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Tag: House Appropriations Committee
Safety
House bill would cut funding to OSHA and MSHA, increase NIOSH budget
As part of a draft funding bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) would receive modest budget cuts in fiscal year 2019, Safety + Health reports. The draft bill allocates $545.3 […]
June 29, 2018
Safety
House subcommittee approves bill cutting OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH funding
The House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee met July 7 to mark up the text of a draft bill released by the House Appropriations Committee for FY 2017. According to a report from Safety + Health, the bill’s proposed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) budget of $534.4 million would be approximately 3.3 […]
July 13, 2016
Roadbuilding
Full House Appropriations Committee OKs FY2017 THUD funding bill
The full House Appropriations Committee has approved on a voice vote the fiscal year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) funding bill, sending it on to vote by the full chamber. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) would receive $19.2 billion in discretionary appropriations, a boost of $540 million compared to fiscal year 2016, […]
May 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Louisiana faces bridge and road budget crisis after recent flooding
Louisiana suffered approximately $20 million in damage to its bridges and roads due to recent flooding, state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Shawn Wilson said during a meeting of the subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, according to a report in the New Orleans Advocate. The subcommittee is reviewing the DOTD’s proposed $583 million operating budget for the 2016-2017 […]
April 11, 2016
Roadbuilding
New stopgap House bill would cut transportation funding by $1 billion
The House Appropriations Committee introduced a new bill on Tuesday to fund the Transportation Department and provide funding to the soon-to-be expiring Highway Trust Fund for fiscal year 2016, according to The Hill. The $55.3 billion bill would provide $40.3 billion to the Highway Trust Fund Act, which is set to expire by the end of […]
April 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
House Appropriations Committee approves major cuts to TIGER program
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved major cuts to 2014 TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants in a markup of the panel’s Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill, Salon reports. The bill reduces the TIGER program from $500 million to $100 million. A report from The Hill notes that the bill […]
May 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
House Rules Committee to approve rule for transportation, housing spending
The House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday to approve a rule for the 2014 transportation and housing spending bill, according to a report from The Hill. The rule could mean the bill, H.R. 2610, will be considered by the House sometime this month. The legislation proposes a $44.1 billion budget for the departments […]
July 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
Texas Senate, House propose differing transportation funding plans
The Texas Senate and House have radically different ideas about how to raise funds for highway spending, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The Texas Senate on Thursday passed Senate Joint Resolution 1 (SJR1), which proposes earmarking a portion of the severance taxes collected from the state’s oil and gas industry to fund transportation. The proposed constitutional […]
July 12, 2013
Roadbuilding
House Appropriation Committee approves $44.1 billion DOT, HUD budget
The full House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a $44.1 billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill on a vote of 28-20. The House committee’s bill is $9.9 billion below the Senate Appropriation Committee’s bill. Prior to approving the budget, the House Appropriations Committee adopted several amendments to the bill. Among the amendments affecting transportation […]
June 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
House Appropriations Committee to revise USDOT, HUD budget
The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to revise the proposed $44.1 billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations budget. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved the budget last week. Tomorrow’s hearing will give committee members a chance to propose […]
June 26, 2013
Construction Equipment
FY13 funding for DOT released. Ouch!
The House Appropriations Committee has released the fiscal year 2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill. Apparently the old adage that the first cut is the deepest isn’t always true. All of the proposed cuts hurt. But there is 39.1B from the Highway Trust Fund for the Federal Highway program (until a reauthorization bill […]
June 6, 2012
Roadbuilding
Financial District
A fiscal year 2012 transportation spending breakdown.
October 4, 2011
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