The American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act is a House-led initiative to reauthorize and reform surface transportation programs for five years, improve our nation’s infrastructure, remove barriers to domestic energy production, and create jobs for Americans.
The legislation was introduced in the House by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica and Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman John J. Duncan, Jr. on January 31, 2012.
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This proposal reforms and streamlines federal transportation programs, cuts red tape in the project approval process, increases states’ flexibility in determining their most critical transportation needs, and encourages private sector participation in financing and rebuilding our infrastructure.
This measure is the largest transportation reform bill since the Interstate Highway System was created in 1956. Furthermore, this legislation contains no earmarks. The previous surface transportation law contained over 6,300 earmarks.
The American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act is the most significant jobs legislation before the 112th Congress.