ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Amendments

Transportation: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), H1490 [2MR]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), S5666, S5692 [15SE]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (see S. 1357), S4554 [13JY] (see H.R. 2526), H5018 [13JY]

American Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 652), S1827 [17MR]

Appalachian Development Highway System: allow a State to use toll credits toward the non-Federal share requirement for funds made available to carry out highway projects (see S. 950), S2874 [11MY] (see H.R. 1218), H2036 [29MR]

———complete construction (see S. 1382), S4641 [18JY]

———extend Corridor N from its current northern terminus at Corridor M near Ebensburg, PA, to Corridor T, near Salamanca, NY (see H.R. 1544), H2854 [14AP]

Appropriations: authorize for highway safety programs (see S. 1449), S5071 [29JY]

Business and industry: remove privatized highway miles as a factor in apportioning Federal funding (see S. 837), S2506 [14AP]

Buy American Act: improve transparency and accountability in the waiver process requirement for certain transportation provisions (see H.R. 3647), H8880 [13DE]

———require consideration of the impacts of a public interest waiver requirement on domestic manufacturing employment for certain transportation provisions (see H.R. 3645), H8879 [13DE]

———strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (see H.R. 613), H679 [10FE]

California: allow Federal high-speed rail funding to be used for a project or activity to improve or maintain California State Route 99 (see H.R. 761), H1176 (see H.R. 761), H1195 [17FE]

———clarify implementation and enforcement of the Travel Management Rule relative to designation of roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use, in administrative units of the National Forest System (see H.R. 242), H135 [7JA]

Contracts: repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 1846), H3218 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: adjust boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness in the North Cascades National Park to allow rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain (see H.R. 2352), H4573 [24JN]

———conduct offshore oil and gas leasing and deposit use revenues of such activity into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2983), H6341 [21SE]

———convey to Mississippi parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway (see S. 264), S543 [3FE]

Dept. of Transportation: allow States to opt out of requirement to spend certain percentage of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects (see H.R. 3050), H6455 [23SE]

———allow urbanized area formula grants for public transportation projects to be used for operating costs in certain urbanized areas (see H.R. 3022), H6413 [22SE]

———carry out a program to improve roadway safety infrastructure in all States to enhance the safety of older drivers and pedestrians (see H.R. 1776), H3108 [5MY]

———carry out programs and activities to improve highway safety (see S. 918), S2777 [9MY] (see H.R. 825), H1390 [28FE]

———condition receipt of certain highway funding by States on the enactment and enforcement of certain laws to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see S. 273), S543 [3FE] (see H.R. 2129), H4035 [3JN]

———consider certain factors in evaluating public transportation projects for purposes of making capital investment grants (see H.R. 3019), H6413 [22SE]

———delay certain target compliance dates for minimum retroreflectivity level standards applicable to traffic signs (see H.R. 3536), H8075 [1DE]

———establish a grant program to encourage States to enact laws to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving (see H.R. 1772), H3108 [5MY]

———establish a pilot program to increase accountability with respect to outcomes of transportation investments (see S. 1968), S8461 [8DE]

———establish a Smart Communities Technology Initiative to develop programs for large scale installation and operation of intelligent transportation systems (see H.R. 995), H1723 [10MR]

———establish an Office of Livability (see H.R. 2609), H5373 [21JY]

———establish and collect a fee based on value of imported and exported articles and use such fees to carry out transportation projects in trade corridors where the fee is collected (see H.R. 526), H549 [8FE]

———establish comprehensive program to control and treat polluted stormwater runoff from federally funded highways and roads (see S. 898), S2731 [5MY]

———establish disincentives for States to funnel proceeds from license plate sales to partisan political organizations (see H.R. 1669), H2933 [2MY]

———establish grant program to improve traffic safety of teen drivers (see S. 1422), S4960 [27JY]

———establish national tunnel inspection standards for proper safety evaluation of all highway tunnels (see H.R. 2254), H4364 [21JN]

———grant releases to terms and conditions contained in a deed under which the U.S. conveyed land to Dona Ana County, NM, for airport purposes (see H.R. 1431), H2534 [7AP]

———improve effectiveness of transportation programs on Federal lands and provide funding for park roads and parkways and the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (see H.R. 2113), H4034 [3JN]

———issue categorical exclusions from environmental assessment requirements for certain highway construction activities (see H.R. 3327), H7256 [2NO]

———make use of funding for carrying out pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs for highway projects mandatory (see H.R. 1849), H3218 [11MY]

———modify cost-sharing requirements under certain public transportation grant programs (see H.R. 3021), H6413 [22SE]

———modify the surface transportation project delivery pilot program to carry out a demonstration program using State environmental laws (see H.R. 2389), H4574 [24JN]

———nullify regulations on mandatory replacement of certain traffic signs with signs meeting minimum retroreflectivity level standards (see S. 2021), S8734 [16DE]

———permit Federal regulation and review of tolls and toll increases on certain surface transportation facilities (see S. 2006), S8680 [15DE] (see H.R. 3684), H9430 [15DE]

———prohibit the Federal Highway Administration from requiring replacement of street and highway signs that are in upper case letters with signs that are in mixed case lettering (see H.R. 348), H354 [19JA]

———promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road (see S. 1499), S5251 [2AU] (see H.R. 843), H1390 [28FE]

———protect safety of U.S. roads by prohibiting Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 2407), H4670 [6JY]

———reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program (see S. 800), S2387 [12AP]

———reauthorize and modify the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program (see H.R. 2160), H4185 [14JN]

———require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 1695), H2998 [3MY]

———require that broadband conduits be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see S. 1939), S8148 [1DE]

———secure public investments in transportation infrastructure (see S. 1230), S3891 [16JN] (see H.R. 2350), H4573 [24JN]

———streamline environmental review process for highway construction and improvement projects (see S. 1081), S3426 [26MY]

———terminate the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (see H.R. 737), H1039 (see H.R. 737), H1069 [16FE]

———terminate the Transportation Enhancement Program and transfer funding to critical emergency transportation projects (see S. 1648), S6090 [4OC] (see H.R. 3085), H6551 [4OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1596), S5838 [21SE]

Disasters: exempt any road, highway, or bridge damaged by a natural disaster from duplicative environmental reviews if they are reconstructed in the same location (see S. 1389), S4721 [20JY] (see H.R. 3347), H7330 [3NO]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 308), S7005 [1NO]

Drunken driving: modify minimum penalties for repeat offenders for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence (see S. 1816), S7155 [7NO]

Ecology and environment: encourage transportation right-of-way managers to adopt integrated vegetation management practices, including plantings of native forbs and grasses to provide habitats for pollinators (see H.R. 2381), H4574 [24JN]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (see H.R. 3638), H8879 [13DE]

———provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (see S. 1960), S8414 [7DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see S. 1549), S5536 [13SE] (see S. 1660), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 12), H6341 [21SE]

———recognize necessity and urgency of job creation, extension of unemployment assistance, expansion of education and job training, and infrastructure improvements (see H. Res. 442), H6977 [14OC]

———retool manufacturers for clean energy production, provide worker training and tax credits for value-added agriculture investments, expand broadband access, and extend Build America Bonds program (see S. 1895), S7702 [17NO]

———strengthen competitiveness (see S. 1), S121 [25JA]

EPA: exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see S. 1369), S4608 [14JY] (see H.R. 2541), H5085 [14JY]

Federal-State relations: allow States to elect to receive contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of participating in the Federal-aid highway program or certain public transportation programs (see H.R. 1585), H2910 [15AP]

Government regulations: exempt maintenance activities from certain analysis requirements (see H.R. 1584), H2910 [15AP]

———facilitate job creation by reducing regulatory uncertainty and providing for rational evaluation of regulations, State and local flexibility, and infrastructure spending (see S. 1786), S7066 [2NO]

Hazardous substances: establish standards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement markings (see S. 1122), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 708), H922 [15FE]

———improve hazardous materials transportation safety (see S. 1952), S8414 [7DE]

Highway Trust Fund: permit a State to elect to receive the State's contribution in lieu of its Federal-aid highway program apportionment (see S. 252), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 632), H680 [10FE]

Idaho: permit certain commercial vehicles to use certain interstate system highways (see S. 1322), S4292 [30JN] (see H.R. 2143), H4035 [3JN]

Los Angeles County, CA: designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 as the ``Jenny Oropeza Highway'' (see H.R. 1472), H2570 [8AP]

Motor vehicles: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see S. 747), S2187 [6AP] (see H.R. 763), H1176 (see H.R. 763), H1196 [17FE] (see H.R. 801), H1250 (see H.R. 801), H1361 [18FE]

———amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system in Maine and Vermont (see S. 112), S125 [25JA]

———amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see S. 876), S2621 [3MY] (see H.R. 1574), H2909 [15AP]

———establish a safety performance rating system for motorcoach services and operations (see S. 2023), S8734 [16DE]

———improve safety of motorcoaches (see S. 453), S1120 [2MR] (see H.R. 873), H1523 [2MR] (see H.R. 1390), H2410 [6AP]

———permit as part of certain highway projects the installation of charging infrastructure for plug-in electric drive vehicles (see S. 1797), S7127 [3NO]

———prohibit imposition of new tolls on the Federal-aid system (see S. 190), S272 [26JA]

NAFTA: promote infrastructure projects financed by the North American Development Bank in the border region to promote growth in trade and commerce between the U.S. and Mexico (see H.R. 2216), H4326 [16JN]

National Highway System: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors and inclusion of certain route segments in the Interstate Highway System (see S. 1037), S3171 [19MY] (see H.R. 1535), H2854 [14AP]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: prevent drunken driving injuries and fatalities (see S. 510), S1406 [8MR] (see H.R. 2324), H4526 [23JN]

———retain ban on lobbying State legislators using Federal tax dollars and urge focus on motorcycle crash prevention and rider education and training (see H. Res. 239), H2933 [2MY]

National Infrastructure Bank: establish (see S. 1550), S5536 [13SE] (see H.R. 3259), H7068 [25OC]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H433 [24JA]

Native Americans: reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around Indian reservations (see S. 885), S2687 [4MY]

Pennsylvania: modify requirements relative to an addition to Corridor O on the Appalachian development highway system (see H.R. 3417), H7577 [14NO]

Power resources: use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 1861), H3278 [12MY]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see S. 2028), S8775 [17DE] (see H.R. 3533), H8074 [1DE]

Rural areas: improve safety of high risk rural roads (see H.R. 2107), H4034 [3JN]

Safety: eliminate Federal mandate for traffic sign retroreflectivity (see H.R. 2442), H4748 [7JY]

———waive requirement that existing traffic signs meet minimum retroreflectivity standards on or before the compliance dates established by the Federal Highway Administration (see S. 1216), S3891 [16JN] (see H.R. 2257), H4364 [21JN]

States: protect States that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay to play reform (see S. 994), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 1924), H3301 [13MY]

Stillwater, MN: authorize a replacement for the lift bridge with necessary taxpayer protection measures to promote fiscal responsibility (see H.R. 3434), H7713 [16NO]

Taxation: provide a temporary dividends received deduction and create the Jobs Trust Fund to fund infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2862), H5964 [7SE]

———provide relief for small businesses (see S. 361), S791 [16FE]

———provide special depreciation and amortization rules for highways and related property subject to long-term leases (see S. 836), S2506 [14AP]

Territories: provide for participation in Federal-aid highway discretionary programs (see H.R. 2734), H5883 [1AU]

Transportation: accelerate delivery process for highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 2766), H5884 [1AU]

———advance use of cleaner construction equipment on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects to improve air quality near construction sites (see S. 972), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 3122), H6671 [6OC]

———allow States to contribute funds to agencies participating in environmental review processes relative to transportation planning and delivery projects in that State (see H.R. 551), H550 [8FE]

———authorize and sanction programs for residential and commuter toll, user fee, and fare discounts by States, municipalities, other localities, as well as all related agencies and departments (see S. 346), S683 [14FE] (see H.R. 897), H1573 [3MR]

———clarify authority of public authorities to offer toll discounts to captive tollpayers (see H.R. 792), H1177 (see H.R. 792), H1197 [17FE]

———empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see S. 1164), S3682 [9JN] (see H.R. 3264), H7133 [26OC]

———encourage use of advanced technologies for transportation projects receiving Federal funding (see H.R. 2089), H3985 [2JN]

———encourage use of private-public partnerships to invest in infrastructure projects (see S. 1300), S4226 [29JN] (see H.R. 2971), H6271 [20SE]

———enhance employer involvement in transportation planning and create and expand commuter benefit programs (see H.R. 260), H141 [11JA]

———ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 1056), S3275 [24MY] (see H.R. 1780), H3108 [5MY]

———establish national purposes and goals for Federal surface transportation activities and programs and create a national surface transportation plan (see S. 326), S642 [10FE]

———expedite deployment of highway construction projects (see H.R. 2924), H6181 [14SE]

———extend authority of Federal-aid highway programs (see S. 1525), S5458 [8SE]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see S. 1786), S7066 [2NO] (see S. 1813), S7155 [7NO]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (see H.R. 662), H723 [11FE]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), consideration (see H. Res. 128), H1454 [1MR]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (see H.R. 2887), H6096 [12SE]

———improve accountability and transparency in infrastructure spending by requiring life-cycle cost analysis of major projects, use of design standards, and alternate bidding procedures (see S. 615), S1826 [17MR] (see H.R. 2602), H5285 [20JY]

———improve investment in national transportation infrastructure (see S. 942), S2839 [10MY]

———improve national freight transportation system by leveraging investments and promoting partnerships that advance interstate and foreign commerce (see S. 371), S792 [16FE] (see H.R. 1338), H2266 [1AP]

———increase certain infrastructure finance provisions (see H.R. 341), H354 [19JA]

———limit claims relative to decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects (see H.R. 2426), H4671 [6JY]

———modify deadline for filing a claim seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by a Federal agency for a highway or public transportation capital project (see H.R. 1952), H3342 [23MY]

———preserve and renew Federal-aid highways to reduce long-term costs, improve safety, and improve the condition of Federal-aid highways (see S. 1193), S3773 [14JN]

———prevent and remedy discrimination relating to federally funded transportation projects (see H.R. 2019), H3754 [26MY]

———prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see S. 1281), S4129 [27JN]

———promote green infrastructure through research and development (see H.R. 2317), H4526 [23JN]

———provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see S. 528), S1502 [9MR] (see H.R. 1515), H2664 [13AP]

———provide funding flexibility for transportation emergencies (see H.R. 3294), H7206 [1NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (see S. 1769), S6917 [31OC]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (see S. 1436), S5017 [28JY] (see H.R. 3736), H9945 [19DE]

———require congressionally directed funding from the Highway Trust Fund to be obligated for a project within a certain period of time or released to State transportation departments (see S. 199), S272 [26JA]

———require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (see H.R. 328), H353 [19JA]

———require the return and redistribution among State transportation departments of certain unexpended highway funding (see S. 198), S272 [26JA]

———rescind amounts authorized for certain surface transportation programs (see H.R. 619), H679 [10FE] (see H.R. 1064), H1796 [14MR]

———rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects (see H.R. 1067), H1796 [14MR]

———revise certain infrastructure finance provisions (see H.R. 1123), H1905 [16MR]

Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs and activities to enhance security of surface transportation, including mass transit (see H.R. 1900), H3300 [13MY]

———enhance security against terrorist attacks and other security threats to rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation (see H. Res. 28), H136 [7JA]

Trucking industry: establish a commercial truck safety program (see S. 1450), S5071 [29JY]

———exempt drivers used by motor carriers from certain regulations if transporting grapes during a harvest period (see H.R. 3110), H6624 [5OC]

West Virginia: allow the operation of certain vehicles for the hauling of coal and coal by-products on Interstate Route 77 in Kanawha County (see H.R. 2323), H4526 [23JN]

Cloture motions

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), motion to proceed, S6351 [6OC], S6383 [11OC]

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO]

Conference reports

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2112), H7433-H7576 [14NO]

Explanations

Surface Transportation Trade With Canada and Mexico Tables: Dept. of Transportation, H1474 [2MR]

Letters

Amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate highway system in Maine and Vermont: Brian Bouchard, H.O. Bouchard Transportation Services Inc., S193 [25JA]

———Brian D. Parke, Maine Motor Transport Association, S192 [25JA]

———Joel Swanton, Forest Resources Association, Inc., S193 [25JA]

———Michael A. Beardsley, Professional Logging Contractors of Maine (organization), S193 [25JA]

———Ronald K. Gastia, Bangor, ME, Police Dept., S192 [25JA]

Small business relief: Karen Kerrigan, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, S795 [16FE]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S796 [16FE]

Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6112 [13SE]

———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6112 [13SE]

Surface Transportation Extension Act: Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition, S1203 [3MR]

———John Horsley, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, S1203 [3MR]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1203 [3MR]

———Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1485 [2MR]

———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1485 [2MR]

———several transportation organizations, S1202 [3MR]

Lists

California project labor agreement activity from 1984 through March 2010, H4051-H4055 [13JN]

State surface transportation enhancement projects, S5614 [14SE]

Messages

Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future: President Obama, S5724 [19SE], H6236 [19SE]

Motions

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), S6351 [6OC]

Government regulations: facilitate job creation by reducing regulatory uncertainty and providing for rational evaluation of regulations, State and local flexibility, and infrastructure spending (S. 1786), S7095 [3NO]

Transportation: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1786), S7095 [3NO]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), H1491 [2MR]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S7009 [1NO]

Remarks in House

Alaska: eliminate certain bridge construction projects, H1491-H1493 [2MR]

Buy American Act: strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (H.R. 613), H574 [9FE], H1648 [9MR], H1828 [15MR], H2402 [6AP], H3796, H3798 [31MY], H5959 [7SE], H6266, H6267 [20SE], H6851 [12OC], H7121 [26OC], H7239, H7240 [2NO], H8959, H8960 [14DE]

California: clarify implementation and enforcement of the Travel Management Rule relative to designation of roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use, in administrative units of the National Forest System (H.R. 242), E134 [26JA]

Colorado: U.S. Route 36 highway expansion funding, H826 [15FE]

Corps of Engineers: impact of proposed highway extension through Garner, NC, H1654, H1655 [9MR], E442 [9MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H440 [25JA], H2092-H2094 [30MR]

Dept. of Defense: analyze impact of base realignment and closure-related transportation infrastructure actions on local entities, H3679, H3680 [25MY]

———Commander's Emergency Response Program funding, H4718, H4719 [7JY]

———limit number of parking spaces available at the Mark Center in Alexandria, VA, until traffic mitigation measures are in place, H3710, H3712 [26MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct offshore oil and gas leasing and deposit use revenues of such activity into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 2983), H7046 [25OC]

———Office of Insular Affairs Assistance to Territories Account funding, H973, H974 [16FE]

Dept. of Transportation: grant releases to terms and conditions contained in a deed under which the U.S. conveyed land to Dona Ana County, NM, for airport purposes, H2207, H2208 [31MR]

———improve effectiveness of transportation programs on Federal lands and provide funding for park roads and parkways and the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (H.R. 2113), E1040 [3JN]

———infrastructure projects funding, H2850 [14AP]

———make use of funding for carrying out pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs for highway projects mandatory (H.R. 1849), E857 [11MY]

———proposed change to the hours-of-service rule for commercial truck drivers, H647 [10FE]

———Transportation Enhancement Program funding, H7013 [25OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, H7274, H7277-H7279 [3NO], H7734-H7736, H7771, H7772, H7776-H7781 [17NO], E2080 [17NO], E2100, E2108 [18NO]

Ecology and environment: encourage transportation right-of-way managers to adopt integrated vegetation management practices, including plantings of native forbs and grasses to provide habitats for pollinators (H.R. 2381), E1198 [24JN]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (H.R. 3638), H8914 [14DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H7584 [15NO]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H6150, H6151, H6157, H6159, H6164-H6174 [14SE], H6186, H6187, H6190, H6192-H6194, H6217 [15SE], H6258, H6264-H6269 [20SE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H6353, H6354, H6357, H6358, H6359, H6393, H6394 [22SE], H6418, H6419, H6449-H6453 [23SE], H6496-H6501 [3OC], H6515, H6519, H6520, H6521, H6522, H6523, H6533, H6538, H6541, H6543-H6548 [4OC], H6567, H6568, H6569, H6573, H6588, H6590, H6591, H6618 [5OC], H6630, H6636, H6662-H6665 [6OC], H6677, H6679 [11OC], H6786, H6793, H6795, H6849-H6851 [12OC], H6863, H6864, H6866, H6867, H6868, H6877, H6908-H6912 [13OC], H6926-H6930, H6962 [14OC], H7004 [24OC], H7014, H7017, H7018, H7020, H7021, H7022, H7023, H7060-H7063 [25OC], H7075, H7079, H7082, H7115-H7122 [26OC], H7137, H7147, H7152, H7153-H7156 [27OC], H7187 [1NO], H7221, H7222, H7223, H7238-H7243 [2NO], H7269, H7270, H7272, H7273, H7291 [3NO], H7336 [4NO], H7427 [14NO], H7586, H7590, H7591, H7592, H7593, H7612, H7616 [15NO], H7641 [16NO], H7718 [17NO], H7919-H7925 [29NO], H7935, H7941, H7942, H7951, H7977 [30NO], H8058, H8062 [1DE], H8179, H8182, H8183 [6DE], H8245, H8251 [7DE], H8958 [14DE], H8981, H8983 [15DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1549), H6915 [13OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), H6685 [11OC]

Federal Highway Administration: Emergency Relief Fund funding, H7274, H7277-H7279 [3NO]

Floods: disaster assistance to the Northeast States for rebuilding infrastructure affected by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, H6266, H6267 [20SE], H6548-H6550 [4OC]

Forest Service: Travel Management Rule implementation and enforcement funding relative to designation of roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use, H1268, H1269 [18FE]

Intelligence services: require analysts prioritize use of threat assessments and information sharing to identify and prevent terrorist attacks against rail and mass transit systems, H6029, H6030 [9SE]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of motorcoaches (H.R. 873), E397 [2MR]

———modify vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system in Maine and Vermont, H7735, H7776 [17NO]

New York, NY: tribute to renaming portion of East 111th Street to Philip Reed Way, E1665 [20SE]

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: reconstruction and paving of Alger County Road H-58, E1194 [24JN]

Power resources: use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (H.R. 1861), H3227, H3228 [12MY], H4856 [12JY], H7045-H7051 [25OC]

Road Rage Awareness Week: observance, E1268 [8JY]

Safety: waive requirement that existing traffic signs meet minimum retroreflectivity standards on or before the compliance dates established by the Federal Highway Administration (H.R. 2257), H4340 [21JN]

Supreme Court: review of case requiring forest roads used for timber management to have permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H9900 [16DE]

Taxation: encourage investments in infrastructure, H425 [24JA], H3259 [12MY], H4195 [15JN], H4337 [21JN], H4377 [22JN]

Territories: provide for participation in Federal-aid highway discretionary programs (H.R. 2734), E1465 [1AU]

Transportation: change date for rescission of unobligated infrastructure funding, H1067 [16FE]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization, E1539 [6SE]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), H1482-H1494 [2MR], H1857, H1858 [16MR], E410, E418 [3MR]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), consideration (H. Res. 128), H1473-H1480 [2MR]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), motion to recommit, H1491-H1493 [2MR]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), H6052 [12SE], H6102, H6106-H6119, H6123 [13SE], E1625, E1627 [14SE]

———highway and transit programs funding, H21, H24 [5JA], H51, H93, H94 [6JA], H106 [7JA], H1629 [9MR], E66 [18JA]

———improve investment in national transportation infrastructure, H5956-H5958 [7SE], H6084, H6085 [12SE], H6130-H6133 [13SE], H7114 [26OC]

———infrastructure funding, H646 [10FE], H9800 [16DE], E258 [17FE]

———require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (H.R. 328), E98 [24JA]

———surface transportation funding, H6355 [22SE]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H3051, H3052 [4MY]

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims: observance, E2098, E2105 [18NO]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (S. 1357), S4558 [13JY]

American Automobile Association: tribute to School Safety Patrol Lifesaving Award recipients, S2497 [14AP]

American Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish, S7053 [2NO], S7101 [3NO]

Appalachian Development Highway System: allow a State to use toll credits toward the non-Federal share requirement for funds made available to carry out highway projects (S. 950), S2880, S2881 [11MY]

———complete construction (S. 1382), S4643 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow States to opt out of requirement to spend certain percentage of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects, S5613, S5618 [14SE], S5655 [15SE]

———establish comprehensive program to control and treat polluted stormwater runoff from federally funded highways and roads (S. 898), S2737 [5MY]

———guardrail manufacturing galvanization requirements, S6817 [20OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S6740 [19OC]

———making appropriations, S6578-S6580 [17OC], S6646-S6648, S6651-S6653 [18OC], S6704, S6708-S6713, S6716, S6717, S6724, S6725, S6733, S6739-S6741, S6754 [19OC], S6792, S6793, S6803-S6807, S6813, S6815, S6817, S6841, S6842, S6845, S6846, S6853 [20OC], S6899, S6911 [31OC], S6933, S6936, S6937, S6980, S6986 [1NO], S7061 [2NO], S7100 [3NO], S7430 [15NO], S7677, S7679-S7684 [17NO]

Disasters: exempt any road, highway, or bridge damaged by a natural disaster from duplicative environmental reviews if they are reconstructed in the same location, S6704 [19OC]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (S. Res. 308), S7010 [1NO]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention, S7327 [10NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, S2670 [4MY], S3763 [14JN]

———provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (S. 1960), S8415-S8417 [7DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, S6069-S6071 [4OC], S6169 [5OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1549), S5585 [13SE], S5588, S5602-S5605 [14SE], S5639, S5640, S5653 [15SE], S5708 [19SE], S5756 [20SE], S5850 [22SE], S6013, S6024 [3OC], S6066 [4OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), S6145, S6146, S6148, S6172, S6173, S6276 [5OC], S6277, S6278, S6279, S6285, S6299 [6OC], S6983 [1NO], S7022, S7056 [2NO]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), motion to proceed, S6359-S6365, S6369, S6372-S6374, S6376, S6382-S6384 [11OC], S6397, S6398, S6408-S6412, S6434 [12OC], S6474-S6477, S6479, S6489, S6495, S6499 [13OC], S6565 [17OC], S6624, S6626, S6653 [18OC]

EPA: exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (S. 1369), S4610 [14JY]

Federal Highway Administration: Emergency Relief Fund funding, S5668 [15SE], S6585 [17OC]

Government regulations: facilitate job creation by reducing regulatory uncertainty and providing for rational evaluation of regulations, State and local flexibility, and infrastructure spending (S. 1786), S7092 [2NO], S7094, S7095 [3NO], S7587-S7589 [16NO]

———facilitate job creation by reducing regulatory uncertainty and providing for rational evaluation of regulations, State and local flexibility, and infrastructure spending (S. 1786), motion to proceed, S7095, S7104, S7106-S7113, S7116 [3NO]

———facilitate job creation by reducing regulatory uncertainty and providing for rational evaluation of regulations, State and local flexibility, and infrastructure spending (S. 1786), unanimous-consent agreement, S7058 [2NO]

Highway Trust Fund: limit authorization level to the amount received in gas tax revenue, S5666-S5668 [15SE]

Motor vehicles: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system in Maine and Vermont (S. 112), S191-S194 [25JA]

———modify vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system in Maine and Vermont, S6653 [18OC]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: prevent drunken driving injuries and fatalities (S. 510), S1409 [8MR]

National Road: anniversary of groundbreaking, S2576 [2MY]

Native Americans: reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around Indian reservations (S. 885), S2688 [4MY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: reauthorize, S6825 [20OC]

States: protect States that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay to play reform (S. 994), S2954 [12MY]

Taxation: provide relief for small businesses (S. 361), S793-S796 [16FE]

Transportation: bike paths funding, S5638 [15SE]

———encourage use of private-public partnerships to invest in infrastructure projects (S. 1300), S4281 [30JN]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1786), S7092 [2NO], S7094, S7095 [3NO], S7587-S7589 [16NO]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1786), motion to proceed, S7095, S7104, S7106-S7113, S7116 [3NO]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1786), unanimous-consent agreement, S7058 [2NO]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S7261, S7280 [9NO]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), S1202 [3MR]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), S5585 [13SE], S5587, S5588, S5599, S5613, S5618 [14SE], S5638, S5655, S5666-S5669 [15SE]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), unanimous-consent agreement, S5663 [15SE]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), unanimous-consent request, S5656 [15SE]

———infrastructure funding, S822 [17FE]

———preserve and renew Federal-aid highways to reduce long-term costs, improve safety, and improve the condition of Federal-aid highways (S. 1193), S3776 [14JN]

———prioritize surface transportation funding and prohibit funding for lower-priority projects such as transportation museums and landscaping, S6644, S6646-S6648 [18OC], S6708-S6713, S6716, S6717 [19OC], S6911 [31OC]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S6897-S6899, S6927 [31OC], S6931, S6994-S6997 [1NO], S7636 [17NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO], S7014, S7016-S7019, S7021-S7025, S7031-S7045, S7050-S7058 [2NO], S7093-S7102, S7104-S7113 [3NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), unanimous-consent agreement, S7058 [2NO]

———reallocate funds appropriated for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure to the highway bridge program, S6933 [1NO]

Trucking industry: establish a commercial truck safety program (S. 1450), S5072 [29JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2112, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 467) (H. Rept. 112-290), H7713 [16NO]

Consideration of H.R. 662, Surface Transportation Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 128) (H. Rept. 112-20), H1454 [1MR]

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2112) (H. Rept. 112-284), H7577 [14NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1596) (S. Rept. 112-83), S5836 [21SE]

Federal-Aid Highway Programs Authority Extension: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1525), S5458 [8SE]

Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 453) (S. Rept. 112-93), S7294 [9NO]

Surface Transportation Extension Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 662) (H. Rept. 112-18), H1390 [28FE]

Summaries

Surface Transportation Extension Act (H.R. 662): Polis Motion To Recommit on Alaskan Bridge Construction Projects Elimination, H1492 [2MR]

Tables

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2112): conference report, H7747-H7769 [17NO]

December 2010 surface trade with Canada and Mexico compared with December of prior years, H1475 [2MR]

Federal Highway Adminstration Emergency Relief Program supplemental appropriations, H7277 [3NO]

Republican budget resolution stashes Federal-aid highway infrastructure investment, H2836 [14AP]

Top 10 States trading with Canada by surface modes of transportation ranked by December 2010 surface trade value, H1475 [2MR]

Top 10 States trading with Mexico by surface modes of transportation ranked by December 2010 surface trade value, H1475 [2MR]

Transportation funds awarded and jobs created by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H5294 [21JY]

U.S. merchandise trade with Canada and Mexico by mode of transportation, H1475 [2MR]

U.S. merchandise trade with Mexico by surface modes of transportation, H1475 [2MR]

U.S. surface trade with Canada and Mexico by mode of transportation, H1474 [2MR]

Value of monthly U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico, H1474 [2MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 128, consideration of H.R. 662, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H1473 [2MR]

H.R. 662, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H1482-H1484 [2MR]

H.R. 2887, Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act, H6106-H6111 [13SE]

S. 1, American Competitiveness Act, S128 [25JA]

S. 510, Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-Related Fatalities Everywhere (ROADS SAFE) Act, S1410 [8MR]

S. 885, additional contract authority reauthorization to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around Indian reservations, S2689 [4MY]

S. 950, allow a State to use toll credits toward the non-Federal share requirement for funds made available to carry out Appalachian Development Highway System highway projects, S2881 [11MY]

S. 994, State Ethics Law Protection Act, S2954 [12MY]

S. 1193, Federal-Aid Highway Preservation and Renewal Program Act, S3777-S3779 [14JN]

S. 1230, Protecting Taxpayers in Transportation Asset Transfers Act, S3896 [16JN]

S. 1549, American Jobs Act, S5538-S5580 [13SE]

S. 1660, American Jobs Act, S6188-S6225 [5OC]

S. Res. 308, Drive Safer Sunday, S7009, S7010 [1NO]