Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2020

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5571 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5571

To facilitate the use of performance-based standards by the Department 
               of Transportation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2020

 Mr. Meadows (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. 
Sensenbrenner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To facilitate the use of performance-based standards by the Department 
               of Transportation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Revamping American Infrastructure 
Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. USE OF PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARDS.

    (a) Notification of Performance-Based Standards Review.--The 
Secretary of Transportation shall invite the public to provide input to 
identify those regulations, guidance, and policies of the Department 
that--
            (1) in current form, establish prescriptive requirements 
        for regulated entities; and
            (2) are able to be replaced, consistent with Federal law, 
        providing an equal or higher level of safety, with performance-
        based standards.
    (b) Report and Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
on the Department's plan to address feedback from the public requested 
under subsection (a) that includes--
            (1) a list identifying each prescriptive regulation, 
        guidance document, and policy that was determined by the 
        Secretary, based on input from the public, to be able to be 
        replaced with a performance-based standard;
            (2) a detailed plan to replace the regulations, guidance, 
        and policies identified under paragraph (1) with performance-
        based standards;
            (3) a justification for omitting the regulations, guidance, 
        and policies not identified under paragraph (1); and
            (4) legislative recommendations to facilitate additional 
        replacement opportunities.
    (c) Plan Implementation.--Not later than 2 years after the date on 
which the report required under subsection (b) is submitted to 
Congress, the Secretary shall complete implementation of the plan 
described in that subsection.
    (d) Rulemaking Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--To the maximum extent possible, the 
        Secretary shall ensure that regulations, guidance, and policies 
        issued by the Department on and after the date of enactment of 
        this Act are issued in the form of performance-based standards 
        and not as prescriptive requirements for regulated entities.
            (2) Justifications.--The Secretary shall make available to 
        the public a justification for each regulation, guidance 
        document, and policy issued by the Department on and after the 
        date of enactment of this Act that is not issued in the form of 
        a performance-based standard.
    (e) Department Defined.--In this section, the term ``Department'' 
means the Department of Transportation, including each modal 
administration thereof.
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