Infrastructure and Transportation
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Scanning and Imaging Shipping Containers Overseas: Costs and Alternatives
June 2, 2016Scanning and imaging all U.S.-bound shipping containers at overseas ports would cost $12 billion to $32 billion over 10 years, CBO estimates. Boosting the number of containers imaged at U.S. ports instead would cost considerably less.
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Approaches to Making Federal Highway Spending More Productive
February 11, 2016Federal spending on highways does not correspond very well with how the roads are used. CBO examines three approaches lawmakers could consider to make highway spending more productive.
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Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956 to 2014
March 2, 2015This report provides information on spending by federal, state, and local governments for transportation and water infrastructure, which totaled $416 billion in 2014.
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The Highway Trust Fund and the Treatment of Surface Transportation Programs in the Federal Budget
June 11, 2014How can lawmakers address the imbalance between revenues and spending in the Highway Trust Fund? How does the unique budgetary classification of surface transportation programs limit the effectiveness of standard spending controls?
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Federal Investment
December 18, 2013In 2012, the federal government spent $531 billion on investment—for physical capital; research and development; and education and training—which represented 15 percent of federal spending and 3 percent of GDP.
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Federal Grants to State and Local Governments
March 5, 2013In 2011, the federal government provided $607 billion in grants to state and local governments, accounting for 17 percent of federal outlays and a quarter of spending by states and localities. Nearly half of that amount was for Medicaid.
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Effects of Federal Tax Credits for the Purchase of Electric Vehicles
September 20, 2012CBO’s report assesses how the credits affect the relative cost of owning an electric vehicle, and how cost-effectively the credits reduce gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
