Dive summary:

• After congressional wrangling over help for parts of the Northeast damaged by superstorm Sandy last year, the bill that went to President Obama and quickly got his signature raised the allocation for highway transportation work from the original proposals by $1 billion.
• The law cut how much the Federal Railroad Administration will get for Amtrak repairs – $118 million instead of $336 million.
• The Federal Highway Administration is the beneficiary of most of the increase for roads.

From the article:

The Senate had passed a Hurricane Sandy relief bill in December, though that bill didn't get anywhere in the House. ...