This bill expands access to the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program by creating a new category of eligible projects on "farm-to-market roads" in high-agriculture counties. Under the legislation, a county qualifies as a "covered county" if it generates at least one billion dollars in annual agricultural production value and produces at least five hundred thousand dollars of agricultural output per square mile, with these thresholds adjusted yearly for inflation. The bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to reserve ten percent of the program's annual funding specifically for grants to improve farm-to-market roads in these qualifying counties. The legislation also requires the Transportation Secretary to work with the Agriculture Secretary to create and maintain an annual list of counties that meet the eligibility criteria. This change would help agricultural regions improve the rural roads critical to transporting farm products to market.
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