GREEN Streets Act
Latest action · Dec 9, 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.
- IntroducedDec 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National Streets Act or the GREEN Streets Act
This bill establishes national goals to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resilience of the transportation system.
Specifically, the bill directs
- the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish minimum standards for states to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and per capita vehicle miles traveled (VMTs) on the National Highway System;
- DOT to establish measures for states to assess and reduce carbon dioxide;
- states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to consider projects and strategies that reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and decrease per capita VMTs;
- states and MPOs to publish an analysis of the impact on per capita VMTs and mobile source greenhouse gas emissions for each project that adds new lanes or otherwise increases traffic capacity and costs more than $25 million;
- states that are out of compliance with the per capita VMT standards or carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emission measures to dedicate federal highway funding to achieve compliance; and
- DOT to establish national transit access standards and performance measures for transit accessibility, transit stop distance, and transit mode share.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 6, 2019 to Feb 6, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Dec 10, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 6, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 Dec 6, 2019 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Dec 9, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Dec 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 6, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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. 165, no. 195, December 6, 2019, page H9348.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2084 | GREEN Streets Act | Identical bill | Jul 10, 2019 |
| HR 4520 | GREEN Streets Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 20, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 23, United States Code, to require transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- GREEN Streets Act
- Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National Streets Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Department of Transportation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Land use and conservation
- Pedestrians and bicycling
- Performance measurement
- Public transit
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- Roads and highways
- State and local government operations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation programs funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2019Introduced 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.
