CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

Articles and editorials

How To Kill American Infrastructure on the Sly—The White House Revises NEPA Rules That Will Scuttle New Roads, Bridges and Oil and Gas Pipelines, S2631 [19MY], S2886 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Defense: extend authorization of use of depot working capital funds for unspecified minor military construction projects for revitalization and recapitalization of defense industrial base facilities (see S. 4473), S3159 [23JN]

Dept. of Energy: carry out research, development, and demonstration program with respect to building technologies (see H.R. 9659), H9983 [21DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase number of permits available for employers in construction and extraction occupations seeking Commonwealth-only transitional workers in Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 6906), H1274 [2MR]

Dept. of HUD: authorize affordable housing construction as eligible activity under Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 9522), H9729 [13DE]

——— establish competitive grant program to support construction, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable workforce housing in areas with shortages of affordable housing units for sale (see S. 4789), S4440 [6SE]

——— increase percentage of authorized units that public housing agency may use for project-based assistance (see H.R. 8539), H7255 [27JY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize certain construction activities on public lands (see S. 4891), S4856 [20SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish Office of the Special Inspector General for Infrastructure Projects (see H.R. 7339), H4072 [31MR]

——— establish payment and performance security requirements for water infrastructure projects (see H.R. 9665), H9983 [21DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve pilot program on acceptance of donated facilities and related improvements to account for issues relative to inflation (see S. 5059), S5542 [29SE]

Employment: permit States to use workforce development funding to raise public awareness for skilled trade programs (see H.R. 8195), H5877 [23JN]

——— require paid rest breaks for certain construction employees (see H.R. 8444), H6921 [20JY]

EPA: carry out initiative for certain properties to advance knowledge on energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions and inform efforts to reduce such consumption and emissions (see H.R. 9576), H9901 [15DE]

FCC: extend authority to grant license or construction permit through system of competitive bidding (see H.R. 7783), H5009 [16MY]

Government regulations: establish national model building performance standards initiative (see H.R. 9586), H9902 [15DE]

Housing: adjust prevalent wage determinations relative to construction contractors in order to expand access to affordable housing (see S. 3941), S1803 [28MR] (see H.R. 8235), H5919 [24JN]

——— require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for disabled (see S. 4447), S3075 [22JN]

Immigration: terminate certain contracts relative to construction of border fence and transfer unused border fence material to States along southwest border (see S. 4294), S2664 [24MY] (see H.R. 8230), H5918 [24JN]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 583), S2041 [6AP]

OSHA: issue occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from wind-related injuries (see H.R. 8818), H7841 [14SE]

Pipelines: facilitate pipeline construction and limit regulatory and litigation delays under Federal Water Pollution Control Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Endangered Species Act (see S. 5165), S6941 [1DE] (see H.R. 9372), H8707 [1DE]

Public works: prohibit distribution of Federal funds to certain entities related to China for certain public works projects (see H.R. 8024), H5446 [9JN]

SBA: establish pilot program for transitioning small businesses in construction or engineering industries (see S. 5344), S9779 [21DE] (see H.R. 9642), H9982 [21DE]

——— provide interim partial payment to small business contractors that request equitable adjustment due to change in terms of Federal construction contract (see H.R. 8273), H5930 [1JY]

Taxation: exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs (see S. 5176), S6941 [1DE]

Letters

GAO decision on whether Federal Highway Administration ‘‘Information—Policy on Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Resources To Build a Better America’’ memo is a rule for purposes of Congressional Review Act: Edda Emmanuelli Perez, GAO, S9768 [21DE]

Remarks in House

Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.: Kansas City, MO, chapter merger with Builders’ Association to form ‘‘The Builders, a chapter of the AGC’’, E595 [8JN]

Carroll Daniel Construction Co.: anniversary, H32 [11JA]

CJS Architects (company): anniversary, E1140 [14NO]

Corps of Engineers: provide each district with clarifying and uniform guidance for implementation and enforcement of existing laws on worker classification by Federal construction contractors and subcontractors, H6582 [14JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements, H6845–H6847 [19JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase number of permits available for employers in construction and extraction occupations seeking Commonwealth-only transitional workers in Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 6906), E202 [2MR]

Economy: address lumber supply chain, increase domestic logging, and negotiate lumber agreements with Canada, H4603 [28AP]

——— address lumber supply chain issues and impact on access to affordable housing, H6887 [20JY]

——— support continuation of foreign steel tariffs, H5471 [13JN]

Granite Construction Inc.: anniversary, E591 [8JN], E767 [21JY]

GSA: FBI consolidated headquarters construction funding, H6851 [19JY]

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: impact, H48 [12JA], H82, H182, H183, H189 [13JA], H200 [18JA], H228, H239 [19JA], H256, H270, H272, H274 [20JA], H311, H325 [1FE], H346, H347 [2FE], H996 [7FE], H1060 [8FE], H1218 [2MR], H1299 [3MR], H1337 [8MR]

Kolfage, Brian: conviction in We Build the Wall (organization) fraud case, E462 [6MY]

Lumber industry: address rising costs of lumber by resolving softwood lumber trade issue with Canada, H221 [19JA], H1023 [8FE]

National Building Safety Month: observance, E523 [18MY]

National Roofing Week: observance, E533 [18MY]

Pine Hall Brick Co.: anniversary, H7082 [26JY]

Plano, IL: tribute to Edith Farnsworth House, H1336 [8MR]

Public works: prohibit distribution of Federal funds to certain entities related to China for certain public works projects, H6446 [13JY]

Roads and highways: authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (H.R. 3684), E1302 [15DE]

Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters: tribute to Local 714, H4514 [27AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HUD: make housing more affordable, S3670 [26JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve pilot program on acceptance of donated facilities and related improvements to account for issues relative to inflation (S. 5059), S6051 [29SE]

Elizabethtown, KY: tribute to House Doctors Handyman of Hardin County, KY (business), S3608 [21JY]

GAO: decision on whether Federal Highway Administration ‘‘Information—Policy on Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Resources To Build a Better America’’ memo is a rule for purposes of Congressional Review Act, S9767 [21DE]

Immigration: terminate certain contracts relative to construction of border fence and transfer unused border fence material to States along southwest border (S. 4294), S2851 [8JN], S9743, S9744 [21DE]

——— terminate certain contracts relative to construction of border fence and transfer unused border fence material to States along southwest border (S. 4294), unanimous-consent request, S9744 [21DE]

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: impact, S374 [20JA]

Jacobs Lumber Co., Inc.: Kamiah, ID, School District Community Business Award recipient, S116 [10JA]

——— tribute, S116 [10JA]

Jacobsen Construction Co., Inc.: anniversary, S1269 [21MR]

Mexico: condemn actions taken against Vulcan Materials Co., S2478 [12MY]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 583), S2056 [6AP]

Reports filed

Build America, Buy America Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1303) (S. Rept. 117–268), S7310 [19DE]

Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 604) (H. Rept. 117–607), H8823 [7DE]

Texts of

S. 3941, Housing Supply Expansion Act, S1804 [28MR]

S. 5059, CHIP-IN Improvement Act, S6051 [29SE]

S. Res. 583, support goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month, S2045 [6AP]