3.0.0 4635 2023-01-15T04:49:16Z 2023-01-15T04:49:16Z House H HR 2004-06-22 108 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-23T15:51:06Z Referred to 2004-06-22T13:00:30Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-22T17:31:04Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-22T17:30:52Z Referred to 2004-06-22T13:00:40Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-06-22T13:00:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-06-22T13:00:35Z Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part II 108 4219 HR 2004-04-30 Became Public Law No: 108-224. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2004-06-30 Became Public Law No: 108-263. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2004-06-30 Became Public Law No: 108-263. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-30 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2004-06-30 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-30 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2004-06-30 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-24 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2004-06-23 Senate Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 6/24/2004 S7347) Floor 2004-06-23 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 6/24/2004 S7347) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-23 16:22:06 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2004-06-23 16:22:03 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 0 (Roll no. 288). (text: CR H4779-4782) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 288 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll288.xml House 108 2004-06-23T20:22:03Z 2 2004-06-23 16:22:03 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 0 (Roll no. 288).(text: CR H4779-4782) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 288 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll288.xml House 108 2004-06-23T20:22:03Z 2 2004-06-23 16:13:36 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4822-4823) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2004-06-23 12:04:59 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2004-06-23 hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. Committee 2004-06-23 11:39:49 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4635. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-06-23 11:39:47 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4778-4785) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2004-06-23 11:39:33 Mr. Young (AK) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2004-06-22 hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. Committee 2004-06-22 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. Committee 2004-06-22 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2004-06-22 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2004-06-22 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-06-22 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-22 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2004-06-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress Y000033 Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] DON YOUNG R AK E. N O000006 Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] JAMES OBERSTAR D MN L. 8 2004-06-22 True P000265 Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] TOM PETRI R WI 6 2004-06-22 True L000342 Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3] WILLIAM LIPINSKI D IL O. 3 2004-06-22 True Public Law 108-263 Transportation and Public Works Alaska American Samoa Animals Authorization Boats and boating Boundaries Bridges Bus drivers Canada Coast guard Commuting Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Curricula Data banks Department of Transportation Disabled Driver licenses Drug abuse Drunk driving Economics and Public Finance Education Electric vehicles Employee training Energy Environmental Protection Excise tax Federal aid to air pollution control Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Federal aid to transportation Federal aid to water pollution control Fishing Fishing boats Fuel cells Government Operations and Politics Government statistics Government trust funds Governmental investigations Guam Higher education Highway finance Highway maintenance Highway use tax Housing and Community Development Indian lands Information networks Infrastructure Intermodal transportation Interstate highway system Labor and Employment Latin America Light rail transit Limited access highways Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine safety Marine terminals Mass rapid transit Metropolitan areas Mexico Minorities Motor buses Motor vehicle pollution control Motor vehicle safety National parks Native Americans New Jersey Northern Mariana Islands Passenger ships Public Lands and Natural Resources Puerto Rico Railroad engineering Railroad passenger traffic Railroad safety Research and development Research centers Road construction Scenic byways Science, Technology, Communications Seat belts Shipbuilding Ships Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Subways Tax evasion Taxation Technological innovations Terminals (Transportation) Traffic accidents and safety Traffic congestion Traffic engineering Trails Transportation and the aged Transportation and the disabled Transportation engineering Transportation planning Transportation research Truck drivers Trucking Trucks Urban affairs Urban transportation Virgin Islands Washington State Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. Waste disposal in the ocean Water Resources Development Wildlife refuges Transportation and Public Works 00 2004-06-22 Introduced in House 2004-06-29T21:02:19Z Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III - Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through July 31, 2004, authorizations for Federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and Federal transit programs.

Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through July 31, 2004, funding for national outreach and communications programs related to sport fishing and boating safety.

Amends the Federal Transit Act of 1998 and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to authorize increased appropriations for programs through July 31, 2004, from the Highway Trust Fund Mass Transit Account.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize until August 1, 2004, expenditures for obligations under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) from the following Accounts: (1) the Highway Trust Fund; (2) the Mass Transit Account; and (3) the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.

]]> 81 2004-06-23 Passed House without amendment 2004-07-07T21:07:16Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III - Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through July 31, 2004, authorizations for Federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and Federal transit programs.

(Sec. 2) Extends the off-system bridge set-aside through July 31, 2004.

Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to extend to July 31, 2004, certain advanced authorizations from the Highway Trust Fund.

Revises the amount of obligation limitation that is to be distributed by the Secretary of Transportation.

Sets a cap upon the total amount of obligation authority distributed through July 31, 2004.

Prohibits a State from obligating after July 31, 2004, any funds for any Federal-aid highway program project until the date of enactment of a law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway program.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to make specified funds available from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for administrative expenses of the Federal-aid highway program for FY 2004.

(Sec. 4) Amends TEA-21 to extend through July, 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations under TEA-21 for: (1) Federal lands highways (Indian reservation roads, public lands highways, park roads and parkways, and refuge roads); (2) national corridor planning and development and coordinated border infrastructure programs; (3) construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities (including set-asides for such projects that are a part of the National Highway System in Alaska, New Jersey, and Washington State); (4) the national scenic byways program; (5) the value pricing pilot program; (6) highway use tax evasion projects; (7) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Highway Program; (8) safety grants; (9) the transportation and community and system preservation pilot program; (10) transportation infrastructure finance and innovation; (11) surface transportation research; (12) the technology deployment program; (13) training and education; (14) the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (15) Intermodal Transportation System standards, research, operational tests, development, and deployment; (16) university transportation research; (17) metropolitan planning; (18) the Territories of Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (19) the Alaska highway program; (20) Operation Lifesaver; (21) the bridge discretionary program; (22) interstate maintenance; (23) recreational trails administrative costs; and (24) railway-highway crossing hazard elimination in high speed rail corridors.

Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for skills training and on-the-job training to implement a specified nondiscrimination program.

(Sec. 5) Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for highway safety programs, including: (1) seat belt safety incentive grants; and (2) prevention of intoxicated driver incentive grants.

(Sec. 6) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend funding for the National Outreach and Communications Program through July 31, 2004. Extends through the same date the authorization of apportionments for qualified projects under the Clean Vessel Act of 1972.

Amends Federal maritime law to increase the authorization of appropriations for personnel and activities expenses of the Coast Guard directly related to the national recreational boating safety program.

(Sec. 7) Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of allocations and apportionments for Federal transit programs, including: (1) fixed guideway modernization (earmarking amounts to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities); (2) formula grants (earmarking amounts for the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations, bus and bus facilities grants, transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, financial assistance for urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas, and intercity, fixed route over-the-road bus service); (3) capital programs; (4) planning; (5) research (earmarking amounts for rural transportation assistance, transit cooperative research programs, the National Transit Institute, and national planning and research programs), including university transportation research; (6) carrying out certain administrative provisions by the Secretary of Transportation; (7) the job access and reverse commute program; (8) the rural transportation accessibility incentive program; (9) urbanized area formula grants; (10) the fuel cell bus and bus facilities program; (11) the advanced technology pilot project; (12) projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing systems; and (13) the New Jersey urban core project.

(Sec. 8) Amends TEA-21 to extend through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration programs, including: (1) certain highway safety programs; (2) highway safety research and development (R&D); (3) occupant protection incentive grants; (4) alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grants; and (5) the National Driver Register.

(Sec. 9) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for: (1) administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (2) the motor carrier safety assistance program; (3) information systems and commercial driver's license grants; and (4) continuation of a crash causation study.

(Sec. 10) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until August 1, 2004, the authorization for the use of the HTF and the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, including the sport fish restoration account and the boat safety account.

]]> 82 2004-06-23 Passed Senate without amendment 2004-07-07T21:08:32Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III - Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through July 31, 2004, authorizations for Federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and Federal transit programs.

(Sec. 2) Extends the off-system bridge set-aside through July 31, 2004.

Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to extend to July 31, 2004, certain advanced authorizations from the Highway Trust Fund.

Revises the amount of obligation limitation that is to be distributed by the Secretary of Transportation.

Sets a cap upon the total amount of obligation authority distributed through July 31, 2004.

Prohibits a State from obligating after July 31, 2004, any funds for any Federal-aid highway program project until the date of enactment of a law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway program.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to make specified funds available from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for administrative expenses of the Federal-aid highway program for FY 2004.

(Sec. 4) Amends TEA-21 to extend through July, 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations under TEA-21 for: (1) Federal lands highways (Indian reservation roads, public lands highways, park roads and parkways, and refuge roads); (2) national corridor planning and development and coordinated border infrastructure programs; (3) construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities (including set-asides for such projects that are a part of the National Highway System in Alaska, New Jersey, and Washington State); (4) the national scenic byways program; (5) the value pricing pilot program; (6) highway use tax evasion projects; (7) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Highway Program; (8) safety grants; (9) the transportation and community and system preservation pilot program; (10) transportation infrastructure finance and innovation; (11) surface transportation research; (12) the technology deployment program; (13) training and education; (14) the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (15) Intermodal Transportation System standards, research, operational tests, development, and deployment; (16) university transportation research; (17) metropolitan planning; (18) the Territories of Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (19) the Alaska highway program; (20) Operation Lifesaver; (21) the bridge discretionary program; (22) interstate maintenance; (23) recreational trails administrative costs; and (24) railway-highway crossing hazard elimination in high speed rail corridors.

Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for skills training and on-the-job training to implement a specified nondiscrimination program.

(Sec. 5) Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for highway safety programs, including: (1) seat belt safety incentive grants; and (2) prevention of intoxicated driver incentive grants.

(Sec. 6) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend funding for the National Outreach and Communications Program through July 31, 2004. Extends through the same date the authorization of apportionments for qualified projects under the Clean Vessel Act of 1972.

Amends Federal maritime law to increase the authorization of appropriations for personnel and activities expenses of the Coast Guard directly related to the national recreational boating safety program.

(Sec. 7) Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of allocations and apportionments for Federal transit programs, including: (1) fixed guideway modernization (earmarking amounts to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities); (2) formula grants (earmarking amounts for the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations, bus and bus facilities grants, transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, financial assistance for urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas, and intercity, fixed route over-the-road bus service); (3) capital programs; (4) planning; (5) research (earmarking amounts for rural transportation assistance, transit cooperative research programs, the National Transit Institute, and national planning and research programs), including university transportation research; (6) carrying out certain administrative provisions by the Secretary of Transportation; (7) the job access and reverse commute program; (8) the rural transportation accessibility incentive program; (9) urbanized area formula grants; (10) the fuel cell bus and bus facilities program; (11) the advanced technology pilot project; (12) projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing systems; and (13) the New Jersey urban core project.

(Sec. 8) Amends TEA-21 to extend through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration programs, including: (1) certain highway safety programs; (2) highway safety research and development (R&D); (3) occupant protection incentive grants; (4) alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grants; and (5) the National Driver Register.

(Sec. 9) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for: (1) administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (2) the motor carrier safety assistance program; (3) information systems and commercial driver's license grants; and (4) continuation of a crash causation study.

(Sec. 10) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until August 1, 2004, the authorization for the use of the HTF and the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, including the sport fish restoration account and the boat safety account.

]]> 49 2004-06-30 Public Law 2004-08-03T16:01:21Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III - Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through July 31, 2004, authorizations for Federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and Federal transit programs.

(Sec. 2) Extends the off-system bridge set-aside through July 31, 2004.

Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to extend to July 31, 2004, certain advanced authorizations from the Highway Trust Fund.

Revises the amount of obligation limitation that is to be distributed by the Secretary of Transportation.

Sets a cap upon the total amount of obligation authority distributed through July 31, 2004.

Prohibits a State from obligating after July 31, 2004, any funds for any Federal-aid highway program project until the date of enactment of a law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway program.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to make specified funds available from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for administrative expenses of the Federal-aid highway program for FY 2004.

(Sec. 4) Amends TEA-21 to extend through July, 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations under TEA-21 for: (1) Federal lands highways (Indian reservation roads, public lands highways, park roads and parkways, and refuge roads); (2) national corridor planning and development and coordinated border infrastructure programs; (3) construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities (including set-asides for such projects that are a part of the National Highway System in Alaska, New Jersey, and Washington State); (4) the national scenic byways program; (5) the value pricing pilot program; (6) highway use tax evasion projects; (7) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Highway Program; (8) safety grants; (9) the transportation and community and system preservation pilot program; (10) transportation infrastructure finance and innovation; (11) surface transportation research; (12) the technology deployment program; (13) training and education; (14) the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (15) Intermodal Transportation System standards, research, operational tests, development, and deployment; (16) university transportation research; (17) metropolitan planning; (18) the Territories of Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (19) the Alaska highway program; (20) Operation Lifesaver; (21) the bridge discretionary program; (22) interstate maintenance; (23) recreational trails administrative costs; and (24) railway-highway crossing hazard elimination in high speed rail corridors.

Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for skills training and on-the-job training to implement a specified nondiscrimination program.

(Sec. 5) Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for highway safety programs, including: (1) seat belt safety incentive grants; and (2) prevention of intoxicated driver incentive grants.

(Sec. 6) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend funding for the National Outreach and Communications Program through July 31, 2004. Extends through the same date the authorization of apportionments for qualified projects under the Clean Vessel Act of 1972.

Amends Federal maritime law to increase the authorization of appropriations for personnel and activities expenses of the Coast Guard directly related to the national recreational boating safety program.

(Sec. 7) Extends through July 31, 2004, the authorization of allocations and apportionments for Federal transit programs, including: (1) fixed guideway modernization (earmarking amounts to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities); (2) formula grants (earmarking amounts for the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations, bus and bus facilities grants, transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, financial assistance for urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas, and intercity, fixed route over-the-road bus service); (3) capital programs; (4) planning; (5) research (earmarking amounts for rural transportation assistance, transit cooperative research programs, the National Transit Institute, and national planning and research programs), including university transportation research; (6) carrying out certain administrative provisions by the Secretary of Transportation; (7) the job access and reverse commute program; (8) the rural transportation accessibility incentive program; (9) urbanized area formula grants; (10) the fuel cell bus and bus facilities program; (11) the advanced technology pilot project; (12) projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing systems; and (13) the New Jersey urban core project.

(Sec. 8) Amends TEA-21 to extend through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration programs, including: (1) certain highway safety programs; (2) highway safety research and development (R&D); (3) occupant protection incentive grants; (4) alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grants; and (5) the National Driver Register.

(Sec. 9) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through July 31, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for: (1) administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (2) the motor carrier safety assistance program; (3) information systems and commercial driver's license grants; and (4) continuation of a crash causation study.

(Sec. 10) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until August 1, 2004, the authorization for the use of the HTF and the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, including the sport fish restoration account and the boat safety account.

]]> Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III Display Title Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III Official Title as Introduced To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III Short Titles as Passed House Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III H House Short Titles as Passed Senate Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III S Senate Short Titles as Enacted Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III Enrolled Bill Received in Senate 2004-06-23T04:00:00Z Introduced in House 2004-06-22T04:00:00Z 2004-07-01T03:59:59Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-108publ263/xml/PLAW-108publ263.xml Public Law 2004-06-30 Became Public Law No: 108-263. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.