3.0.0 615 2022-02-03T05:53:52Z 2022-02-03T05:53:52Z Senate S S 2011-03-17 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-17T18:36:24Z Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011 112 2602 HR 2011-07-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Identical bill CRS 2011-03-17 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2011-05-18 False Government Operations and Politics Budget process Infrastructure development Intergovernmental relations Public contracts and procurement Public transit Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-04T20:51:30Z Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011 - Requires each executive agency to obtain a life-cycle cost analysis for each major infrastructure project prior to obligating funds. Defines "life-cycle cost analysis" as a process for evaluating the total economic worth of an infrastructure project by analyzing specified costs over a minimum 50-year period.

Authorizes the use of alternate infrastructure type bidding procedures for awarding contracts for projects on the National Highway System and for major infrastructure projects.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to require states to utilize the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (developed under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project I-37A) for the initial design phase of all authorized highway projects.

]]> Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011 Display Title Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the accountability and transparency in infrastructure spending by requiring a life-cycle cost analysis of major infrastructure projects, providing the flexibility to use alternate infrastructure type bidding procedures to reduce project costs, and requiring the use of design standards to improve efficiency and save taxpayer dollars. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s615is/xml/BILLS-112s615is.xml 2011-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.