Items Tagged with 'Congress'

Just enacted legislation authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend start-of-construction deadlines for about 37 federally licensed hydropower projects.

DC Water CEO David Gadis cited long-term access easements, standardized permitting timelines and better regulator field coordination "to prevent a recurrence of the failure," but one stakeholder lamented there was no conclusive spill cause or 'clear plan' to avoid future ones.

Congress’ proposed successor to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act outlines how federal infrastructure funding mechanisms and investment priorities may shift in the future.

But Congress has final budget authority to determine how proposed cuts to state water programs, transit grants and clean energy programs, and a steep rise in defense spending, will fare..

A federal judge halted construction of Trump’s White House ballroom just days before a key approval vote, throwing the project into legal uncertainty.

Hearing is set for Feb. 6, 1PM on NY-NJ federal district court suit for injunction against DOT funding freeze on bi-state project, while Gateway Development Commission argues in federal claims court that Trump action is breach of contract 

With most of the federal government funded through a continuing resolution lasting into September, focus turns to the US Dept. of Homeland Security budget that is still being debated under a new 10-day continuing resolution.

Federal funding for the $16-billion Hudson Tunnel Project is running out, forcing Gateway to warn contractors that construction could halt within days.

Federal reviewers asked the White House to return with 3D scale models rather than moving the project to the next approval step, underscoring the early stage in which the White House ballroom project remains, with litigation complicating its path.

As design review restarts, Trump’s planned White House ballroom exposes how privately funded additions can trigger federal obligations—and budget pressures—beyond their stated scope.