Today the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a 22-page report detailing the distribution of stimulus bill funds under the committee's jurisdiction.
In addition to the GSA construction programs listed above, the Committee identified progress under the Highway program:
Of the funds provided for the highway formula program, in the past four weeks, 35 states have submitted and received approval for nearly 1,000 projects totaling $3.4 billion, more than 10 percent of the Recovery Act highway funds.
In the Transit program:
- Of the $6.8 billion apportioned for the Transit Capital Assistance program on March 5, 2009, $46.3 million has been awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), including three grants in rural areas of Kentucky, Missouri, and Maine:
- The Recovery Act provides $1.5 billion to the Secretary of Transportation to make competitive discretionary grants to surface transportation projects that will have a significant impact on the nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.
- The Office of the Secretary of Transportation is finalizing guidance and criteria for the $1.5 billion discretionary grants program. As of March 26, 2009, the FAA had announced tentative allocations of funding for projects totaling $451 million. After tentative funding allocations are announced, airport sponsors are able to solicit bids for construction. Sponsors will then submit their grant applications to the FAA based on the bids received. After a grant application is approved, the funds will be obligated by the FAA. On March 23, 2009, the FAA made its first Recovery Act grant award - a $4.2 million airport grant to Omaha, Nebraska, for runway rehabilitation.