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<dc:title>119 HR 8508 IH: Piers Reinvestment Act</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2026-04-27</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8508</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260427">April 27, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="G000598">Mr. Garcia of California</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="P000608">Mr. Peters</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="L000582">Mr. Lieu</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HPW00">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for resilience grants for strengthening, upgrading, or improving municipal piers under the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation program, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H6C099A39FD114CCC8B3009276993EA90" style="OLC">
<section id="HAF59BA79071F4F71887D7318C7FAFC02" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Piers Reinvestment Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H39B335EDE277495D852EA4EA02097EDB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Eligibility for municipal pier improvements</header> <subsection id="H688E3266CC884196B8442F991A548E42"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Resilience improvement grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 176(d)(4)(A)(ii)(II) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HC68399C5D99442DABE3F1C59781AE198"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in item (pp) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69567EE4266E499E8F6270DE23A297E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating item (qq) as item (rr); and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H64AFE464EE97450794EC1ADDDD1F111A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after item (pp) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H8BE0567743A14C3BB939FD795F80398F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <item id="H1B84F6EB5C2549F5B86BC11FA8B7362E"><enum>(qq)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strengthening, upgrading, or improving municipal piers; and</text></item><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H32F7D5EBD7734F4390A42D5F7ADBA6C5">
        <enum>(b)</enum>
        <header>At-Risk coastal infrastructure grants</header>
 <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 176(d)(4)(C)(iii) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>municipal piers,</quote> after <quote>pedestrian walkways,</quote>.</text>
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<subsection id="HA71EAAD78B6840B5BB56A535F6D28870"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11101(b)(1)(E)(i)(V) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/101">23 U.S.C. 101</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>$300,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000,000</quote>.</text> </subsection></section> </legis-body></bill>

