American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Alfred E. Kahn, Chairman, Council on Wage and Price Stability

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge:

This case presents the question whether Congress has authorized the President to deny Government contracts above $5 million to companies that fail or refuse to comply with the voluntary wage and price standards. We answer that question in the affirmative.

After presenting the facts of the case, we examine in Part II the authority granted to the President under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (FPASA or Procurement Act).1 In Part III we evaluate the contention of appellees, a group of labor unions, that the procurement compliance program…