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LARRY LECLAIR
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SURETY BOND PRODUCERS · Bethesda, MD · registered since 2024
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At a glance
Registered since
2024
Senate LDA system
Clients
1
last 3 years
Filings
4
4 agencies contacted
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Advocate for support of and funding for the Surety Bond Guarantee Program of the Small Business Administration. Advocate for resources for small construction businesses and awareness of the importance of surety bonding requirements to safeguard federal construction contracts.
Advocated for the Federal Communications Commission to consider performance bonds as acceptable security for its broadband auctions in addition to or in lieu of letters of credit.
Advocated for introduction of legislation concerning the broadband and eConnectivity loan and grant programs of the Rural Utility Service of the Department of Agriculture to have clear statutory performance and payment security requirements as conditions of loans and grants for the construction portions of rural broadband infrastructure projects.
Advocated for use of surety bonds as alternative security to letters of credit securing BEAD grant awards to grantees/subgrantees for broadband infrastructure work. Advocated for support and advancement of HR 1740 and S.2928 to secure WIFIA loans and grants for water infrastructure projects with performance and payment protections.
Generally advocate for appropriations support and funding for federal infrastructure programs, including broadband.
Generally advocate for support of and funding for the Surety Bond Guarantee Program of the Small Business Administration. Continue to inform congressional offices of free surety industry online, educational course and mentoring program to educate small construction business owners and principals about ways in which to qualify for surety bonding. Advocate for support of HR 2726, Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2023, which requires federal contracting agencies to make interim partial payments to their small construction prime contractors for unilateral changes in contracts.