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H.R. 5976: United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act

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H.R. 5976: United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-05-06 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-05-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act

Plain summary

United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act - Establishes the United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century to review published materials on the nation's transportation, water, energy, public lands, and housing infrastructure and assess the challenges of meeting the nation's infrastructure needs in the 21st century. Directs the Commission to submit to Congress a report that: (1) documents those challenges and articulates a national vision of infrastructure investments to overcome them; (2) contains specific recommendations on policies and investments to provide for streamlined state and local transportation investment processes, an electric grid that delivers clean, safe, and affordable energy, reductions in greenhouse has emissions, and improved transportation mobility, community health outcomes, water conservation, and public lands infrastructure accommodating user growth without degrading the environment; and (3) contains a set of model principles to ensure that future investments in the nation's infrastructure incorporate the report's findings and recommendations.

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Official text

United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 24 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr5976 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110