Issues We Care About

Fair and Open Competition

FEA supports fair and open competition in government contracting and opposes federally mandated projected labor agreements that stifles competition, picks winners and losers and costs millions in taxpayer dollars. To date, 25 states have taken action ensuring government neutrality in contracting by prohibiting government-mandated PLAs on projects funded by taxpayers.

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PRO Act

Since 1943, a total of 27 states have passed right-to-work laws prohibiting employers from requiring employees to join unions as a condition of employment, incentivizing competition and producing a better work environment for businesses and workers. The PRO Act would completely reject this choice by eliminating these independently state-passed laws, forcing individuals to join a specific union and forfeit a portion of their hard-earned paychecks to support the activities and influence of unions if they want a job at a unionized factory, jobsite, school or company.

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Tax Policy

The construction industry requires a pro-growth tax system that allows our businesses to thrive and provide good-paying jobs for all of America’s workers, With many of the beneficial tax policies under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire at the end of 2025, it is imperative that the House and Senate work to preserve critical tax initiatives and ensure certainty for thousands of small businesses throughout the construction industry in the United States.

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Immigration

The construction industry faces a workforce shortage more than half a million workers in 2024. Bipartisan solutions are needed to address our border security and legal immigration workforce needs and disincentivize the drivers of illegal immigration into the United States. Establishing a new, market-driven visa program for foreign workers will further help to address the workforce shortage and allow the construction industry to continue to grow and prosper.

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Federal Contracting

One of the most abusive federal contracting policies affecting the construction industry is the expanded enforcement of “prevailing wage” requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act. The DOL’s final rule mostly disregards the feedback of ABC contractors, construction industry stakeholders and thousands of small businesses urging the withdrawal of this unnecessary, costly and burdensome regulation.

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Inflation Reduction Act

The IRA’s anti-competitive labor provisions will increase costs, reduce competition and delay construction of clean energy projects eligible for more than $270 billion in federal tax incentives from the IRA. This new policy is an unprecedented expansion of prevailing wage and government-registered apprenticeship requirements/enticements onto private construction projects via the federal tax code.

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