ISSUE / Week of June 6, 2016
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Aircraft,AppropriationsJune 07,2016 |FY17 Aviation Security, Coast Guard Funding Advances in Senate
June 6, 2016 On May 26, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $49.7 billion spending bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security during fiscal year 2017. The bill was reported to the... -
June 7, 2016 It has been almost four months since the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved, by a mostly party-line vote, legislation (H.R. 4441) to reauthorize federal...
House Rejects FY17 Energy and Water Funding After Amending
June 05, 2016 | Jeff DavisOn May 26, the House of Representatives defeated the fiscal 2017 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill (H.R. 5055) after spending three days amending the bill. The bill failed of final...
Leading the Transportation Transformation
June 04, 2016 | Robert PuentesIt is no secret that transportation in America is changing dramatically. Navigating the industry through those changes requires leaders in transportation to think and act differently to match the...
GAO Releases Two New Aviation Security Reports
June 07, 2016 | Jeff DavisJune 7, 2016 The U.S. Government Accountability Office last week released two new reports analyzing federal aviation security policies. The first, Aviation Security: Airport Perimeter and...
USDOT Issues Final Revisions to Metro/State Planning Rule
June 07, 2016 | Emily HanOn May 27th, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) jointly released a final rule updating metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and statewide transportation...
CBO Recommends Screening Cargo Containers in U.S., Not Abroad
June 07, 2016 | Jeff DavisJune 7, 2016 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office last week released a new report entitled Scanning and Imaging Shipping Containers Overseas: Costs and Alternatives. The report examines...
House To Vote on Rejecting Oil Barrel Tax, Carbon Tax This Week
June 07, 2016 | Jeff DavisJune 6, 2016 The House of Representatives has scheduled votes for later this week on two non-binding “sense of Congress” measures designed to allow legislators to go on record as opposing any...