EMERGENCY RELIEF.

SEC. 11106. EMERGENCY RELIEF. Section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “wildfire,” after “severe storm,”; (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: “(b) Restriction on Eligibility.—Funds under this section shall not be used for the repair or reconstruction of a bridge that has been permanently closed to all vehicular traffic by the State or responsible local official because of imminent danger of collapse due to a structural deficiency or physical deterioration.” ; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (2)(A)— (i) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; (ii) by striking “a facility that meets the current” and inserting the following:“a facility that— “(i) meets the current” ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: “(ii) incorporates economically justifiable improvements that will mitigate the risk of recurring damage from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters.” ; (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: “(3) Protective features.— “(A) In general.—The cost of an improvement that is part of a project under this section shall be an eligible expense under this section if the improvement is a protective feature that will mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters. “(B) Protective features described.—A protective feature referred to in subparagraph (A) includes— “(i) raising roadway grades; “(ii) relocating roadways in a floodplain to higher ground above projected flood elevation levels or away from slide prone areas; “(iii) stabilizing slide areas; “(iv) stabilizing slopes; “(v) lengthening or raising bridges to increase waterway openings; “(vi) increasing the size or number of drainage structures; “(vii) replacing culverts with bridges or upsizing culverts; “(viii) installing seismic retrofits on bridges; “(ix) adding scour protection at bridges, installing riprap, or adding other scour, stream stability, coastal, or other hydraulic countermeasures, including spur dikes; and “(x) the use of natural infrastructure to mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters.” .