By David Tanner, Land Line associate editor
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., is preparing to file a pair of bills that would fund infrastructure during the short- and long-term. One bill involves an increase in federal fuel taxes to address immediate needs, while the second bill calls for a pilot program to explore a tax on vehicle miles traveled, or VMT. Blumenauer plans to file the bills on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Blumenauer cites the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund as the motivating factor behind the short- and long-term approaches. The Congressional Budget Office has said the trust fund will be broke sometime in 2015, about a year after the current highway and transportation authorization law known as MAP-21 expires.
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U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., is preparing to file a pair of bills that would fund infrastructure during the short- and long-term. One bill involves an increase in federal fuel taxes to address immediate needs, while the second bill calls for a pilot program to explore a tax on vehicle miles traveled, or VMT. Blumenauer plans to file the bills on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Blumenauer cites the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund as the motivating factor behind the short- and long-term approaches. The Congressional Budget Office has said the trust fund will be broke sometime in 2015, about a year after the current highway and transportation authorization law known as MAP-21 expires.
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