Mike Lee

The National Electrical Contractors Association Inc. (NECA) lists lobbying on the Davis-Bacon Act in its 2026 third-quarter report, and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced S.4477, the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, in April 2026 to repeal the Davis-Bacon wage requirements. The filing covers 11 issue areas. ​

NECA's in-house third-quarter 2026 report discloses $600,000 in lobbying. That is up $250,000 from the $350,000 the same registrant reported in the third quarter of 2025. McCarthy Advanced Consulting LLC filed a termination for the National Electrical Contractors Association Inc. in the third quarter of 2026, reporting $30,000.

The in-house filing lists three lobbyists:

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced S. 4477, the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, in April 2026, calling the law "antiquated." NECA chief executive officer David Long has said prevailing-wage requirements prevent wage undercutting and support apprenticeship costs. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) opposed the Labor Department's 2023 Davis-Bacon final rule and said it planned to challenge it in court. Advancing American Freedom's Rachel Greszler called for repealing Davis-Bacon in September 2026, citing a Beacon Hill Institute estimate that the law's wage calculations inflate federally funded construction costs by 9.9%, and said repeal could save taxpayers about $21.5 billion annually.

In an Oct. 26 press release, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA-4) included a NECA statement crediting the Working Families Tax Cut with making the Section 199A small business deduction permanent.

A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report dated Sept. 2 noted that Congress extended Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) surface-transportation authorizations through Dec. 11 under H.R. 6500.

On Oct. 1, Sens. Angus King (I-ME), John Curtis (R-UT), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to streamline domestic-materials verification under the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA); NECA is listed among the bill's national supporters in both King's and Murkowski's announcements.

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA-3) reintroduced H.R. 7996, the Linemen Legacy Act, in March; Giamberardino is quoted in the press release endorsing the bill, which would add utility line technicians to the Department of Homeland Security's definition of "emergency response providers."

The most time-sensitive item is the Dec. 11 expiration of IIJA surface-transportation authorizations; without congressional action, highway funding authority lapses and the BUILD America 250 Act becomes the vehicle for longer-term reauthorization. The clearest operational change is the in-house spending increase that took hold at the start of 2026, while McCarthy Advanced Consulting LLC has now exited with a termination filing.

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