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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English 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%.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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