ISSUE / Week of July 24, 2017
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July 28, 2017 - 8:30 a.m. The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 27 unanimously approved legislation funding the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban...
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Automated Vehicles,Federal GovernanceJuly 28,2017 |House Energy & Commerce Unanimously Passes AV Bill
July 28, 2017 On July 27, the House Energy & Commerce Committee (E&C) unanimously approved what may become the first federal law regulating self-driving vehicles. The final vote tally...
Guest Op-Ed: Entrepreneurs and the Need for an Autonomous Vehicle National Framework
July 28, 2017 | Grayson BrulteWhen Level 5 autonomous vehicles are introduced to society and deployed for use the winners will not be traditional car manufacturers, but entrepreneurs who believed in the American dream and the...
It’s Official: House FAA Bill On Hold Until September
July 28, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 28, 2017 The House of Representatives has finished its summer agenda and left town for the long August recess, not to return until after Labor Day. (Unless the Senate can somehow resurrect...
House Hearing Looks at Air Cargo Security
July 28, 2017 | Rui NeivaJuly 28, 2017 On July 25, the House Transportation and Protective Security Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee held a (short) hearing titled “Securing Air Cargo: Industry...
Senate Holds Hearing on FRA, MARAD Nominees
July 28, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 28, 2017 The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on July 26 held a hearing on multiple pending nominations, including Ronald Batory to head the Federal Railroad...
Trump Administration Publishes Federal Regulations Roadmap
July 28, 2017 | Greg RogersJuly 28, 2017 On July 20, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its first report of short and long-term regulatory actions planned by the Trump Administration. Described as “the...
Amtrak Releases Corrected 5-Year Financial Plan
July 27, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 27, 2017 As noted in last week’s ETW, Amtrak has released its own five-year business plan and financial forecast. The original version of the plan (preserved here for posterity) had...
Chao Replaces Federal Members of WMATA Board
July 27, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 27, 2017 Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on July 24 replaced the two federally-appointed principal members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) board of...
House Amends, Passes FY18 Corps of Engineers Budget
July 27, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 28, 2017 The House of Representatives on July 27 passed a massive package of four appropriations bills for fiscal year 2018 by a vote of 235 to 192. The bill (H.R. 3219) includes the Energy...
Senate Panel Gives Slight Boost to FY18 Corps of Engineers Funding
July 21, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 21, 2017 Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill funding the Department of Energy and several water resources agencies including the civil works program of the Army...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of July 31, 2017
July 27, 2017 | Jeff DavisWednesday, August 2 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider legislation and nominations including the Bradbury, Batory, Buzby and Sumwalt...