CHO Advocacy Issues

• SMACNA Encourages Congress to Ensure Small Businesses Can Deduct Eligible Expenses

  Dec 2, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  In the approved CARES Act, the PPP was designed to help small businesses survive major liquidity shortfalls, retain employees, and withstand an unprecedented economic disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, IRS notice 2020-32 undermines the

• SMACNA Urges Senate Passage of H.R. 8294, The National Apprenticeship Act of 2020

  Dec 1, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  SMACNA seeks statutory authority for the Office of Apprenticeship (OA) withing DOL. SMACNA members support the DOL registered apprenticeship program and Joint Apprenticeship Training Centers (JATCs).

• SMACNA Endorses H.R. 7079, The Clean Start: Back to Work Tax Credit Act

  Nov 30, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  Though Congress included funds through expanded Small Business Administration (SBA) loans to businesses, SMACNA is concerned that the countless unanticipated safety, sanitation and health protocols for construction sites and firms can burden recovery

• SMACNA Urges Senate to Support Small Business Paycheck Protection Program Reform Bills

  Nov 30, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  Extending the loan forgiveness period for PPP loans would allow SMACNA businesses to use PPP loan funds to buy personal protective equipment for staff, and to pay for virus mitigation measures to comply with public health guidelines. Guidance is also

• SMACNA Supports Bipartisan Reform Bills Allowing Deductible Expenses Related to PPP Loans - S. 3833

  Sep 10, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  Though Congress included funds through expanded Small Business Administration (SBA) loans to businesses, in a recent letter to the Senate, SMACNA expressed its deep concern that the definitions put forth by regulatory

• SMACNA Supports Bipartisan Small Business Paycheck Protection Program Reform Bills - S. 3833, S. 361

  Sep 8, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  In a letter to the U.S. Senate, SMACNA expressed its deep concern that the definitions put forth by regulatory agencies interpreting the legislation surrounding Small Business Administration (SBA) loans to small businesses do not expressly include

• SMACNA Encourages Senate Support for S. 4060, "The Open Back Better Act of 2020"

  Jul 23, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  Extending the loan forgiveness period for PPP loans would allow SMACNA businesses to use PPP loan funds to buy personal protective equipment for staff, and to pay for virus mitigation measures to comply with public health guidelines. Guidance is also

• SMACNA Urges Senate to Support S. 1841, The Financing Our Energy Future Act

  Jul 23, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  In a recent letter to the Senate, SMACNA endorsed S. 1841, The Financing Our Energy Future Act, bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) with seventeen

• SMACNA Urges White House to Support The Great American Outdoors Act

  Jul 23, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  SMACNA is asking President Donald Trump to support and sign H.R. 1957, The Great American Outdoors Act.  H.R. 1957 would cut the National Park Service’s (NPS) $12 billion repair backlog in half, address maintenance needs at other public land

• SMACNA Endorses S. 1841, The Financing Our Energy Future Act

  Jul 16, 2020 |2 min read — Letters & Testimony

  In a recent letter, SMACNA urged the U.S. Senate to support S. 1841, The Financing Our Energy Future Act.  This important legislation would greatly expand financing options for energy saving performance contracting (ESPC), building retrofits,

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