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Bill· SS. 2805 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2019
TOD Advancement Act of 2019 This bill revises and extends until December 4, 2021, the Railroad Rehabilitation Improvement and Financing program. Specifically, the bill revises the eligible purposes under the program to include financing economic development and infrastructure that (1) incorporates private investment of greater than 20% of total project costs; (2) is physically connected to, or within a half mile walking distance from, a passenger rail station or multimodal station that includes rail service; (3) will commence construction within 90 days after the loan or loan guarantee is obligated for the project; and (4) demonstrates the ability to generate new financial assistance for the relevant passenger rail station or service.
Bill· SS. 2799 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2019
Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability Act of 2019 or the NEWS Act of 2019 This bill establishes requirements concerning the energy-water nexus, which means the links between (1) the water needed to produce fuels, electricity, and other forms of energy; and (2) the energy needed to transport, reclaim, and treat water and wastewater. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior to establish a joint Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability (NEWS) Office and Interagency Coordination Committee on NEWS to plan for and coordinate energy-water nexus research, development, and demonstration activities. In addition, DOE must establish and carry out a smart energy and water efficiency management pilot program. Under the program, DOE must award grants to water authorities (i.e., authorities that provide water, wastewater, or water reuse services) for demonstrating unique, advanced, or innovative technology-based solutions that will improve the net energy balance of water, wastewater, and water reuse systems; support the implementation of innovative and unique processes and the installation of established, advanced automated systems that provide real-time data on energy and water; and improve energy-water conservation and quality and predictive maintenance through technologies that utilize internet-connected technologies.
Bill· SS. 2792 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2019
Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2019 This bill modifies the discretionary spending limits for FY2020 to (1) establish a separate discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending, and (2) exclude infrastructure spending from the existing discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending. The bill also specifies the appropriations accounts and programs that are categorized as infrastructure spending for the purposes of the modified discretionary spending limits.
Bill· SS. 2786 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 2019
Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish an Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee to advise DOT on matters related to Arctic maritime transportation, including Arctic seaway development. The committee must develop a set of policy recommendations that would enhance the leadership role played by the United States in improving the safety and reliability of Arctic maritime transportation in accordance with customary international maritime law, consider establishing a congressionally chartered seaway development corporation modeled on the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and provide advice and recommendations to DOT on Arctic marine transportation. The bill requires any Special Representative for the Arctic Region appointed by the Department of State to coordinate any activities recommended by the committee's implementation plan and to facilitate multilateral dialogues with member and observer nations of the Arctic Council.
Bill· SS. 2780 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 2019
Licensing Innovations and Future Technologies in Space Act or the LIFTS Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a facility at which federal employees may receive training on functions and activities related to the licensing of commercial space launch and reentry activities. The training facility shall be located at a current center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that, among other things has expertise related to the design and testing of space propulsion systems; is capable of conducting a wide range of testing capabilities, including large thrust-level atmospheric and altitude engines and engine systems test capabilities; and has a commercial space industry presence.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 672 (116th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2019
This resolution supports the Three Seas Initiative in its efforts to (1) increase energy resilience and infrastructure connectivity across Central and Eastern Europe; and (2) further the process of building a Europe that is undivided, secure, prosperous, and free.
Bill· HRH.R. 4952 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2019
Strengthening Support For Veterans with Service Animals Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to require air carriers to allow service animals to accompany veterans with a service-connected disability during travel.
Bill· HRH.R. 4938 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2019
Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2019 This bill establishes a series of requirements relating to coverage of ground ambulance services under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must continue to designate an area as a rural or qualified rural area that is eligible for increased payment under Medicare, even if the area would otherwise no longer qualify for such designation, if the area has a specified population density. The CMS must also establish an administrative process to allow ambulance service providers to appeal a change in an area's designation. The bill also requires the CMS to (1) expand to all states a prior authorization model for repetitive scheduled nonemergent ambulance transport, in accordance with specified limitations, if such an expansion has not already occurred by a certain date; (2) increase payment rates for ground ambulance services; and (3) eliminate certain administrative requirements for such services.
Bill· HRH.R. 4951 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2019
School Security Enhancement Act This bill allows local educational agencies to use specified portions of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for planning and designing school buildings and facilities, installing infrastructure, and implementing other measures to strengthen security on school premises. The bill prohibits the use of grant funds for the provision of a firearm or training in the use of a firearm.
Bill· SS. 2768 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2019
Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019 This bill prohibits smoking on board National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) trains, including smoking electronic cigarettes.
Bill· SS. 2767 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2019
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program that awards grants to certain states for the creation of systems that improve the sharing of information concerning water quality, sources of water pollution, and water infrastructure needs among local governments.
Bill· SS. 2749 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2019
DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act of 2019 or the DOTGOV Act of 2019 This bill transfers the .gov internet domain program from the General Services Administration to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and provides support for expanding .gov usage among public entities. The bill directs CISA to make .gov domain name registration services, as well as supporting services, generally available to any federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial government entity, or other publicly controlled entity that complies with the policies for registration developed by CISA. CISA shall inventory all host names and services in active use within the .gov domain and provide the data to domain registrants at no cost. CISA shall develop and submit to Congress (1) a strategy to utilize information collected for countering malicious cyber activity; (2) an outreach strategy to local, tribal, and territorial governments and other publicly controlled entities to inform and support migration to the .gov domain; and (3) a .gov domain security enhancement strategy and implementation plan. The bill allows recipients of State Homeland Security grants or Urban Area Security Initiative grants to use grant funds for migrating any online service to the .gov domain.
Bill· HRH.R. 4919 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2019
Responsible and Efficient Agriculture Destination Act This bill modifies exemptions from service hour requirements for drivers transporting agricultural commodities who are within a 150 air-mile radius from their destination. The bill allows this exemption to be utilized yearly rather than only during planting and harvesting seasons.
Law· SS. 2730 (116th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 2019
Drone Advisory Committee for the 21st Century Act This bill establishes a Drone Advisory Committee to provide independent advice and recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration regarding issues involving the efficiency and safety of integrating unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace System.
Bill· HRH.R. 4905 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 2019
Investing in Energy Systems for the Transport of CO2 Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide secured loans or loan guarantees to private entities for the construction of common carrier pipelines that transport anthropogenic carbon dioxide as a supercritical fluid. The bill prohibits DOT from providing loans to finance more than one common carrier trunk pipeline project of which the majority of the pipeline will be constructed in a single census region. DOT must give priority to projects that propose construction of a common carrier trunk pipeline project in an area where pipelines or other linear infrastructure already exist. DOT may provide loans only if all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States, with specified exceptions.
Bill· HRH.R. 4898 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 2019
Rural Health Innovation Act of 2019 This bill establishes two grant programs to increase access to emergency care in remote rural areas where the nearest emergency department is at least 30 minutes away or inaccessible by road. First, the bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to provide grants to establish or maintain federally-qualified health centers or rural health clinics located remote rural areas. Eligible health centers or clinics must (1) employ physicians and professional clinical and support staff; (2) have laboratories, x-ray machines, and cardiac monitors on site; and (3) provide walk-in urgent care, and staging for transport to an emergency department. Further, the bill requires HRSA to provide grants to rural health departments that are located in remote rural areas to support the provision of emergency services, triage and transport to emergency departments, primary care services, or other similar services. Eligible rural health departments must (1) have a nursing staff and medical equipment, (2) agree to provide such emergency or similar services, and (3) submit an estimated cost for the first year of staffing and equipment.
Bill· HRH.R. 4896 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 2019
Advancing Infrastructure Development in Appalachia Act or the AID in Appalachia Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Balance Exchanges for Infrastructure Program to improve highway infrastructure development in the Appalachian region of the United States. DOT must incentivize certain states within the Appalachian region to use unobligated balances of funding to improve highway infrastructure in the region.
Bill· HRH.R. 4891 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 2019
Western Water Security Act of 2019 This bill addresses water management infrastructure and improvement, groundwater management, and water conservation and environmental restoration in certain western states. Specifically, the bill increases the authorization of appropriations to fund research agreements between the Bureau of Reclamation and eligible entities for water management improvement. The bill expands eligibility for such agreements to include nonprofit conservation organizations. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2024 a program through which Interior is authorized to assist eligible desalination projects. The bill lowers cost-sharing requirements under the program for rural desalination projects. Further, the bill allows certain financial assistance made available under an existing drought relief program to be used to assist state and tribal governments in addressing drought-related impacts to water supplies or any other immediate water-related crises. The bill reauthorizes the program through FY2030. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum federal share of costs for certain infrastructure improvements and activities for groundwater management that provide benefits to consumptive water users (i.e., users of water that is not returned to a stream, river, or water treatment plant) and nonconsumptive ecological or recreational values. The bill also requires Reclamation to carry out a water acquisition program in specified river basins. Further, Interior must analyze the extent to which changes in water supply will affect native biodiversity and must produce strategies for sustaining native biodiversity during periods of drought.
Bill· SS. 2718 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 2019
Western Water Security Act of 2019 This bill addresses water management infrastructure and improvement, groundwater management, and water conservation and environmental restoration in certain western states. Specifically, the bill increases the authorization of appropriations to fund research agreements between the Bureau of Reclamation and eligible entities for water management improvement. The bill expands eligibility for such agreements to include nonprofit conservation organizations. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2024 a program through which Interior is authorized to assist eligible desalination projects. The bill lowers cost-sharing requirements under the program for rural desalination projects. Further, the bill allows certain financial assistance made available under an existing drought relief program to be used to assist state and tribal governments in addressing drought-related impacts to water supplies or any other immediate water-related crises. The bill reauthorizes the program through FY2030. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum federal share of costs for certain infrastructure improvements and activities for groundwater management that provide benefits to consumptive water users (i.e., users of water that is not returned to a stream, river, or water treatment plant) and nonconsumptive ecological or recreational values. The bill also requires Reclamation to carry out a water acquisition program in specified river basins. Further, Interior must analyze the extent to which changes in water supply will affect native biodiversity and must produce strategies for sustaining native biodiversity during periods of drought.
Bill· SS. 2714 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 2019
ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2024 the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The bill revises the goals of ARPA-E to include the development of energy technologies that improve the resilience, reliability, and security of infrastructure to produce, deliver, and store energy. The bill also requires ARPA-E to ensure that an award is not provided for a project unless the prospective award recipient demonstrates that (1) a sufficient attempt has been made to secure private financing, or (2) the project is not independently commercially viable.
Bill· HRH.R. 4871 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 2019
Protecting Roadside First Responders Act This bill addresses transportation matters relating to Move Over laws and crash avoidance technology. (Move Over laws are intended to ensure first responder and motorist safety by requiring motorists to change lanes or slow down when approaching an authorized emergency vehicle that is parked or otherwise stopped on a roadway.) Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to produce research findings on the efficacy of Move Over laws and related public awareness campaigns; DOT to award grants to states to prevent death and injury from crashes involving vehicles striking vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside; DOT to implement rules to establish minimum performance standards with respect to crash avoidance technology and to require mandating crash avoidance technology on all new motor vehicles; and all federal fleet vehicles to have crash avoidance technology and, if such vehicles are used for emergency response activities, be equipped with digital alert technology.
Bill· HRH.R. 4880 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 2019
Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2019 This bill prohibits operating helicopter flights over any city with a population of over 8 million and a population density of over 25,000 people per square mile, except for purposes of (1) public health and safety, including law enforcement and emergency response; and (2) heavy-lift operations in support of construction and infrastructure maintenance.
Bill· SS. 2702 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2019
Integrated Energy Systems Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish an integrated energy systems program to (1) maximize energy production and efficiency; (2) provide reliable, competitive, and environmentally sustainable electricity to the grid; (3) expand the use of emissions-reducing energy technologies into nonelectric sectors; and (4) enable U.S. energy infrastructure to support the quantity, variability in type, and variability in size of generation devices and smart load devices.
Bill· SS. 2703 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2019
Aviation Automation and Human Factors Safety Act of 2019 This bill addresses the implementation of various aviation safety recommendations. Among other requirements, the bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to require the manufacturer of the 737 MAX aircraft to demonstrate that system safety assessments for such aircraft consider the effect of all possible flight deck alerts and indications on pilot recognition and response; issue guidance defining pilot monitoring metrics that air carriers may use to train and evaluate pilots, including metrics or measurable tasks that air carriers can use to evaluate pilot monitoring proficiency; direct design and production organizations for aviation products to establish safety management systems that are consistent with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization; and create a Center for Excellence dedicated to studying flight automation and human factors in commercial aircraft.
Bill· SS. 2700 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2019
Protecting Roadside First Responders Act This bill addresses transportation matters relating to Move Over laws and crash avoidance technology. (Move Over laws are intended to ensure first responder and motorist safety by requiring motorists to change lanes or slow down when approaching an authorized emergency vehicle that is parked or otherwise stopped on a roadway.) Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to produce research findings on the efficacy of Move Over laws and related public awareness campaigns; DOT to award grants to states to prevent death and injury from crashes involving vehicles striking vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside; DOT to implement rules to establish minimum performance standards with respect to crash avoidance technology and to require mandating crash avoidance technology on all new motor vehicles; and all federal fleet vehicles to have crash avoidance technology and, if such vehicles are used for emergency response activities, be equipped with digital alert technology.
Bill· HRH.R. 4828 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2019
Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund which provides funding for several things, including fisheries conservation and management, water and boating infrastructure, and recreational boating safety. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on (1) the increasing use of nonmotorized vessels and their impacts on motorized and nonmotorized vessel access, (2) user conflicts at waterway access points, (3) the use of Sport Fish Restoration Program funds to improve nonmotorized vessel access and the reasons for providing such access, and (4) the use of Recreational Boating Safety Program funds for nonmotorized boating safety programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 4844 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2019
This bill prohibits maintaining water supply for agricultural uses from being an authorized purpose of the project for Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas in Florida.
Bill· HRH.R. 4819 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2019
Vision Zero Act of 2019 This bill permits states to use funding under the surface transportation block grant program, the highway safety improvement program, and the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program to develop and implement vision zero plans for local government entities to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in such localities within a specified timeframe, not to exceed 20 years.
Bill· SS. 2674 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2019
Assuring Quality Water Infrastructure Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a grant program to improve drinking water infrastructure. Under the program, the EPA must improve the infrastructure asset management for at least one small public water system. Infrastructure asset management means concepts, tools, and techniques that are intended to improve the operation of a small system through the identification and prevention of potable water loss due to leaks, breaks, and other metering or infrastructure failures.
Bill· SS. 2672 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2019
Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy Act or the HIRE Act This bill requires certain federal agencies, including 10 departments, to be abolished or relocated outside the National Capital region. The bill designates a state for the new location of each department. The Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration must, for each agency, develop a proposal to relocate the agency to an area that has experienced economic distress. Relocation proposals must include three proposed locations in one state. Locations may not be within 30 miles of a city that has a population of more than 800,000. States may select a location for a relocating agency from the proposed locations. The bill requires relocations to take place within 10 years of the selection of a location and provides penalties for failure to relocate. Federal courts are denied jurisdiction over a case or controversy in which a party challenges a selection or action taken under this bill.
Bill· HRH.R. 4791 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 2019
Neighborhood Noise Barriers Act of 2019 This bill permits the use of funds out of the Highway Trust Fund to construct certain Type II noise barriers along federal-aid highways. The bill also makes the planning, design, or construction of such noise barriers eligible for surface transportation block grant program funding.
Bill· HRH.R. 4780 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 2019
National Infrastructure Investment Corporation Act of 2019 This bill establishes the National Infrastructure Investment Corporation to finance infrastructure projects that are beyond the financing capabilities of states and cities, including to (1) prioritize projects in a fair and efficient manner, and (2) minimize financial costs to the federal government.
Bill· SS. 2663 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 2019
Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2019 This bill increases the amount of certain public transportation grants to be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 that meet or exceed one or more performance categories for small transit intensive cities.
Bill· SS. 2656 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 2019
This bill requires each chief state election official to disclose to the Election Assistance Commission the identity of any foreign national known by that official to have (1) physically handled either ballots used in an election for federal office or voting machines, (2) had unmonitored access to a storage facility or centralized voting-tabulation location used to support an election, or (3) had unmonitored access to election-related information or communications technology. It also requires the official to make the disclosure within 30 days of becoming aware of such activity.
Bill· SS. 2652 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2019
Protection of American Jobs in Cross-Border Rail Operations With Mexico Act This bill requires the Department of Transportation to issue regulations that restrict the operation of trains originating in Mexico within the United States to crews comprised entirely of U.S. citizens and nationals.
Bill· HRH.R. 4753 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2019
Drone Origin Security Enhancement Act This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from operating, financing, or procuring foreign manufactured unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). DHS may waive the prohibition in specified circumstances for (1) the national interest of the United States; (2) counter-UAS surrogate testing and training; or (3) intelligence, electronic warfare, or information warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training.
Bill· HRH.R. 4765 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2019
Farm Support Integrity for Family Farms Act The bill modifies Department of Agriculture commodity programs with respect to (1) payment limitations, and (2) the requirement to be actively engaged in farming in order to receive payments.
Bill· HRH.R. 4759 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2019
Withdrawing from Overburdensome Reviews and Keeping us Safe Act or the WORKS Act This bill addresses provisions related to federal-aid highways and bridges, emergency and disaster relief, firearms, and environmental reviews. Among other things, the bill authorizes emergency relief funds to be used to pay for projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges, including to improve drainage; provides grants for local communities to develop disaster preparedness and disaster response plans that include the use of bicycles; establishes a competitive grant program to provide assistance to local government entities for bollard installation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas utilized by large numbers of pedestrians; requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm in an area of a water resources development project if it is not prohibited by law; and directs the Department of Transportation to complete expedited environmental reviews of tribal transportation safety projects.
Law· SS. 2638 (116th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2019
Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act This bill requires small hub airports to maintain a lactation area for nursing mothers and a baby changing table in at least one men's and one women's restroom in each passenger terminal building of the airport. Currently, medium and large hub airports must comply with this requirement by FY2021. The bill requires small hub airports to be in compliance by FY2023.
Bill· SS. 2636 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2019
Clean Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Act This bill authorizes grant programs to increase the resiliency of water infrastructure to natural hazards. Specifically, it requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a grant program for increasing the resilience of publicly owned treatment works to natural hazards. In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the EPA's Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program. Under the program, the EPA must award grants to community water systems for increasing their resilience to natural hazards.
Bill· SS. 2623 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2019
American Aviator Act This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide grants to certain pilot schools for flight training services to veterans. The FAA must give priority to pilot schools that (1) are accredited by the Department of Education, or (2) hold a restricted airline transport pilot letter of authorization.
Bill· HRH.R. 4709 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to award grants to states that have enacted and are enforcing laws that require the impoundment or immobilization of stretch limousines if such limousines are found to have certain defects upon inspection.
Bill· HRH.R. 4708 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
Safety, Accountability, and Federal Enforcement of Limos Act of 2019 or the SAFE Limos Act This bill establishes safety standards for stretch limousines. Among other requirements, the bill requires safety belts to be installed in stretch limousines with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds at each designated seating position, including on side-facing seats; the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and issue guidelines, best practices, and recommendations to assist stretch limousine alterers develop and administer a vehicle modifier plan; DOT to complete research into side impact protection, roof crush resistance, and air bag systems for the protection of occupants in stretch limousines given alternative seating positions or interior configurations, including perimeter seating arrangements; stretch limousine operators to disclose (1) the date of the most recent inspection of the limousine required under state or federal law, (2) the results of the inspection, and (3) any corrective actions taken to ensure the limousine passes inspection; and the use of event data recorders in stretch limousines.
Bill· HRH.R. 4700 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
Pipeline Safety Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes appropriations through FY2021 and provides direct hire authority for pipeline safety activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 4697 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
End the Limo Loophole Act This bill revises the definition of commercial motor vehicle to include vehicles that are designed to transport 9 or more passengers including the driver (currently, at least 16 passengers including the driver) and requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to finalize a rulemaking to require states to implement an annual inspection program for commercial passenger-carrying vehicles.
Bill· HRH.R. 4687 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
Sustainable Municipal Access to Resilient Technology in Infrastructure Act or the SMART Infrastructure Act This bill directs a state or locality that receives funds from the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to require open and free competition among suppliers of construction materials. The Department of Transportation, the EPA, the Corps of Engineers, and USDA shall establish an interagency task force to issue a comprehensive report on federally funded infrastructure projects.
Bill· SS. 2611 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
End the Limo Loophole Act This bill revises the definition of commercial motor vehicle to include vehicles that are designed to transport 9 or more passengers including the driver (currently, at least 16 passengers including the driver) and requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to finalize a rulemaking to require states to implement an annual inspection program for commercial passenger-carrying vehicles.
Bill· SS. 2607 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
Drone Integration and Zoning Act of 2019 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations or standards related to unmanned aircraft systems. Among other requirements, the FAA must designate the area between 200 feet and 400 feet above ground level for use of civil unmanned aircraft systems; authorize, only with a property owner's permission, the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft in the immediate reaches of airspace above private property; preserve state, local, and tribal authority to issue certain reasonable restrictions on the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft system within 200 feet of the ground or a structure; and establish a process for the designation of routes above 200 feet of the ground as authorized commercial routes.
Bill· SS. 2606 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
Safety, Accountability, and Federal Enforcement of Limos Act of 2019 or the SAFE Limos Act This bill establishes safety standards for stretch limousines. Among other requirements, the bill requires safety belts to be installed in stretch limousines with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds at each designated seating position, including on side-facing seats; the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and issue guidelines, best practices, and recommendations to assist stretch limousine alterers develop and administer a vehicle modifier plan; DOT to complete research into side impact protection, roof crush resistance, and air bag systems for the protection of occupants in stretch limousines given alternative seating positions or interior configurations, including perimeter seating arrangements; stretch limousine operators to disclose (1) the date of the most recent inspection of the limousine required under state or federal law, (2) the results of the inspection, and (3) any corrective actions taken to ensure the limousine passes inspection; and the use of event data recorders in stretch limousines.
Bill· SS. 2605 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2019
Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to award grants to states that have enacted and are enforcing laws that require the impoundment or immobilization of stretch limousines if such limousines are found to have certain defects upon inspection.