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Transit in Parks (TRIP) Act
Introduced: March 23, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 1999
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Mar 23, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 23, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3139-3140, S3143-3144)
Mar 23, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Transit in Parks (TRIP) Act - Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to develop a cooperative relationship with the Secretary of the Interior providing for: (1) the exchange of technical assistance; (2) interagency and multidisciplinary teams to develop Federal land management agency (the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Land Management) transportation policy, procedures, and coordination; and (3) the development of procedures and criteria relating to the planning, selection, and funding of qualified mass transportation projects carried out within or adjacent to national parks and related public lands, and implementation and oversight of the project plan in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to pay the Government's share (as the Secretary determines it) to any qualified participant that carries out any part of such a project without assistance under this Act.
Lists Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Yosemite National Park, and Acadia National Park as locations that may be included in the initial projects.
Makes any such project eligible for funding through a State Infrastructure Bank or other innovative financing mechanism otherwise available.
Authorizes appropriations.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
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