Veteran Missouri lawmaker Sam Graves takes the transportation and Infrastructure panel gavel

Thanks to a burst of late June activity by the House Appropriations Committee, the first batch of fiscal year 2023 spending bills was nearing a House floor vote by the week of July 18.

Contractors oppose changes affecting collective bargaining and tariffs.

The vote is the final congressional approval for the bill, which now goes to President Biden for signature.

Amount in Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill for water service line replacement is woefully short to address the problem, say several industry officials familiar with drinking water issues.

Bipartisan bill extends renewables tax credits, but without prevailing wage provisions; energy and business groups support the legislation.

The projects could put unemployed workers back to work and help resolve a backlog of infrastructure projects, ASCE says.