HR 140
107th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Air quality
Bridges
Environmental Protection
Motor vehicle pollution control
New York City
Science, Technology, Communications
Smart cards
Standards
Toll roads
Traffic congestion
Traffic engineering
To eliminate a limitation with respect to the collection of tolls for use of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, New York.
Introduced: January 3, 2001
Introduced by:
Nadler, Jerrold
Democratic
· New York
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 4, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 3, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 3, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, with respect to the collection of tolls for the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York, to repeal the limitation on toll collection to motor vehicles exiting the bridge in Staten Island.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the Metropolitan Transit Authority should implement high-speed EZ-Pass in the collection of tolls on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to meet air quality standards and reduce congestion.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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