BRIDGES related term(s) Roads and Highways

Bills and resolutions

Dean Stone Bridge, Blount County, TN: designate (see S. 139), S273 [16JA]

Dept. of Transportation: approve Federal participation to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see H.R. 4591), H8089 [1OC]

——— assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 1707), S3215 [4JN] (see H.R. 3134), H4342 [5JN]

——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, expedite environmental reviews for projects, improve resiliency, and reduce carbon emissions (see S. 2302), S5141 [29JY]

——— condition receipt of grants by New York, NY, Metropolitan Transportation Authority on exempting New Jersey drivers from congestion fees and provide year-end tax credits for congestion taxes (see H.R. 2523), H3447 [3MY]

——— ensure that Federal-aid highways and bridges are more resilient (see S. 1909), S3844 [19JN]

——— establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings (see S. 2310), S5141 [29JY]

——— establish a grant program for projects to strengthen and protect vulnerable infrastructure used during mass evacuations (see S. 1546), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2838), H4009 [20MY]

——— establish a grant program to facilitate the installation on bridges of suicide prevention nets and barriers (see H.R. 4309), H7704 [12SE]

——— establish Office of Rural Economic Investment to ensure that rural communities are adequately represented in Federal decisionmaking for transportation policy (see S. 2518), S5602 [19SE]

——— improve Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) Program (see S. 353), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 2475), H3438 [2MY]

——— repeal a rescission of funds in Federal-aid highway program contract authority (see S. 1992), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3612), H5269 [2JY]

——— study regulatory and legislative improvements necessary to preserve access to aggregates used in construction projects and reduce costs and environmental impacts of infrastructure projects (see H.R. 5117), H8908 [15NO]

District of Columbia: repeal a Federal criminal penalty on a person in the District of Columbia for obstructing a bridge between the District and Virginia (see H.R. 4136), H7481 [30JY]

Federal Highway Administration: incorporate resilience into emergency relief projects and assist States in rebuilding roads, highways, and bridges damaged by natural disasters (see S. 2129), S4856 [16JY]

——— use customs and border patrol freight and passenger revenues to increase infrastructure funding and provide States greater control over design and construction of Federal highway projects (see S. 1038), S2270 [4AP]

Infrastructure: ensure any infrastructure plan provides for job creation, public investment, clean energy jobs, fair hiring and wage standards, and protection of Federal aid programs, the environment, and civil rights (see H. Con. Res. 36), H3283 [25AP]

——— establish an expansive infrastructure program to create local jobs and raise quality of life, launch middle class career pathways in infrastructure, and invest in high quality jobs (see S. 2404), S5249 [31JY] (see H.R. 4101), H7479 [30JY]

——— improve Federal permitting processes for certain projects (see S. 1976), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3671), H5583 [10JY]

Infrastructure Week: designate (see H. Res. 380), H3789 [14MY]

NIST: facilitate adoption of composite technology in infrastructure (see S. 384), S1132 [7FE]

Public works: ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the U.S. (see S. 1955), S4504 [25JN] (see S. 2056), S4698 [8JY] (see H.R. 3459), H5165 [25JN]

Taxation: impose a carbon tax on fossil fuel producers and direct funds toward rebuilding infrastructure, consumer tax rebates, and coal country assistance (see H.R. 4142), H7488 [2AU]

——— provide for Move America bonds and Move America credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 146), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 1508), H2366 [5MR]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies and apply savings to surface transportation (see H.R. 880), H1333 [30JA]

Wabash River: transfer Harmony Way Bridge to Illinois and Indiana (see S. 1833), S3475 [13JN] (see H.R. 3245), H4693 [13JN]

Letters

America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act: American Council of Engineering Companies of North Dakota, S5234 [31JY]

——— Bernie L. Dardis, West Fargo, ND, Board of City Commissioners, S5234 [31JY]

——— Brenda E. Derrig, Fargo, ND, City Engineer, S5233 [31JY]

——— Brian Ritter, Bismarck-Mandan, ND, Chamber of Commerce, S5235 [31JY]

——— Dave Carlsrud, Mayor of Valley City, ND, S5234 [31JY]

——— Fargo-Moorhead, ND, Metropolitan Council of Governments, S5233 [31JY]

——— Michael R. Brown, Mayor of Grand Forks, ND, S5234 [31JY]

——— Russ Hanson, Associated General Contractors of North Dakota, S5233 [31JY]

——— Thomas K. Sorel and Doug Burgum, North Dakota Dept. of Transportation, S5233 [31JY]

Memorandums

America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act: Jason Benson, Cass County, ND, Engineer, S5234 [31JY]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2020: President Trump, S1760 [11MR], H2625 [11MR]

Remarks in House

Colleton County, SC: dedication of Molly Graham Memorial Bridge, E851 [26JN]

Crime: repeal a specific criminal penalty on a person in the District of Columbia for obstructing a bridge between the District and Virginia (H.R. 4136), E1012 [30JY]

Dean Stone Bridge, Blount County, TN: designate (H.R. 3469), H2216 [26FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for projects to strengthen and protect vulnerable infrastructure used during mass evacuations (H.R. 2838), H4302 [4JN], E627 [20MY]

——— Federal-aid highway program contract authority rescission funding, H9039 [19NO]

——— Gateway Program funding to expand and renovate northeast corridor rail line between Newark, NJ, and New York, NY, H2655 [12MR], H3800 [15MY]

Federal Highway Administration: Emergency Relief Program funding, H3709, H3710 [10MY]

——— prohibit funding to deny extensions for projects to rebuild infrastructure after disasters, H3705 [10MY]

FEMA: issue guidance on consensus-based codes and standards relative to reimbursements to local governments that rebuilt infrastructure damaged by disasters, H8076 [27SE]

Indiana: Graham Creek Bridge infrastructure funding, H2735 [14MR]

Infrastructure: importance of investment, H3468–H3472 [7MY], H3800 [15MY], H7446 [25JY], H7780 [19SE]

Infrastructure Week: designate (H. Res. 380), H3772, H3773 [14MY]

——— observance, H3826 [15MY]

Massachusetts: Cape Cod Canal bridge replacement funding, E855 [27JN]

New York, NY: allow split tolling on Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, H5089 [25JN]

Public works: ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the U.S. (H.R. 3459), H7228 [23JY]

Taxation: provide for Move America bonds and Move America credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (H.R. 1508), E244 [5MR]

Wabash River: transfer Harmony Way Bridge to Illinois and Indiana (H.R. 3245), H7290, H7291 [24JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dean Stone Bridge, Blount County, TN: designate (S. 139), S5226 [31JY]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, expedite environmental reviews for projects, improve resiliency, and reduce carbon emissions (S. 2302), S5135, S5143–S5146 [29JY], S5172, S5173 [30JY], S5209, S5211, S5232 [31JY], S6934 [10DE]

——— establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings, S5172 [30JY]

Floods: impact of flooding along Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, S2553 [1MY], S2732 [8MY]

Infrastructure: importance of investment, S785 [31JA], S2476 [29AP], S2535 [1MY], S3029 [22MY], S3067 [23MY], S4897 [17JY], S6633 [19NO]

Missouri: economic impact of government regulations on agricultural production, transportation, and trade, S6974 [11DE]

Wabash River: transfer Harmony Way Bridge to Illinois and Indiana (H.R. 3245), S5217 [31JY]

——— transfer Harmony Way Bridge to Illinois and Indiana (S. 1833), S4915 [17JY]

Reports filed

America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2302), S5310 [1AU]

NIST Adoption of Composite Technology in Infrastructure Facilitation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 384) (S. Rept. 116–128), S5747 [26SE]

Repeal Rescission of Funds in Federal-Aid Highway Program Contract Authority: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1992), S5247 [31JY]

Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1833), S3843 [19JN]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1833) (S. Rept. 116–64), S5011 [23JY]

Texts of

H.R. 3245, Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act, H7290 [24JY]

S. 2518, Rural Economic Infrastructure Equity Act, S5606 [19SE]