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April 5: bills handled by Environment and Public Works Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Environment and Public Works Committee on April 5.


Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters discussed on April 4 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


President Biden, USDOT Announce More than $20 Billion for Communities of All Sizes to Support Transit This Year

News Release: President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides largest-ever investment in transit, giving riders better service while creating jobs and growing U.S. manufacturing


News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today dedicated the newly commissioned and environmentally sustainable air traffic control tower at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.


There was activity on two bills related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 4.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today welcomed the announcement of the Biden-Harris Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure, which includes key investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and American Rescue Plan championed by Senator Carper.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, wrote an op-ed for the Wheeling Intelligencer over the weekend detailing how the Biden administration’s domestic energy policies have led to record-high gas prices and how these decisions exacerbate the energy crisis in Europe given the invasion of Ukraine.


Carper Statement on Latest U.N. Climate Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the latest climate mitigation report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...


“MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on March 31

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE” on March 31.


FAA Updates Airport Design Guidance

News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration updated its advisory circular on Airport Design that provides guidance to airport sponsors and airport consultants designing and developing airports around the country.


DOT-OSDBU offers new grant application process starting April 4

Central Regional Small Business Transportation Resource Center grant opened on April 4.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Civil Penalties discussed on April 1 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Transportation Department discusses Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) on April 1

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


“WILLIAM T. COLEMAN, JR. AND NORMAN Y. MINETA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HEADQUARTERS ACT” was published on pages H3996-H3997 of the Congressional Record on March 30.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.