Transport Appropriations Panel Clears DOT Budget
The House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee approved President Bush’s request for transportation spending, including significant increases for truck safety
The House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee approved President Bush’s request for transportation spending, including significant increases for truck safety.
The $59 billion budget boosts overall Department of Transportation spending by 2% over last fiscal year. It still must clear the Appropriations Committee, as well as the House itself.
Preserved in the budget is a 28% increase for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which regulates truck and bus safety. That increase comes on top of a 60% increase last year, reflecting the expense of creating the new agency but also reflecting congressional commitment to highway safety.
One FMCSA increase of $88.2 million goes to preparing a system to manage safety of Mexican trucks that are now scheduled to start crossing the U.S. border starting early next year. Another $206 million goes for motor carrier safety grants.
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