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NADO Issues Action Alert on Surface Transportation Reauthorization

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SPECIFIC ACTION NEEDED:

Urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language (included in H.R. 7) for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning

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House and Senate Leaders Name Conferees to Negotiate Surface Transportation Legislation

ACTION NEEDED:
Please continue to urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning process (including the establishment of Regional Transportation Planning Organizations for areas outside…

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NADO Issues Action Alert on Upcoming House-Senate Conference of Surface Transportation Reauthorization

SPECIFIC ACTION NEEDED:
Urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning process (including the establishment of Regional Transportation Planning Organizations for areas outside of MPOs),…

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House Clears Another Short Term Extension of Surface Transportation Programs, Paves the Way for Possible Conference with Senate

On April 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed another 90-day extension of surface transportation programs (H.R. 4348) which House leaders plan to use as a vehicle to begin a conference committee with the U.S. Senate, which has already approved…

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FY13 Appropriations Process Moves Forward as Subcommittees Begin to Markup Bills

This week the House and Senate have begun to hold appropriations “markups” at the subcommittee level of several key FY2013 appropriations bills. A markup is the process by which a U.S. congressional committee debates, amends, and approves proposed legislation.
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Congress Clears 90-Day Extension of Surface Transportation Programs

On March 29, the House passed a 90-day extension of surface transportation programs (H.R. 4281) by a vote of 266-158.  The measure, which only required a simple majority vote to pass, extends programs under the Highway Trust Fund as well…

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NADO Analysis of the President’s FY13 Budget

NADO released its annual in-depth analysis of the President’s FY2013 federal budget blueprint.  A copy of the written summary, with accompanying budget chart, was emailed to the full membership.  In addition, the association hosted a members-only webinar today to discuss…

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Senate Finance Chair Releases Funding Ideas for Transportation Bill

On February 4, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) unveiled his plan, Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act of 2012, (http://finance NULL.senate NULL.gov/newsroom/chairman/release/index NULL.cfm?id=4f035bc1-14e2-4bea-8d0b-7e578fa5bfbc) to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent through FY2013.  The Senate Finance Committee…

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House Transportation Committee Approves Surface Bill After Long, Partisan Markup

On January 31, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, led by Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chairman John Duncan (R-TN) unveiled the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act” (H.R. 7).  On February 2, the committee…

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Final FAA Reauthorization Deal Modifies Essential Air Service

After more than four years of extensions and delays, Congress reached a final agreement this week on a four-year reauthorization for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs.  The House-Senate conference report (H.R. 658, H. Rpt. 112-381) authorizes $15.8 billion annually for…

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