Washington, D.C.—Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced they have reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extension…
House Committee Unanimously Approves Pipeline Safety Bill
Washington, DC - The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Department of Transportation’s…
Senate Unanimously Passes Safe Pipes Act
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Safe Pipes act on Friday, including funds to investigate and review the Aliso Canyon gas leak. The Securing America's…
Legislative Action Interview: Q&A with U.S. House Chair of Transportation and Infrastructure
Before the 2015 holiday recess, Congress came together on long-term transportation funding. Informed Infrastructure reached out to Congressman Bill Shuster, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to get his feedback on this…
Bipartisan Bill Bans Microbeads
The tiny plastic microbeads that are used in soaps and cleansers, and even in toothpaste, have been banned by rare bipartisan legislation. The majority of the beads get captured in sewer treatment plants, but those that don't make their way into aquatic environments…
APWA Applauds Congress for Bipartisan Passage of Five-Year, $305 Billion Surface Transportation Reauthorization FAST Act
WASHINGTON D.C. – The American Public Works Association (APWA) applauds today the Congressional bipartisan passage of the five-year, $305 billion surface transportation reauthorization of the FAST Act, or the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act,…
AASHTO Leadership Thanks Congress for Passage of Historic, Bipartisan Surface Transportation Legislation
WASHINGTON—Passage today of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act marks the first time in a decade that Congress has approved a long-term surface transportation authorization that gives state departments of transportation the certainty to plan…
Introduction of Highways BEE Act Great for Pollinators
The Pollinator Partnership (P2) applauds Reps. Jeff Denham (CA) and Alcee L. Hastings (FL) for introducing the Highways BEE Act, H.R. 2738, on June 11, providing a jump start to 2015 Pollinator Week. Pollinators, like bees, butterflies, birds and other animals,…
USDOT Sends Six-Year Transportation Bill to Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 30, 2015 – Over the past year, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has visited more than 100 communities and heard one common story – shared by all – about crumbling infrastructure and dwindling resources to fix it with.…
Boxer, Paul to Introduce Bipartisan “Invest in Transportation Act”
Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2015—U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) today announced that they will be introducing the Invest in Transportation Act of 2015, bipartisan legislation that would extend the Highway Trust Fund, which supports…
