HR8315-119

In Committee

Modal Parity in Permitting Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 15, 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, Modal Parity in Permitting Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Environment, 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 HFE9EAD3A6A134C9DA2F2F641D9603F61: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modal Parity in Permitting Act.
  • Section HF728A603C8AE4721A222FC13985EDAFE: 2. Acquisition of real property interests Section 5323(q) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in the heading by striking Corridor preservation and...
  • Section H11EBC2265CB44297A383AAE8CFF6487A: 3. Passenger rail project transactions Chapter 242 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 24203.Passenger rail project...
  • Section H087AC19215DE4B319804D901BD6C9E2C: 24203. Passenger rail project transactions A recipient of financial assistance under chapter 229, 249, or 243 may use such assistance to acquire through...

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, Modal Parity in Permitting Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Environment, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Modal Parity in Permitting Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Environment 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:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 15, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Apr 15, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 15, 2026

Ms. Titus (for herself, Mr. Bresnahan, and Ms. Friedman) introduced …

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 Environment Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

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