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H.R. 2381: Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act

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H.R. 2381: Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-24 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] · 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 Highways and Transit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act

Plain summary

Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act - Authorizes as an eligible project cost for the construction of a federal-aid highway the cost of improving habitat for pollinators (i.e. bees, birds, bats, and butterflies) on rights-of-way adjacent to such highways. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with the states, to carry out programs that encourage: (1) integrated vegetation management practices on roadsides and other transportation rights-of-ways, including reduced mowing; (2) the development of habitat for pollinators through planting of native forbs and grasses; and (3) research and demonstration projects on economic and environmental benefits and best practices for integrated vegetation management, reduced mowing, and planting of native forbs and grasses for pollinator habitat. Authorizes the use of federal funds for the provision of habitat for pollinators that is related to a federally-funded transportation project.

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Official text

Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] · 9 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2381 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112