Engage with your Elected Representatives over August Recess

With U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators at home in your areas for the congressional recess, you may have an opportunity to engage them on the top issues facing the industry, including Workforce Development, Immigration, and Federal Highway & Transit Infrastructure Reauthorization. Find out more information on how you can help AGC engage on these issues.

Below you will find resources to see if your Representatives and Senators have cosponsored AGC-backed, priority legislation on these issues. In addition, linked below are one-pagers for your use on all of these issues as well as AGCA’s complete recommendations for the Federal Highway & Transit Reauthorization. If you would like hard copies of AGCA’s complete recommendations mailed to you or your chapter, we are happy to do so.

Also, in conjunction with AGCA’s annual workforce survey release in late August/early September, we will be highlighting the bipartisan JOBS Act—which would expand federal student financial aid eligibility (i.e., Pell Grants) to short-term career education programs/certifications—as a part of a “Back-to-School” time message tie into the industry’s workforce needs.

For more information or if you are interested in meeting with your elected representative in your state, contact your local chapter or Jennifer Traver at jennifer.traver@agc.org.

• Workforce Development: Expand Pell Grants to Construction
  o  LEGISLATIVE ASK
  §  For House and Senate: Cosponsor the JOBS Act (H.R. 3497/S. 839)
  o  Existing Sponsors & Cosponsors of Legislation
  §  House: H.R.3497
  §  Senate: S.839
  o  One-pager
•  Immigration: Create New Guest Worker Visa Program for Construction
  o  LEGISLATIVE ASK
  §  For House: Cosponsor the Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act (H.R. 1740)
  §  For Senate: Introduce Companion Bill to Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act (H.R. 1740)
  o  Existing House Sponsors & Cosponsors of Legislation:
  §  H.R.1740
  o   One-pager
• Federal Highway & Transit Infrastructure Reauthorization:
  o  LEGISLATIVE ASK
  §  For House: Follow the Senate’s lead and move a federal highway and transit reauthorization now.
  §  For Senate: Pay for and pass America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (S. 2302)
• AGC's full recommendations for FAST Act Reauthorization
• FAST Act Reauthorization One-pager