Tag: bill

February 16, 2022

Construction and transportation groups are joining in a push to block a Senate bill that would suspend the 18.3¢ per gallon federal gasoline tax temporarily and offset the revenue lost to the Highway Trust Fund through a transfer from the […]

October 25, 2021

The Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Subcommittee recently released its 2022 appropriations bill, which includes funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT). The U.S. DOT would receive $90.5 billion in total budgetary resources, […]

August 16, 2021

A bill to reform New York State’s public contracting process is under review by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The bill, originated by the New York Electrical Contractors Association, would create a 21-member Construction Industry Advisory Council on Public Contracting Reform to […]

April 27, 2021

About 172,000 migrants were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border last month, the most in two decades, Bloomberg reports. They are drawn to the U.S. by the promise of work and stability in an economy expected to explode with post-pandemic opportunities, […]

February 23, 2021

The idea of raising the federal minimum wage has received renewed emphasis this year as Democrats, historically in favor of increasing the national rate of pay, took control of the White House and Congress. Worker groups have long called for […]

October 6, 2020

The House has approved a bill that aims to encourage airport incentive payments to contractors to expedite runway upgrades and other infrastructure. Under the legislation, which the House passed on Oct. 1, incentive payments of up to $1 million would […]

August 4, 2020

President Trump has signed legislation that will allocate $9.5 billion to trim the long list of backlogged infrastructure maintenance projects at national parks and other federal natural-resources agencies. The measure also establishes a new mechanism to pay for the upgrades. […]

July 29, 2020

An important federal infrastructure measure has moved another step forward, with the House’s approval of a bill authorizing at least $8.6 billion in federal funds for 38 new Army Corps of Engineers construction projects, including flood and storm protection, river […]

April 24, 2020

President Trump has signed a compromise measure that provides $310 billion to revive the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)—which aims to assist financially strapped small businesses, including those in construction, engineering and building materials—with forgivable loans to help them cope […]

March 19, 2019

The Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act, Smucker’s press release said, would help fill the estimated 6.7 million open jobs in the U.S. The Associated General Contractors of America has long been pushing for an overhaul of the U.S. immigration […]

January 3, 2018

Construction companies should brace for change. The 30-plus-year drought since the last tax code overhaul may be finally over as Congress sets out to vote on and place a now-finalized tax bill on President Donald Trump’s desk. The bill slashes the corporate […]