CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Addresses

Universal National Service, Edward I. Koch, 8472 [13AP]

Articles and editorials

Building Costs on Highways are Declining, 8485 [13AP]

Federal Central Agency Would Help Housing Industry, 2873 [23FE]

Is Manufactured Housing America's Dream?, 12691 [17MY]

Landlord To Start a Phone Network, 34745 [18NO]

M. Ralph Bagnal, Jr., Dies, 10533 [28AP]

Maritime Construction (excerpt), 783 [26JA]

Nuclear Construction—Doing It Right, 10841 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions

Asbestos products: limitation on use (see H.R. 4546)

Cement, cement clinker, and concrete block and brick: duty (see S. 2003; H.R. 3658)

Contracts: reduce paperwork concerning wage rate provisions (see S. 1803)

Davis-Bacon Act: amend (see H.R. 3846)

———repeal (see H.R. 3201)

Energy credit (see H.R. 1883, 1884)

Energy use and allocation: regulatory reform (see H.R. 2283)

National Brick Week (see H.J. Res. 261)

———designate (see S.J. Res. 86)

National Building Safety Week (see S.J. Res. 70; H.J. Res. 163, 282)

Overseas construction projects: relieve international double taxation of U.S. contractors (see S. 1550; H.R. 1609)

Rehabilitated buildings: tax credit (see S. 1397)

Small business: participation in Federal construction projects (see H.R. 4466)

Solar energy (see H.R. 1884)

Travel to and from work: tax deduction (see S. 1219, 1352; H.R. 700)

Union membership: freedom of choice (see H.R. 4183)

Wind energy (see H.R. 1884)

Letters

Interstate System resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction amendments (S. 1498): Coalition of Northeastern Governors, 16323 [20JN]

Petitions

National procurement policy: Homestead, Fla., City Council, 18631 [12JY]

Travel and depreciation allowance for construction workers: New Jersey State Building and Construction Trades Council, 20504 [22JY]

Remarks in House

Asbestos products: limit use in Federal or federally assisted construction projects (H.R. 4546), 34208 [18NO]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, 9807 [26AP]

Dept. of Justice: investigation of bid-fixing on highway construction projects, 8485 [13AP]

Economic recovery: status, 8753 [18AP]

Federal contracts: repeal law requiring payment of highest prevailing wage (H.R. 1174), 1507 [2FE]

Foreign construction projects: relieve double taxation of U.S. contractors (H.R. 1609)), 2838 [23FE]

Housing: raise mortgage loan limits (H.R. 3420), 18246 [29JN]

Housing Finance Opportunity Act: enact (H.R. 1176), 2109 [10FE]

Labor unions: employee affiliation (H.R. 4138), 28799 [20OC]

National Brick Week: designate (H.J. Res. 261), 11169 [5MY]

National Building Museum: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2889), 11131 [4MY]

National Building Safety Week: designate (H.J. Res. 163), 8673 [14AP]

National Housing Week: observance, 27920 [7OC]

Public buildings: wage rates for construction or repair (H.R. 3846), 34019 [18NO]

Temporary jobs: tax treatment of travel expenses (H.R. 700), 203 [6JA]

Remarks in Senate

Cement, Cement Clinker, and Concrete Block and Brick Fair Trade Act: introduction (S. 2003), 29344 [26OC]

Construction Contract Payment Procedures Act: introduction (S. 1181), 10312-10314 [28AP], 16546 [21JN]

Construction Work in Progress Policy Act: introduction (S. 1069), 8727 [15AP]

Construction workers: travel expenses (S. 1219), 11283 [5MY]

———travel expenses (S. 1352), 13497 [24MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: amend (S. 1172), 10296 [28AP]

Federal construction contractors: reduce paperwork burden (S. 1803), 22965 [4AU]

Interstate System resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction amendments: introduction (S. 1498), 16323 [20JN]

Manufactured homes: increasing prices, 888 [26JA]

National Brick Week: designate (S.J. Res. 86), 8730 [15AP]

National Building Safety Week: designate (S.J. Res. 70), 8078 [12AP], 25787 [26SE]

Overseas construction projects: prevention of double taxation (S. 1550), 17423 [27JN]

Reports

Asbestos in the Schools—Report to the Congress: Dept. of Education, 34632 [18NO]

Recommending Repeal of Davis-Bacon Act, GAO (1979), 9807 [26AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Interstate System resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction amendments (S. 1498): Northeast Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 16323 [20JN]

Statements

Cement, Cement Clinker, and Concrete Block and Brick Fair Trade Act (S. 2003): Senator Domenici, 29345 [26OC]

Davis-Bacon Act: GAO, 34019 [18NO]

Summaries

H.R. 3846, Davis-Bacon Act Amendments, 34020 [18NO]

Tables

Davis-Bacon Act changes (selected data), 9807 [26AP]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 261, designate National Brick Week, 11169 [5MY]

H.R. 675, tax-exempt certificates for new housing construction, 188 [6JA]

H.R. 700, tax treatment of construction workers travel expenses, 204 [6JA]

H.R. 1174, repeal law requiring payment of highest prevailing wage on government contracts, 1507 [2FE]

S. 1069, Construction Work in Progress Policy Act, 8728 [15AP]

S. 1172, amend Davis-Bacon Act, 10297 [28AP]

S. 1181, Construction Contract Payment Procedures Act, 10313 [28AP]

S. 1219, construction workers' travel expenses, 11284 [5MY]

S. 1352, travel expenses for construction workers, 13498 [24MY]

S. 1498, Interstate System resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction amendments, 16323 [20JN]

S. 1550, prevention of double taxation, 17423 [27JN]