Issue / Ports
Webinar: Promoting Resiliency Across the Global Supply Chains
Aug 25, 2020 | Madeline GormanSupply chain and logistics professionals are constantly adapting to technological and socioeconomic shifts in the mobility landscape....
House Passes Biennial Water Resources Bill
Jul 31, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed the biennial water resources development bill (H.R. 7575) this week by voice vote after perfunctory...
House Adds Coast Guard, Maritime Bills to Defense Authorization
Jul 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisOn July 21, the House of Representatives passed a $734 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2021, after amending the bill...
Biennial (and Bipartisan) Water Resources Bill Approved by House Panel
Jul 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisWeeks after the panel muscled a partisan surface transportation bill through the markup process, the House Transportation and...
House Spending Bills Freeze FY21 Water Infrastructure Funding at FY20 Levels
Jul 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House Appropriations Committee has been releasing the text of draft appropriations bills for fiscal year 2021 every two hours this...
$1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Moving to House Vote Next Week
Jun 26, 2020 | Jeff DavisA $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, which incorporates a $494 billion, five-year surface transportation reauthorization (backed by a...
Webinar: How Disruptions to Our Transportation System Can Impact Food Supply
May 21, 2020 | Madeline GormanImmediate concerns about the ability of the food supply chain to meet customer demand have abated following the initial wave of panic...
Senate Panel Approves Water Resources Bill, May Be Combined With Highway Bill On Senate Floor
May 08, 2020 | Jeff DavisOn May 6, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee gave its unanimous approval to two water infrastructure bills, which may be...
Senate Committee Leaders Release New Water Legislation
Apr 24, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe bipartisan leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on April 21 released draft text of two periodic...
Water Infrastructure Funding Takes Hit In Trump FY21 Budget
Feb 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Trump Administration is proposing $2.5 billion in cuts to federal water infrastructure programs in fiscal year 2021. Corps of...
CBO Projections Show Water Trust Fund Trends Diverging Sharply
Jan 30, 2020 | Jeff DavisAs part of its updated Budget and Economic Outlook release this week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office updated its ten-year...
History of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
Nov 06, 2019 | Jeff Davis(Some of this material appeared, in earlier form, in the September 9, 2009 issue of Transportation Weekly.) The water...