A bill to provide for the use of additional funds for transportation projects that were affected by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4332
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-07-27
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Indian lands and resources rights

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Public transit

Roads and highways

Rural conditions and development

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide additional funding to certain transportation projects that were awarded competitive grants but require additional funds to complete such projects due to the effects of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p> <p>In providing additional funds, DOT shall provide an amount equal to not less than 10% of the total project costs.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4332 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2020 Ms. McSally introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To provide for the use of additional funds for transportation projects that were affected by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), and for other purposes.

1. Additional funding for transportation grants (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall use any amounts made available to the Secretary for grant programs for covered projects, and not otherwise obligated, to provide additional funds to covered projects. (b) Amount In providing additional funds for a covered project under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide an amount equal to not less than 10 percent of the total project costs. (c) Federal share Amounts made available for a covered project under subsection (a) shall not be counted toward the Federal share of the project. (d) Modifications to agreements The Secretary of Transportation shall modify a grant agreement for a covered project as necessary to provide additional funds under subsection (a) in accordance with the amount determined under subsection (b). (e) Definition of covered project In this section, the term covered project means a highway project, a public transportation project, a rural transportation project, or a tribal transportation project that— (1) during the period beginning on January 1, 2017, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act— (A) has been awarded a grant under a competitive grant program of the Secretary of Transportation; or (B) in the case of a new fixed guideway capital project proposed to be carried out using a grant under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, advanced to the engineering phase under subsection (g) of that section; and (2) requires additional funding to complete the project due to the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19).