Tuesday, March 22 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider items cleared for consideration, including S. 3580, ocean shipping reform (full agenda here) – 10:00 a.m., SR-253 Russell. Wednesday, March 23 – full committee hearing to consider ways to develop next generation technologies for…
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March 8, 2022 – On March 8, the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hybrid hearing that that explored recent developments in American EV manufacturing and adoption.
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March 11, 2022 – On March 15, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) held a hearing on a 2016 regulatory proposal that would amend agency policy for mandating a practice known as reciprocal switching. Most of the debate has focused on questions of market power and short-term shipper benefits, but one subject largely ignored is arguably the most important: the long-term impact of the rule on freight rail innovation and the viability of the mode itself.
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March 11, 2022 – The just-passed fiscal year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill contains $8.3 billion in funding for the civil works (a.k.a. water resources) program of the Army Corps of Engineers, a $547 million increase over last year but $317 million less than the House bill and $617 million less than the Senate bill.
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Tuesday, March 15 – Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – full committee hearing on public transportation under the IIJA (witness list here) – 2:30 p.m., SD-38 Dirksen. Wednesday, March 16 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment – subcommittee hearing on member requests for…
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