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AGC of America is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 AGC Awards competitions! The Baldwin Group Build America Awards (including the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence category) and AGC in the Community competitions recognize the nation's most… Read More
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On May 15, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures (SRM) will hold a hearing on the small business and pass-through entity tax reform discussion draft released on March 12, 2013, by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.). The committee released the discussion draft… Read More
May 11, 2013
On May 9, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) launched a website and a Twitter handle aimed at inviting taxpayers to offer comments and complaints about how to change the tax code. Developed in partnership with the Joint Committee on… Read More
May 11, 2013
On May 9, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 807, the “Full Faith and Credit Act” by a 221-207 vote. In the event the debt of the U.S. government reaches the statutory debt limit, H.R. 807 would allow the Treasury Secretary to issue debt to the extent necessary to pay principal and interest… Read More
May 11, 2013
Projects in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas
On May 6, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) identified nearly $600 million in environmental restoration projects in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas to help address the damage of the 2010 BP… Read More
May 10, 2013
On May 8, the House passed the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 (H.R. 1406), which would allow private-sector employers the option to offer workers the choice of paid-time-off or “comp time”, in lieu of compensation, for overtime hours worked in a workweek. The bill passed 223-204, mostly… Read More
May 10, 2013
On May 9, AGC sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District for the construction of a conference center and dormitories for the U.S. Customs & Border Protection's advanced training center in… Read More
May 10, 2013
Seemingly against all odds, former Governor Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) successfully re-claimed his former congressional seat with a stunning 54-45 percent victory over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch on Tuesday night in South Carolina. The race drew major national attention because of Mr. Sanford's… Read More
May 10, 2013
In another victory for the AGC-supported Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) has invalidated a regulation by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that required most private-sector employers to post designated… Read More
May 9, 2013
May 9 UPDATE: EPA’s 2013 Diesel Retrofit Grant Competition is NOW OPEN!
To view the Request for Proposals (RFP), application, instructions and all supporting information go here - http://epa.gov/cleandiesel/prgnational.htm.
Proposal packages are due by Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at 4:00 pm EDT.… Read More
May 6, 2013
Next week, the Senate will consider passage of S. 601 – the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA). If passed, WRDA will help provide funding to address our nation’s aging navigational system of inland waterways, coastal harbors and ports, locks and dams, and flood control protections. It… Read More
May 4, 2013