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Introduced Session

Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act This bill authorizes appropriations for the nation's infrastructure, including appropriations for: secure broadband internet access, with a prioritization on expanding broadband access in unserved areas; drinking water improvements, such as appropriations for the drinking water state revolving fund and programs for reducing lead in drinking water; the electric power grid, with a focus on grid modernization, security, resiliency, and efficiency; energy efficiency in buildings, including homes and schools; incentives for natural gas distribution companies to improve the public safety and environmental performance of the natural gas distribution system (e.g., pipeline replacements); the deployment of renewable energy systems; the incorporation of clean energy into community development and revitalization efforts; revitalization of brownfield sites (commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant); hospital infrastructure, with a prioritization given to projects that include cybersecurity; outpatient health care facilities in the Indian Health Service; and the improvement, renovation, or modernization of the infrastructure at clinical laboratories, teaching health centers, or behavioral health care centers. In addition, the bill reauthorizes funding for: (1) a diesel emissions reduction program for certain diesel vehicles or fleets, (2) ensuring the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is operated and maintained in an environmentally sound manner; and (3) establishing a Southeast Refined Product Reserve to mitigate the impacts of a severe energy supply interruption in the Southeast.

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Frank Pallone (D)*,  G. Butterfield (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Gene Green (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  David Loebsack (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Raul Ruiz (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Kurt Schrader (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. (on 05/22/2018)

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