HR 2407
112th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Congressional oversight
Mexico
Motor carriers
Trade restrictions
Transportation safety and security
PARA
Introduced: July 6, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 7, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jul 6, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 6, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Protecting America's Roads Act or PARA - Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), unless expressly authorized by Congress, from granting authority to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border except under a pilot program meeting certain requirements, including that: (1) it not exceed a period of three years, (2) it be carried out for period sufficient to generate statistically valid findings on the safety impacts of the pilot program, and (3) certain other program requirements are met.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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