House Leaders Graves, Larsen Unveil 5-Year Highway Bill

Pass an infrastructure bill that builds on what works

America’s transportation system is the backbone of our economy, and the decisions Congress makes in the coming months will determine whether goods and services can continue to move on time, safely, and efficiently. Critical infrastructure funding is set to expire in September, and while House and Senate committees are moving toward early action, history tells us that delays are likely.   In 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provid…

House Leaders Graves, Larsen Unveil 5-Year Highway Bill

The BUILD America 250 Act would reauthorize federal surface transportation programs covering roads, bridges, transit, rail and safety.

House T&I Committee Develop BUILD America 250 Act

The BUILD America 250 Act—Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250th Act—emphasizes moving people, goods, and freight safely and efficiently across the country. According to the Committee, the bill (download below) “provides the largest ever investment in America’s bridges, focuses on proven surface transportation infrastructure programs, provides passenger rail investments and reforms, improves rail safety, …

ARTBA’s First Look: House Surface Transportation Reauthorization Proposal

The House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) May 17 released a five-year surface transportation bill called the Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act.) The bill would authorize $580 billion in funding for highway, transit, and safety programs through Sept. 30, 2031. The measure would maintain core…

House T&I leaders unveil IIJA successor bill

Leaders of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee introduced a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill as expiration of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) approaches this September. The BUILD America 250 Act, which is short for the Building Unrivaled Infrastructure & Long-term Development for America’s 250th Act, would authorize $293.9 billion for the nation’s federal-aid highway programs…

Will the BUILD America 250 Act be the next capacity squeeze

The BUILD America 250 Act changes broker qualification rules, overhauls the DataQs violation dispute process, and puts a federal clock on hair drug testing. Here is what those three provisions mean for brokers, motor carriers, insurance renewals and driver capacity