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US Congress 115th Congress

Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2017 [HB-787] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2017 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period ending on the second day immediately preceding the election date in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day. A state shall ensure that each polling place that allows early voting in a federal election is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 02/01/2017

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Increase Transportation Alternatives Investment Act of 2017 [HB-765] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Increase Transportation Alternatives Investment Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that states give preference, under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, to eligible projects that are located in areas that are undergoing extensive repair or reconstruction of transportation infrastructure, including federal-aid highways, federally owned roads open for public travel, passenger rail facilities, and public transportation facilities and that will provide transportation alternatives related to the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/01/2017

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Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act [HB-549] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ] [Infrastructure ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ]
Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to permit the use of public transportation security assistance grant funds for backfill associated with security training. (Sec. 3) Funds provided pursuant to such a grant for a specified authorized use shall, with two exceptions, remain available for use by a grant recipient for at least 36 months. Any such funds used for security improvements for public transportation systems or security improvements for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Payne Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 02/01/2017

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Transit Benefits Modernization Act [HB-336] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Taxes ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Transit Benefits Modernization Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat the use of a transportation network company by federal employees during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this bill and ending on December 31, 2018, as a qualified transportation fringe benefit that is excluded from an employee's gross income. A "transportation network company" is a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that uses a digital network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with the entity in order for a driver (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Introduced In House on 01/05/2017

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes. [HR-13] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should: (1) continue to enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our nation's rail and mass transit (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee Introduced In House on 01/03/2017

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Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017 [HB-127] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Veterans ]
Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017 This bill revises urbanized area formula grant recipient requirements to require a recipient to certify that it will ensure that a fare of no more than 50% of the peak hour fare will be charged to a U.S. veteran during non-peak hours for transportation using or involving a facility or equipment of a project financed by the grant.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Al Green Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 01/04/2017

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Duplicative Green Building Program Evaluation Act [S.1071] [Environmental ] [Construction ] [Energy ] [Housing ]
Duplicative Green Building Program Evaluation Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/09/2017

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Highway Restoration Act of 2017 [HB-2391] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Infrastructure ] [Taxes ]
Highway Restoration Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a phaseout of the Mass Transit Account by the end of FY2021. Beginning in FY2022, no funds would be transferred to the account from the Highway Trust Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Introduced In House on 05/04/2017

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Granting the consent and approval of Congress for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Area Transit Regulation Compact. [HJR-92] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Granting the consent and approval of Congress for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Area Transit Regulation Compact. (Sec. 2) This joint resolution grants congressional consent to amendments of Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact relating to the appointment and removal of members and alternates of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority by compact signatories.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/18/2017

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