Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
Latest action · Oct 6, 2021 By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 117-41.
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 27, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026, revises, and establishes multiple transportation programs and activities, including those supported by the Highway Trust Fund.
This includes
- incorporating data-driven practices and other changes to transportation planning activities;
- modifying requirements concerning contracting methods, compliance with federal environmental laws, and additional aspects of delivering and improving processes related to transportation projects;
- mitigating climate change through, among other efforts, programs to reduce emissions and supporting alternative fueling infrastructure; and
- addressing transportation safety, new transportation technologies and systems, storm water management, cybersecurity, active transportation, and other miscellaneous matters.
In addition, the bill modifies eligibility criteria and other elements of a program that provides loans and other types of credit for surface transportation projects of regional and national significance.
Further, the bill makes changes to research and related activities carried out by the Department of Transportation (DOT). For example, DOT must carry out and support research on (1) user-based alternative revenue mechanisms to support the Highway Trust Fund, (2) automated vehicles and other new technologies, and (3) development of data sets to measure performance and other aspects of transportation programs.
The bill also authorizes through FY2026 funding for the Department of the Interior for road maintenance and otherwise addresses transportation programs for Indian tribes.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Markup May 26, 2021Reported as an original measure May 27, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2021By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 117-41.
- May 27, 2021Introduced in Senate
- May 27, 2021Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Carper. Without written report.
- May 27, 2021Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.
- May 26, 2021Committee on Environment and Public Works. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 117-160.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Amendments S5221 | Roger F. Wicker R-MS (amendment) | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4953 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Jul 20, 2021 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4945 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Jul 19, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 15, 2021S. 1931, Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021As reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 27, 2021
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2126 | No description on file | Roger F. Wicker R-MS | Senate amendment submitted |
Related bills 31
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- An original bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Accidents
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Aviation and airports
- Congressional oversight
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Economic development
- Economic performance and conditions
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Energy research
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Floods and storm protection
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Horticulture and plants
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Infrastructure development
- Insects
- Kentucky
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Materials
- Motor carriers
- Motor vehicles
- Natural disasters
- Oil and gas
- Oklahoma
- Pedestrians and bicycling
- Public transit
- Public-private cooperation
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- Roads and highways
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation costs
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 27, 2021Reported to Senate
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.
