Congress 114 - HR 679 - Road Usage Charge Pilot Program Act of 2015

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Advisory bodies Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government studies and investigations Motor vehicles Regional and metropolitan planning Right of privacy Roads and highways State and local finance Technology assessment Transportation and Public Works Transportation programs funding User charges and fees

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Road Usage Charge Pilot Program Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Road Usage Charge Pilot Program to make competitive grants to state or local governments, or metropolitan planning, regional transportation planning, or tribal organizations to conduct pilot studies on implementing mileage-based fee systems as a method for funding transportation highway projects.

Directs the Secretary to establish a working group to:

develop national technology standards for a road usage charge, as well as national privacy standards for such a charge that balance the effectiveness of revenue systems with user privacy; and
evaluate the potential of the methods studied in the program to manage demand and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

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Feb 6, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Feb 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 3, 2015

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Feb 3, 2015

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E152-153)
Feb 3, 2015

Introduced in House

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