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原文传递 Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure measure

题名：	Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure measure
正文语种：	eng
作者：	JOHN D. SCHULZ
摘要：	AS EXPECTED, A BIPARTISAN $1 TRILLION infrastructure deal passed the Senate last month by a 69-30 vote, with 19 Republicans in favor-including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCo-nnell of Kentucky. The vote came after centrist senators in both parties and the White House reached a long-sought compromise on the bill. It now goes to the House where it is expected to pass and be signed into law after Labor Day. The 2,702-page bill is the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" program, and he hailed it as "the most significant, long-term investment in our infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century." The bill should provide an almost immediate impact on the nation's infrastructure, which recently received a "C-minus" grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers. That's because it provides $113.3 billion in advance general fund appropriations for various forms of infrastructure-including transport-"above and beyond" authorization and funding from trust funds. The deal provides $567 billion in new federal money for roads, bridges, rail lines, transit projects, water systems and other physical infrastructure programs, with as much as $77.9 billion to address freight system needs. To address the truck driver shortage, the bill creates a pilot apprenticeship program for drivers under 21.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	Logistics Management
卷：	60
期：	9