Tag: Transportation Empowerment Act

Roadbuilding

Highway users, road builders oppose bill to surrender federal highway authority

Transportation interests have written Congress to express opposition to the so-called “devolution” of the federal highway program and the proposed Transportation Empowerment Act. The bill, introduced in the House and Senate last fall, transfers almost all authority over federal highway and transit programs to the states over a five-year period. It would lower the federal […]

September 18, 2014

Business

Road builders, construction groups oppose bill to lower gas tax, surrender federal highway authority to states

Construction groups and transportation interests have written Congress to express opposition to the so-called “devolution” of the federal highway program and the proposed Transportation Empowerment Act. The bill, introduced in the House and Senate last fall, transfers almost all authority over federal highway and transit programs to the states over a five-year period. It would […]

September 18, 2014

Business

Bill calls for the elimination of federal transportation funding

While most are trying to figure out a way to free up more federal funding for transportation, two Congressmen have introduced a bill that would cut it altogether. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Tom Graves (R-Georgia) have filed the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA), according to our sister site Better Roads. The bill calls for […]

November 18, 2013

Roadbuilding

Lawmakers file bill to remove federal transportation funding

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Congressman Tom Graves (R-Ga.) have filed a bill that would eventually eliminate federal funding for transportation infrastructure, The Hill reports. The Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA) would lower the federal gas tax from 18.4 cents per gallon to 3.7 cents per gallon in five years, while moving authority over federal highways […]

November 15, 2013