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HR 2542 118th Congress House Transportation and Public Works

Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023

Introduced: April 6, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced in House
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Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023

This bill precludes absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for certain federal infrastructure and transportation development projects for any injury associated with an elevation- or gravity-related risk occurring on those projects. This applies to federally owned or operated projects and to projects receiving federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development.

In any such claim, a state must apply a liability standard that considers the comparative negligence of the injured person when such negligence is a proximate cause of an injury, and state law would otherwise apply absolute liability as the basis for such claim.

The bill applies to claims arising from projects in which a state or local government accepts federal financial assistance beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

What's happening now April 6, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
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Langworthy, Nicholas A.
New York · Apr 6, 2023
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Tenney, Claudia
New York · Apr 6, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2542: Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2542/
MLA
"H.R. 2542: Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2542/.
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H.R. 2542, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2542/.
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[H.R. 2542: Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2542/)
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