Bridge Investment Act of 2019

--Penny for Progress Act, legislation to raise nearly $500 billion by indexing the motor fuels tax, bonding for its proceeds, and depositing the resources in the Highway Trust Fund. --Senate Democrats Infrastructure Blueprint, conceptual framework and policy paper leading to legislation to invest $1-trillion in transportation, water, school, airport, and other infrastructure. --Legislation to lift volume cap on surface transportation-related Private Activity Bond --S. 146 and H.R. 1508, MOVE America Act, legislation to provide financing tools to the states and to support infrastructure of all kinds, including transportation --S. 2302, American Transportation Infrastructure Act, Reauthorization of the surface transportation law, FAST Act, which expires in October 2020. -- S. 2310 and H.R. 5745, Bridge Investment Act, legislation to supplement new federal formula funding in an infrastructure package with the $20 billion to address the bridge repair backlog through the creation of a competitive grant program. -- Moving America and the Environment Forward the House Democrats Infrastructure Blueprint, conceptual framework and transformational policy priorities to invest $760 billion over five years in the nations roads, bridges, transit systems, railways, airports, ports, inland waterways, wastewater and drinking water systems, brownfields, and broadband. -- H.R. 748 The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), legislation responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill provides direct payments to American households, expands unemployment insurance program, amends certain ERISA requirements, increased funding for state and local governments, public transportation sector, and relief for the airline industry. The bill includes about $114 billion specifically for transportation through direct funding and loans/loan guarantees, along with several key provisions for transportation labor Provisions related to labor standards for construction. --H.R.6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act), this bill provides $3 trillion in responses to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. Provides $15 billion for state and local government investment in the Federal Highway Administration to backstop revenue losses that build Americas transportation infrastructure. --H.R.7097, Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act, this bill authorizes states to implement a program under which subrecipients of federal-aid highway funding have the option to exchange allocated federal funds for state or local funds if prevailing wage and Buy America requirements are met. --H.R.6491, E-BRIDGE Act, this bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to award economic development grants for public-private partnerships and certain consortiums to carry out specified broadband projects. --H.R.7302, Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, this bill provides $100 billion for building high-speed broadband infrastructure in underserved as well as unserved communities and subsidize the service to make it affordable. It establishes the Broadband Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act (BIFIA), financing for public-private partnerships to apply for secured loans, lines of credit, or loan guarantees. --H.R.7095, INVEST in America Act, this bill reauthorizes our nations highway, transit, and rail programs for 5 years at a total funding level of $494 billion. Provides substantial funding increases for all surface transportation programs including, 27 percent increase in highway funding, a 54 percent increase in mass transit funding, and a 332 percent increase intercity passenger rail funding. Delays new programs and new requirements for the first year of enactment to address the DOTs need for COVID-19 relief. Provisions strengthening existing Buy American policy and eliminating state federal aid fund swaps to evade prevailing wage. --H.R.2, Moving Forward Act, House infrastructure bill providing more than $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild American infrastructure including - roads, bridges, and transit systems, schools, housing, broadband access, drinking water and waste water, energy grid, U.S. Postal Service, and public lands. --Report language relating to the US Army Corps of Engineers procurement process and a balanced use of small business set-asides across regions.