US Congress Senate Bill 762 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with state transportation departments, to establish an innovation in surface transportation program. Requires states to make competitive grants for innovative surface transportation projects to eligible entities, including local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, tribal governments, private providers of public transportation, nonprofit transportation organizations, port authorities, joint power authorities, freight rail providers, and local rail authorities. Requires each state (including the governor and state department of transportation) to establish an innovation in surface transportation selection panel to formulate criteria for selecting projects. Requires a state to reserve certain percentages of federal funds apportioned for the national highway performance, the highway safety improvement, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface transportation, and transportation alternatives programs in order to fund related projects under state innovative surface transportation grants. Authorizes states to reserve a certain percentage of such funds for a fiscal year to meet specific requests for project application support from eligible rural local governments.

Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB1393 (Related) 2015-03-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/762/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s762/BILLS-114s762is.pdf