ADAPT Assets Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8653 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8653 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for demonstration projects that make critical transportation infrastructure resilient to natural hazards, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 4, 2026 Mr. Garamendi (for himself and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for demonstration projects that make critical transportation infrastructure resilient to natural hazards, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerating Demonstration Approaches for Protecting Transportation Assets Act'' or the ``ADAPT Assets Act''. SEC. 2. ACCELERATING DEMONSTRATION APPROACHES FOR PROTECTING TRANSPORTATION ASSETS PROGRAM. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall establish and carry out a competitive grant program, to be known as the ``Accelerating Demonstration Approaches for Protecting Transportation Assets Program'' (in this section referred to as the ``Program''), to provide up to 10 grants to eligible applicants for demonstration projects that make critical transportation infrastructure resilient to natural hazards. (b) Eligible Applicants.--An eligible applicant under the Program is-- (1) a metropolitan planning organization (as defined in section 134 of title 23, United States Code); (2) a State; (3) a unit of local government; (4) a public transportation agency or authority; (5) a port or public t