HR 8508
Piers Reinvestment Act
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Bill overview
The Piers Reinvestment Act aims to bolster the resilience of municipal piers across the United States. It does this by creating a new category of grants specifically for strengthening, upgrading, or improving these piers. The bill also increases the amount of funding available for these grants through an adjustment to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This will help protect coastal communities and infrastructure from damage caused by storms and other coastal hazards.
Key provisions
- Creates resilience improvement grants for municipal piers.
- Expands the definition of ‘at-risk coastal infrastructure’ to include municipal piers.
- Increases the authorized funding for these grants from $300 million to $500 million.
Who is affected
- Municipalities
- Coastal communities
- Pier owners and operators
Notable changes
- Adds municipal piers as a specific type of infrastructure eligible for grants.
- Increases the funding available for pier resilience projects.
Fiscal impact
The bill increases the amount of funding allocated to pier resilience projects by $200 million.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 8508
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for resilience grants for strengthening, upgrading, or improving municipal piers under the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation program, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Piers Reinvestment Act
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$300,000,000and inserting
$500,000,000.