May 1966 White House User Fee Memos
PDF file containing three memos relating to the Johnson Administration’s quest for more transportation user charges, from May 1966.
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End-of-FY15 Highway Formula Balances Held by States
Table showing the amount of highway contract authority each state had on-hand at the end of FY 2015 and potentially subject to the rescission language contained in the Senate’s version of the FY 2017 Transportation-HUD…
Delivering the Goods: Recommendations for Funding a Federal Freight Program
Delivering the Goods focuses on finding a funding source for expanding and improving the national freight program established by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. While this was a crucial step forward, the United…
Warner Amendment to FY 2017 DOT Appropriations on Memorial Bridge Funding
Text of Senate amendment #4042 to the FY 2017 Transportation-Housing appropriations bill, adopted by the Senate by voice vote on May 18, 2016 and providing $60 million in funding transfers to repair the Memorial Bridge…
FY 2017 USDOT Appropriations – Tables – House Subcommittee Mark
PDF document containing seven tables explaining the draft FY 2017 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill approved in a House subcommittee on May 18, 2016.
Chart Showing the Five Major USDOT Discretionary Budget Accounts, FY 2008 Enacted Through FY 2017 House Bill
Chart showing the ten-year history of the five major USDOT discretionary appropriations programs (FAA Operations, FAA Facilities and Equipment, TIGER grants, FTA Capital Investment Grants, and grants to Amtrak) over ten years – FY 2008…
1966 Summary of Evolving Corps of Engineers Benefit Cost Standards
March 28, 1966 Commerce Department memo that summarizes the political state of affairs regarding new Corps of Engineers benefit cost calculations for water projects. Includes Corps of Engineers documents.
Senate Floor Amendments Filed or Offered to FY 2017 Transportation-HUD Appropriations
List of amendments filed to the FY 2017 Transportation-HUD appropriations legislation on the Senate floor in May 2016 (with short summaries and links to amendment text). FINAL – reflects all amendments filed prior to passage…
FY 2017 Transportation-HUD Appropriations – Senate Amendment #3896
Text of Senate Amendment #3896 (to H.R. 2577), offered on May 12, 2016 by Sen. Collins consisting of the text of the Transportation-HUD appropriations bill for FY 2017 (Division A) and the Military Construction/VA appropriations…
1969 USDOT Mass Transit Trust Fund Proposal
Documents related to the original 1969 proposal by the U.S. Department of Transportation to create an Urban Mass Transportation Trust Fund, to be financed by an extension of the expiring federal excise tax on automobile…
1916 Highway Donor-Donee State Table
The following is an adaptation of information from a table in the Congressional Record of May 8, 1916 indicaiting how the Senate roads bill would distribute an apportionment of $25 million via formula and comparing…
2016 Senate WRDA Bill – EPW Managers Amendment in Committee
Inhofe-Boxer managers amendment to S. 2848, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, adopted by voice vote in committee on April 27, 2016.