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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="2063" measure-id="id113s2063" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2014-02-27" update-date="2014-03-06">
<title>SAFE Bridges Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-02-27</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2014 or SAFE Bridges Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to assist states to rehabilitate or replace bridges found to be structurally deficient, functionally obsolete, or fracture critical.</p> <p>Requires states to use apportioned program funds for projects to rehabilitate and replace such bridges.</p> <p>Sets the federal share of project costs at 100%.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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