Issue / Maritime
Bipartisan Deal Struck for Bill With $5.8 Billion in Emergency Transportation and Infrastructure Funding
May 24, 2019 | Jeff DavisYesterday afternoon, Congressional leaders struck a deal with President Trump to expedite a $19.1 billion of disaster relief aid for...
House Appropriators Boost FY20 Water Infrastructure Funding +$600m Over Last Year
May 16, 2019 | Jeff DavisThis week, the House Appropriations Committee released the text of the two draft fiscal 2020 general appropriations bills that fund...
T&I Leaders Introduce New Harbor Maintenance Funding Bill
May 03, 2019 | Jeff DavisMay 3, 2019 This week, the bipartisan leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced a bill (H.R....
House Hearing Pushes Case For Unlocking Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
Apr 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisApril 12, 2019 An April 10 hearing before the House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee discussed waterborne transportation...
Disaster Relief Bill With HMTF Fix Delayed
Apr 05, 2019 | Jeff DavisA provision taking future Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund taxes and spending effectively "off-budget" has been delayed as the larger...
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Markup: Funding Safe and Resilient Transportation Systems
Mar 28, 2019 | Alice GrossmanMarch 28, 2019 The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met March 27th to consider eight bills in a markup session: H.R....
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 25, 2019
Mar 21, 2019 | Jeff DavisTuesday, March 26 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Aviation – subcommittee hearing on investment in...
The FY20 Budget: USDOT Competitive Grant Programs
Mar 20, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 20, 2019 What a difference a year makes. In its fiscal 2019 budget request, the Trump Administration requested zero dollars...
FY20 Budget Again Calls to Cut Water Infrastructure Funding by One-Third
Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 14, 2019 The few documents made available this week describing President Trump's budget request for fiscal year 2020 (tens of...
President’s FY20 Budget Cuts DOT Appropriations $4.8 Billion, Meets FAST Act HTF Spending Targets, Keeps $200B Infrastructure Placeholder
Mar 11, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 11, 2019 President Trump has released a fiscal year 2020 budget request today that calls for $84.1 billion in gross...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 4, 2019
Feb 28, 2019 | Jeff DavisWednesday, March 6, 2019 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation –...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of February 25, 2019
Feb 20, 2019 | Jeff DavisTuesday, February 26 – House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security – subcommittee hearing on...