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Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015

Introduced: March 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Mar 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 17, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of Transportation , in coordination with state transportation departments, to establish an innovation in surface transportation program.

Requires states to make competitive grants for innovative surface transportation projects to eligible entities, including local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, tribal governments, private providers of public transportation, nonprofit transportation organizations, port authorities, joint power authorities, and local rail authorities.

Requires each state to establish an innovation in surface transportation selection panel to formulate criteria for selecting projects.

Requires a state to reserve certain percentages of federal funds apportioned for the national highway performance, the highway safety improvement, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface transportation, and transportation alternatives programs in order to fund related projects under state innovative surface transportation grants.

Authorizes states to reserve a certain percentage of such funds for a fiscal year to meet specific requests for project application support from eligible rural local governments.

What's happening now March 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2