Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
John J. Duncan, Jr., Ranking Republican
The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit is primarily charged with responsibilities relating to the construction of roads and transit facilities and the development of national surface transportation policy, including safety and research measures. As such, the Subcommittee has jurisdiction over many programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
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Jurisdiction
The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit is primarily charged with responsibilities relating to the construction of roads and transit facilities and the development of national surface transportation policy, including safety and research measures. As such, the Subcommittee has jurisdiction over many programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
The foremost legislative product of the Subcommittee is the reauthorization of the Federal highway, transit and highway safety programs. Currently reauthorized approximately every six years, this legislation represents an investment in the nation’s infrastructure that translates into safer travel, more efficient commerce, and the creation of thousands of jobs.
An important feature of this legislation, first enacted in the 1998 reauthorization and continued through the 2005 bill, is the budgetary “firewalls” that place highway and transit spending in categories separate from all other domestic discretionary spending. These firewalls guarantee that gas taxes are used for their intended purpose – transportation projects – and not to fatten the Treasury in order to mask greater spending in other unrelated programs.
Issues and agencies under the jurisdiction of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee include:
- Federal-aid highway and Federal transit programs
- Highway and transit project planning and development
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
- Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
- Motor carrier and highway safety regulation
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
- Highway safety research and highway safety grants to states
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
- Surface transportation research, administered by FHWA and FTA and coordinated through the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
- Security and enforcement responsibilities of the above agencies, particularly FTA and FMCSA
- The Clean Air Act, certain provisions relating to air quality issues
Members
Republican Members of the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (TN), Ranking Member
Rep. Don Young (AK)
Rep. Thomas E. Petri (WI)
Rep. Howard Coble (NC)
Rep. Jerry Moran (KS)
Rep. Gary G. Miller (CA)
Rep. Henry E. Brown, Jr. (SC)
Rep. Timothy V. Johnson (IL)
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (PA)
Rep. Bill Shuster (PA)
Rep. John Boozman (AR)
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (WV)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (PA)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL)
Rep. Charles W. Dent (PA)
Rep. Connie Mack (FL)
Rep. Jean Schmidt (OH)
Rep. Candice S. Miller (MI)
Rep. Mary Fallin (OK)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL)
Rep. Robert E. Latta (OH)
Rep. Aaron Schock (IL)
Ranking Member Duncan's Biography
John J. Duncan, Jr., Ranking Republican, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
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Subcommittee on Highways and TransitB-375 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-6715