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Bill· SS. 2039 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
Greener Transportation for Communities Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the use of tax-exempt facility bonds to fund zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. The bill defines "zero emissions vehicles" as any light- or heavy-duty vehicles that conform to the regulatory zero-emission vehicles standard or vehicles that produce zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant or greenhouse gas.
Bill· SS. 2038 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
Clean Fuel Infrastructure Act This bill extends the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property through December 31, 2021.
Bill· SS. 2033 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to implement regulations to require (1) all new commercial motor vehicles with a gross weight of 26,001 pounds or more to be equipped with speed-limiting technology, (2) any existing speed-limiting technology already installed in such vehicles to be used while in operation, and (3) the speed-limiting technology to be set to a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour.
Bill· SS. 2031 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
Veterans Enhancing Transportation Act This bill revises reporting requirements for state governments with respect to the disadvantaged business enterprise program of the Department of Transportation. Each state government may report information concerning small businesses that are owned and controlled by veterans who are not socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
Bill· SS. 2025 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 This bill revises regulations related to the transportation of agricultural commodities. Specifically, the bill expands the definition of agricultural commodity to include (1) aquaculture, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (2) fruits; (3) vegetables; (4) any non-human living animal and the products thereof; and (5) other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature or climate and at risk of perishing in transit. (Under current law, an agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock.)
Bill· SS. 2018 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
American Broadband Buildout Act of 2019 This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide matching grants to help states improve broadband infrastructure. The bill requires the FCC to distribute matching grants for state-led, public-private partnership projects connecting areas to broadband infrastructure where internet service is not available above a certain speed. As part of these projects, the bill also requires the FCC to award grants for digital-literacy programs and public-service campaigns designed to increase adoption of broadband internet access and service.
Bill· SS. 2012 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019 This bill nullifies rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission that revoke state and local authority to regulate telecommunications equipment deployment and to determine the amount of payment for the use of such equipment.
Bill· SS. 2006 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
John Stringer Rainey Safeguard American Food Exports Act or the John Stringer Rainey SAFE Act This bill prohibits the knowing sale or transport of horses for purposes of human consumption. Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to knowingly possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or receive a horse for it to be slaughtered for human consumption. It also makes it unlawful to knowingly possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or receive horse flesh, carcass, or part of a carcass for it to be used for human consumption. Violators are subject to criminal penalties.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 271 (116th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2019
This resolution designates July 12, 2019, as Collector Car Appreciation Day. The resolution also recognizes that the collection and restoration of historic and classic cars is an important part of preserving the technological achievements and cultural heritage of the United States.
Law· SS. 1982 (116th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2019
Save Our Seas 2.0 Act or the SOS 2.0 Act This bill establishes requirements and incentives to reduce, recycle, and prevent marine debris (e.g., plastics), including requirements to establish a Marine Debris Response Trust Fund, a Marine Debris Foundation, a Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations, a strategy to improve waste management and recycling infrastructure, a Waste Management Revolving Fund for states, a Waste Management Infrastructure Grant program, a Drinking Water Infrastructure Grant program, a Wastewater Infrastructure Grant program, and a Trash-Free Water Grant program.
Bill· SS. 1976 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2019
Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act This bill revises the program responsible for federal coordination and review of major infrastructure projects, including by making this program permanent and by expanding the types of projects eligible for the program.
Bill· SS. 1992 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2019
This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to repeal the permanent rescission on July 1, 2020, of $7.569 billion in unobligated federal-aid highway funds for states.
Bill· HRH.R. 3521 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2019
Wastewater Infrastructure Workforce Investment Act This bill allows states to reserve a portion of the sums allotted to them under the clean water state revolving fund to address the workforce development needs of publicly owned treatment works.
Bill· SS. 1979 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2019
Safe Freight Act of 2019 This bill prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.
Bill· HRH.R. 3469 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019 This bill establishes standards for the covert testing process that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) uses to evaluate its aviation security operations. Specifically, the TSA must implement an internal, risk-informed covert testing process for aviation security operations that can yield statistically valid results; execute at least three covert testing projects each year that are designed to identify systemic vulnerabilities in the transportation security system; establish a system to address and mitigate the vulnerabilities identified and assessed pursuant to the testing process; compile a list of the vulnerabilities, including a brief description of the nature of each vulnerability; and report the status of the vulnerabilities to Congress as part of its annual budget submission.
Bill· HRH.R. 3459 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
Made in America Act of 2019 This bill requires projects under various federal programs to use materials manufactured in the United States, with exceptions. The bill applies to materials such as steel, plastic, concrete, and glass and applies to programs for broadband infrastructure, water treatment, health centers, and housing, among others.
Bill· HRH.R. 3484 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
Department of Homeland Security Rotational Cybersecurity Program Act of 2019 or the DHS Rotational Cybersecurity Program Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a rotational cybersecurity research, development, and training program. Under such program, DHS shall detail to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) (including the national cybersecurity and communications integration center) Coast Guard Academy graduates and faculty. DHS shall detail to the Coast Guard Academy, as faculty, individuals with expertise and experience in cybersecurity who are employed by (1) CISA; (2) the Directorate of Science and Technology; or (3) institutions that have been designated by DHS as a Center of Excellence for Cyber Defense, or the equivalent.
Bill· HRH.R. 3488 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act This bill concerns matters related to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Among other things, the bill establishes a commission to assess the level of cultural competence within the academy; mandates a recruitment and retention plan for the academy; provides statutory authority for a minority outreach team program to recruit minority students to the academy; requires the Coast Guard to select half of each academy class from a pool of applicants with congressional nominations; and provides statutory authority for and expands the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative, which allows certain undergraduate students to enlist and receive a guaranteed commission as an officer in the Coast Guard.
Bill· HRH.R. 3481 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to revise federal consumer disclosure regulations to ensure that certain air carriers (1) disclose, upon the reasonable request of a consumer during the course of a reservation or ticketing discussion, the projected period between the actual take-off and landing times for domestic flights; and (2) display on their public website such information for the most recent calendar month.
Bill· HRH.R. 3480 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
Aviation Humanitarian Crisis Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to declare an aviation humanitarian crisis at airports serving areas in which a federally-declared major disaster or emergency exists. For each such humanitarian crisis, DOT must identify the airports subject to the disaster declaration and the time period during which the declaration applies. The bill limits the ability of air carriers to impose an excess charge for any seat on a flight or a passenger facility charge during the period of such crisis.
Bill· HRH.R. 3474 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
This bill revises the definition of "automobile transporter" to include truck tractors attached to trailers that are designed to transport assembled highway vehicles for purposes of certain length limitations.
Bill· SS. 1971 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act This bill prohibits a dealer from selling, leasing, or loaning a used motor vehicle until a defect of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment or noncompliance with a federal motor vehicle safety standard has been remedied, with specified exceptions. The prohibition does not apply if (1) the recall information regarding the used vehicle was not available at the time of sale or lease and was not on the manufacturer's website; or (2) notification of the defect or noncompliance is required, but enforcement of an order to notify of and remedy the defect or noncompliance is set aside in a civil action on a motion for change of venue.
Bill· SS. 1955 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2019
Made in America Act of 2019 This bill requires projects under various federal programs to use materials manufactured in the United States, with exceptions. The bill applies to materials such as steel, plastic, concrete, and glass and applies to programs for broadband infrastructure, water treatment, health centers, and housing, among others.
Bill· HRH.R. 3432 (116th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2019
Safer Pipelines Act of 2019 This bill addresses pipeline safety with respect to natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes appropriations through FY2023 for pipeline safety activities; prioritizes assessment methods for transmission pipelines that can provide a greater level of safety than direct assessment, including the use of internal inspection devices or pressure testing; makes it mandatory for each operator of a transmission pipeline facility in a high consequence area to install automatic or remote shutoff valves; directs owners and operators of gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities to make critical operational information available to surrounding communities and first responders; increases civil penalties for violations and revises the criminal penalty standard from "knowingly and willfully" to "knowingly or recklessly"; and requires the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to submit an annual report to Congress detailing its efforts to hire women, minorities, and veterans as inspectors since January 1, 2012.
Bill· HRH.R. 3444 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2019
School Food Modernization Act This bill provides for loan guarantees and grants to support healthy meals under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. The bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs), school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities to finance infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases to facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school meal programs. USDA must also award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs, school food authorities, and tribal organizations in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety. USDA must give preference under both programs to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment, and shall establish fees for the loan guarantee program. In addition, USDA must award competitive matching grants to experienced third-party training institutions to provide school food service personnel with the training and technical assistance they need to (1) meet or exceed nutrition standards under the school meal programs, and (2) improve the efficacy and efficiency of the school meal programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 3447 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2019
Public Health Funding Restoration Act This bill increases annual funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). (The PPHF assets are distributed to various agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services to (1) conduct community and clinical prevention initiatives, (2) research and track public health threats, (3) develop the public health infrastructure, and (4) other initiatives.)
Bill· HRH.R. 3437 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2019
Saving Transit Art Resources Act or the STAR Act This bill allows state and local transit authorities to incorporate art into federally funded transit projects and facilities.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 460 (116th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2019
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2722) to protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3351) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
Bill· SS. 1949 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2019
School Food Modernization Act of 2019 This bill provides for loan guarantees and grants to support healthy meals under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. The bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs), school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities to finance infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases to facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school meal programs. USDA must also award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs, school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety. USDA must give preference under both programs to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment, and shall establish fees for the loan guarantee program. In addition, USDA must award competitive matching grants to experienced third-party training institutions to provide school food service personnel with the training and technical assistance they need to (1) meet or exceed nutrition standards under the school meal programs, and (2) improve the efficacy and efficiency of the school meal programs.
Bill· SS. 1944 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2019
Public Health Funding Restoration Act This bill increases annual funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). (The PPHF assets are distributed to various agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services to (1) conduct community and clinical prevention initiatives, (2) research and track public health threats, (3) develop the public health infrastructure, and (4) other initiatives.)
Bill· HRH.R. 3426 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2019
Television Freedom at Our Nation's Airports Act of 2019 This bill revises conditions for the approval of airport improvement grants based on airport owners or operators making certain assurances about airport operations. Specifically, the bill prohibits airport owners or operators from entering into any agreement in which the content on airport television equipment is controlled by a broadcast or cable television news network, and prevents television equipment in an airport from being owned exclusively by any specific network.
Bill· HRH.R. 3409 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2019
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes the U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Maritime Commission for FY2020-FY2021, and authorizes a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads to the Coast Guard for such fiscal years. Among other things, the bill addresses (1) retirement grades for Coast Guard personnel, (2) promotion authority for Coast Guard personnel, (3) the use of unmanned maritime and aircraft systems in the Coast Guard, and (4) diversity at the Coast Guard Academy. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast Guard, including passenger vessel security and safety requirements, vessel operation requirements, coastwise endorsement determinations, Coast Guard advisory committees, safety zones to address special activities such as offshore energy development in the exclusive economic zone, the use of engine cut-off switches on recreational vessels, polar security cutter acquisitions, and vessel certification extensions.
Bill· SS. 1932 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2019
Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act This bill establishes and modifies various Department of the Interior water programs that target western states. Provisions in the bill include those authorizing Interior to provide grants to support qualifying water-storage projects in western states; reauthorizing through FY2024 the CALFED Bay-Delta program, which handles water issues in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; reauthorizing through FY2024 an Interior grant program to support qualifying water recycling and reuse projects and establishing new priorities for awarding such grants; and establishing a one-time process for de-authorizing certain Bureau of Reclamation projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 3388 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2019
Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act or the Moving FIRST Act This bill authorizes through FY2024 the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.
Bill· HRH.R. 3383 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2019
Safe And Fair Environment on Highways Achieved through Underwriting Levels Act or the SAFE HAUL Act This bill revises certain minimum financial responsibility requirements for transporting property. The bill increases from $750,000 to $4,532,550 (adjusted for inflation) the minimum level of financial responsibility sufficient to satisfy established liability coverage for motor carriers providing property transportation.
Bill· SS. 1939 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2019
Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act or the Moving FIRST Act This bill authorizes through FY2024 the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.
Bill· SS. 1930 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2019
Fair and Equal Treatment of Women in the Coast Guard Act This bill specifies reporting requirements for the U.S. Coast Guard regarding gender diversity. The Coast Guard must submit a biennial report that includes an analysis of its recruitment and retention of women and gender-based limitations on career opportunities.
Bill· HRH.R. 3362 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2019
Small Airport Mothers' Rooms Act of 2019 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. 1913 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2019
Stopping Threats On Pedestrians Act of 2019 or the STOP Act of 201 9 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish 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. Such a project is one that installs raised concrete or metal posts on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway that are designed to slow or stop a motor vehicle.
Bill· SS. 1909 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2019
Resilient Highways Act of 2019 This bill addresses projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges on and off the National Highway System. Specifically, the bill allows states to use up to 15% of funds apportioned under the national highway performance program for projects to mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repairs from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters on infrastructure that is part of the National Highway System; provides for a maximum federal cost-share of up to 100% for these projects; and authorizes emergency relief funds to be used to pay for these projects, including raising roadway grades, deepening channels to prevent flooding, improving drainage, and stabilizing slopes.
Bill· HRH.R. 3318 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2019
Emerging Transportation Security Threats Act of 2019 This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a task force to conduct an analysis of emerging and potential future threats to transportation security, including threats posed by the release of chemical or biological agents in aviation or surface transportation systems. The TSA must develop a threat mitigation strategy for each of the threats the task force examines in its analysis.
Bill· SS. 1883 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2019
Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 This bill makes changes to anti-money laundering requirements under federal criminal and banking laws. Among the changes, the bill specifies that a blank check drawn on an account containing more than $10,000 is a monetary instrument subject to international transport reporting requirements, increases the maximum criminal penalties for bulk cash smuggling, and permits the government to charge a defendant with a single count of money laundering for multiple violations that are part of the same scheme or continuing course of conduct.
Bill· HRH.R. 3324 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2019
Prioritizing Revised Operations To Eliminate Cyanobacteria Toxins in Florida Act or the PROTECT Florida Act This bill modifies requirements regarding water infrastructure projects in central and southern Florida. Specifically, the Army Corps of Engineers must include in such projects specified public health considerations, including those related to cyanobacteria and other toxins. The bill also prohibits the use of restoration funds for deep well injection (a liquid-waste disposal technology). In addition, the Army Corps of Engineers must (1) develop a master operational manual to ensure system management that protects public health and Everglades restoration; and (2) with the National Academies of Sciences, study the legacy of pollution and nutrient loading, as well as the impacts of soil amendments.
Bill· HRH.R. 3306 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2019
Nuclear Energy Leadership Act This bill addresses nuclear energy innovation. Among other things, the bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to (1) establish a long-term nuclear power purchase agreement pilot program; (2) advance the research and development of domestic advanced, affordable, and clean nuclear energy; (3) develop a 10-year strategic plan for its Office of Nuclear Energy; (4) provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source; (5) establish a program to make available high-assay, low-enriched uranium for use in commercial or noncommercial advanced nuclear reactors; and (6) provide competitive grants to develop the capability to transport high-assay, low enriched uranium. DOE, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must jointly establish a University Nuclear Leadership Program to provide financial assistance for scholarships, fellowships, and research and development projects at institutions of higher education.
Bill· HRH.R. 3293 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2019
Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2019 This bill allows a passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, or bus to be equipped with a pulsating light system for high mounted stop lamps. The term "pulsating light system" means a system for a high mounted stop lamp in which (1) the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than two seconds when the vehicle brake is applied and then converts to a continuous light until the brake is released, and (2) the rapid pulsing may not be repeated upon a subsequent application of the brakes for a lock-out period of five seconds after the brake's release.
Bill· HRH.R. 3256 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2019
Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program until May 1, 2025. The CFATS program requires chemical facilities to assess and address their threat vulnerabilities. The bill requires DHS to (1) verify information submitted by a covered chemical facility prior to assigning such facility a lower risk tier or determining that such facility no longer presents a high level of security risk, and (2) develop a voluntary program for chemical facilities to address potential security risks. DHS shall, among other things (1) provide for an annual review of a facility's compliance with its emergency response plan; (2) make available to state, local, and regional fusion centers and state and local government officials such information as it deems necessary to ensure that emergency response providers are prepared and provided with the situational awareness needed to respond to security incidents; and (3) establish a Chemical Security Advisory Committee to advise DHS on the implementation of this bill. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall (1) conduct a review of potential effects of attacks on covered chemical facilities or other critical infrastructure; and (2) establish a secure communications and information technology infrastructure or platform that allows facility owners and operators to voluntarily report on emerging threats, including terrorism threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (i.e., drones) to covered chemical facilities. The Government Accountability Office shall evaluate the effectiveness of DHS risk-based performance standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 3290 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2019
PHMSA Accountability Act This bill allows a private person to bring a civil action for a writ of mandamus in an appropriate U.S. district court to compel the Department of Transportation to perform pipeline safety duties.
Bill· HRH.R. 3262 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2019
Sami's Law This bill directs the Department of Transportation to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing certain transportation network company (TNC) vehicle identification laws. A "transportation network company" is an entity that uses a digital network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with the entity to transport the rider using a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the driver to a point chosen by the rider. States must require TNC drivers to display (1) a front and rear license plate; (2) a scannable quick response or similar code on the windows for riders to verify that they are entering the correct authorized vehicle; and (3) illuminated signs that are visible in both day and night, and readable from fifty feet. Drivers must also get periodic safety inspections of their ride-hailing vehicle. The bill prohibits the sale of illuminated TNC vehicle signs by any person other than a transportation network company and the display of such signs by individuals who are not authorized drivers.
Bill· HRH.R. 3261 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2019
Less Traffic with Smart Stop Lights Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a Smart Technology Traffic Signals Grant Program. DOT may provide competitive grants to states, local, or tribal government entities for projects that improve the functioning of traffic signals to (1) reduce traffic congestion, (2) improve the safety and effectiveness of roadways, (3) reduce fuel costs for drivers, and (4) reduce air pollution. Grants may not be used to purchase, operate, or maintain an automated traffic enforcement system. The federal share of project costs may not exceed 80%, but DOT may waive such limit if an assisted entity can show extreme financial hardship.
Bill· HRH.R. 3255 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2019
Telecommunications Opportunities for Workers Engaging in Real Infrastructure Deployment Act of 2019 or the TOWER Infrastructure Deployment Act This bill establishes the Telecommunications Workforce Development Advisory Council to advise the Federal Communications Commission on (1) the needs of the communications industry workforce to promote infrastructure deployment, and (2) recommendations to improve the industry's workforce development.