With the passage of the House’s surface transportation bill last week, House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee leaders must now turn to negotiations with their Senate counterparts.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has already approved its own surface reauthorization bill; however, its version includes significant differences between the House T&I Committee language, largely maintaining a status quo of highway funding and not including the millions of dollars in earmarked projects included in the House’s version. Additionally, the Senate Banking Committee, which has jurisdiction over the authorization of transit spending, has yet to produce its piece of the Senate legislation.
Furthermore, last week, the White House released state fact sheets that highlight the need for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Click here to view California’s fact sheet.