May 19, 2020 – The White House announced yesterday that President Trump will soon be making two more nominations to the Amtrak Board of Directors. Although both the new nominees are Democrats, their nominations may result in several pending Republican nominees for the Amtrak Board being confirmed as well.
May 15, 2020- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week issued a long-awaited final rule making some changes in the hours-of-service rules that commercial motor vehicle drivers must obey.
May 15, 2020 – The House’s new coronavirus bill amends some of the conditions attached to earlier air carrier grants and loans provided by the CARES Act, and also contains a provision ensuring that the Airport and Airway Trust Fund will not run out of money in spite of the CARES Act’s suspension of the taxes that support the Trust Fund.
May 15, 2020 – The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote late today on a $3+ trillion coronavirus response bill which includes massive subsidies to state and local governments and $13 per hour premium pay for essential transportation workers.
May 15, 2020 – The $3 trillion coronavirus bill that is up for a vote in the House of Representatives this week (H.R. 6800) includes a federal mandate for the use of face masks in the aviation, rail and bus transportation sectors.
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May 14, 2020 – House Democrats’ decision to base $11.75 billion of transit formula funding entirely on population to the 14 largest metro areas leaves several cities that are heavily transit-dependent out in the cold, while giving more money to larger cities whose residents don’t use transit nearly as often.
Wednesday, May 20 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider several items including including S. 1894 (maritime shipper adivisory committee), S. 3681 (COVID air travel task force), S. 3729 (motor carrier safety grant relief), S. 3730 (registered traveler changes), and the Fulton, Furchtgott-Roth, Gruters,…
May 13, 2020 – By using a funding formula based on decades-old political compromises and earmarks to distribute what is supposed to be a replacement for lost state revenues, from a variety of sources that vary by state, the House bill will result in some significant disparities between states.
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