Senate Pushes Vote to March 14 on Transportation Reauthorization Bill
On March 14, 2012, the Senate will continue its consideration of S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for two years. While a vote on the bill was scheduled for March 13, 2012, the Senate instead only considered amendments. The Senate has scheduled a vote on the bill for the morning of March 14, 2012. Press reports indicate that, after the Senate approves the bill, the House must take it up quickly, as current highway funding expires on March 31, 2012.
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(See ITT’s Online Archives 11110903 for summary of the November 7, 2011 introduction of S. 1813, also known as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), which was amended and approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on November 9, 2011 and reported with amendments on February 6, 2012. See ITT’s Online Archives 12030909 for summary of House Speaker Boehner’s decision to have the House act on S. 1813, rather than go forward on their own five-year transportation reform bill that one Congressman stated was still in the works. See ITT's Online Archives 12031317 for summary of the scheduling of the final vote on S. 1813 for March 13, 2012.)
Text of S. 1813 as reported by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is available here.