Improving Access to Services Act

Summary

Improving Access to Services Act This bill requires transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to improve safe and convenient access to certain services, including health care facilities, child care, and affordable housing. ( Access is the ability to travel by auto, transit, pedestrian, and bike networks measured in terms of travel times, with impedances for level of travel stress for active travel and costs for low income travelers.) The Department of Transportation must establish minimum standards for states to use in determining and improving safe and convenient access to certain services for all users by all modes of travel. If a state fails to improve access, it must obligate 10% of federal transportation funds apportioned to such state from the previous fiscal year into its efforts to meet the minimum standards to improve access. The bill prohibits metropolitan transportation planning organizations from approving a transportation improvement plan that increases the ratio of automobile to non-automobile access in urbanized areas.

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Timeline

1. 7 April 2020

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 7 April 2020

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E352)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 7 April 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 April 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 8 April 2020

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 7 April 2020 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 7 April 2020

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 7 April 2020

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 7 April 2020

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Sponsors

• Jesús García · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Mark Takano · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] · D · Sponsor
• Raúl Grijalva · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D · Sponsor
• Bennie Thompson · D · Sponsor
• Jahana Hayes · D · Sponsor
• BOBBY RUSH · D · Sponsor
• Ann Kirkpatrick · D · Sponsor
• Darren Soto · D · Sponsor
• Marcia Fudge · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · D · Cosponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing

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