Baltimore BRIDGE Relief Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7961 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7961

To authorize a higher Federal share for emergency relief funds for the 
  reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge located in Baltimore 
City and Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, that collapsed 
               on March 26, 2024, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2024

Mr. Mfume (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
 Harris, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Trone, and Mr. Ivey) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize a higher Federal share for emergency relief funds for the 
  reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge located in Baltimore 
City and Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, that collapsed 
               on March 26, 2024, 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 ``Baltimore Bridge Response Invests 
and Delivers Global Economic Relief Act'' or the ``Baltimore BRIDGE 
Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that, in accordance with section 668.105(e) of title 
23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), any 
compensation for damages or insurance proceeds, including interest, 
recovered by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a toll 
authority for repair, including reconstruction, of the bridge described 
in section 3 in response to the damage described in that section should 
be used on receipt to reduce liability on the repair, including 
reconstruction, of that bridge from the emergency fund authorized under 
section 125 of title 23, United States Code.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL SHARE FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY RELIEF PROJECTS.

    Notwithstanding subsection (e) of section 120 of title 23, United 
States Code, the Federal share for emergency relief funds made 
available under section 125 of that title to respond to damage caused 
by the cargo ship Dali to the Francis Scott Key Bridge located in 
Baltimore City and Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, 
including reconstruction of that bridge and its approaches, shall be 
100 percent.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect as if enacted on March 26, 2024.
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