,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #a1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,garamendi 7for himself and ,mr4       
,la,malfa7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
increase flexibility for emergency      
relief projects1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,transportation ,emergency 
,relief ,extension ,act4  #b4           
,federal-aid highway emergency relief   
,section #abe of title #bc1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7h7 ,imposition 
of deadline  7#a7 ,in general           
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary may not require any 
project funded under this section to    
advance to the construction obligation  
stage before the date that is the last  
day of the sixth fiscal year after the  

later of-- 7,a7 the date on which the   
,governor declared the emergency1 as    
described in subsection 7d77#a77;,a72   
and  7,b7 the date on which the         
,president declared the emergency to be 
a major disaster1 as described in that  
subsection4  7#b7 ,extension of deadline
 ,if the ,secretary imposes a deadline  
for advancement to the construction     
obligation stage pursuant to paragraph  
7#a71 the ,secretary may--  7,a7 on the 
request of the ,governor of the ,state1 
issue an extension of not more than #a  
year to complete the advancement2 and   
7,b7 issue additional extensions after  
the expiration of any extension1 if the 
,secretary determines the ,governor of  
the ,state has provided suitable        
justification to warrant such an        
extension4  7i7 ,emergency relief       
manuals ,not later than #b years after  
the date of enactment of this subsection
 and every #b years thereafter1 the     
,secretary shall-- 7#a7 update the      
,emergency ,relief ,manual of the       

,federal ,highway ,administration2  7#b7
 provide the updated ,manual to each    
,state department of transportation2 and
  7#c7 make the updated ,manual publicly
 available on a website of the          
,secretary4  4