HR-2479 : Still Just a Bill

Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act

This bill authorizes appropriations for the nation's infrastructure, including appropriations for:

  • secure broadband internet access, with a prioritization on expanding broadband access in unserved areas;
  • drinking water improvements, such as appropriations for the drinking water state revolving fund and programs for reducing lead in drinking water;
  • the electric power grid, with a focus on grid modernization, security, resiliency, and efficiency;
  • energy efficiency in buildings, including homes and schools;
  • incentives for natural gas distribution companies to improve the public safety and environmental performance of the natural gas distribution system (e.g., pipeline replacements);
  • the deployment of renewable energy systems;
  • the incorporation of clean energy into community development and revitalization efforts;
  • revitalization of brownfield sites (commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant);
  • hospital infrastructure, with a prioritization given to projects that include cybersecurity;
  • outpatient health care facilities in the Indian Health Service; and
  • the improvement, renovation, or modernization of the infrastructure at clinical laboratories, teaching health centers, or behavioral health care centers.

In addition, the bill reauthorizes funding for: (1) a diesel emissions reduction program for certain diesel vehicles or fleets, (2) ensuring the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is operated and maintained in an environmentally sound manner; and (3) establishing a Southeast Refined Product Reserve to mitigate the impacts of a severe energy supply interruption in the Southeast.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2018-05-22CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.House committee actions
2017-05-26CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.House committee actions
2017-05-19CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.House committee actions
2017-05-18CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.House committee actions
2017-05-18CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.House committee actions
2017-05-17IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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.House floor actions
2017-05-17IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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.House floor actions
2017-05-17IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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.House floor actions
2017-05-17IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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.House floor actions
2017-05-17IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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.House floor actions
2017-05-17IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Energy
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