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Transportation Reauthorization Update

Transportation Reauthorization Update. Nina Mclawhorn, Research Administrator Wisconsin Department of Transportation Government Transportation Research Information Committee Special Libraries Association June 6, 2004. Overview. Current status of reauthorization Congressional timeline

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Transportation Reauthorization Update

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  1. Transportation Reauthorization Update Nina Mclawhorn, Research Administrator Wisconsin Department of TransportationGovernment Transportation Research Information Committee Special Libraries Association June 6, 2004

  2. Overview • Current status of reauthorization • Congressional timeline • Larger issues loom • Congressional budget overview • Transportation Conference Committee issues • Implications for NTL

  3. Current status of reauthorization • House and Senate passed fundamentally different bills • Differences will be resolved in conference committee • Senate conferees selected • Negotiations to begin after House conferees decided

  4. Congressional timeline • TEA 21 expired 9/30/03 • Short term extension expires 6/30/04 • Six-week recess for national political conventions (late summer) • Congress adjourns 10/1/04

  5. Larger issues loom • Deficit projections • Defense and security concerns • National elections

  6. Congressional budget overview • Budget, authorizations, appropriations • Deficit projections • Domestic spending frozen – trend to continue into future(FFY 05 transportation appropriations allocation was cut nearly $3 billion – indication of things to come)

  7. January Baseline Deficits with GOP Tax Cuts and Alternative Minimum Tax ReformCongressional Budget Office ($ billions) 2004 2005 2005-14 CBO baseline deficits....................……………….. -477 -362 -1,893 GOP tax policies and AMT reform ........…….6 -65 -2,417 Net interest costs .....................………………..(*) -1 -472 Deficits with GOP tax cuts and AMT reform……-471 -428 -4,782 Deficit without Social Security ...............-623 -600 -7,139

  8. Talk of restraint focused on domestic spending only

  9. Conference committee issues • Reopener debate • Size of pie (funding) • Slicing the pie (donor state debate) • Threats to formula funding • Title V: Research and education funding • Implications for NTL

  10. Reopener debate • Six-year funding (FFY 2004 – 2009)OR • Two-year funding (FFY 2004 – 2005)(expires September 30, 2005)

  11. Proposed Reauthorization Funding Levels - ($ Billions)

  12. Wisconsin Rate of Return Comparisons - Highways

  13. Comparison of Formula and Discretionary Funding 7

  14. Research and education funding compared to TEA-21 levels

  15. Conclusion • Limited resources will require future collaboration Thank You!

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