1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Economic Infrastructure Equity Act of 2019 . 2. Rural economic investment (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Department The term Department means the Department of Transportation. (2) Relevant congressional committees The term relevant congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; (E) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; (F) the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (G) the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. (b) Establishment (1) In general Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by inserting (referred to in this section as the Department ) after Department of Transportation ; (B) in subsection (e)(1)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 6 and inserting 7 ; (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) an Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Investment, who shall be appointed by the Secretary; and ; (C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking “Department of Transportation” each place it appears and inserting “Department”; (D) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i)