1、CRS InsightsDRIVE Act Would Increase Highway Funding Faster than Projected InflationRobert S. Kirk, Specialist in Transportation Policy (rkirkcrs.loc.gov, 7-7769)July 13, 2015 (IN10316)On June 22, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) ordered reported favorably the highway title of
2、 a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill. The EPW bill, called the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE Act; S. 1647), provides for spending on highways to rise faster than the projected rate of inflation.Three other Senate committees, the Committee o
3、n Banking, the Committee on Commerce, and the Committee on Finance, would need to add their pieces if the Senate is to approve a bill to supplant the existing authorization act, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. 112-141). That 2012 legislation, which provided for a
4、major consolidation of highway programs, has been extended twice, most recently through July 31, 2015 (see CRS Report R42762, Surface Transportation Funding and Programs Under MAP-21: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-141), coordinated by Robert S. Kirk).DRIVE Act Spending
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