A look at the Transportation Reauthorization Bills passed this week by House Committees

Links to the various bills, amendments and summaries from Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means and Natural Resources are below this article.

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3 House Committees Pass 5-Year, $260 Billion Reauthorization

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February 3, 2012

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted 29-24 early this morning to pass a five-year, $260 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill after a marathon markup session that lasted nearly 18 hours and included consideration of 104 amendments. The House Ways and Means Committee passed the revenue title this morning, and the House Natural Resources Committee approved expanded oil and gas drilling provisions Wednesday to help pay for transportation projects.

The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, HR 7, would maintain existing funding levels and offer maximum flexibility to state transportation departments in using federal highway and transit grants…

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U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved Transportation Reauthorization with Few Amendments - American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act

House Transportation Reauthorization H.R. 7 as Introduced

H.R. 7 Summary as Introduced

Amendment Materials from Markup of H.R. 7

Barletta Amendment 24

Approved 33-22, this amendment strikes many of the bill's provisions that increase maximum truck sizes and weights on interstates and some other federal-aid highways. The bill had proposed increasing the current 80,000-pound federal weight limit to 88,000 pounds for car carriers and 97,000 pounds for six-axle trucks. The amendment requires USDOT to conduct a comprehensive three-year study of the safety and pavement performance impacts of the widespread use of bigger trucks.

Funding Levels for Ports-to-Plains Alliance States

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U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means – Transportation Reauthorization Revenue approved without Amendments - American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act

H.R. 3864 as Introduced

H.R. 3864 Summary as Introduced

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U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources approved Energy Provisions of Transportation Reauthorization - American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act

H.R. 3407 -- Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act as Introduced

H.R. 3864 -- American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Financing Act of 2012 as Introduced

H.R.3410 -- Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act as Introduced

These bills are designed to help pay for the surface transportation reauthorization by expanding offshore oil and gas exploration, permitting oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and increasing oil shale exploration and production.

More Information from Committee on Natural Resources