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Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Legislation impacting application of the Davis-Bacon Wage Act to federally assisted construction projects such as the Highway program.HR 2029--Military Construction & Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for FY 2016 ( anti-Davis-Bacon amendment); HR. 1735--FY 2016 Department of Defense authorization ( Project Labor Agreement amendment);S. 1894-- California Emergency Drought Relief Act(application of Davis-Bacon to various provisions);HR 3763--Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 ( King amendment)

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Discussions regarding safe drinking water reauthorization and the state revolving loan fund--no bill introduced ;discussion re reauthorization of Water Resource and Reform Development Act (yet to be introduced water projects bill for Corps of Engineers); S. 1894--California Emergency Drought Relief Act( potential water construction projects);Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act-( yet to be introduced bill funding construction projects); FY 2016 Interior Appropriations bill( funding levels for Clean Water Act revolving loan fund program); water infrastructure financing mechanism contained in highway/transit bill( HR 22--Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act)

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES