,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dccb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjbj,ms4 ,mc,sally introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the use of 
additional funds for transportation     
projects that were affected by          
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#a4 ,additional funding for             
transportation grants  7a7 ,in general  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of ,transportation  
shall use any amounts made available to 
the ,secretary for grant programs for   
covered projects1 and not otherwise     
obligated1 to provide additional funds  
to covered projects4  7b7 ,amount ,in   
providing additional funds for a covered
 project under subsection 7a71 the      
,secretary shall provide an amount equal
 to not less than #aj percent of the    

total project costs4  7c7 ,federal share
 ,amounts made available for a covered  
project under subsection 7a7 shall not  
be counted toward the ,federal share of 
the project4  7d7 ,modifications to     
agreements ,the ,secretary of           
,transportation shall modify a grant    
agreement for a covered project as      
necessary to provide additional funds   
under subsection 7a7 in accordance with 
the amount determined under subsection  
7b74  7e7 ,definition of covered project
 ,in this section1 the term covered     
project means a highway project1 a      
public transportation project1 a rural  
transportation project1 or a tribal     
transportation project that-- 7#a7      
during the period beginning on ,january 
#a1 #bjag1 and ending on the date of    
enactment of this ,act-- 7,a7 has been  
awarded a grant under a competitive     
grant program of the ,secretary of      
,transportation2 or  7,b7 in the case of
 a new fixed guideway capital project   
proposed to be carried out using a grant

 under section #ecji of title #di1      
,united ,states ,code1 advanced to the  
engineering phase under subsection 7g7  
of that section2 and  7#b7 requires     
additional funding to complete the      
project due to the effects of the       
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
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