S. 496A bill to repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".

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Sponsor: Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Cosponsors: 3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Committees: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Latest action: May 12, 2017 · Became Public Law No: 115-33.

IntroducedMar 2, 2017
Passed the SenateMar 8, 2017
Passed the HouseApr 27, 2017
Sent to the PresidentMay 2, 2017
Became lawMay 12, 2017

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) This bill nullifies the Federal Highway Administration's and the Federal Transit Administration's rule published on December 20, 2016, that revises transportation planning regulations with regard to the alignment of planning regulations with statutory provisions relating to the establishment of metropolitan planning area boundaries and the designation of metropolitan planning organizations.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 496 as public Law on May 12, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 231

House Apr 27, 2017

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled “Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform”

Passed · Two-thirds required

417 Yea 3 Nay 10 not voting

Crossed both parties 3 of 420 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats.

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How the chamber split

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DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present

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All members430 members

Democratic193 members

Republican237 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 496 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.

DRichard J. Durbin [D-IL]Original

RTodd Young [R-IN]Original

RShelley Moore Capito [R-WV]Original2026 profile

Loading the public record

S. 496A bill to repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 231

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat

S. 496A bill to repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 231

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat

Who lobbied on S. 4961 organization

Who lobbied on S. 4961 organization