As Congress wound down its business for 2016, construction and supplier groups such as ASA wrote to House leaders to turn their attention to workforce development.
Specifically, the groups called on Congress to pass the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (HR 5587) — bipartisan legislation that reforms, modernizes and reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Act. By restoring near-term certainty to federal transportation programs and tax policy through passage of the FAST and PATH acts in late 2015, Congress has set the stage for growth in construction, manufacturing and business purchasing.