CONGRESSMAN MO BROOKS COSPONSORS BILL CLARIFYING THAT STATES CAN SPEND RECOVERY FUNDS ON "REAL" INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS RATHER THAN SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS' "FAKE SHOVEL-READY" CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA

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Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) has cosponsored H.R. 5735, Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux's (D-GA-07) bill, the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act. If enacted, the bill would make various infrastructure investments eligible for payment with unspent COVID-19 relief funds. The U.S. Senate recently unanimously passed companion legislation.

Under the American Rescue Plan Act and the original CARES Act relief package, Congress provided some flexibility for how funds could be spent, but most funds were not able to be used for infrastructure projects. This bill gives state and local officials additional flexibility and time to responsibly spend remaining COVID-19 relief dollars.

If enacted, this legislation would allow Alabama to use unspent coronavirus relief funds on much-needed infrastructure projects such as the I-10 Bridge. Notably, the bill has 144 House cosponsors.

Congressman Brooks said, "I support giving states the flexibility to spend coronavirus funds as they see fit. State and local elected officials, not federal government bureaucrats, know what their communities need most. Alabama has several desperately-needed infrastructure projects, such as the I-10 Bridge in the Mobile Bay area, that are stalled due to a lack of funding. This bill could free up funds that would jumpstart those important projects."

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