A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to develop best practices for incorporating resilience into emergency relief projects, and for other purposes.
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jul 16, 2019)
This bill 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.)
What just happenedJul 16, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJul 16, 2019
- Jul 16, 2019IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Environment and Public Works Committee - Jul 16, 2019IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate