Farm-to-Market Road Repair Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-248
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2021-01-11
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion

Roads and highways

Rural conditions and development

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Farm-to-Market Road Repair Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for the surface transportation block grant program to include (1) projects for the construction of roads in rural areas that primarily serve to transport agricultural products from a farm or ranch to a marketplace, and (2) special allocations of apportioned funds under the program to areas with a population of less than 50,000.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 248 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 11, 2021 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 2021 . 2. Surface transportation block grant program Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: (16) Roads in rural areas that primarily serve to transport agricultural products from a farm or ranch to a marketplace. ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) in the heading by striking 5,000 and inserting 50,000 ; and (B) in paragraph (1) by striking subsection (d)(1)(A)(ii) and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection (d)(1)(A) for each fiscal year may be obligated on roads functionally classified as rural minor collectors or local roads or on critical rural freight corridors designated under section 167(e). .