Save the Date: March 27, 2019
We will meet in the morning to discuss current legislative and regulatory issues and head to the Capitol after lunch to meet with legislators and their staffs. Details will be posted once hotel arrangements have been completed.
The 2018 CSLRA Annual Meeting in San Diego is fast approaching and will be held at the Westin Hotel July 23 – 24, 2018. Although the hotel room block has closed out, meeting registrations are still being accepted up to the opening date. The meeting agenda includes informative presentations on state and federal matters of current interest to the railroad industry, plus great networking opportunities. To see the agenda, and for last-minute registrations, click here.
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The House Appropriations Committee held their markup of the THUD bill Wednesday afternoon. In the end, Rep. Fleischmann (TN) did not offer his Twin 33 amendment and the committee voted to include the language below into the committee report accompanying the bill:
Twin-trailer truck length.—The Committee urges the Department to promptly report to the committees of jurisdiction any updated findings on the impact of increasing the length of twin-trailers from 28 feet to 33 feet.
This report language was modified before it was agreed to by most of the parties lobbying both sides of this issue.
We still expect the Senate Appropriations Committee to mark up their THUD bill either June 5 or 6. We expect that the base bill will be clean but that there may be an attempt at a Twin 33 amendment there, as well.