Federal, state, and local governments all play a significant role in funding $300 billion in annual transportation spending. The federal government supplies important capital funding for highways, transit systems, airports, waterways, and ports while also operating the nation’s air traffic control system. State and local governments have an equally important task to invest in and operate their transportation networks and rely on a broad range of revenue sources, from general revenues and debt, to fuel taxes, fees, and tolls.
October 27, 2017 - The House of Representatives approved the Senate-passed budget resolution for fiscal year 2018 yesterday, setting the...
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October 27, 2017 - This week, White House economic czar Gary Cohn broached the idea of an increase in federal...
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October 18, 2017 - Last week, the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a...
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October 20, 2017 - Last night, the Senate passed a fiscal 2018 budget blueprint after dropping House language on air...
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This is the text of Senate Amendment #1561 (115th Congress), offered by Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) to H....
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The following chart shows Highway Trust Fund annual new spending obligation authority granted by Congress (obligation limitations, exempt-from-obligation contract authority, and...
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October 17, 2017 - Fifty years ago today, on October 17, 1967, the House of Representatives passed the conference report...
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POSTPONED - Tuesday, October 17 - Senate Appropriations - Subcommittee on Interior and Environment - subcommittee markup of a draft...
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Refreshing the Status Quo: Federal Highway Programs and Funding Distribution
This year, the federal government gave $45.6 billion in highway “formula” funding to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The state-by-state distribution of this money was based almost entirely on how the states fared on a variety of real-world metrics back in calendar year 2007,...