IMAGINE Act
Latest action · Feb 7, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2019 or the IMAGINE Act
This bill encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects.
Among other things, the bill
- establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols, as necessary, to better evaluate innovative materials;
- requires the Department of Transportation to enhance the development of innovative materials in the United States by providing awards to entities for establishing and operating new innovative material innovation hubs;
- directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to states departments of transportation, tribal governments, or units of local governments for coastal and rural infrastructure bridge projects; and
- provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2019 to Mar 5, 2019, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Mar 5, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 7, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1159 | IMAGINE Act | Identical bill | Feb 14, 2019 |
| HR 6898 | IMAGINE Act | Related bill | May 18, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Infrastructure development
- Intergovernmental relations
- Materials
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Roads and highways
- Rural conditions and development
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation programs funding
- Water resources funding
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
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