TEA 21 Extended Again - Through June 30, 2005; Conferees Appointed
May 27, 2005
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With the current - and sixth - extension of TEA 21 expiring on May 31, the House and Senate this week extended it for the seventh time, through June 30, 2005. The President is expected to sign the extension bill. This is a "clean" extension that simply extends funding of transit and highway programs another month. In addition, late yesterday the House and Senate appointed members of a conference committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate reauthorization bills; a list of those conferees is attached. House and Senate staff are expected to begin preliminary negotiations as early as today.
Last week, by a vote of 89-11, the Senate passed H.R. 3, the bill that would reauthorize federal transit and highway programs through Fiscal Year 2009. The bill guarantees $293.4 billion in funding, including $53.8 billion for transit over six years. In March the House passed its bill with $52.3 billion guaranteed for transit.
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Transit Funding in Senate and House TEA 21 Reauthorization Bills |
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In millions of dollars |
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Category |
FY 2004 |
FY 2005 |
FY 2006 |
FY 2007 |
FY 2008 |
FY 2009 |
Six-year Total |
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Senate-passed Bill Bill as Amended |
$7,266 |
$7,646 |
$8,900 |
$9,267 |
$10,051 |
$10,686 |
$53,816 |
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House-passed Bill |
$7,266 |
$7,646 |
$8,482 |
$9,042 |
$9,639 |
$10,277 |
$52,352 |
House Speaker Hastert (R-IL) has asked House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Thomas (R-CA) to meet with Senate Finance Committee Chair Grassley (R-IA) to review the Senate's offsets that "pay for" the Senate's higher funding level to see whether they could be acceptable to the House.
For more information on reauthorization, please contact Rob Healy of APTA's Government Affairs Department at (202) 496-4811 or email rhealy@apta.com.
ACTION CALL! Talk to your Congressional delegation during the Memorial Day recess. Impress upon them the urgency to get the bill done for long-term planning and financing purposes. Seven extensions are enough! - Urge House members to tell their leadership to accept the higher funding level in the Senate bill to address critical transportation infrastructure needs; and
- Urge Senators to strongly support the funding levels in the Senate-passed bill.
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Conferees
While Senate conferees may negotiate on all issues in both bills, House members from different committees will be negotiating with the Senate only on certain provisions related to their committee's jurisdiction. For more information on the conference committee, please contact Rob Healy of APTA's Government Affairs Department at (202) 496-4811 or email rhealy@apta.com.
Senators:
Inhofe (R-OK), Warner (R-VA), Bond (R-MO), Voinovich (R-OH), Chafee (R-RI), Murkowski (R-AK), Thune (R-SD), DeMint (R-SC), Isakson (R-GA), Vitter (R-LA), Grassley (R-IA), Hatch (R-UT), Shelby (R-AL), Allard (R-CO), Stevens (R-AK), Lott (R-MS), Jeffords (I-VT), Baucus (D-MT), Lieberman (D-CT), Boxer (D-CA), Carper (D-DE), Clinton (D-NY), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Obama (D-IL), Conrad (D-ND), Inouye (D-HI), Rockefeller (D-WV), Sarbanes (D-MD), Reed (D-RI), and Johnson (D-SD).
Representatives:
From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for consideration of all issues except revenue and taxes: Representatives Young (R-AK), Petri (R-WI), Boehlert (R-NY), Coble (R-NC), Duncan (R-TN), Mica (R-FL), Hoekstra (R-MI), LaTourette (R-OH), Bachus (R-AL), Baker (R-LA), Miller (R-CA), Hayes (R-NC), Simmons (R-CT), Brown (R-SC), Graves (R-MO), Shuster (R-PA), Boozman (R-AR), Oberstar (D-MN), Rahall (D-WV), DeFazio (D-OR), Costello (D-IL), Norton (D-DC), Nadler (D-NY), Menendez (D-NJ), Brown (D-FL), Filner (D-CA), E.B. Johnson (D-TX), Taylor (D-MS), Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Cummings (D-MD), Blumenauer (D-OR), and Tauscher (D-CA);
From the Committee on the Budget, for consideration tax-related issues: Representatives Nussle (R-IA), Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Spratt (D-SC);
From the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for consideration of employment and persons with disabilities-related issues, among others: Representatives Kline (R-MN), Keller (R-FL), and Barrow (D-GA);
From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of provisions relating to Clean Air Act provisions of transportation planning: Representatives Barton (R-TX), Pickering (R-MS), and Dingell (D-MI);
From the Committee on Government Reform, for consideration of intergovernmental issues: Representatives Davis (R-VA), Platts (R-PA), and Waxman (D-CA);
From the Committee on Homeland Security, for consideration of homeland security-related issues: Representatives Cox (R-CA), Lungren (R-CA), and Thompson (D-MS);
From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of safety and legal issues: Representatives Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Smith (R-TX), and Conyers (D-MI);
From the Committee on Resources, for consideration of issues related to parks and other federal lands: Representatives Pombo (R-CA), Walden (R-OR), and Kind (D-WI);
From the Committee on Rules, for consideration of funding guarantees: Representatives Dreier (R-CA), Capito (R-WV), and McGovern (D-MA);
From the Committee on Science, for consideration of research issues: Representatives Ehlers (R-MI), Reichert (R-WA), and Gordon (D-TN);
From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of tax-related issues: Representatives Thomas (R-CA), McCrery (R-LA), and Rangel (D-NY); and
For consideration of the House bill and Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: House Majority Leader DeLay (R-TX).
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