Small Cities and Towns Investment Act
Latest action · Apr 7, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedApr 7, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Cities and Towns Investment Act
This bill establishes a program through which the Rural Development Innovation Center shall make grants to local governments to address major community development and public infrastructure challenges.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2020 to Apr 17, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Apr 17, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Apr 17, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Apr 7, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 7, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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. 166, no. 67, April 7, 2020, page H1879.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide funds to enable counties to make competitive grants to qualified local units of government to address major community development and public infrastructure challenges, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Small Cities and Towns Investment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Appropriations
- Congressional oversight
- Government studies and investigations
- Housing and community development funding
- Infrastructure development
- Intergovernmental relations
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- Rural conditions and development
- Small towns
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2020Introduced 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.
