118 HR 9531 IH: To make projects in certain counties eligible for funding under the rural surface transportation grant program, and for other purposes.
U.S. House of Representatives
2024-09-10
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1.Rural surface transportation grant programSection 173 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1)in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
(3)The term covered county
means a county that has an annual gross agricultural production value of at least $1,000,000,000 and agricultural production of at least $500,000 per square mile, adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. (4)The term farm-to-market road
means a road located within a covered county.;
(2)in subsection (i) by striking subsection (k)(1)
and inserting paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (k)
; (3)in subsection (k)—
(A)by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); (B)by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
(4)The Secretary shall reserve 10 percent of the amounts made available for the program for each fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects located on farm-to-market roads in any amount.; and (C)in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by striking or (3)
and inserting (3), or (4)
; and
(4)by adding at the end the following: (p)Eligible covered countiesThe Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall create, and annually update, a list of covered counties..