H.R. 4759 — WORKS Act

Summary

Withdrawing from Overburdensome Reviews and Keeping us Safe Act or the WORKS Act

This bill addresses provisions related to federal-aid highways and bridges, emergency and disaster relief, firearms, and environmental reviews.

Among other things, the bill

authorizes emergency relief funds to be used to pay for projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges, including to improve drainage;
provides grants for local communities to develop disaster preparedness and disaster response plans that include the use of bicycles;
establishes a competitive grant program to provide assistance to local government entities for bollard installation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas utilized by large numbers of pedestrians;
requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm in an area of a water resources development project if it is not prohibited by law; and
directs the Department of Transportation to complete expedited environmental reviews of tribal transportation safety projects.

S. 1909Resilient Highways Act of 2019
2019-06-19Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Related
S. 1913STOP Act of 2019
2019-06-19Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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S. 2013A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.
2019-06-27Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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S. 2302America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019
2020-01-08By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-200.
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H.R. 2237STOP Act of 2019
2019-04-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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2019-10-18
Introduced in House
2019-10-18
Introduced in House
2019-10-18
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.