MAY THEIR NAMES LIVE IN INFAMY FOR THEIR BETRAYAL OF AMERICA
(Representatives’ photos top to bottom; left to right.)
Rep. Don BACON (R-NE)
Rep. Brian FITZPATRICK (R-PA)
Rep. Andrew GARBARINO (R-NY)
Rep. Anthony GONZALEZ (R-OH)
Rep. John KATKO (R-NY)
Adam KINZINGER (R-IL)
Rep. Andrew MALLIOTAKIS (R-NY)
Rep. David McKINLEY (R-WV)
Rep. Tom REED (R-NY)
Rep. Chris SMITH (R-NJ)
Rep. Fred UPTON (R-MI)
Rep. Jeff VAN DREW (R-NJ)
Rep. Don YOUNG (R-AK)
READ THE BILL
Introduced in House (06/04/2021)
Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act or the INVEST in America Act
This bill addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
Among other provisions, the bill
- extends FY2021 enacted levels through FY2022 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs;
- reauthorizes for FY2023-FY2026 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs;
- addresses climate change, including strategies to reduce the climate change impacts of the surface transportation system and a vulnerability assessment to identify opportunities to enhance the resilience of the surface transportation system and ensure the efficient use of federal resources;
- revises Buy America procurement requirements for highways, mass transit, and rail;
- establishes a rebuild rural bridges program to improve the safety and state of good repair of bridges in rural communities;
- implements new safety requirements across all transportation modes; and
- directs DOT to establish a pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and achieve and maintain a state of good repair in the surface transportation system.
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