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COMMUTE Act

Introduced: April 30, 2019 Introduced by: DeSaulnier, Mark Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 5, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Connecting Opportunities through Mobility Metric and Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies Act or the COMMUTE Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to carry out an accessibility data pilot program. The purpose of the pilot program is to develop or make available an accessibility data set for states and metropolitan or rural planning organizations to improve their transportation planning by measuring the level of access to important destinations such as jobs, health care facilities, child care services, educational and workforce training facilities, affordable housing, and food sources.

What's happening now March 6, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2302 Related bill America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019
  • S 654 Identical bill COMMUTE Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Dec 14, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 2, 2020
Lipinski, Daniel
· Apr 30, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Apr 9, 2019
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Apr 8, 2019
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 1, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Apr 1, 2019
 R
Curtis, John R.
Utah · Mar 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1517: COMMUTE Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1517/
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"H.R. 1517: COMMUTE Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1517/.
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H.R. 1517, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1517/.
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