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<title>H.R. 6003, The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $114.81</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6003.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6003 would reauthorize Amtrak....
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6007, To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Program, and for other purposes</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6007.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6007 would authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Program....
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2985, A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to correct a reference relating to a transit project in Orleans Parish, Louisiana</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2985.html</link>
<description> S. 2985 would amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to correct a reference relating to a transit project in Orleans Parish, Louisiana....
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2251, The Acadia National Park Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.13</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2251.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2251 would extend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, and it would provide improved visitor services at the park....
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-229, The Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-229.html</link>
<description> S. 2739 would authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, it would implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, and it would amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003....
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4122, The American Investment in Safe, Reliable High-Speed Rail Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4122.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4122 would support the development of high-speed rail in the United States....
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2881, The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $509.67</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2881.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2881 would amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, it would improve aviation safety and capacity, and it would provide stable funding for the national aviation system....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200506294.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506294.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 294, The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $98.72</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_294.html</link>
<description> S. 294 would reauthorize Amtrak....
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-28, The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1348.47</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-28.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2206 would make emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007....
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1401, The Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $57.91</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1401.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1401 would improve the security of railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses in the United States....
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1701, The Blue Water Highway Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1701.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1701 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from the harbor maintenance tax for certain shipping between United States mainland ports....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200504276.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200504276.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 4, The Improving America's Security by Implementing Unfinished Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $107.01</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_4.html</link>
<description> S. 4 would make the United States more secure by implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on terror more effectively, to improve homeland security....
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 647, The Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_647.html</link>
<description> S. 647 would designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness....
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5689, An act to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.25</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_5689.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5689 would make several amendments to the current authorization law for highway programs: the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-59). H.R. 5689 would create new or additional contract authority for magnetic levitation transportation projects, for the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission, and for transportation research programs at universities. The act also would rescind a portion of unused contract a...
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200500636.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200500636.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 611, The Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.42</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_611.html</link>
<description> H.R. 611 would authorize a program that would provide qualified individuals, especially Haitian-Americans, to assist agencies of the Haitian government in their efforts to improve the nation's physical infrastructure and governmental institutions. The bill also would authorize a program to provide grants to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to establish programs to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and to provide basic health care services. Additionally, H.R. 611 would authorize schol...
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200500620.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200500620.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3852, The Maritime Administration Improvement Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $0.07</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_3852.html</link>
<description> The Maritime Administration Improvement Act would amend various laws governing the activities of the Maritime Administration (MARAD)....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200500593.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200500593.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1052, The Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $116.78</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_1052.html</link>
<description> S. 1052 would authorize appropriations for security-related programs carried out by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation (DOT)....
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1154, The Acadia National Park Improvement Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.12</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_1154.html</link>
<description> S. 1154 would amend existing laws that govern the authority of the National Park Service (NPS) to operate the Acadia National Park in Maine....
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1516, The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $96.12</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_1516.html</link>
<description> S. 1516 authorizes the appropriation of funds over the 2006-2011 for grants to Amtrak to cover operating expenses, capital projects, debt repayment, security improvements, and a study required by the bill. The legislation also would authorize the appropriation of funds over the 2006-2011 period to the Secretary of Transportation for a new grant program for state railroad projects, a new research program, a new grant program for Amtrak and participating states to share railroad equipment, and a s...
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1631, The Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st Century - Savings per Average Family: $30.97</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_1631.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1631 would authorize states to issue $12 billion in tax-exempt bonds and $12 billion in tax-credit bonds to finance infrastructure for high-speed-rail transportation projects. In addition to authorizing the bonds, H.R. 1631 would expand the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program. This program authorizes the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to provide direct loans and loan guarantees for the development of railroad infrastructure. H.R. 1631 would raise the ceil...
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1567, The Surface Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $55.52</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_1567.html</link>
<description> The Surface Transportation Safety Improvements Act of 2005 would extend the authority for programs administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and certain hazardous material transportation programs....
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 907, The Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $243.18</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_907.html</link>
<description> This legislation would extend the authority for the surface transportation programs administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)....
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 732, The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $1255.49</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_732.html</link>
<description> S. 732 would extend the authority for the Federal-Aid Highway program. The bill also would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to complete certain studies and regulations concerning highway construction, safety, planning, and environmental quality....
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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