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Main Subject: Transportation and Public Works

Preparing Localities for an Autonomous and Connected Environment Act or the PLACE Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide grants to institutions of higher education to (1) operate a national highly automated vehicle and mobility innovation clearinghouse; (2) collect, conduct, and fund research on how autonomous vehicles and mobility innovation can impact land use, urban design, transportation systems, real estate, accessibility, municipal budgets, social equity, availability and quality of jobs, air quality and climate, energy consumption, and the environment; (3) make such research publicly available online; and (4) conduct outreach and disseminate information on the research to assist communities.

Categories

Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government information and archives Higher education Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Land use and conservation Motor vehicles Real estate business Research administration and funding Research and development State and local finance Technology assessment Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Urban and suburban affairs and development Environmental assessment monitoring research Hybrid electric and advanced technology vehicles Transportation and Public Works

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Feb. 04 2021	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan. 21 2021	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

House floor actions Actions

IntroReferral

Jan. 21
2021

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Jan. 21 2021	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E51) Introduced in House Introduced in House

House bill HR385-117

PLACE Act

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