ISSUE / Week of July 13, 2020
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The U.S. Senate returns to Washington next week for what is scheduled to be a three-week period leading up to a six-week August-September recess, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is...
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Environment,Federal GovernanceJuly 17,2020 |Administration Issues Final Changes to NEPA Implementing Regulations
The Trump Administration has issued the final rule updating the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the first time since the regulations were first issued in...
House Appropriators Advance FY21 Transportation Funding
July 15, 2020 | Jeff DavisYesterday evening, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $233 billion appropriations bill for the Departments of Transportation and of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2021. The...
How the FY21 House THUD Bill Was Assembled
July 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisTransportation is only part of the annual Transportation-Housing appropriations bill, and while both major components of the bill are very important to its authors, the two most important factors...
Biennial (and Bipartisan) Water Resources Bill Approved by House Panel
July 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisWeeks after the panel muscled a partisan surface transportation bill through the markup process, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a much different markup on July 15 to...
FY21 Homeland Appropriations Move Out of House Committee – But Maybe No Farther
July 16, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House Appropriations Committee on July 15 approved the $51 billion draft Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021 by a party-line roll call vote of 30 to 22. The bill is now...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of July 20, 2020
July 15, 2020 | Jeff DavisWednesday, July 22 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to mark up pending legislation (including two airport bills, S. 3958 and S. 4162), and several...