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{{Infobox U.S. legislation
| name = Fixing
| shorttitle = Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act
| fullname = An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes▼
| othershorttitles =
| acronym =▼
▲| fullname = An
| nickname = FAST Act▼
▲| acronym = FAST Act
| enacted by = 114th
| effective date = December 4, 2015
| public law url =
| cite public law = {{USPL|114|94}}
| cite statutes at large = {{USStat|129|1312}}
| acts amended = [[Securities Act of 1933]]
| acts repealed =
| title amended = [[Title 23 of the United States Code|23 U.S.C.: Highways]]
| sections created =
| sections amended =
| leghisturl =
| introducedin = House
| introducedbill = "Hire More Heroes Act of 2015" ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/22/summary/H.R. 22])
| introducedby = [[Rodney Davis (politician)|Rodney Davis]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]–[[Illinois|IL]])
| introduceddate = January 6, 2015
| committees =
| passedbody1 = House
| passeddate1 = January 6, 2015
| passedvote1 = [[unanimous consent]], [https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20157 412-0]
| passedbody2 = Senate
| passeddate2 = July 30, 2015
| passedvote2 = [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00260 65-34]
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| passedvote3 = [https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2015673 359-65]
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| passedvote4 = [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00331 83-16]
| conferencedate = December 3, 2015
| signedpresident = [[Barack Obama]]
| signeddate = December 4, 2015
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The '''Fixing
==History==
The bill was introduced to the House by [[Rodney Davis (politician)|Rodney Davis]] ({{uspolabbr|R|IL|link=yes}}) as the "Hire More Heroes Act of 2015" on January 6, 2015. The $305
In Section 6021, Congress asked the [[Transportation Research Board]] (TRB) to conduct a study of the actions needed to upgrade and restore the [[Interstate Highway System]] to fulfill its role as a crucial national asset, serving the needs of people, cities and towns, businesses, and the military while remaining the safest highway network in the country. The subsequent 2019 report, "Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future," recommended actions Congress could take.<ref>{{Cite book |agency=National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |url=https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25334/renewing-the-national-commitment-to-the-interstate-highway-system-a-foundation-for-the-future |title=Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future |date=December 6, 2018 |publisher=Transportation Research Board |doi=10.17226/25334 |isbn=978-0-309-48755-9 |language=en}}</ref>
==Transportation provisions==
The Act requires a reanalysis of the costs and benefits of [[electronically controlled pneumatic brakes]].{{cn|date=April 2024}}
==Unrelated provisions==
* This law authorizes the [[
* New [[crop insurance]] funding is approved.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 4, 2015 |title=Highway bill has some farm help too |url=http://farmfutures.com/story-highway-bill-has-farm-help-too-0-134876 |work=Farm Futures |accessdate=December 4, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Emigrant Savings Bank]]
* The Act also includes several revisions to federal securities law, including Section 76001 of the Act. This provision creates a new Section 4(a)(7) of the [[Securities Act of 1933]], a new exemption from registration under that act intended to facilitate secondary trading of private company securities among accredited investors. By doing so, Congress and the President hoped to support smaller, nonpublic companies with their capital raising efforts by providing more liquidity for their securities, with reduced regulatory burdens.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=David Lynn|author2=Anna Pinedo|title=FAST Forward: A Summary of the Securities Law Provisions of the FAST Act (client alert)|journal=MOFO Jumpstarter|date=December 7, 2015|url=http://www.mofo.com/~/media/Files/ClientAlert/2015/12/151207FastForwardSecurities.pdf|accessdate=January 21, 2016|publisher=Morrison Foerster}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=SecondMarket|title=Secondary Trading Markets|url=https://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/acsec/slides-acsec-meeting-030415-secondary-trading-tierney.pdf|website=Securities and Exchange Commission|accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-13423/uslm/COMPS-13423.xml Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act] as amended ([https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-13423/pdf/COMPS-13423.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/COMPS-13423 details]) in the [[United States Government Publishing Office|GPO]] [https://www.govinfo.gov/help/comps Statute Compilations collection]
* [https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/94?link-type=uslm Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act] as enacted ([https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/94?link-type=pdf&.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/94?link-type=details details]) in the [[United States Statutes at Large|US Statutes at Large]]
* {{USBill|114|hr|22}} on [[Congress.gov]]
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