Helping Communities Invest in Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-hr-4110
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-30
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Government information and archives

Government lending and loan guarantees

Infrastructure development

Roads and highways

Rural conditions and development

Transportation programs funding

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Helping Communities Invest in Infrastructure Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the Rural Project Initiative under the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation (TIFIA) program.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill</p> <ul> <li>increases funding for the initiative from $2 million to $3 million;</li> <li>revises the duties of the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau to provide assistance and communicate best practices and financing and funding opportunities to entities under the program, including by conducting proactive outreach to communities located outside of metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area, and coordinating with other agencies that provide technical assistance for rural communities; and</li> <li>modifies reporting duties for the bureau.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4110 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Communities Invest in Infrastructure Act . 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 . 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; . 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. .