[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3294 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3294

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide funding flexibility 
        for transportation emergencies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2011

Mr. Bucshon (for himself, Mr. Farenthold, and Mr. Pence) 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 provide funding flexibility 
        for transportation emergencies, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Transportation Emergency 
Flexibility Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FLEXIBILITY FOR TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 330. Funding flexibility for transportation emergencies
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
chief executive of a State, after declaring an emergency with respect 
to a transportation facility under subsection (b), may use any covered 
funds of the State to repair or replace the transportation facility.
    ``(b) Declaration of Emergency.--To declare an emergency with 
respect to a transportation facility for purposes of subsection (a), 
the chief executive of a State shall provide to the Secretary written 
notice of the declaration, which shall specify--
            ``(1) the emergency;
            ``(2) the affected transportation facility; and
            ``(3) the repair or replacement activities to be carried 
        out.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
            ``(1) Covered funds.--The term `covered funds' means any 
        amounts apportioned to a State under this title or section 1303 
        or 1404 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 402 note), including 
        any such amounts required to be set aside for a purpose other 
        than the repair or replacement of a transportation facility 
        under this section.
            ``(2) Emergency.--The term `emergency' means any event or 
        condition that--
                    ``(A) affects a transportation facility; and
                    ``(B) is determined to be an emergency by the chief 
                executive of a State.
            ``(3) Transportation facility.--The term `transportation 
        facility' means any component of the National Highway 
        System.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``330. Funding flexibility for transportation emergencies.''.
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