Will require state Departments of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations to identify transportation assets vulnerable to natural disasters and those essential to emergency operations.

George Whitesides · California · Democratic

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 94%

Occurrences

introduced the Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act, legislation which requires state Departments of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations to identify roads, bridges, and other transportation assets that are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, as well as those that are essential to emergency operations when disasters occur.

Introduces legislation to mandate identification of vulnerable and essential transportation infrastructure for disaster preparedness.

Reps. George Whitesides, Jay Obernolte Introduce the “Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act” to Improve Transportation Infrastructure During Natural Disasters | Representative George Whitesides
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Evidence

Latest Updates lists: "Reps. George Whitesides, Jay Obernolte Introduce the 'Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act' to Improve Transportation Infrastructure During Natural Disasters" and says they "introduced the Disaster..."

Whitesides took concrete same-term action by introducing a bipartisan Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act related to transportation infrastructure and natural disasters. This is effort toward the commitment, but introduction alone does not impose the requirement on state DOTs or MPOs.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Representative George Whitesides | Serving the Constituents of California’s 27th District
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Congress.gov states that enacted bills and joint resolutions appear on the public laws list after NARA assigns public law numbers. The listed 119th Congress public laws do not include the Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act.

The official public-law list provides no evidence that Whitesides' Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act, or another same-term measure matching the DOT/MPO vulnerability-identification requirement, had been enacted as law by this refresh.

unresolved same_term

Congress.gov - 119th Congress Public Laws
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The official House page directs constituents to Congress.gov for legislation "sponsored" and "co-sponsored by Representative Whitesides" and separately lists recent votes; no enacted transportation-disaster requirement is shown on the page.

Whitesides' office identifies Congress.gov as the authoritative place to track his sponsored and cosponsored legislation. The available official office page supports treating the June 2026 bill introduction as legislative effort, not completed delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Votes and Legislation | Representative George Whitesides
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Whitesides materially advanced the promise during his federal House term by introducing the bipartisan Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act, which appears aimed at requiring transportation-infrastructure vulnerability and emergency-operations planning. However, the evidence shows only bill introduction and no enactment or other binding federal action requiring state DOTs and MPOs to perform the promised identification. Because the promised requirement has not become law or policy, this is not delivered, but the same-term legislative effort warrants the effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%