Current Issues
Disasters Risk & Response
Disasters Results - 2022
NOAA announced (January 10) that the U.S. experienced 18 separate weather and climate-related events during 2022, each costing at least $1 billion. These events ...
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Passenger Rail/High Speed Rail
Infrastructure Act - Rail
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes $65 billion in new funding to improve the U.S. passenger and freight rail network, with the majority going to where passenger ...
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National Parks Capacity & Infrastructure
NPS Deferred Maintenance Backlog
The National Park Service (NPS) issued (January) an updated estimate of its deferred maintenance backlog ...
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Support for Public Transit
Pandemic Response and Recovery
U.S public transit systems continue to struggle to regain ridership since the beginning of the Pandemic. As reported (November 2, 2021) by Fortune, it could take large public transit systems 10 years or more to recover ridership ...
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Improving US Infrastructure
Infrastructure Act – Recent Major Funding Actions
Recent major funding actions related to the 2021 Infrastructure Act include ...
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Roadways & Bridges Quality & Safety
Additional Roads & Bridges Funding for FY 2022
Congress passed final FY 2022 funding legislation for the Federal Government (March 10, 2022) that included an $11.5 billion, 23.5% increase for formula grant and other highway and bridge infrastructure funding ...
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Research & Analysis
Motor Vehicle Fatality Statistics - 2022: First Nine Months
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
This report (January 2023) provides the latest data on highway traffic fatalities for 2022 through September. Data indicate that 31,785 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a small of about 0.2 percent as compared the first 9 months of 2021.
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Ecosystem Restoration in the Infrastructure Act
Congressional Research Service
This report (October 2022) provides a summary of funding provided in the 2021 Infrastructure and Jobs Act specifically for ecosystem restoration, which was not a primary focus of the Act and which includes activities that may be less obvious to ecosystem efforts.
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2022 Bridge Report
American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
This ARTBA report provides a current summary of bridge conditions in the United States. Among the key data points are that more than 43,500 bridges are rated in poor condition and classified as “structurally deficient,” and that 78,800 bridges should be replaced.
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Electric Grid Resilience
General Accountability Office
This GAO report on Electric Grid resilience summarizes previously-identified risks and recommendations centered on weather- and cybersecurity-related risks that had not yet been implemented.
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ITER Project / Fusion Energy
ITER
This is the 2021 Annual Report of ITER, an internationally-supported (including the United States) project that is building the first large-scale magnetic fusion energy system. It's goal is to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy.
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Cybersecurity: Federal Actions Urgently Needed to Better Protect the Nation's Critical Infrastructure
General Accountability Office
This GAO report (December 2021) summarizes current and past actions by the Federal Government to improve cybersecurity. The key future actions GAO identifies as needed include developing and executing a comprehensive national cyber strategy, and strengthening the federal role in protecting the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure.
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Key Federal Programs
Transportation Mobility Grants [DOT]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$0
$0
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$100,000,000
Culvert Removal, Replacement, Restoration Grants [DOT]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$0
$0
---
---
Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$200,000,000
Dam Safety Program grants [FEMA - DHS]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$0
$0
---
---
Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$733,000,000
Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Grants [FEMA - DHS]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$0
$0
---
---
Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$200,000,000
Affordable Connectivity Fund (FCC)
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$0
$0
---
---
Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$14,200,000,000
Broadband [Depts. of Commerce & Agriculture]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$628,000,000
$697,000,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$50,200,000,000
Space Technology [NASA]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$1,100,000,000
$1,437,900,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$0
Army Corps of Engineers - civil program
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$8,343,000,000
$6,601,730,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$22,810,000,000
Water and Related Resources [Interior - Reclamation]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$1,521,125,000
$1,270,376,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$1,870,000,000
Office of Electricity [DOE]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$277,000,000
$297,386,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$1,660,000,000
Science [DOE]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$7,475,000,000
$7,799,211,000
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---
Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$0
Advanced Research Projects Agency [DOE]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$450,000,000
$700,150,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$0
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$381,950,000
$390,192,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$0
Environmental Compliance & Enforcement [EPA]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$439,434,000
$436,075,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$0
Environmental Protection National/Geographic Priorities [EPA]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$612,892,000
$578,635,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$343,400,000
Brownfields Activities [EPA]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$162,182,000
$214,778,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$300,000,000
National Transportation Infrastructure Investments [DOT]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$775,000,000
$1,500,000,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$2,500,000,000
Air Traffic Control [DOT]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$14,406,988,000
$14,948,821,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$1,100,000,000
Airport Grants [DOT]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$3,350,000,000
$3,350,000,000
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---
Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$12,000,000,000
Safe Streets for All Grant Program [DOT]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$0
$0
---
---
Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$1,000,000,000
Federal Aid Highways & Highways Infrastructure [DOT]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$59,922,690,000
$58,744,561,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$12,054,000,000
Passenger Rail Improvement, Modernization, Expansion [DOT]
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$0
$0
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---
Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$8,200,000,000
