HR 3941

110th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 3941

To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize a State that has a structurally deficient bridge within its boundaries to obligate funds made available to carry out a high priority project for any project or activity eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 23, 2007

Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mr. TOWNS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize a State that has a structurally deficient bridge within its boundaries to obligate funds made available to carry out a high priority project for any project or activity eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the `Bridge Spending Accountability, Flexibility, and Efficiency Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY FOR STATES WITH STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES.

    Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--

      (1) by redesignating the second subsection (c) and subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively and

      (2) by adding at the end the following:

    `(j) Special Rule for States With Structurally Deficient Bridges- Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if, on the date of enactment of this subsection, a State has within its boundaries a structurally deficient bridge, that State may obligate all or any portion of the funds made available, before, on, or after such date of enactment, to carry out a project described in section 1702 of Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) for any other project or activity eligible for assistance under this title.'.

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