In a rare case of congressional bipartisanship, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has approved a five-year, $303.5-billion highway measure. The May 26 vote on the bill—a high legislative priority for construction, engineering and transportation groups—was 20-0.
Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) said the new bill’s funding represents an increase of about 34% over the levels in the last multi-year highway legislation, the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation, or FAST, Act.