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S. 2310 116th Congress Senate

Bridge Investment Act of 2019

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

Official title: A bill 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: July 29, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jul 29, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jul 29, 2019
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 Latest action July 29, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bridge Investment Act of 2019

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 things, 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 the extent to which a project demonstrates cost savings by bundling multiple bridge projects;
  • 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
  • HR 5745 Bridge Investment Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 3
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Jul 30, 2019
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jul 29, 2019
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 29, 2019
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jul 29, 2019
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 29, 2019
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 29, 2019
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jul 29, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2310: Bridge Investment Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2310/
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"S. 2310: Bridge Investment Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2310/.
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S. 2310, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2310/.
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