IMAGINE Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 26, 2021)
Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2021 or the IMAGINE Act
This bill encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects.
Among other things, the bill
- establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols to better evaluate innovative materials;
- requires the Department of Transportation to enhance the development of innovative materials in the United States by providing awards to entities for establishing and operating new innovative material innovation hubs;
- directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to states' departments of transportation, tribal governments, public toll authorities, and units of local government for coastal or rural infrastructure bridge projects and value engineering projects to enhance the performance of bridges through the use of innovative materials; and
- provides grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects.
What just happenedMar 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 26, 2021
- Mar 29, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee - Mar 29, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Highways and Transit Subcommittee - Mar 26, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 26, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Science, Space, and Technology Committee - Mar 26, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Mar 26, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Research and Technology Subcommittee - Mar 26, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House