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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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Tax Extender Legislation Headed Toward Passage
On Thursday, the House passed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 by a 318 to 109 vote, with three republicans voting against the measure and 77 democrats in favor.  The PATH Act renews all expired provisions in some form.  The bill makes certain tax… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC Testifies at IRS Hearing on Section 199
On Wednesday, AGC provided commentary to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department officials during a public hearing on IRS’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [REG–136459–09] regarding the Section 199 domestic production activities deduction (DPAD). Specifically, the testimony given by… Read More
February 4, 2016
Government Watchdog Finds EPA Violated Law with Grassroots Campaign in Favor of its Own Rule
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), in response to a request from the top Republican on the Senate Environment Committee, concluded that several aspects of the social media and grassroots campaign undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) around the Waters of the U… Read More
February 4, 2016
Winners and Losers
The GOP presidential field took to a Las Vegas stage for their fifth and final debate of 2015 earlier this week.  Here are the winners and losers:    Winners Jeb Bush: With declining poll numbers, this debate was a make-or-break moment for the former Florida governor.  Of the… Read More
February 4, 2016
Transportation Bill Nearing End of the Road
Contact Your Senators & Ask Them to Support the FAST Act This afternoon by a vote of 359-65 passed the conference report to HR. 22, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which is the first long-term transportation bill in more than a decade.  The Senate is now expected… Read More
February 4, 2016
President Signs AGC Procurement Priorities into Law
Prior to Thanksgiving, the president signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2016 (NDAA Bill), which includes several AGC-backed federal procurement reform provisions that will help prevent individual surety fraud, allow joint ventures to submit individual businesses’ relevant… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC Tells Congress about its FY 2016 Funding Priorities
Congress Drafting an End-of-Year Funding Bill Last week, AGC sent a letter to congressional leaders and members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees detailing the construction industry’s priorities for the fiscal year 2016 funding bill.  In the letter, AGC urges appropriators to… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC Responds to IRS Section 199 Comment Period
Last week, AGC submitted a comment letter in response the IRS Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking issued in August on proposed amendments to regulations involving the domestic production activities deduction under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code. Specifically, the comments addressed the… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC Meets on Extenders as Rumors Abound
Visit AGC’s Action Center to Urge Congress to Support Renewal of AGC-Supported Extenders As of publication time, a deal to extend the 50 plus tax provisions that expired at the end of 2014 remained in flux, with few details available coming from the lead congressional negotiators. AGC has had a… Read More
February 4, 2016
Administration Releases Regulatory Plan for 2016
Regulatory Onslaught on Your Construction Company Will Continue Prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, the administration released the semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which includes a timelines for all federal agency rulemaking processes planed and underway,… Read More
February 4, 2016

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