STARTER Act 2.0

Bill: 117-hr-3341
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Africa
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Algeria
Argentina
Asia
Atmospheric science and weather
Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Building construction
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Chile
China
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Colombia
Commuting
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Disability assistance
Dominican Republic
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Ecology
Economic development
Ecuador
Egypt
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Foreign and international corporations
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Guatemala
Income tax exclusion
India
Indian lands and resources rights
Indonesia
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Intellectual property
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Kuwait
Labor standards
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Lebanon
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mexico
Middle East
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Natural disasters
Pakistan
Paraguay
Performance measurement
Peru
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Roads and highways
Romania
Rural conditions and development
Russia
Sales and excise taxes
Saudi Arabia
Securities
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Technology transfer and commercialization
Thailand
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Urban and suburban affairs and development
User charges and fees
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: 

Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, and Efficient Review Act 2.0 or the
 
STARTER Act
 
2.0

 
This bill addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, innovation, and resiliency programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). It also sets forth requirements for the operation of railroad freight cars in the United States.
 
For example, the bill extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2026 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs. 
 
DOT must
 
 
 provide competitive grants for projects to provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on the federal-aid highway system;
 
establish a discretionary program to award competitive grants for eligible projects that encourage economic viability of the nation, a metropolitan area, or a region;
 
 create a public awareness campaign to reduce instances of driving while under the influence of prescription and over-the-counter medications; and
 
 promulgate regulations to implement an apprenticeship program for licensed commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21.
 
 
The bill also establishes new competitive grant programs to spur innovation of connected vehicle applications into operational deployments and to test the safe integration of automated driving system technologies into the on-road transportation system.
 
Additionally, the bill addresses projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges on and off the National Highway System.
 
Further, the bill prohibits the operation of railroad freight cars in the United States that have been manufactured or assembled by certain foreign countries or that contain sensitive technology from such countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Introduced in House