I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6592 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish additional requirements 
for 
certain 
transportation 
projects 
with 
estimated 
costs 
of 
$2,500,000,000 or more, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2018 
Mr. DESAULNIER (for himself and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish addi-
tional requirements for certain transportation projects 
with estimated costs of $2,500,000,000 or more, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation 
Megaprojects Accountability and Oversight Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TRANS-
PORTATION PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(k) MEGAPROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) MEGAPROJECT
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘megaproject’ means a project that 
has an estimated total cost of $2,500,000,000 or 
more, and such other projects as may be identified 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) 
COMPREHENSIVE
RISK
MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.—A recipient of Federal financial assistance 
under this title for a megaproject shall, in order to 
be authorized for construction, submit to the Sec-
retary a comprehensive risk management plan that 
contains— 
‘‘(A) a description of the process by which 
the recipient will identify, quantify, and monitor 
the risks that might result in cost overruns, 
project delays, reduced construction quality, or 
reductions in benefits with respect to the 
megaproject; 
‘‘(B) examples of mechanisms the recipient 
will use to track risks identified pursuant to 
subparagraph (A); 
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megaproject, including planning, engineer-
ing, financing, and any other elements de-
termined appropriate by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(iii) submit a report on the findings 
of each review under clause (ii) to the Sec-
retary, Congress, and the recipient. 
‘‘(4) TRANSPARENCY.—A recipient of Federal 
financial 
assistance 
under 
this 
title 
for 
a 
megaproject shall publish on the Internet Web site 
of such recipient— 
‘‘(A) the name, license number, and license 
type of each engineer supervising an aspect of 
the megaproject; and 
‘‘(B) the report submitted under para-
graph (3)(C)(iii), not later than 90 days after 
such submission.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) applies with respect to projects that are author-
ized for construction on or after the date that is 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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