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Problem:SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Federal Highway Administration estimates that there
are 604,485 bridges on the Nation's public road network, of
which 116,669 are on the National Highway System.
(2) The average age of the Nation's bridges is 39 years old
and more than two-thirds of the Nation's bridges are more than
26 years old.
(3) One in 9 bridges is classified as structurally
deficient and requires significant maintenance, repair, or
replacement.
(4) Fourteen percent of the Nation's bridges are
functionally obsolete and do not meet current design standards.
(5) The Federal Highway Administration estimates that to
eliminate the Nation's deficient bridge backlog by 2030, $20.2
billion of investment would be required annually through
Federal, State, and local levels of government, although
current annual bridge investment is approximately $17.1
billion.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Eligible funds.--
(A) In general.--The term ''eligible funds'' means
funds--
(i) authorized or designated in--
(I) Public Law 109-59 or a prior
surface transportation authorization
Act; or
(II) an appropriations Act, or a
report accompanying an appropriations
Act, for allocation to a specific
surface transportation project or
activity; and
(ii) identified, not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, by the
State in which the project or activity is
authorized to be carried out as being excess
funds or inactive funds.
(B) Inclusion.--The term ''eligible funds''
includes funds described in subparagraph (A) that were
allocated and designated for a demonstration project.
(2) Excess funds.--The term ''excess funds'' means--
(A) funds obligated for a specific surface
transportation project or activity that remain
available for the project or activity after the project
or activity has been completed or canceled; or
(B) an unobligated balance of funds allocated for a
specific surface transportation project or activity
that the State in which the project or activity is
authorized to be carried out certifies is no longer
needed for the project or activity.
(3) Inactive funds.--The term ''inactive funds'' means--
(A) an unobligated balance of Federal funds for an
eligible surface transportation project or activity
against which no more than 10 percent of the Federal
funds originally designated for the project or activity
have been obligated; or
(B) funds that are available to carry out a surface
transportation project or activity in a State, but, as
certified by the State, are unlikely to be advanced for
the project or activity during the 1-year period
beginning on the date of certification.
(c) Availability of Funds for Bridge Projects.--Eligible funds
shall be--
(1) made available in accordance with this section to the
State that originally received the funds; and
(2) available for obligation for any eligible project under
section 133(b)(2) or 133(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Authority To Obligate.--Notwithstanding the original source or
period of availability of eligible funds, the Secretary of
Transportation may, on the request by a State--
(1) obligate the funds for any eligible project under
section 133(b)(2) or 133(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code;
or
(2)(A) deobligate the funds; and
(B) reobligate the funds for any project eligible under
such sections.
(e) Period of Availability; Title 23 Requirements.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the original source or
period of availability of eligible funds obligated (or
deobligated and reobligated) under subsection (d), the eligible
funds--
(A) shall remain available for obligation for a
period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which
this Act is enacted; and
(B) except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, shall be subject to the requirements of
title 23, United States Code, that apply to section 133
of that title, including provisions relating to Federal
share.
(2) No allocation based on population.--Section 133(d) of
title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to eligible funds
under this section.
(f) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives,
and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report describing any action taken by the Secretary
under this section.
Solution:
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to permit states to carry out bridge projects using previously allocated funds that have been identified as being excess or inactive. The projects may include operational improvements, capital and operating costs, environmental measures, and transportation control measures. The funds will remain available for three years after the year in which this bill is enacted.