Government Affairs Update for November 2019

Engineering Influence welcomed ACEC's Matt Reiffer to the program for a government affairs update.  Matt provided an update on two critical issues important to the engineering industry - the repeal of a $7.6 billion rescission in FAST Act highway contract authority and new movement on NEPA regulations.  

ACEC recently joined with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, AASHTO and other groups to advocate for the repeal of the FAST Act rescission. Here is the map mentioned in the interview which shows, state-by-state, how much contract authority will be restored in the CR: