National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act
Latest action · Jun 23, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to: (1) establish a Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program to distribute funds to states, and a National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program to make grants to entities for projects, to improve the efficiency and reliability of freight movement in the United States.
The bill: (1) requires national and state freight plans to include strategies and goals to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, local air pollution, water runoff, and wildlife habitat loss; and (2) expands the membership and duties of state freight advisory committees.
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a 1% excise tax upon taxable ground transportation of property (i.e., transportation by freight rail or truck trailer and semitrailer chassis and bodies, suitable for use with a trailer or semitrailer with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more), and (2) deposit such tax revenues into a Freight Trust Fund to finance the Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program and the National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 22, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 22, 2017 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2017 | |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2017 | |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2017 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2017 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2017 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2017 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Jun 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Jun 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Jun 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Jun 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Jun 22, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 22, 2017Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
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. 163, no. 107, June 22, 2017, page H5110.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-37 | EXAMINING THE ADMINISTRATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL139 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Mar 6, 2018 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45462 | Freight Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization Archived | Report | Jan 16, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2723 | National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 15, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program and a National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program to improve the efficiency and reliability of freight movement in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Aviation and airports
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Economic development
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Infrastructure development
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Railroads
- Roads and highways
- Sales and excise taxes
- State and local government operations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2017Introduced 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.
