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News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (the Bureau) has provided a new TIFIA direct loan in the amount of up to $464.96 million to the Kiewit Meridiam Partners LLC (KMP) for the Central 70 Project (the Project). The Department provides TIFIA and other surface transportation infrastructure financing through the Bureau.
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News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S Department of Transportation today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration will designate 44 projects around the country as INFRA Extra, making them eligible to apply for credit assistance for up to 49% of costs. These projects made it to the final round for funding under ...
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News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Republican leaders detailed their opposition to the Committee Majority’s partisan budget reconciliation recommendations passed by the Majority in a markup last week. This is the second time this year that the T&I Majority rammed through a budget reconciliation measure, this time for the Committee’s $60 billion portion of the Speaker’s latest $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree.
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There were eight press releases published by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in August.
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News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has selected five recipients to receive a total of $5 million under the new Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (RIA) program. The RIA program will help accelerate project delivery through a variety of ways, including project planning, studies and analysis, and preliminary engineering and design work. The selected RIAs are:
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it has provided a package of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans of up to $3.84 billion for the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) for the financing of the Downtown Redmond ...
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News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Disruption in the Skies: The Surge in Air Rage and its Effects on Workers, ...
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News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today invited the public to provide its input on the draft environmental review for the proposed SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy program in Boca Chica, Texas.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced 14 awards totaling $12,356,197 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization ...
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News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s markup of the Committee Majority’s contribution to the Speaker’s $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation spending spree...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) joined the American Lung Association (ALA), as well as advocates from national health organizations and school nurses in a press conference on Capitol Hill where they called for greater federal investment in zero-emission electric school buses. ...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) will hold a hearing on three of President Biden's nominees to key positions at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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News Release: Washington, DC - The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, led by Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR), today advanced legislation in a vote of 37-29 to invest nearly $60 billion to make America’s infrastructure more sustainable, resilient, and equitable, and to reduce carbon pollution from the transportation sector-the number one source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
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News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Majority today passed its nearly $60 billion contribution to Speaker Pelosi’s $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation tax and spending spree during today’s Committee markup.
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s committee markup to consider the committee’s portion of the Build Back Better Act. Video of DeFazio’s opening statement is here. More information on the markup can be found here.
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There were 31 notices published by the Transportation Department in week ending Sept. 12, according to the Federal Register.
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News Release: In This Section * Newsroom * Press Releases * Speeches * Testimony * Medium Blog * Press Offices * DOT Social Media * Subscribe to USDOT Press Releases Media Contact Press Office US Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590 United States Email: pressoffice@dot.gov ...
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News Release: Safely integrating drones into the National Airspace System is a key priority for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and our third-annual Drone Safety Awareness Week helps ensure drone operators understand that they are pilots who must fly safely.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a nine page rule on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.