US Congress House Bill 2254 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 22 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish: (1) a national highway tunnel inspection program, including standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels; (2) a training and certification program for highway tunnel inspectors; and (3) a national inventory of highway tunnels. Includes tunnel construction, rehabilitation, and operational improvements (including safety inspection of such tunnels) as eligible projects under the federal surface transportation program.

To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other purposes.

Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Frank, Barney	Rep Gonzalez, Charles A.	Rep Keating, William R.
Rep Lynch, Stephen F.	Rep Markey, Edward J.	Rep McCarthy, Carolyn	Rep McGovern, James P.
Rep Neal, Richard E.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.
Rep Serrano, Jose E.	Rep Tierney, John F.	Rep Tsongas, Niki	Rep Wu, David

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2011-06-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN02254:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr2254ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr2254ih.pdf