ISSUE / Week of December 15, 2015
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December 16, 2015 At 1:34 a.m. this morning, House leaders finally released the text of the 2,009-page, $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations package for fiscal year 2016. The House Rules Committee...
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Federal Governance,GovernanceDecember 16,2015 |Tax Break Parity for Transit Benefits Made Permanent in Tax Extenders Bill
December 16, 2015 A giant tax bill released at 11:57 p.m. last night makes permanent the expiring temporary tax provision from the 2009 ARRA law that made the tax exclusion for employer-provided...
Overview of FY16 Transportation Security Funding in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill
December 16, 2015 | Jeff DavisDecember 16, 2015 Division F of the omnibus FY 2016 appropriations bill provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The joint explanatory statement for that division is...
Omnibus Bill Gives Corps of Engineers $6 Billion in FY16 for Water Resources Program
December 16, 2015 | Jeff DavisDecember 16, 2015 Division D of the omnibus appropriations package for FY 2016 contains the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill, which funds the water resources program of the U.S....
Was the FAST Act’s 70 Percent Cut in TIFIA Funding Justified?
December 16, 2015 | Jeff DavisDecember 16, 2015 The 2012 MAP-21 transportation law increased funding for the Department of Transportation’s primary surface transportation loan and loan guarantee program, TIFIA, from the $122...
New GAO Report Highlights FAA Challenges Under Current Funding Structure
December 16, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONDecember 15, 2015 Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released, Aviation Finance: Observations on the Effects of Budget Uncertainty on FAA, which explores the budgetary woes that...
FAA Implements Mandatory Drone Registration; $5 Fee Coming Next Year
December 16, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONDecember 15, 2015 After establishing a task force in October to study the issue, and taking into account the task force recommendations that were put out in November, the Federal Aviation...
NOW ENROLLING: Eno’s Transit Senior Executive Program
December 16, 2015 | Ann HeneberyEntering it’s 12th year, Eno’s Transit Senior Executive Program is the premiere leadership training course in the industry. Designed specifically for senior managers in transportation, this...