Dive summary:

• The U.S. Department of Transportation had said that changes it proposed in September to rules requiring and governing the inclusion of disadvantaged business enterprises were not a big enough deal to warrant extensive review.
• Now, after an onslaught of comments from commercial contractors complaining about some of the alterations to the way state Transportation Departments would have to administer the program in federally funded projects, the agency reportedly has decided on the more extensive study required for "significant" rule changes.
• A number of the objections concerned the increase in paperwork for primary contractors to document aspects of jobs for which they are bidding.

From the article:

AGC has also been discussing the rule’s impact with members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee....