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National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act

Introduced: June 22, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Jun 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jun 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jun 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jun 22, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 22, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to: (1) establish a Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program to distribute funds to states, and a National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program to make grants to entities for projects, to improve the efficiency and reliability of freight movement in the United States.

The bill: (1) requires national and state freight plans to include strategies and goals to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, local air pollution, water runoff, and wildlife habitat loss; and (2) expands the membership and duties of state freight advisory committees.  

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a 1% excise tax upon taxable ground transportation of property (i.e., transportation by freight rail or truck trailer and semitrailer chassis and bodies, suitable for use with a trailer or semitrailer with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more), and (2) deposit such tax revenues into a Freight Trust Fund to finance the Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program and the National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program.

What's happening now June 23, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6