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RTP Full Funding Act of 2020

Introduced: February 6, 2020 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Feb 7, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 6, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 6, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

RTP Full Funding Act of 2020

This bill addresses provisions regarding the recreational trails program.

Specifically, the bill requires

  • the Department of Transportation (DOT) to carry out an assessment of the best available estimate of the total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received by the Department of the Treasury and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund for the period covered by the assessment;
  • the Federal Highway Administration to establish financial management information system codes for certain motorized and non-motorized use projects, including single and diverse use projects;
  • DOT to reserve certain amounts of the state apportionment of funds each fiscal year for administrative, research, technical assistance, and training expenses to carry out the recreational trails program; and
  • states to obligate a specific amount of reserved funds each fiscal year for the recreational trails program.
What's happening now February 7, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1527 Related bill RTP Funding Transparency Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 5 Republican 2
Cook, Paul
· Jun 4, 2020
Stivers, Steve
· May 22, 2020
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 14, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 11, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 21, 2020
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Feb 6, 2020
 R
Curtis, John R.
Utah · Feb 6, 2020
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Feb 6, 2020
Stewart, Chris
· Feb 6, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5797: RTP Full Funding Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5797/
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"H.R. 5797: RTP Full Funding Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5797/.
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