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S. 1710 117th Congress Senate

Resilient Highways Act of 2021

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

Introduced: May 27, 2021 Introduced by: Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Atmospheric science and weatherFloods and storm protectionNatural disastersRoads and highwaysTransportation programs funding
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May 19, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 19, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 19, 2021

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Resilient Highways Act of 2021

This bill addresses projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways, bridges, and tunnels 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 raising roadway grades, deepening channels to prevent flooding, improving drainage, and stabilizing slopes.
 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 3341 STARTER Act 2.0
  • S 1931 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
  • S 1953 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
  • HR 3777 Resilient Highways Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Ossoff, Jon
Georgia · Jul 27, 2021
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 27, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1710: Resilient Highways Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1710/
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"S. 1710: Resilient Highways Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1710/.
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S. 1710, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1710/.
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