Wednesday, March 4, the House Transportation Water Resources Subcommittee approved, on a voice vote, H.R. 1262, the Water Quality Investment Act of 2009, and sent the bill along to the full House Transportation Committee for consideration. The Act appropriates $13.8 billion over five years for waste water infrastructure projects, in addition to the billions already appropriated in the economic stimulus legislation. The only Republican objection to this particular appropriation is its imposition of Davis Bacon prevailing wage requirements on contractors who are awarded these projects. The bill is expected to pass both houses in regular order and create thousands of construction jobs in western and southwestern United States, as well as the Great Lakes area and along the Ohio River.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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