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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2019 or the SAFE Bridges Act of 2019 </strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to assist states to rehabilitate or replace bridges found to be structurally deficient. </p> <p>States shall use program&nbsp;funds for projects to rehabilitate and replace such bridges and to maintain their surface coating and corrosion protection systems.</p>]]></text>
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