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HR 947 117th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Railroads Roads and highways State and local finance Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security

RURAL Act

Introduced: February 8, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Feb 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Feb 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Railway Upgrades for Rural American Lines Act or the RURAL Act

This bill modifies requirements for the Railway-Highway Crossings Program.

Specifically, the bill (1) requires the Department of Transportation to set aside highway safety improvement funds for states for the replacement of functionally obsolete warning and protective devices at railway-highway crossings, (2) increases the federal share payable on account of any project financed with highway safety improvement funds from 90% to 100%, and (3) revises the amount of incentive payment a state may provide a local government for permanent closure by such government of public at-grade railway-highway crossings.

What's happening now February 9, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1919 Related bill RURAL Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jun 1, 2021
 R
Comer, James
Kentucky · May 13, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Feb 8, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 947: RURAL Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-947/
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"H.R. 947: RURAL Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-947/.
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H.R. 947, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-947/.
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