ENR
Tom Ichniowshi & Pam McFarland
01 August 2024
In a burst of summer legislative activity, the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved 11 of the 12 spending bills on its to-do list for fiscal year 2025, each of which funds one or more federal departments or agencies.
The group of 11 bills includes funding for nearly all major construction and infrastructure programs. For such key categories as highways, transit, clean water and drinking water, industry and state officials like what they see in the Senate panel's spending measures.
...the House and Senate measures recommend $4 billion in 2025 for Federal Aviation Administration airport improvement program grants, up 19% from 2024. The grants are supported by the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Read on: Senate Spending Bills Win Praise From State DOTs and Industry | Engineering News-Record (enr.com)
