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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1124 

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for the TIGER 

Discretionary Grant program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2013 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Ms. BASS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. RUSH, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 

BROWN of Florida, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CLAY, Ms. LEE of 

California, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. HAHN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, Mr. POCAN, Mr. TONKO, Ms. EDWARDS, 

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. LEWIS, 

Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. SIRES, 

Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. HECK

of Washington, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. KEATING, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 

Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. LOFGREN, 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Mr. WATT, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. ENYART, Mr. ELLISON, and 

Ms. MENG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for 

the TIGER Discretionary Grant program, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 ‘‘TIGER Grants for 

5 Job Creation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The economy is struggling to recover from 

9 the recession. The unemployment rate is nearly 8 

10 percent nationwide and is even higher in minority 

11 and disadvantaged communities. 

12 (2) The American Society of Civil Engineers’ 

13 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure esti14 mated that there is a $549,500,000,000 shortfall in 

15 investments in roads and bridges and an additional 

16 $190,100,000,000 shortfall in investments in tran17 sit. 

18 (3) TIGER, formally known as the Transpor19 tation Investment Generating Economic Recovery 

20 (TIGER) grant program, is a nationwide competitive 

21 grant program that creates jobs by funding invest22 ments in transportation infrastructure by States, 

23 local governments, and transit agencies. 


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1 (4) TIGER funds projects that will have a sig2 nificant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, 

3 or a region. 

4 (5) In distributing grants under TIGER, the 

5 Secretary of Transportation is required to ensure an 

6 equitable geographic distribution of funds, a balance 

7 in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, 

8 and investments in a variety of modes of transpor9 tation. 

10 (6) Past appropriations for TIGER are not suf11 ficient to address the need for investments in trans12 portation infrastructure in communities throughout 

13 the United States as the amounts only fund a small 

14 fraction of the transportation infrastructure projects 

15 for which TIGER grant applications have been re16 ceived. 

17 (7) TIGER received an appropriation of 

18 $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2012. 

19 (8) The President requested an appropriation of 

20 $500,000,000 for TIGER in fiscal year 2013. 

21 (9) The Secretary of Transportation has been 

22 unable to organize a competition for TIGER grants 

23 in 2013 due to the uncertainty surrounding seques24 tration and fiscal year 2013 appropriations. 


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1 (10) Restricting appropriations for TIGER 

2 through the use of arbitrary budget caps or seques3 tration undermines economic recovery and job cre4 ation efforts; disrupts planning by States, local gov5 ernments, and transit agencies; and leaves critical 

6 infrastructure needs unmet. 

7 (11) Emergency supplemental appropriations 

8 for TIGER, provided in addition to other appropria9 tions and not subject to sequestration, will improve 

10 transportation infrastructure and create jobs 

11 throughout the United States without reducing 

12 funding for other domestic priorities. 

13 (12) An emergency supplemental appropriation 

14 of $500,000,000 for TIGER to be made available in 

15 fiscal year 2013 and an additional emergency sup16 plemental appropriation of $500,000,000 to be made 

17 available in fiscal year 2014 will allow the Secretary 

18 of Transportation to begin immediately to organize 

19 new competitions for TIGER grants and allow 

20 States, local governments, and transit agencies to 

21 prepare grant applications, thus ensuring an effi22 cient use of funds and timely job creation. 


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1 SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR TIGER DIS2 CRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fis5 cal year 2013: 

6 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Infrastruc10 ture Investments’’ in accordance with the provisions under 

11 this heading in title I of division C of Public Law 112– 

12 55, $1,000,000,000, of which $500,000,000 shall become 

13 available on the date of the enactment of this section, and 

14 $500,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2013: 

15 Provided, That the amount under this heading shall re16 main available until September 30, 2014: Provided further, 

17 That the amount under this heading is designated by the 

18 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec19 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such amount shall 

21 be available only if the President subsequently so des22 ignates such amount and transmits such designation to 

23 the Congress. 

24 SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION. 

25 The appropriation in section 3 shall be exempt from 

26 any sequestration under section 251A of the Balanced 


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1 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

2 U.S.C. 901a). 

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