Improving Federal Contractor Operations by Revoking Executive Order 13495

• Published date: 05 November 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 59709
• Record Number: 2019-24288
• Section: Presidential Documents
• Court: Executive Office Of The President

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)]
                [Presidential Documents]
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                [FR Doc No: 2019-24288] Presidential Documents
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                 Executive Order 13897 of October 31, 2019
                
                Improving Federal Contractor Operations by
                 Revoking Executive Order 13495
                 By the authority vested in me as President by the
                 Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                 America, including the Federal Property and
                 Administrative Services Act, 40 U.S.C. 101 et seq., and
                 in order to promote economy and efficiency in Federal
                 Government procurement, it is hereby ordered as
                 follows:
                 Section 1. Revocation of Prior Order. Executive Order
                 13495 of January 30, 2009 (Nondisplacement of Qualified
                 Workers Under Service Contracts), which requires that
                 successor Federal contractors in certain circumstances
                 offer a right of first refusal of employment to
                 employees employed under the predecessor contract, is
                 hereby revoked.
                 Sec. 2. Agency Implementation. The Secretary of Labor
                 (Secretary), the Federal Acquisition Regulatory
                 Council, and heads of executive departments and
                 agencies shall, consistent with law, promptly move to
                 rescind any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines,
                 programs, or policies implementing or enforcing
                 Executive Order 13495.
                 Sec. 3. Enforcement. The Secretary shall terminate,
                 effective immediately, any investigations or compliance
                 actions based on Executive Order 13495.
                 Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
                 shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
                (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the
                head thereof; or
                (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
                relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
                 (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
                 applicable law and subject to the availability of
                 appropriations.
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                 (c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
                 create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
                 enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
                 the United States, its departments, agencies, or
                 entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
                 other person.
                
                
                 (Presidential Sig.)
                 THE WHITE HOUSE,
                 October 31, 2019.
                [FR Doc. 2019-24288
                Filed 11-4-19; 11:15 am]
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