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logbook Congress piecing together multiyear highway bill House and Senate conferees have started work to pass a two-year surface transportation funding bill – the first multi-year bill in seven years. Conference members met for the first time May 8 to work on a compromise between House and Senate proposals. Funding is currently provided through a three-month extension that ends June 30. While the House and Senate bills are similar in length and scope, the House's version of the bill addresses practically none of the policy included in the Senate bill. The inclusion of the We've Got Your Back. ® " Guaranteed Accurate Weights At CAT Scale, we stand behind our weights. Period. The next time you need to weigh, look for the black and gold sign and get weights you can trust. I weighed on a CAT Scale in Pennsylvania; got down to Texas and they wrote me a $455 ticket. I proved them wrong, but they wouldn't listen to me. We got ahold of CAT Scale and they took care of it – paid the whole $455. CAT Scale backed me up. I'll go back to CAT Scale; no doubt about it! – Rocky Kentucky " © 2012 CAT Scale Company 20 OVERDRIVE JUNE 2012 Like us on Facebook. The CAT Scale Guarantee at www.catscaleguarantee.com. Read more about environmental policy and the Keystone Pipeline, both of which drew veto threats from the White House, indicate that conference could be difficult. Also in the omnibus bills are other points that could impact owner-operators, including an electronic onboard recorder mandate. Both versions of the bill propose to increase the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act funding from $122 million to $1 billion annually, which has come under fire by OOIDA for funding too many public-private toll projects. The Federal Highway Administration administers the program to distribute loans to major surface transportation projects. Other groups, like the Truck Rental and Leasing Association, are urging Congress to extend in the bill expiring tax incentives aimed at accelerating the production of natural gas resources and utilizing the alternative fuel in the industry. The supported incentives include tax credits and rebates for fuel production, fuel purchases, infrastructure development and vehicle purchases. — Staff reports (Continued on Page 65) Jamboree, July 12-13 at Iowa 80 Truckstop, Walcott, IA Walcott Truckers See us at the Circle 173 on Reader Service Card or visit overdrive.hotims.com