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Cameryn Blackmore, John R. Lewis Social Justice Fellow | September 2022
Exploring the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act also directs comprehensive support towards the infrastructure needs of Black communities across the United States.
On November 15, 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act introduced by Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and signed into law by President Biden.1 The Act makes historic investments towards vulnerable infrastructure needs across the country. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides additional funding support towards roads, bridges, public transit, clean water, airport upgrades, energy grid upgrades, passenger and freight railways, coastal resiliency, clean school buses, and small business growth. Over the next 5 years, more than $1 trillion in government funding will be poured into infrastructure projects across the country.2 The Act also mandates policy changes to existing transportation policy requiring housing to be considered during the planning process of transportation policy.3 The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act also directs comprehensive support towards the infrastructure needs of Black communities across the United States.
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Exploring the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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