3.0.0 762 2023-01-11T13:27:51Z 2023-01-11T13:27:51Z Senate S 2015-03-17 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-17T21:00:11Z Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015 114 1393 HR 2015-03-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 2015-03-17 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-03-17 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-03-17 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2015-03-17 True Transportation and Public Works Air quality Economic development Government information and archives Pedestrians and bicycling Public transit Railroads Roads and highways Rural conditions and development State and local government operations Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2015-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-25T13:51:16Z Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with state transportation departments, to establish an innovation in surface transportation program.

Requires states to make competitive grants for innovative surface transportation projects to eligible entities, including local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, tribal governments, private providers of public transportation, nonprofit transportation organizations, port authorities, joint power authorities, freight rail providers, and local rail authorities.

Requires each state (including the governor and state department of transportation) to establish an innovation in surface transportation selection panel to formulate criteria for selecting projects.

Requires a state to reserve certain percentages of federal funds apportioned for the national highway performance, the highway safety improvement, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface transportation, and transportation alternatives programs in order to fund related projects under state innovative surface transportation grants.

Authorizes states to reserve a certain percentage of such funds for a fiscal year to meet specific requests for project application support from eligible rural local governments.

]]> Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015 Display Title Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish an innovation in surface transportation program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s762is/xml/BILLS-114s762is.xml 2015-03-17 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.