Title: Helping Communities Invest in Infrastructure Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Helping Communities Invest in Infrastructure Act
This bill revises the Rural Project Initiative under the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation (TIFIA) program.
Specifically, the bill

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4110 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4110

To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase a set-aside for the 
 Rural Project Initiative of the TIFIA program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2019

 Ms. Finkenauer (for herself and Mr. Stauber) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase a set-aside for the 
 Rural Project Initiative of the TIFIA program, 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 ``Helping Communities Invest in 
Infrastructure Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE OF SET-ASIDE.

    Section 605(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting ``$3,000,000''.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE BUREAU.

    (a) Annual Progress Report.--Section 116 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Annual Progress Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Executive 
Director shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report detailing--
            ``(1) the use of funds authorized under section 605(f) of 
        title 23; and
            ``(2) the progress of the Bureau in carrying out the 
        purposes described in subsection (b).''.
    (b) Outreach.--Section 116(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) to provide assistance and communicate best practices 
        and financing and funding opportunities to eligible entities 
        for the programs referred to in subsection (d)(1), including 
        by--
                    ``(A) conducting proactive outreach to communities 
                located outside of metropolitan or micropolitan 
                statistical areas; and
                    ``(B) coordinating with the Department of 
                Agriculture's Office of Rural Development, the 
                Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Community 
                Revitalization, and any other agencies that provide 
                technical assistance for rural communities as 
                determined by the Director;''.

SEC. 4. TIFIA APPLICATION PROCESS REPORT.

    Section 609(b)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'';
            (2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vi) whether the project is located in a 
                        metropolitan statistical area, micropolitan 
                        statistical area, or neither.''.
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