Sec. 11021. Bridges requiring closure or load restrictions
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Section 144(h) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(6)and
(7)as paragraphs
(7)and (8), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(5)the following: If a Federal agency or tribal government fails to ensure that any highway bridge that is open to public travel and located in the jurisdiction of the Federal agency or tribal government is properly closed or restricted to loads that the bridge can carry safely, the Secretary— shall, on learning of the need to close or restrict loads on the bridge, require the Federal agency or tribal government to take action necessary— to close the bridge within 48 hours; or within 30 days, to restrict public travel on the bridge to loads that the bridge can carry safely; and may, if the Federal agency or tribal government fails to take action required under clause (i), withhold all funding authorized under this title for the Federal agency or tribal government. . If a State fails to ensure that any highway bridge, other than a bridge described in subparagraph (A), that is open to public travel and is located within the boundaries of the State is properly closed or restricted to loads the bridge can carry safely, the Secretary— shall, on learning of the need to close or restrict loads on the bridge, require the State to take action necessary— to close the bridge within 48 hours; or within 30 days, to restrict public travel on the bridge to loads that the bridge can carry safely; and may, if the State fails to take action required under clause (i), withhold approval for Federal-aid projects in that State. ; and in paragraph
(8)(as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking
(6)and inserting
(7).