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H.R. 5711

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 5711, the Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act, was introduced in the House on Oct 8, 2025 by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D). It was referred to Transportation And Infrastructure, and last saw action on Oct 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Record

Text

H.R. 5711 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

hb5711/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 5711 IH: Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-10-08
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5711  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   October 8, 2025   Mr. DeSaulnier  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to improve public understanding of how transportation investments are made by public agencies through establishing greater transparency and accountability processes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act  .
2.
Metropolitan transportation planning
(a)
Development of transportation plan
Section 134(i) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs (8) and (9); and
(2)
by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
(7)
Project selection transparency and accountability
Projects included in the adopted transportation plan shall be selected through a publicly available transparent process that includes use of criteria that directly support factors in subsection (h), the national transportation goals under section 150(b), and applicable State transportation goals. The criteria shall be used to publicly categorize the highest performing projects.
 .
(b)
Metropolitan tip
Section 134(j)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code is amended by adding after the period at the end the following:
Projects included in the priority list shall come from the highest performing category of projects identified in the transportation plan under subsection (i)(7). If a lower-categorized project is included in the priority project list, a public description shall be included to explain why the lower-categorized project is included before a higher-categorized project, including geographic balance and projects in economically distressed areas.
 .
3.
Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning
(a)
Long-Range statewide transportation plan
Section 135(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
(2)
by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
(9)
Project selection transparency and accountability
Projects included in the adopted long-range statewide transportation plan shall be selected through a publicly available transparent process that includes use of criteria that directly support factors in subsection (d), the national transportation goals under section 150(b), and applicable State transportation goals. The criteria shall be used to publicly categorize the highest performing projects.
 .
(b)
Statewide transportation improvement plan
Section 135(g)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code is amended by adding after the period at the end the following:
Projects included in the transportation improvement program shall come from the highest performing category of projects identified in the transportation plan under subsection (f)(9). If a lower-categorized project is included in the priority project list, a public description shall be included to explain why the lower-categorized project is included before a higher-categorized project, including geographic balance and projects in economically distressed areas.
 .
4.
Metropolitan transportation planning
(a)
Development of transportation plan
Section 5303(i) of  chapter 53  of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs (8) and (9); and
(2)
by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
(7)
Project selection transparency and accountability
Projects included in the adopted transportation plan shall be selected through a publicly available transparent process that includes use of criteria that directly support factors in subsection (h), the national transportation goals under section 150(b), and applicable State transportation goals. The criteria shall be used to publicly categorize the highest performing projects.
 .
(b)
Metropolitan tip
Section 5303(j)(2)(A) of  chapter 53  of title 49, United States Code is amended by adding after the period at the end the following:
Projects included in the priority list shall come from the highest performing category of projects identified in the transportation plan under subsection (i)(7). If a lower-categorized project is included in the priority project list, a public description shall be included to explain why the lower-categorized project is included before a higher-categorized project, including geographic balance and projects in economically distressed areas.
 .
5.
Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning
(a)
Long-Range statewide transportation plan
Section 5304(f) of  chapter 53  of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
(2)
by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
(9)
Project selection transparency and accountability
Projects included in the adopted long-range statewide transportation plan shall be selected through a publicly available transparent process that includes use of criteria that directly support factors in subsection (d), the national transportation goals under section 150(b), and applicable State transportation goals. The criteria shall be used to publicly categorize the highest performing projects.
 .
(b)
Statewide transportation improvement plan
Section 5304(g)(5)(A) of  chapter 53  of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding after the period at the end the following:
Projects included in the statewide transportation improvement program shall come from the highest performing category of projects identified in the transportation plan under subsection (f)(9). If a lower-categorized project is included in the priority project list, a public description shall be included to explain why the lower-categorized project is included before a higher-categorized project, including geographic balance and projects in economically distresses areas.
 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-10-08
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to improve public understanding of how transportation investments are made by public agencies through establishing greater transparency and accountability processes.

Sponsors

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D) sponsors H.R. 5711 alone.

Committees

H.R. 5711 went before 1 committee: Transportation and Infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure
Transportation and Infrastructure
Referred To · Oct 8, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5711 has taken 2 actions since Oct 8, 2025.

ChamberAction
Oct 8, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Oct 8, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Votes

H.R. 5711 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5711 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to improve public understanding of how transportation investments are made by public agencies through establishing greater transparency and accountability processes. — Official Title as Introduced
  • Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act — Display Title

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5711 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Homeland Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ANASTASIA TIONGSON113
BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ113
JILLIAN KINDER113
KATIE MABRY113
MARKUS HYBNER113
TANEESHA JOHNSON113
WARD MCCARRAGHER113

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$660K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$440K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$350K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5711 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5711’s is Transportation and Public Works.

hr5711/policy-areas.txt
Transportation and Public WorksAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5711, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DeSAULNIER:H.R. 5711.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H4528]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com