Appropriations Committee

15 11, 2019

Coalition Advocates for Repeal of Highway Rescission

2020-02-14T16:33:06+00:00November 15th, 2019|Tags: , |

On Nov. 15, the Transportation Construction Coalition sent a letter to leadership of both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to urge the repeal of the $7.6 billion rescission of federal highway contract authority set to occur on July 1, 2020 as required by the FAST Act, the current surface transportation law. The rescission [...]

30 10, 2019

TCC in Favor of 2020 Transportation Appropriations Amendments

2020-01-15T20:41:20+00:00October 30th, 2019|Tags: , , |

On Oct. 30, the Transportation Construction Coalition sent a letter to the Senate addressing possible amendments to the FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. The coalition supported the following amendments: Barrasso Amendment 1034 which would repeal Sec. 1438 of the FAST Act, the current federal surface transportation law, which requires the rescission of [...]

14 02, 2019

TCC Urges Senators to Support FY 2019 Appropriations

2020-01-15T16:55:12+00:00February 14th, 2019|Tags: , |

On Feb. 14, The TCC sent members of the Senate a letter in support of the FY 2019 appropriations package. The legislation includes the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) spending bill that wisely increases highway and public transit funding above FAST Act authorization levels to develop the nation’s transportation infrastructure [...]

13 12, 2018

US DOT Announces BUILD Grant Awards

2020-01-15T18:05:56+00:00December 13th, 2018|Tags: , , , |

On Dec. 11,  Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, joined by the Chairs and Ranking Democrats on the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, announced the winners of the first round of Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) discretionary grants. The awards for FY 2018 totaled $1.475 billion and provided funding for 91 individual project grants in 49 states [...]

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