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House to Consider SAFETEA-LU Extension

House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) and Ranking Member Nick Rahall (D-W.V.) have introduced a bill to extend highway and transit authorization through the end of FY 2011. SAFETEA-LU expired on September 30, 2009 and since then, highways and transit have been funded through a series of six short-term extensions. The current extension expires on March 4. In order to give the new Congress time to consider the Administration's proposal for reauthorization and to develop its own, AGC is urging the House to adopt the Mica/Rahall extension through the end of the fiscal year.