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H.R. 5700 116th Congress House

Resilient Highways Act

Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure that Federal-aid highways and bridges are more resilient, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 29, 2020 Introduced by: Andy Kim Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 30, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 29, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 29, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 30, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Resilient Highways Act

This bill addresses projects to increase the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges on and off the National Highway System.

Specifically, the bill

  • allows states to use up to 15% of funds apportioned under the national highway performance program for projects to mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repairs from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters on infrastructure that is part of the National Highway System;
  • provides for a maximum federal cost-share of up to 100% for these projects; and
  • authorizes emergency relief funds to be used to pay for these projects, including removing debris from rivers, creeks, streams, and ditches, raising roadway grades, deepening channels to prevent flooding, improving drainage, and stabilizing slopes.
 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2302 America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019
  • HR 7248 STARTER Act
  • S 1909 Resilient Highways Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Aug 18, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 29, 2020
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Jan 29, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5700: Resilient Highways Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5700/
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