January 19, 2022: Courtesy of National Waterways Conference and Waterways Council Inc. USACE releases IIJA (infrastructure) work spend plan In November 2021, President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) which provided $17 billion in funding to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) civil works projects. USACE had 60 days to…
Read MoreArmy Civil Works Studies, Projects and Programs to Be Accomplished with Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Published Jan. 19, 2022 | ASA CW’S OFFICE (full link below) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army announced today the Civil Works studies, projects and programs that the Corps would implement in Fiscal Year 2022 with the $22.81 billion…
Read MoreU.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces $12.6 Million in Grants for America‘s Marine Highways Friday, December 10, 2021 (full link below) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded $12.6 million in grants to nine marine highway projects across the Nation under the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The funding will help address supply chain disruptions, enhance the movement of goods along our…
Read MoreU.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, John Thune, R-S.D., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Todd Young, R-Ind. introduced the Facilitating Relief for Efficient Intermodal Gateways to Handle Transportation (FREIGHT) Act. This bill would take important steps to address the…
Read MoreWith the passing of Biden’s $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the Whitehouse released a Fact Sheet yesterday which summarizes Action Plan for America’s Ports and Waterways. The Biden administration has not yet confirmed a date in which he will sign the Bill into action. The 2,702-page bipartisan bill contains $550 billion in new spending which includes…
Read MoreWhile American ports are a cornerstone of the U.S. economy, outdated infrastructure and the COVID-19 pandemic have strained their capacity and jeopardized global supply chains. According to the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure Report issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), in 2018, America’s ports supported more than 30 million jobs and…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and John Boozman, R-Ark., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today sent a letter to Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Michael Khouri expressing support for the FMC’s current efforts to address the supply chain…
Read MoreChair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the Committee’s Democratic roster for the 117th Congress, as well as the six subcommittee chairs and the full Committee Vice Chair, all of whom were approved by the Democrats on the Committee. In total, there will be 37 Democrats serving on the Committee,…
Read MoreJanuary, 2021 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) welcomed the Republican Members recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee to serve on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 117th Congress. “Our Nation’s expansive transportation and infrastructure systems have shaped our economy for centuries and allowed commerce to grow…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Passenger and Freight Rail: The Current Status of the Rail Network and the Track Ahead,” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21. The hearing will examine the current state of the passenger and freight rail network, including impacts…
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