After several delays and short-term extensions, Congress agreed on a five-year transportation bill covering roads and transit systems. The $300 billion bill determines the budget for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the funding for which comes from the Highway Trust Fund (rather than the annual appropriations bills covering the other primary statistical agencies, which are still waiting to know their FY16 funding levels.) The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act , H.R. 22, freezes the BTS budget at $26 million for FY16-FY20 despite support expressed in an ASA-organized letter signed by 20 organizations — including AAA, the ASA, the American Trucking Association, and the U.S
Transportation Statistics Special Interest Group
Two recently introduced House and Senate transportation bills include provisions to give the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) more control over its budget, information technology (IT), and publications. Senator John Thune (R-SD), chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST) Committee introduced S. 1732, the Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015 last week, just a few weeks after Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL), ranking member of the Research and Infrastructure Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology (SST) Committee introduced H.R. 2886, the Future Transportation Research and Innovation for Prosperity (FutureTRIP) Act
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