Today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation approved the FY 2013 transportation spending bill, which included funding for the federal-aid highway program at $39.1 billion – the same level as FY 2012. The Senate approved its version of the appropriations bill last month, which provided the same level of funding as the House. This amount is approximately $2 billion (5 percent) below the FY 2011 level. The House bill eliminates funds for high-speed rail and the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program, while the Senate bill included $500 million for the TIGER grants. The House bill cuts the transit capital program by $138 million and the Senate bill increases this program by $89 million.
The full House Appropriations Committee will take up the measure later this month, but ultimately, the bill's spending levels are tied to the transportation authorization bill that is now being debated in a conference between the House and Senate. Current program authorization expires on June 30.
For more information, please contact Brian Deery at (703) 837-5319 or deeryb@agc.org.
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