ISSUE / Week of May 24, 2021
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President Biden's first budget request has asked Congress to provide $88.2 billion in gross discretionary budgetary resources for the U.S. Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2022 (excluding...
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Senate Republicans released another counterproposal for a large package of spending on physical infrastructure this morning, and President Biden said later in that he would meet again with the head...
Op-Ed: Opening Up Global Air Travel—Safely
May 28, 2021 | Robert PuentesOne of the indelible effects of the COVID-19 outbreak is the dramatic decrease in air travel. Now that parts of the world are starting to open back up, there is good reason for optimism that...
Senate Panel Amends, Approves $304 Billion Highway Reauthorization Bill
May 26, 2021 | Jeff DavisToday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a five-year, $304 billion bill reauthorizing the federal-aid highway program through the year 2026 by a unanimous vote of 20 to...
House T&I to Mark Up Surface Reauthorization Bill June 9
May 28, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold an executive session to discuss and amend its own surface transportation reauthorization legislation at a meeting on Wednesday, June...
Budget Makes Clear that Jobs Plan Funding to USDOT Would Be Distributed over Five Years
May 28, 2021 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden's fiscal 2022 budget request, finally made available today, makes clear that the U.S. Department of Transportation would receive $547.5 billion of the $2.2 trillion in funding under...
Biden Budget Flat-Lines Highway Trust Fund for 10 Years
May 28, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe budget documents provided by the White House and the Department of Transportation today show new contract authority levels for the Highway Trust Fund flat-lined in 2022, and in every year...
Electric Vehicle Credits and Alternative Fuels Provisions Included in Senate’s Clean Energy Act
May 28, 2021 | Katie DonahueOn May 26th, the Senate Finance Committee held a markup of the "Clean Energy Act," advancing the legislation with a 14 to 14 vote tie along party lines. While the bill included provisions broadly...
Senate Likely to Amend Buy America Bill to Exempt Aggregates and Cement
May 28, 2021 | Jeff DavisAfter two weeks of floor debate and many amendments, the U.S. Senate is on the edge of passing S. 1260, a bill intended to revitalize U.S. manufacturing to allow better competition with China, after...