CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

Bills and resolutions

Buy American Act: improve transparency and accountability in the waiver process requirement for certain transportation provisions (see H.R. 3647), H8880 [13DE]

———require consideration of the impacts of a public interest waiver requirement on domestic manufacturing employment for certain transportation provisions (see H.R. 3645), H8879 [13DE]

———strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (see H.R. 613), H679 [10FE]

Conservation of energy: encourage energy efficient and environment-friendly building and facility certification programs to incorporate use of mechanical insulation as part of standards and ratings systems (see H. Res. 396), H6010 [8SE]

Contracts: assure quality and best value in Federal construction projects by prohibiting the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1778), H3108 [5MY]

———preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see S. 119), S125 [25JA] (see H.R. 735), H1038 (see H.R. 735), H1069 [16FE]

———repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 1846), H3218 [11MY]

Corps of Engineers: allow receipt and expenditure of non-Federal amounts to carry out certain studies in the same manner that non-Federal amounts may be used to carry out construction activities (see S. 1163), S3682 [9JN]

Credit: require Federal mortgage agencies to consider energy costs in the underwriting process, reduce home energy consumption, and facilitate creation of energy efficiency retrofit and construction jobs (see S. 1737), S6764 [19OC]

Davis-Bacon Act: raise threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements (see H.R. 3135), H6672 [6OC]

———repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H1039 (see H.R. 745), H1070 (see H.R. 746), H1039 (see H.R. 746), H1070 [16FE]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 3395), H7398 [4NO]

Dept. of Labor: improve the Alaska pipeline construction training program (see S. 304), S629 [8FE] (see H.R. 562), H550 [8FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide with a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of Soledad Canyon, CA, mining contracts (see S. 759), S2266 [7AP]

Dept. of Transportation: issue categorical exclusions from environmental assessment requirements for certain highway construction activities (see H.R. 3327), H7256 [2NO]

———require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 1695), H2998 [3MY]

———require that broadband conduits be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see S. 1939), S8148 [1DE]

———streamline environmental review process for highway construction and improvement projects (see S. 1081), S3426 [26MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: limit authority to use bid savings on major medical facility projects for expansion or change of scope of such projects (see S. 928), S2839 [10MY]

Disasters: enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 2069), H3868 (see H.R. 2069), H3909 [1JN]

———provide construction, architectural, and engineering entities with qualified immunity from liability for negligence when providing volunteer services or equipment in response to a declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 1145), H1982 [17MR]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see H.R. 3502), H7890 [18NO]

———provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (see S. 1960), S8414 [7DE]

———retool manufacturers for clean energy production, provide worker training and tax credits for value-added agriculture investments, expand broadband access, and extend Build America Bonds program (see S. 1895), S7702 [17NO]

FEMA: establish a grant program to improve the ability of trauma center hospitals and airports to withstand earthquakes (see H.R. 1132), H1906 [16MR]

GSA: incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features into public buildings (see H.R. 1643), H2912 [15AP]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1755), H3107 [5MY]

———require home inspections conducted for property with federally related mortgages be conducted by State-licensed or certified home inspectors and include such inspections in settlement statements (see H.R. 2191), H4277 [15JN]

Monuments and memorials: require commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs to be constructed of materials grown, produced, or manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 1619), H2911 [15AP]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 143), S2387 [12AP]

Public buildings: produce high-performance Federal buildings through an improved approach to building utilization, design, construction, and operations and maintenance (see H.R. 3371), H7397 [4NO]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see S. 2028), S8775 [17DE] (see H.R. 3533), H8074 [1DE]

Roads and highways: exempt any road, highway, or bridge damaged by a natural disaster from duplicative environmental reviews if they are reconstructed in the same location (see S. 1389), S4721 [20JY] (see H.R. 3347), H7330 [3NO]

———protect States that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay-to-play reform (see S. 994), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 1924), H3301 [13MY]

Smithsonian Institution: ensure that American materials are used for construction activities and are sold in Smithsonian gift shops (see H.R. 983), H1664 [9MR]

Taxation: expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 2479), H4793 [8JY]

———extend the nonbusiness energy property credit to include insulated siding (see S. 1937), S8148 [1DE]

———modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see S. 1575), S5726 [19SE] (see H.R. 2962), H6231 [15SE]

———modify timing rules for determining gross income relative to certain construction contracts (see H.R. 1993), H3644 (see H.R. 1993), H3682 [25MY]

———provide a credit for performance-based home energy improvements (see S. 1914), S7829 [18NO]

———provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see S. 1526), S5458 [8SE] (see H.R. 2866), H6009 [8SE]

———provide for the designation of Clean Energy Business Zones and tax incentives for the construction of, and employment at, energy-efficient buildings and clean energy facilities (see H.R. 1611), H2911 [15AP]

Transportation: accelerate delivery process for highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 2766), H5884 [1AU]

———advance use of cleaner construction equipment on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects to improve air quality near construction sites (see S. 972), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 3122), H6671 [6OC]

———improve accountability and transparency in infrastructure spending by requiring life-cycle cost analysis of major projects, use of design standards, and alternate bidding procedures (see S. 615), S1826 [17MR] (see H.R. 2602), H5285 [20JY]

———improve investment in national transportation infrastructure (see S. 942), S2839 [10MY]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (see S. 1769), S6917 [31OC]

———require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (see H.R. 328), H353 [19JA]

Veterans: provide employment opportunities for veterans in transportation construction projects (see H.R. 3473), H7889 [18NO]

Cloture motions

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO]

Letters

Dept. of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program, State Energy Program, and Building Technologies Program funding: Jason Hartke, U.S. Green Building Council, H4842 [11JY]

———Kenneth J. Nemeth, Southern States Energy Board, H4842 [11JY]

———several organizations, H4842 [11JY]

Lists

California project labor agreement activity from 1984 through March 2010, H4051-H4055 [13JN]

Motions

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S7009 [1NO]

Remarks in House

Buy American Act: require American manufactured construction materials to build holding facilities for coal ash, H6929-H6931 [14OC]

———require that steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in the construction, modification, maintenance, or repair of fencing along the southern border are produced in the U.S., H3897 [1JN]

———strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (H.R. 613), H574 [9FE], H1648 [9MR], H1828 [15MR], H2402 [6AP], H3796, H3798 [31MY], H5959 [7SE], H6266, H6267 [20SE], H6851 [12OC], H7121 [26OC], H7239, H7240 [2NO], H8959, H8960 [14DE]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity, H7324-H7328 [3NO]

Christensen Construction Co.: Butler Manufacturing, Inc., Midwest Region Builder of the Year award recipient, E825 [5MY]

Contracts: assure quality and best value in Federal construction projects by prohibiting the practice known as bid shopping (H.R. 1778), E829 [5MY]

———Government contracts that require project labor agreements funding, H1309 [18FE]

Corps of Engineers: Baltimore, MD, District completion of military construction projects and base realignment and closure mission, E2034 [14NO]

CPSC: hold Chinese manufacturers accountable for damages from installation of tainted drywall, H6259 [20SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: wage rate requirement administration funding, H1342-H1345 [18FE], E286 [18FE]

Dept. of Energy: Weatherization Assistance Program, State Energy Program, and Building Technologies Program funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration weapons activities funding, H4841-H4843 [11JY], E1301 [12JY], E1334 [15JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H3896, H3897 [1JN], E1029 [2JN]

———prohibit funding to implement or enforce Executive order on use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3898, H3899 [1JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit funding for enforcement of Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H4056-H4058 [13JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: prohibit funding to implement or enforce Executive order on use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H4047-H4055 [13JN], E1084, E1093 [14JN]

FAA: limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H2199-H2201 [31MR]

Guam: military construction projects funding, H8923 [14DE]

Indian Health Service: Sanitation Facilities Construction Program funding through reductions in BLM oil and gas and grazing management programs funding, H5443-H5445 [25JY]

National Park Service: National Park Construction Account funding through reductions in EPA funding, H5566 [26JY]

Navy: clarify reduction of Navy Military Construction authorization, E2295 [16DE]

Taxation: encourage investments in infrastructure, H425 [24JA], H3259 [12MY], H4195 [15JN], H4337 [21JN], H4377 [22JN]

———provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (H.R. 2866), E1557 [8SE]

Transportation: change date for rescission of unobligated infrastructure funding, H1067 [16FE]

———improve investment in national transportation infrastructure, H5956-H5958 [7SE], H6084, H6085 [12SE], H6130-H6133 [13SE], H7114 [26OC]

———infrastructure funding, H646 [10FE], H9800 [16DE], E258 [17FE]

———require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (H.R. 328), E98 [24JA]

Remarks in Senate

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements, S3659 [9JN]

Dept. of Labor: improve the Alaska pipeline construction training program (S. 304), S632 [8FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide with a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of Soledad Canyon, CA, mining contracts (S. 759), S2269 [7AP]

Dept. of Transportation: guardrail manufacturing galvanization requirements, S6817 [20OC]

———require all projects to have domestically produced steel, iron, and manufactured products, S6733 [19OC], S6803 [20OC]

Economy: provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (S. 1960), S8415-S8417 [7DE]

FAA: limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, S533-S535, S538 [3FE]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 143), S2402 [12AP]

Public works: exempt any levee, lock, or dam damaged by a natural disaster from duplicative environmental reviews if they are reconstructed in the same location, S7601 [16NO]

Roads and highways: exempt any road, highway, or bridge damaged by a natural disaster from duplicative environmental reviews if they are reconstructed in the same location, S6704 [19OC]

———protect States that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay-to-play reform (S. 994), S2954 [12MY]

Taxation: provide a credit for performance-based home energy improvements (S. 1914), S7834 [18NO], S7904 [28NO]

Transportation: infrastructure funding, S822 [17FE]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S6897-S6899, S6927 [31OC], S6931, S6994-S6997 [1NO], S7636 [17NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO], S7014, S7016-S7019, S7021-S7025, S7031-S7045, S7050-S7058 [2NO], S7093-S7102, S7104-S7113 [3NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), unanimous-consent agreement, S7058 [2NO]

Texts of

S. 994, State Ethics Law Protection Act, S2954 [12MY]

S. Res. 143, support goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month, S2399, S2402 [12AP]