United States Transportation Command Infrastructure Assessment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3043
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-06-11
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>United States Transportation Command Infrastructure Assessment Act of 2018</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the United States Transportation Command, in coordination with the Department of Transportation (DOT), to make available to congressional Appropriations, Armed Services, and Transportation committees a description and assessment of the condition of the defense transportation sector functions, systems, assets, and dependencies as they relate to supporting Department of Defense operational capabilities and assets, including any related Transportation Engineering Agency Infrastructure Assessments.</p> <p>In coordination with DOT, the Command shall identify and submit to those committees consolidated and prioritized resource requirements for transportation infrastructure at the same time the President submits to Congress the budget for the next fiscal year. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3043 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 11, 2018 Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require USTRANSCOM assessments of transportation infrastructure.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States Transportation Command Infrastructure Assessment Act of 2018 . 2. United States Transportation Command assessments of transportation infrastructure (a) Responsibilities In coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command shall make available to the appropriate congressional committees a description and assessment of the condition of the defense transportation sector functions, systems, assets, and dependencies as they relate to supporting Department of Defense operational capabilities and assets, including any related Transportation Engineering Agency Infrastructure Assessments. (b) Identification of resource requirements In coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, the Commander shall identify and submit to the appropriate congressional committees consolidated and prioritized resource requirements for transportation infrastructure at the same time the President submits to Congress the budget for the next fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. The submission from the Commander shall include a synopsis of the En Route Infrastructure Master Plan and other information necessary to provide a single source comprehensive set of resource requirements for transportation infrastructure. (c) Definitions In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.