Issue / FY22
Senate Fails to Advance Bill Containing Extra $2B for Intercity Bus COVID Relief
May 19, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate earlier today failed to muster the 60 votes necessary to bring up a $48 billion bill providing additional COVID relief,...
USDOT Gets FY22 Highway and Transit Formula Funding Increases Out the Door
Apr 08, 2022 | Jeff DavisTwin announcements from the U.S. Department of Transportation in the last week have given state and local governments permission to...
Step-by-Step: How $52.5 Billion in New Highway Formula Funding Becomes $47.1 Billion
Apr 08, 2022 | Jeff DavisWhen Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act last year, that bipartisan law was built around significant increases...
FY22 Omnibus Appropriations: The Final Tally
Mar 18, 2022 | Jeff DavisOn Monday, March 14, four days after Congress had passed the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2022 and sent it to the President,...
What’s in the FY22 Omnibus: US Department of Transportation
Mar 11, 2022 | Jeff DavisFollowing is a summary of the USDOT funding in the omnibus appropriations bills. Readers are also encouraged to download this PDF...
What’s in the FY22 Omnibus: Water Resources Funding
Mar 11, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe just-passed fiscal year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill contains $8.3 billion in funding for the civil works (a.k.a. water...
What’s in the FY22 Omnibus: The Big Picture
Mar 11, 2022 | Jeff DavisEleven months passed between the release of President Biden's fiscal 2022 discretionary appropriations proposal on April 9, 2021 and...
FY22 Omnibus Appropriations Clears Congress; FY23 Budget Submission Imminent
Mar 11, 2022 | Jeff DavisLast night, the U.S. Senate passed the $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations act for fiscal year 2022 by a vote of 68 to 31. All 50...
House Passes FY22 Omnibus Appropriations
Mar 09, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives has (finally) passed the $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that was unveiled at 1:30 a.m. this...
$1.5T Omnibus Bill Sets Regular USDOT Budget at $104B for FY 2022
Mar 09, 2022 | Jeff DavisAt 1:30 a.m. this morning, the text of the $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations package for fiscal 2022 was posted online. The House...
Time Running Out As CR Deadline Approaches, Administration Asks $33B in Emergency Funds
Mar 04, 2022 | Jeff DavisBy Monday evening, we should know if Congress will be able to meet its March 11 deadline for providing additional appropriations to...
Government Shutdown Averted (Again), Deadline Pushed to March 11
Feb 18, 2022 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the three-week extension of the stopgap spending bill that is funding the government and which...