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
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 24, 2021
Last action Feb 25, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Feb 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clay Higgins
RRepublican
Co
Raja Krishnamoorthi
DDemocratic
Co
Salud O. Carbajal
DDemocratic
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