3.0.0 1761 2023-01-11T20:42:15Z 2023-01-11T20:42:15Z Senate S S 2007-07-10 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-10T21:57:17Z 2007-07-10 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2007-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-07-10 True Transportation and Public Works Cost overruns Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to transportation Government Operations and Politics Highway finance Infrastructure Road construction Traffic accidents and safety Transportation planning Tunnels Transportation and Public Works 00 2007-07-10 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-29T21:23:07Z Safety and Accountability in Construction Act - Requires state transportation departments to submit project management plans for federal-aid highway projects to the Secretary of Transportation for approval.

Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a qualified independent engineer to provide independent safety reviews of federally-financed highway projects if certain determinations are made.

Requires the Secretary to establish a national tunnel inspection program (including national standards for the inspection of such tunnels).

Authorizes states to obligate apportioned surface transportation program funds for: (1) the construction and repair of tunnels; and (2) tunnel safety inspections.

]]> Safety and Accountability in Construction Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to contract with an independent engineer to review the construction methods of certain Federal highway projects, to require States to submit a project management plan for each highway project financed with Federal funds, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Safety and Accountability in Construction Act Short Titles as Introduced Safety and Accountability in Construction Act Introduced in Senate 2007-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1761is/xml/BILLS-110s1761is.xml 2007-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.