FFY 2011 (10/10 - 9/11)
Congress will begin work on this bill in early 2010.

FFY 2010 (10/09 - 9/10)
Congress has passed a continuing resolution to fund USDOT programs until December 18th, 2009.  The draft bills include earmarks for Washington state (pdf 96 kb).

FFY 2009 (10/1/08 - 9/30/09)
This bill became law and includes these earmarks for Washington state.

SAFETEA-LU expired October 1st, but has been extended through December 18th, 2009. The Administration, Senate, and House continue to disagree on enacting a multi-year bill, or an extension of six, twelve, or eighteen months.

The House Transportation Committee has drafted legislation but has not passed it out of committee.  Read the executive summary (pdf 165 kb), a longer summary (pdf 432 kb), or the entire draft bill (pdf 1.8 mb)

The Senate currently has no plans to draft a six-year surface transportation bill.

• SAFETEA-LU Commission
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• National Highway Traffic Safety Admin.
• American Association of State Highway Officials
• American Public Transit Association
• League of American Bicyclists
• Defenders of the Wildlife
• Surface Transportation Reauthorization Arrives 
  (pdf 81 kb)