Senate Could Consider FY24 Transportation Bill Next Week

Funding Bills in Both Houses of Congress Call for Almost $1 Billion in Funding for FMCSA Transport Topics By Eugene Mulero September 7, 2023

Legislation to fund the U.S. Department of Transportation through fiscal 2024 will be considered in the Senate as early as the week of Sept. 11.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the chamber’s leader, outlined a legislative schedule prioritizing the transportation funding measure along with funding bills for veterans programs and agriculture policy.

A fiscal 2024 funding bill approved by a Senate committee July 20 would dedicate $98.9 billion for the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. “We can summarize the Senate’s work in funding the government in one word: bipartisan,” Schumer told reporters on Capitol Hill on Sept. 6. Noting current funding authority for the federal government expires at the end of the month, Schumer added, “One of the Senate’s top priorities will be to keep the government open beyond the Sept. 30 deadline. Both parties in both chambers will have to work together if we are to avoid a shutdown.”

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