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House Transportation leaders are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for details related to assistance programs linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The panel responsible for drafting funding legislation for federal transportation programs and operations will be led by Sen. Brian Schatz, the chamber’s leaders announced recently.

Construction will move forward to ease congestion in western Maryland and improve regional freight transportation along Interstate 81 after Gov. Larry Hogan awarded the project a $100 million grant.

Legislation that temporarily averts a partial shutdown of federal agencies this month would hinder transportation operations nationwide, said the top senator on the funding committee.

A House panel on June 23 approved legislation that would fund operations at the U.S. Department of Transportation for fiscal 2023.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is creating a joint venture in its investment bank focused on catering to auto technology clients such as Tesla Inc. and the new class of companies trying to take on the top electric vehicle maker.

Legislation that would fund operations at the U.S. Department of Transportation and its agencies will be considered on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives before the end of July.

Rivian Automotive Inc., the electric truck startup already backed by Amazon.com Inc. and Ford Motor Co., raised $2.5 billion in new funding from a group of investors led by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc.

Agencies at the U.S. Department of Transportation and throughout the federal government will continue to operate through Dec. 20 after President Donald Trump signed a monthlong funding bill the Senate passed Nov. 21.

WASHINGTON — An infrastructure grants program managed at the U.S. Department of Transportation would receive $1 billion in the upcoming fiscal year under legislation a Senate panel easily reported to the floor of the chamber Sept. 19.