TITLE: Stakeholder Proposals for the Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Programs

CIS-NO: 2003-H751-36  
SOURCE: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Sept. 19, 2002  
LENGTH: v+285 p. il.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1024-A-01; 1024-B-01  
SUDOC: Y4.T68/2:107-97  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29948-3.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-97. Hearing before the Subcom on Highways and Transit to examine issues and recommendations 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 surface transportation projects.
 
Supplementary material (p. 42-285) includes witnesses' written statements, submitted statements, and:
   -- National Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association, "NSSGA Recommendations for Reauthorization of TEA-21" (p. 269-285).

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

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

03-H751-36 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Sept. 19, 2002 p. 4-24, 64-78, 85-92, 100-113, 115-129, 139-145, 150-173
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   PROCTOR, GORDON (Director, Ohio Department of Transportation; representing American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)
   MILLAR, BILL (President, American Public Transportation Association)
   DIEDERICH, PAUL (President, Industrial Builders, Inc.; representing Associated General Contractors)
   LUNDBERG, ROLF, JR. (Senior Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Chamber of Commerce of the U.S)
   FAY, WILLIAM D. (President and CEO, American Highway Users Alliance)
   HILL, THOMAS W. (CEO, Oldcastle Materials; representing American Road and Transportation Builders Association)
   POUPORE, RAYMOND J. (Executive Director, National Heavy and Highway Alliance)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Suggested policy priorities for reauthorization of surface transportation aid programs under TEA-21; issues and recommendations relating to TEA-21 reauthorization; need for increased investment in highway construction, with recommended measures to raise revenues for highway spending; perspectives on various transportation policy issues, with description of related U.S. Chamber of Commerce initiatives.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed hwy and surface transportation programs, extension and revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS; AMERICAN HIGHWAY USERS ALLIANCE; AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS; CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.; GOVERNMENT SPENDING; NATIONAL HEAVY AND HIGHWAY ALLIANCE
 
 
03-H751-36 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Sept. 19, 2002 p. 24-41, 47-63, 79-84, 93-99, 130-138, 174-242
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   DESTEFANO, JOHN, JR. (Mayor, New Haven, Conn.; representing National League of Cities)
   WHITLEY, GLEN (County Commissioner, Tarrant County, Tex.; representing National Association of Counties)
   WINDSOR, BARBARA (CEO, Hahn Transportation, Inc.; representing American Trucking Associations (ATA))
   GRAY, MICHAEL (Transportation Director, Roanoke Valley Area Metropolitan Planning Organization; representing Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations)
   MARSICO, DALE J. (representing Community Transportation Association)
   DITTMAR, HANK (President, Great American Station Foundation; representing Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP))
   WYTKIND, EDWARD (Executive Director, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Issues and recommendations relating to TEA-21 reauthorization; review of transportation policy issues affecting the trucking industry; perspectives on public transit and proposed national transit renewal program; overview of STPP and AFL-CIO policy priorities for extension of surface transportation aid programs.
 
INSERTION:
   -- ATA, "Transportation Reauthorization Policy Statements: Preliminary Report" revised Sept. 2002 (p. 185-215).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed hwy and surface transportation programs, extension and revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AFL-CIO; AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS; ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS; COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES; NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY PROJECT; TRUCKS AND TRUCKING INDUSTRY; URBAN TRANSPORTATION

LOAD-DATE: August 29, 2003