S.Amdt. 2330

SA 2330. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema
(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 11519, strike subsection (b) and insert the
following:
(b) Improving the Emergency Relief Program.--Not later than
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall--
(1) establish categorical exclusions from the requirements
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and necessary exemptions from the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for emergency
relief projects that are not located in metropolitan
statistical areas (as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget);
(2) revise the emergency relief manual of the Federal
Highway Administration--
(A) to include and reflect the definition of the term
``resilience'' (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23,
United States Code);
(B) to identify procedures that States may use to
incorporate resilience into emergency relief projects; and
(C) to encourage the use of Complete Streets design
principles and consideration of access for moderate- and low-
income families impacted by a declared disaster;
(3) develop best practices for improving the use of
resilience in--
(A) the emergency relief program under section 125 of title
23, United States Code; and
(B) emergency relief efforts;
(4) provide to division offices of the Federal Highway
Administration and State departments of transportation
information on the best practices developed under paragraph
(3); and
(5) develop and implement a process to track--
(A) the consideration of resilience as part of the
emergency relief program under section 125 of title 23,
United States Code; and
(B) the costs of emergency relief projects.
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