Senate Has Begun Consideration of its Transportation Reauthorization Bill
On February 9, 2013, the Senate began consideration of S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and agreeing to the committee-reported amendments, and that the bill, as amended, be considered original text for the purpose of further amendment.
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S. 1813, also known as MAP-21, was amended and approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on November 9, 2011. (See ITT’s Online Archives 11111511 for summary.) S. 1813 was reported with amendments on February 6, 2012.
On January 31, 2012, a five-year transportation reauthorization bill (H.R. 7) was introduced in the House. The House Transportation Committee held a mark-up of H.R. 7 on February 2, 2012 and ordered it reported (amended).
OMB has issued a Statement of Administrative Action supporting Senate passage of S. 1813 as a way to provide certainty and funding for U.S. surface transportation programs (here).