Transportation & Infrastructure

Washington, D.C.—Congressmen Don Bacon (NE-02) and John Garamendi (CA-03) introduced H.R. 6922, the Base Applications Sped Expeditiously Protection (BASE Protection) Act, which directs the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to prioritize and expedite Section 408 permit applications that provide military installations with enhanced resilience. Section 408 is the process and criteria that the Corps use... Read more »

https://fcw.com/articles/2020/01/14/eis-congress-letters-rockwell.aspx In December, the Departments of Treasury and Agriculture got some advice from a handful of lawmakers on how to leverage the General Services Administration's $50 billion, 15-year next-generation telecommunications contract to modernize their operations. The CIOs at Treasury and USDA received letters from members of the House Fi... Read more »

https://www.radioiowa.com/2020/01/02/hamburg-levee-fight-sparks-ernst-and-axne-bills-seeking-corps-changes/ A bipartisan group of lawmakers who represent Iowa and Nebraska are joining to sponsor legislation that would help communities like Hamburg that are fighting federal rules about making temporary levees permanent. Read more »

https://www.omahadailyrecord.com/content/omaha-receives-169m-grant-120th-street-widening-project The City of Omaha received a $16.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to widen 120th Street to four lanes. The decision was announced last Wednesday in a joint statement by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon. The funding comes from the Better Utilizing Investments to Le... Read more »

Today, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) that will help the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) improve the screening experience for pregnant women and young families, passed the House without opposition. The two pieces of legislation are the H.R. 3246 Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019 and H.R. 3694 Helping Families Fly Act of 2019. H.R... Read more »

Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) issued the following statement today after agreeing to cosponsor H.R. 2208, the Cabin Air Safety Act of 2019: “I will be signing on to cosponsor this legislation which will further enhance safety and ensure clean air for all aircrews and passengers aboard commercial aircraft. There have been several cases of flight attendants and dozens of passengers becoming very ill... Read more »

Omaha Track, Inc., hosted U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE-2) and local railroad officials on Aug. 2 for a facility tour and public policy discussion. Read more »

— Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) released the following statement today following the repeal of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule: “The Waters of the US Rule was the prime example of government overreach and resulted in costly compliance measures. It placed burdensome regulations on Nebraska’s farmers, ranchers, landowners, county governments and others that unnecessarily delayed infras... Read more »

Maury Salz, president, CLAAS Omaha Inc., takes Rep. Bacon on tour of the company's state-of-the-art assembly facility in Omaha. The 2017 I Make America tour got underway at CLAAS of America last Thursday with a visit from first-term Congressman Don Bacon. To support this year’s tour and its theme (“Our Products, Our Jobs”), CLAAS hosted its congressman as part of the company’s continued leadershi... Read more »