transportation
Every record this desk has filed under transportation, newest first, each with the number of sources it can still show you.
NHTSA's final rule amending fuel-economy standards estimates a model-year 2031 average requirement of about 34.9 mpg, versus about 49.3 under the 2024 standards; it takes effect November 30
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published a final rule September 30 amending fuel-economy standards for model years 2022 through 2031. It estimates the model year 2031 average requirement at about 34.9 mpg, versus about 49.3 under the 2024 standards. It also estimates average new-vehicle costs for that year would be $1,289 lower if savings are passed on, and gasoline use through 2050 4.6 percent higher. The rule takes effect November 30 and sets no new comment period.
Also filed underfuel-economycafe-standardsnhtsanew-carsfederal-register
There is no October 1 shutdown this year: Public Law 119-103, signed September 2, funds the government at fiscal 2026 rates through December 11, 2026, and puts flood insurance, surface transportation programs and 23 veterans' provisions on the same deadline.
Fiscal 2027 begins October 1 without a funding lapse. H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, passed the Senate 90-6 on August 8 and the House 370-48 on September 1, and became Public Law 119-103 on September 2. It continues all twelve fiscal 2026 appropriations acts at their fiscal 2026 rates until December 11, 2026, or until full-year bills are enacted, whichever comes first. The same date now governs the National Flood Insurance Program's authority to write new policies and its higher Treasury borrowing limit, the surface transportation programs (the Highway Trust Fund's spending authority covers expenditures before December 12), 23 of the law's 24 veterans' provisions, and other authorities including the Defense Production Act. Section 157 bars a rule arising from the Office of Management and Budget's May 29 proposal to revise the Uniform Guidance for federal grants from being issued or finalized through December 11. As of this desk's read on September 27, no full-year fiscal 2027 appropriations bill had become law. December 11 is the date to watch.
Also filed underappropriationscongressgovernment-shutdownflood-insuranceveteransfederal-grants
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