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Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act of 2020

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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 5908 

To establish the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund, and for 
other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2020 
Mr. SMITH of Washington (for himself and Mr. MCNERNEY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 

A BILL 
To establish the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure 

Fund, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freight Infrastructure 4

Reinvestment Act of 2020’’. 5

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SEC. 2. NATIONAL FREIGHT MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE 1

IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 2

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-3

tation shall establish a National Freight Mobility Infra-4

structure Improvement Program under which the Sec-5

retary is authorized to make grants, on a competitive 6

basis, to States and designated entities for eligible costs 7

associated with projects to improve efficiency and capacity 8

with respect to freight mobility in the United States. 9

(b) GRANT APPLICATIONS.— 10

(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 11

grant under the program a State or designated enti-12

ty shall submit to the Secretary an application at 13

such time, in such form, and containing such infor-14

mation as the Secretary may require. 15

(2) SOLICITATION.—The Secretary shall con-16

duct a national solicitation for applications under 17

the program. 18

(c) GRANT CRITERIA.— 19

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in ac-20

cordance with this subsection, shall establish criteria 21

for selecting among applications submitted for 22

grants under the program. 23

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A project is eligible for a 24

grant under the program only if the Secretary deter-25

mines that the project— 26

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(A) is of national or regional significance, 1

including projects to assist— 2

(i) the construction of grade separa-3

tions at railroad, highway, and railroad- 4

highway junctions; 5

(ii) the construction of railroad by-6

passes and spurs; 7

(iii) the construction of railroad side 8

tracks; 9

(iv) the expansion of rail and highway 10

tunnels to accommodate wider, taller, and 11

additional volumes of vehicular and rail 12

freight and container stacks; 13

(v) the addition of railroad track and 14

intermodal facilities at international gate-15

ways, land, air, and sea ports, points of 16

congestion, and logistic centers; 17

(vi) highway and road construction 18

(including reinforcement for heavy weight 19

vehicles and heavy traffic volume) at inter-20

national gateways, land, air, and sea ports, 21

points of congestion, and logistic centers, 22

including freight intermodal connectors, to 23

better accommodate and speed the flow of 24

freight traffic; 25

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(vii) the construction and improve-1

ment of rail and highway bridges that 2

carry a substantial amount of freight; 3

(viii) the construction of highway 4

ramps built to carry a substantial amount 5

of freight; 6

(ix) the construction of highway lanes, 7

including lanes that segregate freight and 8

passenger vehicular traffic; and 9

(x) the construction and improvement 10

of marine terminal facilities used for 11

freight; 12

(B) will improve freight mobility, capacity, 13

and efficiency in the United States; 14

(C) is cost effective; 15

(D) is based on the results of preliminary 16

engineering; 17

(E) is justified based on the extent to 18

which the project— 19

(i) will enhance State, regional, or na-20

tional economic development, performance, 21

and efficiency as measured by— 22

(I) the creation of new businesses 23

and jobs and the retention of existing 24

businesses and jobs; 25

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(II) State and local tax receipts; 1

and 2

(III) improved safety, as meas-3

ured by reductions in accidents, inju-4

ries, and fatalities; and 5

(ii) will maximize economic opportuni-6

ties for communities; and 7

(F) is supported by an acceptable degree 8

of non-Federal financial commitments, includ-9

ing that— 10

(i) the project provides for the avail-11

ability of contingency amounts that, as de-12

termined by the Secretary, are reasonable 13

to cover unanticipated cost increases; and 14

(ii) each proposed non-Federal source 15

of financing is stable, reliable, and avail-16

able within the project timetable. 17

(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting a project 18

for a grant under the program, the Secretary shall 19

consider the extent to which the project— 20

(A) meets the requirements specified in 21

paragraph (2); 22

(B) facilitates freight throughput of higher 23

volume and values; 24

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(C) uses operational efficiencies, including 1

intelligent transportation systems, that enhance 2

the efficiency or effectiveness (or both) of the 3

project; 4

(D) helps maintain or protect the environ-5

ment; and 6

(E) improves or enhances segments of the 7

National Multimodal Freight Network estab-8

lished pursuant to section 70103 of title 49, 9

United States Code. 10

(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND DIS-11

APPROVAL.— 12

(1) NOTIFICATION.— 13

(A) IN GENERAL.—At least 60 days before 14

making a grant for a project under the pro-15

gram, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the 16

Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-17

ture of the House of Representatives and the 18

Committee on Environment and Public Works 19

and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 20

Transportation of the Senate of the proposed 21

grant. 22

(B) CONTENTS.—The notification shall in-23

clude an evaluation and justification for each 24

successful project that includes— 25

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(i) a detailed explanation of how the 1

project satisfied grant criteria and consid-2

erations; 3

(ii) the amount of the proposed grant 4

award; and 5

(iii) an executive summary of the 6

project application submitted for funding. 7

(2) DISAPPROVAL.—The Secretary may not 8

make a grant or any other obligation or commitment 9

to fund a project under the program if a joint reso-10

lution is enacted disapproving funding for the 11

project before the last day of the 60-day period de-12

scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 13

(e) REPORTS.— 14

(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall 15

make available on the internet website of the De-16

partment of Transportation at the end of each fiscal 17

year an annual report that lists each project for 18

which a grant has been provided under the program 19

during that fiscal year. 20

(2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 21

(A) ASSESSMENT.—The Comptroller Gen-22

eral of the United States shall conduct an as-23

sessment of the administrative establishment, 24

solicitation, selection, and justification process 25

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with respect to the funding of grants under the 1

program. 2

(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 3

the initial awarding of grants under the pro-4

gram, the Comptroller General shall submit to 5

the Committee on Transportation and Infra-6

structure of the House of Representatives and 7

the Committee on Environment and Public 8

Works and the Committee on Commerce, 9

Science, and Transportation of the Senate a re-10

port that describes— 11

(i) the adequacy and fairness of the 12

process by which each project was selected, 13

if applicable; and 14

(ii) the justification and criteria used 15

for the selection of each project, if applica-16

ble. 17

(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out the pro-18

gram using amounts made available to the Secretary from 19

the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund estab-20

lished under section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code 21

of 1986. 22

(g) LIMITATION ON GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—Not 23

more than 10 percent of the amounts available during a 24

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fiscal year for grants under the program may be used for 1

projects located in a single State. 2

(h) FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENTS.—The 3

Secretary may enter into a grant under the program that 4

provides funding for a project in more than 1 fiscal year. 5

An agreement for such a grant shall— 6

(1) establish the maximum amount of Federal 7

financial assistance for the project; 8

(2) establish the time period for Federal finan-9

cial assistance for the project; 10

(3) provide grant funds for the fiscal year in 11

which the grant is made; and 12

(4) include a commitment, that is not an obli-13

gation of the Federal Government and that is con-14

tingent on the availability of funds, for grant 15

amounts to be provided in fiscal years following the 16

fiscal year in which the grant is made. 17

(i) NON-FEDERAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS.— 18

(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 19

the cost of a project for which a grant is made 20

under the program, as estimated by the Secretary, 21

shall be not more than 80 percent. 22

(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In assessing the sta-23

bility, reliability, and availability of proposed sources 24

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of non-Federal financing for purposes of subsection 1

(c)(2)(F)(ii), the Secretary shall consider— 2

(A) existing financial commitments; 3

(B) the degree to which financing sources 4

are dedicated to the purposes proposed; 5

(C) any debt obligation that exists or is 6

proposed by the grant recipient for the pro-7

posed project; and 8

(D) the extent to which the project has a 9

non-Federal financial commitment that exceeds 10

the required non-Federal share of the cost of 11

the project. 12

(j) HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.—A grant made to as-13

sist the construction of a highway under the program shall 14

be subject to the requirements relating to such construc-15

tion under title 23, United States Code. 16

(k) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-17

retary shall ensure that all grants made under the pro-18

gram are subject to terms, conditions, and requirements 19

that the Secretary decides are necessary or appropriate 20

for purposes of this section, including requirements for the 21

disposition of net increases in the value of real property 22

resulting from the project assisted under the program. 23

(l) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—In carrying out the 24

program, the Secretary shall seek to minimize administra-25

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tive costs, including overhead, enforcement, and auditing 1

costs related to the program. 2

(m) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 3

the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 4

the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-5

tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 6

and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-7

tation of the Senate a report on the activities of the Sec-8

retary under the program. 9

(n) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 10

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 11

regulations to carry out this section. 12

(o) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-13

nitions apply: 14

(1) DESIGNATED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘des-15

ignated entity’’ means— 16

(A) A State or a group of States. 17

(B) A metropolitan planning organization 18

that serves an urbanized area (as defined by 19

the Bureau of the Census) with a population of 20

more than 200,000 individuals. 21

(C) A unit of local government or a group 22

of local governments. 23

(D) A political subdivision of a State or 24

local government. 25

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(E) A special purpose district or public au-1

thority with a transportation function, including 2

a port authority. 3

(F) A Tribal government or a consortium 4

of Tribal governments. 5

(G) A multistate or multijurisdictional 6

group of entities described in this paragraph. 7

(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—The term ‘‘eligible 8

costs’’ means the costs of a project with respect to— 9

(A) development phase activities, including 10

planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecast-11

ing, environmental review, preliminary engineer-12

ing and design work, and other preconstruction 13

activities; and 14

(B) construction, reconstruction, rehabili-15

tation, acquisition of real property (including 16

land related to a project and improvements to 17

land), environmental mitigation, construction 18

contingencies, acquisition of equipment, and 19

operational improvements. 20

(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 21

the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Im-22

provement Program established under subsection 23

(a). 24

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(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-1

ing given such term in section 101(a) of title 23, 2

United States Code. 3

SEC. 3. FREIGHT MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE TAX. 4

(a) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—Chapter 33 of the Internal 5

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding after sub-6

chapter C the following new subchapter: 7

‘‘Subchapter D—Transportation By Freight 8

And Highway 9

‘‘Sec. 4286. Imposition of tax. 

‘‘SEC. 4286. IMPOSITION OF TAX. 10

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed upon 11

taxable ground transportation a tax equal to 1 percent of 12

the amount rendered (to the person by whom such trans-13

portation is done) as payment for such transportation. 14

‘‘(b) BY WHOM PAID.— 15

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 16

paragraph (2), the tax imposed by subsection (a) 17

shall be paid— 18

‘‘(A) by the person rendering the payment 19

subject to tax, or 20

‘‘(B) in the case of transportation by a re-21

lated person, by the person for whom such 22

transportation is made. 23

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‘‘(2) DETERMINATIONS OF AMOUNTS PAID IN 1

CERTAIN CASES.—For purposes of this section, rules 2

similar to the rules of section 4271(c) shall apply. 3

‘‘(c) TRANSPORTATION BY RELATED PERSONS.—In 4

the case of transportation of property by the taxpayer or 5

a person related to the taxpayer, the fair market value 6

of such transportation shall be the amount which would 7

be paid for transporting such property if such property 8

were transported by an unrelated person, determined on 9

an arms’ length basis. 10

‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-11

chapter— 12

‘‘(1) TAXABLE GROUND TRANSPORTATION.— 13

The term ‘taxable ground transportation’ means 14

transportation of property (other than passenger 15

baggage) on railways or roads located in the United 16

States by— 17

‘‘(A) freight rail, or 18

‘‘(B) commercial motor vehicle (as defined 19

in section 31101(1) of title 49, United States 20

Code, determined without regard to subpara-21

graph (A) of such section) for a distance of 22

more than 50 miles. 23

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‘‘(2) RELATED PERSON.—A person (hereinafter 1

in this paragraph referred to as the ‘related person’) 2

is related to any person if— 3

‘‘(A) the related person bears a relation-4

ship to such person specified in section 267(b) 5

or 707(b)(1), or 6

‘‘(B) the related person and such person 7

are engaged in trades or businesses under com-8

mon control (within the meaning of subsections 9

(a) and (b) of section 52). 10

For purposes of the preceding sentence, in applying 11

section 267(b) and 707(b)(1), ‘10 percent’ shall be 12

substituted for ‘50 percent’. 13

‘‘(e) EXEMPTION FOR UNITED STATES AND STATE 14

AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—The tax imposed by sub-15

section (a) shall not apply to amounts paid by the United 16

States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof.’’. 17

(b) CREDITS OR REFUNDS TO PERSONS WHO COL-18

LECTED CERTAIN TAXES.—Section 6415 of such Code is 19

amended by striking ‘‘or 4271’’ each place it appears and 20

inserting ‘‘4271, or 4286’’. 21

(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 22

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 23

the Treasury shall issue regulations to carry out the 24

amendments made by this section. 25

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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 1

this section shall apply to transportation beginning on or 2

after the last day of the 180-day period beginning on the 3

date of the issuance of regulations under subsection (c). 4

SEC. 4. NATIONAL FREIGHT MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE 5

FUND. 6

Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue 7

Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-8

lowing new section: 9

‘‘SEC. 9512. NATIONAL FREIGHT MOBILITY INFRASTRUC-10

TURE FUND. 11

‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-12

lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 13

to be known as the ‘National Freight Mobility Infrastruc-14

ture Fund’ (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 15

‘Fund’) consisting of such amounts as may be appro-16

priated or credited to such Fund as provided in this sec-17

tion or section 9602(b). 18

‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO THE FUND.—There are hereby 19

appropriated to the Fund amounts equivalent to taxes re-20

ceived in the Treasury under section 4286. 21

‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.—Amounts in the 22

Fund shall be made available to the Secretary of Trans-23

portation for each of the fiscal years 2019 to 2044, with-24

out further appropriation, for making expenditures to 25

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meet the obligations of the United States to carry out sec-1

tion 2 of the Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act of 2

2020, not more than 4 percent of which for any fiscal year 3

may be used for administrative expenses.’’. 4

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 5

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 6

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-7

tation shall submit to Congress a report analyzing whether 8

cargo is being routed to reduce the tax imposed under sec-9

tion 4286 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 10

(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study, the 11

Secretary shall consult with the Surface Transportation 12

Board. 13

(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If the Secretary deter-14

mines that cargo is being routed to reduce the tax imposed 15

by section 4286 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 16

the Secretary shall include in the report recommendations 17

on legislation necessary to avoid such routing. 18

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Picture Name From Date Type
Adam Smith D-WA 02/13/2020 Sponsor
Jerry McNerney D-CA 02/13/2020 Cosponsor
Date Branch Action
02/14/2020 President Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.Action By: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
02/13/2020 President Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Action By: House of Representatives
02/13/2020 President Introduced in HouseAction By: House of Representatives
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Bill TEXT Points.
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Census
(B) A metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) with a population of more than 200,000 individuals

Commerce
(d)Congressional notification and disapproval(1)Notification(A)In generalAt least 60 days before making a grant for a project under the program, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the proposed grant

Congress
(d)Congressional notification and disapproval(1)Notification(A)In generalAt least 60 days before making a grant for a project under the program, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the proposed grant

Credit
(b)Credits or refunds to persons who collected certain taxesSection 6415 of such Code is amended by striking or 4271 each place it appears and inserting 4271, or 4286


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