CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES
Advertisements
Is Davis-Bacon Racist?, H5376 [21MY]
Why Did the Senate Just Vote 99-0 for Davis-Bacon Reform? Roll Call (publication), H5998 [6JN]
Amendments
Metric system: conversion requirements (H.R. 2779), S11743 [28SE], H8111 [23JY]
Analyses
Davis-Bacon Act, Myth and Reality, H6003 [6JN]
Articles and editorials
Moving to Metric May Harm Construction Contractors, S11705 [28SE]
Regulators—Building a Case for Exemption, S11706 [28SE]
Bills and resolutions
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for maintenance and revision of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see H.R. 3404, 3406), H4503 [7MY]
Dept. of Labor: use of inspectors that meet established standards (see H.R. 3216), H3230 [29MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects and leases (see H.R. 3376), H4396 [1MY]
———revise ranking process of applicants and limit awards to States for certain construction grants (see H.R. 3722), H6914 [26JN]
Metric system: conversion requirements (see H.R. 4233), H11525 [27SE]
Minorities: prohibit discrimination relative to surety bonding requirements (see H.R. 3702), H6711 [24JN]
Roads and highways: reuse or disposal of construction and demolition debris (see H.R. 3522), H5569 [23MY]
Letters
Committee for maintenance and revision of safety standards for manufactured home construction: James F. Shea, Fairmont Homes, Inc., H4730 [9MY]
———Terry Trexler, Nobility Homes, Inc., H4731 [9MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: Ronald Reagan, H5377 [21MY]
Davis-Bacon Act reform: Ernest R. Menold, H6003 [6JN]
———General Contractors Association of New York, Inc., H6004 [6JN]
Press releases
Davis-Bacon Benefits Minority Job Opportunities and Is Supported by All Leading Minority Organizations: National Alliance for Fair Contracting (organization), H5377 [21MY]
Remarks in House
Banks Contracting Co., Inc.: tribute, E191 [9FE]
Davis-Bacon Act: application relative to construction of Native American housing, H4721, H4722 [9MY]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for maintenance and revision of safety standards for manufactured home construction, H4726-H4731 [9MY]
———establish consensus committee for maintenance and revision of safety standards for manufactured home construction (H.R. 3406), E729 [7MY]
Dept. of Labor: use of inspectors that meet established standards (H.R. 3216), E514 [29MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects and leases (H.R. 3376), H5766-H5774 [4JN], E991 [4JN], E1014, E1017 [6JN]
———revise ranking process of applicants and limit awards to States for certain construction grants (H.R. 3722), E1179 [26JN]
Disasters: reduce costs and damage through grants and strategies developed by a government and private-sector partnership, H7267 [11JY]
Federal contracts: promote competition through use of soft metric conversions, H8112-H8116 [23JY]
Metric system: conversion requirements (H.R. 2779), H8110-H8116 [23JY], H12032, H12033 [28SE]
———conversion requirements (H.R. 4233), H11599-H11602, H12032 [28SE]
Minorities: prohibit discrimination relative to surety bonding requirements (H.R. 3702), E1151 [24JN]
National Association of Women in Construction: anniversary, E49 [22JA]
National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association: anniversary of patent for corrugated steel pipe, E219 [28FE]
St. Mary's County, MD: groundbreaking for the Lexington Park Corporate Center, E1488 [2AU]
Remarks in Senate
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, S1321, S1323, S1328 [27FE], S5476-S5478 [22MY]
Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (S. 1183), S12006 [30SE]
Dept. of Transportation: bidding process relative to certain construction contracts, S10665, S10666 [17SE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to markets, S9625 [2AU]
Metric system: conversion, S12423 [21OC]
———conversion requirements (H.R. 2779), S11704-S11707 [28SE], S11944 [30SE]
———use in construction, S2418 [20MR]
Taxation: treatment of contributions in aid of construction of a water or wastewater utility, S7447 [9JY], S9538 [2AU]
Reports
Metric in Construction: Construction Metrication Council, S2418 [20MR]
Reports filed
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Projects and Leases: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3376) (H. Rept. 104-574), H5051 [14MY]
Metric System Conversion Requirements: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2779) (H. Rept. 104-639), H6914 [26JN]
Statements
Davis-Bacon Act: Representative Owens, H5377 [21MY]
Davis-Bacon Act Reform: Contractors' Coalition for Davis-Bacon, H5999 [6JN]
Texts of
H.R. 2779, Savings in Construction Act, H8111 [23JY], H12032 [28SE]
H.R. 3376, Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facility projects' and leases' authorization, H5766-H5768 [4JN]