[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 88729-88730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27737]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR-2023-0051, Sequence No. 7]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2024-02; Small Entity Compliance Guide

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

ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG).

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SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of DoD, GSA, 
and NASA. 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 a summary of the rule 
appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-02, which amends 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain 
further information regarding this rule by referring to FAC 2024-02, 
which precedes this document.

DATES:  December 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC 
2024-02 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status 
or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division 
at 202-501-4755 or [email protected]. An asterisk (*) next to a rule 
indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

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                       Rules Listed in FAC 2024-02
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             Subject                  FAR case            Analyst
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* Use of Project Labor                  2022-003   Bowman.
 Agreements for for Federal
 Construction Projects.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary for the FAR rule follows. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments made by this FAR rule, refer to the 
specific subject set forth in the document preceding this summary. FAC 
2024-02 amends the FAR as follows:

Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects (FAR 
Case 2022-003)

    This final rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to 
implement Executive Order (E.O.) 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements 
for Federal Construction Projects. E.O. 14063 expands the definition of 
``construction,'' raises the threshold for a large-scale construction 
project from $25 million to $35 million and establishes a series of 
exceptions to the PLA requirements. Additionally, the E.O. mandates 
that Federal Government agencies require the use of project labor 
agreements (PLAs) for large-scale Federal construction projects, where 
the total estimated cost of the construction contract to the Government 
is $35 million or more, unless an exception applies. The final rule is 
not expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities participating on a project that requires a PLA 
because the E.O. limits the requirement for mandatory PLAs to projects 
exceeding $35 million, unless an exception applies.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-27737 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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