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H.R. 3960: Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2010

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H.R. 3960: Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2010

111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-28 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-10-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McMahon, Michael E. [D-NY-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2010

Plain summary

Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2010 - Grants a public authority the authority to carry out a program that offers discounts in transportation tolls to individuals who are residents of, or regular commuters to, a U.S. locality on an island, peninsula, or other area where transportation access is substantially constrained by geography and subject to a transportation toll to access or depart the locality (captive tollpayers). Declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to: (1) limit any other authority of a public authority, including the authority to offer discounts in transportation tolls to other tollpayers; or (2) affect, alter, or limit the applicability of state or local law with respect to the authority of a public authority to impose toll discounts.

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Official text

Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2010

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McMahon, Michael E. [D-NY-13] · 2 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3960 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111