3.0.0 1202 2023-01-11T13:49:18Z 2023-01-11T13:49:18Z Senate S 2021-04-19 117 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-19T20:32:19Z Restoring Neighborhoods and Strengthening Communities Act 117 2859 HR 2021-04-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS Reconnecting Communities Act 117 2833 HR 2021-04-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Identical bill CRS 2021-12-15 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported favorably. Committee 2021-04-19 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2036) IntroReferral 2021-04-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-04-19 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-04-19 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-04-19 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-04-19 True W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA G. 2021-04-19 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-04-19 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2021-04-19 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2021-04-19 True Transportation and Public Works Advisory bodies Air quality Community life and organization Congressional oversight Economic development Employee hiring Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Government studies and investigations Infrastructure development Land use and conservation Minority and disadvantaged businesses Noise pollution Pedestrians and bicycling Poverty and welfare assistance Public contracts and procurement Railroads Regional and metropolitan planning Roads and highways Transportation costs Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2021-04-19 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-27T18:28:33Z Reconnecting Communities Act

This bill establishes a grant program to remove, retrofit, or otherwise address infrastructural barriers (e.g., highways, railways, or viaducts) that impede mobility and connectivity, with a particular focus on communities of color and low-income communities.

Under this program, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must award three types of grants:

  • community engagement, education, and capacity-building grants to educate and involve community members in transportation and economic development planning;
  • planning and feasibility study grants to develop designs, conduct environmental reviews, and carry out other preliminary activities required to remove, retrofit, or mitigate an infrastructural barrier; and
  • capital construction grants to remove, retrofit, or mitigate an infrastructure barrier.

DOT must award the community engagement, education, and capacity-building grants and the planning and feasibility study grants to state, tribal, and local governments; metropolitan planning organizations; and nonprofits. An eligible entity may apply for and receive funding from more than one type of grant.

DOT must award the capital construction grants to the owner of an infrastructure barrier. The owner may, if applicable, partner with other eligible entities.

]]> Reconnecting Communities Act Display Title Reconnecting Communities Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a program to improve community connectivity by identifying and removing or mitigating infrastructural barriers that create obstacles to mobility or economic development or expose the community to pollution and other health and safety risks, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Reconnecting Communities Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1202is/xml/BILLS-117s1202is.xml 2021-12-15 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported favorably. 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.