Tribal Roads Improvement Act
Sponsored By: Representative Stanton
Introduced
Summary
Removes a cap on using Tribal Transportation Program funds for road grading and requires the Department of the Interior to study how that change affects tribal roads, jobs, and community access.
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- Tribal governments: The required study must report how many tribes spend at least 25 percent of their TTP funds or $500,000 on road grading.
- Tribal communities: The study will measure miles graded and changes in road-condition ratings to assess impacts on economic development, emergency response times, and access.
- Tribal workers: The study will track employment of Tribal members in grading projects, showing whether more local jobs result from the change.
- Federal reporting: The Bureau of Indian Affairs must complete the study within 3 years and deliver results and recommendations to Congress within 2 years after the study finishes.
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Allow Tribal governments to grade roads
If enacted, this bill would explicitly allow Tribal Transportation Program money to be used for road grading. The Interior Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, would study the effects within 3 years of enactment. The study must count tribes spending at least 25% of their TTP funds or $500,000 on grading, miles of Tribal roads graded, road condition rating changes, effects on tribal economic development, emergency response times, and community access, Tribal satisfaction, and Tribal employment on grading projects. Within 2 years after the study is finished, the Secretary would report the results and recommendations to Congress.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Stanton
AZ • D
Cosponsors
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