AASHTO Journal, 4 May 2012
Conferees from both the House and Senate are scheduled to meet Tuesday next week to begin formal negotiation toward a surface transportation reauthorization proposal.
The 14 senators chosen by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and the 33 representatives appointed by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, will attempt to work out the differences between the House and Senate proposals.
The House brings HR 4348 to the table, a 90-day extension of the current surface transportation authorization and the Keystone Pipeline provisions passed April 18. The Senate is presenting MAP-21, a two-year $109 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill that passed in mid-March.
The current transportation extension will expire June 30 of this year.
A full list of House and Senate conferees is available at bit.ly/AJconferees.