H.R. 3999 would amend title 23, United States Code, to improve the safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, to strengthen bridge inspection standards and processes, to increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges on the National Highway System.

== Detailed Summary ==

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National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2007 - Amends federal transportation law to revise the national highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to direct the Secretary of Transportation to develop a risk-based priority process for states to assign priority for the replacement or rehabilitation of all federal-aid highways bridges found be structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Requires states, as a condition for receiving federal assistance, to develop, and annually update, an approved five-year performance plan for highway bridge inspection and rehabilitation and replacement.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually revise, as necessary, the data contained in the national bridge inventory; (2) make such data more accessible to the public; (3) update national bridge inspection standards; (4) expand the national training program for bridge inspectors to ensure that all bridge inspectors are appropriately trained and certified; and (5) revise federal regulations concerning the qualification of state highway bridge inspection personnel to require program managers and team leaders to be licensed professional engineers.

Revises national bridge inspection standards to provide for annual inspections of structurally deficient highway bridges, including biennial inspections of those bridges that have not been determined to be structurally deficient.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 7/15/2008: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1344 Reported7/24/2008: Passed/agreed to in House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3999 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A of the report ofStatus: On passage Passed by the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.Yeas and Nays: 367 - 55 (Roll no. 530).
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