Issue / Amtrak
Transportation Amendments to H.R. 2577 Adopted by the House of Representatives
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisBass (CA) amendment to prohibit funds provided by the bill from being used by FTA to implement, administer or enforce 49 CFR...
House Passes FY16 Transportation Appropriations Bill
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJune 11, 2015 The House of Representatives has passed a fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill for transportation and housing programs...
Transportation-Related Amendments Offered to the FY16 THUD Bill in the House on June 3
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff Davis(More amendments, all of which are “limitation” amendments (“no funds in this act may be used for such-and-such”) were offered...
House Starts Work on FY16 Transportation Appropriations
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJune 4, 2015 The House of Representatives has begun consideration of the fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill for transportation and...
Senate Appropriations Hands Out FY 2016 Spending Allocations
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMay 21, 2015 Like its House counterpart, the Senate panel was forced to work from the revised Budget Control Act total of $1,016.6...
House Panel Approves FY16 USDOT Budget
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMay 14, 2015 The House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved the fiscal 2016 appropriations bill for the Department of...
House Subcommittee OK’s $71.5 Billion FY16 USDOT Budget
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisApril 30, 2015 A House appropriations subcommittee today approved a draft bill making available $71.5 billion in spending authority...
Foxx Defends DOT FY16 Budget Before Senate Appropriators
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisApril 22, 2015 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx defended his department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request before a...
Lean Year Ahead For USDOT Appropriations in the House
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisApril 22, 2015 The House Appropriations Committee voted earlier today to allocate $1.017 trillion in discretionary appropriations...
Supreme Court Rules Amtrak Is A Governmental, Not Private, Entity
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 11, 2015 On Monday, for the second time in two weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in a railroad case. In U.S. DOT...
House Passes Bipartisan Amtrak Reform Bill
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 5, 2015 Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 749, the bipartisan passenger rail reform bill, by a wide 316...
Amtrak Requests $2 Billion For FY16 Operations, NEC Modernization
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisFebruary 26, 2015 The White House’s official budget request for Amtrak this year is part of the GROW AMERICA surface...