1. Transportation Reauthorization Update Nina Mclawhorn, Research Administrator Wisconsin Department of Transportation Government Transportation Research Information Committee Special Libraries Association June 6, 2004

2. Overview Current status of reauthorization Congressional timeline Larger issues loom Congressional budget overview Transportation Conference Committee issues Implications for NTL

3. Current status of reauthorization House and Senate passed fundamentally different bills Differences will be resolved in conference committee Senate conferees selected Negotiations to begin after House conferees decided

4. Congressional timeline TEA 21 expired 9/30/03 Short term extension expires 6/30/04 Six-week recess for national political conventions (late summer) Congress adjourns 10/1/04

5. Larger issues loom Deficit projections Defense and security concerns National elections

6. Congressional budget overview Budget, authorizations, appropriations Deficit projections Domestic spending frozen – trend to continue into future (FFY 05 transportation appropriations allocation was cut nearly $3 billion – indication of things to come)

7. ($ billions) 2004 2005 2005-14 CBO baseline deficits....................……………….. -477 -362 -1,893 GOP tax policies and AMT reform........……. 6 -65 -2,417 Net interest costs.....................……………….. (*) -1 -472 Deficits with GOP tax cuts and AMT reform…… -471 -428 -4,782 Deficit without Social Security............... -623 -600 - 7,139 January Baseline Deficits with GOP Tax Cuts and Alternative Minimum Tax Reform Congressional Budget Office

8. Talk of restraint focused on domestic spending only

9. Conference committee issues Reopener debate Size of pie (funding) Slicing the pie (donor state debate) Threats to formula funding Title V: Research and education funding Implications for NTL

10. Reopener debate Six-year funding (FFY 2004 – 2009) OR Two-year funding (FFY 2004 – 2005) (expires September 30, 2005)

11. Proposed Reauthorization Funding Levels - ($ Billions)

12. Wisconsin Rate of Return Comparisons - Highways

13. 7 Comparison of Formula and Discretionary Funding

14. Research and education funding compared to TEA-21 levels

15. Conclusion Limited resources will require future collaboration