The House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure today approved for floor consideration H.R. 3 - the "TEA-LU" legislation. The mark-up was speedy and no amendments were offered. The Chairman put before the committee an "Chairman's Mark" that included some minor revisions to the original version of the bill as introduced a few weeks ago. Changes to the introduced bill relating to the highway funding formula were not included in the chairman's version. It is expected a "committee amendment" will be offered on the floor of the House that will include provisions on the highway formula, Buy America in the transit program and other topics.

Here is the text of the Chairman's Mark from today. It contains a list of 3315 "High Priority Projects" in the highway program. We have the project list and are providing our clients with information on projects of interest included on the list.

Floor consideration is expected as early as March 9. We will keep our clients posted on developments.