Mark DeSaulnier will increase data and transparency on federal highway safety, with a focus on truck underride crash data.

Mark DeSaulnier · California · Democratic

oversight impact 2.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

Increased data and transparency on the state of federal highway safety with a focus on truck underride crash data

The press release says DeSaulnier authored a provision to increase data and transparency on federal highway safety, especially truck underride crash data.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes 8 DeSaulnier-Authored Provisions to Reduce Traffic Congestion, Improve Commutes, and Protect Environment | Congressman Mark Desaulnier
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Evidence

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DeSaulnier said a committee-passed package included his provision to increase federal highway safety data and transparency, focused on truck underride crash data.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a bill package containing DeSaulnier-authored language on federal highway safety data/transparency and truck underride crash data, which is meaningful legislative progress but not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes 8 DeSaulnier-Authored Provisions to Reduce Traffic Congestion, Improve Commutes, and Protect Environment | Congressman Mark Desaulnier
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``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to States and local governments with respect to improving the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, and public accessibility of State safety data that is needed to identify priorities for highway traffic safety programs, including--

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): H.R. 8870 contains statutory language directing DOT technical assistance to improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, and public accessibility of state highway safety data.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8870 (IH) - Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250th Act
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``(iv) reporting underride crashes.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced BUILD America 250 Act text specifically includes reporting underride crashes within the highway safety data improvement provision.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8870 (IH) - Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250th Act
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SEC. 4016. GAO STUDY ON HIGHWAY SAFETY DATA QUALITY.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): H.R. 8870 also creates a GAO highway safety data quality study, further matching the transparency and data component of the commitment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8870 (IH) - Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250th Act
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The bill was then AGREED TO and ordered to be favorably reported to the House, as amended, by a recorded vote of 62 Yeas and 2 Nays (RC#127).

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ordered H.R. 8870 favorably reported, showing concrete committee-level progress but not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared for consideration | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives
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I look forward to moving this bill through the legislative process and working with the Senate to complete a long-term bill

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): During the lookback window, the committee chair described H.R. 8870 as still needing to move through the legislative process and be completed with the Senate, indicating the commitment remains unresolved beyond partial committee progress.

unresolved same_term

Graves Statement on Passage of Government Funding Bill | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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DIVISION C--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXTENSION ACT OF 2026

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Congress enacted a short-term surface transportation extension rather than the multi-year H.R. 8870 reauthorization containing the underride-data provisions, supporting that full delivery had not occurred as of the refresh date.

unresolved same_term

H.R. 6500 (ENR) - Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-09-14 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment is to increase federal highway safety data and transparency, focused on truck underride crash data. Verified evidence shows only committee-level progress: H.R. 8870 was ordered favorably reported, while a later committee statement said the long-term bill still needed to move through the legislative process and work with the Senate, and the enacted measure shown was only a surface transportation extension. There is no verified passage proving final enactment or actual implementation of the data/transparency outcome as of 2026-09-14. Because the deadline is not expired and the verified record shows ongoing legislative process rather than completion, the outcome is unresolved. Attribution is unknown because the verified passages cited do not themselves establish DeSaulnier's material authorship or advancement of the relevant enacted outcome, though the record does support an effort badge for committee progress tied to the legislative vehicle.

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

DeSaulnier advanced legislation in committee that included his language to improve federal highway safety data and transparency on truck underride crashes, which shows concrete progress toward the promise. The evidence does not show final enactment or a completed federal transparency regime, so this is partial delivery rather than full fulfillment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%