# 116-hr-5812: BUILD UP Act

116-hr-5812, BUILD UP Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA); status Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5812
- Congress: 116
- Title: BUILD UP Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Introduced: 2020-02-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development for Underfunded Projects Act or the BUILD UP Act This bill requires the Department of Transportation to set aside at least 30% of funds from its BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grant program for cities with populations of between 10,000 and 75,000, whether or not one or more of such cities are considered part of an urbanized area as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-6420: All Dependent Children Count Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5812 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5812)

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- [116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7517)
- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-6420: All Dependent Children Count Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6420)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5812 (as of 2025-11-18).