US Congress House Bill 2479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: Introduced on May 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act This bill authorizes appropriations for the nation's infrastructure, including appropriations for: secure broadband internet access, with a prioritization on expanding broadband access in unserved areas; drinking water improvements, such as appropriations for the drinking water state revolving fund and programs for reducing lead in drinking water; the electric power grid, with a focus on grid modernization, security, resiliency, and efficiency; energy efficiency in buildings, including homes and schools; incentives for natural gas distribution companies to improve the public safety and environmental performance of the natural gas distribution system (e.g., pipeline replacements); the deployment of renewable energy systems; the incorporation of clean energy into community development and revitalization efforts; revitalization of brownfield sites (commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant); hospital infrastructure, with a prioritization given to projects that include cybersecurity; outpatient health care facilities in the Indian Health Service; and the improvement, renovation, or modernization of the infrastructure at clinical laboratories, teaching health centers, or behavioral health care centers. In addition, the bill reauthorizes funding for: (1) a diesel emissions reduction program for certain diesel vehicles or fleets, (2) ensuring the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is operated and maintained in an environmentally sound manner; and (3) establishing a Southeast Refined Product Reserve to mitigate the impacts of a severe energy supply interruption in the Southeast.

Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act

Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2017-05-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2017-05-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2017-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2017-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Introduced in House

HB1071 (Related) 2017-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB1747 (Related) 2017-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB1758 (Related) 2017-11-21 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-419, Part I.
HB2094 (Related) 2017-04-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB2447 (Related) 2017-05-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
HB2507 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
SB822 (Related) 2017-09-07 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 213.
HB2536 (Related) 2017-05-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
HB3417 (Related) 2017-07-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB1696 (Related) 2017-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
HB1068 (Related) 2017-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB1579 (Related) 2017-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB3107 (Related) 2017-06-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB4907 (Related) 2018-02-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB4908 (Related) 2018-02-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB3788 (Related) 2017-09-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2479/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2479/BILLS-115hr2479ih.pdf