H.R. 5977: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes.

114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-09 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 539 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR5977 (2016-09-21), Passed. See all
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Official title

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to give Congress three full business days' prior notice of any announcement of competitive DOT projects receiving a discretionary grant award, letter of intent, loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit of $750,000 or more. DOT shall also give Congress notice of emergency program fund allocations for the repair of highways and roads damaged as a result of a disaster: three full business days before issuance of the allocation; or concurrently with the allocation, if it is made using DOT's quick release (or any successor) process.

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Official text

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5977, a bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes (2016-09-15)

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Sam Graves (R-MO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Recorded votes

House roll call 539 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR5977 (2016-09-21): Passed

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5977.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5977 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114