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HR7437-119

In Committee

BASICS Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 9, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, BASICS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Government Operations, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HC01B81FF609C486483DB7C05B0F37E23: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bridges And Safety Infrastructure for Community Success Act or the BASICS Act.
  • Section H27AB7B6D7C9C4C84A1FBD18980663FFD: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. The term Metropolitan planning organization has the meaning given such...
  • Section HA5E3C9DDF483470BBB1E643A6B94ABCC: 3. Apportionment Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)(1) by— striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) and inserting...
  • Section HB620F6153AAA417EBB815E7199393113: 4. Surface transportation block grant program Section 133(d)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (B) the following:...
  • Section HD123EB56AC3A4212878ABBF800F6C5F0: 5. Bridge formula program Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 180.Strengthening bridges formula program...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, BASICS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Government Operations, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, BASICS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Government Operations Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
transportation operators and travelers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
transportation operators and travelers: ,

Sponsors

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Kristen McDonald Rivet

D-MI | Primary Sponsor

13 cosponsors

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 9, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Feb 9, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 9, 2026

Ms. McDonald Rivet (for herself and Mr. Bresnahan) introduced the …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Government Operations Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_transportation"
→ Secretary of Transportation

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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