Issue / Ports
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...
House Passes Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Spend-Down Bill
Oct 29, 2019 | Jeff DavisYesterday evening, the House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 2440) that would allow the immediate spending of over $9 billion in...
House to Consider Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Spend-Down Bill Next Week
Oct 25, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is likely to consider H.R. 2440, the "Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act," on the...
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Spending Exceeded Deposits in FY19 for First Time in Over 30 Years
Oct 16, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe just-ended fiscal year 2019 appears to be the first year since 1988 where the year-end unexpended balance in the Harbor Maintenance...