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HR 2163 111th Congress House

Fast Starts Act of 2009

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for certain streetcar projects, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 29, 2009 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Public transitRailroadsTransportation programs funding
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Apr 30, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Apr 29, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 29, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1010)
Apr 29, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 30, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fast Starts Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to state and local government authorities for eligible new fixed guideway streetcar capital projects that are electricity- and rail-based.

Requires such an authority to submit by March 1, 2010, a grant application that certifies that a project has a sufficient degree of local financial commitment, meets certain environmental requirements, and can begin construction by March 1, 2012.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
Minnick, Walter
· Jun 8, 2009
Giffords, Gabrielle
· May 7, 2009
Klein, Ron
· Apr 29, 2009
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 29, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2163: Fast Starts Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2163/
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"H.R. 2163: Fast Starts Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2163/.
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H.R. 2163, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2163/.
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