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- September 17, 2019
- Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Transportation Spending Bill for Fiscal Year 2020
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The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing & Urban Development approved an annual funding bill that increases investment levels for most federal transportation infrastructure programs for the coming fiscal year.
The bill fulfills FAST Act funding levels for highway programs at $46.4 billion from the Highway Trust Fund and adds an additional $2.7 billion from the General Fund for surface transportation block grants, railway-highway crossing safety improvement, and bridge repairs.
- September 16, 2019
- USDOT to Provide $871 Million for Emergency Road, Bridge Repairs
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will provide $871.2 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds for disaster-stricken bridges and roads in 39 states, territories and tribal governments through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
- July 30, 2019
- ACEC Statement: America’s Engineers Applaud Approval of the America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act
- July 29, 2019
- Senate EPW Committee Releases Five-Year $287 Billion Surface Transportation Bill
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The America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 (ATIA), released by the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee today, authorizes $287 billion in surface transportation investments over five years. The proposed bill would increase current funding by 27 percent.
- July 11, 2019
- Senate EPW Committee Plans to Release Five-Year Highway Bill Before August Recess
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Leadership of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have announced they will unveil a new five-year survface transportation bill before Congress takes its August recess.
- June 28, 2019
- ACEC Congratulates Illinois for Acting on Infrastructure
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Earlier today, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law the most significant investment in infrastructure the state has seen in 30 years. Illinois makes 31 states that have raised revenues in recent years to boost spending on transportation projects and other infrastructure needs.
- June 27, 2019
- House Approves Funding Bill for Transportation, Water, Military Construction
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The House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday to fund U.S. Department of Transportation and the departments of Commerce, Interior, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development, as well as environmental programs.
- June 19, 2019
- ACEC and Coalition Partners Urge Action on Infrastructure Legislation, Increase in Gas Tax
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ACEC, along with a coalition of more than 40 national business and labor groups, sent a letter yesterday to President Trump and Congressional leaders urging them to resume action on infrastructure legislation this year.
- June 17, 2019
- Senate EPW Leaders Call for FAST Act Rescission Repeal
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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Chair John Barrasso (R-WY) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE) joined the call to repeal the rescission of $7.6 billion in federal highway program funding on July 1, 2020. ACEC has been working with AASHTO and dozens of other transportation stakeholders to eliminate the rescission in the context of any upcoming spending or budget deal.
- June 10, 2019
- ACEC's Engineering Influence Podcast Features Bloomberg's Shaun Courtney
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In the latest episode of ACEC's Engineering Influence podcast, ACEC Strategic Communications Director Jeff Urbanchuk talks with Bloomberg Government's Shaun Courtney about the possibility of passing a big infrastructure bill, the liklihood of just reauthorizing the FAST Act, the House-Senate partisan divide, disaster relief, and whether earmarks could return in transportation funding.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing & Urban Development approved an annual funding bill that increases investment levels for most federal transportation infrastructure programs for the coming fiscal year.
The bill fulfills FAST Act funding levels for highway programs at $46.4 billion from the Highway Trust Fund and adds an additional $2.7 billion from the General Fund for surface transportation block grants, railway-highway crossing safety improvement, and bridge repairs.
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