It increases funding, makes smart improvements to policy such as streamlining permitting, and it creates new programs targeted at almost all 17 categories in the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. The bill represents a historic, once-in-a-generation investment in our roads, bridges, water and wastewater networks, ports, electric grid, dams, and more.
This $1.2 trillion bipartisan legislation is the culmination of decades of advocacy by ASCE members, who worked tirelessly to educate Congress and the public about the role infrastructure plays in supporting the economy and our quality of life in communities both large and small. The bill passed the House by a vote of 228 – 206 and is expected to be signed by President Biden. The bill was brought up for a vote shortly after Democrats reached a compromise agreement on a separate $1.75 trillion budget reconciliation package that addresses the social spending priorities of the Biden Administration. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. House of Representatives joined the Senate to pass H.R.
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