佛罗里达州正在采取拜登的行政联邦承包商的疫苗授权,向联邦法院询问宣布Joe Biden总统的行政命令非法,并发出禁令,禁止联邦政府执行它。

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced the lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Florida, during a news conference on Oct. 28. The suit names several government agencies as defendants, including NASA, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration (GSA), as well as Biden and other officials.

白宫发出的指导Safer Federal Workforce Task Forceon Sept. 24 in response to Biden’s Sept. 9 executive order requires COVID-19 vaccination for federal contractors, subcontractors and their employees by Dec. 8. A clause requiring vaccination must be included in federal contracts from Nov. 14 onward, and contract solicitations are supposed to have included the clause since Oct. 15.

Desantis表示,授权将对佛罗里达州的业务产生负面影响。诉讼国家也是联邦承包商的若干州机构。州机构佛罗里达州宇航提供为美国宇航局提供服务,佛罗里达州的几所公立大学也有与原子能机构的研究交易。佛罗里达州教育部与GSA的合同,为代理运行建筑提供了自动售货续和其他食品相关服务。

“只是因为你是一家有联邦合同的企业,联邦政府进来并重写这些合同和鞋底的业务,”Desantis说。“然后,如果你不遵守,你要么要解雇人,要么,如果你不遵守,他们就会完全取消合同,即使这是你出价和赢得的东西。”

一些建筑业团体也表达了对任务的担忧。Unlike Biden’s order for the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a COVID-19 vaccine emergency temporary standard (ETS) for companies with 100 or more employees, the guidance for federal contractors includes no option for weekly negative COVID-19 test results as an alternative for vaccination.

AGC说承包商疫苗授权worsen an industry workforce shortage, increase federal project costs and cause delays.

“We have communicated our many concerns about the breadth of this requirement and its impact on the ability of contractors to deliver projects on a timely basis,” AGC CEO Steve Sandherr wrote in a letter to the group’s members earlier in October.

佛罗里达州湾海岸海岸ABC总裁兼首席执行官Steve Cona表示,其成员们与熟练工人短缺,授权将“只加剧这一持续的问题。”

The lawsuit, which does not challenge the still-unissued ETS, alleges that Biden overstepped what is allowed by the Federal Property and Administration Services Act of 1949, with his executive order, calling it “a radical intrusion on the personal autonomy of American workers.”

“我们不能拥有联邦政府进入,超越其权力,”Desantis说。“他们正在做的一些东西,他们正在重新编写合同并将正常的合同转变为公共卫生政策。”

拜登表示,授权是保护工人从Covid-19保护工人。他表示,他的任务会影响大约1亿美国人。

“我们一直耐心,但我们的耐心穿着瘦,”拜登于9月9日说,催促美国人接种疫苗。“你的拒绝成本为我们所有人。所以,请做正确的事。“

任务可能仍可能面临更多的诉讼。Sandherr在他的来信中写到了AGC成员,该组织正在评估可能的法律挑战。10月27日的一组21个国家律师将一封信给拜登敦促他告诉机构不落实任务,称他们认为合同的任务是“摇摇欲坠的法律理由”。