Content deleted Content added
m Removing short titles unless some are important to note |
m Add to prose and fixed dates in infobox |
||
Line 4:
| shorttitle = Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act
| othershorttitles =
| fullname = An
| acronym = FAST Act
| nickname =
Line 11:
| 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| acts repealed =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/
| introducedby = [[Rodney Davis (politician)|Rodney Davis]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]–[[Illinois|IL]])
| introduceddate = January 6, 2015
| committees =
| passedbody1 = House
| passeddate1 =
| passedvote1 =
| passedbody2 = Senate
| passeddate2 =
| passedvote2 = [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00260 65-34]
|
|
| passedvote3 = [https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2015673 359-65]
|
|
| 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
Line 42:
}}
The '''Fixing America's Surface Transportation
==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 billion, five-year bill is funded without increasing transportation [[user fee]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/12/02/5-year-300-billion-fast-act-will-extend-transpo-policy-status-quo-to-2020/ |title=5-Year, $300 Billion "FAST Act" Will Extend Transpo Policy Status Quo to 2020 |website=Streetsblog USA |date=December 2, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2021}}</ref> (The federal [[fuel tax|gas tax]] was last raised in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/gastax.cfm |title=When did the Federal Government begin collecting the gas tax? - Ask the Rambler - Highway History |agency=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=August 25, 2021}}</ref>) Instead, funds were generated through changes to passport rules, [[Federal Reserve Bank]] dividends, and privatized tax collection.<ref name="TheHill"/>
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 |language=en}}</ref>
Line 63 ⟶ 64:
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act}}
[[Category:United States federal transportation legislation]]
[[Category:Acts of the 114th United States Congress]]
[[Category:2015 in American law]]
{{US-fed-statute-stub}}
| |||