Letters to Washington
| January 9, 2025

Build America Local Coalition Letter to President-Elect Trump on Biden Project Labor Agreement Policies

The undersigned diverse group of construction and business associations—whose membership employs millions of construction industry professionals who successfully build and rebuild America— write to ask you to eliminate President Biden’s Executive Order 14063 and related final rule requiring federal construction contracts of $35 million or more to be subjected to divisive project labor agreements. In addition, the elimination of other costly Biden administration policies encouraging PLAs on federally assisted projects via federal agency grant programs and tax credits for private, state and local government applicants is a top priority of our coalition. In place of these failed Biden administration policies, we request a new executive order5 that restricts government-mandated PLAs and restores robust fair and open competition on federal and federally assisted construction projects. This will save taxpayers an estimated $10 billion per year on public works projects annually and restore opportunities for all of the construction industry to rebuild America.