Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts; Rescission of Regulations Pursuant to Executive Order 13204

On February 17, 2001, President Bush issued Executive Order 13204, which revoked Executive Order 12933 of October 20, 1994, on nondisplacement of qualified workers under certain federal contracts and directed the Secretary of Labor to promptly rescind the regulations and policies implementing Executive Order 12933. The directive also ordered the termination of all investigations or other compliance actions based on Executive Order 12933. In accordance with this directive, the Department of Labor is issuing a final rule to rescind the regulations on nondisplacement of qualified workers under certain contracts, which were promulgated pursuant to the authority provided by Executive Order 12933.