News and reports from the Department of Transportation.

Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Graduate Fellowship grant opened on Feb. 21.

Developing Best Practices and Training for Driver Education grant opened on Feb. 20.

There were 16 notices published by the Transportation Department in week ending Feb. 11, according to the Federal Register.

There was an National Transportation Safety Board update to the Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, including calls for new regulation from Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and other organizations.

“REINTRODUCTION OF THE AMERICAN PORT ACCESS PRIVILEGES ACT OF 2023“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E121 on Feb. 14

In the wake of the recent Ohio train derailment, rail regulations are being discussed.

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reinstating the finding that it is “appropriate and necessary" to regulate mercury and toxic air pollution ...

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) wrote to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell asking for an accounting of the more than $110 billion from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) that has been used in response to the COVID-19 emergency declarations.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the vice chairs for the Committee’s six subcommittees.

In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing titled “Bringing Transparency and Accountability to Pharmacy Benefit Managers,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised concerns about new powers being given to the Federal Trade Commission in light of the abrupt resignation announcement by Commissioner Christine Wilson.

U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today released the following joint statement ahead of the March 9th expiration of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority:

In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing on “the Federal Aviation Administration’s NOTAM System Failure and its Impacts on a Resilient National Airspace,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) criticized U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s failure to deliver any meaningful reforms to the FAA and discussed the need for upgrades to the FAA and its air traffic organization in light of the unprecedented NOTAM failure that stranded thousands of travelers.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the following opening remarks at today’s hearing with Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen on last month’s FAA NOTAM system failure and ensuring the safety and security of our nation’s airspace. Cantwell also pointed to the lack of diversity in aviation, calling for continued work to encourage more women to enter the aviation industry.