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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday formally introduced the forthcoming five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, named the BUILD America 250 Act, or Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th (H.R. 8870).
The 1,005-page bill outlines proposed investments in roads, bridges, transit, rail, and highway and motor carrier safety programs. The T&I committee will hold a markup of the bill tomorrow morning, committee officials said in a press release.
Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors Executive Director Elaine Nessle in a statement said the bill makes important progress in several areas, but fails in its commitment to freight infrastructure investments.
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