Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee Sends Bill To Full Committee - Highlights

  • 7 June 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
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On June 5 the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Appropriations Subcommittee (THUD) approved its FY2019 appropriations bill including funding for transportation infrastructure development.

 

The bill provides $71.4 billion in discretionary spending for DOT, Housing & Urban Development, and other agencies.  Funding for the entire bill is $1.1 billion above FY2018 enacted levels. The bill will go to the full Senate Appropriations Committee on June 8.

Federal Transit Administration Publishes Private Investment Project Procedures

  • 31 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
  • Number of views: 400
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is issuing a final rule describing new, experimental procedures to encourage increased project management flexibility, more innovation in project funding, improved efficiency, timely project implementation, and new project revenue streams for public transportation capital projects. A primary goal of this final rule is to address impediments to the greater use of public-private partnerships and private investment in public transportation capital projects. FTA anticipates using the lessons learned from these experimental procedures to develop more effective approaches to including private participation and investment in project planning, project development, finance, design, construction, maintenance, and operations.

 

The final rule’s effective date is June 29, 2018.  The final rule is here.

FTA Announces $25.8 Million for Transit Planning

  • 24 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
  • Number of views: 405
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of $25.8 million in grant funds to support comprehensive planning associated with new fixed guideway and core capacity improvement projects.  Applications are due July 23, 2018.

Mulvaney Not Onboard With House BUILD and CIG Approps

Letter to Chairman Expresses Concerns

  • 22 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney expressed misgivings about several transportation provisions included the House version of the FY 2019 Transportation HUD (THUD) Appropriations bill passed last week in subcommittee.

If You're Not Already Preparing for Revenue Raisers, You're Not Doing It Right

The Department of the Treasury is steadily making progress on writing guidance for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and have announced a tentative release schedule: June/July for the passthrough deduction, late summer/early fall for the new limitations on interest expense, and December for the big international provisions (e.g. GILTI and BEAT).

 

In the meantime, the Committee on Ways and Means is contemplating a second round of tax cuts, or Tax Reform 2.0 as they like to call it. They are aiming to make permanent the new individual provisions as well as full expensing for businesses.
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Grant Due: FY 2023-2025 Residential Treatment Center Services for Unaccompanied Children

FY 2023-2025 Residential Treatment Center Services for Unaccompanied Children  

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to provide temporary shelter care and other services to unaccompanied children by supporting eligible residential treatment center (RTC) care providers that specialize in the high quality care of children who have psychiatric or psychological issues that cannot be addressed in an outpatient setting and will require heightened behavioral and/or mental health support. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Residential treatment center (RTC) care providers, including: state and local governments, special district governments, independent school districts, private, public, and state-controlled institutions of higher education, Federally recognized Native American tribal governments, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, and for-profit organizations, including small businesses and Faith based and community organizations 

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $50 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 3, 2025

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Join the Allergy and Asthma Network’s Virtual Advocacy Day!

The AAN will hold its virtual Allergy and Asthma Day Capitol Hill to connect with Congress and advocate on behalf of the millions of Americans living with asthma, allergies, COVID-19, and related conditions.

You are invited to join the Allergy & Asthma Network’s virtual Allergy and Asthma Day Capitol Hill (AADCH) on Wednesday, May 4th from 9:00a.m—5:00p.m. ET. Participants will connect with Congress to discuss issues impacting Americans living with asthma, allergies, COVID-19, and related conditions.

Participants are encouraged to engage virtually throughout the day by emailing and calling your members of Congress and posting on social media. Be sure to tag the Allergy and Asthma Network and use the hashtag #AADCH2022!

The event includes a Capitol Hill Lunch Briefing livestream with speakers Tonya A. Winders, President and CEO, Allergy & Asthma Network; U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus Co-Chair and co-sponsor of the bipartisan "Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act"; U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna D-CA) – Invited; Mark Corbett, MD, President, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) on the “The State of Asthma & Allergy Care in the United States”; Dr. James Kiley, PhD, Director of the Division of Lung Disease, National Health, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH); and Alejandra Nuñez, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

View the full schedule and register here.

WHO:     Hosted by the Allergy & Asthma Network

WHAT:   Allergy and Asthma Day Capitol Hill

WHEN:   Wednesday, May 4th from 9:00a.m.—5:00p.m. ET

WHERE: Virtual, on Zoom. Register here.

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