House Likely to Move Highway Bill Forward This Month

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is likely to hold a meeting later this month to consider a multi-year surface transportation authorization bill.  The Committee markup could be as earlier as Wednesday, September 16, 2015, but could be delayed to allow Committee Members to finalize the bill.  The current extension of highway and transit program funding expires on October 29, 2015. 

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) stated this week that the Highway Trust Fund now is likely to remain solvent until June 2016, rather than the end of calendar 2015, which might reduce the sense of urgency in Congress to pass a bill and make another extension more likely.