Accountability and Flexibility Associated With Spending on Transportation Act of 2005
Latest action · Oct 19, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
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 18, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Accountability and Flexibility Associated With Spending on Transportation Act of 2005 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to allow a state to use its specified transportation improvement program (TIP) project allocation for any other eligible transportation project the state may designate.
Expresses the sense of Congress that state departments of transportation should take project descriptions in certain set-aside bridge program projects and specified TIP projects under SAFETEA-LU into consideration if such projects involve improving transportation safety.
Rescinds for FY2006 a specified amount of state unobligated balances of funds for the Interstate maintenance, national highway system, bridge, congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface transportation (other than the STP set-aside programs), metropolitan planning, minimum guarantee, Appalachian development highway system, recreational trails, safe routes to school, freight intermodal connectors, coordinated border infrastructure, high risk rural road, high priority projects, and TIPs and each of the STP set-aside programs. Rescinds 10% of amounts appropriated for FY2007-FY2009 by SAFETEA-LU (including the equity bonus program), but excluding amounts appropriated for the highway safety improvement program.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 16, 2005 to Feb 8, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NH | Charles F. Bass | Nov 16, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Nov 16, 2005 | |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Feb 8, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Oct 18, 2005 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Oct 19, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
- Oct 18, 2005Introduced in House
- Oct 18, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-211 | THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS65 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | May 23, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend Public Law 109-59 to provide additional transportation flexibility and to rescind certain amounts of Federal funding.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Accountability and Flexibility Associated With Spending on Transportation Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Alternative energy sources
- Appalachia
- Boundaries
- Bridges
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric vehicles
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to air pollution control
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal-state relations
- Freight
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government spending reductions
- Highway finance
- Highway maintenance
- Highway planning
- Housing and Community Development
- Infrastructure
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Intermodal transportation
- Interstate highway system
- Mass rapid transit
- Metropolitan areas
- Motor buses
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Natural gas vehicles
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad safety
- Rescission of appropriated funds
- Road construction
- Sports and Recreation
- Terminals (Transportation)
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Traffic congestion
- Trails
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation engineering
- Transportation planning
- Transportation safety
- Urban affairs
- Urban planning
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2005Introduced in House
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