Subcommittee Shows Support for Shoring up Short Sea Shipping
June 21, 2019 – This week, a House hearing looked at the benefits of using maritime transportation for short-distance freight shipping.
House to Debate FY20 USDOT Budget Monday
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House Panel Lets Pilots, Airlines Discuss 737 MAX
June 21, 2019 – ODA is actually a fairly recent revision of the previous DER system and one of the major changes in that is that the FAA no longer chooses their designees, they’re chosen by the manufacturer and so, again, the incentives are not aligned as consistently toward public good with those kinds of choices being made and depending upon who their supervisors are.
House Subcommittees Look at Trump CAFE Rollback
June 21, 2019 – The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittees on Environment and Climate Change, and on Consumer Protection and Commerce held a joint hearing Thursday, June 20 on efforts by the Trump administration to roll back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.
EU Court Overturns German Road User Charge System
June 21, 2019 – The Court of Justice of the European Union this week ruled that Germany’s plans for instituting a nationwide motor vehicle “infrastructure use charge” while exempting its own citizens from the charge violates EU rules which prohibit discrimination on the grounds of nationality and inhibit the free movement of goods and services.
FY20 Corps of Engineers Funding Passes House
June 20, 2019 – A $2 trillion package of appropriations bills for fiscal year 2020 that includes the water resources program of the Army Corps of Engineers passed the House of Representatives yesterday by a party-line roll call vote of 226 yeas, 203 nays.
Chinese Rolling Stock Ban Included in Bipartisan Pentagon Authorization Bill
June 19, 2019 – Legislation preventing transit agencies from buying new rolling stock from Chinese-owned manufactures has been included in the annual Pentagon authorization bill now pending in the Senate.
Capitol Hill Events – Week of June 24, 2019
Tuesday, June 25 – House Oversight and Reform – full committee hearing on TSA security operational vulnerabilities (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Tuesday, June 25 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Highways and Transit – subcommittee roundtable discussion of the role of mobility on demand (MOD)…
2019 Future Leaders Development Conference (LDC) Recap
June 14, 2019 – Highlights from Eno’s 2019 Future Leaders Development Conference, held last week in Washington, DC.
$326M in FY18 CRISI Grants Include Mobile to New Orleans Amtrak Restoration
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