3.0.0 371 2023-01-11T13:20:26Z 2023-01-11T13:20:26Z Senate S S 2011-02-16 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-16T22:18:19Z Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance To Help Transportation Act of 2011 112 1338 HR 2011-04-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS 2011-02-16 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2011-02-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-02-16 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2011-02-16 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2011-07-25 False Transportation and Public Works Advanced technology and technological innovations Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Department of Transportation Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental health Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Infrastructure development Motor carriers Navigation, waterways, harbors Noise pollution Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Railroads Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Water quality Transportation and Public Works 00 2011-02-16 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-14T14:53:36Z Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation Act of 2011 - Declares U.S. policy with respect to freight transportation.

Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) an Office of Freight Planning and Development.

Directs the Secretary to develop a long-term National Freight Freight Transportation Strategic Plan to guide planning and investments in the national transportation system to move freight.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop new or improve existing tools to support an outcome-oriented, performance-based approach to evaluate proposed freight-related and other transportation projects; (2) facilitate the collection of transportation-related data to support a broad range of evaluation methods and techniques to assist in making transportation investment decisions; and (3) consider improvements to the Commodity Flow Survey that reduce identified freight data gaps and deficiencies and help evaluate forecasts of transportation demand.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for capital investment projects that improve the efficiency of the national transportation system to move freight, and (2) give priority to projects with the highest system performance improvement relative to their benefit-cost analysis.

Limits the federal share of project net capital costs at 80%.

Requires a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary: (1) a project management plan and an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $500 million or more, and (2) an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $100 million or more.

Repeals specified prohibitions against the transfer of amounts from the Highway Trust Fund to the Port Infrastructure Development Fund.

]]> Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation Act of 2011 Display Title Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the efficiency, operation, and security of the national transportation system to move freight by leveraging investments and promoting partnerships that advance interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-16T05:00:00Z 2011-02-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.