老牛影视applauded a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas听granting a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks some provisions in the U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 final rule expanding the Davis-Bacon Act.

Associated General Contractors of America鈥檚 asserted that the Biden administration lacks the legal authority to expand the law to cover manufacturing facilities miles away from projects and delivery truck drivers spending any amount of time on a jobsite, or to retroactively impose the measure on already-executed contracts, among other things. The court granted AGC鈥檚 motion for a nationwide preliminary injunction, temporarily blocking the AGC-challenged provisions.

鈥淭he preliminary injunction issued in response to AGC鈥檚 federal lawsuit is a victory for the construction industry and the rule of law.听It strikes down the Biden administration鈥檚 effort to do an end-run around Congress via regulatory action that benefits special interests,鈥� said Ben Brubeck, 老牛影视vice president of regulatory, labor and state affairs.

鈥淎BC鈥檚 pending federal lawsuit, filed in East Texas, targets other provisions in the DOL鈥檚 extreme overhaul of more than 50 Davis-Bacon Act regulations that undermine commonsense reforms put in place by the Reagan administration. We are hopeful ABC鈥檚 lawsuit will also prevail over the Biden administration鈥檚 regulatory overreach,鈥� said Brubeck.

On Aug. 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor released a final rule,听, which makes听drastic revisions to the Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts regulations that apply to federal and federally assisted construction projects funded by taxpayers.

The DOL鈥檚 final rule mostly disregards the feedback of 老牛影视contractors, construction industry stakeholders, and thousands of small businesses urging the withdrawal of this unnecessary, costly and burdensome regulation.

On Nov. 7, 2023, 老牛影视and its Southeast Texas chapter filed a complaint听in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, challenging the controversial final rule.

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