[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1435 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1435

To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit the use of funds under 
 the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program for seismic 
              retrofit of bridges, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 1993

  Mr. Mineta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit the use of funds under 
 the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program for seismic 
              retrofit of bridges, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligibility of Seismic Retrofit Projects.--Section 144(d) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end of the third sentence the following: ``; except that a State 
may carry out a project for seismic retrofit of a bridge under this 
section without regard to whether such bridge is eligible for 
replacement or rehabilitation under this section''.
    (b) Apportionment Factor Adjustment.--Section 144(e) of such title 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the fourth 
sentence the following: ``and by the total cost of all projects carried 
out under this section in such State for seismic retrofit of highway 
bridges not eligible for replacement or rehabilitation under this 
section''.

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