Senate Appropriations Committee
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Review of the President’s FY 2024 Funding Request and Budget Justification for the U.S. Department of Transportation
Presiding: Chair Schatz
Witness:- Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
- Budget Highlights: $108.5 billion
- FAA ($19.8 billion): $4.2 million to enhance sustainability by reducing the agency’s environmental footprint at FAA-owned facilities and $11.2 million to support climate goals through the analysis and testing of alternative fuels
- Federal Highway Administration ($60.8 billion): $1.8 billion for the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) program, which aims to make transportation infrastructure more resilient to future weather events and other natural disasters, and $60.0 million in unobligated balances to fund the Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program, which would provide competitive grants for the construction of active transportation networks, including sidewalks, bikeways, and pedestrian and bicycle trails
- Federal Transit Administration ($17 billion): $2.9 billion for Capital Investment Grants (CIG), along with $1.6 billion in advance appropriations from BIL, which will provide a significant investment in the construction of major capital projects and new and expanded transit service to many local communities, $14.0 billion for Transit Formula Grants, which provide critical funding to public transportation systems across the U.S. through existing formula grant programs
- Federal Railroad Administration ($4.8 billion)
- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ($387.3 million)