3.0.0 4759 2022-11-01T04:17:50Z 2022-11-01T04:17:50Z House HR 2019-10-18 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 165 (Friday, October 18, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma:H.R. 4759.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H8260]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-18T13:05:35Z Resilient Highways Act of 2019 116 1909 S 2019-06-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS STOP Act of 2019 116 1913 S 2019-06-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects. 116 2013 S 2019-06-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 116 2302 S 2020-01-08 By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-200. Related bill CRS STOP Act of 2019 116 2237 HR 2019-04-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 2019-10-18 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2019-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001082 Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] Kevin Hern R OK 1 N Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Army Corps of Engineers Atmospheric science and weather Child safety and welfare Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Crime prevention Department of Defense Department of Transportation Disaster relief and insurance Elementary and secondary education Emergency planning and evacuation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Federal-Indian relations Firearms and explosives Fires First responders and emergency personnel Floods and storm protection Government studies and investigations Indian social and development programs Infrastructure development Licensing and registrations Motor vehicles Natural disasters Parks, recreation areas, trails Pedestrians and bicycling Performance measurement Regional and metropolitan planning Roads and highways State and local finance State and local government operations Terrorism Transportation costs Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-10-18 Introduced in House 2020-01-17T15:16:01Z Withdrawing from Overburdensome Reviews and Keeping us Safe Act or the WORKS Act

This bill addresses provisions related to federal-aid highways and bridges, emergency and disaster relief, firearms, and environmental reviews.

Among other things, the bill

  • authorizes emergency relief funds to be used to pay for projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges, including to improve drainage;
  • provides grants for local communities to develop disaster preparedness and disaster response plans that include the use of bicycles;
  • establishes a competitive grant program to provide assistance to local government entities for bollard installation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas utilized by large numbers of pedestrians;
  • requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm in an area of a water resources development project if it is not prohibited by law; and
  • directs the Department of Transportation to complete expedited environmental reviews of tribal transportation safety projects.
]]> WORKS Act Display Title WORKS Act Official Title as Introduced To increase emergency and disaster relief response, build safer communities, strengthen Second Amendment rights, streamline administrative reviews, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced WORKS Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Withdrawing from Overburdensome Reviews and Keeping us Safe Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4759ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4759ih.xml 2019-10-18 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.