Washington Report

Latest News Roadshow to Stop in Washington D.C. This Week The Engineering & Public Works Roadshow will pull into the D.C. Infrastructure Academy this Thursday; APWA President-Elect Dominick Longobardi will…

Latest News White House Finalizes NEPA Revisions The rule implements last year’s debt ceiling deal and includes: Setting clear deadlines and page limits for environmental reviews Establishing one lead agency…

Latest News EPA Finalizes Superfund Hazardous Substance Designation for 2 PFAS The final rule designates PFOA and PFOS as hazardous under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also…

The U.S. House and Senate are not scheduled to be in session during the week of April 22 so the Washington Report will next publish April 29. Follow APWA Government…

Permitting Relief for Public Works Passes House of Representatives H.R. 1181, passed the House of Representatives as a bipartisan amendment to a package reforming permitting processes under the Clean Water…

Due to the Congressional recess, the APWA Washington Report will be on hiatus for two weeks and we will return on April 8. Follow APWA Government Affairs on X and LinkedIn.…

FY 2024 First Funding Package Passes Congress The funding package totals $459B and is composed of six appropriations bills for the following federal departments and agencies through Sept. 30: Agriculture,…

FY 2024 Appropriations Update Congress passed another continuing resolution (CR) last Thursday night to fund six appropriations bills through March 8 The goal of passing a FY24 consolidated appropriations bill…

FY 2024 Appropriations Update March 1 funding for approximately half of federal government agencies will expire as part one of the current continuing resolution (CR) expires. The second CR will…

Due to the President’s Day holiday, Feb. 19, the next APWA Washington Report will be sent Feb. 26. Be sure to follow APWA’s Government Affairs team on X and LinkedIn…