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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 6, 2020
RTP Full Funding Act of 2020
This bill addresses provisions regarding the recreational trails program.
Specifically, the bill requires
the Department of Transportation (DOT) to carry out an assessment of the best available estimate of the total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received by the Department of the Treasury and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund for the period covered by the assessment;
the Federal Highway Administration to establish financial management information system codes for certain motorized and non-motorized use projects, including single and diverse use projects;
DOT to reserve certain amounts of the state apportionment of funds each fiscal year for administrative, research, technical assistance, and training expenses to carry out the recreational trails program; and
states to obligate a specific amount of reserved funds each fiscal year for the recreational trails program.
People & committees
Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] · D–VT
Legislative record
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred 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.
Referred 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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