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H.R. 5745 116th Congress House

Bridge Investment Act of 2020

Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges to improve the safety, eff… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and freight over bridge crossings, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 3, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Feb 4, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 3, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 3, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 4, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bridge Investment Act of 2020

This bill establishes a bridge investment program to award competitive grants to certain governmental entities for projects that improve (1) the condition of bridges; and (2) the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and freight over bridges.

Among other provisions, the bill

  • requires grant awards for large projects (projects with total costs of greater than $100 million) to be at least $50 million, and for any other projects not less than $2.5 million;
  • directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider a number of factors in awarding grants, including whether the project serves as part of a state or federal evacuation route;
  • requires DOT to prioritize projects that are located within states for which at least two project applications were submitted in the current fiscal year and an average of two were submitted in prior fiscal years, and fewer than two grants have been awarded for projects within the state; and
  • limits funding for projects that consist solely of culvert replacement or rehabilitation.
 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2302 America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019
  • S 2310 Bridge Investment Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
Graves, Garret
· Feb 3, 2020
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LaHood, Darin
Illinois · Feb 3, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5745: Bridge Investment Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5745/
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