# 114-hr-3787: Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act

114-hr-3787, Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3787
- Congress: 114
- Title: Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Introduced: 2015-10-21
- Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

The Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act This bill requires that projects, especially the highest performing projects, included in an adopted metropolitan area transportation plan be selected through a publicly available transparent process using criteria that directly support specified factors, national transportation goals, and applicable state transportation goals. Projects included in the priority list for a metropolitan transportation improvement program (TIP) shall come from the highest performing category of projects identified in the transportation plan; and if a lower-categorized project is prioritized before a higher-categorized project, a public description explaining why must be included in the list. These same requirements shall apply to a long-range statewide transportation plan as well as a statewide TIP.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2015-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2015-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-3787 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3787)

## Related
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- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
- [114-hr-4336: An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4336)
- [114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3929)
- [114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3381)
- [114-hr-2992: Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2992)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3787 (as of 2025-11-18).