[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2330. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema 
(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 11519, strike subsection (b) and insert the 
     following:
       (b) Improving the Emergency Relief Program.--Not later than 
     90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) establish categorical exclusions from the requirements 
     of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
     4321 et seq.) and necessary exemptions from the Endangered 
     Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for emergency 
     relief projects that are not located in metropolitan 
     statistical areas (as defined by the Office of Management and 
     Budget);
       (2) revise the emergency relief manual of the Federal 
     Highway Administration--
       (A) to include and reflect the definition of the term 
     ``resilience'' (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, 
     United States Code);
       (B) to identify procedures that States may use to 
     incorporate resilience into emergency relief projects; and
       (C) to encourage the use of Complete Streets design 
     principles and consideration of access for moderate- and low-
     income families impacted by a declared disaster;
       (3) develop best practices for improving the use of 
     resilience in--
       (A) the emergency relief program under section 125 of title 
     23, United States Code; and
       (B) emergency relief efforts;
       (4) provide to division offices of the Federal Highway 
     Administration and State departments of transportation 
     information on the best practices developed under paragraph 
     (3); and
       (5) develop and implement a process to track--
       (A) the consideration of resilience as part of the 
     emergency relief program under section 125 of title 23, 
     United States Code; and
       (B) the costs of emergency relief projects.
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