Advocacy

Tell Congress to Pass the Highway & Energy Bill

A tight vote is expected in the House for the 5-year highway bill. The House bill is a conservative approach to infrastructure investment. It prioritizes highway investments to focus on interstate commerce routes and improved safety. The bill reduces Washington red-tape, better aligns highway spending to highway user fees, reduces waste and diversion, increases States’ programming flexibility, and eliminates earmarks. Tell Your Congressman to Vote “AYE” on H.R. 7. Continue reading →

Congress Passes Six-Month Highway Bill Extension

The Highway Users is pleased that both the House and Senate have overwhelmingly passed a six-month, clean extension of the 2005 highway bill at current funding levels. The House passed the bill by voice vote, while the Senate recorded a vote of 92 to 6. This bill will keep highway programs authorized through March 31, 2012. In the meantime, we urge Congress to pass a robust, new multi-year highway bill with reforms and streamlining. Continue reading →

View all Legislation Highway Users Supports – H.R. 7 House Transportation Bill
February 1st, 2012

The Highway Users is pleased to support the transportation titles of H.R. 7. We hope that the Committee title will be approved in a bipartisan fashion following a full and open debate on amendments. Continue reading →

Senate EPW Committee Votes 18-0 for Two-Year Highway Bill
November 9th, 2011

The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee voted unanimously (18-0) to favorably report a two-year highway reauthorization bill to the U.S. Senate. The meeting was notable by an atmosphere of bipartisanship — which is rare in Washington this year. Continue reading →

View All Statements & Testimony

The Highway Users' top legislative priority is passage of a new federal highway bill, but we also plan to focus on numerous other critical issues. Read more about our key policies here. click here.

The American Highway Users Alliance proposes this plan to serve as an easy-to-read roadmap and reference for elected and appointed officials as they grapple with the major policy and funding issues that must be addressed in the upcoming surface transportation authorization bill.

This document does not attempt to provide an all-encompassing legislative proposal that satisfies every need of every individual member of the alliance. Rather, The Highway Users presents a united perspective from the pro-mobility, pro-highway community that clearly describes key priorities that define the core national values that need to be addressed in the next surface transportation bill.

Read more about the Road to Reauthorization