Transportation Megaprojects Accountability and Oversight Act
Latest action · Jul 14, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 13, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Transportation Megaprojects Accountability and Oversight Act
This bill sets forth additional requirements for certain recipients of National Highway System assistance for a megaproject. (A megaproject is a project that has an estimated total cost of $2.5 billion or more.)
Specifically, the bill requires a recipient of federal financial assistance for a megaproject to
- submit to the Department of Transportation (DOT) a comprehensive risk management plan that contains, among other things, a description of the process for identifying, quantifying, and monitoring the risks that might result in cost overruns, delays, reduced construction quality, or reduced megaproject benefits;
- establish a peer review group that consists of at least five individuals to give expert advice on the scientific, technical, and project management aspects of the megaproject; and
- publish specific information online, including the name, license number, and license type of each engineer supervising an aspect of the megaproject.
DOT must make arrangements with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the board must convene a transportation megaprojects committee.
These requirements apply to projects that are authorized for construction beginning at least one year after the bill's enactment.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
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- Jul 14, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Jul 13, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 13, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subjects
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- Jul 13, 2023Introduced in House
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