Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fixing Infrastructure Damaged by Disasters Act ”.
Fixing Infrastructure Damaged by Disasters Act
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide eligibility for certain emergency maintenance projects under the emergency relief program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Emergency relief
Section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “blizzard, ice storm, wildfire,” before “flood”;
in subsection (d), by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
“(4) Emergency maintenance—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, on the request of a Governor of a State and with the approval of the Secretary, the cost of an emergency maintenance project that is necessary due to an event described in subsection (a), including maintenance that would be considered heavy or routine maintenance, but for the event, shall be an eligible expense under this section.”
in subsection (g)—
by striking “The Secretary” and inserting the following:
“(1) In general—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary”
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Waiver—On the request of a Governor of a State, the Secretary may increase the amount under paragraph (1) to not more than 25 percent.”