I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3376 
To authorize States to carry out bridge construction, maintenance, repair, 
and replacement projects using previously allocated surface transportation 
funds that are identified as being excess or inactive, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize States to carry out bridge construction, mainte-
nance, repair, and replacement projects using previously 
allocated surface transportation funds that are identified 
as being excess or inactive, 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. FINDINGS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Federal Highway Administration esti-
mates that there are 604,485 bridges on the Na-
tion’s public road network, of which 116,669 are on 
the National Highway System. 
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(2) The average age of the Nation’s bridges is 
39 years old and more than two-thirds of the Na-
tion’s bridges are more than 26 years old. 
(3) One in 9 bridges is classified as structurally 
deficient and requires significant maintenance, re-
pair, or replacement. 
(4) Fourteen percent of the Nation’s bridges 
are functionally obsolete and do not meet current de-
sign standards. 
(5) The Federal Highway Administration esti-
mates that to eliminate the Nation’s deficient bridge 
backlog by 2030, $20.2 billion of investment would 
be required annually through Federal, State, and 
local levels of government, although current annual 
bridge investment is approximately $17.1 billion. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) ELIGIBLE FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
funds’’ means funds— 
(i) authorized or designated in— 
(I) Public Law 109–59 or a prior 
surface transportation authorization 
Act; or 
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(II) an appropriations Act, or a 
report accompanying an appropria-
tions Act, for allocation to a specific 
surface transportation project or ac-
tivity; and 
(ii) identified, not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, by 
the State in which the project or activity is 
authorized to be carried out as being ex-
cess funds or inactive funds. 
(B) 
INCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘‘eligible 
funds’’ includes funds described in subpara-
graph (A) that were allocated and designated 
for a demonstration project. 
(2) EXCESS FUNDS.—The term ‘‘excess funds’’ 
means— 
(A) funds obligated for a specific surface 
transportation project or activity that remain 
available for the project or activity after the 
project or activity has been completed or can-
celed; or 
(B) an unobligated balance of funds allo-
cated for a specific surface transportation 
project or activity that the State in which the 
project or activity is authorized to be carried 
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