--provided that workers on a 
service contract be given the right of first refusal for employment 
with a successor contractor if they would otherwise lose their jobs as 
a result of expiration of the contract. The implementing regulations, 
29 CFR part 9, were promulgated in accordance with the terms of 
Executive Order 13495 and were published in the Federal Register on 
August 29, 2011 (76 FR 53720). On October 31, 2019, President Trump 
issued Executive Order 13897--Improving Federal Contractor Operations 
by Revoking Executive Order 13495 (84 FR 59709, November 5, 2019). 
Executive Order 13897 directs the Secretary of Labor to terminate any 
investigations or compliance actions based on Executive Order 13495, 
and to ``promptly move to rescind any orders, rules, regulations, 
guidelines, programs, or policies implementing or enforcing Executive 
Order 13495.'' Since the authority for these regulations no longer 
exists, the Department for good cause hereby finds that it is 
unnecessary and impracticable to afford notice and comment procedures 
on the rescission of the regulations at 29 CFR part 9, and that such 
rescission should be effective upon publication. As provided in 
Executive Order 13897, the revocation of Executive Order 13495 and the 
rescission of these regulations extend to all investigations or 
compliance actions based on Executive Order 13495.

III. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The information collection requirements contained in the 
regulations at 29 CFR part 9 were previously approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 
(Pub. L. 96-511) and assigned OMB Control Number 1235-0025. In light of 
the rescission of these regulations, the Department has submitted a 
request to OMB to discontinue the information collection under OMB 
control number 1235-0025.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 9

    Employment, Federal buildings and facilities, Government contracts, 
Law enforcement.

PART 9--[REMOVED AND RESERVED]

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Accordingly, and under the authority of Executive Order 13897, 84 FR 
59709, part 9 of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations is hereby 
removed and reserved.

    Dated: January 15, 2020.
Cheryl M. Stanton,
Administrator, Wage and Hour Division.
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