To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 22, 2016 Received in the Senate.
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, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to give Congress three full business days' prior notice of any announcement of competitive DOT projects receiving a discretionary grant award, letter of intent, loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit of $750,000 or more.
DOT shall also give Congress notice of emergency program fund allocations for the repair of highways and roads damaged as a result of a disaster:
- three full business days before issuance of the allocation; or
- concurrently with the allocation, if it is made using DOT's quick release (or any successor) process.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 539 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed424–1 | Sep 21, 2016 |
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2016 to Sep 14, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Sep 9, 2016 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 14, 2016 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Sep 14, 2016 |
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, 2016Markup Sep 14, 2016Reported Sep 19, 2016 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Sep 10, 2016 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2016Received in the Senate.
- Sep 21, 2016Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5766)
- Sep 21, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 1 (Roll no. 539). (text: CR 09/20/2016 H5697)
- Sep 21, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 20, 2016Mr. Graves (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 20, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5697)
- Sep 20, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5977.
- Sep 20, 2016At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Sep 19, 2016Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-753.
- Sep 19, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 585.
- Sep 14, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 14, 2016Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 10, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Sep 9, 2016Introduced in House
- Sep 9, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H5766provide | — | Sep 21, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5697Text printed H5697 | André Carson D-IN, Bill Shuster R-PA, Sam Graves R-MO | Sep 20, 2016 |
| House | Lists H5255H.R. 5977–5991 | — | Sep 9, 2016 |
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 estimate
- Sep 15, 2016H.R. 5977, a bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 14, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 136, September 9, 2016, page H5255.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 612 | WIIN Act | Related bill | Dec 16, 2016 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2016Received in Senate
- Sep 21, 2016Engrossed in House
- Sep 19, 2016Reported in House
- Sep 9, 2016Introduced 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.
