transportation bill
ARTBA predicts US construction infrastructure growth
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) annual forecast suggests that the U.S. transportation construction infrastructure market will show modest growth in 2013. According to ARTBA’s forecast, this segment will increase 3 percent to $130.5 billion in 2013. The… Keep Reading
Webinar to outline transportation bill details rescheduled
Jack Schenendorf, an attorney with the law firm Covington & Burling LLP and a staff member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will lead an NSSGA webinar Aug. 6 at 3 p.m. EDT that outlines what’s in the transportation bill for… Keep Reading
Transportation bill funding generated from variety of sources
Since Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the transportation bill, NSSGA indicates a number of people have asked how the bill is being funded at $52 billion per year when that amount is significantly more than the total amount… Keep Reading
Two-year transportation bill a win, albeit a short one
Lost in the shadow of the Supreme Court’s decision last week to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law was the surprising, bipartisan passage of a transportation bill that will fuel more than $100 billion into America’s roads through… Keep Reading
Transportation bill passed in nick of time
With the transportation bill just hours away from expiring, Congress passed a $105 billion bill Friday that keeps transportation funding at current levels for another two years. Because the bill passed the House, 373-52, and the Senate approved it, 74-19,… Keep Reading
Transportation reauthorization going down to wire
It’s well documented that the 112th Congress last year was the least productive Congress in modern U.S. history, passing 80 bills as both Democrats and Republicans rarely compromised. Neither party seems to be budging much anytime soon, but as the… Keep Reading
Senate, House name highway bill conferees
The U.S Senate named 14 of its members as conferees on the surface transportation reauthorization bill, and the U.S. House of Representatives named 33 of its members as conferees. The first conference meeting is expected to be held May 8.… Keep Reading
House, Senate to conference on new highway bill
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an additional 90-day extension of the surface transportation program (from June 30 to Sept. 30) at level funding, setting the stage for a conference with the Senate on a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization… Keep Reading
Congress mulls details of highway legislation
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has full confidence in Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, to advance a surface transportation bill, according to NSSGA. However, its specifics have yet to be determined after the House pulled… Keep Reading
