Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Investment Act
Latest action · Sep 10, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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.
- IntroducedSep 9, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Investment Act
This bill requires the senior procurement executive of the Department of Transportation to enhance the services of the Office of Contracts and Procurement by: (1) working with modal agencies, states, and other grant recipients on implementing design-bid-build, design-build, and public-private partnerships (P3) procurement best practices, including model contracts; and (2) developing suggested best practices to encourage standardizing state P3 authorities and practices, including fair and balanced assumptions made in the calculations, consistency on unsolicited bids, non-compete clauses, and other major elements.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Sep 9, 2015 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Sep 10, 2015 | |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Sep 10, 2015 | |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Sep 10, 2015 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Sep 10, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Sep 10, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Sep 10, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Sep 10, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Sep 9, 2015Introduced in House
- Sep 9, 2015Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 129, September 9, 2015, page H5866.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance the services of the Office of Contracts and Procurement at the Department of Transportation to assist modal agencies, States, and grant recipients with certain design and procurement practices and contracts.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Investment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2015Introduced 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.
