UPDATE 7/26/19: House approves bill to create a federal loan program to help plans in distressed condition.

Building trades praise rule's construction exemption, but AGC, ABC want industry to be included.

But review will take six to 24 months to determine whether public-private financing is workable on the projects.

As construction industry officials wait to see whether Congress will agree to raise overall federal spending caps for fiscal 2020 and 2021, House Democratic appropriators are pushing to approve as many of the spending bills for fiscal year 2020 as they can by the July 4 break.