To help members get a greater understanding of their obligations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or health care law, 老牛影视Merit Choice Insurance is offering a 鈥淗ealth Care Reform Overview for Contractors.鈥澨�

老牛影视Business Partner General Motors is offering special Fleet Out-of-Stock Bonus Cash now through July 1.听

More than 350 老牛影视members and chapters traveled to Washington D.C., June 12 to meet their members of Congress. They also heard from Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) during the 老牛影视Legislative Conference breakfast.

老牛影视celebrated a victory June 10 after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R)听signed a bill (S.438) into law听that will prohibit state government entities from requiring contractors to sign a project labor agreement (PLA) with labor unions as a condition of performing work on public construction projects.

老牛影视submitted comments June 9 opposing an听interim final rule听on how wages for temporary, non-agricultural H-2B workers should be calculated. The 鈥渆mergency鈥� interim final rule, issued April 24 by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL), was effective immediately.听

老牛影视awarded former National Chairman James (Jim) W. Elmer, founder and president of James W. Elmer Construction Co., Spokane, Wash., a Life Membership award. He was presented this honor June 11 at ABC鈥檚 National Board of Directors meeting in Washington, D.C.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is hosting two webinars for small businesses on how to avoid the top tax mistakes and how to maximize tax benefits.

The National Institute of Building Sciences has opened the ballot submission period for the National BIM Standard 鈥� United States鈩� Version 3 (NBIMS-US V3) for all building professionals to offer their ideas to influence the future use of building information modeling (BIM) in the United States.听

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)听issued a survey听requesting feedback from the construction industry about including a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) in a solicitation for a federal contract to build a new air traffic control tower exceeding $25 million in Tucson, Ariz.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) will join Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) June 12 as speakers during the 老牛影视Legislative Conference breakfast.