After a long, halting trek, the largest federal infrastructure bill in recent memory has pushed past a critical legislative milepost, with the US Senate’s approval of a $1-trillion measure that would provide major funding infusions for a wide range of public works categories including highways, bridges, water, the electric grid and broadband.
该计划是《基础设施投资与就业法》，于8月10日以强劲的两党69票对30票赢得了参议院通道。十九个共和党人加入民主党人投票。
账单接下来去了房子，那里的前景和地板行动时机尚不清楚。
戴夫·鲍尔（Dave Bauer），美国道路与运输建筑商协会主席兼首席执行官，警告，“参议院投票是急需的一步，但不是终点线。”
参议院环境和公共工程委员会主席汤姆·卡珀（Tom Carper）（德尔。
拜登优先
Infrastructure funding has been a priority for President Joe Biden, going back to his 2020 presidential campaign. Interest perked up in late March, when Biden unveiled a $2-trillion framework. [View ENR 3/31/2021 story on Biden's announcement这里。]。
参议院法案是过去几个月中长期谈判的结果，涉及各种参议院共和党人（遭受拜登的支出提议）和民主党人。毫不奇怪，该法案的筹资水平远低于三月提案中的资金水平。
But Biden, a veteran of past Senate negotiations, was upbeat after the vote.Speaking at a press conference他说：“经过基础设施周，几年和年后，我们正处于基础设施十年的风口浪尖。”
分解“新钱”
在该法案估计总计1,000亿美元中，大约5500亿美元的资金比目前的基准水平增加了基础设施类别。
在新资金，公路，桥梁和其他主要运输项目中，将获得最大的份额，约1,100亿美元。18luck官网乘客和货运铁路将获得660亿美元，运输将获得390亿美元，机场250亿美元，港口和内陆水道项目将获得170亿美元。18luck官网
在非投资类别中，水基础设施，包括饮酒水和废水处理项目，将分配550亿美元，电网的改善将获得730亿美元。18luck官网
该提案还强调解决气候变化的影响，包括460亿美元，以提高项目对风暴，野火和其他自然灾害的韧性。18luck官网
Highway, Transit, Water Authorizations, Too
The measure also enfolds important five-year reauthorizations for highway, transit and US Environmental Protection Agency water programs. The highway and water bill had cleared the Environment and Public Works Committee earlier this year. The EPA water bill, totaling $35 billion, was approved by the full Senate earlier as well, and is wrapped into the total package approved Aug. 10.
国家公用事业承包商协会首席执行官道格·卡尔森（Doug Carlson）指出，指出EPA水和宽带的大量资金陈述，“这项法案对核成员来说是一项巨大的胜利。”
参议员雪莱·摩尔·卡皮托（Shelley Moore Capito）（W.Va.）是共和党最高的环境和公共工程，表示高速公路授权总计30030亿美元，比上一届多年高速公路法案增长了35％，这是2015年《 FIX America's Surlient Transportation Act》。
行业影响
国家沥青路面协会倡导执行副总裁杰伊·汉森（Jay Hansen）在一次采访中说，这项30030亿美元将“大大增加在公路，道路和桥梁的投资，因此自然而然地，我们对此感到高兴。”
另一项规定将通过从普通基金中转移180亿美元来加强陷入困境的高速公路信托基金。其中，信托基金的高速公路帐户将获得900亿美元，其运输帐户将获得其他280亿美元。
Industry officials also highlighted the reauthorizations' long time span. Sean O'Neill, Portland Cement Association senior vice president for government affairs, said in an interview that the long time span provides “the certainty that comes with the investments that will be made in all facets of infrastructure over the next several years.”
更广泛地说，美国工程公司委员会高级倡导副总裁史蒂夫·霍尔（Steve Hall）说：“这对行业来说将是巨大的。”
霍尔在一次采访中说：“拥有一项可预测的，稳定，不断增长的五年地面运输计划，再加上对水和建筑环境其他领域的投资的重大增加，这确实将为该行业打开很多机会设计与韧性和气候变化有关的领域以及寻求解决的所有事物的创新解决方案。”
众议院轮到接下来
Attention has quickly shifted to the House, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said she wants to take up the infrastructure bill basically in tandem with a second bill that’s an even larger part of Biden’s legislative agenda—a $3.5-trillion budget measure that would include funding for what the president calls “human infrastructure,” including education, child care and health care.
与基础设施法案不同，预算措施将在和解机制下采取。它允许法案以简单的多数席位清除参议院，绕过通常的60票参议院门槛以避免诉讼。
参议院民主党人于8月9日推出了他们的和解措施的第一阶段，该预算决议为每个委员会设定了总体资金水平。参议院于8月11日早些时候以50票对49票批准了预算决议。
That would be followed up by detailed legislation for the various committees' sectors. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Aug. 11 that his goal is to wrap up that reconciliation measure by Sept. 15.
行业寻求快速的行动
Some construction and engineering officials want to see the two bills unlinked, and are urging faster action on infrastructure.
美国联合总裁兼首席执行官史蒂芬·桑德尔（Stephen Sandherr）在陈述，“华盛顿要做的最后一件事是持有急需的两党基础设施法案，人质。”
Hall says, “The ‘win’ on infrastructure is right there.” He adds, “If lawmakers want to battle it out on the social policy side, let them do that and then have that debate. But let’s take the win now on infrastructure.”
国家石头，沙子与碎石协会政府和监管事务副总裁米歇尔·史丹利（Michele Stanley）在电子邮件发送给ENR的评论中说：“最终，[基础设施]法案将以少量利润通过房屋。新利luck这是未知的时机，直到今年秋天晚些时候才发生，但它将越过终点线。”
故事于2010年8月11日更新，参议院通过预算解决方案。
