TITLE: Building on Success: Reauthorization of TEA-21

CIS-NO: 2003-H751-7  
SOURCE: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Feb. 7, 28, 2002  
LENGTH: vi+209 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1024-A-01; 1024-B-01  
SUDOC: Y4.T68/2:107-61  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29207-1.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-61. Hearing before the Subcom on Highways and Transportation to examine issues related to reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), which extended and revised Federal aid programs for State and local transportation projects.
 
Also considers H.R. 3694, the Highway Funding Restoration Act, to amend TEA-21 to authorize an increase in the obligation limitation for Federal highway aid and highway safety construction programs in FY2003.
 
Supplementary material (p. 37-93, 128-209) includes witnesses' written statements and written replies to Subcom questions, and submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Fed hwy and surface transportation programs, revision

BILLS: 107 H.R. 3694

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION. HOUSE;  FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-TRANSPORTATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-TRANSPORTATION; HIGHWAYS; TRANSPORTATION REGULATION; HIGHWAY FUNDING RESTORATION ACT; TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

03-H751-7 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Feb. 7, 2002 p. 11-36, 40-87
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   PETERS, MARY E. (Administrator, FHWA)
   DORN, JENNIFER L. (Administrator, Federal Transit Administration)
   RUNGE, JEFFREY W. (Administrator, NHTSA)
   CLAPP, JOSEPH M. (Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Administration views on TEA-21 reauthorization; positive results of TEA-21 provisions implementation; benefits of TEA-21 financial provisions for transportation infrastructure improvement spending efficiency; recommendations for TEA-21 reauthorization, focusing on transportation safety and security issues.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed hwy and surface transportation programs, revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; SECURITY
 
 
03-H751-7 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Feb. 28, 2002 p. 100-110
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   PATTON, PAUL E. (Governor, Kentucky; also representing National Governors' Association)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Issues related to transportation infrastructure development spending, with recommendations for TEA-21 reauthorization.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed hwy and surface transportation programs, revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   KENTUCKY GOVERNOR'S OFFICE; NATIONAL GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION
 
 
03-H751-7 TESTIMONY NO: 3     Feb. 28, 2002 p. 110-146, 149-183
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   BARR, KENNETH L. (Mayor, Fort Worth, Tex.; representing U.S. Conference of Mayors)
   HART, CHRIS (County Commissioner, Hillsborough County, Fla.; representing National Association of Counties)
   GREYSON, SANDY (Council Member, Dallas, Tex.; representing National League of Cities)
   MILLER, KAREN M. (County Commissioner, Boone County, Mo.; representing National Association of Counties)
   LEHMAN, MARIA C. (Commissioner, Public Works, Erie County, N.Y)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Issues related to TEA-21 reauthorization; importance of transportation infrastructure investment for metropolitan areas (related graphs and charts, p. 137-146); benefits of TEA-21 for transportation projects in represented States and counties; perspectives on TEA-21 implementation and related issues.
   Support for H.R. 3694, citing need to maintain transportation infrastructure investment levels; examples of successful highway and transit projects funded under TEA-21; recommendations for TEA-21 reauthorization.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed hwy and surface transportation programs, revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES; NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES; URBAN TRANSPORTATION

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003