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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:21:21 -0400
From: "Andy Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Thunderhead]
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Quick update on the last 24 hours in Congress!
1. The Bicycle Commuter Act was included in the House Ways and Means
sub-committee bill that is currently under debate and full committee
mark-up - we are waiting to see if any effort is made to strip it out
of
the bill. (The provision in the bill creates a tax free benefit of up
to
$20/month for a total estimated cost over ten years of just $10
million.) The House bill is H.R. 2776, the Renewable Energy and Energy
Conservation Tax Act of 2007.
The Senate Finance Committee did not include the bicycle commuter act
provisions in their Energy Advancement and Investment Act of 2007 last
night.
2. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee just passed
their climate change bill (HR 2701) that included
* a sense of Congress that Complete Street policies should be
adopted and implemented
* future rescissions should be taken equitably from all program
areas
An attempt to open up CMAQ funding to single occupant vehicle travel
projects was rejected.
Thanks to everyone that's called and written on these items - still
floor debates and other hurdles to go.
Andy Clarke and Walter Finch.
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