BRIDGES see also Roads and Highways

Bills and resolutions

Budget: provide relief from reductions in discretionary spending limits imposed by sequestration (see S. 515), S983 [12FE]

Crime: prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense (see S. 902), S2110 [13AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish regional infrastructure accelerator program to facilitate investment in and financing of certain infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2485), H3506 [20MY]

Dept. of Transportation: adequately fund bridges (see S. 1370), S3059 [19MY]

——— assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 2247), S7814 [5NO]

——— carry out a tribal transportation self-governance program (see H.R. 1068), H1163 [25FE]

——— eliminate diversion of gas tax revenues meant for the Highway Trust Fund to projects not focused on roads and highways (see H.R. 1461), H1801 [19MR]

——— establish independent peer review group to assess quality assurance, cost containment, and risk management of transportation megaprojects (see H.R. 4228), H9270 [10DE]

——— include bridges on the National Highway Performance Program (see H.R. 3168), H5402 [22JY]

——— provide improved investment in national transportation infrastructure (see S. 1748), S4953 [9JY]

——— strengthen domestic content standards (see H.R. 2451), H3388 [19MY]

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 3555), H6136 [17SE]

Federal agencies and departments: require use of iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work (see H.R. 2683), H3914 [4JN]

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 1589), S4202 [16JN]

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. 1663), H2108 [26MR]

Rio Grande City, TX: provide for the authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Co., to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande river (see S. 2143), S7160 [6OC] (see H.R. 3688), H6835 [6OC]

Roads and highways: authorize the National Park Service Federal lands transportation program and establish the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Transportation Project program (see H.R. 2595), H3641 [1JN]

——— expedite deployment of highway construction projects (see H.R. 1620), H2033 [25MR]

States: authorize States to carry out bridge reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and replacement projects using previously allocated surface transportation funds that are excess or inactive (see H.R. 3376), H5766 [29JY]

Strengthening America’s Bridges Fund: establish (see S. 1273), S2759 [11MY]

Taxation: incentivize companies to repatriate foreign earnings held overseas and dedicate tax revenues from such repatriation to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 981), S2244 [16AP]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 1186), S2599 [4MY]

Transportation: require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (see H.R. 1692), H2109 [26MR]

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA): transform into a revolving fund (see H.R. 4081), H8410 [19NO]

Letters

Federal surface transportation programs reauthorization: Phil Mendelson, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, H2862 [12MY]

Lists

National Capital region congressional delegation, H2862 [12MY]

State examples of deficient highway bridges in need of repair, S5897 [27JY]

Top five critical infrastructure projects in the District of Columbia stalled until there is a long-term surface transportation reauthorization, H2862 [12MY]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2016: President Obama, S695–S697 [2FE], H673–H675 [2FE]

Petitions and memorials

National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board: Federal surface transportation programs reauthorization, H2863 [12MY]

Remarks in House

Amtrak: Northeast corridor infrastructure projects funding, H3978 [9JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H7159 [23OC]

Concord, NC: bridge dedication ceremony in memory of Allen T. Small, E1637 [17NO]

Dept. of Transportation: develop a comprehensive strategy to address structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges, as defined by the National Bridge Inventory, H7585 [3NO]

——— establish independent peer review group to assess quality assurance, cost containment, and risk management of transportation megaprojects, H7617, H7618 [3NO]

——— submit report on Frontline Workforce Development Program, H7620 [3NO]

Employment: importance of jobs that maintain infrastructure, H943 [11FE], H2858 [12MY]

——— job creation through infrastructure investment, H171 [9JA]

Federal Highway Administration: eliminate enforcement of Migratory Bird Treaty Act relative to the taking of nesting swallows for construction projects on certain at-risk bridges, H7587 [3NO]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H1087 [24FE], H1876, H1877 [24MR], H2094–H2098 [26MR], H3497 [20MY]

Infrastructure Week: observance, H3236 [15MY]

Nicholson, PA: anniversary of Nicholson Bridge (Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct), E1263 [11SE]

Roads and highways: authorize the National Park Service Federal lands transportation program and establish the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Transportation Project program (H.R. 2595), E807 [1JN]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of San Francisco County Transportation Authority, E99 [22JA]

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, H14, H18, H21, H22 [6JA], H56 [7JA]

Transportation: allow local communities recovering from natural disasters to rebuild infrastructure without acquiring Federal environmental permits, H7616, H7617 [3NO]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, H52 [7JA], H435, H440 [21JA], H588, H622–H626 [27JA], H708 [3FE], H763 [4FE], H1018, H1019 [12FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H2094–H2098 [26MR], H3496–H3501 [20MY], H4779 [7JY], H5203, H5206 [15JY], H6825 [6OC], E788 [21MY]

——— improve infrastructure, H7014–H7016 [20OC]

——— require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (H.R. 1692), E446 [26MR]

Remarks in Senate

Climate: express agreement that climate change is real and prepare to mitigate future impact on infrastructure, S526 [27JA], S571 [28JA]

Dept. of Transportation: adequately fund bridges, S5439–S5441, S5445–S5447 [22JY], S6048–S6051, S6055 [28JY]

——— exempt bridges determined to be structurally deficient from certain government regulations if bridge is being reconstructed in exact same location, S8075, S8076 [18NO]

——— provide incentives to States to use private sector engineering companies for highway and bridge projects, S6154 [30JY]

EPA: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to funding for roads and bridges to States refusing to submit Clean Power Plan implementation plans, S2001 [26MR]

Federal Highway Administration: innovative segmental wall technology for soil bank stabilization and roadway sound attenuation, and articulated technology for hydraulic sheer-resistant erosion control funding, S8357 [3DE]

Obama, President: State of the Union Message, S312 [21JA], S531 [27JA]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S8216 [1DE], S8453 [8DE]

——— legislative priorities, S6583 [10SE], S6863 [22SE]

Taxation: provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (S. 1186), S2601 [4MY]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, S86 [8JA], S3213–S3216 [21MY], S7087–S7089 [1OC], S7629–S7632 [29OC]

Tables

Federal share of State capital outlays for highway & bridge projects, S5703 [26JY]

Federal share of State capital outlays for highway and bridge projects, S7184 [7OC]

Texts of

S. 2143, provide for the authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Co., to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande river, S7161 [6OC]