HEAT Act of 2025

This bill would add extreme heat to the list of natural disasters that qualify for federal Emergency Relief funding to repair or rebuild highways and bridges. It would allow relief funds for bridges whose physical wear was mainly caused by extreme heat, which the current rule on gradual deterioration would otherwise exclude. It would also add heat waves to references to extreme weather and natural disasters in the emergency relief law. Within one year, the Secretary of Transportation would arrange a Transportation Research Board study on the costs of extreme heat and how to track heat damage, and would issue a best practices report on highway and bridge safety related to extreme heat.

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Sponsors

• Greg Stanton Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors