CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

Bills and resolutions

Contracts: improve design-build process in Federal contracting (see S. 2652), S4903 [24JY]

——— prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to contractors responsible for delayed openings of Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4394), H2913 [3AP]

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 H.R. 4615), H4015 [8MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see S. 2617), S4557 [16JY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide with a mechanism to cancel certain Soledad Canyon, CA, mining contracts and allow for the sale of certain lands to compensate the contract holders (see S. 2938), S6095 [18NO] (see H.R. 5742), H8132 [19NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program entering into partnership agreements with non-Federal entities for construction of major medical facility projects (see H.R. 5042), H6034 [9JY]

——— provide temporary care in the most cost effective manner when patients are relocated during medical facility construction and renovation projects (see S. 2428), S3424 [4JN]

Disabled: establish and implement universal home design guidelines (see S. 2889), S5783 [18SE]

Disasters: 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. 4246), H2433 [13MR]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 439), S2718 [6MY]

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. 2737), S5217 [31JY]

——— require public construction and infrastructure projects to use U.S. iron, steel, wood, cement, and manufactured goods, establish American Star Program, and extend Build America Bonds program (see S. 2682), S5051 [29JY]

Qatar: protect migrant workers from unfair labor practices, combat human trafficking, and ensure working conditions during construction of World Cup infrastructure comply with human rights standards (see H. Res. 682), H6814 [24JY]

Roads and highways: expedite deployment of highway construction projects (see H.R. 4153), H2198 [5MR]

Taxation: allow an enhanced credit for the rehabilitation of buildings located in low-income communities (see H.R. 5299), H7126 [30JY]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 5655), H7886 [18SE]

——— extend energy credit for solar projects under construction (see S. 2003), S821 [6FE]

——— impose a mileage-based user fee for mobile mounted concrete boom pumps in lieu of the tax on taxable fuels (see H.R. 5474), H7528 [15SE]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see S. 2388), S3293 [22MY] (see H.R. 4740), H4829 [22MY]

——— protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans (see H.R. 3837), H134 [9JA]

Letters

VA Construction Assistance Act: Lloyd O. Caldwell, Corps of Engineers, H7583 [16SE]

Press releases

U.S. Army Reserve Gets Approval To Construct $20 Million Facility at Tafuna Airport: Delegate Faleomavaega (2000), E1726 [3DE]

Remarks in House

Building Safety Month: observance, E736 [9MY]

Contracts: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to contractors responsible for delayed openings of Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, H3319 [30AP]

Corps of Engineers: construction account funding, H5984, H5985 [9JY]

——— construction account funding through reductions in expense account funding, H5985, H5986 [9JY]

——— Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, H4491 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for construction projects in Afghanistan that exceed a certain amount without proper audit, inspection, and oversight by U.S. personnel, H4745 [21MY]

Dept. of Transportation: require local transit agencies to implement local hiring and procurement policies for federally-funded transportation projects, H5230 [10JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve construction of major medical facilities (H.R. 3593), H7581–H7585 [16SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: continue to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3319 [30AP]

Federal agencies and departments: allow use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3325 [30AP]

Gigliotti, Joseph (Buddy): Associated General Contractors of New York State S.I.R. Award recipient, E1186 [17JY]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H17 [7JA], H2795 [1AP], H2805 [2AP], H3945 [8MY], H5189, H5241–H5243 [10JN], H5322, H5334 [12JN], H5401 [18JN], H5501 [19JN], H5719–H5722 [24JN], H6284–H6290 [15JY]

Remarks in Senate

Bullet Tools (company): tribute, S2608 [1MY]

Corps of Engineers: ensure user fees deposited into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund are used for the stated purpose of dredging inland waterways and building levees, S3205 [21MY]

——— provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways, S3254 [22MY]

CPSC: designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product, S5044 [29JY]

——— hold Chinese manufacturers accountable for damages from installation of tainted drywall, S5299 [31JY]

Crime: prohibit and deter theft of metal, S2891 [12MY]

——— prohibit and deter theft of metal (S. 394), S3224–S3226 [21MY]

——— prohibit and deter theft of metal (S. 394), unanimous-consent request, S3224 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide temporary care in the most cost effective manner when patients are relocated during medical facility construction and renovation projects (S. 2428), S3426 [4JN]

Disabled: establish and implement universal home design guidelines (S. 2889), S5790 [18SE]

National Roofing Week: designate, S4001 [25JN]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 439), S2740 [6MY]

OMB: oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects, S4881 [24JY]

Taishan Gypsum Co., Ltd.: refusal to appear in U.S. District Court regarding drywall manufactured in China litigation, S4977 [28JY], S5043 [29JY], S5299 [31JY]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, S3800 [18JN]

Reports filed

Commonsense Construction Contracting Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2751) (H. Rept. 113–660), H9302 [11DE]

Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 429), S6388 [8DE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 429) (S. Rept. 113–319), S6788 [12DE]

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2750) (H. Rept. 113–668), H10317 [12DE]

VA Construction Assistance Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3593) (H. Rept. 113–586), H7527 [15SE]

Testimonies

VA Construction Assistance Act: Stella S. Fiotes, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H7584 [16SE]

Texts of

H.R. 3593, VA Construction Assistance Act, H7581 [16SE]

H.R. 5742, Soledad Canyon Settlement Act, H9050 [11DE]

S. 2889, Universal Home Design Act, S5793 [18SE]

S. Res. 439, support goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month, S2721 [6MY]