FAST Act Legislative Text
Text of the draft conference report legislative language on the FAST Act (the five-year surface transportation bill) presented to House and Senate conferees for signature on December 1, 2015.
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1965 (Nov. 24) Bureau of the Budget Comments on Transportation Legislative Agenda
Set of memos sent to White House domestic policy chief Joseph Califano on November 24, 1965 giving the Bureau of the Budget’s opinions on the three parts of the FY 1966 legislative agenda for transportation…
Federalism Issues in Surface Transportation Policy: A Historical Perspective (CRS Report)
Congressional Research Service report dated November 20, 2015 entitled Federalism Issues in Surface Transportation Policy: A Historical Perspective by Robert Jay Dilger. The report provides a 43-page overview of how federalism concerns shaped the federal…
FY 2016 Transportation-HUD Senate Floor Substitute Amendment #2812
Collins (R-ME) amendment #2812 in the nature of a substitute offered to H.R. 2577, the Transportation-Housing appropriations bill for FY 2016, on the Senate floor on November 18, 2015. Amendment #2812 is identical to the…
1970 White House Memo on Motivation Behind Highway Impoundments
April 29, 1970 confidential memo from White House aide Ed Harper to President Nixon’s domestic policy czar, John Ehrlichman, suggesting that the President impound (hold back from availability) even more highway contract authority from the…
National Governors Association Letter to DRIVE Act Conferees
November 17, 2015 letter to the National Governors Association to House and Senate conferees on H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act.
Interpretation of CBO Score of House-Passed STRR/DRIVE Act
Eno Center interpretation of the data underlying the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the House-passed STRR Act (amendment to the DRIVE Act) dated November 17, 2015.
CBO Score of House-Passed STRR/DRIVE Act
Congressional Budget Office score of the DRIVE Act (H.R. 22) as amended by the House with the text of the STRR Act and other provisions – released November 17, 2015. This document is somewhat confusing,…
Surface Transportation Extension To December 4, 2015
Text of the two-week surface transportation extension legislation to be considered by the House of Representatives on November 16, 2015.
USDOT Letter to DRIVE Act Conferees – Nov. 13, 2015
Letter dated November 13, 2015 from Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to the House and Senate conferees on the surface transportation reauthorization bill (H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act) expressing the views of the Obama Administration on…
Hypothetical 5-Year HTF Spending Levels At House Pay-For Level
This table shows Eno’s best efforts to probe how much Highway Trust Fund spending could be possible if the final surface transportation authorization bill uses the approximately $77 billion in “pay-fors” in the House-passed version…
Transportation/Construction Industry Letter to DRIVE Conferees
Letter dated November 10, 2015 from a broad array of transportation and construction industry associations to the House and Senate leadership and to the conferees on H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act, saying that higher annual…