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HR 5198 115th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Intergovernmental relations Public transit Regional and metropolitan planning Roads and highways State and local government operations Urban and suburban affairs and development

Restoring Local Control Act

Introduced: March 7, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Mar 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 7, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 7, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring Local Control Act

This bill modifies representational and structural requirements for metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) under the federal-aid highways and public transportation programs. MPOs are policy-making organizations designated to carry out the transportation planning process for each urban area with a population of at least 50,000.

What's happening now March 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Apr 17, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5198: Restoring Local Control Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5198/
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"H.R. 5198: Restoring Local Control Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5198/.
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H.R. 5198, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5198/.
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