March 4, 2016|ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION
This information is arranged into five roughly chronological areas:
– Congressional hearings on MAP-21 reauthorization.
– The Administration’s GROW AMERICA proposal.
– The Senate’s DRIVE Act.
– The House’s STRR Act.
– The conference agreement (the FAST Act).
Congressional hearings on MAP-21 reauthorization.
- House T&I hearing on “Building the Groundwork for Surface Transportation Reauthorization” (January 14, 2014).
- House T&I hearing on “Improving the Effectiveness of the Federal Surface Transportation Safety Grant Programs” (January 28, 2014).
- Senate EPW hearing on “MAP-21 Reauthorization: The Economic Performance of Maintaining Federal Investment in Our Transportation Infrastructure” (February 12, 2014)
- House T&I hearing on “Improving the Nation’s Highway Freight Network” (February 27, 2014).
- Senate Banking hearing on “MAP-21 Preauthorization: the Federal Role and Current Challenges to Public Transportation” (March 6, 2014)
- House T&I hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Implementation of MAP-21” (March 12, 2014).
- Senate EPW hearing on “MAP-21 Reauthorization: State and Local Perspectives on Transportation Priorities and Funding” (March 27, 2014).
- Senate Finance hearing on “New Routes for Funding and Financing Highways and Transit” (May 6, 2014)
- Senate Commerce hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Progress, Challenges and Next Steps” (May 7, 2014)
- Senate Commerce hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Local Perspectives on Moving America” (May 15, 2014)
- Senate Banking hearing on “Bringing our Transit Infrastructure to a State of Good Repair” (May 22, 2014)
- Senate Commerce hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Examining the Safety and Effectiveness of our Transportation Systems” (June 3, 2014)
- Senate EPW hearing on “The Importance of MAP-21 Reauthorization: Federal and State Perspectives” (January 28, 2015)
- House T&I hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill: Laying the Foundation for U.S. Economic Growth and Job Creation” – Part 1″ (February 11, 2015)
- Senate EPW hearing on “The Importance of MAP-21 Reauthorization: Perspectives from Owners, Operators and Users of the System” (February 25, 2015)
- Senate Commerce hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization – Oversight and Reform of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration” (March 4, 2015)
- House T&I hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill: Laying the Foundation for U.S. Economic Growth and Job Creation” – Part 2″ (March 17, 2015)
- Senate Banking hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Building on the Successes of MAP-21 to Deliver Safe, Efficient, and Effective Public Transportation Services and Projects – Part 1” (April 21, 2015)
- Senate Banking hearing on “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Building on the Successes of MAP-21 to Deliver Safe, Efficient, and Effective Public Transportation Services and Projects – Part 2” (April 23, 2015)
The Administration’s GROW AMERICA proposal.
- Legislative text of the GROW AMERICA Act. (March 30, 2015)
- Section-by-section summary of the GROW AMERICA Act. (March 30, 2015)
- Bill summaries by modal administration – FHWA, FMCSA, FRA, FTA, NHTSA, OST, and PHMSA.
- Fact sheets from USDOT – overview, environmental benefits, freight mobility, critical investments, highways and bridges, innovative financing, ladders of opportunity, local decision-making, project delivery, rural needs, transportation safety, public transportation, and workforce development.
- Funding summary table from the USDOT FY 2016 Budget Highlights.
- State-by-state funding total factsheets from USDOT.
Eno Transportation Weekly news coverage of the GROW AMERICA proposal (ETW subscribers and Eno members only):
- Administration Proposes Revised 6-Year, $478 Billion GROW AMERICA Surface Reauthorization (February 2, 2015)
- Foxx Testifies At House T&I On Need For GROW AMERICA Act (February 11, 2015)
- Congressional Estimating Body Says White House Tax Plan Not Enough To Pay For GROW AMERICA (March 11, 2015)
- CBO Says GROW AMERICA Grows Much More Slowly Than USDOT Says (March 19, 2015)
- Administration Re-Releases GROW AMERICA Bill Text (April 2, 2015)
The Senate’s DRIVE Act
S. 1647 (highway titles of the DRIVE Act – EPW Committee)
- Legislative text of S. 1647 as introduced on June 23, 2015.
- Managers’ amendment adopted at June 24 markup.
- Amendments adopted en bloc at June 24 markup.
- EPW markup transcript (June 24, 2015).
- Committee report from the EPW Committee on S. 1647.
- Legislative text of S. 1647 as reported from the EPW Committee (July 15, 2015).
- Eno Transportation Weekly coverage of the markup – part 1 and part 2. (ETW subscribers and Eno members only.)
S. 1732 (safety and rail titles of the DRIVE Act – Commerce Committee)
- Legislative text of S. 1732 as introduced on July 9, 2015.
- Chairman Thune’s substitute for S. 1732 (as modified).
- July 15 Commerce markup – with video of the markup session and PDFs of amendments offered to the Thune substitute.
- List of votes in the July 15 markup on amendments offered.
- (As of March 1, 2016, the Committee still has not filed its report on S. 1732.)
H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act (all titles of the bill, including Banking and Finance that were not marked up in committee).
- 1st version of the complete DRIVE Act substitute (EDW15730).
- 2nd version of the complete DRIVE Act substitute (EDW15738).
- 3rd version of the complete DRIVE Act substitute (EDW15748).
- 4th version of the complete DRIVE Act substitute (EDW15765).
- 5th version of the complete DRIVE Act substitute (EDW15807).
- Final version of the complete DRIVE Act substitute (EDW15824).
- Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of the DRIVE Act as introduced on July 24, 2015.
- Senate floor debate on H.R. 22 – pt1, pt2, pt3, pt4, pt5, pt6, pt7, pt8, pt9, pt10.
- Amendments filed in the Senate to the DRIVE Act.
- ETW Summary Tables for the DRIVE Act as passed by the Senate.
- Text of H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act, as passed by the Senate on July 30, 2015.
The House’s STRR Act
H.R. 3763, the STRR Act – House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee consideration
- Text of H.R. ____,the Transportation and Infrastructure draft surface transportation reauthorization bill released by Reps. Shuster, DeFazio, Graves and Norton on October 16.
- 14-page STRR Act overview documentprepared by the T&I Committee staff.
- Section-by-section summary of the STRR Act as introduced, prepared by Eno Center staff. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- Text of H.R. 3763, the STRR Act as introduced in the House on October 20.
- Section-by-section summary of H.R. 3763 prepared by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee staff.
- Shuster (R-PA) manager’s amendment to H.R. 3763 adopted in the T&I markup on October 22. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- Text of all other amendments adopted in the October 22 T&I markup except for the manager’s amendment. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- Text of amendments offered in the October 22 T&I markup that were not agreed to. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- Text of H.R. 3763 as reported by the House T&I Committee.
- Committee report from the T&I Committee to accompany H.R. 3763 (H. Rept. 104-318)
- Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of H.R. 3763 as reported by House T&I.
Provisions from other House committees
- Text of the discussion draft of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s reauthorization of NHTSA vehicle safety programs.
- Text of the committee print of the Science Committee’s proposed research provisions of a surface transportation bill within its jurisdiction (as approved in subcommittee on September 10, 2015).
House Floor consideration of the STRR/DRIVE Act
- House Rules Committee announcement of the amendment process for H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act, in the House.
- House Rules Committee print 114-32 – the text of H.R. 3763 as ordered reported by House T&I with a few additional changes for budget scoring reasons summarized here.
- Congressional Budget Office cost estimate for Rules Committee print 114-32.
- Text of all 301 amendments to STRR/DRIVE submitted to the House Rules Committee. Amendments to the T&I portion of the bill are listed first, then amendments to the non-T&I of the DRIVE Act.
- Summary and organization of all T&I-jurisdiction amendments to the Rules Committee print of the STRR Act filed with the House Rules Committee. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)*
- Summary and organization of all non-T&I amendments to the DRIVE Act filed with House Rules Committee.(Eno members and ETWsubscribers only.)
- Estimated budget effects of the Ways and Means amendment (Reichert #89) striking redundant DRIVE offsets and reducing DRIVE GF to HTF transfer amounts. (Eno members and ETWsubscribers only.)
- White House Statement of Administration Policy on the STRR Act.
- First special rule from the House Rules Committee making in order initial consideration of the STRR/DRIVE Acts and the first 30 amendments – includes list of amendments.
- Rules Committee report on the first special rule for STRR/DRIVE consideration – contains summary and text of all amendments made in order for the first round of House floor debate.
- Text of 16 additional amendments made in order on the first day of House debate on STRR/DRIVE per an amendment to the first special rule.
- Second special rule from the House Rules Committee making in order 81 more amendments to STRR/DRIVE.
- Rules Committee report on the second special rule for STRR/DRIVE consideration – contains summary and text of all amendments made in order for the second round of House floor debate.
- House floor debate on the DRIVE Act – day 1, day 2 and day 3
- Estimated budget score of the pay-fors and GF to HTF transfers in the DRIVE Act after House adoption of the Reichert amendment and the Neugebauer amendment. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT STATUS LOG as of final House action. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- Congressional Budget Office score of the House-passed version of H.R. 22 together with Eno’s interpretation of what those CBO numbers, which are somewhat confusing, actually mean. (The latter is for Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- Engrossed text of the House version of the DRIVE Act (House amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Senate amendment to H.R. 22 – reflects all amendments agreed to by the House).
Conference Negotiations and Agreement – the FAST Act
- Comparison of the CBO scores of HTF contract authority under DRIVE and STRR (Eno members and ETW subscribers only).
- House STRR Act vs Senate DRIVE Act comparison tables. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- List of House and Senate conferees on H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act. (Complete with names and jurisdictional limitations given by the Speaker on November 17.)*
- Letter to DRIVE Act conferees from transportation and construction industry groups saying that they would rather have a shorter bill with higher annual funding levels than a six-year bill. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- Letter to DRIVE Act conferees from Secretary Foxx dated November 13 expressing the views of the Obama Administration on the House and Senate versions of the bill. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)*
- Letter to DRIVE Act conferees from the National Governors Association.
- Video of the conference committee meeting on H.R. 22 on November 18.
- Conference report to accompany H.R. 22, the FAST Act, as filed in the House on December 1, 2015 (H. Rept. 114-357).
- Congressional Budget Office cost estimate for the FAST Act conference report.
- One-page summary table of FAST Act “pay-fors” and transfers based on the CBO cost estimate.
- Section-by-section summary of the FAST Act conference agreement. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- 13-page summary of the conference report prepared by T&I Committee staff.
- Summary overview of the FAST Act prepared by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
- Table of funding authorizations in the FAST Act conference agreement.
- Table of growth rates for highways, transit and safety in the FAST Act conference agreement.
- One-page PDF tables of highway formula apportionments under the FAST Act conference agreement – state by state totals by fiscal year, and state by state cumulative five-year totals by program.
- Excel spreadsheets showing estimated highway apportionments under the FAST Act – state-by-state by FY and program (excluding ferries), ferry boat apportionments, and STBGP sub-allocations to metro areas for FY16, FY17, FY18, FY19 and FY20. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- One-page PDF table of mass transit formula apportionments under the FAST Act conference agreement, organized by state and fiscal year.
- Excel spreadsheet showing detailed year-by-year mass transit apportionments by program, organized by state. (Eno members and ETW subscribers only.)
- Floor debate on the FAST Act conference report – House debate part 1 and part 2 – Senate floor debate.
- The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (the FAST Act) – text of the enrolled bill presented to President Obama and signed into law on December 4, 2015.
Everything that has happened related to the FAST Act since the moment it was signed into law on December 4, 2015 – notices of actual funding apportionments, announcements of how to apply for grant programs, new regulations required by the law, and other announcements – is now on our FAST Act Reference Page.
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Publication Date:March 4, 2016
