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LIFT America Act

3/8/2023, 7:58 PM

Summary of Bill HR 1848

The LIFT America Act, also known as Bill 117 hr 1848, is a piece of legislation introduced in the US Congress that aims to invest in America's infrastructure and create jobs. The bill focuses on improving the country's transportation, energy, broadband, and water infrastructure.

Specifically, the LIFT America Act includes provisions to invest in clean energy projects, such as wind and solar power, as well as modernizing the electric grid. It also allocates funding for expanding broadband access in rural and underserved areas, which is crucial for economic development and education.

Additionally, the bill addresses the need for upgrading the country's transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and public transportation systems. This investment is seen as essential for improving safety and efficiency in the transportation sector. Furthermore, the LIFT America Act includes measures to improve water infrastructure, such as upgrading aging water systems and addressing contamination issues. This is important for ensuring clean and safe drinking water for all Americans. Overall, the LIFT America Act is aimed at creating jobs, stimulating economic growth, and improving the quality of life for all Americans through investments in critical infrastructure projects.

Congressional Summary of HR 1848

Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s America Act or the LIFT America Act

This bill establishes several programs and incentives to modernize the nation's communications, drinking water, energy, transportation, health care, and other related infrastructure.

For example, the bill provides incentives to make broadband internet more accessible and affordable. It also establishes grants to implement next generation 9-1-1 services.

In addition, it supports drinking water programs, including the drinking water state revolving fund program. Further, it provides grants to treat perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS) in drinking water and to replace lead service lines.

The bill establishes a variety of programs to support clean energy infrastructure and address climate change, including efforts to (1) modernize the electric grid and make it more resilient, efficient, and secure; (2) increase energy efficiency in buildings; and (3) support renewable energy infrastructure.

Further, it provides incentives for vehicle infrastructure, such as incentives to develop infrastructure for electric vehicles and grants to reduce air pollution at ports by electrifying port infrastructure.

Additionally, the bill establishes grants and programs for health care infrastructure, including by providing support for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, laboratories, and state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments.

Finally, the bill reauthorizes grant programs to remediate brownfield sites (i.e., sites contaminated with hazardous substances) through FY2026.

Current Status of Bill HR 1848

Bill HR 1848 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since March 11, 2021. Bill HR 1848 was introduced during Congress 117 and was introduced to the House on March 11, 2021.  Bill HR 1848's most recent activity was Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States. as of January 20, 2022

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 1848

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
70
Democrat Cosponsors
70
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 1848

Primary Policy Focus

Science, Technology, Communications

Potential Impact Areas

- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adult education and literacy
- Aging
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Appropriations
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Building construction
- Business investment and capital
- Buy American requirements
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child care and development
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Community life and organization
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Credit and credit markets
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Energy
- Digital media
- Disability and paralysis
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Economic development
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Energy assistance for the poor and aged
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy prices
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental education
- Environmental health
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Environmental technology
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Financial services and investments
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Food assistance and relief
- Food industry and services
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Home and outpatient care
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing industry and standards
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Indian social and development programs
- Industrial facilities
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Infrastructure development
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Libraries and archives
- Licensing and registrations
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Manufacturing
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Mental health
- Metals
- Minority health
- Motor carriers
- Motor fuels
- Motor vehicles
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- Natural disasters
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Preschool education
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public housing
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Public-private cooperation
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Right of privacy
- Roads and highways
- Rural conditions and development
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Telecommunication rates and fees
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Transportation programs funding
- Unemployment
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Water use and supply

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 1848

LIFT America Act
To rebuild and modernize the Nation's infrastructure to expand access to broadband and Next Generation 9-1-1, rehabilitate drinking water infrastructure, modernize the electric grid and energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, strengthen health care infrastructure, create jobs, and protect public health and the environment, and for other purposes.
LIFT America Act
Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s America Act
Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2021

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