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TIRES Act

Introduced: July 15, 2015 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 12, 2016
Held at the desk.
Dec 12, 2016
Received in the House.
Dec 12, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 10, 2016
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 10, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 10, 2016
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7148)
Dec 10, 2016
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7147-7149; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S7147-7148)
Feb 29, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 378.
Feb 29, 2016
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-217.
Jul 22, 2015
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 15, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5131)
Jul 15, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tribal Infrastructure and Roads Enhancement and Safety Act or the TIRES Act

(Sec. 3) This bill modifies the approval process used for certain transportation projects on Indian reservations by allowing categorical exclusions from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements.

A "categorical exclusion" is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

A "tribal transportation safety project" is one that is eligible for assistance under the tribal transportation program and that:

  • corrects or improves a hazardous road location or feature, or
  • addresses a highway safety problem.

The Department of the Interior shall review existing categorical exclusions for tribal transportation program projects and identify tribal transportation safety projects that meet categorical exclusion requirements.

The bill prescribes requirements for the expedited review and approval of tribal transportation safety projects under NEPA or other federal laws.

(Sec. 4) Interior shall enter into five-year programmatic agreements with Indian tribes that establish efficient administrative procedures for carrying out environmental reviews for tribal transportation projects, including whether any project is categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or impact statement under NEPA.

What's happening now December 12, 2016

Held at the desk.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2