HR 2160 · 112th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
Jobs Through Environmental Safeguarding and Streamlining Act of 2011
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.(2011-06-15)
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Jobs Through Environmental Safeguarding and Streamlining Act of 2011 - Revises requirements for the mandatory joint determination by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), with respect to the eligibility for state reimbursement of the federal share of state costs for the advance acquisition of highway rights-of-way for a project eligible for surface transportation program funds, that such advanced acquisition did not influence the environmental assessment of the project, the decision to construct the project, or the selection of the project design or location. Removes the EPA Administrator from this joint determination, leaving the Secretary alone to make it. Authorizes the Secretary to encourage states and other public authorities, where practicable, to acquire broad transportation rights-of-way that have a capacity for future expansion over a 50- to 100- year period to accommodate the state's long-range transportation needs as well as one or more transportation modes. Allows the Secretary to modify project development procedures for any approved highway project, public transportation capital project, or multimodal…
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