Congressional Leadership Memo on FY 2018-2019 Budget Caps Deal
Memorandum of understanding between Congressional leaders on the bipartisan budget framework to complete fiscal 2018 appropriations and allow fiscal 2019 appropriations.
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Should the federal government invest heavily in expanding American airports to relieve congestion?
Airport congestion, and ensuing nationwide delays, are disruptive to travelers and to the American economy. The federal government is capable of awarding grants aimed at bolstering our nation’s airports.1 But is that the best way…
Trump Infrastructure Plan Outline
This is a 6-page summary of a much longer draft outline of President Trump’s infrastructure plan prepared by the National Economic Council. The document is not dated but the metadata in the PDF suggests it…
Transportation Weekly – 2006 Study of SAFETEA-LU Earmarks
This is a copy of the January 17, 2006 issue of Transportation Weekly that contained a complete attribution of the $6.9 billion in “above the line” earmarks of highway projects in the 2005 SAFETEA-LU law.
Enzi Amendment #1561 to FY 2018 Budget Resolution
This is the text of Senate Amendment #1561 (115th Congress), offered by Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) to H. Con. Res. 71, the Congressional budget resolution for fiscal year 2018, on October 19, 2017…
Transportation Spending Assumptions in the House and Senate FY 2018 Budget Resolutions
This is a one-page PDF of a table showing the spending assumptions for budget function 400 (transportation) under the House budget resolution for fiscal 2018 (H. Con. Res. 71) and the draft Senate budget resolution…
FY 2018 Highway Apportionments to States (Total)
One-page table showing apportionments of highway contract authority to states for fiscal year 2018 under the FAST Act. Numbers are taken from FHWA Notice 4510.816 but the NHPP total has also been reduced slightly for…
Status of Major Transportation and Public Works Legislation, 115th Congress
Updated January 4, 2019 Bill Latest House Action Latest Senate Action Final Action FY 2019 Continuing Appropriations CR to 2/8/19 passed the House 12/20/18 by a vote of 217-185 Senate to take action on House-passed CR…
Summary of October 1954 Clay Committee Hearings
This is a 16-page confidential summary of the October 1954 hearings of the President’s Advisory Committee on a National Highway System (the “Clay Committee”) prepared by the committee’s staff director, Frank Turner.
October 1954 Clay Committee Hearings – Transcript
This is a PDF of the stenographer’s transcript of the hearings held on October 7 and 8, 1954, by the President’s Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program. (The panel was often referred to as…
Appropriations Earmarks of Mass Transit “New Starts” Pre-ISTEA
This is a 19-page PDF file showing every Congressional earmark of a mass transit “new start” project in an appropriations bill or conference report prior to the enactment of the 1991 ISTEA surface transportation authorization…
FY 2018 USDOT Appropriations (Senate Bill) – Account-Level Table
Table showing every budget account in the fiscal 2018 U.S. Department of Transportation budget under the Senate appropriations bill, compared to the House bill, the Administration budget request, and the 2017 enacted level.