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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3740 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to add a national goal and performance measure to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban 

communities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 9, 2015 

Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Ms. LEE, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

MEEKS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to add a national 

goal and performance measure to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities, 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 ‘‘Integrated Transpor5 tation and Economic Development Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) NATIONAL GOALS.—The national goals of 

2 the Federal-aid highway program are prescribed in 

3 section 150 of title 23, United States Code, as fol4 lows: 

5 (A) SAFETY.—To achieve a significant re6 duction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries 

7 on all public roads. 

8 (B) INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION.—To 

9 maintain the highway infrastructure asset sys10 tem in a state of good repair. 

11 (C) CONGESTION REDUCTION.—To achieve 

12 a significant reduction in congestion on the Na13 tional Highway System. 

14 (D) SYSTEM RELIABILITY.—To improve 

15 the efficiency of the surface transportation sys16 tem. 

17 (E) FREIGHT MOVEMENT AND ECONOMIC

18 VITALITY.—To improve the national freight net19 work, strengthen the ability of rural commu20 nities to access national and international trade 

21 markets, and support regional economic devel22 opment. 

23 (F) ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.— 

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1 tation system while protecting and enhancing 

2 the natural environment. 

3 (G) REDUCED PROJECT DELIVERY

4 DELAYS.—To reduce project costs, promote jobs 

5 and the economy, and expedite the movement of 

6 people and goods by accelerating project com7 pletion through eliminating delays in the project 

8 development and delivery process, including re9 ducing regulatory burdens and improving agen10 cies’ work practices. 

11 (2) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—Section 150 of 

12 title 23, United States Code, requires the Secretary 

13 of Transportation to establish performance measures 

14 for States to use to assess progress towards the 

15 achievement of the national goals of the Federal-aid 

16 highway program. 

17 (3) PERFORMANCE TARGETS.—Section 150 of 

18 such title also requires each State to set perform19 ance targets that reflect the performance measures 

20 established by the Secretary of Transportation and 

21 to submit periodic reports to the Secretary that de22 scribe progress in achieving the performance targets. 

23 (4) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—It is impor24 tant that both urban and rural communities in the 

25 United States benefit from the Federal-aid highway 


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1 program and receive an equitable distribution of 

2 Federal transportation funds. 

3 (5) IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC ROADS AND HIGH4 WAYS FOR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED URBAN COM5 MUNITIES.—Public roads and highways that are 

6 safe, reliable, and in a state of good repair are espe7 cially important for economically distressed urban 

8 communities. 

9 (6) NEEDS OF ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED

10 URBAN COMMUNITIES.—Not one of the national 

11 goals of the Federal-aid highway program mention 

12 the needs of economically distressed urban commu13 nities. 

14 (7) NEW GOAL.—The national goals of the Fed15 eral-aid highway program need to be amended to in16 clude a goal to improve road conditions in economi17 cally distressed urban communities and increase ac18 cess to jobs, markets, and economic opportunities for 

19 people who live in these communities. 

20 SEC. 3. NEW NATIONAL GOAL, PERFORMANCE MEASURE, 

21 PERFORMANCE TARGET. 

22 (a) NATIONAL GOAL.—Section 150(b) of title 23, 

23 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(8) INTEGRATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.— 

2 To improve road conditions in economically dis3 tressed urban communities and increase access to 

4 jobs, markets, and economic opportunities for people 

5 who live in such communities.’’. 

6 (b) PERFORMANCE MEASURE.—Section 150(c) of 

7 such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(7) INTEGRATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.— 

9 The Secretary shall establish measures for States to 

10 use to assess the conditions, accessibility, and reli11 ability of roads in economically distressed urban 

12 communities.’’. 

13 (c) PERFORMANCE TARGET.—Section 150(d)(1) of 

14 such title is amended by striking ‘‘and (6)’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘(6), and (7)’’. 

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