Issue / FY23
Initial HTF Formula Funding Given to States for FY23 Is $1.1 Billion Less than FY22
Feb 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration this week notified state DOTs that they would be able to obligate and spend a total of $45.34...
House to Clear FY23 Omnibus for Signature After Adopting Last-Minute Infrastructure Amendment
Dec 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisLater this morning, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider and pass the 4,125-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations...
Omnibus Spending Totals: Eye of the Beholder
Dec 22, 2022 | Jeff DavisWhen the agreement on the fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations package was released in the wee hours of the morning of December 20,...
FY23 Omnibus Bill Appropriates $30B for USDOT
Dec 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisAt around 1:30 a.m. this morning, Congressional negotiators filed the text of the much-awaited $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus...
7-Day CR Extension Cleared In Hopes of FY23 Omnibus Early Next Week
Dec 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisCongress has cleared a one-week appropriations extension lasting from midnight tonight to midnight on December 23. Leaders are hopeful...
Little Progress on Appropriations Talks; Year-Long CR Threatened
Dec 09, 2022 | Jeff DavisBehind-the-scenes negotiations on fiscal 2023 federal appropriations legislation is now at a breaking point, with the current stopgap...
With 2 Weeks Left, Appropriators Work Towards Year-End Ominbus Bill
Dec 02, 2022 | Jeff DavisStopgap appropriations under the current continuing resolution (Public Law 117-180) expire at midnight on December 16, and...
FY23 Highway Funding: Allocated Set-Aside Reaches All-Time High; 33 States Face Vulnerable Road User Penalty
Oct 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisOn October 20, the Federal Highway Administration gave states a pro-rated share of fiscal 2023 highway funding permission under the...
FHWA Gives States $59.9B in IIJA Highway Formula Funding
Oct 14, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration on October 6 formally apportioned $59.9 billion in highway funding to states via formula. The money...
Congress Clears CR to Dec. 16 After Removing Manchin Permitting Reforms
Sep 30, 2022 | Jeff DavisCongress has cleared an eleven-week continuing resolution (CR) providing stopgap appropriations for the fiscal year that starts at...
Manchin Permitting Reforms Revealed; Senate Test Vote on Tuesday
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisSen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has finally released the text of his environmental permitting reform bill, which Congressional leaders have...
Still No Clarity on Stopgap Continuing Appropriations
Sep 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisToday is September 16, which means that fiscal year 2022 expires two weeks from today. Usually, by this point in time, we have some...