Wonk Alert: Download Oberstar’s Transportation Bill in Full
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar's (D-MN) new federal bill, which he previewed Wednesday despite pushback from the Obama administration, is officially out.
By
Elana Schor
12:13 PM PDT on June 22, 2009
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar’s (D-MN) new federal bill, which he previewed Wednesday despite pushback from the Obama administration, is officially out.
You can download the 775-page legislative text right here,
thanks to Transportation for America. Streetsblog Capitol Hill is
thumbing through it right now to provide highlights later today.
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