START Act
Latest action · Jun 7, 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.
- IntroducedJun 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act or the START Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with the Department of Energy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the National Science Foundation, to create, publish, and maintain a resource guide to assist states, communities, and cities in developing and implementing smart city or community programs.
DOT shall develop and implement an additional round to the Smart Cities Challenge, under which it shall provide competitive grants to small- and medium-sized communities to implement smart transportation proposals.
The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study on innovative financing and procurement for funding smart cities or community activities and associated demonstration projects.
Recipients of a Smart Cities Challenge grant shall submit quarterly reports to DOT regarding the development, implementation, and operation of their projects funded under the challenge.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Jun 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 6, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Air quality
- Business investment and capital
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Community life and organization
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental technology
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Performance measurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State and local government operations
- Transportation costs
- Transportation programs funding
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 6, 2019Introduced in House
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