State and Local Infrastructure Flexibility Act
Bill: H.R.2239 | Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel (R-PA)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
State and Local Infrastructure Flexibility Act
This bill makes certain state transportation and infrastructure projects eligible for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) recovery funds.
Specifically, the bill authorizes the use of such funds for projects for specified purposes, including to

To amend the Social Security Act with respect to the types of projects 
   eligible to use certain coronavirus recovery funds, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Infrastructure 
Flexibility Act''.

SEC. 2. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.

    Section 602(c)(1) of title VI of the Social Security Act (as added 
by section 9901 of Public Law 117-2) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) State transportation and infrastructure 
                projects, including projects--
                            ``(i) to improve, repair, and develop 
                        roads, railways, tunnels, bridges, and 
                        electrical grids;
                            ``(ii) to fund revitalization, 
                        redevelopment, and renewal initiatives to 
                        support commercial and industrial growth, 
                        economic and workforce development, and attract 
                        new business, tourism, and investment;
                            ``(iii) to improve the safety, efficiency, 
                        and reliability of the movement of freight and 
                        people;
                            ``(iv) to generate national or regional 
                        economic benefits and an increase in global 
                        economic competitiveness of the United States;
                            ``(v) to reduce highway congestion and 
                        bottlenecks;
                            ``(vi) to improve connectivity between 
                        modes of freight transportation;
                            ``(vii) to enhance the resiliency of 
                        critical highway infrastructure and help 
                        protect the environment;
                            ``(viii) to improve roadways vital to 
                        national energy security;
                            ``(ix) to address the impact of population 
                        growth on the movement of people and freight;
                            ``(x) to fund the construction or 
                        improvement of buildings, land, and other 
                        facilities that are required to provide 
                        broadband service; and
                            ``(xi) to fund the acquisition and 
                        improvement of an existing system that is 
                        currently providing insufficient broadband 
                        service; or''.
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