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HR 4591 116th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Congressional oversight Infrastructure development Roads and highways State and local government operations Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security

Fixing America’s Bridges Act

Introduced: October 1, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 2, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Oct 1, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 1, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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%.
What's happening now October 2, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Mar 3, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Nov 12, 2019
 R
Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Oct 1, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4591: Fixing America’s Bridges Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4591/
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"H.R. 4591: Fixing America’s Bridges Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4591/.
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H.R. 4591, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4591/.
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