S 654 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

COMMUTE Act

Introduced Mar 5, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Tammy Baldwin D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 5, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Connecting Opportunities through Mobility Metric and Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies Act or the COMMUTE Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to carry out an accessibility data pilot program. The purpose of the pilot program is to develop or make available an accessibility data set for states and metropolitan or rural planning organizations to improve their transportation planning by measuring the level of access to important destinations such as jobs, health care facilities, child care services, educational and workforce training facilities, affordable housing, and food sources.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2019 to Jun 25, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalMar 5, 2019
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyMay 2, 2019
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoJun 25, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 5, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1517COMMUTE ActIdentical billMar 6, 2019
S 2302America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019Related billJan 8, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2019Introduced in Senate

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