S 1038
116th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Small business
State and local finance
Tariffs
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees
Build USA Infrastructure Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Apr 4, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Build USA Infrastructure Act
This bill addresses highway infrastructure funding.
The bill requires, for the five-year period beginning on October 1, 2020, the deposit of the first $21.4 billion of revenues collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection into the Highway Trust Fund.
A state may enter into an agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), for a period of three years or longer, under which it agrees to
- opt out of receiving at least 60% of funds out of the Highway Trust Fund that the state may receive during each year of the agreement for federal-aid highway activities under the national highway performance program and the surface transportation block grant program;
- accept from the FHWA funds equal to 90% of the amount the state opted out of; and
- use those funds to carry out core infrastructure projects in accordance with provisions that authorize the state to determine whether it is in compliance with certain federal project requirements, including the use of steel, iron, and manufactured products produced in the United States.
The amount of the opt out does not include amounts required to be set aside, penalties, or amounts required to be suballocated to areas based on population.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1