HR 4687
116th Congress
House
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SMART Infrastructure Act
Introduced: October 16, 2019
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5 steps
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Became law
Oct 17, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Oct 17, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Oct 16, 2019
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.
Oct 16, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Oct 16, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Sustainable Municipal Access to Resilient Technology in Infrastructure Act or the SMART Infrastructure Act
This bill directs a state or locality 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) to require open and free competition among suppliers of construction materials.
The Department of Transportation, the EPA, the Corps of Engineers, and USDA shall establish an interagency task force to issue a comprehensive report on federally funded infrastructure projects.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.