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Jonathan Berry

Printed page xv Authors, in the Mandate (2023)

“Jonathan Berry is managing partner at Boyden Gray & Associates PLLC. He served as acting Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, overseeing all aspects of rulemaking and policy development. At the U.S. Department of Justice, he assisted with the development of regulatory policy and with the nominations of Justice Neil Gorsuch and dozens of other judges. He previously served as Chief Counsel for the Trump transition and earlier clerked for Associate Justice Samuel Alito and Judge Jerry Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is a graduate of Yale College and Columbia University School of Law.”

Now in government

  1. Solicitor of Labor

    Since Oct 7, 2025

    U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119-1-547 — confirmation of PN60-5, Jonathan Berry to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor, en bloc (51-47) Primary · Oct 7, 2025

    About the Solicitor — names Jonathan Berry, formerly Managing Partner of Boyden Gray PLLC and DOL Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy (undated page; dated here by observation) Primary · Sep 24, 2026

Bylined chapters

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. Chapter 18, printed page 582 Issue an executive order banning federally funded critical race theory training Needs Congress Partially done
  2. Chapter 18, printed page 583 Eliminate disparate impact as a theory of discrimination under Title VII Needs Congress Partially done
  3. Chapter 18, printed page 583 Eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Partially done
  4. Chapter 18, printed page 584 Rescind Executive Order 11246 Done
  5. Chapter 18, printed page 585 Direct agencies to enforce sex discrimination law on the biological binary Partially done
  6. Chapter 18, printed page 593 Amend the Administrative Procedure Act to limit guidance documents Needs Congress Not started
  7. Chapter 18, printed page 603 Discard card check and mandate secret ballot union elections Needs Congress Not started
  8. Chapter 18, printed page 603 Amend the NLRA to make national employment laws negotiable defaults Needs Congress Not started
  9. Chapter 18, printed page 604 Repeal the Davis–Bacon Act Needs Congress Not started
  10. Chapter 18, printed page 605 Pass legislation allowing state waivers from federal labor laws Needs Congress Not started
  11. Chapter 18, printed page 611 Cap and phase down the H-2A visa program Needs Congress Not started
  12. Chapter 18, printed page 612 Cap and phase out the H-2B visa program Needs Congress Not started
  13. Chapter 18, printed page 613 Amend the law to let employers prefer hiring American citizens Needs Congress Not started

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