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Larry Ehl
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ehll@wsdot.wa.gov

 

 

Federal Funding and Policy

Federal funding is an important supplement and complement to state transportation funding, providing a projected 24% of WSDOT's 2009-11 capital budget, and about 29% of WSDOT's 2007-09 capital budget.

Federal transportation law establishes:

  • Federal transportation taxes and fees
  • Rules for spending federal funds
  • Distribution of federal funding among state and local agencies, and modes and programs
  • Safety and environmental regulations
  • Construction and operation guidelines

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Appropriations

FFY 2011 (10/10 - 9/11)
Congress will begin work on this bill in early 2010.

FFY 2010 (10/09 - 9/10)

Congress has passed a continuing resolution to fund USDOT programs until December 18th, 2009.  The draft bills include earmarks for Washington state (pdf 96 kb).

FFY 2009 (10/1/08 - 9/30/09)

This bill became law and includes these earmarks for Washington state.

ARRA

TIGER: grant awards are expected no later than February 17, 2010.

HSIPR: grant awards are expected no later than February 17, 2010.

For more ARRA news visit the WSDOT stimulus funding website.

Reauthorization

SAFETEA-LU expired October 1st, but has been extended through December 18th, 2009. The Administration, Senate, and House continue to disagree on enacting a multi-year bill, or an extension of six, twelve, or eighteen months.

The House Transportation Committee has drafted legislation but has not passed it out of committee.  Read the executive summary (pdf 165 kb), a longer summary (pdf 432 kb), or the entire draft bill (pdf 1.8 mb)

The Senate currently has no plans to draft a six-year surface transportation bill.