S2437-118

Reported

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 20, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

Appropriates funds for Departments of Transportation and HUD for fiscal year 2024. Requires transparency for credit council meetings and transit benefit administration.

Who Benefits and How

Transportation and housing programs receive funding. Federal employees get transit benefits. Credit decisions made transparently.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Taxpayers fund appropriations. DOT must post council meeting schedules. Reprogramming requires congressional notification.

Key Provisions

  • Appropriates THUD funds for FY2024
  • Requires posting of Credit and Finance Council meeting schedules
  • Authorizes transit benefit distribution through working capital fund

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Appropriates funds for Transportation and HUD for FY2024

Who Benefits

  • DOT
  • HUD
  • Federal employees

Who Bears Costs

  • Taxpayers

Key Policy Areas

Appropriations, Transportation, Housing

Primary Purpose

Appropriates funds for Transportation and HUD for FY2024

Policy Domains

Appropriations Transportation Housing

Legislative Strategy

"Annual appropriations for transportation and housing"

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 20, 2023

Mr. Schatz, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
79 mentions across 74 clauses
+36 positive -42 negative ?1 uncertain

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Congress, Current Native Alaskan housing recipients

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, FAA, HUD face effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Congress, Current Native Alaskan housing recipients, DOT Working Capital Fund, DOT financial assistance programs, DOT transit pass program, FAA Administrative Services Franchise Fund, FAA programs, FAA regional and technical centers, FAA regional operations centers, FHA/HUD, FHWA and FRA training programs, FTA programs, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal agencies with unobligated balances, Federal employees receiving transit benefits, Government National Mortgage Association, HUD Chief Data Officer, HUD IT programs, HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD administrative offices, HUD government corporations, Indian tribes receiving CDBG grants, Inspectors General, Maritime Administration, Tribal homeless assistance programs, Tribal transit programs

Negative-direction: DOT, DOT Council on Credit and Finance, DOT senior executives seeking bonuses, Emergency spending recipients, FAA employees, FAA employees receiving premium pay, FAA facilities and equipment programs, FHWA, Federal Highway Administration, Federal agencies, Federal agencies funded by this Act, Federal agencies subject to IG oversight, Federal agencies with computer networks, Federal employee training programs, Federal employees, HUD Office of Fair Housing, HUD allotment holders, HUD employees subject to discipline, HUD programs, Highway safety regulators, New potential Native Alaskan housing applicants, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Surface Transportation Board, Surface transportation programs, Underperforming government contractors

Transportation
22 mentions across 19 clauses
+16 positive -6 negative

Airport sponsors/operators, Airports seeking contract tower participation, Airports with older air traffic equipment

Positive-direction: Airport sponsors/operators, Airports seeking contract tower participation, Amtrak, Amtrak employees, Aviation industry paying navigation fees, Communities served by FAA regional centers, Essential Air Service communities, Livestock and agricultural trucking operators, Long-distance passenger rail services, Private aircraft owners and operators, Railroad grant recipients, Rate complaint filers at STB, Regional air carriers, Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot participants, Teterboro Airport users and operators, US airline labor

Negative-direction: Airports with older air traffic equipment, Amtrak employees with high overtime, Foreign air carriers seeking US permits, Private sector aviation consultants, Rail infrastructure programs, Railroad rehabilitation financing programs

Real Estate
20 mentions across 18 clauses
+16 positive -3 negative ?1 uncertain

Choice Neighborhoods Initiative recipients, HUD grant applicants, Homeless assistance programs

Positive-direction: Choice Neighborhoods Initiative recipients, HUD grant applicants, Housing authorities with FSS programs, MAHRAA Participating Administrative Entities, Mainstream and Family Unification voucher administrators, Moving to Work public housing agencies, Multifamily housing project owners, Private investors in RAD conversions, Property owners, Public housing agencies under receivership, Public housing agencies with Jobs-Plus programs, Public housing authorities, Public housing authorities converting to RAD, Section 8 contract administrators, Small public housing agencies

Negative-direction: Homeless assistance programs, Private developers using eminent domain, Section 8 property owners with poor conditions

State & Local Government
13 mentions across 13 clauses
+8 positive -5 negative

HUD formula grant recipients with overpayments, HUD grantees, Highway project sponsors seeking waivers

Positive-direction: HUD grantees, Metropolitan cities receiving CDBG, Previously unfunded infrastructure grant applicants, Rural communities with Amtrak service, State DOTs, State highway programs, State housing finance agencies, States receiving highway safety grants

Negative-direction: HUD formula grant recipients with overpayments, Highway project sponsors seeking waivers, INFRA grant applicants, Municipalities using eminent domain for mortgages, Recipients of DOT funds handling DMV data

General Public
8 mentions across 8 clauses
+6 positive -2 negative

Clean fuels transit programs, Elderly and disability transit services, Individuals engaged in lawful advocacy activities

Positive-direction: Elderly and disability transit services, Individuals engaged in lawful advocacy activities, Individuals with DMV records, Public and transportation stakeholders, Transit capital investment grant applicants, Transit capital investment grant projects

Negative-direction: Clean fuels transit programs, Transit benefit program administrators

Residential
7 mentions across 7 clauses
+5 positive -2 negative

FHA-insured homeowners, Native American homeowners with Section 184 loans, Native American homeowners with loan modifications

Positive-direction: Native American homeowners with Section 184 loans, Native American homeowners with loan modifications, Native Hawaiian homeowners, Section 8 tenants, Section 8 tenants in foreclosed properties

Negative-direction: FHA-insured homeowners, Young unmarried college students seeking housing assistance

Construction
5 mentions across 5 clauses
+2 positive -3 negative

Highway improvement contractors, Infrastructure construction contractors, Lead abatement contractors

Positive-direction: Highway improvement contractors, Infrastructure construction contractors

Negative-direction: Lead abatement contractors, Non-local contractors, Transportation project sponsors

Manufacturing
4 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive -1 negative

Compliant US manufacturers, Entities with Buy American violations, US manufacturers

Positive-direction: Compliant US manufacturers, US manufacturers

Negative-direction: Entities with Buy American violations

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sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Housing Appropriations
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of Transportation

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