Seeming lost amid the ongoing developments in the U.S. House of Representatives over the infrastructure bill and next fiscal year’s spending plan was the expiration of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act on Sept. 30.
The law authorizes funding for various federal transportation programs including funding for highways, public transit funding and Amtrak.
As has happened in other years, including 2020, Congress has approved a temporary extension of the FAST Act.
That legislation was signed by President Joseph Biden on Oct. 2 and maintains funding for road and transit programs for a month.
However, the extension won’t provide any new funding to state departments of transportation and some U.S. Department of Transportation workers will be temporarily furloughed.
The Senate’s five-year transportation authorization is included in the infrastructure plan
Tags: Congress, FAST Act, Federal transportation funding, Fixing America's Surface Transportation, surface transportation authorizations
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