BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Adopt Recommended Positions on Federal Legislation: S. 403 (Whitehouse) / H.R. 1159 (Cicilline) - the Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded (IMAGINE) Act of 2019; S. 611 (Sanders) - Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019; H.R. 363 (Calvert) - Reducing Environmental Barriers to Unified Infrastructure and Land Development Act of 2019; and Other Legislation That May Require Urgent Consideration for a Position by the Board.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Adopt a position of "Support and Amend" on S. 403 (Whitehouse) / H.R. 1159 (Cicilline) - Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded (IMAGINE) Act of 2019;
B. Adopt a position of "Support" on S. 611 (Sanders) - Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019; and
C. Adopt a position of "Support" on H.R. 363 (Calvert) - Reducing Environmental Barriers to Unified Infrastructure and Land Development Act of 2019.
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SUMMARY:
A. S. 403 (Whitehouse) / H.R. 1159 (Cicilline) - Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded (IMAGINE) Act of 2019
Recommendation: Support and Amend
Priority: 2
This bill would promote the use of innovative materials in the construction of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects. Materials qualifying as "innovative" would include: high performance asphalt mixtures and concrete formulations, geosynthetic materials, advanced insulating materials, advanced alloys and metals, advanced polymers, and more.
The bill would establish a new Water Infrastructure Innovation Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects that use these innovative materials to reduce costs and extend the service life of the structures. Eligible projects would be limited to those that serve a communit...
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