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Researching Innovative Shipbuilding and Next-Generation Transit Infrastructure for Durable and Efficient Systems
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.
Summary
This bill requires the Transportation Research Board to evaluate innovative hull designs and alternative construction materials for waterborne transit systems. The materials to be studied include carbon fiber, hybrid materials, and other composite fiber-reinforced polymers. The evaluation is designed to assess whether these new designs and materials can improve operational fleet performance and increase cargo capacity.
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- May 21, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- May 21, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 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”.
SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE HULL DESIGNS.
The Transportation Research Board shall evaluate innovative hull designs, as well as the use of alternative material construction technologies, to include the use of carbon fiber, hybrids, and other composite fiber-reinforced polymers to enhance operational fleet performance and payload capacity of waterborne transit systems. <all>
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