Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 13204: Revocation of Executive Order on Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts

President: George W. Bush

Revoked EO 12933, ended its right-of-first-refusal policy for workers on successor public-building service contracts and terminated investigations based on that earlier order.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 13204 still in effect? No. Revoked January 30, 2009; later nondisplacement policies used new authority.

What does Executive Order 13204 do?

The order assigned these duties: Labor Department — Terminate EO 12933 investigations and compliance actions; Labor, FAR Council and agencies — Rescind EO 12933 implementation material.

SignedFebruary 17, 2001
IssuerPresident George W. Bush
Lead agencies or officialsLabor Secretary, FAR Council and executive agencies
Express timingImmediate end to investigations; prompt rescission of implementing policy

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12933 directed successor contractors on covered public-building service contracts to offer qualified predecessor employees a right of first refusal.

After the order

The Bush order removed that presidential requirement. EO 13495 revoked EO 13204 and established a broader successor policy in 2009; later orders repeatedly replaced that framework without reviving EO 13204.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Labor DepartmentTerminate EO 12933 investigations and compliance actionsImmediately
Labor, FAR Council and agenciesRescind EO 12933 implementation materialPromptly
Contracting agenciesStop applying the prior presidential nondisplacement requirementFrom signature

What happened next

EO 13204 signed.

EO 12933 was revoked and compliance actions ended.

EO 13495 revoked EO 13204 and created a new nondisplacement policy.

EO 13897 revoked EO 13495.

EO 14055 created another nondisplacement policy while stating EO 13495 remained revoked.

EO 14148 revoked EO 14055.