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Amendment aims to raise federal gas tax as part of long-term transportation bill
An amendment to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform (STRR) Act (HR 3763) filed late last week aims to raise federal gas and diesel taxes by 15 cents over a three period and would tie them to inflation. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) filed HR 680, the Update, Promote, and Develop America’s Transportation Essentials (UPDATE) Act on Oct. […]
November 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Larsen co-sponsors bill calling for 15-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase for transportation funding
Representative Rick Larsen (D-Washington) has cosponsored H.R. 680, the UPDATE Act, which would raise the gas tax by 15 cents per gallon over a three-year period. The bill was first proposed by Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and was referenced in a recent House Ways and Means Committee meeting on transportation funding. “Our country’s transportation funding is […]
July 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
Proposed bill would raise federal gas tax by $0.15 for highway funding
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced into the House on Wednesday a bill that would nearly double federal fuel taxes as a means of funding highways, according to a report from our sister site Overdrive. Blumenauer said the $0.15-per-gallon increase would be a short-term option to make up for shortfalls in the dwindling Highway Trust Fund […]
December 5, 2013
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