IMAGINE Act

Bill: 117-hr-2197
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Materials
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Technology transfer and commercialization
Transportation programs funding
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2021 or the IMAGINE Act

 
This bill encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects.
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols to better evaluate innovative materials;
 
requires the Department of Transportation to enhance the development of innovative materials in the United States by providing awards to entities for establishing and operating new innovative material innovation hubs;
 
directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to states' departments of transportation, tribal governments, public toll authorities, and units of local government for coastal or rural infrastructure bridge projects and value engineering projects to enhance the performance of bridges through the use of innovative materials; and
 
provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House