I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4585 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish an agricultural and 
rural road improvement program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2025 
Mr. BOST (for himself, Mr. RILEY of New York, Mr. MANN, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. 
HURD of Colorado, and Mr. ONDER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish an 
agricultural and rural road improvement program, 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 ‘‘Agricultural and Rural 
Road Improvement Program Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 180. Agricultural and rural road improvement pro-
gram 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish and implement an agricultural and rural road im-
provement program to— 
‘‘(1) improve first- and last-mile access to 
farms and to facilities producing, supplying, storing, 
and transporting agricultural inputs and products; 
‘‘(2) reduce the number of weight-limited 
bridges and capacity-limited local roads and rural 
minor collectors in rural communities; and 
‘‘(3) improve the safety, resiliency, and effi-
ciency of the local roads and rural minor collectors 
that are essential to a strong American agricultural 
sector and a vibrant rural economy. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Funds apportioned to a 
State under subsection 104(b)(9) to carry out this section 
may only be obligated for a project that is on a road func-
tionally classified as a local road or rural minor collector 
road and that is— 
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‘‘(1) a project to replace or rehabilitate one or 
more bridges in order to eliminate a posted weight 
limitation; 
‘‘(2) a project on a highway or bridge that pro-
vides or increases first- and last-mile access to a 
farm, facility producing, supplying, storing, and 
transporting agricultural inputs and products, agri-
cultural facility, or other facility that supports the 
economy of a rural area; 
‘‘(3) 
a 
project 
eligible 
under 
section 
167(h)(5)(C); and 
‘‘(4) a project to improve highway safety, in-
cluding a project to improve a high risk rural road 
(as defined in section 148). 
‘‘(c) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of a project carried out under this section may 
not exceed 90 percent.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘180. Agricultural and rural road improvement program.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) APPORTIONMENT.—Section 104(b) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘the agricultural and rural 
road improvement program,’’ after ‘‘section 175,’’; 
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(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(7), 
by 
striking 
‘‘2.56266964565637’’ and inserting ‘‘2.02664265’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) AGRICULTURAL
AND
RURAL
ROAD
IM-
PROVEMENT
PROGRAM.—For the agricultural and 
rural road improvement program under section 180, 
0.536027 percent of the amount remaining after dis-
tributing amounts under paragraphs (4), (5), and 
(6).’’. 
(b) 
CARBON
REDUCTION
PROGRAM.—Section 
175(e)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (i) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
and 
(3) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv). 
Æ 
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