On June 2-4, ICPI Director of Engineering Robert Bowers participated in the 2022 Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Meeting and Tradeshow in Regina, SK.
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The 117th Congress and the Biden Administration. The major political issue affecting all other legislation is that at the current time the Senate Democratic Majority lacks sufficient votes to pass legislation on a purely partisan vote basis.
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Using full-scale load testing by the University of California Pavement Research Center in 2014 and resulting Caltrans 2016 permeable pavement guidance, ICPI technical staff and consultant Peter Loughlin recently proposed development of PICP design guidance per ASCE 68-18 national standard to the North Carolina and New Jersey DOTs.
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President Joe Biden signed the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law on December 27, 2021, for fiscal year 2022. A portion of section 2803 in the NDAA promoted project priorities and stormwater management with the use of permeable pavement in military installations.
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At this writing, Congress has recently passed HR3684, the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, (also referred to as BIB, BIF and several other names). The President has signed it into law.
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HR3684, the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: on November 5, 2021, Congress completed development and passage of HR3684, the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill).
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At this writing, there is a surge on infrastructure bills on both sides of the Hill, in both the authorizing committees in the House and Senate, and in the Appropriations Committee in the House.
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ICPI Government Affairs Update - June 1, 2021
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Announcement from the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC)
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The “political math” of the 117th Congress, and its tactical impact on legislation.
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The H-2B Workforce Coalition is deeply disheartened by the President’s proclamation extending the suspension on the entry of temporary workers enrolled in the H-2B visa program through March 31, 2021.
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Late Sunday night, December 27, the President signed the massive end-of-year Comprehensive COVID-19/federal funding package into law.
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Given the country’s current election situation and the unprecedented transition dynamics, this report will be comprised mostly of prognostication, but based upon the public statements of key figures in DC as well as the political, parliamentary and historical currents that tend to guide action inside the Beltway.
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The impacts of the pandemic on the operational elements of advocacy have been profound.
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Congressman Price will attend the ICPI Government Relations Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 25th at 3:00pm ET.
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The US House Appropriations Committee has released its draft report accompanying the FY21 THUD Appropriations bill ahead of the full committee markup.
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Lobbying will see dramatic changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Action has been taken on Capitol Hill to replace, or at least vastly restrict, in-person contact with potentially virus-laden visitors.
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