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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

CA Supreme Court Blocks Taxpayer Protection Act from November 2024 Ballot

Constitutional limitations to raising revenue are becoming increasingly relevant for water and other governmental agencies as well as their customers and landowners in response to aging infrastructure, climate change and...more

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Invests Heavily in Cybersecurity

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On November 15, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), unleashing over $1 trillion of federal money to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure and fund other key programs...more

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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Part 2: Investing in Transmission

This is the second post in our series on the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, covering how the Act invests in strengthening our electric grid, which could better prepare us for the shift from fossil...more

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How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Build Back Better Bill Would Advance the Offshore Wind Sector

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The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Biden signed into law today, and the proposed $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) each set aside historic investments in clean energy. The...more

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How the New Infrastructure Act Aims to Bridge the Digital Divide

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President Biden recently signed the long-awaited bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The law allocates over $1 trillion in new and repurposed funds to upgrade the country’s infrastructure. This funding...more

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Infrastructure Bill Appropriates Funds to Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

H.R. 3864, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIB), passed a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives on November 5, 2021, and will soon become law upon signing by President Biden....more

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Revised Infrastructure Bill Contains Billions to Spur Transmission Investment

US congressional Democrats released the latest version of H.R. 5376—better known as the Build Back Better Act—late last week, hoping to advance a $1.85 trillion spending package after months of deadlock. The release of the...more

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Beltway Buzz - October 2021

Congressional Drama. - There was drama this week on Capitol Hill, as Congress juggled four major issues: funding for the federal government, a bipartisan bill to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure, a $3.5 “human...more

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House Ways and Means Committee Tax Plan Proposes Changes to Estate Planning

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The House Committee on Ways and Means has proposed a tax plan intended to fund President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" $3.5 trillion infrastructure program. Among the many changes in this proposed tax plan are three that...more

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Beltway Buzz - September 2021 #3

Congressional Update - Various committees in the U.S. House of Representatives continued to work this week on their respective portions of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” reconciliation bill-proposed...more

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Summary and Analysis of Ways and Means Reconciliation Text Released Friday — Subtitles F, G, and H

On Friday, Sept. 10, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) released the second tranche of the panel’s recommendations for budget reconciliation—the package through which Democrats aim to enact policies in...more

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United States Senate Amendment 2137 to House Resolution 3684 Passes United States Senate 69‐30

The following is a high-level summary of key components of the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” that will meaningfully impact the infrastructure / public-private partnership (“P3”), renewable energy and public finance...more

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Package Passes the Senate

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Arizona’s Senior U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema is credited as being instrumental in negotiating the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, H.R. 3684, entitled “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface...more

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Top Ten: What You Need to Know About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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On Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, the Senate passed its bipartisan infrastructure plan, H.R. 3684, by a 69-30 margin. A group of ten senators – nicknamed the “G10” and led by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Rob Portman (R-OH) –...more

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Infrastructure Plan Relies On Federal Loan Programs

On March 31, 2021, President Biden released one of his most significant policy initiatives, the American Jobs Plan. The eight-year, over $2 trillion plan proposes large investments in a broadened scope of infrastructure. In...more

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The "Great Rebuilding of America's Crumbling Infrastructure"

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From the start of his presidential campaign, President Donald J. Trump made America's "crumbling infrastructure" one of his top priorities, promising a $1 trillion investment in the infrastructure sector over a ten-year...more

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Federal Infrastructure Law and Policy: 2019 Update

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On February 15, President Trump signed H.J. Res. 31, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019,” averting a new government shutdown and authorizing appropriations for the remaining unfunded federal agencies through September...more

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Next Stop for Infrastructure Policy: Congress

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Last Monday the White House released its long-anticipated infrastructure proposal. While the Administration has taken executive action on a number of infrastructure-related issues over the past year, most notably relating to...more

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What to Watch: Five Key Features of the Infrastructure Package

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The President has announced more details regarding the new national infrastructure initiative that he referenced during his State of the Union address. The details suggest the Administration is taking a new approach to...more

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A Quick Look at What's Ahead on the Water Infrastructure Front

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I often joke with my clients that following issues too closely at the federal level can result in whiplash. To that regard, it has been a very active summer in Washington, DC on the water infrastructure front. Here’s a rapid...more

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Hurricane Waivers and Infrastructure Funding [Maritime and Infrastructure Federal Update]

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This edition of the Cozen O’Connor Maritime and Infrastructure Federal Update highlights: (i) the unprecedented nature of the recent Jones Act waiver, (ii) available infrastructure funding through the TIGER program, (iii)...more

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Senate Democrats Are Eager to Invest in Infrastructure, Including Flood (but what about Climate Change?)

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The democratic members of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee took the initiative to lay out their priorities for a future infrastructure package. Those priorities, totaling over $500 billion, are included...more

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