ISSUE / Week of December 9, 2019
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TransitDecember 09,2019 |Final Defense Bill Bans New Purchases of Mass Transit Vehicles from Chinese Companies – After 2-Year Delay
After weeks of delay, Congressional negotiators at 9:30 p.m. released the text of the final House-Senate conference agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2019 (S. 1790), which... -
Yesterday, the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees announced that they had reached a final agreement on the twelve general appropriations bills for fiscal year 2020. The...
House Hearing Cites Faulty FAA Risk Calculations on 737 MAX
December 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisAnother hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week looked more deeply at decisions made by the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing prior to the second fatal...
Flying with Drone Regulations
December 12, 2019 | Ken DunlapAs the Eno Center for Transportation assesses the challenges of safely integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the airspace of the United States, we are studying how operators interact with...
Senate Committee Approves Several Aviation Bills
December 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on December 11 approved five aviation-related pieces of legislation. War risk insurance extension. The committee approved a bill (S. 2964)...
DOT Releases Updated Highway-Transit-Freight Conditions and Performance Report
December 11, 2019 | Jeff DavisA long-awaited new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation was quietly released last week (two years late) and indicates that the U.S. is already spending enough money on highway capital...
GAO Issues New Reports on Essential Air Service, Airline Oversales
December 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe FAA reauthorization law enacted on October 5, 2018 mandated, by our count, 119 new studies or reports to be submitted to Congress, many of which had unrealistic deadlines attached. The U.S....
The Gas Tax Versus Inflation – Two Measures
December 09, 2019 | Jeff DavisHow much buying power has the federal gasoline tax lost over the years, and how have consumers felt past gasoline taxes in their daily lives? I have seen several different analyses from...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of December 15, 2019
December 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisMonday, December 15 – House Rules – full committee hearing to set rules for debate on the SALT tax deduction restoration bill and (hopefully) final fiscal 2020 appropriations measures – 5:00...