Introduced
H. R. 8998
Introduced in House · June 3, 2026May 21, 2026
Ms. Scholten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To require the Transportation Research Board to evaluate innovative hull designs and the use of alternative material construction technologies to enhance operational fleet performance and payload capacity of waterborne transit systems.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Researching Innovative Shipbuilding and Next-Generation Transit Infrastructure for Durable and Efficient Systems”.