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US HR2542

US HR2542
PLACE Act Preparing Localities for an Autonomous and Connected Environment Act


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Introduced
05/07/2019
In Committee
05/08/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the operation of a clearinghouse to collect, conduct, and fund research on the influences of highly automated vehicles on land use, urban design, transportation, real estate, and municipal budgets, and for other purposes. This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide grants to institutions of higher education to (1) operate a national highly automated vehicle clearinghouse; (2) collect, conduct, and fund research on how autonomous vehicles can influence land use, urban design, transportation, real estate, municipal budgets, social equity, and the environment; and (3) make such research publicly available online.

AI Summary

This bill, the Preparing Localities for an Autonomous and Connected Environment (PLACE) Act, directs the Department of Transportation to provide grants to institutions of higher education to (1) operate a national clearinghouse for highly automated vehicle (HAV) research, (2) collect, conduct, and fund research on how autonomous vehicles can influence land use, urban design, transportation, real estate, municipal budgets, social equity, and the environment, and (3) make this research publicly available online. The bill authorizes $2 million per fiscal year from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out these activities, and requires the clearinghouse to be established within 180 days of the bill's enactment.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (5)

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (on 05/08/2019)

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