INFRA Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-6184
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2020-03-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government information and archives

Performance measurement

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>INFRA Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies annual reporting requirements for the the nationally significant freight and highway projects program, including to require the Department of Transportation to provide a summary of each project for which an application was submitted and a grant was not provided.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6184 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2020 Mr. Lowenthal (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Brownley of California , and Mr. Rouda ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the reporting requirement for the nationally significant freight and highway projects program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the INFRA Transparency Act . 2. Nationally significant freight and highway projects Section 117(n)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: (A) In general The Secretary ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Contents The annual report required under subparagraph (A) shall include— (i) a summary of each project for which an application was submitted under this section and a grant was not provided; (ii) the application for each project for which a grant has been provided under this section; and (iii) a rating for each project for which an application was submitted under this section on such project’s ability to fulfill the goals described in subsection (a)(2) and a description of such ability. .