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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5465 

To provide technical and financial support for the completion of the Interstate 

11 environmental impact statement, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Mr. STANTON (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and 

Mrs. KIRKPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To provide technical and financial support for the completion 

of the Interstate 11 environmental impact statement, 

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. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN ROUTES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a segment described 

5 in subsection (b), the Secretary of Transportation shall 

6 provide technical and financial assistance, in accordance 

7 with subsection (c), required to complete a Tier II environ8 mental impact statement for the segment. 


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1 (b) SEGMENTS DESCRIBED.—A segment referred to 

2 in subsection (a) is a segment of a route described in 

3 clause (ii) or (iii) of section 1105(c)(26)(A) of the Inter4 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 

5 (Public Law 102–240; 105 Stat. 2032; 109 Stat. 597) (ex6 cept for a segment of a route located between Wickenburg, 

7 Arizona, and the Nevada border) for which an environ8 mental impact statement or preliminary engineering has 

9 been included in— 

10 (1) the transportation improvement program 

11 and the transportation plan under section 134 of 

12 title 23, United States Code, of the applicable met13 ropolitan planning organization; and 

14 (2) the statewide transportation improvement 

15 program under section 135 of title 23, United States 

16 Code, of the applicable State. 

17 (c) TIMING.— 

18 (1) INCLUSION IN PLANNING.—To be eligible to 

19 receive technical and financial assistance under this 

20 section, not later than 2 years after the date on 

21 which the record of decision is published for the Tier 

22 I environmental impact statement for a segment de23 scribed in subsection (b), the applicable metropolitan 

24 planning organization or State shall include the por25 tion of the segment that is under the jurisdiction of 


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1 the metropolitan planning organization or State in, 

2 as applicable— 

3 (A) the transportation improvement plan 

4 of the metropolitan planning organization under 

5 section 134 of title 23, United States Code; or 

6 (B) the statewide transportation improve7 ment program under section 135 of title 23, 

8 United States Code, of the State. 

9 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 120 days 

10 after the date on which a metropolitan planning or11 ganization or State includes the applicable portion of 

12 a segment described in subsection (b) in the trans13 portation improvement plan of the metropolitan 

14 planning organization or the statewide transpor15 tation improvement program of the State, as appli16 cable, pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of 

17 Transportation shall provide technical and financial 

18 assistance under subsection (a) to the applicable 

19 metropolitan planning organization or State. 

20 (d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

21 available to carry out this section shall supplement, and 

22 not supplant, funds made available to the applicable met23 ropolitan planning organization or State under title 23, 

24 United States Code. 

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