House Bill 4687
116th Congress(2019-2020)
SMART Infrastructure Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Oct 16, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4687
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Sustainable Municipal Access to Resilient Technology in Infrastructure Act or the SMART Infrastructure Act
This bill directs a state or locality that receives funds from the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to require open and free competition among suppliers of construction materials.
The Department of Transportation, the EPA, the Corps of Engineers, and USDA shall establish an interagency task force to issue a comprehensive report on federally funded infrastructure projects.
October 16, 2019
10/17/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
10/17/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
10/16/2019
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
10/16/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
10/16/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:49:39 PM