• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Environment Subcommittee• Highways and Transit Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Research and Technology Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
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Passed Chamber
Enacted
Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2021 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 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, public toll authorities, and units of local government for coastal or rural infrastructure bridge projects and value engineering projects to enhance the performance of bridges through the use of innovative materials; and provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
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 Research and Technology.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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 Research and Technology.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInfrastructure developmentIntergovernmental relationsMaterialsPedestrians and bicyclingPerformance measurementResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentRoads and highwaysRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local government operationsTechnology transfer and commercializationTransportation programs fundingWater resources fundingWater use and supply
IMAGINE Act
USA117th CongressHR-2197| House
| Updated: 3/29/2021
Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2021 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 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, public toll authorities, and units of local government for coastal or rural infrastructure bridge projects and value engineering projects to enhance the performance of bridges through the use of innovative materials; and provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
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 Research and Technology.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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 Research and Technology.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Environment Subcommittee• Highways and Transit Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Research and Technology Subcommittee
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInfrastructure developmentIntergovernmental relationsMaterialsPedestrians and bicyclingPerformance measurementResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentRoads and highwaysRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local government operationsTechnology transfer and commercializationTransportation programs fundingWater resources fundingWater use and supply