ISSUE / Week of February 2, 2015
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February 4, 2015 The budget request for fiscal 2016 for much of the Department of Transportation is hard to separate from the six-year GROW AMERICA surface transportation reauthorization proposal...
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Appropriations,FASTLANESeptember 09,2015 |Administration Proposes Revised 6-Year, $478 Billion GROW AMERICA Surface Reauthorization
February 4, 2015 President Obama proposed a six-year, $478.3 billion surface transportation spending plan as part of his fiscal 2016 budget request to Congress this week. The plan will be fully...
New Aviation Fees Requested In New Transportation Security Budget
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisFebruary 4, 2015 This week, the Obama Administration submitted a budget request for $7.15 billion in gross funding for the Transportation Security Administration for fiscal year 2016, which is...
Slight Cuts in Coast Guard Budget Request for FY 2016
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisFebruary 4, 2015 The President’s budget request for 2016 includes a slight cut in the United States Coast Guard budget, from $10.04 billion in the pending 2015 appropriations bill to $9.75...
White House Again Proposes Unlikely Cuts in Corps of Engineers Funding
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisFebruary 4, 2015 Once again, the White House and Congress have a fundamental difference of opinion over how much money the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should be spending on new water resources...
President Requests $74 Billion Discretionary Spending Cap Increase
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisFebruary 4, 2015 The President’s budget released this week contains the official discretionary spending cap totals under the Budget Control Act for fiscal year 2016 as calculated by the Office...
Commerce Hearing Addresses Transpo Network Performance Issues
September 09, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONFebruary 4, 2015 Last week on January 29, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation’s Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure,...