S.Amdt. 1611

1. Adds SEC. __. CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR NATURAL DISASTERS AND EXTREME WEATHER at the end of subtitle E of title I

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   In S. 1813 · Reported to Senate

   (c) Optional Training Program.--As a condition of entering into a contract for an eligible bridge project, each contractor and subcontractor that performs construction, alteration, or repair work on a bridge or overpass for the eligible bridge project may provide, or make available, training, through a qualified training program, for each applicable craft or trade classification of employees that the contractor or subcontractor intends to employ to carry out aspects of eligible bridge projects as described in subsection (b)(2).

   Inserted: SEC. __. CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR NATURAL DISASTERS AND EXTREME WEATHER.

   Inserted: (a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:

   Inserted: (1) Extreme weather.--The term "extreme weather" includes severe or unseasonable weather, heavy precipitation, a storm surge, flooding, drought, extreme heat, and extreme cold.

   Inserted: (2) Secretary.--The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with (as appropriate)--

   Inserted: (A) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;

   Inserted: (B) the Director of the United States Geological Survey;

   Inserted: (C) the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;

   Inserted: (D) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

   Inserted: (E) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and

   Inserted: (F) the heads of other Federal agencies.

   Inserted: (b) Data.--The Secretary shall determine and provide to transportation planners appropriate data on the impact on infrastructure of natural disasters and a higher frequency of extreme weather.

   Inserted: (c) Technical Assistance and Guidance.--The Secretary shall--

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   Inserted: (1) provide technical assistance and guidance to help States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governments plan for natural disasters and a greater frequency of extreme weather events when planning, citing, designing, and constructing transportation infrastructure by assessing vulnerabilities to a changing climate and the costs and benefits of adaptation measures (including economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits);

   Inserted: (2) continue to develop and enhance technical assistance and guidance on--

   Inserted: (A) integration of extreme weather preparedness into asset management and planning processes;

   Inserted: (B) identification of critical assets and vulnerabilities;

   Inserted: (C) selection and application of--

   Inserted: (i) analytical tools;

   Inserted: (ii) extreme weather models;

   Inserted: (iii) visualization software; and

   Inserted: (iv) appropriate data for extreme weather preparedness analyses;

   Inserted: (D) best practices in emergency response and evacuation;

   Inserted: (E) design, maintenance, and operations for infrastructure, including culverts;

   Inserted: (F) material selection and engineering standards;

   Inserted: (G) analysis of the costs and benefits of adaptation measures (including economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits);

   Inserted: (H) statistical and hydrological flood plain projection methods taking climate scenarios into account and

   Inserted: (I) public and stakeholder engagement in adaptation planning;

   Inserted: (3) conduct enhanced extreme weather preparedness pilot programs that are integrated with the long-range transportation plans of metropolitan planning organizations;

   Inserted: (4) integrate extreme weather scenarios into a public planning process that considers multiple transportation and land use scenarios; and

   Inserted: (5) include targeted capacity-building in each of the actions described in this subsection.

   Original wording

   At end of subtitle E of title I, add the following:

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