[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5977 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5977

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate 
committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2016

  Mr. Shuster (for himself and Mr. DeFazio) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate 
committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) or as 
expressly provided in another provision of law, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress 
notice of an announcement concerning a covered project at least 3 full 
business days before the announcement is made by the Department of 
Transportation.
    (b) Emergency Program.--With respect to an allocation of funds 
under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall 
provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate notice of the allocation--
            (1) at least 3 full business days before the issuance of 
        the allocation; or
            (2) concurrently with the issuance of the allocation, if 
        the allocation is made using the quick release process of the 
        Department (or any successor process).

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Environment and Public Works, 
                the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 
                and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                Affairs of the Senate.
            (2) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a 
        project competitively selected by the Department of 
        Transportation to receive a discretionary grant award, letter 
        of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, or line 
        of credit commitment in an amount equal to or greater than 
        $750,000.
            (3) Department of transportation.--The term ``Department of 
        Transportation'' includes the modal administrations of the 
        Department of Transportation.
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