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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 re-
ferred 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Emer-
gency Relief Funds Availability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
REGULATION. 
Section 668.105(h) of title 23, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, is repealed. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS EMERGENCY RELIEF 
FUNDS. 
Section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (d)(4); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) IMPOSITION OF DEADLINE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation 
may not require any project funded pursuant to this 
section to advance to the construction obligation 
stage before the date that is the last day of the sixth 
fiscal year after the later of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which the Governor de-
clared the emergency, as described in subsection 
(d)(1)(A); or 
‘‘(B) the date on which the President de-
clared the emergency to be a major disaster, as 
described in such subsection. 
‘‘(2) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—If the Sec-
retary imposes a deadline for advancement to the 
construction obligation stage pursuant to paragraph 
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(1), the Secretary may, upon the request of the Gov-
ernor of the State, issue an extension of not more 
than 1 year to complete such advancement, and may 
issue additional extensions after the expiration of 
any extension, if the Secretary determines the Gov-
ernor of the State has provided suitable justification 
to warrant an extension.’’. 
SEC. 4. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF 
FUNDS. 
Section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) IMPOSITION OF DEADLINE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation 
may not require any project funded pursuant to this 
section to advance to the construction obligation 
stage before the date that is the last day of the sixth 
fiscal year after the later of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which the Governor de-
clared the emergency, as described in subsection 
(a)(1); or 
‘‘(B) the date on which the President de-
clared a major disaster, as described in such 
subsection. 
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‘‘(2) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—If the Sec-
retary imposes a deadline for advancement to the 
construction obligation stage pursuant to paragraph 
(1), the Secretary may, upon the request of the Gov-
ernor of the State, issue an extension of not more 
than 1 year to complete such advancement, and may 
issue additional extensions after the expiration of 
any extension, if the Secretary determines the Gov-
ernor of the State has provided suitable justification 
to warrant an extension.’’. 
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