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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 25, 2019
Crossroads of America Act of 2019
This bill establishes a pilot program to award grants for freight and highway projects of national or regional significance.
The Department of Transportation must give priority to entities that provide the greatest non-federal share of the cost of a project relative to other applications under the pilot program and allot specified percentages of grant funds for small projects and rural projects.
People & committees
Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R–IN
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in Senate
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