House Passes Infrastructure Bill with Pollinator Provision; Path Toward Enactment Remains Uncertain

摘要

On July i, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed major infrastructure legislation, H.R. 3684, the INVEST (Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation) in America Act, on a largely partisan 221-201 vote. The roughly $715 billion, five-year surface-transportation and water-infrastructure bill includes authorizations for federal highway, transit and safety programs, strategies to address climate change and provisions to repair bridges and roads.