Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency, 15315-15316 [2022-05949]

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 15315-15316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05949]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2022 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 14069 of March 15, 2022

                
Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness 
                in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and 
                Transparency

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of my 
                Administration to eliminate discriminatory pay 
                practices that inhibit the economy, efficiency, and 
                effectiveness of the Federal workforce and the 
                procurement of property and services by the Federal 
                Government. The Office of Personnel Management 
                anticipates issuing a proposed rule that will address 
                the use of salary history in the hiring and pay-setting 
                processes for Federal employees, consistent with 
                Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (Diversity, 
                Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal 
                Workforce). The purpose of this order is to direct the 
                consideration of parallel efforts with respect to 
                Federal procurement.

                Sec. 2. Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in 
                Federal Procurement. Consistent with applicable law and 
                subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
                Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of Labor and the heads of other 
                executive departments and agencies as appropriate, 
                shall consider issuing proposed rules to promote 
                economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in Federal 
                procurement by enhancing pay equity and transparency 
                for job applicants and employees of Federal contractors 
                and subcontractors. In doing so, the Federal 
                Acquisition Regulatory Council shall specifically 
                consider whether any such rules should limit or 
                prohibit Federal contractors and subcontractors from 
                seeking and considering information about job 
                applicants' and employees' existing or past 
                compensation when making employment decisions. The 
                Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall also 
                consider the inclusion of appropriate accountability 
                measures in any such rules.

                Sec. 3. 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 or 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,

                    March 15, 2022.

[FR Doc. 2022-05949
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