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Politics & Policy
US House Introduces Resolution Opposing DOL’s New Davis-Bacon Rule
ABC Slams OSHA’s Worker Walkaround Rule for Failing To Promote Workplace Health and Safety
State Off-Year Elections Deliver Losses To GOP Heading Into 2024
Safety
Utilize Resources and Trailing Indicators to Review and Improve Safety
Utilize Software To Achieve Your Safety Goals
OSHA Extends Comment Period on OSHA Walkaround Proposed Rule to Nov. 13
Events/Products/Programs
Nearly 350 ABC Leaders Gather in Washington for Annual Legislative Conference
ABC Members Rank Among ENR’s Top 400 Contractors
Trades Day: Industry Outreach Opportunity With Meaning
State/Local News
Ed Capodanno Honored by Delaware State Legislature
Election Update: ABC Staff and Members Elected in 2022
California Targets Workplace Cannabis Testing
Awards
Ben Houston Honored With Life Member Award
ABC Congratulates 30 Members Awarded DOL’s 2023 HIRE Vets Medallion
ABC Honors 3 New Applicants With the AQC Credential in October
Legislation
ABC-Supported Legislation To Overturn the Northern Long-Eared Bat’s Endangered Species Listing Heads to President Biden’s Desk
ABC Advocates for Solutions to Workforce Shortage at U.S. House Committee Roundtable
Smucker Introduces the ABC-Supported Main Street Tax Certainty Act
Regulations
ABC’s December Regulatory Roundup—Learn About the Latest Developments Affecting the Construction Industry
Reports: Zero Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Built Under NEVI Program Requiring Union Labor
FHWA Releases Final Rule on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Workforce Development
Register Now for ABC’s Construction Inclusion Week Webinar Series
DOL High Road Workforce Development Program Map Snubs Nonunion Programs
LISTEN: How to Design an Effective Technology Adoption Strategy
The U.S. Department of the Treasury plans to release a proposed rule implementing provisions of the ABC-opposed Inflation Reduction Act. The law provides over $270 billion in tax credits for the construction of solar, wind, hydrogen, carbon sequestration, electric vehicle charging stations and other clean energy projects, conditioned on requirements that project contractors meet prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements outlined in the legislation and IRS guidance.
Treasury is expected to issue a proposed rule to provide additional guidance on these requirements imminently.
“Unfortunately, the U.S. Treasury’s announcement of a formal rulemaking means more uncertainty for contractors, developers and financers of clean energy projects who have raised important questions in reaction to the inadequate initial guidance required by the Inflation Reduction Act published late last year and effective Jan. 30, 2023,” said Ben Brubeck, ABC’s vice president of regulatory, labor and state affairs. “It may take more than a year for the IRS to complete its formal rulemaking notice-and-comment process, which will create additional risks for stakeholders in the interim, and ultimately, stall clean energy projects dependent on the full tax credits previously available to this marketplace without the apprenticeship and prevailing wage policy requirements.”
As additional information becomes available, it will be added to ABC’s IRA Resources and Guidance for Contractors and Developers available at www.abc.org/ira.