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H.R. 1124: TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

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H.R. 1124: TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-13 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. 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.

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Official title

TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

Plain summary

TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $500 million for each of FY2013 and FY2014 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program for national infrastructure investment projects for states, local governments, and transit agencies. Exempts such appropriations from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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Official text

TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] · 69 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Grace Meng (D-NY) and 9 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1124 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113