The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will not mark up the surface transportation reauthorization bill this week and is now targeting a date in May, a spokesperson for the panel said Friday.
Action on the legislation, also known as the highway bill, has been repeatedly delayed amid wider concerns that a reauthorization may not be completed by Sept. 30, when the current bill expires. Text for a new bill has not yet been released by either chamber.
A spokesperson for T&I, Justin Harclerode, said that instead of the April 29 date Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) had been eyeing, the panel is looking at a markup some time in May. Graves and ranking member Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) have been haggling over the top-line number, among other issues.
“Negotiations are ongoing, and a markup date is still TBD, but targeting a May markup,” Harclerode told POLITICO.
