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H.R. 4591 — Fixing America’s Bridges Act | PoliFocus

H.R. 4591116th Congress

Fixing America’s Bridges Act

To permit the Secretary of Transportation to approve Federal participation in the replacement or rehabilitation of certain bridges, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]

3 cosponsors

Subjects

Transportation and Public Works

Summary

Fixing America's Bridges Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide assistance to states to replace or rehabilitate certain bridges.

Among other things, the bill

authorizes DOT to provide assistance for certain activities on bridges, including painting, seismic retrofit, and installation of scour countermeasures (to prevent erosion of soil around a bridge foundation caused by flooding);
includes a set-aside to ensure funding locally-owned bridges that are not on the federal-aid highway system; and
provides for a federal cost-share of 90%.

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Legislative Actions

2019-10-01
Introduced in House
2019-10-01
Introduced in House
2019-10-01
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-10-02
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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