HR 2541 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

BUILD Act

Introduced May 7, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Earl Blumenauer D-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 8, 2019 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.

IntroducedMay 7, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Building United States Infrastructure and Leveraging Development Act or the BUILD Act

This bill increases from $15 billion to $20.8 billion the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2019 to Feb 27, 2020, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	May 7, 2019
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	May 7, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	May 7, 2019
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		May 9, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jul 9, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Dec 6, 2019
R-FL	Ross Spano		Feb 27, 2020

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 8, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 7, 2019Introduced in House
May 7, 2019Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
May 7, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E552)

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 352	BUILD Act	Related bill	Feb 6, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

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May 7, 2019Introduced in House

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