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Roadway Resiliency Act
Sponsored By: Representative Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
Introduced
Summary
Standardize roadway practices for inclement weather. This bill would require the Department of Transportation and the National Weather Service to form an interagency working group to develop those best practices and deliver them to Congress.
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- Department leaders would establish a joint working group within 180 days to draft best practices for roadway management during inclement weather.
- State and local road managers would receive recommended procedures to guide roadway operations during storms and severe weather.
- The working group would submit those best practices to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee within 180 days after the practices are finalized.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New road safety guidance for storms
If enacted, the Secretary of Transportation and the Director of the National Weather Service would set up a working group. The group would be established not later than 180 days after enactment. It would develop best practices for managing roads during inclement weather. Within 180 days after the practices are established, the Secretary and Director would submit them to Congress. They would send the practices to two congressional committees. Those are the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The bill would not provide funding, create penalties, or require states to follow the guidance. The guidance would be intended for federal, state, and local road managers to improve safety and operations.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
MI • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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