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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2129
To require the Secretary of Transportation to develop best practices for
incorporating resilience into emergency relief projects, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 16, 2019
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. BRAUN, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Transportation to develop best
practices for incorporating resilience into emergency re-
lief projects, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM.
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(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act:
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(1) EMERGENCY RELIEF PROJECT.—The term
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‘‘emergency relief project’’ means a project carried
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out under the emergency relief program under sec-
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tion 125 of title 23, United States Code.
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
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the Secretary of Transportation.
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(b) IMPROVING
THE EMERGENCY RELIEF PRO-
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GRAM.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act, the Secretary shall—
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(1) revise the emergency relief manual of the
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Federal Highway Administration—
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(A) to include and reflect a definition of
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the term ‘‘resilience’’;
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(B) to identify procedures that States may
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use to incorporate resilience into emergency re-
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lief projects; and
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(C) to encourage the use of Complete
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Streets design principles and consideration of
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access for moderate- and low-income families
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impacted by a declared disaster;
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(2) develop best practices for improving the use
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of resilience in—
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(A) the emergency relief program under
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section 125 of title 23, United States Code; and
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(B) emergency relief efforts;
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(3) provide to division offices of the Federal
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Highway Administration and State departments of
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transportation information on the best practices de-
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veloped under paragraph (2); and
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(4) develop and implement a process to track—
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(A) the consideration of resilience as part
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of the emergency relief program under section
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125 of title 23, United States Code; and
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(B) the costs of emergency relief projects.
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