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Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Date of scheduled consideration. SR-253. 10:00 a.m. Bill TextRecognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation. 5/21/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Recognizes that increased and safe bicycle use for transportation and recreation is in the national interest of the United States. Supports policies that increase bicycle use. Encourages the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide leadership and coordination by reestablishing the federal bicycle task force to include representatives from all relevant federal agencies.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Automobile industry, Automobile insurance, Automobile tires, Budgets, Business, Commuting, Compensation (Law), Congressional reporting requirements, Construction industries, Construction workers, Consumer education, Consumers, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Diesel motor, Electric vehicles, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Federal aid to research, Federal aid to transportation, Finance, Fuel consumption, Government contractors, Government information, Government publications, Government publicity, Income tax, Insurance companies, Insurance premiums, Labeling, Labor, Law, Mass rapid transit, Metropolitan areas, Minimum wages, Motor vehicle pollution control, Natural gas vehicles, Nitrogen oxides, Parking facilities, Pedestrians, Public contracts, Research and development, Research grants, Right-of-way, Science policy, Service stations, Smog, Standards, Subcontractors, Tax credits, Taxation, Technological innovations, Technology, Traffic congestion, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Transportation planning, Transportation research, Urban affairs, Urban transportation, User charges, Wages
Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo reduce the Nation's oil dependence and enhance the Nation's ability to produce alternative fuels. 5/14/2007--Introduced. Future Fuels Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an investment credit to eligible manufacturers for an advanced technology motor vehicle. Amends federal transportation law to revise the fuel economy calculations for manufacturing incentives for dual fueled and gaseous fuel dedicated automobiles.Sets forth a calendar schedule for an increased percentage of alternative fueled automobiles or flexible fuel vehicles. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out: (1) evaluation projects to determine how technology can best be applied to assess mileage-based road user charges on major highways at peak-commuting times; and (2) a national evaluation pilot project to assess how offering commuters the option to receive the cash value of their workplace parking place, if any, instead of free parking can reduce oil usage, [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Air routes, Airports, Airspace (Law), All terrain vehicles, Animals, Architecture and the disabled, Bears, Bicycles, Budgets, Business, Camping, Compensation (Law), Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Construction costs, Deer, Disabled, Economic policy, Elk, Emergency management, Eminent domain, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Federal-Indian relations, Fire prevention, Fishing, Forest conservation, Forest fires, Forest health, Forest management, Forest roads, Goats, Government aircraft, Government information, Grants-in-aid, Grazing, Habitat conservation, Horses, Hunting, Idaho, Indians, Infrastructure, Insect control, Land transfers, Land use, Law, Licenses, Logging, Lumber trade, Maintenance and repair, Maps, Military aviation, Mining claims, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Motorcycles, National forests, National recreation areas, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Outdoor recreation, Parking facilities, Pedestrians, Planning, Plant protection, Public lands, Recreation areas, Relocation, Restoration ecology, Right-of-way, Risk, Road construction, Science policy, Sheep, Snowmobiles, Sports, State and local government, State laws, State parks, Sustainable development, Tourism, Trails, Transportation, Trapping, Tree diseases, User charges, Water conservation, Water resources, Water resources development, Water rights, Wilderness areas, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife management, Wolves
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified parcels of federal land to certain counties and cities in central Idaho. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey, to the state of Idaho a specified [...] show full description
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