Integrated Transportation and Economic Development Act
Latest action · Oct 10, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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 9, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Integrated Transportation and Economic Development Act
This bill: (1) adds as a new goal of the federal-aid highway program to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities and increase access to jobs, markets, and economic opportunities for people who live in such communities; (2) requires the Department of Transportation to establish measures for states to use to assess the conditions, accessibility, and reliability of roads in such communities; and (3) requires each state to set performance targets that reflect such measures.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 9, 2015 to Oct 21, 2015; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Oct 9, 2015 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Oct 13, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Oct 13, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Oct 13, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Oct 21, 2015 |
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 9, 2015 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Oct 10, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 10, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Oct 9, 2015Introduced in House
- Oct 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. 149, October 9, 2015, page H6975.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 23, United States Code, to add a national goal and performance measure to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Integrated Transportation and Economic Development Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 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.
