Fixing America’s Bridges Act

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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Timeline

1. 1 October 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 1 October 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 October 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 2 October 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 1 October 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 1 October 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 1 October 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 October 2019

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Sponsors

• Abby Finkenauer · D · Sponsor
• Clay Higgins · R · Sponsor
• Jared Huffman · D · Cosponsor
• Salud Carbajal · D · Cosponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing

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