Senate Transportation Safety Bill's Progress Clears TEA-21 Renewal for Floor Consideration -- April 15, 2005 -- California Capitol Hill Bulletin -- Volume 12, Bulletin 9

On Thursday, April 14, 2005, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved legislation authorizing highway safety programs. In doing so, it removed the final procedural obstacle to floor consideration of a combined measure to reauthorize the highway and transit programs currently sustained by temporary extensions of 1998's Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The Senate could take up merged legislation -- including highway, transit, and safety titles -- as soon as next week, but the schedule is not yet clear.

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