美国参议院设想的地表运输套餐落地的另一份,商业委员会批准衡量标准的衡量标准,授权客运和公路安全计划多年超过5年。一些资金将用于基础设施。

The committee approved the legislation on June 16, by a strongly bipartisan 25-3 vote. The three “no” votes were all from Republicans: Ted Cruz (Texas), Mike Lee (Utah) and Rick Scott (Fla.).

[查看条例草案的修改后here。]

委员会主席玛丽亚康斯威尔(D-Wash。)表示,该法案“大幅下跌 - 780亿美元的重建和改造我们国家的关键交通基础设施,是我们经济未来的关键,创造更多的工作。”

The panel’s top GOP member, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, said, “This legislation stands as a major example of how bipartisanship is still alive and well in the Senate.”

Rail would receive the largest share of the bill’s funding, $36 billion. Of that sum, Amtrak would get $25 billion, for the railroad’s Northeast Corridor and other routes around the country, as well as for rail service funded jointly by Amtrak and states.

Amtrak said in a statement to ENR that it "looks forward to working with both the House and the Senate to address the issues most critical to the future of inter-city passenger rail—reliable and robust investment in the improvement of our infrastructure, fleet and stations and the expansion of the network to serve more of America with faster, better service."

Rail safety programs would receive $7.5 billion, including a new $500-million a year program to remove dangerous grade crossings

Multimodal and freight infrastructure would get $28 billion, including $7.5 billion for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s RAISE discretionary grant program. It also would authorize the popular program for the first time in its 12-year history.

多年来,该计划已由年度拨款资助,并绘制了比DOT可用的资金更多的申请。它最初被称为Tiger Grant计划。特朗普政府改名为IT建立,拜登政府改变了它来提高,这代表着可持续性和公平的重建美国基础设施。

Elsewhere in the Commerce Committee’s bill, highway safety would get a $13-billion allocation. That includes $6 billion for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, $4.6 billion for truck safety and $500 million for planning for hazardous-materials accidents and training first responders to address them.

商务委员会的行动遵循参议院环境和公共工程委员会于5月26日的一致批准,每股3124亿美元高速公路和桥梁措施,这将是地表运输包的最大部分。

[查看May新利18备用 26在公路账单上的故事here]

Still to come are the transit section, from the Banking Committee, and most importantly, a revenue measure, which is the responsibility of the Finance Committee.

目前的表面运输法规,2015年修复美国表面交通法案的一年延长,计划于9月30日失效。

在众议院,6月10日的交通和基础设施委员会批准了54.7亿美元的地表运输措施,包括3430亿美元用于公路和桥梁建设和公路安全。

The House panel’s bill has $95 billion for freight and passenger rail, including $32 billion for Amtrak. That package also has $109 billion for transit, but it lacks a revenue title.

Story updated on 6/17/2021 with Amtrak statement.