Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “State and Local Infrastructure Flexibility Act”.
State and Local Infrastructure Flexibility Act
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act with respect to the types of projects eligible to use certain coronavirus recovery funds, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Coronavirus State fiscal recovery fund
Section 602(c)(1) of title VI of the Social Security Act (as added by section 9901 of Public Law 117–2) is amended—
in subparagraph (C) by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and
by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
“(D) State transportation and infrastructure projects, including projects—
“(i) to improve, repair, and develop roads, railways, tunnels, bridges, and electrical grids;
“(ii) to fund revitalization, redevelopment, and renewal initiatives to support commercial and industrial growth, economic and workforce development, and attract new business, tourism, and investment;
“(iii) to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of freight and people;
“(iv) to generate national or regional economic benefits and an increase in global economic competitiveness of the United States;
“(v) to reduce highway congestion and bottlenecks;
“(vi) to improve connectivity between modes of freight transportation;
“(vii) to enhance the resiliency of critical highway infrastructure and help protect the environment;
“(viii) to improve roadways vital to national energy security;
“(ix) to address the impact of population growth on the movement of people and freight;
“(x) to fund the construction or improvement of buildings, land, and other facilities that are required to provide broadband service; and
“(xi) to fund the acquisition and improvement of an existing system that is currently providing insufficient broadband service; or”