UPDATED 3/9 After four stopgap spending bills and more than four months into fiscal year 2024, Congress finally has approved–and President Joe Biden has signed– the first of two appropriations measures to keep government agencies open, including their construction and infrastructure programs, through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.
Construction and transportation industry groups see much to like in the first of the two legislative packages, which includes a mix of generally small increases and cuts for infrastructure programs at such key construction agencies as the Depts. of Transportation, Energy, Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development along with the Environmental Protection Agency, military construction and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works program. The total for the measure is estimated at $432.9 billion.