Archive for April 2022

This Week in Congress Congress returns this week for a five-week stretch, with Democratic leadership under heavy pressure to deliver on key priorities before the midterm elections.  Congress faces a full agenda with FY23 Appropriations Bills; supplemental funds for pandemic aid; restaurant relief; additional funds for Ukraine; legislation on semiconductor manufacturing; and a possible rewrite…

ASA Participates in Small Business Roundtable for DOL’s Proposed Rule on the Davis Bacon Act (DBA) On Monday, April 25, 2022, I attended the Office of Advocacy’s, an independent office within the U.S. Small Business Administration, virtual roundtable regarding the Department of Labor’s proposed rule to update regulations implementing the Davis Bacon Act (DBA).  Comments…

ASA Welcomes Gold Sponsor, Knowify The American Subcontractors Association is proud to welcome new Gold Sponsor, Knowify, to the ASA family.  Knowify is a cloud-based software helping contractors gain better control and visibility over their projects and business financials. With Knowify, contractors can create budgets and proposals, track their progress and costs on jobs, and…

ASA Calls Upon the House Appropriations Committee to Reprogram Military Construction Funding ASA, along with the Construction Industry Procurement Coalition (CIPC), called upon the House Appropriations Committee Leadership for consideration of raising the reprogramming threshold with respect to military construction.  More specifically, our concerns lie with the limits on appropriated funds permitted to be reprogrammed…

ASA Calls Upon Transportation Secretary Buttigieg to Address Supply-Chain Challenges ASA, along with the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), is urging Transportation Secretary Buttigieg as much as allowable by law in discretionary grants for FY 2022 to support projects that will facilitate and ease the movement of goods.   Over the past two years, the supply chain…

Funding For Ukraine This week President Biden plans to request a supplemental appropriation to fund more military and economic aid for Ukraine.  Majority Leader Hoyer said the House will “stand ready to act” on the request.  The House also plans to consider a Senate-passed measure, known as the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act (S 3522),…

Restaurant Aid Package The Senate may soon test the bipartisan limits on pandemic spending as Democratic leaders prepare to bring to the floor a small-business aid package with provisions that have independently enjoyed support from both parties.  The package includes $40 billion to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Congress enacted that grant program in a…

Pandemic Relief/Immigration Before the start of the two-week recess, Republicans blocked a pandemic aid package because Democratic leadership did not want to allow a vote on an amendment to force President Biden to keep the pandemic border restrictions in place (also known as Title 42).  The administration plans to rescind the policy next month, which…

Death of Former Senator Orin Hatch Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history, who was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died Saturday at 88. A staunch conservative on most economic and social issues, he also teamed with Democrats several times during his long career on issues ranging from stem…

ASA Members Get Discounts on SESCO Webinars ASA Members can get a 15% discount on SESCO’s upcoming webinar series!  SESCO Management Consultants are ASA’s Human Resource experts, and are one of the cost-and time-saving member benefits available through the ASAdvantage program.  Just use the promo code SPRING15 when you register to receive the discount! April 20 – Core HR Systems…