START Act

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Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act or the START Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 6, 2019

Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act or the START Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with the Department of Energy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the National Science Foundation, to create, publish, and maintain a resource guide to assist states, communities, and cities in developing and implementing smart city or community programs.

DOT shall develop and implement an additional round to the Smart Cities Challenge, under which it shall provide competitive grants to small- and medium-sized communities to implement smart transportation proposals.

The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study on innovative financing and procurement for funding smart cities or community activities and associated demonstration projects.

Recipients of a Smart Cities Challenge grant shall submit quarterly reports to DOT regarding the development, implementation, and operation of their projects funded under the challenge.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: START Act

Also known as: Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act

Latest action (Jun 7, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 6, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.