# 116-hr-7962: Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act

116-hr-7962, Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act, is a 116th 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: 116-hr-7962
- Congress: 116
- Title: Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Introduced: 2020-08-07
- Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act This bill requires that transportation 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.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8977: Workers' Right to Training Act
- 116-hr-8986: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 4th Street in Petaluma, California, as the "Lynn C. Woolsey Post Office Building".
- 116-hr-8904: Perkins Access, Retention, and Completion (ARC) Act
- 116-hr-8856: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revoluti…
- 116-hr-8820: PASS Act
- 116-hr-8809: LOVE Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-7962 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7962)

## Related
- [116-hr-8977: Workers' Right to Training Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8977)
- [116-hr-8986: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 4t…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8986)
- [116-hr-8904: Perkins Access, Retention, and Completion (ARC) Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8904)
- [116-hr-8856: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in rec…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8856)
- [116-hr-8820: PASS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8820)
- [116-hr-8809: LOVE Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8809)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7962 (as of 2025-11-18).