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By: Hailey Desormeaux | September 15, 2017
The legislation calls for the establishment of a National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund, which would be supported through a 1 percent fee on the shipment of freight cargo, to administer grants for infrastructure projects.
U.S. House Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., reintroduced the Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act, H.R. 3769, on Wednesday to improve freight infrastructure and transportation across the United States.
The Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act of 2017 has been cosponsored by Congressmen Albio Sires, D-N.J., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn. The legislation calls for the establishment of a National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund to administer grants for infrastructure projects, according to a press release issued by Smith’s office. The National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund would be supported through a 1 percent fee on the shipment of freight cargo.
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