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Jason's Law

Introduced: April 28, 2009 Introduced by: Tonko, Paul Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Apr 28, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 28, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jason's Law - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) implement a pilot program to allocate funds to states, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governments that submit an application approved by the Secretary for eligible projects to establish long-term parking facilities for commercial motor vehicles (trucks) on the National Highway System; and (2) give priority to applicants that demonstrate a severe shortage of truck parking capacity and whose proposed projects are likely to have positive effects on highway safety, traffic congestion, or air quality.

What's happening now April 29, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 9 Republican 1
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Sep 22, 2010
Murphy, Scott
· Apr 21, 2010
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 19, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 3, 2010
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 9, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 23, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 9, 2009
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 11, 2009
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · May 11, 2009
Boccieri, John
· May 4, 2009
Arcuri, Michael
· Apr 28, 2009
Hall, John
· Apr 28, 2009
Markey, Betsy
· Apr 28, 2009
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 28, 2009
Perriello, Thomas
· Apr 28, 2009
Schauer, Mark
· Apr 28, 2009
Teague, Harry
· Apr 28, 2009
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Apr 28, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2156: Jason's Law. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2156/
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