The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on June 3, titled “The State of Transportation and Critical Infrastructure: Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” […]
June 3, House Democrats released the bill text for a five-year, $484 billion surface transportation reauthorization package, the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in […]
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced on June 5 that nonfarm payroll employment rose by 2.5 million in May, and the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3%. These […]
June 5, 2020, President Trump signed H.R.7010, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act, into law. The legislation modifies PPP loans and the terms of loan forgiveness to make them […]
IWLA filed comments on June 5, in response to a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on changes to its existing demurrage regulations. The […]
A bipartisan group of House members from states with a significant auto industry presence recently sent a letter to House leadership pushing for aid to stabilize the automotive sector. Reps. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidance for employers on May 27 to help mitigate COVID-19 exposure risk within office buildings. The guidance highlights several actions employers […]
May 28 2020 the House’s Workforce Protections Subcommittee held a hearing entitled, “Examining the Federal Government’s Actions to Protect Workers from COVID-19.” OSHA’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt testified, […]
In light of the systemic challenges businesses have faced related to the business interruption insurance market during the COVID-19 crisis, H.R.7011, the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) of 2020, was […]
May 28 2020 the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, by a vote of 417-1 conducted via the newly implemented proxy voting system. The […]
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