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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2962 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2962

    To repurpose funds provided for COVID relief that have not been 
  obligated for purposes of infrastructure development, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2021

   Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Gohmert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
       Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

 
    To repurpose funds provided for COVID relief that have not been 
  obligated for purposes of infrastructure development, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``America's Infrastructure 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. REPURPOSING OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

    (a) Authorization of Funds Not Otherwise Obligated.--
Notwithstanding any provision of a covered law, any funds appropriated 
under such a law that have not been obligated as of the date of 
enactment of this Act, but not more than $650,000,000,000, shall be 
allocated to the States in the same manner and proportion as, and for 
the same purposes as, the surface transportation block grant program 
under section 133 of title 23, United States Code.
    (b) Additional Uses.--In addition to the projects authorized under 
section 133 of such title, funding authorized under subsection (a) may 
be used, in amounts determined appropriate by the State, for the 
following additional uses:
            (1) A port development project under section 50302 of title 
        46, United States Code.
            (2) A project under the national highway performance 
        program under section 119 of title 23, United States Code.
            (3) An airport improvement project under subchapter I of 
        chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code.
    (c) Definition of Covered Law.--In this section, the term ``covered 
law'' means the following:
            (1) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123).
            (2) The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 
        116-127).
            (3) The CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
            (4) The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
        Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139).
            (5) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-
        260).
            (6) The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-
        2).
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