I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3908 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for funding for off- 
system bridges, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2021 
Mr. LAMB (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for 
funding for off-system bridges, 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 ‘‘Support for Commu-
nity Bridges Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGE PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101(a) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (17) through 
(34) as paragraphs (18) through (35); and 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(17) OFF-SYSTEM
BRIDGE.—The term ‘off- 
system bridge’ means a highway bridge located on a 
public road, other than a bridge on a Federal-aid 
highway.’’. 
(b) APPORTIONMENT.—Section 104 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘and to carry out section 134’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to carry out section 134, and for the 
off-system bridge program under section 171’’; 
(B) in each of paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3), by striking ‘‘and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘(6), 
and (7)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘set aside 
in accordance with paragraph (5)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘set asides in accordance with paragraphs 
(5) and (7)’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting 
‘‘after making the set aside in accordance with 
paragraph (7),’’ after ‘‘section 167,’’; 
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(E) in paragraph (6), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘set aside 
in accordance with paragraph (5)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘set asides in accordance with paragraphs 
(5) and (7)’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the off-system 
bridge program under section 171, the Sec-
retary shall set aside from the base apportion-
ment determined for a State under subsection 
(c) an amount determined for the State under 
subparagraphs (B) and (C). 
‘‘(B) TOTAL AMOUNT.—The total amount 
set aside for the off-system bridge program for 
all States shall be 2.5 percent of the total 
amount made available to carry out the pro-
grams described in this subsection for the fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(C) STATE SHARE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall distribute among 
States the total amount set aside under 
subparagraph (B) so that each State re-
ceives an amount equal to the sum of the 
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