ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8024 [17NO], S8034, S8055, S8063, S8064, S8083, S8105, S8106, S8107, S8108, S8109, S8110, S8111 [18NO], S8168, S8169, S8170 [19NO], H3760 [2JN], H3830, H3832, H3833, H3834, H3835, H3836, H3837, H3838, H3839, H3840, H3841, H3844, H3846, H3847, H3848, H3850, H3851, H3852, H3853, H3854, H3856, H3860, H3861, H3863, H3865, H3866, H3868, H3869, H3870, H3875, H3876, H3880 [3JN], H3882, H3883, H3884, H3885, H3886, H3887, H3888, H3891, H3892, H3893, H3894, H3895, H3896, H3917 [4JN], H3972, H3973, H3975, H3976, H3977, H3978, H3979, H3980, H3981, H3982, H3983, H3984, H3985, H3986, H3987, H3988, H4004 [9JN]

Transportation: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), consideration (H. Res. 362), H5196 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5618 [29JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, S7887 [10NO]

——— H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8136 [5NO], H8278 [17NO]

Articles and editorials

Bigger’s Not Better—Longer Tractor-Trailers Spell Trouble on the Road, S5895 [27JY]

Congestion a Constant for Houston Commuters, H3974 [9JN]

House Honors the Late Rep. Jim Oberstar as Congress Fumbles His Greatest Passion, H5205 [15JY]

Study Finds Houston Traffic Congestion Worsening, H3973 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (see S. 631), S1246 [3MR]

American Infrastructure Bank: establish (see S. 1296), S2794 [12MY]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H430 [20JA]

Appalachian Regional Commission: reauthorize and establish a High-Speed Broadband Development Initiative (see S. 863), S1891 [25MR]

Arizona: designate the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of Tucson International Airport as a future part of the Interstate Highway System (see S. 1649), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2859), H4591 [23JN]

BLM: incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to public lands (see H.R. 1555), H1848 [23MR]

Bridges: authorize States to carry out bridge reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and replacement projects using previously allocated surface transportation funds that are excess or inactive (see H.R. 3376), H5766 [29JY]

Budget: provide relief from reductions in discretionary spending limits imposed by sequestration (see S. 515), S983 [12FE]

Cargo transportation: establish national policies and programs to strengthen freight-related infrastructure (see H.R. 198), H103 [7JA]

Contracts: repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 1483), H1802 [19MR]

Copperas Cove, TX: authorize land exchange with Fort Hood, TX, to support efforts to improve arterial transportation routes and promote economic development (see H.R. 2727), H4136 [10JN]

Crime: prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense (see S. 902), S2110 [13AP]

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 (see H.R. 1330), H1613 [4MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish regional infrastructure accelerator program to facilitate investment in and financing of certain infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2485), H3506 [20MY]

Dept. of Transportation: adequately fund bridges (see S. 1370), S3059 [19MY]

——— amend the Transportation Alternatives Program (see S. 705), S1438 [11MR]

——— assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 2247), S7814 [5NO]

——— authorize appropriations for surface transportation research, development, and deployment (see H.R. 3458), H5865 [9SE]

——— authorize elements to enhance safety, provide regulatory relief, streamline grant programs, and improve accountability and efficiency of oversight efforts (see S. 1732), S4953 [9JY]

——— authorize surface transportation research and development (see H.R. 3585), H6188 [22SE]

——— carry out a tribal transportation self-governance program (see H.R. 1068), H1163 [25FE]

——— clarify criteria used to determine division of funds under the Territorial Highway Program (see H.R. 3877), H7389 [2NO]

——— designate the corridor between Raleigh, NC, and Norfolk, VA, as an interstate highway (see S. 1348), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 2211), H2791 [1MY]

——— develop performance measures for assessing transportation connectivity and accessibility for highway and public transportation systems (see H.R. 3788), H7089 [21OC]

——— discontinue funding for landscaping and scenic enhancements as part of Federal-aid highway construction projects (see H.R. 2606), H3756 [2JN]

——— eliminate diversion of gas tax revenues meant for the Highway Trust Fund to projects not focused on roads and highways (see H.R. 1461), H1801 [19MR]

——— 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. 2154), H2768 [30AP] (see H.R. 4014), H8240 [16NO]

——— establish a grant program to improve transportation safety, efficiency, and system performance through innovative technology deployment and operations (see H.R. 3825), H7174 [23OC]

——— establish a national intersection and interchange safety construction program (see H.R. 1606), H2031 [25MR]

——— establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 199), H103 [7JA]

——— establish a pilot toll credit marketplace program (see H.R. 2172), H2769 [30AP]

——— establish a program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals under State and Federal law of rail and highway projects (see H.R. 2497), H3558 [21MY]

——— establish a Road Usage Charge Pilot Program to study mileage-based fee systems (see H.R. 679), H755 [3FE]

——— establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program (see H.R. 2332), H3211 [14MY]

——— establish a veterans business enterprises program (see H.R. 3997), H8239 [16NO]

——— establish an Automated and Connected Vehicle Research Initiative (see H.R. 2886), H4768 [25JN]

——— establish independent peer review group to assess quality assurance, cost containment, and risk management of transportation megaprojects (see H.R. 4228), H9270 [10DE]

——— establish innovation in surface transportation program (see S. 762), S1585 [17MR] (see H.R. 1393), H1721 [17MR]

——— establish Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program and National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program (see H.R. 1308), H1612 [4MR]

——— exempt covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles from certain weight limitations (see H.R. 3247), H5588 [28JY]

——— foster market development of clean energy fueling facilities by steering infrastructure installation toward designated Clean Vehicle Corridors (see S. 1581), S4202 [16JN]

——— improve condition and performance of the national multimodal freight network (see S. 1680), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 3398), H5767 [29JY]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (see H.R. 1694), H2109 [26MR]

——— improve highway safety (see S. 1433), S3238 [21MY]

——— include bridges on the National Highway Performance Program (see H.R. 3168), H5402 [22JY]

——— include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 3805), H7137 [22OC]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 2495), H3558 [21MY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program and set aside certain funding for smaller cities (see H.R. 278), H224 [12JA]

——— modify a high priority project in California (see H.R. 2343), H3212 [14MY]

——— prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system (see H.R. 3536), H6136 [17SE]

——— prohibit funding to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders (see S. 127), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 1861), H2306 [16AP]

——— provide grants to mitigate road congestion and improve transportation planning in metropolitan areas (see H.R. 200), H103 [7JA]

——— provide improved investment in national transportation infrastructure (see S. 1748), S4953 [9JY]

——— reauthorize the State Infrastructure Bank program (see S. 206), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 652), H703 [2FE]

——— reduce Federal highway funding to States that do not enact a law prohibiting use of certain communication devices while operating a motor vehicle (see H.R. 1392), H1721 [17MR]

——— reduce highway and surface transportation funding available for a State if it issues a license plate that contains an image of a Confederate flag (see S. 1689), S4648 [25JN]

——— reform the surface transportation project delivery program (see S. 2258), S7860 [9NO]

——— repeal the Transportation Alternatives Program (see H.R. 2609), H3757 [2JN]

——— require that broadband conduits be installed as a part of certain highway construction projects (see S. 2163), S7219 [7OC]

——— strengthen domestic content standards (see H.R. 2451), H3388 [19MY]

——— withhold highway funds from States that do not have in effect laws requiring the use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see H.R. 3501), H5974 [11SE] (see H.R. 3759), H6980 [16OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2129), S7123 [5OC] (see H.R. 2577), H3581 [29MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), consideration (see H. Res. 287), H3641 [1JN]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 319), S8160 [19NO]

Ecology and environment: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators (see H.R. 2738), H4241 [11JN]

——— support transition to near zero greenhouse gas emissions, 100 percent clean renewable energy, infrastructure modernization, full employment, a sustainable economy, affordable energy, and ending poverty (see H. Res. 540), H8645 [30NO]

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 3555), H6136 [17SE]

Federal agencies and departments: require use of iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work (see H.R. 2683), H3914 [4JN]

Foreign trade: allow public-private partnerships to fund additional staffing and alternative financing for infrastructure improvements at land border ports of entry (see S. 461), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 875), H980 [11FE]

Forest Service: stop implementation of travel management rule and incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to units derived from public domain (see H.R. 1555), H1848 [23MR]

Government regulations: authorize States to issue special permits to allow higher weight limitations on Federal highways for vehicles hauling livestock (see H.R. 3726), H6935 [8OC]

——— expedite deployment of highway construction projects (see H.R. 1620), H2033 [25MR]

Highway Beautification Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 288), S7304 [19OC]

Highway Trust Fund: provide for sustainable funding (see H.R. 1846), H2306 [16AP]

Idaho: clarify regulation of the operation of longer combination vehicles on the Interstate Highway System in Idaho (see S. 538), S1074 [24FE] (see H.R. 129), H40 [6JA]

Infrastructure: expand project eligibility to certain public infrastructure projects relative to financing (see S. 880), S2041 [26MR]

——— improve (see S. 268), S541 [27JA]

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 1589), S4202 [16JN]

Interstate Route 11: extend (see S. 842), S1780 [24MR] (see H.R. 1612), H2032 [25MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit automated traffic enforcement (see H.R. 950), H1035 [12FE]

Liu Xiaobo Plaza, Washington, DC: designate (see S. Res. 224), S5210 [21JY]

Marathon County, WI: exempt certain highways from vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles (see H.R. 3778), H7088 [21OC]

Medicaid: restore regular matching rate for newly eligible individuals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and apply savings to the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2565), H3561 [21MY]

Mexico: promote economic partnership and cooperation with the U.S., particularly in areas of academic exchange, entrepreneurship, and infrastructure integration (see H.R. 2060), H2497 [28AP]

Motor vehicles: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 3488), H5942 [10SE]

——— clarify the use of a towaway trailer transportation combination (see S. 1692), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2904), H4769 [25JN]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 935), H1034 [12FE]

National Highway System: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors (see H.R. 301), H357 [13JA]

——— designate certain route segments in North Carolina as high priority corridors (see S. 983), S2244 [16AP]

——— esignate certain route segments in North Carolina as high priority corridors (see H.R. 1844), H2305 [16AP]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety authority (see S. 1743), S4953 [9JY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 3337), H5764 [29JY]

Native Americans: enhance tribal road safety (see S. 1776), S5129 [15JY]

Oswaldo Payá Way, Washington, DC: designate (see S. Res. 226), S5210 [21JY]

PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway, TX: designate (see H.R. 2559), H3561 [21MY]

Power resources: repeal gas tax and establish a carbon tax on highway fuels (see H.R. 309), H357 [13JA]

——— 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. 1663), H2108 [26MR]

Public lands: authorize the National Park Service Federal lands transportation program and establish the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Transportation Project program (see H.R. 2595), H3641 [1JN]

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. 1043), S2352 [22AP]

Railroads: allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings (see H.R. 390), H405 [14JA]

——— impose a civil penalty against a carrier when an employee shift change causes a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade crossing (see H.R. 354), H404 [14JA]

——— improve highway-rail grade crossing safety (see S. 532), S1031 [23FE] (see H.R. 1291), H1611 [4MR]

States: permit a State transportation department to approve a justification report for a project to build or modify a freeway-to-crossroad interchange within a transportation management area in such State (see S. 1782), S5129 [15JY]

——— permit border States to designate certain funds for border infrastructure projects (see H.R. 3181), H5465 [23JY]

——— require States to establish highway stormwater management programs (see S. 518), S983 [12FE]

Strengthening America’s Bridges Fund: establish (see S. 1273), S2759 [11MY]

Taxation: bring certainty to funding of the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2971), H4954 [8JY]

——— free States to spend gas tax revenues on their transportation priorities (see S. 1404), S3183 [20MY]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in families and communities, improve infrastructure and the environment, strengthen financial security, expand opportunity and reduce market volatility (see H.R. 1464), H1801 [19MR]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in families and communities, improve infrastructure and the environment, strengthen financial security, expand opportunity, and reduce market volatility (see S. 1371), S3059 [19MY]

——— incentivize companies to repatriate foreign earnings held overseas and dedicate tax revenues from such repatriation to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 981), S2244 [16AP]

——— increase certain fuel taxes, strengthen the earned income tax and child tax credits, and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment (see S. 1994), S6381 [5AU]

——— increase excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels (see H.R. 680), H755 [3FE]

——— phaseout Highway Trust Fund Mass Transit Account (see H.R. 1551), H1848 [23MR]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 1186), S2599 [4MY]

——— reduce carbon pollution, invest in infrastructure, and cut taxes for working Americans (see H.R. 3104), H5290 [16JY]

——— reduce Federal spending on surface transportation programs by limiting State and local taxation on purchases of construction materials made with funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 1724), H2111 [26MR]

Transportation: allow local hiring for transportation projects (see H.R. 4005), H8239 [16NO]

——— allow States to regulate tow truck operations (see H.R. 2563), H3561 [21MY]

——— empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see S. 1541), S4021 [10JN] (see H.R. 2716), H4135 [10JN]

——— ensure each State receives a fair percentage of total Federal highway funding (see S. 2103), S7046 [30SE]

——— ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2071), H2497 [28AP]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see S. 1350), S2933 [14MY] (see S. 1647), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2353), H3251 [15MY] (see H.R. 2410), H3386 [19MY] (see H.R. 3038), H5116 [13JY] (see H.R. 3064), H5235 [15JY] (see H.R. 3236), H5588 [28JY] (see H.R. 3763), H7026 [20OC] (see H.R. 3819), H7174 [23OC] (see H.R. 3996), H8239 [16NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H3308 [18MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), consideration (see H. Res. 362), H5171 [14JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), consideration (see H. Res. 388), H5587 [28JY]

——— improve public understanding of how transportation investments are made by public agencies through establishing greater transparency and accountability processes (see H.R. 3787), H7089 [21OC]

——— prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see S. 850), S1781 [24MR] (see S. 946), S2220 [15AP] (see H.R. 1282), H1611 [4MR]

——— provide eligibility under certain highway programs for installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communications equipment (see S. 1499), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 910), H1032 [12FE]

——— 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. 1692), H2109 [26MR]

——— terminate certain toll authorities (see H.R. 1914), H2354 [21AP]

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA): transform into a revolving fund (see H.R. 4081), H8410 [19NO]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security against terrorist attacks and other security threats to rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation (see H. Res. 10), H43 [6JA]

U.S. Code: modify relative to the obligation and release of funds (see S. 1781), S5129 [15JY]

Urban areas: add a national goal and performance measure to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities (see H.R. 3740), H6973 [9OC]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8075 [18NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), motion to proceed, S7963 [16NO]

Conference reports

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), H8679–H8822 [1DE]

Explanations

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22): Payments From Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to Certified States and Indian Tribes, H8997 [3DE]

Letters

Amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system: Gregory G. Nadeau, Federal Highway Administration, H7588 [3NO]

——— Peter M. Rogoff, Dept. of Transportation, H7588 [3NO]

Automated license plate recognition technology: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H3988 [9JN]

——— several law enforcement organizations, H3989 [9JN]

Budget aggregate and allocation revisions: Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H7621 [3NO], H9304 [11DE]

Central Texas Corridor designation as the future Interstate Route I-14: J.F. Weber, Texas Dept. of Transportation, H7582 [3NO]

Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act: James Corless, Transportation for America (organization), S6115 [29JY]

Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act: Michael D. Helm, American Legion, H8168 [16NO]

Federal surface transportation programs reauthorization: Phil Mendelson, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, H2862 [12MY]

New Starts transit projects funding: Dorval R. Carter, Jr., Chicago Transit Authority, E1611 [5NO]

——— Leanne Redden, Regional Transportation Authority, E1611 [5NO]

——— Michael P. Melaniphy, American Public Transportation Association, E1611 [5NO]

Newberg-Dundee Bypass Route funding: Matthew L. Garrett, Oregon Dept. of Transportation, H7684 [4NO]

States’ option of increasing the truck weight limits on their Interstate Highways: Andrew Matthews, National Troopers Coalition, H7406 [3NO]

Lists

National Capital region congressional delegation, H2862 [12MY]

State examples of deficient highway bridges in need of repair, S5897 [27JY]

Top five critical infrastructure projects in the District of Columbia stalled until there is a long-term surface transportation reauthorization, H2862 [12MY]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2016: President Obama, S695–S697 [2FE], H673–H675 [2FE]

Motions

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S7963 [16NO], H3996 [9JN]

Transportation: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3338 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5210 [15JY]

Petitions and memorials

National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board: Federal surface transportation programs reauthorization, H2863 [12MY]

Press releases

Construction Employment Declines in Half of the States Between May and June as Congress Seeks New Way To Pay for Needed Transportation Upgrades: Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., S5898 [27JY]

Remarks in House

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 413), H5187 [15JY]

Arizona: designate the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of Tucson International Airport as a future part of the Interstate Highway System (H.R. 2859), H4634 [24JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H708 [3FE], H7159 [23OC]

——— impact of sequester on economy and infrastructure, H6719 [30SE]

Buy American Act: strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit, H6824 [6OC]

Cargo transportation: clarify definition of ‘‘critical commerce corridors’’, H7417 [3NO]

Concord, NC: bridge dedication ceremony in memory of Allen T. Small, E1637 [17NO]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, H10698 [18DE]

——— legislative priorities, H7102, H7106 [22OC]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1941–H1946 [25MR], E421 [25MR], E492 [14AP]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H1750–H1755 [18MR], H1934–H1938 [25MR]

Contracts: repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (H.R. 1483), H5409 [23JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Insular Affairs funding, H4938 [8JY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow a program of eligible projects to count as a single project to meet threshold of project costs for Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects funding, H7604, H7605 [3NO]

——— allow all States to compete for bus and bus facility funding and transfer the funds to the nationwide Competitive Bus Grants, H7685 [4NO]

——— allow projects that do not meet threshold of project costs for Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects funding to qualify for reserved small project funding, H7606 [3NO]

——— allow States to waive current High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) degradation standard in certain circumstances in the best interest of the traveling public, H7620 [3NO]

——— allow use of Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding for type II noise barriers, H7603, H7604 [3NO]

——— authorize surface transportation research and development strategic plan, H7600, H7601 [3NO]

——— clarify criteria used to determine division of funds under the Territorial Highway Program, H7606, H7607 [3NO], H7640 [4NO]

——— clarify eligibility of projects within national scenic areas for Federal funding, H7580, H7581 [3NO]

——— conduct study on safety of double-decker motorcoaches equipped with luggage carriers on the rear of the vehicle, H7599 [3NO]

——— designate the Central Texas Corridor as the future Interstate Route I-14, H7582 [3NO]

——— develop a comprehensive strategy to address structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges, as defined by the National Bridge Inventory, H7585 [3NO]

——— encourage research into permeable pavements for roads and highways to minimize environmental impacts and enhance sustainablity, H8999 [3DE]

——— enhance resiliency of critical highway infrastructure, including that which supports national energy security, H7683 [4NO]

——— ensure surface transportation grants are awarded to rural and urban area projects in an equitable manner, H3835 [3JN]

——— establish a grant program to encourage States to enact laws to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving, H7598 [3NO]

——— establish a Road Usage Charge Pilot Program to study mileage-based fee systems (H.R. 679), E152 [3FE]

——— establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program (H.R. 2332), H2969 [14MY], H3318 [19MY]

——— establish a veterans business enterprises program (H.R. 3997), H8165, H8166 [16NO], H8250 [17NO], E1645 [18NO]

——— establish independent peer review group to assess quality assurance, cost containment, and risk management of transportation megaprojects, H7617, H7618 [3NO]

——— establish program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals for rail and highway projects under State and Federal law, H7414 [3NO]

——— expand eligibility of the Congestion Migration and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program to include shared use mobility projects, H7579, H7580 [3NO]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (H.R. 1694), H2163 [14AP], H8164–H8169 [16NO], H8250 [17NO], E1629 [16NO], E1644 [17NO], E1645 [18NO]

——— increase enrollment in pilot program allowing States to conduct environmental reviews and approve projects under State environmental laws and regulations rather than Federal, H7608 [3NO]

——— increase penalties for drivers who knowingly operate a commercial vehicle that has a serious defect that results in a fatal crash, H7686 [4NO]

——— issue report detailing amount each State has received from Highway Trust Fund and how much each State contributed to the fund, H7720 [4NO]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program, H3501 [20MY]

——— National Highway Traffic Safety Administration operations and research funding, H3833 [3JN]

——— New Starts transit projects funding, H7636, H7683 [4NO], E1608, E1611 [5NO]

——— Newberg-Dundee Bypass Route funding, H7684 [4NO]

——— prohibit enforcement of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H7664, H7665 [4NO]

——— prohibit funding for Federal Transit Administration Rapid Growth Area Transit Program, H3888 [4JN]

——— prohibit funding for purchase of cameras to collect or store vehicle license plate numbers, H3988, H3989 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to carry out excessive enhancements to New Starts transit projects, H3981, H3982 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to enforce regulations governing the size of billboards for religious organizations and service clubs, H3986 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to engage in activities with States to consider proposals relative to reduction of motorcycle fatalities, H3837 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding to stop, investigate, detain, or arrest people on highways based on physical appearance, H3883 [4JN]

——— prohibit highway beautification funding, H7614 [3NO]

——— provide public safety report on security of facilities or locations intended to encourage public use of alternative transportation, H7594, H7595 [3NO]

——— provide States and local governments flexibility in creating a surface transportation system for their community, H3887, H3888 [4JN]

——— require disclosure of information on which any new rule is based including data, studies, and cost benefit analysis, H7711 [4NO]

——— require local transit agencies to have a certain debt to equity ratio to be eligible for Federal funds, H7666–H7668 [4NO]

——— require local transit agencies to implement local hiring and procurement policies for federally-funded transportation projects, H1704, H1705 [17MR]

——— require tracking of all costs and time requirements for environmental reviews of transportation projects, H7581, H7582 [3NO]

——— study feasibility, costs, and economic impact of burying power lines underground, H7662 [4NO]

——— study methods of inventorying roadside highway safety hardware devices for the purpose of improving in-service evaluation of these devices, H7592 [3NO]

——— submit report on Frontline Workforce Development Program, H7620 [3NO]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H3834, H3835 [3JN], E841 [4JN]

——— utilize simulation technology to analyze federally-funded transportation projects to ensure increases in capacity and safety, ease congestion, and reduce travel time and environmental impact, H7593 [3NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H3883 [4JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3817–H3877 [3JN], H3882–H3903 [4JN], H3965–H3998 [9JN], H4016 [10JN], E839, E841 [4JN], E851 [8JN], E863 [9JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3652–H3659 [2JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), corrections in engrossment, H3999 [9JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), motion to recommit, H3996, H3997 [9JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), unanimous-consent agreement, H3872 [3JN], H3901 [4JN]

——— prohibit funding for bonus award to contractors for work on projects that are behind schedule or over budget, H3876 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding for contracts with offerors or principals of offerors convicted of certain crimes within a certain period, H3876 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding to be used in contravention of Executive order against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, H3985, H3986 [9JN]

Ecology and environment: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators, H7414 [3NO]

Employment: importance of jobs that maintain infrastructure, H943 [11FE], H2858 [12MY]

——— reform performance assessments for workforce development program addressing human resources needs in public transportation, H8140 [5NO]

Engineering: recognize value of collaborations between private sector engineering industry and Federal and State agencies in delivery of surface transportation projects and encourage such partnerships, H7586 [3NO]

Federal Highway Administration: eliminate enforcement of Migratory Bird Treaty Act relative to the taking of nesting swallows for construction projects on certain at-risk bridges, H7587 [3NO]

——— encourage use of geosynthetic materials and other innovative technologies, H7584 [3NO]

Forest Service: capital improvement and maintenance funding through reductions in vegetation and watershed program funding, H4760 [25JN]

Gannett Fleming, Inc.: anniversary, E1062 [14JY]

GAO: study purchasing power of Federal Highway Administration and quantify cost of compliance with Federal regulations, H7585, H7586 [3NO]

Global Road Safety Week: observance, E666 [8MY]

Highway Beautification Act: anniversary, H6897 [8OC]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H1087 [24FE], H1876, H1877 [24MR], H2094–H2098 [26MR], H3497 [20MY], E788 [21MY]

——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, H52 [7JA], H708 [3FE], H2882 [13MY], H6710 [30SE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H5540, H5542 [28JY], H5601, H5610 [29JY], H7048 [21OC], H7149 [23OC], H7199 [27OC]

——— moment of silence in memory of victims of Savannah, GA, traffic accident, H2446 [23AP]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H8996 [3DE]

Houston, TX: preservation of Freedmen’s Town brick streets, H1053 [13FE]

Infrastructure Week: observance, H3236 [15MY]

Motor vehicles: allow for a limited number of automobile transporter vehicles to increase their length, H7619 [3NO]

——— amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system, H7589, H7590 [3NO]

——— give States the option of increasing the truck weight limits on their Interstate Highways, H7405, H7406, H7409 [3NO]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish, H622 [27JA]

——— establish (H.R. 935), E207 [12FE]

Pasco County, FL: urge Corps of Engineers to approve request for Ridge Road extension project that would serve as a hurricane evacuation route, H5474 [27JY]

PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway, TX: designate (H.R. 2559), H4352, H4353 [15JN]

Public lands: authorize the National Park Service Federal lands transportation program and establish the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Transportation Project program (H.R. 2595), E807 [1JN]

Railroads: develop a grade crossing action plan, identify specific solutions for improving safety, and focus on crossings that have experienced recent or multiple accidents or are a high risk for accidents, H1595, H1596 [4MR]

Rhode Island: tribute to State and local leaders, first responders, and emergency service organizations for assistance rendered during major snowstorm and request Federal disaster assistance, E119 [27JA]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of San Francisco County Transportation Authority, E99 [22JA]

States: allow issuance of special permits for transportation of livestock on trailers up to a certain amount of weight, H7615, H7616 [3NO]

Sullivan, Patrick: Colorado Association of Road Supervisors and Engineers Supervisor of the Year Award recipient, E249 [25FE]

Taxation: increase excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels, H229 [13JA]

——— increase excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels (H.R. 680), H2160 [14AP], H3763 [3JN], H4163 [11JN], H4385 [16JN], H5119 [14JY], H5208 [15JY], H5595 [29JY], H6710 [30SE], H7093 [22OC], E152 [3FE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund, H14, H18, H21, H22 [6JA], H56 [7JA]

Texas: continue weight exemptions for trucks operating on certain segments of Texas State highways being converted into Interstate 69, H7615 [3NO]

Transportation: allow local communities recovering from natural disasters to rebuild infrastructure without acquiring Federal environmental permits, H7616, H7617 [3NO]

——— allow States to regulate tow truck operations, H7618, H7619 [3NO], H8997 [3DE]

——— authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs, H1704–H1710 [17MR], H1961 [25MR]

——— establish a program to permit the use of live plant materials for roadside maintenance, H7658 [4NO]

——— evaluate environmental impact of certain regulations on transportation projects, H7657 [4NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H2160, H2163 [14AP], H2222 [15AP], H2320, H2323 [21AP], H2447 [23AP], H2659 [30AP], H2825, H2826, H2858–H2864 [12MY], H2882, H2889, H2890, H2891, H2893, H2895 [13MY], H2966, H2969, H2971 [14MY], H3218, H3236, H3237, H3238 [15MY], H3585 [1JN], H3763, H3772 [3JN], H3895 [4JN], H4016 [10JN], H4170 [11JN], H4347, H4352 [15JN], H4385, H4386 [16JN], H4436 [17JN], H4527 [18JN], H4595 [24JN], H4777 [7JY], H4875, H4877 [8JY], H4970 [9JY], H5034, H5035, H5084 [10JY], H5092, H5108 [13JY], H5119, H5120, H5123, H5124, H5162 [14JY], H5285, H5286 [16JY], H5474 [27JY], H5527 [28JY], H5608 [29JY], H5880 [10SE], H5970, H5971 [11SE], H6781 [1OC], H7163 [23OC], H7272 [28OC], H7394, H7403–H7621 [3NO], H7633, H7638, H7640, H7641–H7740 [4NO], H8129–H8135, H8140 [5NO], H8865 [2DE], H8974, H8975–H8983, H8988–H9000 [3DE], E1073, E1075 [15JY], E1319 [18SE], E1501 [21OC], E1602, E1604, E1607, E1608, E1609, E1611 [5NO], E1715, E1716 [7DE], E1735 [8DE], E1758 [10DE], E1834 [18DE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3313, H3318, H3319, H3320, H3330–H3339 [19MY], H3499, H3501 [20MY], E767 [20MY], E788 [21MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), consideration (H. Res. 271), H3321–H3329 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), motion to recommit, H3338, H3339 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2410), H3325, H3333, H3337 [19MY], H3403, H3498 [20MY], H5165 [14JY], H7016 [20OC], E750, E752 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5181, H5184, H5186, H5187, H5198–H5213 [15JY], H5409, H5452 [23JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), consideration (H. Res. 362), H5188–H5198 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), motion to recommit, H5209–H5213 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3064), H5194, H5210 [15JY], H5350, H5351 [22JY], H5542 [28JY], H5602 [29JY], H6824 [6OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), H5535, H5539 [28JY], H5599, H5640–H5650, H5654 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5610–H5623 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3763), H7169 [23OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), H7197, H7200, H7207–H7214, H7244 [27OC], E1550 [27OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3996), H8213–H8217 [16NO]

——— facilitate commercial waterborne transportation of domestic aggregate for nationally significant freight and highway projects, H7655, H7656 [4NO]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, H52 [7JA], H435, H440 [21JA], H588, H622–H626 [27JA], H708 [3FE], H763 [4FE], H1018, H1019 [12FE], H1046 [13FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H2094–H2098 [26MR], H3496–H3501 [20MY], H4779 [7JY], H5203, H5206 [15JY], H6825 [6OC], E788 [21MY]

——— improve infrastructure, H7014–H7016 [20OC]

——— prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (H.R. 1282), E310 [4MR]

——— reform Federal role in transportation policy and empower States with taxing and spending authority over highway and transit programs, H7678, H7679 [4NO]

——— 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. 1692), E446 [26MR]

University of North Carolina: anniversary of Highway Safety Research Center, E1775 [11DE]

Water: improve highway designs to reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts on surface transportation, H7607, H7608 [3NO]

World Day of Road Safety Remembrance: observance, E1636 [17NO]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (S. 631), S1252 [3MR]

American Infrastructure Bank: establish (S. 1296), S3227 [21MY]

Climate: express agreement that climate change is real and prepare to mitigate future impact on infrastructure, S526 [27JA], S571 [28JA]

Committee on Finance (Senate): accomplishments during 114th Congress, S8765–S8768 [17DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, S8181, S8182 [30NO], S8197 [1DE], S8248 [2DE], S8325 [3DE], S8433–S8435 [7DE], S8461, S8469, S8473–S8475 [8DE], S8528 [9DE], S8568–S8570 [10DE], S8655, S8657–S8659, S8660 [15DE], S8838, S8866 [18DE]

——— legislative priorities, S6224 [3AU], S7289 [19OC], S8183 [30NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3090 [20MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: ensure State funding provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program is used to demolish blighted structures, S5491 [23JY]

Dept. of Transportation: adequately fund bridges, S5439–S5441, S5445–S5447 [22JY], S6048–S6051, S6055 [28JY]

——— anniversary of Interstate Highway System, S4214 [17JN]

——— authorize elements to enhance safety, provide regulatory relief, streamline grant programs, and improve accountability and efficiency of oversight efforts (S. 1732), S5092 [15JY]

——— designate the corridor between Raleigh, NC, and Norfolk, VA, as an interstate highway (S. 1348), S2935 [14MY]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to the prioritization of the construction of significant highway projects, S1876 [25MR]

——— establish Assistance for Major Projects Program, S5483 [23JY], S6052 [28JY]

——— establish National Freight Program, S5482 [23JY], S6052 [28JY]

——— exempt bridges determined to be structurally deficient from certain government regulations if bridge is being reconstructed in exact same location, S8075, S8076 [18NO]

——— maintain regulation changing the hours-of-service rule for commercial truck drivers, S8074 [18NO]

——— provide incentives to States to use private sector engineering companies for highway and bridge projects, S6154 [30JY]

——— require study before promulgating rulemaking to increase minimum length limitation for tractor trailer truck combinations, S5488 [23JY], S5895, S5896 [27JY], S6155 [30JY], S7884–S7887 [10NO], S8064, S8074 [18NO]

——— require that broadband conduits be installed as a part of certain highway construction projects (S. 2163), S7221 [7OC]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, S6104, S6105 [29JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8029, S8034–S8058, S8062–S8064, S8071, S8072, S8074–S8076 [18NO], S8119, S8121, S8124, S8125 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), unanimous-consent agreement, S7963 [16NO], S8054, S8055 [18NO], S8126 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), unanimous-consent request, S8121, S8124 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (S. 2129), S7127 [5OC], S7130 [6OC]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (S. Res. 319), S8174, S8175 [19NO]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, S7709 [3NO]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S1361–S1363 [10MR], S2705–S2708 [7MY]

EPA: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to funding for roads and bridges to States refusing to submit Clean Power Plan implementation plans, S2001 [26MR]

Federal Highway Administration: innovative segmental wall technology for soil bank stabilization and roadway sound attenuation, and articulated technology for hydraulic sheer-resistant erosion control funding, S8357 [3DE]

Highway Beautification Act: anniversary (S. Res. 288), S7477 [22OC]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S2631 [5MY]

——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, S7803 [5NO], S7882 [10NO]

Infrastructure: improve, S2829, S2833 [13MY]

——— improve (S. 268), S518 [27JA]

——— improvement funding through closing certain tax loopholes for offshore corporations, S1696, S1698, S1701–S1703 [23MR], S1742, S1748–S1750 [24MR], S2205 [15AP], S2625 [5MY]

Liu Xiaobo Plaza, Washington, DC: designate (S. Res. 224), S7438, S7439 [22OC], S7747 [4NO]

——— designate (S. Res. 224), unanimous-consent request, S6922 [24SE], S7438 [22OC], S7744–S7746 [4NO]

Maine: anniversary of Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission, S3857 [8JN]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): reauthorization, S1746, S1747 [24MR]

National Highway System: designate certain route segments in North Carolina as high priority corridors (S. 983), S2249 [16AP]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety authority, S6054 [28JY]

——— provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety authority (S. 1743), S4957 [9JY]

Native Americans: enhance tribal road safety (S. 1776), S5131 [15JY]

Obama, President: State of the Union Message, S312 [21JA], S531 [27JA]

PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway, TX: designate (H.R. 2559), S6425 [5AU]

Public lands: direct land management agencies to report on public access and egress to public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreation and use Land and Water Conservation Fund funds to secure such access, S1484 [12MR]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S8216 [1DE], S8453 [8DE]

——— legislative priorities, S6583 [10SE], S6863 [22SE]

——— tribute to Members and staff who worked on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, S8360 [3DE]

States: require States to establish highway stormwater management programs (S. 518), S992–S994 [12FE]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: preserve as a national security asset, S5201 [21JY], S5511 [23JY], S5917–S5919 [27JY], S6065 [28JY]

Taxation: increase certain fuel taxes, strengthen the earned income tax and child tax credits, and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment (S. 1994), S6927 [24SE], S7257–S7260 [8OC], S7454 [22OC], S7631 [29OC]

——— increase excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels, S8068 [18NO]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (S. 1186), S2601 [4MY]

Transportation: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to encourage freight planning and investment that incorporates all modes of transportation, including rail, waterways, ports, and highways to promote national connectivity, S1983 [26MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S2612, S2625 [5MY], S2744, S2747 [11MY], S2769, S2781 [12MY], S2817 [13MY], S2949–S2951 [18MY], S3010 [19MY], S3213–S3216 [21MY], S3276 [22MY], S3635, S3669–S3671 [3JN], S3917 [9JN], S4000–S4004 [10JN], S4079–S4081 [11JN], S4214 [17JN], S4334 [22JN], S4558 [24JN], S4929 [9JY], S5092 [15JY], S5181–S5184, S5186–S5191, S5194 [21JY], S5431, S5432, S5438–S5441, S5444–S5447 [22JY], S5477–S5484, S5486–S5500, S5506 [23JY], S5566–S5677 [24JY], S5701–S5710 [26JY], S5893, S5895–S5900, S5907–S5910, S5912–S5919, S5921, S5922 [27JY], S6045–S6056, S6058, S6062–S6066 [28JY], S6089, S6091, S6098–S6102, S6104–S6108, S6113–S6116, S6122–S6125 [29JY], S6147, S6149, S6153–S6162, S6166, S6181 [30JY], S6370 [5AU], S6682 [16SE], S6926–S6929 [24SE], S7183–S7185 [7OC], S7557 [28OC], S7631 [29OC], S7802–S7804, S7807–S7810 [5NO], S7881–S7887 [10NO], S8068, S8072 [18NO], S8227 [1DE], S8335, S8357–S8369 [3DE], S8428 [7DE], S8461 [8DE], S8565 [10DE], S8660 [15DE], S8758, S8759 [17DE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), S3198, S3199 [20MY], S3259–S3261, S3263, S3269 [22MY], S3315 [23MY], S3640 [3JN], S7077 [1OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), unanimous-consent agreement, S3316 [23MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), S5133, S5134, S5175 [16JY], S5181 [21JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), S6117–S6119 [29JY], S6147, S6164–S6166, S6181 [30JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), unanimous-consent agreement, S6144 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), S7484 [26OC], S7567, S7570, S7574–S7580, S7586, S7587 [28OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), unanimous-consent agreement, S7574 [28OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), unanimous-consent request, S7574 [28OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3996), S8030 [18NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3996), unanimous-consent agreement, S8126 [19NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1350), S2947 [14MY], S3005 [18MY], S3215 [21MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1647), S4634, S4635 [25JN], S5118–S5120 [15JY], S7437, S7453 [22OC], S7484 [26OC], S7579 [28OC]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, S86 [8JA], S388 [22JA], S520 [27JA], S874 [10FE], S3213–S3216 [21MY], S7087–S7089 [1OC], S7629–S7632 [29OC]

——— provide eligibility under certain highway programs for installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communications equipment, S8428 [7DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 546) (H. Rept. 114–360), H8970 [2DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2353, Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 271) (H. Rept. 114–120), H3308 [18MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2577, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 287) (H. Rept. 114–135), H3641 [1JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2898, Western Water and American Food Security Act and H.R. 3038, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, Part II: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 362) (H. Rept. 114–204), H5171 [14JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act and H.R. 1994, VA Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 388) (H. Rept. 114–234), H5587 [28JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 507) (H. Rept. 114–325), H7389 [2NO]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 512) (H. Rept. 114–326), H7622 [3NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2577) (H. Rept. 114–129), H3581 [29MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2577) (S. Rept. 114–75), S4646 [25JN]

Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1647) (S. Rept. 114–80), S5129 [15JY]

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 22) (H. Rept. 114–357), H8859 [1DE]

Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3763) (H. Rept. 114–318), H7346 [29OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3834, H3835, H3851, H3855, H3861, H3862, H3867 [3JN]

Statements

Federal-Aid Highway, Highway Safety, Motor Carrier Safety, Transit, and Other Highway Trust Fund-Funded Programs Extension: Representative Blumenauer, E1073, E1075 [15JY]

Summaries

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), H8990–H8992 [3DE]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H7621 [3NO], H9305 [11DE]

Committee on Agriculture (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H9305 [11DE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H9305 [11DE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) allocations relative to Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7621 [3NO]

Committee on Natural Resources (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H9305 [11DE]

Committee on Natural Resources (House) allocations relative to Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7622 [3NO]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H9305 [11DE]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) allocations relative to Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7622 [3NO]

Committee on Ways and Means (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, H9305 [11DE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House) allocations relative to Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7621 [3NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3818–H3825 [3JN]

Federal share of State capital outlays for highway & bridge projects, S5703 [26JY]

Federal share of State capital outlays for highway and bridge projects, S7184 [7OC]

Highway Trust Fund plotted against the number of U.S. Senators per 10 million people, H7720 [4NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 271, consideration of H.R. 2353, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H3321 [19MY]

H. Res. 287, consideration of H.R. 2577, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 2578, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H3652 [2JN]

H. Res. 362, consideration of H.R. 2898, Western Water and American Food Security Act and H.R. 3038, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, Part II, H5188 [15JY]

H. Res. 388, consideration of H.R. 1994, VA Accountability Act and H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, H5610 [29JY]

H. Res. 507, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, H7403 [3NO]

H. Res. 512, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, H7641 [4NO]

H. Res. 546, consideration of conference report on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H8975 [3DE]

H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, S5566–S5671 [24JY]

H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7517–H7579 [3NO]

H.R. 1694, Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act, H8164 [16NO]

H.R. 2353, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H3330–H3332 [19MY]

H.R. 2559, PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway, TX, H4352 [15JN]

H.R. 2577, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S8034–S8054 [18NO]

H.R. 3038, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, Part II, H5198–H5203 [15JY]

H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, H5640–H5647 [29JY]

H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H7207–H7211 [27OC]

H.R. 3996, Surface Transportation Extension Act, Part II, H8213–H8216 [16NO]

S. 461, Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act, S931 [11FE]

S. 518, Highway Runoff Management Act, S994 [12FE]

S. 1743, Motor Vehicle Safety Act, S4958–S4962 [9JY]

S. Res. 224, Liu Xiaobo Plaza, Washington, DC, S5213 [21JY]

S. Res. 226, Oswaldo Payá Way, Washington, DC, S5214 [21JY]

S. Res. 288, Highway Beautification Act anniversary, S7305 [19OC]

S. Res. 319, Drive Safer Sunday, S8165 [19NO]