Author: Jeff Davis
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 May Vote On Another Pre-Election COVID Bill
Sep 25, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives could vote as soon as next week on an additional package of COVID aid – a bill downsized from the $3.445...
House Passes Stopgap Appropriations Through December 11
Sep 25, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis week, the House of Representatives passed a stopgap continuing resolution (CR), H.R. 8337, extending all non-emergency fiscal 2020...
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...
DOT Announces $321 Million in CRISI Rail Grants
Sep 25, 2020 | Jeff DavisOn September 23, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the selectees for grants from the fiscal 2020 appropriation for the...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 28, 2020
Sep 24, 2020 | Jeff DavisWednesday, September 30 – House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations – subcommittee...
VMT Stabilized in July; Gas Production Indicates This May Be “New Normal” Level
Sep 24, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe July issue of Traffic Volume Trends from the Federal Highway Administration says that total vehicle miles-traveled (VMT) on U.S....
Texas Tax Adjustment Will Cause All Other States to Lose Money Under FY21 Extension
Sep 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe pending one-year extension of FAST Act funding and programs (H.R. 8319) is the "cleanest" we have ever seen, in terms of the fewest...
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...
House Democrats Release Critical Report on 737 MAX As Senate Panel Postpones Certification Bill
Sep 18, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis week, Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a 238-page investigative report on the actions...
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...