ISSUE / Week of April 2, 2018
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April 6, 2018 The final, omnibus appropriations law for fiscal year 2018 provided a record $2.6 billion for the Capital Investment Grants account at the Federal Transit Administration - the...
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Appropriations,Federal FundingApril 04,2018 |Omnibus Bill Triples USDOT’s Discretionary Grant Money
April 4, 2018 The just-enacted omnibus appropriations act for fiscal year 2018 has tripled the amount of funding available for the U.S. Department of Transportation to select its own...
White House Infrastructure Chief Gribbin Departing
April 06, 2018 | Jeff DavisApril 6, 2018 White House infrastructure chief D.J. Gribbin is leaving after just over a year on the job. Gribbin was named Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy in...
DOT Gives Out FY17 Bus Grants: Smaller, More Numerous, More Rural
April 05, 2018 | Jeff DavisApril 5, 2018 The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the recipients of $264.4 million in grants for buses and bus facilities today, all of which were selected by USDOT in a...
New Data Shows Eight States Were Highway “Donor States” in FY 2016
April 05, 2018 | Jeff DavisApril 5, 2018 The Federal Highway Administration has just released the detailed computational tables underlying the formula apportionments of highway contract authority for fiscal year 2018. Among...
Trump to Nominate Heidi King for NHTSA Administrator
April 06, 2018 | Jeff DavisApril 6, 2018 The White House last night announced that President Trump will nominate Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. King has served as...
Tax Cut Law Forces Change in Offset for Excise Tax Change Proposals
April 03, 2018 | Jeff DavisApril 3, 2018 The cost of increasing the federal gasoline tax just got lower. (The financial cost to general revenues, not the political cost.) As a result of the mammoth tax cut law enacted...
FY18 Budget Caps Increase By Another $558 Million
April 05, 2018 | Jeff DavisApril 5, 2018 The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 was enacted on February 9 of this year to much fanfare and increased the statutory caps on annual appropriations for fiscal year 2018 by $143.2...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of April 9, 2018
April 05, 2018 | Jeff DavisMonday, April 9 - the Congressional Budget Office releases its annual budget and economic outlook, including revised projections for Highway Trust Fund cash flow, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 -...