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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 502 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure the rural surface transportation grant program is accessible to |
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| 6 | 6 | | rural areas, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. F |
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| 10 | 10 | | INSTAD(for himself, Mr. GOLDENof Maine, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. MANN, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mrs. F |
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| 12 | 12 | | ISCHBACH, Mr. VANORDEN, and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced the |
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| 13 | 13 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | and Infrastructure |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To ensure the rural surface transportation grant program |
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| 17 | 17 | | is accessible to rural areas, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Infrastruc-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ture Investments for Rural America Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. RURAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION GRANT PRO-6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | GRAM. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 173 of title 23, United States Code, is 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 502 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘over 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 200,000’’ and inserting ‘‘30,000 or less’’; and 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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| 35 | 35 | | MALL COMMUNITY .—The term ‘small 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | community’ means an area that is outside an urban-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ized area and that has a population of 5,000 or 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | less.’’; 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | at the end; 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) in subparagraph (C) by striking the 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(D) to generate economic growth and de-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | velopment in rural areas to improve the quality 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of life for citizens in rural areas and small com-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | munities.’’; 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) in subsection (e)(1)— 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (A) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘or’’ 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | at the end; 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) in subparagraph (G) by striking the 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 502 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(H) a highway, road, bridge, or tunnel 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | project that would benefit the economic develop-2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ment or quality of life for citizens of the com-3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | munity in which the project takes place.’’; 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (4) by striking subsection (i); 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (5) by redesignating subsections (j), (k), (l), 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (m), (n), and (o) as subsections (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | and (n), respectively; 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (6) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)— 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘para-10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) or 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (3)’’; 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | paragraph (4); and 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | following: 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(3) F |
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| 75 | 75 | | EDERAL SHARE FOR PROJECTS IN SMALL 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | COMMUNITIES.—The Federal share of the cost of a 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | project carried out in a small community with a 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | grant under the program may not exceed 90 per-20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | cent.’’; 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (7) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated) by 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(1) P |
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| 83 | 83 | | ROJECTS IN SMALL COMMUNITIES .—The 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Secretary shall use not less than 5 percent of the 25 |
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| 87 | 87 | | •HR 502 IH |
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| 88 | 88 | | amounts made available for the program for each 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects in 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | a small community.’’; and 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (8) in subsection (l) (as so redesignated) by 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | striking ‘‘subsection (l)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | section (k)(1)’’. 6 |
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