HR 5977 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes.

Introduced Sep 9, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Bill Shuster R-PA

Fact sheet

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 9, 2016
  2. Passed HouseSep 21, 2016
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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 callQuestionResultDate
House 539On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed424–1Sep 21, 2016

Yea 424

Nay 1

Not voting 6

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2016 to Sep 14, 2016, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalSep 9, 2016
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonSep 14, 2016
R-MOSam GravesSep 14, 2016

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2016Received in the Senate.
  2. Sep 21, 2016Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5766)
  3. Sep 21, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. Sep 21, 2016On 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)
  5. 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)
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 612WIIN ActRelated billDec 16, 2016

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2016Received in Senate
  2. Sep 21, 2016Engrossed in House
  3. Sep 19, 2016Reported in House
  4. Sep 9, 2016Introduced in House

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