MEGA Rural Act
Latest action · Oct 17, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10697-10699)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 17, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a rural local roads safety pilot program. Allocates funds to States under a specified formula. Makes the Federal cost share 100 percent.
Provides minimum funding levels to States for FY 2004 through 2009 for: (1) transportation services for the elderly and disabled; (2) financial assistance for other than urbanized areas; and (3) financial assistance for urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000.
Directs the Secretary to establish a program under which States provide essential bus service between rural areas and primary airports, and between rural areas and stations for intercity passenger rail service, and appropriate intermediate or nearby points.
Provides the Federal share of eligible transit project or operating costs for FY 2004 and thereafter.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the crediting of interest to the Mass Transit Account within the Highway Trust Fund.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 17, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Oct 17, 2002 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Oct 17, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Oct 17, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10697-10699)
- Oct 17, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10696-10697)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Airports
- Block grants
- Bridges
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Disabled
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid highway program
- Federal aid to rural areas
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- Highway finance
- Highway maintenance
- Highway planning
- Highway use tax
- Housing and Community Development
- Infrastructure
- Interest
- Mass rapid transit
- Motor bus lines
- Railroad commuting traffic
- Revolving funds
- Road construction
- Roads and highways
- Rural economic development
- Signs and signboards
- Social Welfare
- Statistics
- Taxation
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Traffic congestion
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation and the aged
- Transportation and the disabled
- Transportation planning
- Transportation safety
- Urban affairs
- Urban transportation
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