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To: ChicagoConservative27

It occurs to be that there is a Senate rule that requires an “executive summary” of some kind on the bill. At least, bullet points of the major items. Of course, the person putting together the summary could decide to omit “those minor parts”. I’ve not found the bill text in its final form yet, so I have no idea what the writers have done.


8 posted on 08/06/2021 9:50:34 AM PDT by asinclair (Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
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To: asinclair

INVESTING IN A NEW VISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION IN AMERICA ACT

Summaries are by CRS.

Complete text is by lobbyiusts and special interests.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684


This bill addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Among other provisions, the bill

extends FY2021 enacted levels through FY2022 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs;

reauthorizes for FY2023-FY2026 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs;

addresses climate change, including strategies to reduce the climate change impacts of the surface transportation system and a vulnerability assessment to identify opportunities to enhance the resilience of the surface transportation system and ensure the efficient use of federal resources;

revises Buy America procurement requirements for highways, mass transit, and rail;

establishes a rebuild rural bridges program to improve the safety and state of good repair of bridges in rural communities;

implements new safety requirements across all transportation modes; and

directs DOT to establish a pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and achieve and maintain a state of good repair in the surface transportation system.


24 posted on 08/06/2021 10:11:53 AM PDT by Cboldt
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