TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $500 million for each of FY2013 and FY2014 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program for national infrastructure investment projects for states, local governments, and transit agencies.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5976 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5976
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for the TIGER
Discretionary Grant program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 2012
Ms. Waters (for herself, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Bass of California, Ms.
Hahn, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Hinchey, Mr.
Filner, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Clarke of Michigan,
Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Rush, Mr. Clay, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr.
Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas,
Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Ellison, Ms.
Schakowsky, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Towns, Mr. Cleaver, Ms.
Sewell, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Doyle,
Mr. Baca, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Butterfield, Mr.
Michaud, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Ms. Matsui)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for the TIGER
Discretionary Grant program, and for other purposes.
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 ``TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The economy is struggling to recover from the
recession. The unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent
nationally for 40 straight months and is even higher in
minority communities and in many areas of the country.
(2) The American Society of Civil Engineers' 2009 Report
Card for America's Infrastructure estimated that there is a
$549,500,000,000 shortfall in investments in roads and bridges
and an additional $190,100,000,000 shortfall in investments in
transit.
(3) TIGER, formally known as the Transportation Investment
Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program, is a
nationwide competitive grant program that creates jobs by
funding investments in transportation infrastructure by States,
local governments, and transit agencies.
(4) TIGER funds projects that will have a significant
impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.
(5) In distributing grants under TIGER, the Secretary of
Transportation is required to ensure an equitable geographic
distribution of funds, a balance in addressing the needs of
urban and rural areas, and investments in a variety of modes of
transportation.
(6) TIGER received an appropriation of $500,000,000 in
fiscal year 2012.
(7) Current appropriations for TIGER are not sufficient to
address the need for investments in transportation
infrastructure in communities throughout the United States as
the amounts only fund a small fraction of the transportation
infrastructure projects for which TIGER grant applications have
been received.
(8) The President requested an appropriation of
$500,000,000 for TIGER in fiscal year 2013.
(9) An appropriation of $500,000,000 for TIGER to be made
available in fiscal year 2013 and an additional appropriation
of $500,000,000 to be made available in fiscal year 2014 will
allow States, local governments, and transit agencies
throughout the United States to improve transportation
infrastructure while creating jobs.
(10) Emergency supplemental appropriations for TIGER
totaling $1,000,000,000 to be made available in fiscal years
2013 and 2014 will allow the Secretary of Transportation
immediately to begin to organize new competitions for TIGER
grants and allow States, local governments, and transit
agencies to prepare grant applications, thus ensuring an
efficient use of funds and timely job creation.
SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR TIGER DISCRETIONARY GRANT
PROGRAM.
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2012:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
national infrastructure investments
For an additional amount for ``National Infrastructure
Investments'' in accordance with the provisions under this heading in
title I of division C of Public Law 112-55, $1,000,000,000, of which
$500,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2012, and
$500,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2013: Provided, That
the amount under this heading shall remain available until September
30, 2014: Provided further, That the amount under this heading is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, except that such amount shall be available only if
the President subsequently so designates such amount and transmits such
designation to the Congress.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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