To authorize the Land Port of Entry Community Infrastructure Program to address deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of land ports of entry, and for other purposes.
Congress Proposes Grants for Border-Crossing Communities to Upgrade Roads, Utilities, and Safety
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Key Points
- Creates a Homeland Security grant program to help nearby communities fix roads, water, utilities, and other needs linked to busy land border crossings.
- Funds can go to State, Tribal, and local governments, plus not-for-profit, member-owned utility providers, for projects at or within 25 miles of a land port of entry.
- Projects can aim to speed up legal trade and travel, improve border security at ports of entry, boost emergency readiness, and reduce local problems like traffic and pollution.
- Most projects would require a local match of at least 30% of total cost, but rural areas (up to 100,000 people) or security-priority projects could get a reduced match or a full waiver.
- Allows reimbursements for eligible projects paid for since Nov. 15, 2021, covering up to 70% of costs (unless a different match rule applies).
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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2 articlesInfrastructure at land ports of entry would be upgraded under bipartisan Gonzales bill
Covers Rep. Tony Gonzales’s H.R. 6791 proposal to modernize land port-related community infrastructure, citing roads, bridges, wastewater and other eligible projects and its companion Senate effort.
Bipartisan “Strong Ports, Strong Communities Act” Aims to Modernize U.S. Land Ports of Entry
Recaps the legislation’s goal of creating a dedicated federal funding stream for infrastructure projects supporting land ports of entry and nearby communities (e.g., congestion, roads, utilities).
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
To authorize the Land Port of Entry Community Infrastructure Program to address deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of land ports of entry, and for other purposes.
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