[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3941 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3941

To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize a State that has a 
 structurally deficient bridge within its boundaries to obligate funds 
made available to carry out a high priority project for any project or 
  activity eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2007

  Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Franks of Arizona, 
and Mr. Towns) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize a State that has a 
 structurally deficient bridge within its boundaries to obligate funds 
made available to carry out a high priority project for any project or 
  activity eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bridge Spending Accountability, 
Flexibility, and Efficiency Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY FOR STATES WITH STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES.

    Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second subsection (c) and 
        subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (d), 
        (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Special Rule for States With Structurally Deficient 
Bridges.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if, on 
the date of enactment of this subsection, a State has within its 
boundaries a structurally deficient bridge, that State may obligate all 
or any portion of the funds made available, before, on, or after such 
date of enactment, to carry out a project described in section 1702 of 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity: A Legacy 
for Users (119 Stat. 1256) for any other project or activity eligible 
for assistance under this title.''.
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