With a deadline for a threatened government shutdown just ahead, top House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on a sweeping $1.5-trillion fiscal year 2022 omnibus spending package that would fund federal agencies, including their construction and infrastructure programs, through Sept. 30, when fiscal 2022 ends.
The agreement, which House and Senate lawmakers announced early on March 9, would finally unlock the full 2022 increases that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) authorized for certain highway and transit programs.