I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5976 
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for the TIGER 
Discretionary Grant program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2012 
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. BASS of California, Ms. 
HAHN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 
FILNER, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CLARKE of 
Michigan, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CLAY, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. JACK-
SON
LEE
of Texas, Ms. PINGREE
of Maine, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of 
California, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BACA, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Ms. MATSUI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appro-
priations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for 
the TIGER Discretionary Grant 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TIGER Grants for 
Job Creation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The economy is struggling to recover from 
the recession. The unemployment rate has remained 
above 8 percent nationally for 40 straight months 
and is even higher in minority communities and in 
many areas of the country. 
(2) The American Society of Civil Engineers’ 
2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure esti-
mated that there is a $549,500,000,000 shortfall in 
investments in roads and bridges and an additional 
$190,100,000,000 shortfall in investments in tran-
sit. 
(3) TIGER, formally known as the Transpor-
tation Investment Generating Economic Recovery 
(TIGER) grant program, is a nationwide competitive 
grant program that creates jobs by funding invest-
ments in transportation infrastructure by States, 
local governments, and transit agencies. 
(4) TIGER funds projects that will have a sig-
nificant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, 
or a region. 
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(5) In distributing grants under TIGER, the 
Secretary of Transportation is required to ensure an 
equitable geographic distribution of funds, a balance 
in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, 
and investments in a variety of modes of transpor-
tation. 
(6) TIGER received an appropriation of 
$500,000,000 in fiscal year 2012. 
(7) Current appropriations for TIGER are not 
sufficient to address the need for investments in 
transportation 
infrastructure 
in 
communities 
throughout the United States as the amounts only 
fund a small fraction of the transportation infra-
structure projects for which TIGER grant applica-
tions have been received. 
(8) The President requested an appropriation of 
$500,000,000 for TIGER in fiscal year 2013. 
(9) An appropriation of $500,000,000 for 
TIGER to be made available in fiscal year 2013 and 
an additional appropriation of $500,000,000 to be 
made available in fiscal year 2014 will allow States, 
local governments, and transit agencies throughout 
the United States to improve transportation infra-
structure while creating jobs. 
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(10) Emergency supplemental appropriations 
for TIGER totaling $1,000,000,000 to be made 
available in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 will allow the 
Secretary of Transportation immediately to begin to 
organize new competitions for TIGER grants and 
allow States, local governments, and transit agencies 
to prepare grant applications, thus ensuring an effi-
cient use of funds and timely job creation. 
SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR TIGER DIS-
CRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM. 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fis-
cal year 2012: 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Infrastruc-
ture Investments’’ in accordance with the provisions under 
this heading in title I of division C of Public Law 112– 
55, $1,000,000,000, of which $500,000,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2012, and $500,000,000 shall be-
come available on October 1, 2013: Provided, That the 
amount under this heading shall remain available until 
September 30, 2014: Provided further, That the amount 
under this heading is designated by the Congress as an 
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emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, except that such amount shall be available 
only if the President subsequently so designates such 
amount and transmits such designation to the Congress. 
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