News and reports from the Department of Transportation.

Chairs DeFazio, Payne, Jr. Announce Hearing to Discuss the Surface Transportation Board’s Role in Resolving Freight Rail Conflicts

Chair DeFazio Statement on the Reported Move of Boeing

NTSB Issues Investigative Update for Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse

PHMSA Issues Proposed Civil Penalty of Nearly $1 Million to Colonial Pipeline Company for Control Room Management Failures

There was activity on one bill related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 9.

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

“Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter“ was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D473-D474 on May 5

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 Washington Examiner detailing how the Biden administration’s rollback of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting reforms not only delays infrastructure buildout following the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law, but also hinders the administration’s own energy goals.

Carper, Duckworth, Booker Applaud Creation of New DOJ Office of Environmental Justice

Senate Passes Capito’s Motion by Bipartisan Vote Amid Progressives’ Cry to Declare Climate a National Emergency

Cantwell-Led Bill Would Restore FTC Authority to Return Billions to Consumers Ripped off by Scams, Fraud, Deception

Biden Administration Continues War on American Minerals

EPW Committee Unanimously Advances Water Resources Development Act

Chair DeFazio Honors the Legacy of Former DOT Secretary Norman Y. Mineta

EPW Committee Unanimously Passes 2022 WRDA