HR 1159
116th Congress
House
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IMAGINE Act
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7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Feb 13, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Feb 13, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2019 or the IMAGINE Act
This bill encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects.
Among other things, the bill
- establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols, as necessary, to better evaluate innovative materials;
- requires the Department of Transportation to enhance the development of innovative materials in the United States by providing awards to entities for establishing and operating new innovative material innovation hubs;
- directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to states departments of transportation, tribal governments, or units of local governments for coastal and rural infrastructure bridge projects; and
- provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
8
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Environment Subcommittee
- Highways and Transit Subcommittee
- Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
- Research and Technology Subcommittee
- Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Cosponsors
1
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1159: IMAGINE Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1159/
"H.R. 1159: IMAGINE Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1159/.
H.R. 1159, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1159/.
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