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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  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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Action Needed! House to Vote on Cap and Trade Legislation Friday
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), a bill that would require "cap and trade" and other regulatory schemes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from stationary and mobile sources.  AGC supports reasonable climate… Read More
June 25, 2009
Congress Begins to Address Surface Transportation Reauthorization, Far From Consensus
Congress began the process of addressing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill that expires on September 30. Three committees delved into the issue this week: the House Ways and Means Subcommittee examined surface transportation needs; Senate Environment Public Works Committee considered… Read More
June 25, 2009
AGC Submits Recovery Act Comments to OMB; Agency Releases New ARRA Guidance
On June 22, AGC submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) written comments for consideration in the interim final regulation on federally-assisted projects. These projects would include building, highway and municipal and utility projects funded by the stimulus.  In addition, OMB that… Read More
June 25, 2009
House Energy and Water Subcommittee Approves FY 2010 Funding Package for Army Corps, Bureau of Reclamation
On June 25, the House Energy & Water Development Subcommittee reported a $33.3 billion bill funding the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Energy for FY 2010. This funding amount represents a decrease of $1.1 billion below the President's budget request and… Read More
June 25, 2009
House Appropriators Approve FY 2010 Funding Package for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
On June 23, 2009, the House Appropriations Committee approved a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding bill that totals $77.9 billion for FY 2010. This is $239 million more than the President's request and $5.0 billion more than fiscal year 2009. The bill provides $48.2 billion in… Read More
June 25, 2009
Comprehensive Immigration Reform A Main Topic Today
On June 25, President Obama sat down with a cross section lawmakers from Capitol Hill to discuss comprehensive immigration reform.  The goal of the meeting was to discuss ideas, gauge the interest of Congress on tackling this issue again and to talk about possible timelines for action. This comes… Read More
June 25, 2009
Debate on Health Care Continues
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee continues the process of working through their draft health care reform bill and will continue in July after the congressional recess. The committee is expected to address the more controversial components of the legislation at that time. … Read More
June 25, 2009
House Committees Begin Deliberations on Pension Relief
The House Education and Labor Committee Wednesday approved H.R. 2989, the 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act of 2009.  In his opening statement, Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) remarked that the defined benefit provisions-both single and multiemployer-are "placeholders" for more… Read More
June 25, 2009
AGC Hosts Building Design and Construction Industry Meeting on Climate Change
On May 27, AGC pulled a broad cross-section of the many associations that represent the real estate, design and construction industries together for a meeting at the National Building Museum on the regulatory and legislative efforts to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change.… Read More
June 25, 2009
EPA Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plans Due November 2010 on Jobsites that Store Oil
Active construction sites that store certain quantities of "oil" must prepare and implement Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans by November 10, 2010, to prevent the discharge of oil to navigable waters, per a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule published last week… Read More
June 24, 2009

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