The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is planning to mark up the highway bill on May 20, six people familiar with the planning told POLITICO.
That date is not set in stone, however, and the long-anticipated markup could be pushed back to June, the people added. House Transportation Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) had hoped to take action on the bill in late April, but he and ranking member Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) continue to hash out parts of the bill, which expires Sept. 30.
Graves has indicated he wants to stay below a top-line number of $600 billion, though Larsen has been seeking more. Graves initially said he was eyeing a bill in the $500 billion-$550 billion range, a significant reduction from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, which topped out at $1.2 trillion, with $550 billion of that going to new federal spending.
Graves will need to thread the needle, as fiscal conservatives in the narrowly divided House could balk at a high price tag.
