National Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2004
Latest action · Nov 17, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11432-11434)
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.
- IntroducedNov 17, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2004 - Establishes the National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States to ensure that U.S. infrastructure meets current and future demand and facilitates economic growth.
Requires the Commission to study the state of U.S. infrastructure, including such matters as: (1) the capacity of infrastructure improvements to sustain economic development; (2) the age and condition of public infrastructure; (3) the methods used to finance the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, and maintenance of public works improvements; (4) investment requirements needed to maintain and to improve facilities and the projected share of investment requirements and expenditures on infrastructure facility improvements by Federal, State, and local governments; and (5) estimates of the return to the economy from public works investment.
Directs the Commission to develop recommendations regarding: (1) a Federal infrastructure plan that will detail national infrastructure program priorities; (2) public works improvements and methods of delivering and providing for public work facilities; (3) analysis or criteria and procedures that may be used by Federal agencies and State and local governments in inventorying existing and needed public works improvements, assessing the condition of improvements, and developing uniform criteria and procedures; and (4) proposed guidelines for the uniform reporting by Federal agencies of data regarding infrastructure improvements.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 17, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Nov 17, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Nov 17, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11432-11434)
- Nov 17, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11432)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Airports
- Bridges
- Commerce
- Construction industries
- Economic development
- Economic growth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational facilities
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental Protection
- Federal advisory bodies
- Governmental investigations
- Harbors
- Highway finance
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Maintenance and repair
- Marine terminals
- Mass rapid transit
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad finance
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Road construction
- Transportation and Public Works
- Waste water treatment
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
- Waterways
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