House Delays Proposed Blacklisting Rules

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The House of Representatives recently passed an amendment to the fiscal year 2001 Treasury and Postal Service Appropriations bill (H.R. 4871), which delays implementation of recently issued contractor/labor relations (blacklisting) proposed regulations.

The regulations would allow government contracting officers to disqualify any employer from receiving a federal contract if there is "relevant credible information" that the employer does not have "satisfactory compliance with federal laws including tax laws, labor and employment laws, environmental laws, antitrust laws, and consumer protection laws." (See 65 Fed. Reg. 40833, June 30, 2000).

The new standards upon which …