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Safe & Sound Week
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A strong safety culture doesn’t happen by chance – it’s built one decision at a time, at every level of an organization. From leadership setting expectations to workers speaking up about hazards, every action helps create safer workplaces.That’s what Safe & Sound Week is all about. Held each August, the nationwide event recognizes the successes of workplace safety and health programs. These programs serve as blueprints for building a foundation for creating safer workplaces and protecting America’s workers from job-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.
Sign up today for this year’s event, which will take place August 10-16.
PCCA Urges Flexibility in OMB Uniform Guidance Overhaul
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With the rules governing how hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants are awarded and administered poised for their most significant overhaul in many years, PCCA sent a letter on July 13 encouraging the Office of Management and Budget to preserve the flexibility needed to deliver infrastructure efficiently while maintaining appropriate oversight.
One theme runs throughout the comments: administrative burden matters. Every additional review, certification, reporting requirement, or approval process ultimately affects project schedules, construction costs, workforce deployment, and the amount of infrastructure taxpayers receive for every federal dollar invested.
See the letter here.
Draft Senate Farm Bill Would Make RUS ReConnect Program Permanent, Increase Funding and Broadband Speeds
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect rural broadband program would be made permanent and gain updated eligibility and buildout standards under a draft Senate version of the every-five-years rewrite of the Farm Bill (officially called the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026).
The full House of Representatives passed its version of the Farm Bill (H.R. 7567) in April, also making the program permanent but setting more limited eligibility levels and lower required broadband speeds.
PCCA Touts Damage Prevention in Support of PHMSA Reauthorization Ahead of House Markup
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In a letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders on June 23, PCCA said that damage prevention provisions in the Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026 would "help safeguard taxpayer investments in critical infrastructure and enhance the reliability of America’s energy and communications networks" and urged its timely passage. The Energy Subcommittee marked up the bill on June 24.
"Unmarked, inaccurately mapped, or improperly located underground water, sewer, power, broadband, communications, and pipeline infrastructure pose significant safety risks to communities and PCCA contractor employees across the United States," PCCA President & CEO Tim Wagner said.
"Accidental third-party utility strikes––including underground pipelines––cost the U.S. economy at least $30 billion annually, threaten America’s energy, water/sewer, and communications infrastructure, disrupt local businesses and communities, and pose a serious safety threat to the environment and the public."
See PCCA's letter here.
Tell The U.S. Senate to Oppose the Faster Labor Contracts Act
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We need your help defeating the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA), a key component of the controversial Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) and one of organized labor’s top legislative priorities.
Unfortunately, the FLCA passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 9 on a bipartisan basis, despite PCCA and coalition lobbying and grassroots efforts.
Now we need your grassroots advocacy to defeat the FLCA in the U.S. Senate and prevent it from going to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
Please follow this link to make your voice heard today.
Stop the Faster Labor Contracts Act
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Your federal lawmakers need to hear from you! They must act now to stop the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which pro-union legislators are pushing via a rarely used procedural maneuver called a discharge petition (filed on April 20, 2026) to fast-track the bill and appease powerful union special interests.
Tell lawmakers that this is an unprecedented expansion of federal power into private business decisions. For the first time, Washington bureaucrats could override voluntary negotiations and impose contract terms on small businesses and their employees. Act now to stop this effort before it advances!
Please go to PCCA's Grassroots Action Center to easily send your comments to your lawmakers, President Trump, and Vice President Vance. Your voice matters!
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