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      "date": "1997-11-13",
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      "title": "Appropriations for FY1998: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies",
      "summary": "For FY1998, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requested total funding of $38.384\nbillion, about a 2.6% decrease from the FY1997 estimate of $39.204 billion. The FY1998 budget\nrequest for the DOT was similar in many respects to the FY1997 appropriation. For many of the\nDOT modal administrations, for example, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Aviation\nAdministration, and the Federal Highway Administration, funding levels were requested to decrease\nslightly but most programs and priorities would continue. A small increase was for the U.S. Coast\nGuard.\n  There were many \"macro\" issues or factors that influenced the debate over the Administration's\nFY1998 budget request. These included: the proposed reauthorization of the federal surface\ntransportation programs, pressure to reduce discretionary outlays to achieve a balanced budget, a\n$100 million request for a Transportation Infrastructure Credit Program, the recommendations of the\nWhite House Commission on Aviation Safety, and the proposed deployment of new user fees to\noffset costs incurred in some of the safety programs. In addition, the ongoing debate about the\nbudget status of transportation trust funds affected the issues that developed during the FY1998\nappropriations cycle.\n  The Administration stated that its budget proposal for DOT adequately reflected its priorities\nof safety, technology development, environmental enhancement, infrastructure needs, and innovative\nfinancing. Budget highlights included requests for:\n   $25.6 billion for infrastructure investments;  \n   over $1 billion on transportation research and development (R&D);\n  \n   $2.9 billion for transportation safety;  \n   $0.7 billion for Amtrak, railroad retirement, and the Northeast Corridor\nbetween Washington, D. C. , and New York City.  \n  The House passed  H.R. 2169 , DOT appropriations legislation, July 23, 1997. On\nJuly 30, the Senate passed  H.R. 2169 , after substituting the text of  S. 1048 . \nFollowing a conference, the House and Senate on October 9 agreed to the conference report,  H.Rept.\n105-313 . The bill was signed into law by the President on October 27, 1997. Until the legislation\nwas signed into law, the Department of Transportation operated on two, short-term continuing\nresolutions,  H.J.Res. 94  and  H.J.Res. 97 . For FY1998, the conferees\nprovided $42.132 billion of total net budgetary resources for the U.S. DOT. This report is a synopsis\nof selected DOT programs and the House and Senate funding recommended for those programs.",
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  "topics": [
    "Appropriations",
    "Economic Policy"
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