Senate Resumes Consideration of its Transportation Reauthorization Bill

On March 6, 2012 the Senate resumed consideration of S. 1813, which would reauthorize the Federal-Aid Highway and highway safety construction programs. On March 7, 2012 the Senate agreed to proceed to consideration of amendments to the bill starting March 8 and, if the package of amendments is agreed to, S. 1813 will be up for full Senate vote.

(See ITT’s Online Archives 11110903 for summary of November 7, 2011 introduction of S. 1813, also known as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), which was amended and approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on November 9, 2011 and reported with amendments on February 6, 2012.)

Text of S. 1813 as reported by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is available here.