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handle is hein.crs/govedzx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional A Research Service informing the legist ive debate since 1914___________________ House Committee Bill Would Provide 22% Transportation Spending Boost July 20, 2021 The FY2022 appropriations bill for the Department of Transportation (DOT) was marked up in the House Appropriations Committee on Friday, July 16, as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Act, and was combined with six other appropriations bills in House Rules Committee Print 117-12 on Monday, July 19. The deadline for proposed amendments to this bill (H.R. 4502) is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21. In light of the short deadline, the analysis below highlights a few of the provisions of the DOT title of the bill. Funding The amounts and policies governing the vast majority of the funding in the DOT bill are determined by aviation, maritime, and surface transportation authorization legislation previously enacted by Congress. Surface transportation programs, including highway, transit, passenger rail, and traffic safety programs, are set to expire if not reauthorized by September 30. The House passed its version of a reauthorization bill, the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684), on July 1, 2021. In line with the funding increases proposed in that legislation, the Appropriations Committee recommended an increase of 28% ($17.2 billion) in funding drawn from the Highway Trust Fund, primarily for highway and transit projects, and an increase of 6% ($1.5 billion) in discretionary funding, for a total of $105.7 billion for FY2022. The increased Highway Trust Fund money would be dependent on enactment of H.R. 3684 or other legislation that would provide additional resources to the Highway Trust Fund to support that level of expenditure. Environmental Issues The House Appropriations Committee report accompanying the THUD bill (not yet numbered, available at https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20210716/113895/HMKP-117-AP00-20210716-SD004.pdf) says that the transportation sector is responsible for an estimated 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Most of these emissions come from cars, trucks, and buses. The bill would provide $240 million to local transit agencies for the acquisition of low- and no-emission buses on top of funding available through transit formula funds; $20 million for a zero-emission passenger ferry program; and $100 million for a new Thriving Communities grant for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide sustainable infrastructure in communities that have disproportionate rates of pollution and Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11704 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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