Senate Scheduled to Vote March 13 on Transportation Reauthorization Bill

On March 13, 2012, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 1813, a bill that would reauthorize the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for two years. According to the Senate, several amendments would be voted on during March 13 debate, culminating with a vote on the bill. On March 8, 2012 three amendments were adopted by the Senate, including one on special measures against foreign jurisdictions that impede U.S. tax enforcement.

(See ITT’s Online Archives 11110903 for summary of the 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. See ITT’s Online Archives 12030909 for summary of House Speaker Boehner’s decision to have the House act on S. 1813, rather than go forward on their own five-year transportation reform bill that was still in the works.)

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