IMAGINE Act
USA116th CongressHR-1159| House
| Updated: 2/14/2019
David N. Cicilline
Democratic Representative
Rhode Island
Cosponsors (4)
Committees (8)
• Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Environment Subcommittee• Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee• Highways and Transit Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Research and Technology Subcommittee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2019 or the IMAGINE Act This bill encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects. Among other things, the bill establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols, as necessary, to better evaluate innovative materials; requires the Department of Transportation to enhance the development of innovative materials in the United States by providing awards to entities for establishing and operating new innovative material innovation hubs; directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to states departments of transportation, tribal governments, or units of local governments for coastal and rural infrastructure bridge projects; and provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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IMAGINE Act
USA116th CongressHR-1159| House
| Updated: 2/14/2019
Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2019 or the IMAGINE Act This bill encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects. Among other things, the bill establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols, as necessary, to better evaluate innovative materials; requires the Department of Transportation to enhance the development of innovative materials in the United States by providing awards to entities for establishing and operating new innovative material innovation hubs; directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to states departments of transportation, tribal governments, or units of local governments for coastal and rural infrastructure bridge projects; and provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
David N. Cicilline
Democratic Representative
Rhode Island
Cosponsors (4)
Committees (8)
• Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Environment Subcommittee• Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee• Highways and Transit Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Research and Technology Subcommittee
Transportation and Public Works
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Congressional oversightGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInfrastructure developmentIntergovernmental relationsMaterialsResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentRoads and highwaysRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local government operationsTransportation programs fundingWater resources fundingWater use and supply