As President Joe Biden’s busy first 100 days in office—which included enactment of a $1.9-trillion pandemic rescue bill and proposals for two other massive measures—wrap up, the months ahead also are expected to generate plenty of legislative and regulatory action with major impact for the construction sector.
The industry’s prime legislative focus in coming months will be the progress of one of Biden’s two proposed bills—the $2.2-trillion American Jobs Plan Act, unveiled on March 31. It includes about $1 trillion to fund what ENR views as traditional infrastructure programs.