To direct the Secretary of Transportation to update a research report and issue guidance to the States with respect to reducing lighting on the Federal-aid system during periods of low traffic density, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Nov 15, 2010 Committee on Science and Technology discharged.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 21, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, to update the FHWA's research report entitled "Reduced Lighting On Freeways During Periods Of Low Traffic Density," FHWA/RD-86/018, dated August, 1985.
Requires the Secretary, based on the updated report, to issue guidance to states on reducing lighting on the federal-aid system during low traffic density periods.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Apr 21, 2009Markup Jul 29, 2010Reported Sep 22, 2010 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Apr 22, 2009Discharged Jul 29, 2010 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Apr 21, 2009Discharged Nov 15, 2010 |
| Technology Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2009 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2010Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
- Nov 15, 2010Committee on Science and Technology discharged.
- Sep 22, 2010Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-614, Part I.
- Sep 22, 2010House Committee on Science and Technology Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 15, 2010.
- Jul 29, 2010Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged.
- Jul 29, 2010Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 29, 2010Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Apr 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
- Apr 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Apr 21, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 2009Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
- Apr 21, 2009Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Apr 21, 2009Referred to House Science and Technology
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 4, 2010H.R. 1997, A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to update a research report and issue guidance to the states with respect to reducing lighting on the federal-aid system during periods of low traffic density, and for other purposes<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 29, 2010</p>
- Aug 4, 2010H.R. 1997, A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to update a research report and issue guidance to the states with respect to reducing lighting on the federal-aid system during periods of low traffic density, and for other purposesCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 29, 2010
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Transportation to update a research report and issue guidance to the States with respect to reducing lighting on the Federal-aid system during periods of low traffic density, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2010Reported in House
- Apr 21, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
