,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abgc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aa1      
#bjae,ms4 ,ayotte introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish the            
,strengthening ,america's ,bridges      
,fund1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,strengthening ,america's ,bridges  
,act4  #b4 ,strengthening ,america's    
,bridges ,fund  7a7 ,strengthening      
,america's ,bridges ,fund  7#a7 ,in     
general ,there is established in the    
,treasury of the ,united ,states a fund 
to be known as the ,strengthening       
,america's ,bridges ,fund1 consisting of
 such amounts as may be appropriated to 
such fund as provided in paragraph 7#b74
  7#b7 ,transfers to fund ,there is     
hereby appropriated to the              
,strengthening ,america's ,bridges ,fund
 an amount equivalent to the increase in
 revenue received in the ,treasury by   

reason of the amendments made by        
subsection 7b71 as determined by the    
,secretary of the ,treasury 7or the     
,secretary's delegate74  7#c7           
,expenditures from fund ,amounts in the 
,strengthening ,america's ,bridges ,fund
 shall be made available by the         
,secretary of ,transportation 7referred 
to in this ,act as the ,secretary7 for  
the purpose of making grants1 in        
accordance with the requirements of this
 subsection1 to ,states for the repair  
or maintenance of any bridges classified
 as deficient in the ,national ,bridge  
,inventory1 as authorized under section 
#add7;b7 of title #bc1 ,united ,states  
,code4  7#d7 ,selection process  7,a7   
,in general ,the ,secretary shall select
 the recipients of grants awarded under 
this subsection in accordance with the  
criteria published under subparagraph   
7,b7 and described in paragraph 7#e74   
7,b7 ,publication of criteria ,the      
,secretary shall publish selection      
criteria for any grants awarded under   

this subsection not earlier than #fj    
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act4  7,c7 ,timeline for submission   
,applications for funding made available
 under this ,act shall be submitted not 
earlier than #abj days after the date on
 which the criteria are published under 
subparagraph 7,b74  7,d7 ,deadline for  
selection ,the ,secretary shall select  
and announce all projects selected under
 this paragraph not earlier than #fj    
days after the last day of the          
submission period described in          
subparagraph 7,c74  7#e7 ,criteria ,in  
making grants under this subsection1 the
 ,secretary shall ensure-- 7,a7 an      
equitable geographic distribution of    
funds1 including an appropriate balance 
in addressing the needs of urban and    
rural areas2  7,b7 that not more than   
#be percent of the funds made available 
under this ,act are awarded to projects 
in a single ,state2  7,c7 that not less 
than #bj percent of the funds provided  
under this ,act shall be for projects   

located in rural areas2  7,d7 that for  
projects located in rural areas1 the    
,secretary may increase the ,federal    
share of costs to more than #hj percent2
 and  7,e7 that priority is given to    
projects that require a contribution of 
,federal funds in order to complete an  
overall financing package4  7#f7        
,retention of funds ,the ,secretary may 
retain up to #aj percent of the funds   
made available to the ,secretary under  
paragraph 7#c71 and may transfer        
portions of those funds to the          
,administrators of the ,federal ,highway
 ,administration1 to fund the award and 
oversight of grants made under this     
subsection4  7#g7 ,federal share ,except
 as provided in paragraph 7#e77;,d71 the
 ,federal share of the costs for which  
an expenditure is made under this       
subsection shall be1 at the option of   
the recipient1 not more than #hj        
percent4  7b7 ,social ,security number  
required ,to claim the refundable       
portion of the child tax credit  7#a7   

,in general ,subsection 7e7 of section  
#bd of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of  
#aihf is amended to read as follows3    
7e7 ,identification requirement with    
respect to qualifying children  7#a7 ,in
 general ,subject to paragraph 7#b71 no 
credit shall be allowed under this      
section to a taxpayer with respect to   
any qualifying child unless the taxpayer
 includes the name and taxpayer         
identification number of such qualifying
 child on the return of tax for the     
taxable year4  7#b7 ,refundable portion 
,subsection 7d77#a7 shall not apply to  
any taxpayer with respect to any        
qualifying child unless the taxpayer    
includes the name and social security   
number of such qualifying child on the  
return of tax for the taxable year4  4  
7#b7 ,omission treated as mathematical  
or clerical error ,subparagraph 7,i7 of 
section #fbac7;g77#b7 of the ,internal  
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended to   
read as follows3  7,i7 an omission of a 
correct ,,tin under section #bd7;e77#a7 

7relating to child tax credit7 or a     
correct ,social ,security number        
required under section #bd7;e77#b7      
7relating to refundable portion of child
 tax credit71 to be included on a       
return1  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the    
amendments made by this subsection shall
 apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4