3.0.0 2542 2024-07-24T15:22:50Z 2024-07-24T15:22:50Z House H HR 2023-04-06 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 60 (Thursday, April 6, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WILLIAMS of New York:H.R. 2542.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.The single subject of this legislation is:The Infrastructure Expansion Act is a bill that addressesthe single subject of precluding absolute liability onfederally funded projects.[Page H1712]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2023-04-06T15:00:25Z 2023-04-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-04-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-04-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000828 Rep. Williams, Brandon [R-NY-22] Brandon Williams R NY 22 N T000478 Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] Claudia Tenney R NY 24 2023-04-06 True L000600 Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] Nicholas Langworthy R NY A. 23 2023-04-06 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 2023-04-19T20:15:15Z 00 2023-04-06 Introduced in House 2024-03-29T16:26:01Z Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023

This bill precludes absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for certain federal infrastructure and transportation development projects for any injury associated with an elevation- or gravity-related risk occurring on those projects. This applies to federally owned or operated projects and to projects receiving federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development.

In any such claim, a state must apply a liability standard that considers the comparative negligence of the injured person when such negligence is a proximate cause of an injury, and state law would otherwise apply absolute liability as the basis for such claim.

The bill applies to claims arising from projects in which a state or local government accepts federal financial assistance beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

]]> Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:22:50Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:41:02Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:36:07Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr2542ih/xml/BILLS-118hr2542ih.xml 2023-04-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.