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HR 6493 115th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Performance measurement Public transit Regional and metropolitan planning Roads and highways Transportation programs funding

The Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act

Introduced: July 24, 2018 Introduced by: DeSaulnier, Mark Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 25, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jul 24, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 24, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

The Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act

This bill requires that transportation projects included in an adopted metropolitan area transportation plan be selected through a publicly available transparent process using criteria that directly support specified factors, national transportation goals, and applicable state transportation goals.

What's happening now July 25, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6493: The Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6493/
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"H.R. 6493: The Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6493/.
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H.R. 6493, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6493/.
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