US Congress Senate Bill 615 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011 - Requires each executive agency to obtain a life-cycle cost analysis for each major infrastructure project prior to obligating funds. Defines "life-cycle cost analysis" as a process for evaluating the total economic worth of an infrastructure project by analyzing specified costs over a minimum 50-year period. Authorizes the use of alternate infrastructure type bidding procedures for awarding contracts for projects on the National Highway System and for major infrastructure projects. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to require states to utilize the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (developed under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project I-37A) for the initial design phase of all authorized highway projects.

Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011

Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]

Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB2602 (Same As) 2011-07-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/615/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s615/BILLS-112s615is.pdf