Long-term funding for highway programs, greater focus on severe-weather resilience and enhancing resources for electric vehicle charging infrastructure are policy priorities for the association that represents the country’s state transportation agencies.
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“With infrastructure investment being the top national priority, AASHTO continues to call for a bipartisan bill that strengthens and builds upon formula-based funding to states," Executive Director Jim Tymon says. (aashtovideo via YouTube)
AASHTO Highlights Funding, Infrastructure Resilience Policies
“With infrastructure investment being the top national priority, AASHTO continues to call for a bipartisan bill that strengthens and builds upon formula-based funding to states," Executive Director Jim Tymon says. (aashtovideo via YouTube) Government, Business 
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House Approves $715 Billion Highway Policy Bill
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsLegislation that would update the country’s highway and wastewater policies was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 1, an effort by congressional Democrats to advance President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar infrastructure agenda.
July 1, 2021 Government, Business 
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US House Highway Bill to Reach Floor This Month
BanksPhotos/Getty ImagesFloor consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives of legislation that would update the country’s surface transportation policies is expected as early as this month.
June 21, 2021 Government 
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) says the legislation facilitates access to new and existing technologies. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg News)
House Transportation Panel to Consider Highway Bill June 9
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) says the legislation facilitates access to new and existing technologies. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg News)The Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives plans to make good on its pledge to pass some type of an infrastructure bill by July 4. And the path toward that goal runs through the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
June 7, 2021 Government, Business 
Shelley Moore Capito by Al Drago/Bloomberg News; Joe Biden by Evan Vucci/AP
House Committee, White House Prepare for Highway Bill’s Consideration
Shelley Moore Capito by Al Drago/Bloomberg News; Joe Biden by Evan Vucci/APThe White House intends to schedule meetings with transportation leaders next week before the congressional committees’ consideration of multiyear highway policy bills.
May 6, 2021 Government, Business, Safety 
Some of the measures will include the safety of pedestrians. (txking/Getty Images)
Safety Is a Priority for Policymakers Pursuing Highway Bill
Some of the measures will include the safety of pedestrians. (txking/Getty Images)Transportation policymakers in Congress aiming to produce comprehensive highway legislation this year pledged to boost safety policies across the mobility grid.
February 25, 2021 Government 
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) by Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)
Vote to Approve Yearlong Highway Law Extension on Senate’s Agenda
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) by Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)The extension of the law governing the country’s highway policies is before the Senate as part of legislation meant to avert a partial shutdown of federal agencies.
September 24, 2020 Government, Business 
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Highway Bill Stuck in Limbo Amid Negotiations
DeFazio (left) via House T&I Committee/YouTube; Barrasso via C-SPANLess than two months before the country’s current highway policy law expires, congressional leaders and the White House are plodding through negotiations on a new highway bill.
August 12, 2020 Government 
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio by Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg News
House Panel Advances Multiyear Highway Bill
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio by Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg NewsThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a five-year, $494 billion highway policy bill June 18.
June 19, 2020 Government, Business, Safety 
Traffic travels on Interstate 95 past a bridge replacement project over the Meherrin River near Emporia, Va. (Virginia Department of Transportation)
House Democrats Unveil Five-Year Highway Policy Bill
Traffic travels on Interstate 95 past a bridge replacement project over the Meherrin River near Emporia, Va. (Virginia Department of Transportation)A multiyear bill with the aim of enhancing funding and safety for freight and commuter programs was unveiled by House Democrats on June 3.
June 3, 2020