HR-7248 : Still Just a Bill

Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, and Efficient Review Act or the STARTER Act

This bill addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, innovation, and resiliency programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Among other provisions, the bill

  • extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2025 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs;
  • requires DOT to provide competitive grants for projects to provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on the federal-aid highway system;
  • authorizes DOT to modify loan interest rates under the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation (TIFIA) program for borrowers impacted by COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019);
  • specifies that projects that provide access to hospitals and health care providers in areas of limited public transportation options are eligible to be carried out as public transportation research projects;
  • creates a public awareness campaign to reduce instances of driving while under the influence of prescription and over-the-counter medications;
  • directs DOT to promulgate regulations to implement an apprenticeship program for licensed commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21;
  • establishes new competitive grant programs to spur innovation of connected vehicle applications into practical and effective operational deployments, and to test the safe integration of automated driving system technologies into the on-road transportation system; and
  • addresses projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges on and off the National Highway System.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2020-06-19CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.House committee actions
2020-06-19CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.House committee actions
2020-06-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
2020-06-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
2020-06-18IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
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Policy Area :

Transportation and Public Works
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  • Accidents
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Administrative remedies
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Air quality
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
  • Building construction
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Commuting
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Transportation
  • Disability assistance
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Economic development
  • Emergency communications systems
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employment and training programs
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Fires
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Geography and mapping
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Interest, dividends, interest rates
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Internet and video services
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Lakes and rivers
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Life, casualty, property insurance
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Motor carriers
  • Motor vehicles
  • Natural disasters
  • Performance measurement
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public transit
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Railroads
  • Regional and metropolitan planning
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Roads and highways
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Sales and excise taxes
  • Social security and elderly assistance
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • State and local government operations
  • Technology transfer and commercialization
  • Transportation employees
  • Transportation programs funding
  • Transportation safety and security
  • Urban and suburban affairs and development
  • User charges and fees
  • Water quality
  • Watersheds

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