Legislative Updates
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and HUD Approves 2012 Budget Bill
November 2, 2016
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee approved and sent to the full House Appropriations Committee a FY 2012 Budget bill funding programs for both Departments.
SAFETEA-LU Extended to March 31, 2012
November 2, 2016
Late yesterday, Congress passed legislation extending SAFETEA-LU six months until March 31, 2012.
Senate Appropriations Committee Reports FY 2012 DOT Funding Bill
November 2, 2016
This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee completed its work on the DOT/THUD 2012 funding bill.
Senate Takes Up FY 2012 DOT/THUD Appropriations Bill Final Vote Due October 31
November 2, 2016
As of this writing, the Senate is coming close to wrapping up it’s consideration of HR 2112 that would fund DOT for the remainder of the 2012 Fiscal Year, but due to a Senate recess the last week of October, the final vote will occur on Monday, October 31st.
Reauthorization
November 2, 2016
Yesterday, House Speaker Boehner announced that the House would pass the long-delayed surface transportation authorization before the end of 2011.
Senate Reauthorization Update
November 2, 2016
The Senate EPW Committee has marked up their portion of the next reauthorization.
Commerce Committee Moves Reauthorization Titles
November 2, 2016
Earlier this week, the Senate Commerce Committee marked up several bills, including the FMCSA, HazMat and NHTSA titles, completing most of their work for the reauthorization.
House T&I Bill Introduced, Sees Highly Contentious Mark Up
October 20, 2016
The long awaited House Transportation & Infrastructure surface transportation authorization proposal has finally been released.
Surface Transportation Legislation
October 20, 2016
Currently, both chambers are set to consider surface transportation legislation next week.
Transportation Bill Update
October 20, 2016
There have been some fairly significant developments, but very little actual action, over the past two weeks regarding the long-delayed highway bill.