Emergency Relief Program : Federal-Aid Highway Assistance for Disaster-Damaged Roads and Bridges.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bridges.

Disasters.

Disaster relief.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (10 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes FHWA assistance for repair and reconstruction of highways and bridges damaged by disasters or catastrophic failures, such as a bridge collapse. Discusses legislative origins of Federal assistance, and provides information on the emergency relief (ER) program in its current form, including Federal-State relationship, funding, eligibility issues, and program operation. Examines ER funding sustainability, recent "quick release" ER allocations, FY2012 nationwide ER allocations, 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane ER funding, and the public transportation emergency relief program.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Emergency Relief Program

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.