CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

Addresses

New Nuclear Paradigm: Senator Domenici, S7437 [5JN]

Articles and editorials

Assault on Iraq—USAID Defends Secret Bids To Rebuild Iraq, S4811 [3AP]

Contracts To Rebuild Iraq Go to Chosen Few, S4812 [3AP]

Nation Builders for Hire, S9174-S9177 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions

American Concrete Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 394), H9377 [8OC]

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (see S. 594), S3504 [11MR]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 83), S37 [7JA] (see H.R. 592), H320 [5FE]

Children and youth: construction and renovation of child care facilities (see H.R. 895), H1332 [25FE]

Conservation of natural resources: increase energy savings and environmental benefits through use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete (see S. 793), S4897 [7AP]

Contracts: require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1348), H2131 [19MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 2283), H4786 [2JN]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants for construction projects to prevent public access to tracks and other hazards of fixed guideway systems in residential areas (see H.R. 2289), H4786 [2JN]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain construction engineering and design professionals (see S. 237), S1736 [29JA]

Executive departments: ensure that Federal construction contractors abide by State tax, employment, and licensing regulations (see H.R. 3653), H12918 [8DE]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2269), H4737 [22MY]

Health care facilities: provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (see S. 673), S4165 [20MR] (see H.R. 1386), H2269 [20MR]

Housing: prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts containing a mandatory arbitration agreement and other provisions in a single document and prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to mandatory arbitration agreements (see H.R. 3414), H10236 [30OC]

———provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see S. Con. Res. 22), S3730 [13MR] (see H. Con. Res. 197), H4738 [22MY]

Iraq: require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (see S. 876), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1888), H3570 (see H.R. 1901), H3571 [30AP] (see H.R. 2017), H3761 [7MY]

———require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (see H.R. 1920), H3635 [1MY]

———require transparency, increased competition in contracting, and the increased use of Iraqi contractors for post-conflict reconstruction (see H.R. 3275), H9375 [8OC]

Kosovar-American Enterprise Fund: establish (see S. 1284), S8125 [18JN] (see H.R. 2506), H5551 [18JN]

National Labor Relations Act: prevent Government agencies from requiring or prohibiting construction industry employers to enter into agreements with labor organizations (see H.R. 2293), H4786 [2JN]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H8283 [16SE]

Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to Latino and immigrant worker efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 117), H1466 [27FE]

Roads and highways: provide increased flexibility to certain States in complying with certain regulations (see H.R. 2864), H7615 [24JY]

Sand: promote programs for the beneficial use of sand (see H.R. 3154), H8490 [23SE]

Schools: establish State revolving funds for school construction (see H.R. 1844), H3451 [29AP]

———provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities (see H.R. 1840), H3451 [29AP]

Ships and vessels: expand use of Capital Construction Fund to expand U.S. maritime industry and promote construction by domestic shipbuilders (see H.R. 2190), H4527 [21MY]

Taxation: allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see S. 774), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 1479), H2471 [27MR]

———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 740), H461 [12FE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 856), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 717), H460 [12FE] (see H.R. 930), H1394 [26FE]

———modify credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds (see S. 1500), S10265 [30JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 576), S3369 [7MR] (see H.R. 1634), H2821 [3AP]

———requirements on the percentage of completion accounting method for the manufacture of property (see H.R. 61), H54 [7JA]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see S. 932), S5483 [29AP] (see H.R. 1513), H2514 [31MR]

Terrorism: improve building and fire codes and standards, strengthen the private security industry, and create a safer environment in commercial buildings and industrial facilities (see S. 216), S1479 [23JA]

Web's Construction Co., Inc.: relief (see H.R. 649), H323 [5FE]

Wood: establish prohibitions and requirements relating to arsenic-treated wood (see H.R. 3629), H12308 [21NO]

———prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see S. 337), S2119 [10FE]

Factsheets

Bush Administration's Contracts With Halliburton (company): Committee on Government Reform (House) Minority Staff, S6915 [22MY]

Letters

GAO review of effectiveness and efficiency of contracts awarded for the reconstruction of Iraq: Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), S12661 [16OC]

Loan guarantees for commercial nuclear powerplant construction: Betsy Loyless, League of Conservation Voters, S7580 [10JN]

———several organizations, S7580 [10JN]

Remarks in House

American Concrete Institute: anniversary (H. Res. 394), H10249, H10250 [4NO], E2231 [5NO]

Associated Underground Contractors, Inc.: tribute on renovation efforts of Henry Ford historical sites, H5541 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense: feasibility of using small, minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses in Iraq post-conflict reconstruction, H4591, H4592 [22MY]

Disabled: address needs in reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9633 [17OC]

Economy: importance of home building industry, E1108 [3JN]

Executive departments: ensure that Federal construction contractors abide by State tax, employment, and licensing regulations (H.R. 3653), E2530 [8DE]

Foreign aid: require large companies submit a subcontracting plan prior to being awarded a contract for reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9637 [17OC]

Fouquette, Charles R.: John S. Lyons Foundation Fellowship Award recipient, E1809 [16SE]

Iraq: limit conflicts of interest by prohibiting certain senior U.S. officials from participating in negotiations of Federal contracts related to the war or reconstruction of Iraq, H2795 [3AP]

———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict petroleum industry infrastructure reconstruction, H9633 [17OC], H10122-H10128 [29OC]

———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, H2799 [3AP], H7240 [22JY]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction, H4174 [15MY], H4418 [21MY], H9588, H9589 [16OC]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (H.R. 1888), E825 [1MY]

———require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (H.R. 1920), E1175 [9JN]

Lafarge Group (corporation): tribute, E2441 [23NO]

Leonard S. Fiore, Inc.: anniversary, E2495 [8DE]

Michael F. Simon Builders (business): anniversary, E2480 [8DE]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 280), H10250-H10253 [4NO], E2219 [4NO], E2229, E2245 [5NO]

Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to Latino and immigrant worker efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (H. Res. 117), E336 [27FE]

Roads and highways: cost overruns and delayed completions of major highway construction projects, H2708 [3AP]

———provide increased flexibility to certain States in complying with certain regulations (H.R. 2864), H10460 [6NO]

Taxation: expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 717), H9286 [8OC], E224 [13FE]

Toledo, OH: anniversary of Iron Workers International Union Local No. 55, E1793 [16SE]

Wood: establish prohibitions and requirements relating to arsenic-treated wood (H.R. 3629), E2449 [23NO]

Remarks in Senate

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (S. 594), S3517 [11MR]

GAO: review effectiveness and efficiency of contracts awarded for the reconstruction of Iraq, S12660, S12661 [16OC]

Government: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to entities paying deferred compensation to certain senior U.S. officials, S12657-S12660, S12671, S12672 [16OC]

Health care facilities: provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (S. 673), S4170 [20MR]

Iraq: require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S4811-S4813 [3AP], S6914-S6920 [22MY], S7126 [23MY], S9174-S9177 [10JY], S12355 [2OC]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction, S6834 [21MY], S11085 [4SE]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), S5203 [10AP], S5631-S5633 [1MY]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), star print, S5437 [28AP]

———require report on awarding of contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S9573-S9575 [17JY]

Nuclear energy: loan guarantees for commercial nuclear powerplant construction, S7430, S7431, S7434-S7442 [5JN], S7515 [9JN], S7576-S7590 [10JN]

Schools: provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities, S11088-S11094 [4SE], S11134 [5SE]

Taxation: allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (S. 774), S4826 [3AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools, S6440 [15MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (S. 856), S5182 [10AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (S. 576), S3371 [7MR]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (S. 932), S5486 [29AP]

Terrorism: improve building and fire codes and standards, strengthen the private security industry, and create a safer environment in commercial buildings and industrial facilities (S. 216), S1492 [23JA]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (S. 337), S2122 [10FE]

Reports

Time for a New Start for U.S. Nuclear Energy? Peter Rigby, Standard & Poor's (business), S7578-S7580 [10JN]

Reports filed

Energy Savings and Environmental Benefits Through Use of Recovered Mineral Component in Federally Funded Projects Involving Procurement of Cement or Concrete: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 793) (S. Rept. 108-198), S14964 [17NO]

Summaries

America's Better Classroom Act (H.R. 717), E224 [13FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 280, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association anniversary, H10250 [4NO]

H. Res. 394, American Concrete Institute anniversary, H10249 [4NO]

S. 876, Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act, S5203 [10AP]

S. 932, Fuel Tax Equalization Credit for Substantial Power Takeoff Vehicles Act, S5487 [29AP]

S. Con. Res. 22, provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber, S3751 [13MR]