BRIDGES see also Roads and Highways

Bills and resolutions

Crime: prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense (see S. 2934), S6022 [17NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue Transportation Bonds to fund transportation projects in each State (see H.R. 4945), H5723 [24JN]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 2063), S1233 [27FE]

——— establish a grant program to assist the repair and replacement of bridges (see H.R. 3839), H134 [9JA]

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 2821), consideration (see H. Res. 686), H6814 [24JY]

Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund: establish through repeal of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements (see S. 2512), S3898 [23JN]

Highway Trust Fund: funding (see S. 2489), S3811 [18JN] (see H.R. 4601), H3940 [7MY]

Power resources: use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 4956), H5724 [24JN]

Roads and highways: expedite deployment of highway construction projects (see H.R. 4153), H2198 [5MR]

Taxation: modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4985), H5817 [26JN]

——— repeal the gas tax and rebuild roads and bridges (see H.R. 4848), H5318 [11JN]

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA): transform into a revolving fund (see H.R. 4925), H5597 [20JN]

Remarks in House

Budget: allocation of funds, H2144–H2146 [4MR], H2159 [5MR], H2810, H2811 [2AP]

Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Outer Harbor and Harbor Bridge waterfront projects funding, H5883 [9JY]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Peace Bridge at U.S.-Canada border staffing funding, H85 [9JA]

Cocke County, TN: dedication of Wolf Creek Bridge in memory of Michael G. Gibbs, E1104 [3JY]

Corps of Engineers: Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, H4491 [20MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H6755 [24JY], H7047 [30JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: support U.S.-Canada Beyond Border initiative, H2618 [25MR]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges, H1613 [5FE]

——— eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements and consolidate or modify others (H.R. 3628), H39–H41 [8JA]

——— infrastructure development funding, H2736–H2741 [27MR], H3008, H3035, H3038 [8AP], H3300 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding for any transportation project unless all contracts are compliant with the Buy American Act, H5182, H5183 [9JN]

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 2821), H1662 [6FE], H3063 [9AP]

Employment: job creation through infrastructure investment, H2740 [27MR]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H2810 [2AP], H5592 [20JN], H5603, H5604 [23JN], H5720–H5722 [24JN], H5879, H5880, H5885 [9JY], H6040, H6042 [10JY]

——— funding (H.R. 4601), H3951 [8MY]

——— funding through savings gained by Postal Service elimination of Saturday deliveries, H5406 [18JN], H5721 [24JN], H5880 [9JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6116 [11JY]

——— legislative process, H6757 [24JY]

New Hope-Lambertville Bridge: anniversary, E540 [7AP]

Power resources: use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (H.R. 4956), H5754 [25JN]

Roads and highways: authorize Federal-aid highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs, H5241–H5243 [10JN]

Taxation: reform the gas tax, H6237 [15JY]

——— repeal the gas tax and rebuild roads and bridges (H.R. 4848), H5722 [24JN]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H17 [7JA], H2795 [1AP], H2805 [2AP], H3945 [8MY], H5189, H5241–H5243 [10JN], H5322, H5334 [12JN], H5401 [18JN], H5501 [19JN], H5719–H5722 [24JN], H6284–H6290 [15JY]

Remarks in Senate

Amtrak: Northeast corridor infrastructure projects funding, S2085–S2090 [2AP], S2339–S2341 [10AP]

Chelbi Engineering Consultants, Inc.: anniversary, S6299 [3DE]

Climate: impact of climate change on energy infrastructure relative to production, extraction, refining, processing, transporting and storing, S1388 [10MR]

Corps of Engineers: ensure user fees deposited into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund are used for the stated purpose of dredging inland waterways and building levees, S3205 [21MY]

——— Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, S3249 [22MY]

——— provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways, S3254 [22MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish an Emergency Transportation Safety Fund (S. 911), S4650 [21JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S6508–S6510 [10DE]

Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund: establish through repeal of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements (S. 2512), S3899 [23JN]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S2581 [1MY], S3446 [5JN], S3779 [18JN], S4211 [7JY], S4258 [8JY], S4373 [10JY]

——— funding through closing certain corporate tax loopholes, S2222 [8AP], S3514 [10JN]

Transportation: allow local communities recovering from natural disasters to rebuild infrastructure without acquiring Federal environmental permits, S5026–S5028 [29JY]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, S3800 [18JN]

Texts of

H.R. 3628, Transportation Reports Elimination Act, H39 [8JA]

S. 2512, Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund Act, S3899 [23JN]