STAR Act

Bill: 116-hr-3437
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2019-06-24
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

Public transit

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Saving Transit Art Resources Act or the</b> <b>STAR Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows state and local transit authorities to incorporate art into federally funded transit projects and facilities.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3437 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2019 Ms. Adams (for herself, Ms. Pingree , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Titus , and Mr. Grijalva ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow certain funds to be used for incremental costs of incorporating art into facilities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving Transit Art Resources Act or the STAR Act . 2. Allowing art (a) In general Section 5323(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting or after the semicolon; (2) by striking paragraph (2); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (b) No special rule Section 5309 of such title is amended by striking subsection (p).