To amend title 23, United States Code, to incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning, and for other purposes.
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Requires states, at a minimum, to cooperate with affected nonmetropolitan local officials responsible for transportation through regional transportation planning organizations to develop and implement long-range statewide transportation plans and statewide transportation improvement programs, with emphasis on addressing the transportation needs of nonmetropolitan areas of the state.
Defines a regional transportation planning organization as a multi-jurisdictional organization composed of nonmetropolitan local officials (or their designees) and representatives of local transportation systems who all volunteer for such organization.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1565: To amend title 23, United States Code, to incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1565/
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