Municipal Infrastructure Savings and Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-5310
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Materials
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Municipal Infrastructure Savings and Transparency Act

 
This bill grants an engineer for a public agency that receives funds from the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), in accordance with state and local procurement requirements, maximum flexibility to select appropriate construction materials that meet the performance requirements of a public contract and that allows open and free competition among suppliers of construction materials, notwithstanding federal procurement requirements. A state or local government may not prohibit or restrict any such engineer from using a particular construction material. 
 
 The Department of Transportation, the EPA, the Corps of Engineers, and USDA shall establish an interagency task force which shall issue a comprehensive report on federally-funded infrastructure projects. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House