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Key Votes
HR 6052 - Public Transportation and Alternative Fuel Grants - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Jim McGovern voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
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Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - June 27, 2008
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (322-98) - June 26, 2008(Key vote)
Title: Public Transportation and Alternative Fuel Grants
Vote Result
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Vote to pass a bill that appropriates $850 million to the Department of Transportation in order to fund grants for the expansion of public transportation, the reduction of public transportation fares or avoidance of increases in fares, the use of alternative fuel vehicle-related equipment or facilities, or the expansion or establishment of commuter matching services with information about alternatives to single occupancy vehicle use.
- Specifies that grants for projects that involve designing, engineering, constructing, or acquiring property for additional parking facilities at end-of-line fixed guideway stations or at park-and-ride lots that serve commuter bus routes of more than 20 miles in length shall be for 100 percent of the net capital cost unless the recipient requests a lower percentage (Sec. 7).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - May 14, 2008
Title: Public Transportation and Alternative Fuel Grants
Sponsors
- James L. 'Jim' Oberstar (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
- John Russell 'Russ' Carnahan (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Elijah E. Cummings (MD - D)
- Peter A. DeFazio (OR - D)
- John D. Dingell (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Filner (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mazie K. Hirono (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul E. Kanjorski (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel William Lipinski (IL - D)
- James P. 'Jim' McGovern (MA - D)
- John L. Mica (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gwendolynne S. 'Gwen' Moore (WI - D)
- Jerrold L. 'Jerry' Nadler (NY - D)
- Grace Flores Napolitano (CA - D)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC - D)
- Timothy J. 'Tim' Ryan (OH - D)
- Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky (IL - D)
- Albio Sires (NJ - D)
- Ellen O. Tauscher (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Henry A. Waxman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donald E. 'Don' Young (AK - R)
