To amend section 125 of title 23, United States Code, to require that a project for the permanent repair or reconstruction of a repeatedly damaged facility includes feasible and economically justifiable improvements to increase the resilience of such facility, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3298
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-18
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill revises the emergency relief program of the Department of Transportation to require that a project for the permanent repair or construction of a repeatedly damaged facility includes feasible and economically justifiable betterments (including protective features) to increase the resiliency of such facility. The emergency relief program provides funds for emergency and permanent repairs on federal-aid highways and roads that have suffered serious damage because of a natural disaster or catastrophic failure from an external cause.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3298 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2021 Ms. Davids of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend section 125 of title 23, United States Code, to require that a project for the permanent repair or reconstruction of a repeatedly damaged facility includes feasible and economically justifiable improvements to increase the resilience of such facility, and for other purposes.

1. Emergency relief Section 125(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) Repeatedly damaged facilities An application submitted under this section for the permanent repair or reconstruction of a repeatedly damaged facility shall include consideration and incorporation of feasible and economically justifiable betterments, including protective features, to increase the resilience of such facility. .