[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3511. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Whitehouse) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 
proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for 
the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 1__. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the need for repair or 
     replacement of bridges on public roads (including Tribal 
     roads) that--
       (1) have been rated as ``poor'' in the National Bridge 
     Inventory pursuant to section 144 of title 23, United States 
     Code;
       (2) have features that do not meet applicable engineering 
     standards for the present use of the bridges, if the entity 
     with responsibility for repair or replacement of the 
     applicable bridge, in responding to the Secretary under 
     subsection (b), states that the bridge is prioritized for 
     repair or replacement; or
       (3) have structural elements the failure of which would 
     cause the bridge or a portion of the bridge to collapse, if 
     the entity with responsibility for repair or replacement of 
     the applicable bridge, in responding to the Secretary under 
     subsection (b), states that the bridge is prioritized for 
     repair or replacement.
       (b) In preparing the report under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall solicit from State departments of 
     transportation and other entities with responsibility for the 
     repair or replacement of bridges described in subsection (a) 
     information on the readiness of those projects to commence 
     construction and the cost of the project if Federal grant 
     assistance was available to pay not less than 50 percent of 
     the project costs eligible for assistance under title 23, 
     United States Code, not including the proceeds from credit 
     assistance under the TIFIA program (as defined in section 
     601(a) of that title).
       (c) In preparing the report under subsection (a), a bridge 
     shall be included only if the entity with responsibility for 
     repair or replacement of the applicable bridge--
       (1) responds to the solicitation made by the Secretary 
     under subsection (b);
       (2) identifies each bridge project or category of smaller 
     bridge projects, consistent with subsection (d), that the 
     entity requests to include in the report; and
       (3) provides to the Secretary information necessary to 
     complete the report, as described by the Secretary in the 
     solicitation under subsection (b).
       (d) In the report under subsection (a), the Secretary 
     shall--
       (1) identify--
       (A) each bridge project with total eligible project costs 
     greater than $10,000,000; and
       (B) categories of smaller bridge projects identified by 
     responsible entities for other bridge projects;
       (2) collect from entities with responsibility for repair or 
     replacement of an applicable bridge--
       (A) the timing and budget for each bridge project or 
     category of smaller bridge projects as reported in the 
     applicable transportation plans under sections 134 or 135 of 
     title 23, United States Code; or
       (B) an explanation from those entities as to why such 
     projects or categories of smaller bridge projects are not 
     included in those applicable transportation plans; and
       (3) distinguish between urban and rural bridge projects and 
     categories of smaller bridge projects identified by 
     responsible entities.
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