Farm-to-Market Road Repair Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7250
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2020-06-18
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways

Rural conditions and development

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Farm-to-Market Road Repair Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for the surface transportation block grant program to include projects for the construction of roads in rural areas that primarily serve to transport agricultural products from a farm or ranch to a marketplace.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7250 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2020 Mr. Hastings introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the surface transportation block grant program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farm-to-Market Road Repair Act of 2020 . 2. Surface transportation block grant program Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (G) roads in rural areas that primarily serve to transport agricultural products from a farm or ranch to a marketplace. ; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) for a project described in subsection (b)(1)(G); and .