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Senate EPW May Mark Up Highway Bill Next Week As Budget Reconciliation Timetable Slips
May 21,2021 As of this writing (3 p.m. Eastern on Friday, May 21, 2021), the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee still has not canceled his previously stated plan to mark up a...
Federal Funding,Highways & Streets
Senators Request New Highway Cost Allocation Study
May 21,2021 Two members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee introduced legislation this week directing the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct the first comprehensive study of which...
Federal Governance
Pending Senate Bill Would Alter Buy America Requirements
May 21,2021 The U.S. Senate is in the middle of considering the “Endless Frontier Act” (S. 1260) – an umbrella bill assembled by Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NJ) that addresses a lot of...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of May 24, 2021
May 21,2021 Monday, May 24 – House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – subcommittee hearing on the FY 2022 budget request for water resources programs (Corps of Engineers,...
Federal Funding,Highway Trust Fund,Infrastructure
Biden Continues Infrastructure Talks with Senate GOP
May 14,2021 President Biden yesterday met with key Republican Senators and had further discussions about possible compromise on an infrastructure deal. Biden, Vice President Harris, and Transportation Secretary...
Federal Governance,Highways & Streets,Transit
House Members Request $20.8 Billion in Earmarks
May 14,2021 Now that Congress has brought back earmarking, House members have filed requests for 5,267 projects totaling $20.75 billion. House Appropriations. The committee has posted its summary spreadsheet of...
Federal Governance,Transit,USDOT
Fernandez Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing. (Again.)
May 14,2021 Nuria Fernandez appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on May 11 to testify at her confirmation hearing in support of her nomination for the role of Federal Transit Administrator....
Amtrak
Amtrak Route Expansion Largely Depends on State Willingness to Subsidize
May 14,2021 Seeking to capitalize on President Biden’s huge proposed spending increases as part of his American Jobs Plan, Amtrak last month released an ambitious map of proposed service expansions and...
Budget,FY22
White House to Release First Biden Budget on May 27
May 13,2021 The White House announced today that President Biden’s first budget request will be transmitted to Congress on Thursday, May 27. The annual budget request is due by the first Monday in...
Highway Trust Fund