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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3193 

To modify the treatment of deadlines for emergency relief funds awarded 

by the Secretary of Transportation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2019 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 

Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL

of California, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. PANETTA, 

Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. CISNEROS, 

Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BERA, Mr. SHERMAN, 

Mr. COSTA, and Mr. VARGAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To modify the treatment of deadlines for emergency relief 

funds awarded by the Secretary of Transportation, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Emer5 gency Relief Funds Availability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 

2 REGULATION. 

3 Section 668.105(h) of title 23, Code of Federal Regu4 lations, is repealed. 

5 SEC. 3. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS EMERGENCY RELIEF 

6 FUNDS. 

7 Section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by striking subsection (d)(4); and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(h) IMPOSITION OF DEADLINE.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation 

14 may not require any project funded pursuant to this 

15 section to advance to the construction obligation 

16 stage before the date that is the last day of the sixth 

17 fiscal year after the later of— 

18 ‘‘(A) the date on which the Governor de19 clared the emergency, as described in subsection 

20 (d)(1)(A); or 

21 ‘‘(B) the date on which the President de22 clared the emergency to be a major disaster, as 

23 described in such subsection. 

24 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—If the Sec25 retary imposes a deadline for advancement to the 

26 construction obligation stage pursuant to paragraph 


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1 (1), the Secretary may, upon the request of the Gov2 ernor of the State, issue an extension of not more 

3 than 1 year to complete such advancement, and may 

4 issue additional extensions after the expiration of 

5 any extension, if the Secretary determines the Gov6 ernor of the State has provided suitable justification 

7 to warrant an extension.’’. 

8 SEC. 4. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF 

9 FUNDS. 

10 Section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(f) IMPOSITION OF DEADLINE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation 

15 may not require any project funded pursuant to this 

16 section to advance to the construction obligation 

17 stage before the date that is the last day of the sixth 

18 fiscal year after the later of— 

19 ‘‘(A) the date on which the Governor de20 clared the emergency, as described in subsection 

21 (a)(1); or 

22 ‘‘(B) the date on which the President de23 clared a major disaster, as described in such 

24 subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—If the Sec2 retary imposes a deadline for advancement to the 

3 construction obligation stage pursuant to paragraph 

4 (1), the Secretary may, upon the request of the Gov5 ernor of the State, issue an extension of not more 

6 than 1 year to complete such advancement, and may 

7 issue additional extensions after the expiration of 

8 any extension, if the Secretary determines the Gov9 ernor of the State has provided suitable justification 

10 to warrant an extension.’’. 

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