US Congress Senate Bill 2129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on July 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Transportation to (1) revise the emergency relief manual of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), including by incorporating resilience into its emergency relief program; (2) develop best practices for improving the use of resilience in the program; (3) provide information on such best practices to the FHWA and states; and (4) develop and implement a process to track the consideration of resilience as part of emergency relief efforts and the costs of emergency relief products. (The emergency relief program provides funds for emergency and permanent repairs on federal-aid highways and roads that have suffered serious damage because of a natural disaster or catastrophic failure from an external cause.)

A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to develop best practices for incorporating resilience into emergency relief projects, and for other purposes.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

SB2302 (Related) 2020-01-08 - By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-200.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2129/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2129/BILLS-116s2129is.pdf