PUBLIC LAW 110–244—JUNE 6, 2008 

SAFETEA–LU TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 

ACT OF 2008 


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122 STAT. 1572 PUBLIC LAW 110–244—JUNE 6, 2008 

Public Law 110–244 

110th Congress 

An Act 

To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SAFETEA– 

LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 

is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—HIGHWAY PROVISIONS 

Sec. 101. Surface transportation technical corrections. 

Sec. 102. MAGLEV. 

Sec. 103. Projects of national and regional significance and national corridor infrastructure improvement projects. 

Sec. 104. Idling reduction facilities. 

Sec. 105. Project authorizations. 

Sec. 106. Nonmotorized transportation pilot program. 

Sec. 107. Correction of Interstate and National Highway System designations. 

Sec. 108. Budget justification; buy America. 

Sec. 109. Transportation improvements. 

Sec. 110. I–95/Contee Road interchange design. 

Sec. 111. Highway research funding. 

Sec. 112. Rescission. 

Sec. 113. TEA–21 technical corrections. 

Sec. 114. High priority corridor and innovative project technical corrections. 

Sec. 115. Definition of repeat intoxicated driver law. 

Sec. 116. Research technical correction. 

Sec. 117. Buy America waiver notification and annual reports. 

Sec. 118. Efficient use of existing highway capacity. 

Sec. 119. Future interstate designation. 

Sec. 120. Project flexibility. 

Sec. 121. Effective date. 

TITLE II—TRANSIT PROVISIONS 

Sec. 201. Transit technical corrections. 

TITLE III—OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Technical amendments relating to motor carrier safety. 

Sec. 302. Technical amendments relating to hazardous materials transportation. 

Sec. 303. Highway safety. 

Sec. 304. Correction of study requirement regarding on-scene motor vehicle collision causation. 

Sec. 305. Motor carrier transportation registration. 

Sec. 306. Applicability of Fair Labor Standards Act requirements and limitation on 

liability. 

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Conveyance of GSA Fleet Management Center to Alaska Railroad Corporation. 

23 USC 101 note. 

SAFETEA–LU 

Technical 

Corrections Act 

of 2008. 

June 6, 2008 

[H.R. 1195] 


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Sec. 402. Conveyance of retained interest in St. Joseph Memorial Hall. 

TITLE V—OTHER PROVISIONS 

Sec. 501. De Soto County, Mississippi. 

Sec. 502. Department of Justice review. 

TITLE I—HIGHWAY PROVISIONS 

SEC. 101. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

(a) CORRECTION OF INTERNAL REFERENCES IN DISADVANTAGED

BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.—Paragraphs (3)(A) and (5) of section 

1101(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 

Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1156) are amended 

by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place it appears and inserting 

‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 

(b) CORRECTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.— 

Section 1102(c)(5) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1158) 

is amended by striking ‘‘among the States’’. 

(c) CORRECTION OF FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.—Section 1119 

of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1190) is amended by striking 

subsection (m) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(m) FOREST HIGHWAYS.—Of the amounts made available for 

public lands highways under section 1101— 

‘‘(1) not more than $20,000,000 for each fiscal year may 

be used for the maintenance of forest highways; 

‘‘(2) not more than $1,000,000 for each fiscal year may 

be used for signage identifying public hunting and fishing 

access; and 

‘‘(3) not more than $10,000,000 for each fiscal year shall 

be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of 

facilitating the passage of aquatic species beneath forest roads 

(as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code), 

including the costs of constructing, maintaining, replacing, and 

removing culverts and bridges, as appropriate.’’. 

(d) CORRECTION OF DESCRIPTION OF NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.—Item number 1 of the table 

contained in section 1302(e) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 

1205) is amended in the State column by inserting ‘‘LA,’’ after 

‘‘TX,’’. 

(e) CORRECTION OF HIGH PRIORITY DESIGNATIONS.— 

(1) KENTUCKY HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR DESIGNATION.—Section 1105(c)(18)(E) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 

Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 112 Stat. 189; 115 

Stat. 872) is amended by inserting before the period at the 

end the following: ‘‘, follow Interstate Route 24 to the Wendell 

H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway, then utilize the existing 

Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway and Edward T. 

Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway to Henderson’’. 

(2) INTERSTATE ROUTE 376 HIGH PRIORITY DESIGNATION.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(c)(79) of the Intermodal 

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 

2032; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by striking ‘‘and on 

United States Route 422’’. 

23 USC 101 note. 

23 USC 104 note. 

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(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

1105(e)(5)(B)(i)(I) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 

Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2033; 119 Stat. 1213) 

is amended by striking ‘‘and United States Route 422’’. 

(f) CORRECTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE SECTION.—Section 1602(d)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1247) is amended 

by striking ‘‘through 189 as sections 601 through 609, respectively’’ 

and inserting ‘‘through 190 as sections 601 through 610, respectively’’. 

(g) CORRECTION OF PROJECT FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 1964(a) 

of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1519) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘only for the States of Alaska, Montana, 

Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, and South Dakota,’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘section 120(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 120’’. 

(h) TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

DEFINED.—Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(39) TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘transportation systems 

management and operations’ means an integrated program 

to optimize the performance of existing infrastructure 

through the implementation of multimodal and intermodal, 

cross-jurisdictional systems, services, and projects designed 

to preserve capacity and improve security, safety, and reliability of the transportation system. 

‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘transportation systems 

management and operations’ includes— 

‘‘(i) regional operations collaboration and coordination activities between transportation and public safety 

agencies; and 

‘‘(ii) improvements to the transportation system, 

such as traffic detection and surveillance, arterial 

management, freeway management, demand management, work zone management, emergency management, electronic toll collection, automated enforcement, 

traffic incident management, roadway weather 

management, traveler information services, commercial 

vehicle operations, traffic control, freight management, 

and coordination of highway, rail, transit, bicycle, and 

pedestrian operations.’’. 

(i) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE IN APPORTIONMENT OF HIGHWAY

SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS.—Effective October 1, 2007, 

section 104(b)(5)(A)(iii) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highways’’. 

(j) CORRECTION OF AMENDMENT TO ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.— 

Section 115 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). 

(k) CORRECTION OF HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.—Section 117 of 

title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as subsections (e) through (i), respectively; 

(2) by redesignating the second subsection (c) (relating 

to Federal share) as subsection (d); 

Effective date. 

23 USC 104 note. 

23 USC 190, 610. 


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(3) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by inserting ‘‘(112 Stat. 257)’’ 

after ‘‘21st Century’’; and 

(4) in subsection (a)(2)(B)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’ and inserting ‘‘Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256)’’. 

(l) CORRECTION OF TRANSFER OF UNUSED PROTECTIVE-DEVICE

FUNDS TO OTHER HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

PROJECTS.—Section 130(e)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is 

amended by striking ‘‘purposes under this subsection’’ and inserting 

‘‘highway safety improvement program purposes’’. 

(m) CORRECTION OF HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 144 of title 23, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(A) in the section heading by striking ‘‘replacement 

and rehabilitation’’; 

(B) in subsections (b), (c)(1), and (e) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid system’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’; 

(C) in subsections (c)(2) and (o) by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highways’’; 

(D) in the heading to paragraph (4) of subsection (d) 

by inserting ‘‘SYSTEMATIC’’ before ‘‘PREVENTIVE’’; 

(E) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘off-system bridges’’ 

each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bridges not on Federalaid highways’’; 

(F) by striking subsection (f); 

(G) by redesignating subsections (g) through (s) as 

subsections (f) through (r), respectively; 

(H) in paragraph (1)(A)(vi) of subsection (f) (as redesignated by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by inserting 

‘‘and the removal of the Missisquoi Bay causeway’’ after 

‘‘Bridge’’; 

(I) in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) (as redesignated 

by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by striking the 

paragraph heading and inserting ‘‘BRIDGES NOT ON FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’; 

(J) in subsection (m) (as redesignated by subparagraph 

(G) of this paragraph) by striking the subsection heading 

and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM FOR BRIDGES NOT ON FEDERALAID HIGHWAYS’’; and 

(K) in subsection (n)(4)(B) (as redesignated by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by striking ‘‘State highway 

agency’’ and inserting ‘‘State transportation department’’. 

(2) SPECIAL CONDITIONS.—Section 1114 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1172) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(h) SPECIAL CONDITIONS.—Any unobligated or unexpended 

funds remaining on completion of the project carried out under 

section 144(f)(1)(A)(vi) of title 23, United States Code, shall be 

made available to carry out the project described in section 

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Agency of Transportation certifies to the Federal Highway Administration the final determination of the agency regarding the removal 

of the Missisquoi Bay causeway.’’. 

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(A) METROPOLITAN PLANNING.—Section 104(f)(1) of title 

23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘replacement and rehabilitation’’. 

(B) EQUITY BONUS PROGRAM.—Subsections (a)(2)(C) and 

(b)(2)(C) of section 105 of such title are amended by striking 

‘‘replacement and rehabilitation’’ each place it appears. 

(C) ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 1 of such title 

is amended in the item relating to section 144 by striking 

‘‘replacement and rehabilitation’’. 

(n) METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—Section 134 

of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (f)(3)(C)(ii) by striking subclause (II) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(II) FUNDING.—For fiscal year 2008 and each 

fiscal year thereafter, in addition to other funds 

made available to the metropolitan planning 

organization for the Lake Tahoe region under this 

title and chapter 53 of title 49, prior to any allocation under section 202 of this title and notwithstanding the allocation provisions of section 202, 

the Secretary shall set aside 1⁄2 of 1 percent of 

all funds authorized to be appropriated for such 

fiscal year to carry out section 204 and shall make 

such funds available to the metropolitan planning 

organization for the Lake Tahoe region to carry 

out the transportation planning process, environmental reviews, preliminary engineering, and 

design to complete environmental documentation 

for transportation projects for the Lake Tahoe 

region under the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact as consented to in Public Law 96–551 (94 

Stat. 3233) and this paragraph.’’; 

(2) in subsection (j)(3)(D) by inserting ‘‘or the identified 

phase’’ after ‘‘the project’’ each place it appears; and 

(3) in subsection (k)(2) by striking ‘‘a metropolitan planning 

area serving’’. 

(o) CORRECTION OF NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM COVERAGE.—Section 162 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(3)(B) by striking ‘‘a National Scenic 

Byway under subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘a National 

Scenic Byway, an All-American Road, or one of America’s 

Byways under paragraph (1)’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ‘‘or All-American Road’’ 

each place it appears and inserting ‘‘All-American Road, or 

one of America’s Byways’’. 

(p) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE IN TOLL PROVISION.—Section 

166(b)(5)(C) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 

‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’. 

(q) CORRECTION OF RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM APPORTIONMENT EXCEPTIONS.—Section 206(d)(3)(A) of title 23, United States 

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(B), (C), and (D)’’ and inserting 

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(r) CORRECTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE.—Section 

601(a)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

‘‘bbb minus, BBB (low),’’ after ‘‘Baa3,’’. 

(s) CORRECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.— 

(1) Section 1401 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1226) 

is amended by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 

(2) Section 1404(e) of such Act (119 Stat. 1229) is amended 

by inserting ‘‘tribal,’’ after ‘‘local,’’. 

(3) Section 10211(b)(2) of such Act (119 Stat. 1937) is 

amended by striking ‘‘plan administer’’ and inserting ‘‘plan 

and administer’’. 

(4) Section 10212(a) of such Act (119 Stat. 1937) is 

amended— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘equity bonus,’’ after ‘‘minimum guarantee,’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘freight intermodal connectors’’ and 

inserting ‘‘railway-highway crossings’’; 

(C) by striking ‘‘high risk rural road,’’; and 

(D) by inserting after ‘‘highway safety improvement 

programs’’ the following: ‘‘(and separately the set aside 

for the high risk rural road program)’’. 

SEC. 102. MAGLEV. 

(a) FUNDING.—Section 1101(a)(18) of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

(119 Stat. 1155) is amended by striking ‘‘Act—’’ and all that follows 

through the end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘Act, $45,000,000 

for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.’’. 

(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section 1307 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (119 Stat. 1217) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized under section 

1101(a)(18) shall be available for obligation in the same manner 

as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

States Code; except that the funds shall not be transferable and 

shall remain available until expended, and the Federal share of 

the cost of a project to be carried out with such funds shall be 

80 percent.’’. 

(c) ALLOCATION.—Section 1307 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

(119 Stat. 1217) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(d) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts made available to carry 

out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate— 

‘‘(1) 50 percent to the Nevada department of transportation 

who shall cooperate with the California-Nevada Super Speed 

Train Commission for the MAGLEV project between Las Vegas 

and Primm, Nevada, as a segment of the high-speed MAGLEV 

system between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Anaheim, California; 

and 

‘‘(2) 50 percent for existing MAGLEV projects located east 

of the Mississippi River using such criteria as the Secretary 

deems appropriate.’’. 

23 USC 322 note. 

23 USC 322 note. 

23 USC 402 note. 

23 USC 130, 148 

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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

take effect on October 1, 2007. 

SEC. 103. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND 

NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT 

PROJECTS. 

(a) PROJECT OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—The 

table contained in section 1301(m) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 

1203) is amended— 

(1) in item number 4 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘$7,400,000 for planning, design, and construction 

of a new American border plaza at the Blue Water Bridge 

in or near Port Huron; $12,600,000 for integrated highway 

realignment and grade separations at Port Huron to eliminate 

road blockages from NAFTA rail traffic’’; 

(2) in item number 19 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘For purposes of construction and other related 

transportation improvements associated with the rail yard 

relocation in the vicinity of Santa Teresa’’; and 

(3) in item number 22 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Redesign and reconstruction of interchanges 298 

and 299 of I–80 and accompanying improvements to any other 

public roads in the vicinity, Monroe County’’. 

(b) NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT.—The table contained in section 1302(e) of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

for Users (119 Stat. 1205) is amended in item number 23 by 

striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Improvements to 

State Road 312, Hammond’’. 

SEC. 104. IDLING REDUCTION FACILITIES. 

Section 111(d) of title 23, United States Code, is repealed. 

SEC. 105. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 

(a) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—The table contained in section 

1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 

Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) is amended— 

(1) in item number 34 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Removal and Reconfiguration of Interstate 

ramps, I–40, Memphis’’; 

(2) by striking item number 61; 

(3) in item number 87 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘M–291 highway outer road improvement 

project’’; 

(4) in item number 128 by striking ‘‘$2,400,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$4,800,000’’; 

(5) in item number 154 by striking ‘‘Virginia’’ and inserting 

‘‘Eveleth’’; 

(6) in item number 193 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improvements to or access to Route 108 to 

enhance access to the business park near Rumford’’; 

(7) in item number 240 by striking ‘‘$800,000’’ and inserting 

‘‘$2,400,000’’; 

(8) by striking item number 248; 

(9) in item number 274 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Intersection improvements at Belleville and 

23 USC 101 note. 

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Ecorse Roads and approach roadways, and widen Belleville 

Road from Ecorse to Tyler, Van Buren Township, Michigan’’; 

(10) in item number 277 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construct connector road from Rushing Drive 

North to Grand Ave., Williamson County’’; 

(11) in item number 395 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Plan and construct interchange at I–65, from 

existing SR–109 to I–65’’; 

(12) in item number 463 by striking ‘‘Cookeville’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Putnam County’’; 

(13) in item number 576 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of Nebraska Highway 35 between Norfolk and South Sioux 

City, including an interchange at Milepost 1 on I–129’’; 

(14) in item number 595 by striking ‘‘Street Closure at’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Transportation improvement project near’’; 

(15) in item number 649 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construction and enhancement of the Fillmore 

Avenue Corridor, Buffalo’’; 

(16) in item number 655 by inserting ‘‘, safety improvement 

construction,’’ after ‘‘Environmental studies’’; 

(17) in item number 676 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘St. Croix River crossing project, Wisconsin State 

Highway 64, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, to Minnesota State 

Highway 36, Washington County’’; 

(18) in item number 770 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improve existing Horns Hill Road in North 

Newark, Ohio, from Waterworks Road to Licking Springs Road’’; 

(19) in item number 777 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Akutan Airport access’’; 

(20) in item number 829 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘$400,000 to conduct New Bedford/Fairhaven 

Bridge modernization study; $1,000,000 to design and build 

New Bedford Business Park access road’’; 

(21) in item number 881 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Pedestrian safety improvements near North 

Atlantic Boulevard, Monterey Park’’; 

(22) in item number 923 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improve safety of a horizontal curve on Clarksville St. 0.25 miles north of 275th Rd. in Grandview Township, 

Edgar County’’; 

(23) in item number 947 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Third East/West River Crossing, St. Lucie River’’; 

(24) in item numbers 959 and 3327 by striking ‘‘Northern 

Section,’’ each place it appears; 

(25) in item number 963 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘For engineering, right-of-way acquisition, and 

reconstruction of 2 existing lanes on Manhattan Road from 

Baseline Road to Route 53’’; 

(26) in item number 983 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Land acquisition for highway mitigation in Cecil, 

Kent, Queen Annes, and Worcester Counties’’; 

(27) in item number 1039 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Widen State Route 98, including storm drain 

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(28) in item number 1047 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Bridge and road work at Little Susitna River 

Access road in Matanuska-Susitna Borough’’; 

(29) in item number 1124 by striking ‘‘bridge over Stillwater 

River, Orono’’ and inserting ‘‘routes’’; 

(30) in item number 1206 by striking ‘‘Pleasantville’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Briarcliff Manor’’; 

(31) in item number 1281 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Upgrade roads in Attala County District 4 (Roads 

4211 and 4204), Kosciusko, Ward 2, and Ethel, Attala County’’; 

(32) in item number 1487 by striking ‘‘$800,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$1,600,000’’; 

(33) in item number 1575 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Highway and road signage, and traffic signal 

synchronization and upgrades, in Shippensburg Boro, 

Shippensburg Township, and surrounding municipalities’’; 

(34) in item number 1661 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Sheldon West Extension in Matanuska-Susitna 

Borough’’; 

(35) in item number 1810 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, construction, and construction engineering for the reconstruction of 

TH 95, from 12th Avenue to CSAH 13, including bridge and 

approaches, ramps, intersecting roadways, signals, turn lanes, 

and multiuse trail, North Branch’’; 

(36) in item number 1852 by striking ‘‘Milepost 9.3’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Milepost 24.3’’; 

(37) in item numbers 1926 and 2893 by striking the project 

descriptions and inserting ‘‘Grading, paving roads, and the 

transfer of rail-to-truck for the intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus, Ohio’’; 

(38) in item number 1933 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Enhance Byzantine Latino Quarter transit 

plazas at Normandie and Pico, and Hoover and Pico, Los 

Angeles, by improving streetscapes, including expanding concrete and paving’’; 

(39) in item number 1975 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Point MacKenzie Access Road improvements 

in Matanuska-Susitna Borough’’; 

(40) in item number 2015 by striking the project description 

and amount and inserting ‘‘Heidelberg Borough/Scott Township/ 

Carnegie Borough for design, engineering, acquisition, and 

construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting 

and safety upgrades, and parking improvements’’ and 

‘‘$2,000,000’’, respectively; 

(41) in item number 2087 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Railroad crossing improvement on Illinois Route 

82 in Geneseo’’; 

(42) in item number 2211 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construct road projects and transportation 

enhancements as part of or connected to RiverScape Phase 

III, Montgomery County, Ohio’’; 

(43) in item number 2234 by striking the project description 

and amount and inserting ‘‘North Atherton Signal Coordination 

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(44) in item number 2316 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construct a new bridge at Indian Street, Martin 

County’’; 

(45) in item number 2420 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Preconstruction and construction activities of 

U.S. 51 between the Assumption Bypass and Vandalia’’; 

(46) in item number 2482 by striking ‘‘Country’’ and 

inserting ‘‘County’’; 

(47) in item number 2663 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Rosemead Boulevard safety enhancement and 

beautification, Temple City’’; 

(48) in item number 2671 by striking ‘‘from 2 to 5 lanes 

and improve alignment within rights-of-way in St. George’’ 

and inserting ‘‘, St. George’’; 

(49) in item number 2743 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improve safety of culvert replacement on 250th 

Rd. between 460th St. and Cty Hwy 20 in Grandview Township, 

Edgar County’’; 

(50) by striking item number 2800; 

(51) in item number 2826 by striking ‘‘State Street and 

Cajon Boulevard’’ and inserting ‘‘Palm Avenue’’; 

(52) in item number 2931 by striking ‘‘Frazho Road’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Martin Road’’; 

(53) in item number 3047 by inserting ‘‘and roadway 

improvements’’ after ‘‘safety project’’; 

(54) in item number 3078 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘U.S. 2/Sultan Basin Road improvements in Sultan’’; 

(55) in item number 3174 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improving Outer Harbor access through planning, design, construction, and relocations of Southtowns Connector–NY Route 5, Fuhrmann Boulevard, and a bridge connecting the Outer Harbor to downtown Buffalo at the Inner 

Harbor’’; 

(56) in item number 3219 by striking ‘‘Forest’’ and inserting 

‘‘Warren’’; 

(57) in item number 3254 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Reconstruct PA Route 274/34 Corridor, Perry 

County’’; 

(58) in item number 3260 by striking ‘‘Lake Shore Drive’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Lakeshore Drive and parking facility/entrance 

improvements serving the Museum of Science and Industry’’; 

(59) in item number 3368 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Plan, design, and engineering, Ludlam Trail, 

Miami’’; 

(60) in item number 3410 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design, purchase land, and construct sound walls 

along the west side of I–65 from approximately 950 feet south 

of the Harding Place interchange south to Hogan Road’’; 

(61) in item number 3537 by inserting ‘‘and the study 

of alternatives along the North South Corridor,’’ after ‘‘Valley’’; 

(62) in item number 3582 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improving Outer Harbor access through planning, design, construction, and relocations of Southtowns Connector–NY Route 5, Fuhrmann Boulevard, and a bridge connecting the Outer Harbor to downtown Buffalo at the Inner 

Harbor’’; 


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(63) in item number 3604 by inserting ‘‘/Kane Creek Boulevard’’ after ‘‘500 West’’; 

(64) in item number 3632 by striking the State, project 

description, and amount and inserting ‘‘FL’’, ‘‘Pine Island Road 

pedestrian overpass, city of Tamarac’’, and ‘‘$610,000’’, respectively; 

(65) in item number 3634 by striking the matters in the 

State, project description, and amount columns and inserting 

‘‘FL’’, ‘‘West Avenue Bridge, city of Miami Beach’’, and 

‘‘$620,000’’, respectively; 

(66) in item number 3673 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improve marine dry-dock and facilities in Ketchikan’’; 

(67) in item number 2942 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Redesigning the intersection of Business U.S. 

322/High Street and Rosedale Avenue and constructing a new 

East Campus Drive between High Street (U.S. 322) and Matlock 

Street at West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania’’; 

(68) in item number 2781 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Highway and road signage, road construction, 

and other transportation improvement and enhancement 

projects on or near Highway 26, in Riverton and surrounding 

areas’’; 

(69) in item number 2430 by striking ‘‘200 South Interchange’’ and inserting ‘‘400 South Interchange’’; 

(70) by striking item number 20; 

(71) in item number 424 by striking ‘‘$264,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$644,000’’; 

(72) in item number 1210 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Town of New Windsor—Riley Road, Shore Drive, 

and area road improvements’’; 

(73) by striking item numbers 68, 905, and 1742; 

(74) in item number 1059 by striking ‘‘$240,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$420,000’’; 

(75) in item number 2974 by striking ‘‘$120,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$220,000’’; 

(76) by striking item numbers 841, 960, and 2030; 

(77) in item number 1278 by striking ‘‘$740,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$989,600’’; 

(78) in item number 207 by striking ‘‘$13,600,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$13,200,000’’; 

(79) in item number 2656 by striking ‘‘$12,228,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$8,970,000’’; 

(80) in item number 1983 by striking ‘‘$1,600,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’; 

(81) in item number 753 by striking ‘‘$2,700,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$3,200,000’’; 

(82) in item number 64 by striking ‘‘$6,560,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$8,480,000’’; 

(83) in item number 2338 by striking ‘‘$1,600,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$1,800,000’’; 

(84) in item number 1533 by striking ‘‘$392,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$490,000’’; 

(85) in item number 1354 by striking ‘‘$40,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$50,000’’; 


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(86) in item number 3106 by striking ‘‘$400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’; (87) in item number 799 by striking ‘‘$1,600,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’; 

(88) in item number 159— 

(A) by striking ‘‘Construct interchange for 146th St. 

and I–69’’ and inserting ‘‘Upgrade 146th St. to I–69 Access’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘$2,400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,200,000’’; 

(89) by striking item number 2936; 

(90) in item number 3138 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Elimination of highway-railway crossing along 

the KO railroad from Salina to Osborne to increase safety 

and reduce congestion’’; 

(91) in item number 2274 by striking ‘‘between Farmington 

and Merriman’’ and inserting ‘‘between Hines Drive and 

Inkster, Flamingo Street between Ann Arbor Trail and Joy 

Road, and the intersection of Warren Road and Newburgh 

Road’’; 

(92) in item number 52 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Pontiac Trail between E. Liberty and McHattie 

Street’’; 

(93) in item number 1544 by striking ‘‘connector’’; 

(94) in item number 2573 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Rehabilitation of Sugar Hill Road in North 

Salem, NY’’; 

(95) in item number 1450 by striking ‘‘III–VI’’ and inserting 

‘‘III–VII’’; 

(96) in item number 2637 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construction, road and safety improvements in 

Geauga County, OH’’; 

(97) in item number 2342 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Streetscaping, bicycle trails, and related 

improvements to the I–90/SR–615 interchange and adjacent 

area and Heisley Road in Mentor, including acquisition of necessary right-of-way within the Newell Creek development to 

build future bicycle trails and bicycle staging areas that will 

connect into the existing bicycle trail system at I–90/SR–615, 

widening the Garfield Road Bridge over I–90 to provide 

connectivity to the existing bicycle trail system between the 

I–90/SR–615 interchange and Lakeland Community College, 

and acquisition of additional land needed for the preservation 

of the Lake Metroparks Greenspace Corridor with the Newell 

Creek development adjacent to the I–90/SR–615 interchange’’; 

(98) in item number 161 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construct False Pass causeway and road to 

the terminus of the south arm breakwater project’’; 

(99) in item number 2002 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Dowling Road extension/reconstruction west 

from Minnesota Drive to Old Seward Highway, Anchorage’’; 

(100) in item number 2023 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Biking and pedestrian trail construction, 

Kentland’’; 

(101) in item number 2035 by striking ‘‘Replace’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Repair’’; 

(102) in item number 2511 by striking ‘‘Replace’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Rehabilitate’’; 


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(103) in item number 2981 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Roadway improvements on Highway 262 

on the Navajo Nation in Aneth’’; 

(104) in item number 2068 by inserting ‘‘and approaches’’ 

after ‘‘capacity’’; 

(105) in item number 98 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Right-of-way acquisition and construction for 

the 77th Street reconstruction project, including the Lyndale 

Avenue Bridge over I–494, Richfield’’; 

(106) in item number 1783 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Clark Road access improvements, Jacksonville’’; 

(107) in item number 2711 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Main Street Road Improvements through 

Springfield, Jacksonville’’; 

(108) in item number 3485 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Improve SR 105 (Hecksher Drive) from 

Drummond Point to August Road, including bridges across 

the Broward River and Dunns Creek, Jacksonville’’; 

(109) in item number 3486 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct improvements to NE 19th Street/ 

NE 19th Terrace from NE 3rd Avenue to NE 8th Avenue, 

Gainesville’’; 

(110) in item number 3487 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct improvements to NE 25th Street 

from SR 26 (University Blvd.) to NE 8th Avenue, Gainesville’’; 

(111) in item number 803 by striking ‘‘St. Clair County’’ 

and inserting ‘‘city of Madison’’; 

(112) in item number 615 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Roadway improvements to Jackson Avenue 

between Jericho Turnpike and Teibrook Avenue’’; 

(113) by striking item number 889; 

(114) in item number 324 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Alger County, to reconstruct, pave, and realign 

a portion of H–58 from 2,600 feet south of Little Beaver Lake 

Road to 4,600 feet east of Hurricane River’’; 

(115) in item number 301 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improvements for St. Georges Avenue between 

East Baltimore Avenue on the southwest and Chandler Avenue 

on the northeast’’; 

(116) in item number 1519 by inserting ‘‘at the intersection 

of Quincy/West Drinker/Electric Streets near the Dunmore 

School complex’’ after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 

(117) in item number 2604 by inserting ‘‘on Coolidge, Bridge 

(from Main to Monroe), Skytop (from Gedding to Skytop), Atwell 

(from Bear Creek Rd. to Pittston Township), Wood (to Bear 

Creek Rd.), Pine, Oak (from Penn Avenue to Lackawanna 

Avenue), McLean, Second, and Lolli Lane’’ after ‘‘roadway 

redesign’’; 

(118) in item number 1157 by inserting ‘‘on Mill Street 

from Prince Street to Roberts Street, John Street from Roberts 

Street to end, Thomas Street from Roberts Street to end, Williams Street from Roberts Street to end, Charles Street from 

Roberts Street to end, Fair Street from Roberts Street to end, 

Newport Avenue from East Kirmar Avenue to end’’ after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 


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(119) in item number 805 by inserting ‘‘on Oak Street 

from Stark Street to the township line at Mayock Street and 

on East Mountain Boulevard’’ after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 

(120) in item number 2704 by inserting ‘‘on West Cemetery 

Street and Frederick Courts’’ after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 

(121) in item number 4599 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Pedestrian paths, stairs, seating, landscaping, lighting, and other transportation enhancement activities along Riverside Boulevard and at Riverside Park South’’; 

(122) in item number 1363 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, 

lighting, safety improvements, handicap access ramps, parking, 

and roadway redesign on Bilbow Street from Church Street 

to Pugh Street, on Pugh Street from Swallow Street to Main 

Street, Jones Lane from Main Street to Hoblak Street, Cherry 

Street from Green Street to Church Street, Main Street from 

Jackson Street to end, Short Street from Cherry Street to 

Main Street, and Hillside Avenue in Edwardsville Borough, 

Luzerne County’’; 

(123) in item number 883 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, 

and construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, 

lighting, parking, roadway redesign, and safety improvements 

(including curbing, stop signs, crosswalks, and pedestrian sidewalks) at and around the 3-way intersection involving Susquehanna Avenue, Erie Street, and Second Street in West Pittston, 

Luzerne County’’; 

(124) in item number 625 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, 

and construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, 

lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign 

on Sampson Street, Dunn Avenue, Powell Street, Josephine 

Street, Pittston Avenue, Railroad Street, McClure Avenue, and 

Baker Street in Old Forge Borough, Lackawanna County’’; 

(125) in item number 372 by inserting ‘‘, replacement of 

the Nesbitt Street Bridge, and placement of a guard rail adjacent to St. Vladimir’s Cemetery on Mountain Road (S.R. 1007)’’ 

after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 

(126) in item number 2308 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, 

lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign, 

including a project to establish emergency access to Catherino 

Drive from South Valley Avenue in Throop Borough, Lackawanna County’’; 

(127) in item number 967 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, 

and construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, 

lighting, safety improvements, parking, roadway redesign, and 

catch basin restoration and replacement on Cherry Street, Willow Street, Eno Street, Flat Road, Krispin Street, Parrish 

Street, Carver Street, Church Street, Franklin Street, Carolina 

Street, East Main Street, and Rear Shawnee Avenue in Plymouth Borough, Luzerne County’’; 


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(128) in item number 989 by inserting ‘‘on Old Ashley 

Road, Ashley Street, Phillips Street, First Street, Ferry Road, 

and Division Street’’ after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 

(129) in item number 342 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, 

and construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, 

lighting, safety improvements, parking, roadway redesign, and 

cross pipe and catch basin restoration and replacement on 

Northgate, Mandy Court, Vine Street, and 36th Street in 

Milnesville West, and on Hillside Drive (including the widening 

of the bridge on Hillside Drive), Club 40 Road, Sunburst and 

Venisa Drives, and Stockton #7 Road in Hazle Township, 

Luzerne County’’; 

(130) in item number 2332 by striking ‘‘Monroe County’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Carbon, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne Counties’’; 

(131) in item number 4914 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Roadway improvements on I–90 loop in 

Mitchell along Haven Street from near Burr Street to near 

Ohlman Street’’; 

(132) by striking item number 2723; 

(133) in item number 61 by striking the matters in the 

State, project description, and amount columns and inserting 

‘‘AL’’, ‘‘Grade crossing improvements along Wiregrass Central 

RR at Boll Weevil Bypass in Enterprise, AL’’, and ‘‘$250,000’’, 

respectively; 

(134) in item number 314 by striking the project description 

and amount and inserting ‘‘Streetscape enhancements to the 

transit and pedestrian corridor, Fort Lauderdale, Downtown 

Development Authority’’ and ‘‘$610,000’’, respectively; 

(135) in item number 1639 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Operational and highway safety improvements on Hwy 94 between the 20 mile marker post in Jamul 

and Hwy 188 in Tecate’’; 

(136) in item number 2860 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Roadway improvements from Halchita to 

Mexican Hat on the Navajo Nation’’; 

(137) in item number 2549 by striking ‘‘on Navy Pier’’; 

(138) in item number 2804 by striking ‘‘on Navy Pier’’; 

(139) in item number 1328 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct public access roadways and pedestrian safety improvements in and around Montclair State 

University in Clifton’’; 

(140) in item number 2559 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct sound walls on Route 164 at 

and near the Maersk interchange’’; 

(141) in item number 1849 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Highway, traffic-flow, pedestrian facility, 

and streetscape improvements, Pittsburgh’’; 

(142) in item number 697 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Highway, traffic-flow, pedestrian facility, and 

streetscape improvements, Pittsburgh’’; 

(143) in item number 3597 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Road Alignment from IL Route 159 to 

Sullivan Drive, Swansea’’; 


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(144) in item number 2352 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Streetscaping and transportation enhancements on 7th Street in Calexico, traffic signalization on Highway 78, construction of the Renewable Energy and Transportation Learning Center, improve and enlarge parking lot, and 

create bus stop, Brawley’’; 

(145) in item number 3482 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Conduct a study to examine multi-modal 

improvements to the I–5 corridor between the Main Street 

Interchange and State Route 54’’; 

(146) in item number 1275 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Scoping, permitting, engineering, construction management, and construction of Riverbank Park Bike 

Trail, Kearny’’; 

(147) in item number 726 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Grade Separation at Vanowen and Clybourn, 

Burbank’’; 

(148) in item number 1579 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘San Gabriel Blvd. rehabilitation project, 

Mission Road to Broadway, San Gabriel’’; 

(149) in item number 2690 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘San Gabriel Blvd. rehabilitation project, 

Mission Road to Broadway, San Gabriel’’; 

(150) in item number 2811 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘San Gabriel Blvd. rehabilitation project, 

Mission Road to Broadway, San Gabriel’’; 

(151) in item number 259 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design and construction of the Clair Nelson 

Intermodal Center in Finland, Lake County’’; 

(152) in item number 3456 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Completion of Phase II/Part I of a project 

on Elizabeth Avenue in Coleraine to west of Itasca County 

State Aid Highway 15 in Itasca County’’; 

(153) in item number 2329 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Upgrade streets, undertake streetscaping, 

and implement traffic and pedestrian safety signalization 

improvements and highway-rail crossing safety improvements, 

Oak Lawn’’; 

(154) in item number 766 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design and construction of the walking path 

at Ellis Pond, Norwood’’; 

(155) in item number 3474 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Yellow River Trail, Newton County’’; 

(156) in item number 3291 by striking the amount and 

inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; 

(157) in item number 3635 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘GA’’, ‘‘Access Road in Montezuma’’, and ‘‘$200,000’’, 

respectively; 

(158) in item number 716 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Conduct a project study report for new Highway 

99 Interchange between SR 165 and Bradbury Road, and safety 

improvements/realignment of SR 165, serving Turlock/Hilmar 

region’’; 

(159) in item number 1386 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Pedestrian and bicycle facilities, 


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and street lighting in Haddon Heights’’ and ‘‘$300,000’’, respectively; 

(160) in item number 2720 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Pedestrian and bicycle facilities 

and street lighting in Barrington and streetscape improvements 

to Clements Bridge Road from the circle at the White Horse 

Pike to NJ Turnpike overpass in Barrington’’ and ‘‘$700,000’’, 

respectively; 

(161) in item number 2523 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Penobscot Riverfront Development for 

bicycle trails, amenities, traffic circulation improvements, and 

waterfront access or stabilization, Bangor and Brewer’’; 

(162) in item number 545 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Planning, design, and construction of improvements to the highway systems connecting to Lewistown and 

Auburn downtowns’’; 

(163) by striking item number 2168; 

(164) by striking item number 170; 

(165) in item number 2366 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, and paving of the parking lot at the Casey Plaza in 

Wilkes-Barre Township’’; 

(166) in item number 826 by striking ‘‘and Interstate 81’’ 

and inserting ‘‘and exit 168 on Interstate 81 or the intersection 

of the connector road with Northampton St.’’; 

(167) in item number 2144 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition 

and construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, 

lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign 

on Third Street from Pittston Avenue to Packer Street; Swift 

Street from Packer Street to Railroad Street; Clark Street 

from Main Street to South Street; School Street from Main 

Street to South Street; Plane Street from Grove Street to William Street; John Street from 4 John Street to William Street; 

Grove Street from Plane Street to Duryea Borough line; Wood 

Street from Cherry Street to Hawthorne Street in Avoca Borough, Luzerne County’’; 

(168) in item number 1765 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, rightof-way acquisition, and construction of street improvements, 

streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking, roadway redesign in Pittston, including rightof-way acquisition, structure demolition, and intersection safety 

improvements in the vicinity of and including Main, William, 

and Parsonage Streets in Pittston’’ and ‘‘$1,600,000’’, respectively; 

(169) in item number 2957 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, land 

acquisition, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of a 

parking garage, streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, 

safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign in the 

city of Wilkes-Barre’’ and ‘‘$2,800,000’’, respectively; 

(170) in item number 3283 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Pedestrian access improvements, including installation of infrastructure and equipment 

for security and surveillance purposes at subway stations in 

Astoria, New York’’ and ‘‘$1,300,000’’, respectively; 


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(171) in item number 3556 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Design and rehabilitate staircases used as streets due to the steep grade of terrain in 

Bronx County’’ and ‘‘$1,100,000’’, respectively; 

(172) by striking item number 203; 

(173) by striking item number 552; 

(174) by striking item number 590; 

(175) by striking item number 759; 

(176) by striking item number 879; 

(177) by striking item number 1071; 

(178) by striking item number 1382; 

(179) by striking item number 1897; 

(180) by striking item number 2553; 

(181) in item number 3014 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Design and Construct school 

safety projects in New York City’’ and ‘‘$2,500,000’’, respectively; 

(182) in item number 2375 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Subsurface environmental 

study to measure presence of methane and benzene gasses 

in vicinity of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and the Kosciusko Bridge, 

resulting from the Newtown Creek oil spill’’ and ‘‘$100,000’’; 

(183) in item number 221 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Study and Implement transportation improvements on Flatbush Ave. between Avenue U and the Marine 

Park Bridge in front of Gateway National Park in Kings 

County, New York’’; 

(184) in item number 2732 striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Pedestrian safety improvements in the vicinity 

of LIRR stations’’; 

(185) by striking item number 99; 

(186) in item number 398 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construct a new 2-lane road extending north 

from University Park Drive and improvements to University 

Park Drive’’; 

(187) in item number 446 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Transportation improvements for development 

of the Williamsport-Pile Bay Road corridor’’; 

(188) in item number 671 by striking ‘‘and Pedestrian 

Trail Expansion’’ and inserting ‘‘, including parking facilities 

and Pedestrian Trail Expansion’’; 

(189) in item number 674 by striking the matters in the 

State, project description, and amount columns and inserting 

‘‘AL’’, ‘‘Grade crossing improvements along Conecuh Valley RR 

at Henderson Highway (CR–21) in Troy, AL’’, and ‘‘$300,000’’, 

respectively; 

(190) in item number 739 by striking the matters in the 

State, project description, and amount columns and inserting 

‘‘AL’’, ‘‘Grade crossing improvements along Luxapalila Valley 

RR in Lamar and Fayette Counties, AL (Crossings at CR– 

6, CR–20, SH–7, James Street, and College Drive)’’, and 

‘‘$300,000’’, respectively; 

(191) in item number 746 by striking ‘‘Planning and 

construction of a bicycle trail adjacent to the I–90 and SR 

615 Interchange in’’ and inserting ‘‘Planning, construction, and 

extension of bicycle trails adjacent to the I–90 and SR 615 

Interchange, along the Greenway Corridor and throughout’’; 


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(192) in item number 749 by striking the matters in the 

State, project description, and amount columns and inserting 

‘‘PA’’, ‘‘UPMC Heliport in Bedford’’, and ‘‘$750,000’’, respectively; 

(193) in item number 813 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Preliminary design and study of long-term roadway approach alternatives to TH 36/SH 64 St. Croix River 

Crossing Project’’; 

(194) in item number 816 by striking ‘‘$800,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$880,000’’; 

(195) in item number 852 by striking ‘‘Acquire Right-ofWay for Ludlam Trail, Miami, Florida’’ and inserting ‘‘Planning, 

design, and engineering, Ludlam Trail, Miami’’; 

(196) in item number 994 by striking the matters in the 

State, project description, and amount columns and inserting 

‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Construct 2 flyover ramps and S. Linden Street exit 

for access to industrial sites in the cities of McKeesport and 

Duquesne’’, and ‘‘$500,000’’, respectively; 

(197) in item number 1015 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Mississippi River Crossing connecting I– 

94 and US 10 between US 160 and TH 101, MN’’; 

(198) in item number 1101 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘I–285 underpass/tunnel assessment and 

engineering and interchange improvements in Sandy Springs’’; 

(199) in item number 1211 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Road improvements and upgrades related to 

the Pennsylvania State Baseball Stadium’’, and ‘‘$500,000’’, 

respectively; 

(200) in item number 1345 by striking ‘‘to Stony Creek 

Park, 25 Mile Road in Shelby Township’’ and inserting ‘‘south 

to the city of Utica’’; 

(201) in item number 1501 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construction and right-of-way acquisition 

of TH 241, CSAH 35 and associated streets in the city of 

St. Michael’’; 

(202) in item number 1525 by striking ‘‘north of CSX RR 

Bridge’’ and inserting ‘‘US Highway 90’’; 

(203) in item number 1847 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Improve roads, sidewalks, and road drainage, City of Seward’’; 

(204) in item number 2031 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct and improve Westside Parkway 

in Fulton County’’; 

(205) in item number 2103 by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 

(206) in item number 2219 by striking ‘‘SR 91 in City 

of Twinsburg, OH’’ and inserting ‘‘Center Valley Parkway in 

Twinsburg, OH’’; 

(207) in item number 2302 by inserting ‘‘and other road 

improvements to Safford Street’’ after ‘‘crossings’’; 

(208) in item number 2560 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘I–285 underpass/tunnel assessment and 

engineering and interchange improvements in Sandy Springs’’; 

(209) in item number 2563 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Construct hike and bike path 


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as part of Bridgeview Bridge replacement in Macomb County’’ 

and ‘‘$486,400’’, respectively; 

(210) in item number 2698 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Interchanges at I–95/Ellis Road and between 

Grant Road and Micco Road, Brevard County’’; 

(211) in item number 3141 by striking ‘‘$2,800,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$1,800,000’’; 

(212) by striking item number 3160; 

(213) in item number 3353 by inserting ‘‘and construction’’ 

after ‘‘mitigation’’; 

(214) in item number 996 by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$687,000’’; 

(215) in item number 2166 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way acquisition, and 

construction for I–35 and CSAH2 interchange and CSAH2 corridor to TH61 in Forest Lake’’; 

(216) in item number 3251 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘I–94 and Radio Drive Interchange and 

frontage road project, design, right-of-way acquisition, and 

construction, Woodbury’’; 

(217) in item number 1488 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct a 4-lane highway between Maverick Junction and the Nebraska border’’; 

(218) in item number 3240 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Railroad-highway crossings in Pierre’’; 

(219) in item number 1738 by striking ‘‘Paving’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Planning, design, and construction’’; 

(220) in item number 3672 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Pave remaining stretch of BIA Route 4 

from the junction of the BIA Route 4 and N8031 in Pinon, 

AZ, to the Navajo and Hopi border’’; 

(221) in item number 2424 by striking ‘‘Construction’’ and 

inserting ‘‘preconstruction (including survey and archeological 

clearances) and construction’’; 

(222) in item number 1216 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘For roadway construction improvements to 

Route 222 relocation, Lehigh County’’, and ‘‘$1,313,000’’, respectively; 

(223) in item number 2956 by striking ‘‘$1,360,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$2,080,000’’; 

(224) in item number 1256 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Construction of a bridge over Brandywine 

Creek as part of the Boot Road extension project, Downingtown 

Borough’’, and ‘‘$700,000’’, respectively; 

(225) in item number 1291 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Enhance parking facilities in Chester Springs, 

Historic Yellow Springs’’, and ‘‘$20,000’’, respectively; 

(226) in item number 1304 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Improve the intersection at SR 100/SR 4003 

(Kernsville Road), Lehigh County’’, and ‘‘$250,000’’, respectively; 

(227) in item number 1357 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 


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inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Intersection signalization at SR 3020 (Newburg 

Road)/Country Club Road, Northampton County’’, and 

‘‘$250,000’’, respectively; 

(228) in item number 1395 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Improve the intersection at SR 100/SR 29, 

Lehigh County’’, and ‘‘$220,000’’, respectively; 

(229) in item number 80 by striking ‘‘$4,544,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$4,731,200’’; 

(230) in item number 2096 by striking ‘‘$4,800,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$5,217,600’’; 

(231) in item number 1496 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Study future needs of East-West road infrastructure in Adams County’’, and ‘‘$115,200’’, respectively; 

(232) in item number 2193 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘710 Freeway Study to comprehensively 

evaluate the technical feasibility of a tunnel alternative to 

close the 710 Freeway gap, considering all practicable routes, 

in addition to any potential route previously considered, and 

with no funds to be used for preliminary engineering or environmental review except to the extent necessary to determine 

feasibility’’; 

(233) in item number 2445 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘$600,000 for road and pedestrian safety 

improvements on Main Street in the Village of Patchogue; 

$900,000 for road and pedestrian safety improvements on 

Montauk Highway, between NYS Route 112 and Suffolk County 

Road 101 in Suffolk County’’; 

(234) in item number 346 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Hansen Dam Recreation Area access improvements, including hillside stabilization and parking lot 

rehabilitation along Osborne Street between Glenoaks Boulevard and Dronfield Avenue’’; 

(235) by striking item number 449; 

(236) in item number 3688 by striking ‘‘road’’ and inserting 

‘‘trail’’; 

(237) in item number 3695 by striking ‘‘in Soldotna’’ and 

inserting ‘‘in the Kenai River corridor’’; 

(238) in item number 3699 by striking ‘‘to improve fish 

habitat’’; 

(239) in item number 3700 by inserting ‘‘and ferry facilities’’ 

after ‘‘a ferry’’; 

(240) in item number 3703 by inserting ‘‘or other roads’’ 

after ‘‘Cape Blossom Road’’; 

(241) in item number 3704 by striking ‘‘Fairbanks’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Alaska Highway’’; 

(242) in item number 3705 by striking ‘‘in Cook Inlet for 

the Westside development/Williamsport-Pile Bay Road’’ and 

inserting ‘‘for development of the Williamsport-Pile Bay Road 

corridor’’; 

(243) in item number 3829 by striking the amount and 

inserting ‘‘$3,050,000’’; 

(244) by inserting after item number 3829 the following: 


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‘‘3829A CO U.S. 550, New 

Mexico State line 

to Durango 

$950,000’’; 

(245) in item number 4788 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Heidelberg Borough/Scott Township/Carnegie Borough for design, engineering, acquisition, and 

construction of streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting 

and safety upgrades, and parking improvements’’; 

(246) in item number 3861 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Creation of a greenway path along the 

Naugatuck River in Waterbury’’; 

(247) in item number 3883 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Wilmington Riverfront Access and Street 

Grid Redesign’’; 

(248) in item number 3892 by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$8,800,000’’; 

(249) in item number 3894 by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$1,200,000’’; 

(250) in item number 3909 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘S.R. 281, the Avalon Boulevard Expansion 

Project from Interstate 10 to U.S. Highway 91’’; 

(251) in item number 3911 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct a new bridge at Indian Street, 

Martin County’’; 

(252) in item number 3916 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘City of Hollywood for U.S. 1/Federal Highway, north of Young Circle’’; 

(253) in item number 3937 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Kingsland bypass from CR 61 to I–95, 

Camden County’’; 

(254) in item number 3945 by striking ‘‘CR 293 to CS 

5231’’ and inserting ‘‘SR 371 to SR 400’’; 

(255) in item number 3965 by striking ‘‘transportation 

projects’’ and inserting ‘‘and air quality projects’’; 

(256) in item number 3986 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Extension of Sugarloaf Parkway, Gwinnett 

County’’; 

(257) in item number 3999 by striking ‘‘Bridges’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Bridge and Corridor’’; 

(258) in item number 4003 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘City of Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie 

County East Beltway Roadway and Connectors Project’’; 

(259) in item number 4043 by striking ‘‘MP 9.3, Segment 

I, II, and III’’ and inserting ‘‘Milepost 24.3’’; 

(260) in item number 4050 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Preconstruction and construction activities 

of U.S. 51 between the Assumption Bypass and Vandalia’’; 

(261) in item number 4058 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘For improvements to the road between 

Brighton and Bunker Hill in Macoupin County’’; 

(262) in each of item numbers 4062 and 4084 by striking 

the project description and inserting ‘‘Preconstruction, construction, and related research and studies of I–290 Cap the Ike 

project in the village of Oak Park’’; 


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(263) in item number 4089 by inserting ‘‘and parking 

facility/entrance improvements serving the Museum of Science 

and Industry’’ after ‘‘Lakeshore Drive’’; 

(264) in item number 4103 by inserting ‘‘and adjacent 

to the’’ before ‘‘Shawnee’’; 

(265) in item number 4110 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘For improvements to the road between 

Brighton and Bunker Hill in Macoupin County’’; 

(266) in item number 4120 by striking the matters in 

the project description and amount columns and inserting 

‘‘Upgrade 146th Street to Improve I–69 Access’’ and ‘‘$800,000’’, 

respectively; 

(267) in item number 4125 by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$1,650,000’’; 

(268) by striking item number 4170; 

(269) by striking item number 4179; 

(270) in item number 4185 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Replace the Clinton Street Bridge spanning 

St. Mary’s River in downtown Fort Wayne’’; 

(271) in item number 4299 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Improve U.S. 40, MD 715 interchange and 

other roadways in the vicinity of Aberdeen Proving Ground 

to support BRAC-related growth’’; 

(272) in item number 4313 by striking ‘‘Maryland Avenue’’ 

and all that follows through ‘‘Rd. corridor’’ and inserting ‘‘intermodal access, streetscape, and pedestrian safety improvements’’; 

(273) in item number 4315 by striking ‘‘stormwater mitigation project’’ and inserting ‘‘environmental preservation project’’; 

(274) in item number 4318 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Planning, design, and construction of 

improvements to the highway systems connecting to Lewiston 

and Auburn downtowns’’; 

(275) in item number 4323 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘MaineDOT Acadia intermodal passenger 

and maintenance facility’’; 

(276) in item number 4338 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct 1 or more grade-separated 

crossings of I–75, and make associated improvements to 

improve local and regional east-west mobility between Mileposts 279 and 282’’; 

(277) in item number 4355 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, 

construction, and construction engineering for the reconstruction of TH 95, from 12th Avenue to CSAH 13, including bridge 

and approaches, ramps, intersecting roadways, signals, turn 

lanes, and multiuse trail, North Branch’’; 

(278) in item number 4357 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design, construct, ROW, and expand TH 

241 and CSAH 35 and associated streets in the city of St. 

Michael’’; 

(279) in item number 4360 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Planning, design, and construction for Twin 

Cities Bioscience Corridor in St. Paul’’; 

(280) in item number 4362 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘I–494/U.S. 169 interchange reconstruction 


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including U.S. 169/Valley View Road interchange, Twin Cities 

Metropolitan Area’’; 

(281) in item number 4365 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘34th Street realignment and 34th Street 

and I–94 interchange, including retention and reconstruction 

of the SE Main Avenue/CSAH 52 interchange ramps at I– 

94, and other transportation improvements for the city of Moorhead, including the SE Main Avenue GSI and Moorhead Comprehensive Rail Safety Program’’; 

(282) in item number 4369 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construction of 8th Street North, Stearns 

C.R. 120 to TH 15 in St. Cloud’’; 

(283) in item number 4371 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construction and ROW of TH 241, CSAH 

35 and associated streets in the city of St. Michael’’; 

(284) in item number 4411 by striking ‘‘Southaven’’ and 

inserting ‘‘DeSoto County’’; 

(285) in item number 4424 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘U.S. 93 Evaro to Polson transportation 

improvement projects’’; 

(286) in item number 4428 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘US 76 improvements’’; 

(287) in item number 4457 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct an interchange at an existing 

grade separation at SR 1602 (Old Stantonsburg Rd.) and U.S. 

264 Bypass in Wilson County’’; 

(288) in item number 4461 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Transportation and related improvements 

at Queens University of Charlotte, including the Queens Science 

Center and the Marion Diehl Center, Charlotte’’; 

(289) in item number 4507 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way acquisition, and 

construction of Highway 35 between Norfolk and South Sioux 

City, including an interchange at milepost 1 on U.S. I–129’’; 

(290) in item number 4555 by inserting ‘‘Canal Street and’’ 

after ‘‘Reconstruction of’’; 

(291) in item number 4565 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Railroad Construction and Acquisition, Ely 

and White Pine County’’; 

(292) in item number 4588 by inserting ‘‘Private Parking 

and’’ before ‘‘Transportation’’; 

(293) in item number 4596 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Centerway Bridge and Bike Trail Project, 

Corning’’; 

(294) in item number 4610 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Preparation, demolition, disposal, and site 

restoration of Alert Facility on Access Road to Plattsburgh 

International Airport’’; 

(295) in item number 4649 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Fairfield County, OH U.S. 33 and old U.S. 

33 safety improvements and related construction, city of Lancaster and surrounding areas’’; 

(296) in item number 4651 by striking ‘‘for the transfer 

of rail to truck for the intermodal’’ and inserting ‘‘, and construction of an intermodal freight’’; 


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(297) in item number 4691 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Transportation improvements to Idabel 

Industrial Park Rail Spur, Idabel’’; 

(298) in item number 4722 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Highway, traffic, pedestrian, and riverfront 

improvements, Pittsburgh’’; 

(299) in item number 4749 by striking ‘‘study’’ and inserting 

‘‘improvements’’; 

(300) in item number 4821 by striking ‘‘highway grade 

crossing project, Clearfield and Clinton Counties’’ and inserting 

‘‘Project for highway grade crossings and other purposes 

relating to the Project in Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, 

Indiana, and Jefferson Counties’’; 

(301) in item number 4838 by striking ‘‘study’’ and inserting 

‘‘improvements’’; 

(302) in item number 4839 by striking ‘‘fuel-celled’’ and 

inserting ‘‘fueled’’; 

(303) in item number 4866 by striking ‘‘$11,000,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$9,400,000’’; 

(304) by inserting after item number 4866 the following: 

‘‘4866A RI Repair and restore railroad 

bridge in Westerly 

$1,600,000’’; 

(305) in item number 4892 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct a 4-lane highway between maverick Junction and the Nebraska border’’; 

(306) in item number 4916 by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$328,000’’; 

(307) in item number 4924 by striking ‘‘$3,450,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$4,122,000’’; 

(308) in item number 4960 by inserting ‘‘of which $50,000 

shall be used for a street paving project, Calhoun’’ after 

‘‘County’’; 

(309) in item number 4974 by striking ‘‘, Sevier County’’; 

(310) in item number 5008 by inserting ‘‘/Kane Creek Boulevard’’ after ‘‘500 West’’; 

(311) in each of item numbers 5011 and 5033 by striking 

‘‘200 South Interchange’’ and inserting ‘‘400 South Interchange’’; 

(312) in item number 5021 by striking ‘‘Pine View Dam,’’; 

(313) in item number 5026 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Roadway improvements on Washington 

Fields Road/300 East, Washington’’; 

(314) in item number 5027 by inserting ‘‘and roadway 

improvements’’ after ‘‘safety project’’; 

(315) in item number 5028 by inserting ‘‘and roadway 

improvements’’ after ‘‘lighting’’; 

(316) in item number 5029 by inserting ‘‘and roadway 

improvements’’ after ‘‘lights’’; 

(317) in number 5032 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Expand Redhills Parkway, St. George’’; 

(318) in item number 5132 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘St. Croix River crossing project, Wisconsin 


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State Highway 64, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, to Minnesota 

State Highway 36, Washington County’’; 

(319) in item number 5161 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Raleigh Street Extension Project in Martinsburg’’; 

(320) in item number 1824 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘U.S. Route 10 expansion in Wadena and 

Ottertail Counties’’; 

(321) in item number 1194 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Roadway and pedestrian design and 

improvements for Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn’’; 

(322) in item number 2286 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Road improvements for Church Street 

between NY State Route 25A and Hilden Street in Kings Park’’; 

(323) in item number 1724 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘For road resurfacing and 

upgrades to Old Nichols Road and road repairs in the 

Nissequogue River watershed in Smithtown’’ and ‘‘$1,500,000’’, 

respectively; 

(324) in item number 3636 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘NY’’, ‘‘Road repair and maintenance in the Town 

of Southampton’’, and ‘‘$500,000’’, respectively; 

(325) in item number 3638 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘NY’’, ‘‘Improve NY State Route 112 from Old Town 

Road to NY State Route 347’’, and ‘‘$6,000,000’’, respectively; 

(326) in item number 3479 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Road improvements and utility relocations 

within the city of Jackson’’; 

(327) in item number 141 by striking ‘‘construction of pedestrian and bicycle improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation 

enhancement activities’’; 

(328) in item number 1204 by striking ‘‘at SR 283’’; 

(329) in item number 2896 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Improve streetscape and signage and pave 

roads in McMinn County, including $50,000 that may be used 

for paving local roads in the city of Calhoun’’; 

(330) in item number 3017 by striking ‘‘, Pine View Dam’’; 

(331) in item number 3188 insert after ‘‘Reconstruction’’ 

the following: ‘‘including U.S. 169/Valley View Road Interchange,’’; 

(332) in item number 1772 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Reconstruction of Historic Eastern Parkway’’; 

(333) in item number 2610 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Reconstruction of Times and Duffy Squares 

in New York City’’; 

(334) in item number 2462— 

(A) by striking ‘‘of the New Jersey Turnpike, Carteret’’ 

and inserting ‘‘and the Tremley Point Connector Road of 

the New Jersey Turnpike’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘$1,200,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$450,000’’; 

(335) in item number 2871 by striking the amount and 

inserting ‘‘$2,430,000’’; 

(336) in item number 3381 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Determine scope, design, engineering, and 


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construction of Western Boulevard Extension from Northern 

Boulevard to Route 9 in Ocean County, New Jersey’’; 

(337) in item number 2703 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Upgrading existing railroad crossings with 

installation of active signals and gates and to study the feasibility and necessity of rail grade separation’’; 

(338) in item number 1004 by inserting ‘‘SR 71 near’’ after 

‘‘turn lane on’’; 

(339) in item number 2824 by striking the project description and inserting the following: ‘‘Sevier County, TN, SR 35 

near SR 449 intersection’’; 

(340) in item number 373 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Widening existing Highway 226, including a 

bypass of Cash and a new connection to Highway 49’’; 

(341) in item number 1486, by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Bridge reconstruction and road widening 

on Route 252 and Route 30 in Tredyffrin Township, PA, in 

conjunction with the Paoli Transportation Center Project’’; 

(342) in item number 4541 by striking ‘‘of the New Jersey 

Turnpike, Carteret’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Tremley Point Connector Road of the New Jersey Turnpike’’; 

(343) in item number 4006 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Improvement to Alice’s Road/105th Street 

Corridor including bridge, interchange, roadway, right-of-way, 

and enhancements’’; 

(344) in item number 2901 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Purchase of land and conservation easements within U.S. 24 study area in Lucas, Henry, and Fulton 

Counties, Ohio’’; 

(345) in item number 2619 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Improve access to I–55 between Bayless 

Avenue and Loughborough Avenue, including bridge 230.06’’; 

(346) in item number 1687 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct an interchange at I–675 and 

Warren Avenue near downtown Saginaw’’; 

(347) by striking item number 206; 

(348) by striking item number 821; 

(349) by striking item number 906; 

(350) by striking item number 1144; 

(351) in item number 1693 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Plan and implement truck 

route improvements in the Maspeth neighborhood of Queens 

County’’ and ‘‘$500,000’’, respectively; 

(352) in item number 3039 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Pittsfield greenways construction to connect 

Pittsfield to the Ann Arbor greenway system, Pittsfield Township’’; 

(353) in item number 2922 by striking the project description and amount and inserting ‘‘Detroit River International 

Wildlife Refuge for land acquisition adjacent to I–75 in Monroe 

County for wetland mitigation and habitat restoration, Fish 

and Wildlife Service’’ and ‘‘$1,800,000’’, respectively; 

(354) in item number 3641 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘MI’’, ‘‘River Raisin Battlefield for acquisition of historic battlefield land in Monroe County, Port of Monroe’’, and 

‘‘$1,200,000’’; respectively; 


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(355) in item number 3643 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘MI’’, ‘‘Phase 1 of Monroe County greenway system 

construction, Monroe County’’, and ‘‘$940,000’’, respectively; 

(356) in item number 3645 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘MI’’, ‘‘East County fueling operations consolidation 

at the Monroe County Road Commission and enhancement 

of facilities to accommodate biodiesel fuel pumps, Monroe 

County’’, and ‘‘$1,000,000’’, respectively; 

(357) in item number 3646 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘MI’’, ‘‘Greenway trail construction from City of 

Monroe to Sterling State Park, City of Monroe’’, and ‘‘$100,000’’; 

respectively; 

(358) in item number 1883 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Planning for the Orangeline High Speed 

MAGLEV from Los Angeles County to Orange County’’; 

(359) in item number 3757 by inserting ‘‘, including Van 

Asche Drive’’ after ‘‘Corridor’’; 

(360) in item number 4347 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Alger County, to reconstruct, pave, and 

realign a portion of H–58 from 2,600 feet south of Little Beaver 

Lake Road to 4,600 feet east of Hurricane River’’; 

(361) in item number 4335 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct an interchange at I–675 and 

Warren Avenue near downtown Saginaw’’; 

(362) in item number 4891 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Widening U.S. 17 in Charleston County 

from the Isle of Palms Connector to a point at or near Darrell 

Creek Trail’’; 

(363) in item number 3647 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘AL’’, ‘‘Drainage and infrastructure improvements on 

U.S. 11 in front of Springville Middle School in Springville’’, 

and ‘‘$1,000,000’’, respectively; 

(364) in item number 3648 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘AL’’, ‘‘Transportation enhancement projects for sidewalks and streetscaping along Cahaba Road between the Botanical Gardens and the Birmingham Zoo in the City of Birmingham’’, and ‘‘$1,075,000’’, respectively; 

(365) in item number 3651 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘AL’’, ‘‘Engineering and right-of-way acquisition for 

the McWrights Ferry Road extension between Rice Mine Road 

and New Watermelon Road in Tuscaloosa County’’, and 

‘‘$1,075,000’’, respectively; 

(366) in item number 562 by striking ‘‘a designated truck 

route through’’ and inserting ‘‘roadway and sidewalk improvements in’’; 

(367) in item number 2836 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Traffic calming and safety improvements 

to Lido Boulevard, Town of Hampstead, Nassau County’’; 

(368) in item number 1353 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Improve the flow of truck traffic in Orrville’’; 


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(369) in item number 1975 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Hatcher Pass Ski Development Road in 

Matanuska-Susitna Borough’’; 

(370) in item number 1661 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Hatcher Pass Ski Development Road in 

Matanuska-Susitna Borough’’; 

(371) in item number 1574 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct commuter parking structure in 

the central business district in the vicinity of La Grange Road, 

and for projects identified by the Village of La Grange as 

its highest priorities’’; 

(372) in item number 3461 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct Leon Pass overpass, and for 

projects identified by the Village of Hodgkins as its highest 

priorities’’; 

(373) in item numbers 1310 and 2265 by striking the 

project descriptions and inserting ‘‘To construct up to 2 interchanges on U.S. Alternate Highway 72/Alabama Highway 20 

from Interstate 65 to U.S. Highway 31 in Decatur, Alabama, 

with additional lanes as necessary’’; 

(374) in item number 4934 by striking ‘‘connection with 

Hermitage Avenue’’ and inserting ‘‘Hermitage Avenue and 

pedestrian connection’’; 

(375) in item number 1227 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Construct road improvements near industrial park near SR 209 and CR 345 that improve access to 

the industrial park’’; 

(376) in item number 2507 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Texas Department of Transportation: for 

those projects the Department has identified as its highest 

priorities’’; 

(377) in item number 3903 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Planning, design, and engineering study 

to widen (4 lanes) SR 87 from the intersection of US 90 and 

SR 87 South to the Alabama State line’’; 

(378) in item number 56 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Bicycle and pedestrian improvements, Oregon’’; 

(379) in item number 604 by striking the amount and 

inserting ‘‘$11,800,000’’; 

(380) in item number 1299 by striking the amount and 

inserting ‘‘$9,800,000’’; 

(381) in item number 1506 by striking the amount and 

inserting ‘‘$5,100,000’’; 

(382) in item number 1904 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Study and construct access to intermodal 

facility in Azusa’’; 

(383) in item number 3653 by striking the matters in 

the State, project description, and amount columns and 

inserting ‘‘MI’’, ‘‘Bicycle and pedestrian trails in Harrison Township’’, and ‘‘$2,900,000’’, respectively; 

(384) in item number 3447 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Carlton, 4th Street Railroad Crossing 

Improvement Project: Construct a safe, at grade crossing of 

the railroad and necessary bridge, connecting the community’s 

educational and athletic facilities’’; 

(385) in item number 2321 by striking the project description and inserting ‘‘Design and construct roadway and traffic 


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signal improvements on Stella Street and Front Street, 

Wormleysburg, PA’’; and 

(386) in item number 370 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Pedestrian paths, stairs, seating, landscaping, 

lighting, and other transportation enhancement activities along 

Riverside Boulevard and at Riverside Park South’’. 

(b) UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, unused obligation authority made available 

for an item in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 

1256) that is repealed, or authorized funding for such an item 

that is reduced, by this section shall be made available— 

(1) for an item in section 1702 of that Act that is added 

or increased by this section and that is in the same State 

as the item for which obligation authority or funding is repealed 

or reduced; 

(2) in an amount proportional to the amount of obligation 

authority or funding that is so repealed or reduced; and 

(3) individually for projects numbered 1 through 3676 

pursuant to section 1102(c)(4)(A) of that Act (119 Stat. 1158). 

(c) TRANSFER OF PROJECT FUNDS.—The Secretary of Transportation shall transfer to the Commandant of the Coast Guard 

amounts made available to carry out the project described in item 

number 4985 of the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

for Users (119 Stat. 1447) to carry out that project, in accordance 

with the Act of June 21, 1940, commonly known as the ‘‘TrumanHobbs Act’’, (33 U.S.C. 511 et seq.). 

(d) ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY USE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDS.—Of the funds apportioned to each State 

under section 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, a State 

may expend for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 not more than 

$1,000,000 for the following activities: 

(1) Participation in the Joint Operation Center for Fuel 

Compliance established under section 143(b)(4)(H) of title 23, 

United States Code, within the Department of the Treasury, 

including the funding of additional positions for motor fuel 

tax enforcement officers and other staff dedicated on a fulltime basis to participation in the activities of the Center. 

(2) Development, operation, and maintenance of electronic 

filing systems to coordinate data exchange with the Internal 

Revenue Service by States that impose a tax on the removal 

of taxable fuel from any refinery and on the removal of taxable 

fuel from any terminal. 

(3) Development, operation, and maintenance of electronic 

single point of filing in conjunction with the Internal Revenue 

Service by States that impose a tax on the removal of taxable 

fuel from any refinery and on the removal of taxable fuel 

from any terminal. 

(4) Development, operation, and maintenance of a certification system by a State of any fuel sold to a State or local 

government (as defined in section 4221(d)(4) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986) for the exclusive use of the State or 

local government or sold to a qualified volunteer fire department (as defined in section 150(e)(2) of such Code) for its 

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(5) Development, operation, and maintenance of a certification system by a State of any fuel sold to a nonprofit educational organization (as defined in section 4221(d)(5) of such 

Code) that includes verification of the good standing of the 

organization in the State in which the organization is providing 

educational services. 

(e) PROJECT FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 1964 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity: A Legacy 

for Users (119 Stat. 1519) is amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, the Federal share of the cost of the projects described in 

item numbers 1284 and 3093 in the table contained in section 

1702 of this Act shall be 100 percent.’’. 

SEC. 106. NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROGRAM. 

Section 1807(a)(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1460) 

is amended by striking ‘‘Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Minneapolis, Minnesota’’. 

SEC. 107. CORRECTION OF INTERSTATE AND NATIONAL HIGHWAY 

SYSTEM DESIGNATIONS. 

(a) TREATMENT.—Section 1908(a) of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

(119 Stat. 1469) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 

(b) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section 1908(b) of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

for Users (119 Stat. 1470) is amended by striking ‘‘from the 

Arkansas State line’’ and inserting ‘‘from Interstate Route 540’’. 

SEC. 108. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION; BUY AMERICA. 

(a) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—Section 1926 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (119 Stat. 1483) is amended by striking ‘‘The Department’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Department’’. 

(b) BUY AMERICA.—Section 1928 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

(119 Stat. 1484) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 

‘‘(2) the current application by the Federal Highway 

Administration of the Buy America test, that is only applied 

to components or parts of a bridge project and not the entire 

bridge project, is inconsistent with this sense of Congress;’’. 

SEC. 109. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. 

The table contained in section 1934(c) of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

(119 Stat. 1486) is amended— 

(1) in item number 436 by inserting ‘‘, Saole,’’ after ‘‘Sua’’; 

(2) in item number 448 by inserting ‘‘by removing asphalt 

and concrete and reinstalling blue cobblestones’’ after ‘‘streets’’; 

(3) by striking item number 451; 

(4) in item number 452 by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 

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(5) in item number 12 by striking ‘‘Yukon River’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Kuskokwim River’’; 

(6) in item number 18 by striking ‘‘Engineering and 

Construction in Merced County’’ and inserting ‘‘and safety 

improvements/realignment of SR 165 project study report and 

environmental studies in Merced and Stanislaus Counties’’; 

(7) in item number 38 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Relocation of the Newark Train Station’’; 

(8) in item number 57 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Kingsland bypass from CR 61 to I–95, Camden 

County’’; 

(9) in item number 114 by striking ‘‘IA–32’’ and inserting 

‘‘SW’’ after ‘‘Construct’’; 

(10) in item number 122 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of the SW Arterial and connections to U.S. 20, Dubuque 

County’’; 

(11) in item number 130 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improvements and rehabilitation to rail and 

bridges on the Appanoose County Community Railroad’’; 

(12) in item number 133 by striking ‘‘IA–32’’; 

(13) in item number 138 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘West Spencer Beltway Project’’; 

(14) in item number 142 by striking ‘‘MP 9.3, Segment 

I, II, and III’’ and inserting ‘‘Milepost 24.3’’; 

(15) in item number 161 by striking ‘‘Bridge replacement 

on Johnson Drive and Nall Ave.’’ and inserting ‘‘Construction 

improvements’’; 

(16) in item number 182 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Improve U.S. 40, M.D. 715 interchange, and 

other roadways in the vicinity of Aberdeen Proving Ground 

to support BRAC-related growth’’; 

(17) in item number 198 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construct 1 or more grade separated crossings 

of I–75 and make associated improvements to improve local 

and regional east-west mobility between Mileposts 279 and 

282’’; 

(18) in item number 201 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Alger County, to reconstruct, pave, and realign 

a portion of H–58 from 2,600 feet south of Little Beaver Lake 

Road to 4,600 feet east of Hurricane River’’; 

(19) in item number 238 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Develop and construct the St. Mary water project 

road and bridge infrastructure, including a new bridge and 

approaches across St. Mary River, stabilization and improvements to United States Route 89, and road/canal from Siphon 

Bridge to Spider Lake, on the condition that $2,500,000 of 

the amount made available to carry out this item may be 

made available to the Bureau of Reclamation for use for the 

Swift Current Creek and Boulder Creek bank and bed stabilization project in the Lower St. Mary Lake drainage’’; 

(20) in item number 329 by inserting ‘‘, Tulsa’’ after ‘‘technology’’; 

(21) in item number 358 by striking ‘‘fuel-celled’’ and 

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(22) in item number 374 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Construct a 4-lane highway between Maverick 

Junction and the Nebraska border’’; 

(23) in item number 402 by striking ‘‘from 2 to 5 lanes 

and improve alignment within rights-of-way in St. George’’ 

and inserting ‘‘, St. George’’; 

(24) in item number 309 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘Streetscape, roadway, pedestrian, and parking 

improvements at the intersection of Meadow Lane, Chestnut 

Lane, Willow Drive, and Liberty Avenue for the College of 

New Rochelle campus in New Rochelle’’; and 

(25) in item number 462 by striking the project description 

and inserting ‘‘I–75 widening and improvements in Collier and 

Lee Counties, Florida’’. 

SEC. 110. I–95/CONTEE ROAD INTERCHANGE DESIGN. 

Section 1961 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1518) 

is amended— 

(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘STUDY’’ and inserting 

‘‘DESIGN’’; 

(2) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(a) DESIGN.—The Secretary shall make available the funds 

authorized to be appropriated by this section for the design of 

the I–95/Contee Road interchange in Prince George’s County, Maryland.’’; and 

(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b). 

SEC. 111. HIGHWAY RESEARCH FUNDING. 

(a) F–SHRP FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, at any time at 

which an apportionment is made of the sums authorized to be 

appropriated for the surface transportation program, the congestion 

mitigation and air quality improvement program, the National 

Highway System, the Interstate maintenance program, the bridge 

program, or the highway safety improvement program, the Secretary of Transportation shall— 

(1) deduct from each apportionment an amount not to 

exceed 0.205 percent of the apportionment; and 

(2) transfer or otherwise make that amount available to 

carry out section 510 of title 23, United States Code. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) FUNDING.—Section 5101 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (119 Stat. 1779) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘509, and 510’’ 

and inserting ‘‘and 509’’; 

(B) in subsection (a)(4) by striking ‘‘$69,700,000’’ and 

all that follows through ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,400,000 

for fiscal year 2005, $69,700,000 for fiscal year 2006, 

$76,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008, and 

$78,900,000 for fiscal year 2009’’; and 

(C) in subsection (b) by inserting after ‘‘50 percent’’ 

the following ‘‘or, in the case of funds appropriated by 

subsection (a) to carry out section 5201, 5202, or 5203 

of this Act, 80 percent’’. 

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(2) FUTURE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM.—Section 5210 of such Act (119 Stat. 1804) is amended— 

(A) by striking subsection (c); and 

(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). 

(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available under this 

section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as 

if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

States Code, except that the Federal share shall be determined 

under section 510(f) of that title. 

(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—Funds made 

available under this section shall be subject to any limitation on 

obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs under section 1102 the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (23 U.S.C. 

104 note; 119 Stat. 1157) or any other Act. 

(e) EQUITY BONUS FORMULA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in allocating funds for the equity bonus program under 

section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 

2008 and 2009, the Secretary of Transportation shall make the 

required calculations under that section as if this section had not 

been enacted. 

(f) FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—Of the amount made 

available by section 5101(a)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 

1779)— 

(1) at least $1,000,000 shall be made available for each 

of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out section 502(h) of 

title 23, United States Code; and 

(2) at least $4,900,000 shall be made available for each 

of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out section 502(i) of 

that title. 

(g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—Section 502 of 

title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the first 

subsection (h), relating to infrastructure investment needs 

reports beginning with the report for January 31, 1999. 

(2) ADVANCED TRAVEL FORECASTING PROCEDURES PROGRAM.—Section 5512(a)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 

Stat. 1829) is amended by striking ‘‘PROGRAM APPRECIATION.— 

’’ and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM APPLICATION.—’’. 

(3) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—Section 5506 

of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

(A) in subsection (c)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘tier’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Tier’’; 

(B) in subsection (i)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘In order to’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to’’; and 

(ii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Nothing in paragraph (1) requires a 

nonprofit institution of higher learning designated as a Tier 

II university transportation center to maintain total expenditures as described in paragraph (1) in excess of the amount 

of the grant awarded to the institution.’’; and 

(C) in subsection (k)(3) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ 

and all that follows through ‘‘to carry out this section’’ 

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and inserting ‘‘For each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, 

the Secretary shall expend not more than 1.5 percent of 

amounts made available to carry out this section’’. 

SEC. 112. RESCISSION. 

Section 10212 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (as amended by 

section 1302 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Public Law 

109–280)) (119 Stat. 1937; 120 Stat. 780) is amended by striking 

‘‘$8,593,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting 

‘‘$8,708,000,000’’. 

SEC. 113. TEA–21 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

(a) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.—Section 1108(f)(1) of 

the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 

133 note; 112 Stat. 141) is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting 

‘‘2009’’. 

(b) PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.—The table contained in section 

1602 of such Act (112 Stat. 257) is amended— 

(1) in item number 1096 (as amended by section 1703(a)(11) 

of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 

Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1454)) by inserting 

‘‘, and planning and construction to Heisley Road,’’ before ‘‘in 

Mentor, Ohio’’; 

(2) in item number 1646 by striking ‘‘and construction’’ 

and inserting ‘‘construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and repaving’’; and 

(3) in item number 614 by inserting ‘‘and for NJ Carteret, 

NJ Ferry Service Terminal’’ after ‘‘east’’. 

SEC. 114. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR AND INNOVATIVE PROJECT 

TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

(a) HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS.—Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 

2032; 119 Stat. 1212) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (63) by striking ‘‘and United States Routes 

1, 3, 9, 17, and 46,’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Routes 1, 

9, and 46, and State Routes 3 and 17,’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (64)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘United States Route 42’’ and inserting 

‘‘State Route 42’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘Interstate Route 676’’ and inserting 

‘‘Interstate Routes 76 and 676’’. 

(b) INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.—Item number 89 of the table contained in section 1107(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 

Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2052) is amended in the matter 

under the column with the heading ‘‘INNOVATIVE PROJECTS’’ by 

inserting ‘‘and contiguous counties’’ after ‘‘Michigan’’. 

SEC. 115. DEFINITION OF REPEAT INTOXICATED DRIVER LAW. 

Section 164(a)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 

by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) receive— 

‘‘(i) a driver’s license suspension for not less than 

1 year; or 

‘‘(ii) a combination of suspension of all driving 

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followed by a reinstatement of limited driving privileges for the purpose of getting to and from work, 

school, or an alcohol treatment program if an ignition 

interlock device is installed on each of the motor 

vehicles owned or operated, or both, by the individual; 

‘‘(B) be subject to the impoundment or immobilization 

of, or the installation of an ignition interlock system on, 

each motor vehicle owned or operated, or both, by the 

individual;’’. 

SEC. 116. RESEARCH TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

Section 5506(e)(5)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘$2,225,000’’and inserting ‘‘$2,250,000’’. 

SEC. 117. BUY AMERICA WAIVER NOTIFICATION AND ANNUAL 

REPORTS. 

(a) WAIVER NOTIFICATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Transportation makes 

a finding under section 313(b) of title 23, United States Code, 

with respect to a project, the Secretary shall— 

(A) publish in the Federal Register, before the date 

on which such finding takes effect, a detailed written justification as to the reasons that such finding is needed; 

and 

(B) provide notice of such finding and an opportunity 

for public comment on such finding for a period of not 

to exceed 60 days. 

(2) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

paragraph (1) shall be construed to require the effective date 

of a finding referred to in paragraph (1) to be delayed until 

after the close of the public comment period referred to in 

paragraph (1)(B). 

(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than February 1 of each year 

beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 

and Public Works of the Senate a report on the projects for which 

the Secretary made findings under section 313(b) of title 23, United 

States Code, during the preceding calendar year and the justifications for such findings. 

SEC. 118. EFFICIENT USE OF EXISTING HIGHWAY CAPACITY. 

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a 

study on the impacts of converting left and right highway safety 

shoulders to travel lanes. 

(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the Secretary shall— 

(1) analyze instances in which safety shoulders are used 

for general purpose vehicle traffic, high occupancy vehicles, 

and public transportation vehicles; 

(2) analyze instances in which safety shoulders are not 

part of the roadway design; 

(3) evaluate whether or not conversion of safety shoulders 

or the lack of a safety shoulder in the original roadway design 

has a significant impact on the number of accidents or has 

any other impact on highway safety; and 

(4) compile relevant statistics. 

Federal Register, 

publication. 

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(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report 

on the results of the study. 

SEC. 119. FUTURE INTERSTATE DESIGNATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of 

Transportation shall designate, as a future Interstate Route 69 

Spur, the Audubon Parkway and, as a future Interstate Route 

66 Spur, the Natcher Parkway in Owensboro, Kentucky. Any segment of such routes shall become part of the Interstate System 

(as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code) at such 

time as the Secretary determines that the segment— 

(1) meets the Interstate System design standards approved 

by the Secretary under section 109(b) of title 23, United States 

Code; and 

(2) connects to an existing Interstate System segment. 

(b) SIGNS.—Section 103(c)(4)(B)(iv) of title 23, United States 

Code, shall apply to the designations under subsection (a); except 

that a State may install signs on the 2 parkways that are to 

be designated under subsection (a) indicating the approximate location of each of the future Interstate System highways. 

(c) REMOVAL OF DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall remove 

designation of a highway referred to in subsection (a) as a future 

Interstate System route if the Secretary, as of the last day of 

the 25-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 

Act, has not made the determinations under paragraphs (1) and 

(2) of subsection (a) with respect to such highway. 

SEC. 120. PROJECT FLEXIBILITY. 

Section 1935(b)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1510) 

is amended by inserting ‘‘the project numbered 1322 and’’ before 

‘‘the projects’’. 

SEC. 121. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act 

(including subsection (b)), this Act and the amendments made by 

this Act take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

(b) EXCEPTION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this Act (other 

than the amendments made by sections 101(g), 101(m)(1)(H), 

103, 105, 109, and 201(o)) to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public 

Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) shall— 

(A) take effect as of the date of enactment of that 

Act; and 

(B) be treated as being included in that Act as of 

that date. 

(2) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.—Each provision of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) (including 

the amendments made by that Act) (as in effect on the day 

before the date of enactment of this Act) that is amended 

by this Act (other than sections 101(g), 101(m)(1)(H), 103, 105, 

109, and 201(o)) shall be treated as not being enacted. 

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—Subsections (c)(1) and (e)(3) of section 9503 of the Internal Revenue 

26 USC 9503. Code of 1986 are each amended by striking ‘‘Safe, Accountable, 

23 USC 101 note. 

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Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users’’ 

and inserting ‘‘SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008’’. 

TITLE II—TRANSIT PROVISIONS 

SEC. 201. TRANSIT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

(a) SECTION 5302.—Section 5302(a)(10) of title 49, United States 

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘charter,’’ and inserting ‘‘charter, 

sightseeing,’’. 

(b) SECTION 5303.— 

(1) Section 5303(f)(3)(C)(ii) of such title is amended by 

striking subclause (II) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(II) FUNDING.—For fiscal year 2008 and each 

fiscal year thereafter, in addition to other funds 

made available to the metropolitan planning 

organization for the Lake Tahoe region under this 

chapter and title 23, prior to any allocation under 

section 202 of title 23, and notwithstanding the 

allocation provisions of section 202, the Secretary 

shall set aside 1⁄2 of 1 percent of all funds authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year to 

carry out section 204 of title 23, and shall make 

such funds available to the metropolitan planning 

organization for the Lake Tahoe region to carry 

out the transportation planning process, environmental reviews, preliminary engineering, and 

design to complete environmental documentation 

for transportation projects for the Lake Tahoe 

region under the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact as consented to in Public Law 96–551 (94 

Stat. 3233) and this paragraph.’’. 

(2) Section 5303(j)(3)(D) of such title is amended— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘or the identified phase’’ before ‘‘within 

the time’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘or the identified phase’’ before the 

period at the end. 

(3) Section 5303(k)(2) of such title is amended by striking 

‘‘a metropolitan planning area serving’’. 

(c) SECTION 5307.—Section 5307(b) of such title is amended— 

(1) in the heading for paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘2007’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2009’’; 

(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘mass’’ and inserting ‘‘public’’; 

(3) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the following: 

‘‘(E) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS IN FISCAL YEARS 2008 AND

2009.—In fiscal years 2008 and 2009— 

‘‘(i) amounts made available to any urbanized area 

under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be 

not more than 50 percent of the amount apportioned 

in fiscal year 2002 to the urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000, as determined in the 1990 

decennial census of population; 

‘‘(ii) amounts made available to any urbanized area 

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50 percent of the amount apportioned to the urbanized 

area under this section for fiscal year 2003; and 

‘‘(iii) each portion of any area not designated as 

an urbanized area, as determined by the 1990 decennial census, and eligible to receive funds under 

subparagraph (A)(iv), shall receive an amount of funds 

to carry out this section that is not less than 50 percent 

of the amount the portion of the area received under 

section 5311 in fiscal year 2002.’’; and 

(4) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘section 5305(a)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 5303(k)’’. 

(d) SECTION 5309.—Section 5309 of such title is amended— 

(1) in subsection (d)(5)(B) by striking ‘‘regulation.’’ and 

inserting ‘‘this subsection and shall give comparable, but not 

necessarily equal, numerical weight to each project justification 

criteria in calculating the overall project rating.’’; 

(2) in subsection (e)(6)(B) by striking ‘‘subsection.’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subsection and shall give comparable, but not necessarily equal, numerical weight to each project justification 

criteria in calculating the overall project rating.’’; 

(3) in the heading for paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (m) 

by striking ‘‘MAJOR CAPITAL’’ and inserting ‘‘CAPITAL’’; and 

(4) in subsection (m)(7)(B) by striking ‘‘section 3039’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 3045’’. 

(e) SECTION 5311.—Section 5311 of such title is amended— 

(1) in subsection (g)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘for any purpose 

other than operating assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘for a capital 

project or project administrative expenses’’; 

(2) in subsections (g)(1)(A) and (g)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘capital’’ 

after ‘‘net’’; and 

(3) in subsection (i)(1) by striking ‘‘Sections 5323(a)(1)(D) 

and 5333(b) of this title apply’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 5333(b) 

applies’’. 

(f) SECTION 5312.—The heading for section 5312(c) of such 

title is amended by striking ‘‘MASS TRANSPORTATION’’ and inserting 

‘‘PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION’’. 

(g) SECTION 5314.—Section 5314(a)(3) is amended by striking 

‘‘section 5323(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5333(b)’’. 

(h) SECTION 5319.—Section 5319 of such title is amended by 

striking ‘‘section 5307(k)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5307(d)(1)(K)’’. 

(i) SECTION 5320.—Section 5320 of such title is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘intra—agency’’ and 

inserting ‘‘intraagency’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(5)(A) by striking ‘‘5302(a)(1)(A)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘5302(a)(1)’’; 

(3) in subsection (d)(1) by inserting ‘‘to administer this 

section and’’ after ‘‘5338(b)(2)(J)’’; 

(4) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following: 

‘‘(4) TRANSFERS TO LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.—The Secretary may transfer amounts available under paragraph (1) 

to the appropriate Federal land management agency to pay 

necessary costs of the agency for such activities described in 

paragraph (1) in connection with activities being carried out 

under this section.’’; 

(5) in subsection (k)(3) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)(1)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(1)’’; 

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(6) by redesignating subsections (a) through (m) as subsections (b) through (n), respectively; and 

(7) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) 

the following: 

‘‘(a) PROGRAM NAME.—The program authorized by this section 

shall be known as the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program.’’. 

(j) SECTION 5323.—Section 5323(n) of such title is amended 

by striking ‘‘section 5336(e)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5336(d)(2)’’. 

(k) SECTION 5325.—Section 5325(b) of such title is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting before the period at the 

end ‘‘adopted before August 10, 2005’’; 

(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 

(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 

(l) SECTION 5336.— 

(1) APPORTIONMENTS OF FORMULA GRANTS.—Section 5336 

of such title is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Of the amount’’ and 

all that follows before paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘Of 

the amount apportioned under subsection (i)(2) to carry 

out section 5307—’’; 

(B) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘subsections (a) 

and (h)(2) of section 5338’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 

(a)(1)(C)(vi) and (b)(2)(B) of section 5338’’; and 

(C) by redesignating subsection (c), as added by section 

3034(c) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 

1628), as subsection (k). 

(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 3034(d)(2) of the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1629), is amended by striking 

‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’. 

(m) SECTION 5337.—Section 5337(a) of title 49, United States 

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘for each of fiscal years 1998 through 

2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’. 

(n) SECTION 5338.—Section 5338(d)(1)(B) of such title is 

amended by striking ‘‘section 5315(a)(16)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

5315(b)(2)(P)’’. 

(o) SAFETEA–LU.— 

(1) SECTION 3011.—Section 3011(f) of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (119 Stat. 1589) is amended by adding to the end the 

following: 

‘‘(5) Central Florida Commuter Rail Transit Project.’’. 

(2) SECTION 3037.—Section 3037(c) of such Act (119 Stat. 

1636) is amended— 

(A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Phase II’’; and 

(B) by striking paragraph (10). 

(3) SECTION 3040.—Section 3040(4) of such Act (119 Stat. 

1639) is amended by striking ‘‘$7,871,895,000’’ and inserting 

‘‘$7,872,893,000’’. 

(4) SECTION 3043.— (A) PORTLAND, OREGON.—Section 3043(b)(27) of such 

Act (119 Stat. 1642) is amended by inserting ‘‘/Milwaukie’’ 

after ‘‘Mall’’. 

(B) LOS ANGELES.— (i) PHASE 1.—Section 3043(b)(13) of such Act (119 

Stat. 1642) is amended to read as follows: 

49 USC 5336. 

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‘‘(13) Los Angeles—Exposition LRT (Phase 1).’’. 

(ii) PHASE 2.—Section 3043(c) of such Act (119 

Stat. 1645) is amended by inserting after paragraph 

(104) the following: 

‘‘(104A) Los Angeles—Exposition LRT (Phase 2).’’. 

(C) SAN DIEGO.—Section 3043(c)(105) of such Act (119 

Stat. 1645) is amended by striking ‘‘LOSSAN Del MarSan Diego—Rail Corridor Improvements’’ and inserting 

‘‘LOSSAN Rail Corridor Improvements’’. 

(D) SAN DIEGO.—Section 3043(c)(217) of such Act (119 

Stat. 1648) is amended by striking ‘‘San Diego’’ and 

inserting ‘‘San Diego Transit’’. 

(E) SACRAMENTO.—Section 3043(c)(204) of such Act 

(119 Stat. 647) is amended by striking ‘‘Downtown’’. 

(F) BOSTON.—Section 3043(d)(6) of such Act (119 Stat. 

1649) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(6) Boston-Silver Line Phase III, $20,000,000.’’. 

(G) PROJECT CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.—Section 3043(e) 

of such Act (119 Stat. 1651) is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘(4) PROJECT CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.—Projects recommended by the Secretary for a project construction grant 

agreement under section 5309(e) of title 49, United States 

Code, or for funding under section 5309(m)(2)(A)(i) of such 

title during fiscal year 2008 and fiscal year 2009 are authorized 

for preliminary engineering, final design, and construction for 

fiscal years 2007 through 2009 upon the completion of the 

notification process for each such project under section 

5309(g)(5).’’. 

(H) LOS ANGELES AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.—Section 

3043 of such Act (119 Stat. 1640) is amended by adding 

at the end the following: 

‘‘(k) LOS ANGELES EXTENSION.—In evaluating the local share 

of the project authorized by subsection (c)(104A) in the new starts 

rating process, the Secretary shall give consideration to project 

elements of the project authorized by subsection (b)(13) advanced 

with 100 percent non-Federal funds. 

‘‘(l) SAN GABRIEL VALLEY––GOLD LINE FOOTHILL EXTENSION

PHASE II.—In evaluating the local share of the San Gabriel Valley– 

–Gold Line Foothill Extension Phase II project authorized by subsection (b)(33) in the new starts rating process, the Secretary shall 

give consideration to project elements of the San Gabriel Valley– 

–Gold Line Foothill Extension Phase I project advanced with 100 

percent non-Federal funds.’’. 

(5) SECTION 3044.— 

(A) PROJECTS.—The table contained in section 3044(a) 

of such Act (119 Stat. 1652) is amended— 

(i) in item 25— 

(I) by striking ‘‘$217,360’’ and inserting 

‘‘$167,360’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘$225,720’’ and inserting ‘‘$175,720’’; 

(ii) in item number 36 by striking the project 

description and inserting ‘‘Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) for bus 

and bus-related facilities in the LACMTA’s service 

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(iii) in item number 71 by inserting ‘‘Metropolitan 

Bus Authority’’ after ‘‘Puerto Rico’’; 

(iv) in item number 84 by striking the project 

description and inserting ‘‘Improvements to the 

existing Sacramento Intermodal Facility (Sacramento 

Valley Station)’’; 

(v) in item number 94 by striking the project 

description and inserting ‘‘Pacific Transit, WA Vehicle 

Replacement’’; 

(vi) in item number 120 by striking ‘‘Dayton Airport Intermodal Rail Feasibility Study’’ and inserting 

‘‘Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority buses and 

bus facilities’’; 

(vii) in item number 152 by inserting ‘‘Metropolitan 

Bus Authority’’ after ‘‘Puerto Rico’’; 

(viii) in item number 416 by striking ‘‘Improve 

marine intermodal’’ and inserting ‘‘Improve marine 

dry-dock and’’; 

(ix) in item number 457— 

(I) by striking ‘‘$65,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$0’’; 

and 

(II) by striking ‘‘$67,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$0’’; 

and 

(x) in item number 458— 

(I) by striking ‘‘$65,000’’ and inserting 

‘‘$130,000’’; 

(II) by striking ‘‘$67,500’’ and inserting 

‘‘$135,000’’; and 

(xi) in item number 57 by striking the project 

description and inserting ‘‘Wilmington, NC, maintenance and operations facilities and administration and 

transfer facilities’’; 

(xii) in item number 460 by striking the matters 

in the project description, FY08 column, and FY09 

column and inserting ‘‘460. Mid-Region Council of 

Governments, New Mexico, public transportation 

buses, bus-related equipment and facilities, and intermodal terminals in Albuquerque and Santa Fe’’, 

‘‘$500,000’’, and ‘‘$500,000’’, respectively. 

(xiii) in item number 138 by striking ‘‘Design’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Determine scope, engineering, design,’’; 

(xiv) in item number 23 by striking ‘‘Construct’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way 

acquisition, and construction’’; 

(xv) in item number 439 by inserting before ‘‘Central’’ the following: ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way 

acquisition, and construction’’; 

(xvi) in item number 453 by inserting before ‘‘Central’’ the following: ‘‘Design, engineering, right-of-way 

acquisition, and construction’’; 

(xvii) in item number 371 by striking the project 

description and inserting ‘‘Regional Transportation 

Commission of Southern Nevada, Sunset Bus Maintenance Facility’’; 

(xviii) in item number 487 by striking ‘‘Central 

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inserting ‘‘Central Arkansas Transit Authority Bus 

Acquisition’’; 

(xix) in item number 491 by striking the project 

description and inserting ‘‘Pace, IL, Cermak Road, Bus 

Rapid Transit, and related bus projects, and alternatives analysis’’; 

(xx) in item number 512 by striking ‘‘Corning, 

NY, Phase II Corning Preserve Transportation 

Enhancement Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation 

Center Enhancements, Corning, NY’’; 

(xxi) in item number 534 by striking ‘‘Community 

Buses’’ and inserting ‘‘Bus and Bus Facilities’’; 

(xxii) in item number 570 by striking ‘‘Maine 

Department of Transportation-Acadia Intermodal 

Facility’’ and inserting ‘‘MaineDOT Acadia Intermodal 

Passenger and Maintenance Facility’’; 

(xxiii) in item number 80 by striking the project 

description and amounts and inserting ‘‘Flagler 

County, Florida–buses and bus facility’’, ‘‘$57,684’’, 

‘‘$60,192’’, ‘‘$65,208’’, and ‘‘$67,716’’ respectively; 

(xxiv) in item number 135 by striking the project 

description and inserting ‘‘Pace Suburban Bus, IL– 

Purchase Vehicles’’; 

(xxv) in item number 276 by striking the project 

description and amounts and inserting ‘‘Long Beach 

Transit, Long Beach, California, for the purchase of 

transit vehicles and enhancement of para-transit and 

senior transportation services’’, ‘‘$128,180’’, ‘‘$133,760’’, 

‘‘$144,906’’, and ‘‘$150,480’’, respectively; and 

(xxvi) by adding at the end— 

(I)(aa) in the project description column ‘‘666. 

New York City, NY, rehabilitation of subway stations to include passenger access improvements 

including escalators or installation of infrastructure for security and surveillance purposes’’; and 

(bb) in the FY08 column and the FY09 column 

‘‘$50,000’’; 

(II)(aa) in the project description column ‘‘667. 

St. Johns County Council on Aging buses and bus 

facilities, Florida’’; and 

(bb) in the FY06, FY07, FY08, and FY09 columns ‘‘$57,684’’, ‘‘$60,192’’, ‘‘$65,208’’, and 

‘‘$67,716’’, respectively; 

(III)(aa) in the project description column ‘‘668. 

The City of Compton, California, for the replacement of buses and paratransit vehicles’’; and 

(bb) in the FY06, FY07, FY08, and FY09 columns ‘‘$128,180’’, ‘‘$133,760’’, ‘‘$144,906’’, and 

‘‘$150,480’’, respectively; and 

(IV)(aa) in the project description column ‘‘669. 

City of Los Angeles, California, for the purchase 

of transit vehicles in Watts and enhancement of 

paratransit and senior transportation services’’; 

and 

(bb) in the FY06, FY07, FY08, and FY09 columns ‘‘$128,200’’, ‘‘$133,760’’, ‘‘$144,908’’, and 

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(B) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 3044(c) of such Act (119 

Stat. 1705) is amended— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘, or other entity,’’ after ‘‘State 

or local governmental authority’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘projects numbered 258 and 347’’ 

and inserting ‘‘projects numbered 258, 347, and 411’’; 

and 

(iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting: 

‘‘, and funds made available for fiscal year 2006 for 

the bus and bus-related facilities projects numbered 

176 and 652 under subsection (a) shall remain available until September 30, 2009.’’. 

(6) SECTION 3046.—Section 3046(a)(7) of such Act (119 Stat. 

1708) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘hydrogen fuel cell vehicles’’ and 

inserting ‘‘hydrogen fueled vehicles’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘hydrogen fuel cell employee shuttle 

vans’’ and inserting ‘‘hydrogen fueled employee shuttle 

vans’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘in Allentown, Pennsylvania’’ and 

inserting ‘‘to the DaVinci Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania’’. 

(7) SECTION 3050.—Section 3050(b) of such Act (119 Stat. 

1713) is amended by inserting ‘‘by negotiating the extension 

of the existing agreement between mile post 191.13 and mile 

post 185.1 to mile post 165.9 in Rhode Island’’ before the 

period at the end. 

(p) TRANSIT TUNNELS.—In carrying out section 5309(d)(3)(D) 

of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation 

shall specifically analyze, evaluate, and consider— 

(1) the congestion relief, improved mobility, and other benefits of transit tunnels in those projects which include a transit 

tunnel; and 

(2) the associated ancillary and mitigation costs necessary 

to relieve congestion, improve mobility, and decrease air and 

noise pollution in those projects which do not include a transit 

tunnel, but where a transit tunnel was one of the alternatives 

analyzed. 

(q) KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, PROPERTY ACQUISITION.—The 

acquisition of property for the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, for 

the Knoxville, Tennessee, Central Station project shall be deemed 

to qualify as an acquisition of land for protective purposes pursuant 

to section 622.101 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary of 

Transportation may allow the costs of such acquisition to be credited 

toward the non-Federal share for the project. 

(r) CALIFORNIA TRANSIT SERVICES.—The Secretary of Transportation shall use not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made available for use at the discretion of the Secretary for fiscal year 2007 

for Federal Transit Administration Discretionary Programs, Bus 

and Bus Facilities to reimburse the California State department 

of transportation for actual and necessary costs of maintenance 

and operation, less the amount of fares earned, for additional public 

transportation services that were provided by the department of 

transportation as a temporary substitute for highway traffic service 

following the freeway collapse at the interchange connecting Interstate Routes 80, 580, and 880 near the San Francisco-Oakland 

49 USC 5309 

note. 

49 USC 5338 

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Bay Bridge, on April 29, 2007, until the reopening of that facility 

on June 29, 2007. The Federal share of the cost of activities 

reimbursed under this subsection shall be 100 percent. 

TITLE III—OTHER SURFACE 

TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS 

SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER 

SAFETY. 

(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO HIGH-PRIORITY

ACTIVITIES.—Section 31104(f) of title 49, United States Code, is 

amended by striking the designation and heading for paragraph 

(1) and by striking paragraph (2). 

(b) NEW ENTRANT AUDITS.— 

(1) CORRECTIONS OF REFERENCES.—Section 4107(b) of the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1720) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘Section 31104’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 

31144’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(c)’’ after ‘‘the second 

subsection’’. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7112 of such Act 

(119 Stat. 1899) is amended by striking subsection (c). 

(c) PROHIBITED TRANSPORTATION.—Section 4114(c)(1) of the 

such Act (119 Stat. 1726) is amended by striking ‘‘the second 

subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f)’’. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE RELATING TO MEDICAL EXAMINERS.—Section 4116(f) of such Act (119 Stat. 1728) is amended by striking 

‘‘amendment made by subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘amendments 

made by subsections (a) and (b)’’. 

(e) ROADABILITY TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 

31151(a)(3)(E)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 

striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 

(f) CORRECTION OF SUBSECTION REFERENCE.—Section 4121 of 

the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1734) is amended by striking 

‘‘31139(f)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘31139(g)(5)’’. 

(g) CDL LEARNER’S PERMIT PROGRAM TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 4122(2)(A) of such Act (119 Stat. 1734) is amended 

by striking ‘‘license’’ and inserting ‘‘licenses’’. 

(h) CDL INFORMATION SYSTEM FUNDING REFERENCE.—Section 

31309(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 

‘‘31318’’ and inserting ‘‘31313’’. 

(i) CLARIFICATION OF REFERENCE.—Section 229(a)(1) of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 

31136 note; 119 Stat. 1743) is amended by inserting ‘‘of title 49, 

United States Code,’’ after ‘‘31502’’. 

(j) REDESIGNATION OF SECTION.—The second section 39 of 

chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, relating to commercial 

motor vehicles required to stop for inspections, and the item relating 

to such section in the analysis for such chapter, are redesignated 

as section 40. 

(k) OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.—Section 5503 of title 49, United 

States Code, is amended— 

49 USC 31308. 

49 USC 31139. 

49 USC 31149 

note. 

49 USC 31144. 

49 USC 31144. 

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(1) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation 

Safety Improvement Act of 2005’’, and inserting ‘‘Motor Carrier 

Safety Reauthorization Act of 2005’’; and 

(2) by redesignating the first subsection (h), relating to 

authorization of appropriations, as subsection (i) and moving 

it after the second subsection (h). 

(l) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYSTEM.— 

Section 13908 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection 

(d) the following: 

‘‘(e) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION

SYSTEM.—Fees collected under this section may be credited to the 

Department of Transportation appropriations account for purposes 

for which such fees are collected and shall be available for expenditure for such purposes until expended.’’. 

(m) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINITION.—Section 

14504a(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 

striking ‘‘a motor carrier required to make any filing or pay any 

fee to a State with respect to the motor carrier’s authority or 

insurance related to operation within such State, the motor carrier’’ 

and inserting ‘‘determining the size of a motor carrier or motor 

private carrier’s fleet in calculating the fee to be paid by a motor 

carrier or motor private carrier pursuant to subsection (f)(1), the 

motor carrier or motor private carrier’’. 

(n) CLARIFICATION OF UNREASONABLE BURDEN.—Section 

14504a(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 

‘‘interstate’’ the last place it appears and inserting ‘‘intrastate’’. 

(o) CONTENTS OF AGREEMENT TYPO.—Section 14504a(f)(1)(A)(ii) 

of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ the 

last place it appears. 

(p) OTHER UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYSTEM TECHNICAL

CORRECTIONS.—Section 14504a of title 49, United States Code, is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (c)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘the a’’ and inserting 

‘‘a’’; 

(2) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) by striking ‘‘in connection with 

the filing of proof of financial responsibility’’; and 

(3) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(ii) by striking ‘‘in connection with 

such a filing’’ and inserting ‘‘under the UCR agreement’’. 

(q) IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLES.—Section 14506(b)(2) of title 

49, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘or under an applicable State law 

if, on October 1, 2006, the State has a form of highway use taxation 

not subject to collection through the International Fuel Tax Agreement’’. 

(r) DRIVEAWAY SADDLEMOUNT VEHICLE.— 

(1) DEFINITION.—Section 31111(a)(4) of title 49, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(A) in the paragraph heading by striking ‘‘DRIVE-AWAY

SADDLEMOUNT WITH FULLMOUNT’’ and inserting 

‘‘DRIVEAWAY SADDLEMOUNT’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘drive-away saddlemount with 

fullmount’’ and inserting ‘‘driveaway saddlemount’’; and 

(C) by inserting ‘‘Such combination may include one 

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(2) IN GENERAL.—Section 31111(b)(1)(D) of such title is 

amended by striking ‘‘a driveaway saddlemount with fullmount’’ 

and inserting ‘‘all driveaway saddlemount’’. 

SEC. 302. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION. 

(a) DEFINITION OF HAZMAT EMPLOYEES.—Section 7102(2) of the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1892) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘(3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)’’; 

(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘clause (i) of subparagraph (A)’’; and 

(3) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 5103a(g)(1)(B)(ii) of title 

49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting 

‘‘subsection’’. 

(c) PREEMPTION CORRECTION.—Section 5125 of title 49, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘5119(e)’’ and inserting 

‘‘5119(f)’’; 

(2) in each of subsections (e) and (g) by striking ‘‘5119(b)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘5119(f)’’; and 

(3) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘(b), (c)(1), or (d)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘(a), (b)(1), or (c)’’. 

(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 7124(3) of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

for Users (119 Stat. 1908) is amended by inserting ‘‘the first place 

it appears’’ before ‘‘and inserting’’. 

(e) REPORT.—Section 5121(h) of title 49, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘exemptions’’ and inserting 

‘‘special permits’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘exemption’’ and inserting 

‘‘special permit’’. 

(f) SECTION HEADING.—Section 5128 of title 49, United States 

Code, is amended by striking the section designation and heading 

and inserting the following: 

‘‘§ 5128. Authorization of appropriations’’. 

(g) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 57 of title 

49, United States Code, is amended in the item relating to section 

5701 by striking ‘‘Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation’’. 

(h) NORMAN Y. MINETA RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

IMPROVEMENT ACT.—Section 5(b) of the Norman Y. Mineta Research 

and Special Programs Improvement Act (49 U.S.C. 108 note; 118 

Stat. 2427) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including delegations by the 

Secretary of Transportation)’’ after ‘‘All orders’’. 

(i) SHIPPING PAPERS.—Section 5110(d)(1) of title 49, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘SHIPPERS’’ and 

inserting ‘‘OFFERORS’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘shipper’s’’ and inserting ‘‘offeror’s’’. 

(j) NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS.—Section 19(1) of the Pipeline 

Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006 (49 

U.S.C. 60102 note; 120 Stat. 3498) is amended by striking ‘‘165’’ 

and inserting ‘‘1165’’. 

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SEC. 303. HIGHWAY SAFETY. 

(a) STATE MINIMUM APPORTIONMENTS FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY

PROGRAMS.—Effective October 1, 2007, section 402(c) of the title 

23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘The annual apportionment to each State shall not be less than one-half of 1 per 

centum’’ and inserting ‘‘The annual apportionment to each State 

shall not be less than three-quarters of 1 percent’’. 

(b) CONSOLIDATION OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.—Section 402(m) 

of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence— 

(1) by striking ‘‘through’’ and inserting ‘‘for which’’; and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘is appropriate’’ before the period at the 

end. 

(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 

(1) Section 2002(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 

1521) is amended— 

(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as (2) 

and (3), respectively. 

(2) Section 2007(b)(1) of such Act (119 Stat. 1529) is 

amended— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end 

of subparagraph (A); 

(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B); 

and 

(C) by striking subparagraph (C). 

(3) Effective August 10, 2005, section 410(c)(7)(B) of title 

23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii)’’. 

(4) Section 411 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 

by redesignating the second subsection (c), relating to administration expenses, and subsection (d) as subsections (d) and 

(e), respectively. 

SEC. 304. CORRECTION OF STUDY REQUIREMENT REGARDING ONSCENE MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION CAUSATION. 

Section 2003(c)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109– 

59; 119 Stat. 1522) is amended in the second sentence by striking 

‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’. 

SEC. 305. MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION REGISTRATION. 

(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 31138 of title 49, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENT.— 

‘‘(1) TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS FOR COMPENSATION.— 

The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations to 

require minimum levels of financial responsibility sufficient 

to satisfy liability amounts established by the Secretary covering public liability and property damage for the transportation of passengers for compensation by motor vehicle in the 

United States between a place in a State and— 

‘‘(A) a place in another State; 

‘‘(B) another place in the same State through a place 

outside of that State; or 

‘‘(C) a place outside the United States. 

Regulations. 

23 USC 410 note. 

23 USC 410. 

23 USC 402. 

23 USC 402 note. 

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‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS NOT FOR COMPENSA- TION.—The Secretary may prescribe regulations to require minimum levels of financial responsibility sufficient to satisfy 

liability amounts established by the Secretary covering public 

liability and property damage for the transportation of passengers for commercial purposes, but not for compensation, 

by motor vehicle in the United States between a place in 

a State and— 

‘‘(A) a place in another State; 

‘‘(B) another place in the same State through a place 

outside of that State; or 

‘‘(C) a place outside the United States.’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘commercial’’ each place it appears in subsection (c)(4). 

(b) TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY.—Section 31139 of such title 

is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘commercial motor vehicle’’ in subsection 

(b)(1) and inserting ‘‘motor carrier or motor private carrier 

(as such terms are defined in section 13102 of this title)’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘commercial’’ in subsection (c). 

(c) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.—Paragraphs 

(6)(B), (7)(B), (14), and (15) of section 13102 of such title are 

each amended by striking ‘‘commercial motor vehicle (as defined 

in section 31132)’’ and inserting ‘‘motor vehicle’’. 

(d) FREIGHT FORWARDERS.—Section 13903(a) of such title is 

amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall register a person to 

provide service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of 

chapter 135 as a freight forwarder if the Secretary finds that 

the person is fit, willing, and able to provide the service and 

to comply with this part and applicable regulations of the Secretary 

and the Board.’’. 

(e) BROKERS.—Section 13904(a) of such title is amended to 

read as follows: 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall register, subject to section 13906(b), a person to be a broker for transportation of property 

subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135, if the 

Secretary finds that the person is fit, willing, and able to be a 

broker for transportation and to comply with this part and 

applicable regulations of the Secretary.’’. 

SEC. 306. APPLICABILITY OF FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. 

(a) APPLICABILITY FOLLOWING THIS ACT.—Beginning on the 

date of enactment of this Act, section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 

Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall apply to a covered employee 

notwithstanding section 13(b)(1) of that Act (29 U.S.C. 213(b)(1)). 

(b) LIABILITY LIMITATION FOLLOWING SAFETEA–LU.— 

(1) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—An employer shall not be 

liable for a violation of section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 

Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) with respect to a covered employee 

if— 

(A) the violation occurred in the 1-year period beginning on August 10, 2005; and 

(B) as of the date of the violation, the employer did 

not have actual knowledge that the employer was subject 

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to the requirements of such section with respect to the 

covered employee. 

(2) ACTIONS TO RECOVER AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY PAID.— Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to establish a 

cause of action for an employer to recover amounts paid before 

the date of enactment of this Act in settlement of, in compromise of, or pursuant to a judgment rendered regarding a 

claim or potential claim based on an alleged or proven violation 

of section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

207) occurring in the 1-year period referred to in paragraph 

(1)(A) with respect to a covered employee. 

(c) COVERED EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

‘‘covered employee’’ means an individual— 

(1) who is employed by a motor carrier or motor private 

carrier (as such terms are defined by section 13102 of title 

49, United States Code, as amended by section 305); 

(2) whose work, in whole or in part, is defined— 

(A) as that of a driver, driver’s helper, loader, or 

mechanic; and 

(B) as affecting the safety of operation of motor vehicles 

weighing 10,000 pounds or less in transportation on public 

highways in interstate or foreign commerce, except 

vehicles— 

(i) designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation; 

(ii) designed or used to transport more than 15 

passengers (including the driver) and not used to transport passengers for compensation; or 

(iii) used in transporting material found by the 

Secretary of Transportation to be hazardous under section 5103 of title 49, United States Code, and transported in a quantity requiring placarding under regulations prescribed by the Secretary under section 5103 

of title 49, United States Code; and 

(3) who performs duties on motor vehicles weighing 10,000 

pounds or less. 

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 

PROVISIONS 

SEC. 401. CONVEYANCE OF GSA FLEET MANAGEMENT CENTER TO 

ALASKA RAILROAD CORPORATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of this section, 

the Administrator of General Services shall convey, not later than 

2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, by quitclaim deed, 

to the Alaska Railroad Corporation, an entity of the State of Alaska 

(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Corporation’’), all right, title, 

and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of real 

property described in subsection (b), known as the GSA Fleet 

Management Center. 

(b) GSA FLEET MANAGEMENT CENTER.—The parcel to be conveyed under subsection (a) is the parcel located at the intersection 

of 2nd Avenue and Christensen Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, consisting of approximately 78,000 square feet of land and the improvements thereon. 

(c) CONSIDERATION.— 

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(1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the parcel to be 

conveyed under subsection (a), the Administrator shall require 

the Corporation to— 

(A) convey replacement property in accordance with 

paragraph (2); or 

(B) pay the purchase price for the parcel in accordance 

with paragraph (3). 

(2) REPLACEMENT PROPERTY.—If the Administrator requires 

the Corporation to provide consideration under paragraph 

(1)(A), the Corporation shall— 

(A) convey, and pay the cost of conveying, to the United 

States, acting by and through the Administrator, fee simple 

title to real property, including a building, that the 

Administrator determines to be suitable as a replacement 

facility for the parcel to be conveyed under subsection 

(a); and 

(B) provide such other consideration as the Administrator and the Corporation may agree, including payment 

of the costs of relocating the occupants vacating the parcel 

to be conveyed under subsection (a). 

(3) PURCHASE PRICE.—If the Administrator requires the 

Corporation to provide consideration under paragraph (1)(B), 

the Corporation shall pay to the Administrator the fair market 

value of the parcel to be conveyed under subsection (a) based 

on its highest and best use as determined by an independent 

appraisal commissioned by the Administrator and paid for by 

the Corporation. 

(d) APPRAISAL.—In the case of an appraisal under subsection 

(c)(3)— 

(1) the appraisal shall be performed by an appraiser mutually acceptable to the Administrator and the Corporation; and 

(2) the assumptions, scope of work, and other terms and 

conditions related to the appraisal assignment shall be mutually acceptable to the Administrator and the Corporation. 

(e) PROCEEDS.— 

(1) DEPOSIT.—Any proceeds received under subsection (c) 

shall be paid into the Federal Buildings Fund established under 

section 592 of title 40, United States Code. 

(2) EXPENDITURE.—Funds paid into the Federal Buildings 

Fund under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Administrator, in amounts specified in appropriations Acts, for expenditure for any lawful purpose consistent with existing authorities 

granted to the Administrator; except that the Administrator 

shall provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 30 days 

advance written notice of any expenditure of the proceeds. 

(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Administrator 

may require such additional terms and conditions to the conveyance 

under subsection (a) as the Administrator considers appropriate 

to protect the interests of the United States. 

(g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURVEY.—The exact acreage 

and legal description of the parcels to be conveyed under subsections 

(a) and (c)(2) shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the 

Administrator and the Corporation. 

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1195 (S. 1611): 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 110–62 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure). 

SENATE REPORTS: No. 110–81 accompanying S. 1611 (Comm. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 

Vol. 153 (2007): Mar. 26, considered and passed House. 

Vol. 154 (2008): Apr. 15–17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 

Apr. 30, House concurred in Senate amendment. 

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SEC. 402. CONVEYANCE OF RETAINED INTEREST IN ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL HALL. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the terms and conditions of subsection (c), the Administrator of General Services shall convey to 

the city of St. Joseph, Michigan, by quitclaim deed, any interest 

retained by the United States in St. Joseph Memorial Hall. 

(b) ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL HALL DEFINED.—In this section, the 

term ‘‘St. Joseph Memorial Hall’’ means the property subject to 

a conveyance from the Secretary of Commerce to the city of St. 

Joseph, Michigan, by quitclaim deed dated May 9, 1936, recorded 

in Liber 310, at page 404, in the Register of Deeds for Berrien 

County, Michigan. 

(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under subsection 

(a) shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: 

(1) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the conveyance 

under subsection (a), the city of St. Joseph, Michigan, shall 

pay $10,000 to the United States. 

(2) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Administrator may require such additional terms and conditions for 

the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Administrator considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. 

TITLE V—OTHER PROVISIONS 

SEC. 501. DE SOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. 

Section 219(f)(30) of the Water Resources Development Act 

of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 110 Stat. 3757; 113 Stat. 334; 114 Stat. 

2763A–220; 119 Stat. 282; 119 Stat. 2257) is amended by striking 

‘‘$55,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’. 

SEC. 502. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REVIEW. 

Consistent with applicable standards and procedures, the 

Department of Justice shall review allegations of impropriety 

regarding item 462 in section 1934(c) of Public Law 109–59 to 

ascertain if a violation of Federal criminal law has occurred. 

Approved June 6, 2008. 

Michigan. 

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