[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2714 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2714

  To facilitate the use of outcome-based performance standards by the 
         Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2017

 Mr. Meadows (for himself, Mr. Massie, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Sanford, Mr. 
Sensenbrenner, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Lewis of Minnesota, Mr. Budd, Mr. Brat, 
 and Mr. Palmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To facilitate the use of outcome-based performance standards by the 
         Department of Transportation, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Revamping American Infrastructure 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. USE OF OUTCOME-BASED PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

    (a) Comprehensive Review.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
conduct a comprehensive review of the regulations, guidance, and 
policies of the Department to identify those regulations, guidance, and 
policies that--
            (1) in current form, establish prescriptive requirements 
        for regulated entities; and
            (2) are able to be replaced, consistent with Federal law, 
        with outcome-based performance standards.
    (b) Report and Plan.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
on the results of the comprehensive review conducted under subsection 
(a) that includes--
            (1) a list identifying each prescriptive regulation, 
        guidance document, and policy that was determined by the 
        Secretary to be able to be replaced with an outcome-based 
        performance standard;
            (2) a detailed plan to replace the regulations, guidance, 
        and policies identified under paragraph (1) with outcome-based 
        performance standards;
            (3) a justification for omitting the regulations, guidance, 
        and policies not identified under paragraph (1); and
            (4) legislative recommendations to facilitate additional 
        replacement opportunities.
    (c) Plan Implementation.--Not later than 2 years after the date on 
which the report required under subsection (b) is submitted to 
Congress, the Secretary shall complete implementation of the plan 
described in that subsection.
    (d) Rulemaking Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--To the maximum extent possible, the 
        Secretary shall ensure that regulations, guidance, and policies 
        issued by the Department on and after the date of enactment of 
        this Act are issued in the form of outcome-based performance 
        standards and not as prescriptive requirements for regulated 
        entities.
            (2) Justifications.--The Secretary shall make available to 
        the public a justification for each regulation, guidance 
        document, and policy issued by the Department on and after the 
        date of enactment of this Act that is not issued in the form of 
        an outcome-based performance standard.
    (e) Department Defined.--In this section, the term ``Department'' 
means the Department of Transportation, including each modal 
administration thereof.
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