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Municipal Infrastructure Savings and Transparency Act

Introduced: March 15, 2018 Introduced by: Babin, Brian Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Mar 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Mar 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 15, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Mar 15, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Municipal Infrastructure Savings and Transparency Act

This bill grants an engineer for a public agency that receives funds from the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), in accordance with state and local procurement requirements, maximum flexibility to select appropriate construction materials that meet the performance requirements of a public contract and that allows open and free competition among suppliers of construction materials, notwithstanding federal procurement requirements. A state or local government may not prohibit or restrict any such engineer from using a particular construction material.

The Department of Transportation, the EPA, the Corps of Engineers, and USDA shall establish an interagency task force which shall issue a comprehensive report on federally-funded infrastructure projects.

What's happening now May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 8