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23 U.S.C. 117: Nationally significant multimodal freight and highway projects

Created in 2015 by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act" or the "FAST Act (Public Law 114-94). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

4 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 802, 42 U.S.C. 803, 46 U.S.C. 54301, 49 U.S.C. 118.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2021

    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(1), inserted "multimodal" before "freight" in section catchline. (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(2)(A), inserted "in and across rural and urban areas" after "people". (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(2)(B), inserted "or freight" after "highway". (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(2)(C), inserted "or freight" after "highway". (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(2)(D), inserted ", including highways that support movement of energy equipment" after "security". (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(3), added par. (3). (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(4), added subpar. (H) and redesignated former subpar. (H) as (I). (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (c), (I)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(5)(A), added cls. (v) to (viii). (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(5)(B)(ii), which directed substitution of "each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026" for "fiscal years 2016 through 2020, in the aggregate," in introductory provisions, was executed by making the substitution for "fiscal years 2016 through 2021, in the agg… (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(5)(B)(i), substituted "30 percent" for "$600,000,000" in introductory provisions. (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(6)(A), substituted "not less than 15 percent" for "10 percent". (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(6)(B), added subpar. (C). (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(6)(C), added par. (4). (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(7), inserted "(including a project to replace or rehabilitate a culvert, or to reduce stormwater runoff for the purpose of improving habitat for aquatic species)" after "environmental mitigation". (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(8), added pars. (4) to (6). (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(9), substituted "grants under subsection (e)" for "other grants under this section". (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (i)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(10)(A), substituted "Federal Assistance" for "Federal Share" in heading. (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (j)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(10)(A), (B), substituted "Federal share" for "In general" in par. heading, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted subpar. heading, and substituted "Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or for a grant under subsection (q), the Federal shar… (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (j)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(10)(C), substituted "Except for grants under subsection (q), Federal assistance other" for "Federal assistance other", inserted dash after "except that", added subpar. (A), and inserted subpar. (B) designation and "for a State not described in subparagraph … (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (j)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(11), (12), added subsec. (k) and redesignated former subsecs. (k) to (m) as (l) to (n), respectively. Former subsec. (n) redesignated (p) and subsequently struck out. (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (k), (l), (m), (n)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(13), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which related to congressional notification regarding certain grants. (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (n)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(14), added subsec. (o). (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (o)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(11), (15), redesignated subsec. (n) as (p), struck it out, and added a new subsec. (p). Prior to amendment, subsec. related to annual reports on projects by the Secretary and assessments and reports by the Comptroller General. (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (p)
    • Pub. L. 117–58, §11110(a)(15), added subsecs. (q) to (s). (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Law text · (q), (r), (s)

    2020

    • Pub. L. 116–159 substituted "$600,000,000" for "$500,000,000" and "2021" for "2020" in introductory provisions. (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act) Law text · (d)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.