To provide that the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation" shall have no force or effect.

This bill would block a Department of Labor rule titled “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation.” Specifically, it states that the final rule published by the DOL (identified by citation 88 Fed. Reg. 57526 on August 23, 2023) shall have no force or effect. In effect, if enacted, the bill would revert or maintain the pre-update regulatory framework for Davis-Bacon Act wage determinations on federally funded or assisted construction projects, rather than applying the changes proposed in the 2023 rule. The measure was introduced in the House on June 25, 2025, by Rep. Smucker and a slate of cosponsors, and was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. It represents a congressional disapproval of the DOL rule, a mechanism often used to halt or reverse agency rulemaking.