Senate Committee Approves Amended Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
On November 9, 2011, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved an amended version of S.1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), a bill to reauthorize the nation's transportation programs for two years.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
Current Authorization Expires March 31, 2012
The current surface transportation bill expires on March 31, 2012, and many groups, ranging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the AFL-CIO, have called for immediate action to reauthorize the nation's transportation programs. (See ITT’s Online Archives 11091901 for summary announcing enactment of extension through March 31, 2012.)
Bill to be Combined with Other Senate Committee Measures
S. 1813 will now go to the full Senate for consideration, where it will be combined with measures from the Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. (According to a statement from Committee Chairman Boxer (D-CA), the Senate Finance Committee is already working to ensure full funding for the two year surface transportation reauthorization.)
(See ITT’s Online Archives 11110903 for summary of S. 1813 as introduced and announcement of the November 9, 2011 mark up.)
Mark up materials, including the text of the amendments and link to mark up Web cast, available here