Corps, DOE Cleanup, Rail, Port Security Gaining Increases in 2005 Spending Bills
As congressional appropriators pick up the pace on fiscal 2005 spending bills, the Corps of Engineers civil works, Dept. of Energy cleanup, and rail and port security are among the construction-related programs in line for increases.
Bills to fund the Dept. of Homeland Security in the next fiscal year are well along among appropriations measures this year and so far, rail and ports are doing better in the Senate than in the House. But the amounts recommended still are well below the sums officials in those industries are seeking.