Farm-to-Market Road Repair Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 248 To amend title 23, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the surface transportation block grant program, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 11, 2021 Mr. HASTINGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the surface transportation block grant program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm-to-Market Road 4 Repair Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PRO- 6 GRAM. 7 Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is 8 amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:45 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H248.IH H248 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 248 IH (1) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the 1 following: 2 ‘‘(16) Roads in rural areas that primarily serve 3 to transport agricultural products from a farm or 4 ranch to a marketplace.’’; and 5 (2) in subsection (g)— 6 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘5,000’’ and 7 inserting ‘‘50,000’’; and 8 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub- 9 section (d)(1)(A)(ii)’’ and all that follows 10 through the period at the end and inserting 11 ‘‘clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection (d)(1)(A) 12 for each fiscal year may be obligated on roads 13 functionally classified as rural minor collectors 14 or local roads or on critical rural freight cor- 15 ridors designated under section 167(e).’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:45 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H248.IH H248 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS