On Sept. 4, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓjoined industry partners in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, as the court considers whether the National Environmental Policy Act requires that agencies consider environmental impacts beyond the immediate effects of their regulatory decision.

On Sept. 3, Associated Builders and Contractors joined 150 members of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council in a letter of support for H.R.9278, introduced by Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa. This legislation would provide small businesses with an additional year to file the beneficial ownership information required by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s Corporate Transparency Act implementing regulation.

On Sept. 6, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14126 on Investing in America and Investing in AmericanÌýWorkers, a new effort by the Biden-Harris administration to utilize federal policy to favor unions that is likely to undermine competition to build taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects.