Issue / Highway Trust Fund
Final Highway Trust Fund Tax Receipts Were Robust in FY 2020 – Suspiciously So
Oct 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe books have closed on federal fiscal year 2020, which ended on September 30, and despite coronavirus and its effects on travel and...
Gasoline Production Plateau Continues at 10 percent Below 2019
Oct 09, 2020 | Jeff DavisData from the Energy Department through the end of September continue to support the hypothesis that, post-lockdowns, U.S. gasoline...
10-Week CR, 1-Year FAST Act Extension Signed Into Law
Oct 02, 2020 | Jeff DavisAt 1 a.m. on October 1, President Trump signed into law a 72-day stopgap appropriations bill (H.R. 8337) for fiscal year 2021 that also...
Gardner Bill Pushes Long-Sought Eastern Plains Interstate. But Big Hurdles Remain
Sep 29, 2020 | Jeff DavisGardner’s bill would not provide new funding for the highway. Designation is “just a way of attracting attention to the project and...
One-Year FAST Act Extension Passes House
Sep 25, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives has passed a one-year extension of FAST Act funding and policy as Division B of a larger fiscal-year-end...
House-Passed Extension Gives Highway Funding Increase to Texas and Colorado – And No One Else
Sep 25, 2020 | Jeff DavisAs predicted earlier this week by ETW with 99.999 percent accuracy, the Federal Highway Administration has confirmed to Congress that...
Rapid Response Webinar: AMA with Jeff Davis on CR and FAST Act Extension
Sep 25, 2020 | Madeline GormanCongress is acting on a ten-week appropriations extension and a year-long FAST Act extension. How will these be implemented, and what...
Estimated State-by-State Highway Funding Under 1-Year FAST Act Extension
Sep 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is a two-sheet Excel spreadsheet. Sheet one is a table showing the process by which the Federal Highway Administration will...
One-Year Surface Extension, 72-Day Appropriations CR Introduced in House
Sep 21, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe text of a 72-day extension of fiscal year 2020 appropriations into fiscal year 2021, accompanied by extension of other unfinished...
Short-Term Appropriations Extension to Carry One-Year, Flat-Line HTF Funding Extension
Sep 18, 2020 | Jeff DavisCongress is waiting for the release of the text of a package of stopgap appropriations and other extensions that are scheduled for...
1956 Treasury Secretary Letter to Harry Byrd on Pay-As-You-Build Highways
Sep 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF is a copy of a letter from Treasury Secretary George Humphrey to Senate Finance Committee chairman Harry Byrd (D-VA), dated...
Administration Befuddles Congress With Highway Trust Fund Revenue Estimates
Sep 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisAs legislators and Congressional staff negotiate the parameters of what increasingly looks like a one-year extension of the FAST Act,...