STARTER Act 2.0
Latest action · May 20, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, and Efficient Review Act 2.0 or the STARTER Act 2.0
This bill addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, innovation, and resiliency programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). It also sets forth requirements for the operation of railroad freight cars in the United States.
For example, the bill extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2026 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs.
DOT must
- provide competitive grants for projects to provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on the federal-aid highway system;
- establish a discretionary program to award competitive grants for eligible projects that encourage economic viability of the nation, a metropolitan area, or a region;
- create a public awareness campaign to reduce instances of driving while under the influence of prescription and over-the-counter medications; and
- promulgate regulations to implement an apprenticeship program for licensed commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21.
The bill also establishes new competitive grant programs to spur innovation of connected vehicle applications into operational deployments and to test the safe integration of automated driving system technologies into the on-road transportation system.
Additionally, the bill addresses projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges on and off the National Highway System.
Further, the bill prohibits the operation of railroad freight cars in the United States that have been manufactured or assembled by certain foreign countries or that contain sensitive technology from such countries.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2021 to Jul 9, 2021; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Jun 29, 2021 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Jun 29, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Greg Pence | Jun 29, 2021 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jul 9, 2021 |
Committees 2
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 May 19, 2021 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2021 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2021 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 19, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- May 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- May 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 19, 2021Introduced in House
- May 19, 2021Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5566 | James R. Baird R-IN | Sep 30, 2021 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5447 | Sam Graves R-MO | Sep 27, 2021 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3511 | Bruce Westerman R-AR | Jun 30, 2021 |
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. 167, no. 87, May 19, 2021, page H2613.
Related bills 11
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 659 | DRIVE Safe Act | Related bill | Mar 10, 2021 |
| HR 1089 | SMART Transportation Act | Related bill | Feb 19, 2021 |
| S 1710 | Resilient Highways Act of 2021 | Related bill | May 19, 2021 |
| HR 1745 | DRIVE-SAFE Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2021 |
| HR 1812 | One Federal Decision Act of 2021 | Related bill | May 12, 2021 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, and Efficient Review Act 2.0
- STARTER Act 2.0
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- A Future for Freight Rail Manufacturing Act of 2021
- Federal Public Transportation Act of 2021
- AFFRM Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Accidents
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Africa
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Air quality
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Asia
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Barbados
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Building construction
- Canada
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Chile
- China
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Colombia
- Commuting
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Transportation
- Disability assistance
- Dominican Republic
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Ecology
- Economic development
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employment and training programs
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Europe
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fires
- Floods and storm protection
- Foreign and international corporations
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Guatemala
- Income tax exclusion
- India
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Indonesia
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Infrastructure development
- Intellectual property
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Kuwait
- Labor standards
- Lakes and rivers
- Land use and conservation
- Latin America
- Lebanon
- Licensing and registrations
- Life, casualty, property insurance
- Manufacturing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Motor carriers
- Motor vehicles
- Natural disasters
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Performance measurement
- Peru
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public transit
- Public-private cooperation
- Railroads
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Roads and highways
- Romania
- Rural conditions and development
- Russia
- Sales and excise taxes
- Saudi Arabia
- Securities
- Small business
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Thailand
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation employees
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- User charges and fees
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Watersheds
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2021Introduced 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.
