Issue / FY21
Senate Passes Bill Freeing Up $123 Billion in COVID Aid for Infrastructure
Oct 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisQuietly and with no debate, the U.S. Senate on October 19 passed legislation freeing up almost $123 billion of the $350 billion state...
FHWA Projects HTF Highway Account Won’t Need Bailout Until Summer 2022
Oct 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration has notified Capitol Hill that the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund probably won't need an...
FTA Gives Some Small Start Projects $250M in COVID Funding
Jun 18, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Department of Transportation announced on June 11 how the remaining $250 million of the March 2021 American Rescue Plans's $1.7...
DOT Revises Rules for Renamed RAISE Multimodal Grants
Apr 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe multimodal surface transportation grant program first established in early 2009 and named TIGER by the Obama Administration, and...
Biden Signs $1.9T COVID/Stimulus Bill Into Law
Mar 12, 2021 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden signed into law yesterday the latest $1.9 trillion COVID relief and economic stimulus bill (H.R. 1319), now called the...
Reconciliation Bill On Hold Pending Unemployment Insurance Agreement
Mar 05, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe only thing more tedious than a Senate vote-a-rama is, apparently, a suspended vote-a-rama. The period of post-debate amendment...
House Democrats Bring Back Appropriations Earmarks, but Transportation Scope Unclear
Mar 01, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe new chairman of the House Appropriations Committee announced on February 26 (in a 5 p.m. Friday afternoon news dump) that the...
House to Vote on $1.9 Trillion COVID Stimulus Tonight
Feb 26, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is expected to vote late tonight on the $1.9 trillion COVID aid and stimulus bill (H.R. 1319) being moved...
House Democrats to Increase Transit Funding in COVID Bill by $461 Million
Feb 24, 2021 | Jeff DavisHouse Democratic leaders are adding $461 million in extra mass transit funding and a $9 million COVID leave fund for FAA employees to...
House to Consider Budget Reconciliation Bill Next Week
Feb 19, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a budget reconciliation bill next week that provides up to $1.9 trillion in...
House Committees Approve Budget Reconciliation Bill with $57.5 Billion in Transportation Funding
Feb 12, 2021 | Jeff DavisHouse committees have completed action on most of the $1.9 trillion in COVID relief spending requested by President Biden this week,...
How the House Reconciliation Bill’s $30 Billion for Transit Will Be Distributed
Feb 12, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe budget reconciliation legislation approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week provides an...