Legislative Updates

On Jan. 15, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a confirmation hearing to vet Secretary of Transportation-designate Sean Duffy.

On Dec. 21, the U.S. Congress passed a continuing resolution, funding the U.S. government through March 14, 2025.

The U.S. Congress has been unable to pass funding legislation for the current fiscal year. If an agreement is not reached by end of day today, Dec. 20, the government will shut down due to a lapse in appropriations on Dec. 21.

On Sept. 25, the U.S. Congress passed a continuing resolution, funding the U.S. government through Dec. 20. The bill, HR 9747, extended current funding levels and avoided the potential government shutdown.

On March 9, President Biden signed into law H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included the transportation spending bill for fiscal 2024.

On Nov. 28, the U.S. Senate passed the National Move Over Law Day resolution.

On Sept. 30, the U.S. Congress passed a 45-day continuing resolution, funding the U.S. government through Nov. 17.

The U.S. Congress has been unable to resolve their differences on federal spending limits for fiscal 2024. If an agreement is not reached by the end of Sept. 30, the government will shut down due to a lapse in appropriations on Oct. 1.

CVSA submitted comments about CVSA’s Enhanced Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Inspection Program for the record of the Sept. 13 U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit’s hearing on “The Future of Automated Commercial Motor Vehicles: Impacts on Society, the Supply Chain and U.S. Economic Leadership.”

On March 29, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced S. 1034, the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act, which creates a short-term authorization of funds to increase truck parking capacity and to improve existing truck parking infrastructure.