,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bj1    
#bjba,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,braun7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the      
,secretary of ,transportation to develop
 best practices for incorporating       
resilience into emergency relief        
projects1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,rebuilding ,stronger               
,infrastructure ,act4  #b4 ,emergency   
relief program  7a7 ,definitions ,in    
this ,act3 7#a7 ,emergency relief       
project ,the term emergency relief      
project means a project carried out     
under the emergency relief program under
 section #abe of title #bc1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,resilience  7,a7  
,in general ,the term resilience means1 
with respect to a facility1 the         
ability-- 7i7 to anticipate1 prepare    

for1 or adapt to conditions2 or  7ii7 to
 withstand1 respond to1 or recover      
rapidly from disruptions4  7,b7         
,inclusions ,the term resilience        
includes1 with respect to a facility1   
the ability-- 7i7 to resist hazards or  
withstand impacts from disruptions2     
7ii7 to reduce the magnitude1 duration1 
or impact of a disruption2 or  7iii7 to 
have the absorptive capacity1 adaptive  
capacity1 and recoverability to decrease
 vulnerability to a disruption4  7#c7   
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,transportation4  7b7 
,improving the emergency relief program 
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary shall-- 7#a7 revise the      
emergency relief manual of the ,federal 
,highway ,administration-- 7,a7 to      
include and reflect the definition of   
the term resilience2  7,b7 to identify  
procedures that ,states may use to      
incorporate resilience into emergency   
relief projects2 and  7,c7 to encourage 

the use of ,complete ,streets design    
principles and consideration of access  
for moderate- and low-income families   
impacted by a declared disaster2  7#b7  
develop best practices for improving the
 use of resilience in-- 7,a7 the        
emergency relief program under section  
#abe of title #bc1 ,united ,states      
,code2 and  7,b7 emergency relief       
efforts2  7#c7 provide to division      
offices of the ,federal ,highway        
,administration and ,state departments  
of transportation information on the    
best practices developed under paragraph
 7#b72 and  7#d7 develop and implement a
 process to track-- 7,a7 the            
consideration of resilience as part of  
the emergency relief program under      
section #abe of title #bc1 ,united      
,states ,code2 and  7,b7 the costs of   
emergency relief projects4  7c7 ,cost   
limitation ,section #abe7;d7 of title   
#bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking paragraph 7#b7 and inserting
 the following3  7#b7 ,cost limitation  

,the total cost of a project funded     
under this section may not exceed the   
cost of repair or reconstruction of a   
comparable facility unless the          
,secretary determines that the project  
incorporates economically justified     
betterments1 including protective       
features to increase the resilience of  
the facility4  4