HR 1299 United States House · 117th Congress

Fixing America’s Bridges Act

Summary
Fixing America's Bridges Act This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide assistance to states to replace or rehabilitate certain bridges. Among other things, the bill authorizes DOT to provide assistance for certain activities on bridges, including painting, seismic retrofit, and installation of scour countermeasures (to prevent erosion of soil around a bridge foundation caused by flooding); includes a set-aside to ensure funding locally-owned bridges that are not on the federal-aid highway system; and provides for a federal cost-share of 90%.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
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Introduced Feb 24, 2021 Last action Feb 25, 2021
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Feb 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Feb 24, 2021
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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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