3.0.0 2410 2023-01-11T13:31:22Z 2023-01-11T13:31:22Z House HR 2015-05-19 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 77 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DeFAZIO:H.R. 2410.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 ofthe Constitution.[Page H3389]]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy15 Research and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2015-08-18T20:54:14Z Referred to 2015-05-19T14:01:20Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-01T20:09:54Z hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-01T20:09:45Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-01T20:09:37Z Referred to 2015-05-19T14:01:25Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2015-05-22T14:38:24Z Referred to 2015-05-19T14:01:10Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2015-05-20T21:17:03Z hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2015-05-20T21:16:52Z hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2015-05-20T21:16:44Z hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Referred to 2015-05-20T21:16:34Z hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee Referred to 2015-05-20T21:16:18Z Referred to 2015-05-19T14:01:05Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-05-19T14:01:40Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-05-19T14:01:35Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-05-19T14:01:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-05-19T14:01:15Z GROW AMERICA Act 114 3064 HR 2015-08-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Related bill CRS Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act 114 3344 HR 2015-07-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS At-Grade Crossing Enhancement Act of 2015 114 2933 HR 2015-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS 2015-08-18 hssy15 Research and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Committee 2015-07-01 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Committee 2015-07-01 hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. Committee 2015-07-01 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2015-05-22 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. Committee 2015-05-20 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2015-05-20 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2015-05-20 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2015-05-20 hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Committee 2015-05-20 hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Committee 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 hsru00 Rules Committee 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 hsbu00 Budget Committee 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 2015-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, and Rules, 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 2015-05-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E750) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2015-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 Y N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2015-05-19 True N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] JERROLD NADLER D NY 10 2015-05-19 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5] CORRINE BROWN D FL 5 2015-05-19 True J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2015-05-19 True C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2015-05-19 True L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 2015-05-19 True C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. 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Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2015-06-18 False L000581 Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] Brenda Lawrence D MI L. 14 2015-06-18 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2015-06-23 False S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 28 2015-07-07 False B001281 Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] Joyce Beatty D OH 3 2015-07-07 False B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] Karen Bass D CA 37 2015-07-07 False R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 2015-07-07 False A000370 Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] Alma Adams D NC S. 12 2015-07-08 False C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] LOIS CAPPS D CA 24 2015-07-08 False S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2015-07-09 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2015-07-09 False C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2015-07-09 False C001090 Rep. 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Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 5 2015-07-29 False P000596 Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] Pedro Pierluisi D PR R. 0 2015-07-29 False M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2015-07-31 False D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 21 2015-10-20 False L000580 Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] Michelle Lujan Grisham D NM 1 2015-10-26 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative remedies Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Air quality Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Appropriations Bankruptcy Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Budget deficits and national debt Business records Buy American requirements Census and government statistics Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Department of Transportation Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education programs funding Employment and training programs Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Executive agency funding and structure Fishes General public lands matters Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government information and archives Government trust funds Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Higher education Historic sites and heritage areas Hunting and fishing Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Income tax exclusion Indian lands and resources rights Indian social and development programs Infrastructure development International organizations and cooperation Judicial review and appeals Labor standards Latin America Libraries and archives Licensing and registrations Life, casualty, property insurance Marine and inland water transportation Mexico Minority and disadvantaged businesses Motor carriers Motor fuels Motor vehicles National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Navigation, waterways, harbors Noise pollution Performance measurement Product safety and quality Public contracts and procurement Public participation and lobbying Public transit Railroads Regional and metropolitan planning Research administration and funding Research and development Roads and highways Rural conditions and development Sales and excise taxes Securities State and local finance State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Travel and tourism Urban and suburban affairs and development User charges and fees Wages and earnings Water quality Transportation and Public Works 00 2015-05-19 Introduced in House 2015-06-22T18:33:30Z Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America Act or the GROW AMERICA Act

Prescribes requirements for environmental reviews with respect to state and federal agency engagement, obstruction of navigation, historic sites, categorical exclusion of multimodal projects from environmental review, and creation in the Department of Transportation (DOT) of an Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center.

Directs DOT to establish a multimodal freight incentive grant program and a National Freight Infrastructure Program.

Redesignates the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways as the National Highway System and the National Freight Network.

Requires the federal long-range transportation plan to include a transportation system resilience assessment.

Prescribes criteria for high performing metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) representing urbanized areas with populations of over 200,000.

Removes the congestion management process from the transportation planning process for MPOs.

Directs DOT to establish a pilot program for up to 10 MPOs to improve multimodal connectivity and increase connections for disadvantaged Americans and neighborhoods with limited transportation options.

Revises requirements with respect to congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, including electric vehicle charging stations and commercial motor vehicle anti-idling facilities in rest areas along the Interstate System.

Establishes in DOT:

  • a discretionary TIGER Infrastructure Grant Program for various transportation projects; and
  • a discretionary FAST Grant Program to reform the way surface transportation investments and decisions are made, implemented, and funded to achieve national transportation outcomes.

Revises requirements for the funding of railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing, the state infrastructure bank program, toll roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries.

Establishes within DOT the position of Assistant Secretary for Innovative Finance.

Reauthorizes the federal-aid highway and related programs through FY2021, including revised obligation limitation and apportionment requirements.

Directs DOT to:

  • establish a nationally significant federal lands and tribal projects program to fund construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of nationally significant federal lands and tribal transportation projects;
  • carry out a broadband infrastructure deployment initiative;
  • create a program to make critical and immediate improvements to infrastructure and highway safety;
  • set-aside specified funds for states for highway safety data improvement activities on public roads; and
  • create and maintain data sets and data analysis tools to assist MPOs, states, and the DOT in carrying out performance management analyses.

Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015

Revises fixed guideway capital investment grants requirements. Authorizes grants to state and local governments for very small starts projects.

Revises requirements for formula grants for enhanced mobility and for rural areas, workforce development programs, and the public transportation safety program.

Requires recipients of transportation assistance to meet certain standards for hiring locally.

Reauthorizes specified public transportation assistance programs through FY2021.

Authorizes DOT to make competitive grants to state and local governmental entities for bus rapid transit projects.

Authorizes appropriations for specified highway safety programs through FY2021, and revises related requirements.

Revises criteria for state graduated driver licensing incentive grants.

Adds a 24-7 sobriety program to criteria for state repeat offender and open container laws.

Authorizes specified amounts of grant funds to states for distracted driving enforcement.

Authorizes appropriations for specified motor vehicle safety programs through FY2021, and increases penalties for safety violations.

Revises certain reporting requirements for tire manufacturers.

Requires DOT to conduct a pilot grant program to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness for a state process for informing consumers of open motor vehicle recalls at the time of motor vehicle registration.

Revises specified requirements for commercial motor vehicle and commercial driver safety.

Requires disqualification to operate a commercial motor vehicle for anyone who fails to pay an assessed civil penalty for a motor vehicle safety violation.

Revises certain medical and registration requirements for commercial motor vehicle operators.

Revises requirements for the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program.

Directs DOT to administer a High Priority Program, an innovative technology deployment grant program, and a Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators Grant Program.

Authorizes DOT to establish:

  • a motor carrier safety facility working capital fund, and
  • a financial assistance program for commercial driver's license program implementation.

Directs DOT to maintain for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration a motor carrier safety advisory committee.

Revises requirements for the Unified Carrier Registration System plan.

Repeals the authorization for self-insurance by motor carriers.

Prescribes notice requirements relating to decisions that electronic logging devices fail to comply with standards.

Authorizes DOT to issue regulations:

  • governing contractors that exercise control over motor carrier operations; and
  • requiring motor vehicle employers to track and compensate employees for on-duty, not-driving time.

Authorizes DOT, with respect to unsafe conditions or practices in the transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat transportation), to order necessary:

  • operational controls, restrictions, and prohibitions without prior notice or an opportunity for a hearing; and
  • removal, remediation, or disposal of hazardous materials causing unreasonable risk of death, personal injury, or significant harm to the property or the environment.

Authorizes DOT to collect reasonable fees for the administration of the special permits and approvals for deposit into a Hazardous Materials Approvals and Permits Fund.

Revises requirements for planning and training grants under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986.

Reauthorizes the program for regulating hazmat transportation through FY2021.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2023 specified highway-related taxes as well as requirements for expenditures from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund.

Replaces the Highway Trust Fund with a Transportation Trust Fund, and authorizes appropriations to it through FY2021.

Directs DOT to establish and support a National Cooperative Freight Transportation Research Program and a Priority Multimodal Research Program.

Revises the competitive selection process for the university transportation centers consortia program.

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) to create data sets and data analysis tools for intermodal transportation data.

Establishes in the BTS a National Transportation Library.

Authorizes the BTS Director to establish a Port Performance Statistics Program to provide nationally consistent measures of performance of the nation's maritime ports.

Revises requirements for the intelligent transportation system (ITS) program. Includes as an ITS program goal the development and deployment of automated vehicles in all modes of surface transportation.

Prescribes requirements for the use of funds to develop ITS infrastructure, equipment, and systems.

Rail for America Act

Directs DOT to facilitate by financial assistance the establishment of a National High-Performance Rail System of integrated passenger and freight rail services, including a Current Passenger Rail Service Program and a Rail Service Improvement Program.

Authorizes appropriations through FY2021 for the System and for the planning, development, construction, and implementation of rail corridors and related infrastructure improvements.

Requires Amtrak to submit to the Secretary draft 5-year business line plans and draft 5-year capital asset plans.

Authorizes DOT to establish Regional Rail Development Authorities, including a Regional Committee, to facilitate the development of multi-state high-performance rail services, and to coordinate these investments with other rail, transit, highway, and aviation system services.

Prescribes requirements for the standardization of passenger equipment and level-entry boarding platforms.

Directs DOT to:

  • evaluate the shared-use of right-of-way by passenger and freight rail systems and the operational, institutional, and legal structures that would best support improvements to both of these systems; and
  • conduct a nationwide disparity and availability study to establish the availability and utilization of small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in publicly funded railroad projects.

Requires DOT to complete a National Rail Development Plan meeting certain criteria, and facilitate development of Regional Rail Development Plans.

Authorizes DOT to prescribe regulations or issue orders to require host railroads for joint operations that occur within a small geographic area to develop unified rules governing all operations within that area.

Revises or prescribes requirements relating to positive train control, hours of service, maximum employee duty hours, safety appliances, locomotive inspections, noise emission standards, and damaged track inspection equipment.

Authorizes federal agency heads to construct, install, operate, and maintain electric charging infrastructure for official agency vehicles.

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