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handle is hein.crs/govdizz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Researh Setwkc Grant Funding for Freight Infrastructure: House and Senate Proposals June 23, 2020 The Fixing America's Surface TransportationAct of 2015 (FAST Act, P.L. 114-94) created two grant programs to facilitate freight movement, especially multimodal freight using some combination of trucks, trains, and/or ships. The National Highway Freight Program (NHFP, 23 U. S.C. § 167) distributes funding to states according to a mathematical formula and can be used for projects located on a predefmed highway network with some flexibility for multimodal infrastructure. The Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program (23 U. S.C. § 117) is a competitive discretionary program that can be used for a wider variety of projects that may outstrip an individual state's financing capacity. Committees in each chamber have advanced legislation reauthorizing these programs with modifications. The House and Senate proposals for the NHFP have relatively few differences. In contrast, the proposals for the Section 117 program differ more dramatically. Broadly speaking, the Senate bill would retain the existing program with slightly increased funding while adding new eligibilities and set-asides, while the House bill would replace it with an entirely new program and nearly twice the funding. Changes to the National Highway Freight Program The Senate bill (S. 2302, America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019) would authorize $8.5 billion for the NHFP over five years, to be distributed to the states according to the same formula used in the FAST Act. However, it does allow states to designate additional urban and rural connector routes as eligible for funding. It also would allow states to use up to 30% of their NHFP apportionments on multimodal infrastructure, including new eligibility for lock, dam, and inland waterway (marine highway) projects, provided they are connected to a state's highway freight network and are deemed likely to reduce truck emissions once in service. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov INI 1431 CRS MN GHT Prepa red M, Membersand Com0 n., teesoeon mcC n -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.....................................----------------------------------

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