To make projects in certain counties eligible for funding under the rural surface transportation grant program, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3572 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3572

  To make projects in certain counties eligible for funding under the 
  rural surface transportation grant program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2025

 Mr. Valadao (for himself, Mr. Fong, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, and Mr. 
    Costa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make projects in certain counties eligible for funding under the 
  rural surface transportation 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. RURAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 173 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Covered county.--The term `covered county' means a 
        county that has an annual gross agricultural production value 
        of at least $1,000,000,000 and agricultural production of at 
        least $500,000 per square mile, for all crops and livestock 
        sold, adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the 
        Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics of the Department of Labor.
            ``(4) Farm-to-market road.--The term `farm-to-market road' 
        means a road located within a covered county.'';
            (2) in subsection (i) by striking ``subsection (k)(1)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (k)'';
            (3) in subsection (k)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (5);
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Farm-to-market roads.--The Secretary shall reserve 10 
        percent of the amounts made available for the program for each 
        fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects located on 
        farm-to-market roads in any amount.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by 
                striking ``or (3)'' and inserting ``(3), or (4)''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Eligible Covered Counties.--The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall create, and annually update, a 
list of covered counties.''.
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