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Senate Approves WOTUS Repeal
With bipartisan support, the Senate passes AGC-backed legislation to repeal a new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule expanding federal permitting jurisdiction over wetlands and more construction projects, bolstering AGC litigation—which has expanded to 26 states—against the rule.
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Permitting Reform Passes House
The House of Representatives passes sweeping, AGC-backed permitting reform legislation that will expedite federal review and permitting decisions, deter unwarranted lawsuits, and ensure federal agencies are more transparent and accountable without harming the environment.
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Marisa Strickler published EPA Proposal May Lead to Construction Bans in Latest News 2023-03-30 15:21:54 -0400
EPA Proposal May Lead to Construction Bans
AGC responds to an EPA proposal on air quality standards that could lead to restrictions on the use and operation of diesel equipment, which are, in essence, construction bans.
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AGC Backs Death Tax Repeal
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced the AGC-supported Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023, which would permanently repeal the federal estate tax.
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Marisa Strickler published Contractor Superfund Liability for Common Chemicals? in Latest News 2023-03-30 11:30:31 -0400
Contractor Superfund Liability for Common Chemicals?
AGC has been raising the alarm to Congress and EPA that certain regulatory approaches to address PFAS—a common family of chemicals—could overwhelm cleanup initiatives and drastically impact liability for contractors on everyday projects for dewatering, moving dirt, or demolishing an existing structure.
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Marisa Strickler published AGC Blocks WOTUS Rule in Two States in Latest News 2023-03-23 15:32:43 -0400
AGC Blocks WOTUS Rule in Two States
An AGC-backed lawsuit halts the Biden administration’s new “Waters of the United States” regulation—which expands federal permitting over more construction projects around water, potentially even some ditches—in Texas and Idaho.
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Marisa Strickler published FHWA Requests Comments on Existing Buy America Waiver in Latest News 2023-03-23 15:28:23 -0400
FHWA Requests Comments on Existing Buy America Waiver
The Federal Highway Administration contemplates withdrawing its waiver for manufactured products—in place for decades—from Buy America requirements and seeks input.
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Marisa Strickler published OFCCP Launches Mega Construction Focus Initiative in Latest News 2023-03-23 15:23:29 -0400
OFCCP Launches Mega Construction Focus Initiative
U.S. DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced a renewed Mega Construction Project Initiative reaffirming contractors’ Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action requirements under covered federal contracts.
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Marisa Strickler published CHIPS Act Construction-Related Tax Credit in Latest News 2023-03-23 15:19:21 -0400
CHIPS Act Construction-Related Tax Credit
The IRS proposed rule clarifies what kinds of investment—including construction—qualify for the significant tax credit, among other things.
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Marisa Strickler published AGC to Biden: No New Taxes on Construction Firms in Latest News 2023-03-23 15:11:58 -0400
AGC to Biden: No New Taxes on Construction Firms
President Biden’s budget proposes a number of new tax increases that would impact construction firms, including raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, increasing the 3.8% net investment income tax to 5% for income over $400,000, and taxing capital gains at the ordinary income rates for incomes above $1 million (for a top capital gains rate of 44.6%), among other things.
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Marisa Strickler published Overcoming Challenges & Building Opportunities in Latest News 2023-03-23 15:00:03 -0400
Overcoming Challenges & Building Opportunities
Digital, Video and Printable Versions of AGC’s Annual Report are now available at report.agc.org.
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Marisa Strickler published AGC Weighs in (Again) on Buy America in Latest News 2023-03-16 15:15:35 -0400
AGC Weighs in (Again) on Buy America
The association pushes back against the latest proposed guidance from the White House seeking to unrealistically restrict construction supply chains.
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Marisa Strickler published Highway Funding Subsidizing Transit Operations? in Latest News 2023-03-16 15:11:02 -0400
Highway Funding Subsidizing Transit Operations?
White House proposes that highway construction funding be used to pay bus drivers, train operators, and other transit operational expenses.
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Marisa Strickler published 2023 AGC/FMI Study Reveals Top Risks Today and Tomorrow in Latest News 2023-03-16 15:07:30 -0400
2023 AGC/FMI Study Reveals Top Risks Today and Tomorrow
Top risks identified in the survey results included price increases in materials and equipment, lack of skilled/craft labor, as well as lack of field supervisors.
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Marisa Strickler published Semiconductor Project Gov’t Mandated PLAs? in Latest News 2023-03-09 16:41:35 -0500
Semiconductor Project Gov’t Mandated PLAs?
AGC challenges Commerce Secretary to work with the association to help actually address construction workforce shortages by significantly increasing federal investments in career and technical education, not more mandates for project labor agreements on CHIPS Act-funded semiconductor facility projects.
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Bad Ideas Never Die
On February 23, members of Congress reintroduced the PRO Act, an ambitious attempt to overturn decades of federal labor policy that threatens both union and open-shop contractors.
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Marisa Strickler published AGC Questions Citizen Environmental Enforcement in Latest News 2023-03-09 16:17:48 -0500
AGC Questions Citizen Environmental Enforcement
AGC of America, along with other allies, jointly submitted an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court on March 3 in support of a land developer’s request for review of a case that allows citizen enforcement even when the state environmental agency has begun enforcement for a Clean Water Act (CWA) violation.
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Marisa Strickler published TAKE ACTION: Stop Unrealistic Supply Chain Restrictions in Latest News 2023-03-02 14:48:37 -0500
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Marisa Strickler published Follow the $$: The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act in Latest News 2023-03-02 14:39:54 -0500
Follow the $$: The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
So, where’s the more than $1 trillion in IIJA infrastructure funding? Hear from experts from the federal, state, and local levels—as well as leading economists—about how the money is flowing to projects during this essential webinar series.
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Marisa Strickler published FHWA Pulls Back Controversial Memo in Latest News 2023-03-02 14:32:37 -0500
FHWA Pulls Back Controversial Memo
AGC joins Senator Capito and Congressman Graves in declaring victory after pressing the Federal Highway Administration for over a year to follow the regulatory process and let states decide to move forward with infrastructure projects as they deem appropriate and as the IIJA intended.
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