United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1159 (116th)
IMAGINE Act
Introduced
13 February 2019
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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Summary
Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2019 or the IMAGINE Act This bill encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects. Among other things, the bill establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols, as necessary, to better evaluate innovative materials; requires the Department of Transportation to enhance the development of innovative materials in the United States by providing awards to entities for establishing and operating new innovative material innovation hubs; directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to states departments of transportation, tribal governments, or units of local governments for coastal and rural infrastructure bridge projects; and provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 February 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 February 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 13 February 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1159
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1159