Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/fy21-appropriations-bills-pass-out-of-house-commerce-justice-science-and-as-labor-hhs-education-subcommittees/">FY21 Appropriations Bills Pass Out of House Commerce, Justice, Science and as Labor, HHS, Education SubcommitteesJuly 09, 2020
Two more Appropriations bills have joined the rush of FY 2021 funding bills working their way through the House Appropriations Committee. The Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies both completed work on their respective funding bills this week and each......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/house-fy21-homeland-security-interior-environment-and-energy-water-development-appropriations-bills-on-the-move/">House FY21 Homeland Security, Interior & Environment, and Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bills on the MoveJuly 08, 2020
This week, several subcommittees within the House Committee on Appropriations marked up Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations bills. All 12 appropriations bills must pass both chambers of Congress and be signed into law by September 30, 2020 in order to avoid a government shutdown. In recent years, Congress has not been able to pass the appropriations......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/house-appropriators-markup-fy2021-transportation-spending-bill/">House Appropriators Markup FY2021 Transportation Spending BillHouse Appropriators Markup FY2021 Transportation Spending Bill
July 08, 2020
On the heels of the House passing the Moving Forward Act last week, Chairman David Price (D-NC4) and the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies marked up and passed their spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The legislation provides $75.9 billion in total discretionary spending – a......
July 01, 2020
The following is a statement by K.N. Gunalan “Guna,” Ph.D., P.E., President, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in response to the House passage of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act: Today, the House of Representatives prioritized modern, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure as part of America’s recovery. We commend the House for making infrastructure investment a......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-president-house-select-committees-climate-crisis-action-plan-includes-asce-recommendations/">ASCE President: House Select Committee’s Climate Crisis Action Plan Includes ASCE RecommendationsASCE President: House Select Committee’s Climate Crisis Action Plan Includes ASCE Recommendations
June 30, 2020
The following is a statement by K.N. Gunalan “Guna,” Ph.D., P.E., President, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in response to the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis’ Solving the Climate Crisis action plan: “Resiliency and adapting to a changing climate go hand in hand, and we must now be anticipating how dramatic changes......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-recommendations-adopted-in-house-climate-crisis-action-plan/">ASCE Recommendations Adopted in House Climate Crisis Action PlanASCE Recommendations Adopted in House Climate Crisis Action Plan
June 30, 2020
This week, the Democrats on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released their “Climate Crisis Action Plan,” which includes many of the recommendations that ASCE made in our letter to the Committee late last year. Our letter stated, in part: “Civil engineers work to harden existing and build new infrastructure to better withstand......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/aviation-infrastructure-investment-included-in-moving-forward-act/">Aviation Infrastructure Investment Included in Moving Forward ActAviation Infrastructure Investment Included in Moving Forward Act
June 26, 2020
Under much anticipation, the House Democrats’ infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act, increased the authorization of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) from $3.35 billion to $4 billion annually to make much needed improvement in our nation’s airport infrastructure. ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card gave our nation’s aviation system a “D,” and identified a 10-year funding......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/democrats-infrastructure-bill-includes-investment-in-energy-and-parks/">Democrats’ Infrastructure Bill Includes Investment in Energy and ParksDemocrats’ Infrastructure Bill Includes Investment in Energy and Parks
June 25, 2020
House Democrats’ infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act, includes $70 billion for upgrading the nation’s energy infrastructure, promotes renewable energy, and invests in local parks and green stormwater management infrastructure. ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card gave our nation’s energy and public parks categories each a grade of “D+,” and it found the 10-year investment gap......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/rhode-islands-infrastructure-gets-a-c-in-its-states-first-infrastructure-report-card/">Rhode Island’s Infrastructure Gets a ‘C-’ in its State’s First Infrastructure Report CardRhode Island’s Infrastructure Gets a ‘C-’ in its State’s First Infrastructure Report Card
June 24, 2020
The Rhode Island Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the inaugural 2020 Report Card for Rhode Island’s Infrastructure this morning in a virtual news conference, Speakers included Chad Morrison, P.E., 2020 ASCE Rhode Island President-Elect; Nazifa Sarawat, E.I.T., Chair, 2020 Report Card for Rhode Island’s Infrastructure; Mayor James Diossa of Central......
June 24, 2020
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) today released COVID-19’s Impacts on America’s Infrastructure, a status report on the COVID-19 pandemic’s detrimental effects on the nation’s critical, yet aging and underinvested airports, bridges, dams, drinking water, energy, inland waterways, parks, ports, roads, schools, transit and wastewater infrastructure. The report provides a snapshot of these sectors,......
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