3.0.0 725 2023-01-15T23:03:26Z 2023-01-15T23:03:26Z Senate S S 2003-03-27 108 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Hearings by 2003-06-04T21:45:18Z Referred to 2003-03-27T18:00:04Z Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2003 108 2331 HR 2003-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. Identical bill CRS 2003-06-04 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-122. Committee 2003-03-27 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4516-4518) IntroReferral 2003-03-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4514-4516) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2003-03-27 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2003-03-27 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2003-03-27 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2003-05-13 False Transportation and Public Works Auditing Bikeways Bridges Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Drug abuse Drunk driving Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to transportation Finance and Financial Sector Highway finance Highway maintenance Highway planning Housing and Community Development Indian lands Infrastructure Mass rapid transit Minorities Native Americans Pedestrians Railroad safety Road construction Seat belts Sports and Recreation Traffic accidents and safety Traffic engineering Trails Transportation research Transportation safety Transportation and Public Works 00 2003-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from distributing, for years after FY 2003, any amount of obligation authority made available for Indian reservation road bridges and roads.

Authorizes appropriations to carry out the planning, design, engineering, construction, and inspection of certain projects concerning deficient Indian reservation road bridges.

Raises from two percent to four percent the ceiling for the amount of funds made available for Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year that may be allocated to Indian tribal governments applying for transportation planning pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

Requires the Secretary to establish a Federal lands highway program demonstration project for Indian reservation roads and highway bridges located on Indian reservations.

Requires the Secretary to carry out a program to provide to eligible Indian tribes competitive grants for use in establishing tribal transportation safety programs.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue grants to Indian tribes to establish rural transit programs on reservations or other land under tribal jurisdiction.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the maintenance of roads on Indian reservations is a responsibility of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) Congress should provide annually to the Bureau funding necessary to carry out all maintenance of roads on Indian reservations.]]>

Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2003 Display Title Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide from the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation roads, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-03-27T05:00:00Z 2003-06-04 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-122. 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.