H.R. 1846: Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-16 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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

Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act

Plain summary

Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an inflation adjustment in calendar years after 2015 to the rates of the excise taxes on petroleum and petroleum products, diesel fuel, alcohol-based fuel, and fuels used in certain buses. Appropriations are advanced to the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account in the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) in anticipation of a shortfall in funding in 2015. Such advances must be repaid from the HTF to the general fund of the Treasury. There is established in the legislative branch the Bipartisan Task Force for Sustainable Highway Funding. The Task Force shall identify and make recommendations addressing factors that affect the long-term fiscal imbalance of the HTF. The rates of excise taxes on petroleum and diesel fuels are increased to cover an identified three- and five-year shortfall in funding of the HTF in 2017 and each subsequent calendar year through 2024.

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Official text

Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] · 33 cosponsors

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Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), John B. Larson (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Betty McCollum (D-MN)

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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.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1846.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1846 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114