HR 2495 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

Introduced May 21, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Maxine Waters D-CA

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Latest action · May 21, 2015 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 21, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

This bill provides $7.5 billion in supplemental FY2016 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for National Infrastructure Investments under a competitive grant program known as the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. The bill permits the funds to remain available through FY2021.

The funding provided by this bill is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Emergency spending is exempt from limits on discretionary spending and other budget enforcement rules. The funding is only available if the President subsequently designates the amount as an emergency and submits the designation to Congress.

The funding is also exempt from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

Cosponsors 69

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2015 to Oct 22, 2015; 68 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-WADenny HeckOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalMay 21, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAJanice HahnOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAKaren BassOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MNRichard M. NolanOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CATed LieuOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MNTimothy J. WalzOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMay 21, 2015
D-NYGrace MengOct 22, 2015

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAppropriations Committee
Referred May 21, 2015
HouseBudget Committee
Referred May 21, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2015Introduced in House
  2. May 21, 2015Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and Article 1, Section 9, clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 79, May 21, 2015, page H3562.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 114-03SUPERCOMPUTING AND AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP93 pagesScience, Space, and Technology CommitteeJan 28, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for the TIGER Discretionary Grant program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2015Introduced in House

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