[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 8 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Pages 311-312]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13204--Revocation of Executive Order on Nondisplacement 
of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts

February 17, 2001

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered that:
    Section 1. Executive Order 12933 of October 20, 1994, which 
requires, with respect to contracts for public buildings, that 
successive contractors offer a right of first refusal of employment to 
employees of the prior contractor, is revoked.

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    Sec. 2. The Secretary of Labor (Secretary), the Federal Acquisition 
Regulatory Council, and heads of executive agencies shall promptly move 
to rescind any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies 
implementing or enforcing Executive Order 12933 of October 20, 1994, to 
the extent consistent with law.
    Sec. 3. The Secretary shall terminate, effective today, any 
investigations or other compliance actions based on Executive Order 
12933 of October 20, 1994.
                                                George W. Bush
The White House,
February 17, 2001.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:17 a.m., February 21, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
February 22.