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To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway…

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To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 4, 2009 See on congress.gov
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May 5, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 4, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 4, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish: (1) a national highway tunnel inspection program, including standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels; (2) a training and certification program for highway tunnel inspectors; and (3) a national inventory of highway tunnels.

Includes tunnel construction, rehabilitation, and operational improvements (including safety inspection of such tunnels) as eligible projects under the federal surface transportation program.

What's happening now May 5, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5
Delahunt, Bill
· May 4, 2009
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2009
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2009
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 4, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2232: To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2232/
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"H.R. 2232: To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2232/.
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H.R. 2232, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2232/.
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[H.R. 2232: To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2232/)
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