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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5503 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director of the National 

Park Service to prioritize certain funds for high-commuter corridors, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2019 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 

Mr. BEYER, and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director 

of the National Park Service to prioritize certain funds 

for high-commuter corridors, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The Commuter Park5 way Safety and Reliability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PRIORITIZATION. 

7 Section 203(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(6) PRIORITIZATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

2 National Park Service shall prioritize the funds 

3 made available under the Federal lands trans4 portation program for high-commuter corridors. 

5 ‘‘(B) TRANSFER FOR HIGH-COMMUTER

6 CORRIDORS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) REQUEST.—If the Director deter8 mines that a high-commuter corridor re9 quires additional investment, based on the 

10 criteria described in clause (iv), the Direc11 tor, with respect to such corridor, shall 

12 submit to the State— 

13 ‘‘(I) information on condition of 

14 pavements and bridges; 

15 ‘‘(II) an estimate of the amounts 

16 needed to bring such corridor into a 

17 state of good repair, taking into con18 sideration any planned future invest19 ments; and 

20 ‘‘(III) at the discretion of the Di21 rector, a request that the State trans22 fer to the National Park Service, 

23 under the authority of section 132, or 

24 to the Federal Highway Administra25 tion, under the authority of section 


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1 104, a portion of such amounts nec2 essary to address the condition of the 

3 corridor. 

4 ‘‘(ii) STATE RESPONSE.—Not later 

5 than 45 days after the date of receipt of 

6 the request described in clause (i)(III), the 

7 State shall— 

8 ‘‘(I) approve the request; 

9 ‘‘(II) deny the request and ex10 plain the reasons for such denial; or 

11 ‘‘(III) request any additional in12 formation necessary to take action on 

13 the request. 

14 ‘‘(iii) NOTIFICATION TO THE SEC15 RETARY.—The Director shall provide to 

16 the Secretary of Transportation a copy of 

17 any request or response described under 

18 clauses (i)(III) and (ii). 

19 ‘‘(iv) CRITERIA.—In making a deter20 mination under clause (i), the Director, 

21 with respect to the corridor, shall con22 sider— 

23 ‘‘(I) the condition of roads, 

24 bridges, and tunnels; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) the average annual daily 

2 traffic. 

3 ‘‘(C) HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDOR DE4 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘high-com5 muter corridor’ means a Federal lands trans6 portation facility administered by the National 

7 Park Service that has average annual daily 

8 traffic of not less than 20,000 vehicles.’’. 

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