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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1428 
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for the BUILD 
Discretionary Grant program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2019 
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Ms. MOORE, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JOHNSON of 
Texas, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. TLAIB, and Mrs. 
BEATTY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budg-
et, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for 
the BUILD 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Infra-
structure for Job Creation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Investments in infrastructure create jobs 
while 
fulfilling 
critical 
needs 
in 
communities 
throughout the United States. 
(2) According to the Brookings Institution, 
nearly 14.5 million workers—11 percent of the U.S. 
workforce—were employed in infrastructure jobs in 
2013. 
(3) According to data from the Brookings Insti-
tution, infrastructure occupations often provide more 
competitive and equitable wages in comparison to all 
jobs nationally, consistently paying up to 30 percent 
more to low-income workers. 
(4) The American Society of Civil Engineers 
gave the infrastructure of the United States an over-
all grade of ‘‘D+’’ in 2017 and estimated that the 
United States will need to invest $4.59 trillion by 
2025 in order to improve the condition of the Na-
tion’s infrastructure and bring it to a state of good 
repair. 
(5) The American Society of Civil Engineers as-
signed a ‘‘D’’ grade to the Nation’s roads, a ‘‘C+’’ 
grade to the Nation’s bridges, and a ‘‘D¥’’ grade 
to the Nation’s transit systems and estimated that 
the United States will need to invest $2.04 trillion 
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by 2025 to bring the Nation’s surface transportation 
infrastructure to a state of good repair. 
(6) BUILD is a nationwide competitive grant 
program that creates jobs by funding investments in 
transportation infrastructure by States, local govern-
ments, and transit agencies. 
(7) BUILD is formally known as the Better 
Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development 
(BUILD) Transportation Grants program and was 
previously known as the Transportation Investment 
Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant pro-
gram. 
(8) BUILD funds projects that will have a sig-
nificant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, 
or a region. 
(9) In distributing grants under BUILD, 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. 
(10) TIGER or BUILD received an appropria-
tion of $600,000,000 in fiscal year 2014, an appro-
priation of $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, an ap-
propriation of $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2016, an 
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appropriation of $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2017, 
and an appropriation of $1,500,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2018. 
(11) Past appropriations for TIGER and 
BUILD are not sufficient to address the need for in-
vestments in transportation infrastructure in com-
munities throughout the United States as the 
amounts only fund a small fraction of the transpor-
tation infrastructure projects for which grant appli-
cations have been received. 
(12) Appropriating $7.5 billion in fiscal year 
2019 for BUILD and allowing the funds to remain 
available for 6 years will enable the Secretary of 
Transportation to begin immediately to expand in-
vestments in transportation infrastucture throughout 
the United States. 
(13) Restricting appropriations for BUILD 
through the use of arbitrary budget caps or seques-
tration undermines economic recovery and job cre-
ation efforts; disrupts planning by States, local gov-
ernments, and transit agencies; and leaves critical 
infrastructure needs unmet. 
(14) Emergency supplemental appropriations 
for BUILD, provided in addition to other appropria-
tions and not subject to sequestration, will improve 
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transportation 
infrastructure 
and 
create 
jobs 
throughout the United States without reducing 
funding for other domestic priorities. 
(15) An emergency supplemental appropriation 
of $7.5 billion for BUILD to be made available in 
fiscal year 2019 and to remain available for 6 years 
will allow the Secretary of Transportation to begin 
immediately to organize new competitions for 
BUILD grants and allow States, local governments, 
and transit agencies to prepare grant applications, 
thus ensuring an efficient use of funds and timely 
job creation. 
SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR BUILD DIS-
CRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM. 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fis-
cal year 2019: 
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 K of Public Law 115– 
31, $7,500,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That the amount under this 
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heading is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced 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. 
SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION. 
The appropriation in section 3 shall be exempt from 
sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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