US Congress House Bill 2602 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)
Status: Introduced on July 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011 - Requires each executive agency to obtain a life-cycle cost analysis for each major infrastructure project prior to obligating funds. Defines "life-cycle cost analysis" as a process for evaluating the total economic worth of an infrastructure project by analyzing specified costs over a minimum 50-year period. Authorizes the use of alternate infrastructure type bidding procedures for awarding contracts for projects on the National Highway System and for major infrastructure projects. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to require states to utilize the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (developed under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project I-37A) for the initial design phase of all authorized highway projects.

Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011

Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2011-07-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2011-07-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2011-07-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2011-07-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2011-07-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

SB615 (Same As) 2011-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2602/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2602/BILLS-112hr2602ih.pdf