Bridge Program

Bridge Program
Current Law	Administration Proposal H.R. 2088 & S. 1072 as Modified SAFETEA of 2003	House H.R. 3 as Passed House TEA-LU	Senate H.R. 3 as Passed Senate SAFETEA of 2005
23 USC 144	Section 1812	Section 1116	Section 1807
Named Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program	Continues program; changes name to Highway Bridge Program	Same as current law	Same as Administration bill. Authorizes $27.3 B over 5 years.
Funds are apportioned. Bridge Discretionary program, funded by setaside of $100M/year with $25M/year for seismic retrofit.	Similar to current law, but eliminates discretionary program.	Similar to current law. Continues discretionary program at $100 M/year of which $25M/year is for seismic retrofit (including $10M/year for the Golden Gate Bridge) and $10M/year, beginning in FY 2005, for construction of a bridge connecting Gravina Island and Ketchikan, Alaska. Set-aside for TIFIA program [1116(d)]	Similar to current law. Continues discretionary program, but increases setaside to $140.8 M/year, including $23.5 M/year for seismic retrofit. FY 2005 earmarks of $46.9 M each for Hoover Dam Bridge and St. Louis-Illinois Bridge. New setaside of $12.2 M/year for Strategic Highway Research Program [2001(c)(5)]
Federal share 80%	No change from current law	No change from current law	Amends to permit use of sliding scale. Federal share for Interstate bridges -- 90%
Eligible work includes replacement or rehabilitation of deficient bridges; bridge painting, seismic retrofitting, application of anti-icing compositions, installation of scour countermeasures.	Adds eligibility for systematic preventive maintenance; deletes eligibility for application of anti-icing compositions. Removes requirement that a bridge must be "significantly important."	Adds eligibility for systematic preventive maintenance.	Adds eligibility for systematic preventive maintenance; removes requirement that bridge be "significantly important."
No less than 15% nor more than 35% of State's bridge apportionment must be spent on off-system bridges; Secretary may reduce 15% off-system requirement if the State has inadequate needs.	Same as current law except that the 35% cap is removed.	Same as current law except that the increasing the minimum setaside to 20%, and adds preventive maintenance as an eligibility for off-system bridges.	Similar to Administration bill, but adds eligibility for Warwick Intermodal Station, including construction of a people mover between the station and the airport. Requires that at least 20% of (bridge) apportionments to Colorado, ________, and ________ in 2005-2009 must be spent for off-system bridge pilot projects.
No provision	No provision	No provision	Annual report describing construction materials used in highway and bridge projects required to be published in Federal Register.
	Highway bridges may not be treated as "water resources projects" under Wild & Scenic Rivers Act.	No comparable provision	No comparable provision
Reporting - biennial report in conjunction with C&P Report	Same as current law	Continues requirement for biennial report, but eliminates link to C&P report	Same as current law
Historic Bridge program encourages the inventory, retention, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, and future study of historic bridges. [23USC144(o)]	No separate funding provided. Amended to correct conflict with use of other FAH funds for this purpose; increases allowable cost limits.	Same as current law	Same as Administration bill.

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