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S 2487 117th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works

Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act

Introduced: July 27, 2021 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Jul 27, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 27, 2021
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Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from awarding additional financial assistance to transit or rail projects if their overall projected costs exceed the original costs by at least $1 billion and if their projected operational and administrative costs to provide the service exceed revenues generated from ridership over the next decade.

What's happening now July 27, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jul 27, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2487: Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2487/
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"S. 2487: Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2487/.
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S. 2487, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2487/.
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