Bill Summary
This legislation, known as the Interstate 11 Completion Act, aims to provide support for the completion of an environmental impact statement for a specific segment of the Interstate 11 highway project. This support includes both technical and financial assistance from the Secretary of Transportation. The segment in question is one that has been included in the transportation improvement programs and plans of both the applicable metropolitan planning organization and the state. The legislation specifies a timeline for the inclusion of this segment in these plans and for the provision of assistance by the Secretary of Transportation. It also states that the funds provided should not replace or reduce any existing funding for the project.
Possible Impacts
1. This legislation could affect individuals living in communities along the proposed Interstate 11 route, as it provides financial assistance for the completion of an environmental impact statement for certain segments of the route. This could impact their daily lives and property values.
2. The legislation could also affect individuals working for the Department of Transportation, as it directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide technical and financial assistance for the environmental impact statement. This could impact their workload and resources.
3. The legislation could also affect taxpayers, as it allocates funds for the completion of the environmental impact statement and specifies that these funds should supplement, not supplant, existing funds. This could impact the amount of taxes individuals are required to pay.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5465 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5465
To provide technical and financial support for the completion of the
Interstate 11 environmental impact statement, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 17, 2019
Mr. Stanton (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Schweikert, and
Mrs. Kirkpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To provide technical and financial support for the completion of the
Interstate 11 environmental impact statement, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN ROUTES.
(a) In General.--In the case of a segment described in subsection
(b), the Secretary of Transportation shall provide technical and
financial assistance, in accordance with subsection (c), required to
complete a Tier II environmental impact statement for the segment.
(b) Segments Described.--A segment referred to in subsection (a) is
a segment of a route described in clause (ii) or (iii) of section
1105(c)(26)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 105 Stat. 2032; 109 Stat. 597) (except for
a segment of a route located between Wickenburg, Arizona, and the
Nevada border) for which an environmental impact statement or
preliminary engineering has been included in--
(1) the transportation improvement program and the
transportation plan under section 134 of title 23, United
States Code, of the applicable metropolitan planning
organization; and
(2) the statewide transportation improvement program under
section 135 of title 23, United States Code, of the applicable
State.
(c) Timing.--
(1) Inclusion in planning.--To be eligible to receive
technical and financial assistance under this section, not
later than 2 years after the date on which the record of
decision is published for the Tier I environmental impact
statement for a segment described in subsection (b), the
applicable metropolitan planning organization or State shall
include the portion of the segment that is under the
jurisdiction of the metropolitan planning organization or State
in, as applicable--
(A) the transportation improvement plan of the
metropolitan planning organization under section 134 of
title 23, United States Code; or
(B) the statewide transportation improvement
program under section 135 of title 23, United States
Code, of the State.
(2) Assistance.--Not later than 120 days after the date on
which a metropolitan planning organization or State includes
the applicable portion of a segment described in subsection (b)
in the transportation improvement plan of the metropolitan
planning organization or the statewide transportation
improvement program of the State, as applicable, pursuant to
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Transportation shall provide
technical and financial assistance under subsection (a) to the
applicable metropolitan planning organization or State.
(d) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Funds made available to carry out
this section shall supplement, and not supplant, funds made available
to the applicable metropolitan planning organization or State under
title 23, United States Code.
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