103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4385

AN ACT

To amend title 23, United States Code, to designate the

National Highway System, and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘National Highway System Designation Act of 1994’’.
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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Secretary defined.

TITLE I—NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION AND

OTHER PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. National Highway System designation.

Sec. 102. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.

Sec. 103. Quality improvement.

Sec. 104. Contracting for engineering and design services.

Sec. 105. Highway safety promotion program.

Sec. 106. Project eligibility.

Sec. 107. Wisconsin substitute project.

Sec. 108. Use of recycled paving material.

Sec. 109. Work zone safety.

Sec. 110. Corrected projects.

Sec. 111. Rescissions.

Sec. 112. Additional projects.

Sec. 113. Study of radio and microwave technology for commercial and other

motor vehicles.

Sec. 114. Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency.

Sec. 115. Railway-highway crossings project.

Sec. 116. New River Parkway, West Virginia.

Sec. 117. National recreational trails.

Sec. 118. Coal Heritage.

Sec. 119. Limitations on funding of operating assistance.

Sec. 120. Intercity bus transportation.

Sec. 121. Repeals of existing projects.

Sec. 122. Miscellaneous transit projects.

Sec. 123. Multiyear contract for metro rail project.

Sec. 124. Metric system signing.

Sec. 125. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 126. Statewide planning.

Sec. 127. High priority corridor feasibility study.

Sec. 128. Reevaluation.

Sec. 129. Funding.

Sec. 130. Nondivisible loans.

Sec. 131. Commercial motor vehicle accidents.

TITLE II—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO ISTEA AND RELATED

LAWS

Sec. 201. Definitions.

Sec. 202. References to Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

Sec. 203. Federal-Aid Systems.

Sec. 204. Apportionment.

Sec. 205. Programs of projects.

Sec. 206. Advance acquisition of rights-of-way.

Sec. 207. Standards.

Sec. 208. Letting of contracts.

Sec. 209. Prevailing rate of wage.

Sec. 210. Construction.

Sec. 211. Advance construction.
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Sec. 212. Maintenance.

Sec. 213. Certification acceptance.

Sec. 214. Availability of funds.

Sec. 215. Federal share.

Sec. 216. Payment to States for construction.

Sec. 217. Relocation of utility facilities.

Sec. 218. Advances to States.

Sec. 219. Emergency relief.

Sec. 220. Applicability of axle weight limitations.

Sec. 221. Toll roads.

Sec. 222. Rail-highway crossings.

Sec. 223. Surface transportation program.

Sec. 224. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 225. Statewide planning.

Sec. 226. Control of junkyards.

Sec. 227. Nondiscrimination.

Sec. 228. Enforcement of requirements.

Sec. 229. Availability of rights-of-way.

Sec. 230. Highway bridge program.

Sec. 231. Great River Road.

Sec. 232. Hazard elimination program.

Sec. 233. Use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets.

Sec. 234. National maximum speed limit.

Sec. 235. Minimum allocation.

Sec. 236. National minimum drinking age.

Sec. 237. Revocation of drivers’ licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses.

Sec. 238. Reimbursement for segments of Interstate System constructed without Federal assistance.

Sec. 239. Federal lands highway program.

Sec. 240. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkway.

Sec. 241. State Highway Department.

Sec. 242. Management systems.

Sec. 243. State planning and research.

Sec. 244. Appropriation for highway purposes of Federal lands.

Sec. 245. International highway transportation outreach program.

Sec. 246. Highway safety programs.

Sec. 247. National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.

Sec. 248. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.

Sec. 249. Public transit facilities.

Sec. 250. Roadside barrier technology.

Sec. 251. Pensacola, Florida.

Sec. 252. High cost bridge projects.

Sec. 253. Congestion relief projects.

Sec. 254. High priority corridors on National Highway System.

Sec. 255. High priority corridor projects.

Sec. 256. Rural access projects.

Sec. 257. Urban access and mobility projects.

Sec. 258. Innovative projects.

Sec. 259. Intermodal projects.

Sec. 260. Miscellaneous Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

amendments.

Sec. 261. Disadvantaged business enterprise program.

Sec. 262. Amendments to Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
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Sec. 263. Freeway service patrols.

Sec. 264. Pan American Highway.

Sec. 265. Section 3 program amendments.

Sec. 266. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 267. Formula grant program.

Sec. 268. Mass transit account block grants.

Sec. 269. Grants for research and training.

Sec. 270. General provisions.

Sec. 271. Period of availability and reapportionment of section 16 funds.

Sec. 272. Rural transit program.

Sec. 273. Nondiscrimination.

Sec. 274. Authorizations.

Sec. 275. Project management oversight.

Sec. 276. Planning and research program.

Sec. 277. Needs survey and transferability study.

Sec. 278. State responsibility for rail fixed guideway system.

Sec. 279. National Transit Institute.

Sec. 280. Increased Federal share.

Sec. 281. Performance reports on mass transit systems.

Sec. 282. Cross reference to Federal Transit Act.

Sec. 283. Participation in International Registration Plan and International

Fuel Tax Agreement.

Sec. 284. Intelligent vehicle-highway systems.

Sec. 285. Title 49, United States Code, amendments.

Sec. 286. Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 amendments.

Sec. 287. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 amendments.

Sec. 288. Cleveland Harbor, Ohio.

Sec. 289. Other Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act technical

amendments.

1 SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED.

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec3 retary of Transportation.

4 TITLE I—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

5 SYSTEM DESIGNATION AND

6 OTHER PROVISIONS

7 SEC. 101. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION.

8 (a) DESIGNATION; MODIFICATIONS.—Section 103 of

9 title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after

10 subsection (b) the following:

11 ‘‘(c) INITIAL DESIGNATION OF NHS.—The National

12 Highway System as submitted by the Secretary of Trans-
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1 portation on the map entitled ‘Official Submission, Na2 tional Highway System, Federal Highway Administra3 tion’, and dated May 10, 1994, is hereby designated within

4 the United States, including the District of Columbia and

5 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

6 ‘‘(d) MODIFICATIONS TO THE NHS.—

7 ‘‘(1) PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS.—The Sec8 retary may submit for approval to the Committee on

9 Environment and Public Works of the Senate and

10 the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

11 of the House of Representatives proposed modifica12 tions to the National Highway System. The Sec13 retary may only propose a modification under this

14 subsection if the Secretary determines that such

15 modification meets the criteria and requirements of

16 subsection (b). Proposed modifications may include

17 new segments and deletion of existing segments of

18 the National Highway System.

19 ‘‘(2) APPROVAL OF CONGRESS REQUIRED.—A

20 modification to the National Highway System may

21 only take effect if a law has been enacted approving

22 such modification.

23 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED SUBMISSION.—Not later than 2

24 years after the date of the enactment of the Na25 tional Highway System Designation Act of 1994, the
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1 Secretary shall submit under paragraph (1) pro2 posed modifications to the National Highway Sys3 tem. Such modifications shall include a list and de4 scription of additions to the National Highway Sys5 tem consisting of—

6 ‘‘(A) connections to major ports, airports,

7 international border crossings, public transpor8 tation and transit facilities, interstate bus ter9 minals, rail and other intermodal transportation

10 facilities; and

11 ‘‘(B) any congressional high priority cor12 ridor or any segment thereof established by sec13 tion 1105 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor14 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2037)

15 which was not identified on the National High16 way System designated by subsection (c), sub17 ject to the completion of feasibility studies.’’.

18 (b) PROPOSED NTS.—Not later than 2 years after

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall

20 submit to Congress a proposal for a comprehensive Na21 tional Transportation System using the National Highway

22 System as the backbone for establishing the National

23 Transportation System. In developing such proposal, the

24 Secretary shall consult with and consider the views of

25 States and metropolitan planning organizations.
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1 SEC. 102. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IM2 PROVEMENT PROGRAM.

3 (a) APPORTIONMENT FORMULA.—Section 104(b)(2)

4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 1994’’ after

6 ‘‘State’’ each place it appears;

7 (2) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 1994’’ after

8 ‘‘States’’ the first place it appears;

9 (3) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

10 year 1994’’ after ‘‘Act’’;

11 (4) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

12 year 1994’’ after ‘‘subpart’’;

13 (5) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

14 year 1994’’ after ‘‘subpart’’;

15 (6) in subparagraph (D) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

16 year 1994’’ after ‘‘subpart’’;

17 (7) in subparagraph (E) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

18 year 1994’’ after ‘‘subpart’’;

19 (8) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 1994’’ after

20 ‘‘carbon monoxide’’; and

21 (9) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 1994’’ after

22 ‘‘relative populations’’.

23 (b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Section 149(b) of such

24 title is amended by inserting before ‘‘of a national ambi25 ent’’ each place it appears ‘‘or maintenance’’.
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1 (c) STATES WITHOUT A NONATTAINMENT AREA.—

2 Section 149(c) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘in

3 fiscal year 1994’’ after ‘‘Act’’.

4 SEC. 103. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

5 (a) LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.—Section 106 of

6 title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the

7 end the following:

8 ‘‘(e) LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.—

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es10 tablish a program to require States to conduct an

11 analysis of the life-cycle costs of all projects on the

12 National Highway System.

13 ‘‘(2) ANALYSIS OF LIFE-CYCLE COSTS DE14 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘analysis of

15 life-cycle costs’ means a process for evaluating the

16 total economic worth of one or more projects by ana17 lyzing both initial costs as well as discounted future

18 costs, such as maintenance, reconstruction, rehabili19 tation, restoring, and resurfacing costs, over the life

20 of the project or projects.’’.

21 (b) VALUE ENGINEERING.—Section 106 of such title

22 is amended by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(f) VALUE ENGINEERING FOR NHS.—

24 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall es25 tablish a program to require States to carry out a
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1 value engineering analysis for all projects on the Na2 tional Highway System.

3 ‘‘(2) VALUE ENGINEERING DEFINED.—For pur4 poses of this subsection, the term ‘value engineering

5 analysis’ means a systematic process of review and

6 analysis of a project or activity during its design

7 phase by a multidisciplined team of persons not

8 originally involved in the project or activity in order

9 to provide suggestions for reducing the total cost of

10 the project or activity and providing a project or ac11 tivity of equal or better quality. Such suggestions

12 may include a combination or elimination of ineffi13 cient or expensive parts of the original proposed de14 sign for the project or activity and total redesign of

15 the proposed project or activity using different tech16 nologies, materials, or methods so as to accomplish

17 the original purpose of the project or activity.’’.

18 (c) GUARANTEE AND WARRANTY CLAUSES.—Section

19 112 of such title is amended—

20 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub21 section (g); and

22 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the follow23 ing:

24 ‘‘(f) GUARANTEE AND WARRANTY CLAUSES.—The

25 Secretary shall, by regulation, permit a State highway de-
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1 partment, in accordance with standards developed by the

2 Secretary in such regulations, to include a clause in a con3 tract for the construction of any Federal-aid highway

4 project requiring the contractor to warrant the materials

5 and work performed in accordance with the contractor’s

6 obligations and responsibilities under the terms of the con7 tract. The warranty or guarantee clause shall be reason8 ably related to the materials and work performed and in

9 accordance with the contractor’s obligations and respon10 sibilities under the terms of the contract, and shall not

11 be construed to require the contractor to perform mainte12 nance.’’.

13 (d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initi15 ate a rulemaking proceeding for developing standards

16 under section 112(f) of title 23, United States Code, as

17 added by subsection (c) of this section.

18 SEC. 104. CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

19 SERVICES.

20 (a) PERMANENT PROGRAM.—Section 112(b)(2) of

21 title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the

22 end the following new subparagraphs:

23 ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE AND AUDITS.—Any

24 contract or subcontract awarded in accordance

25 with subparagraph (A), whether funded in
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1 whole or in part with Federal-aid highway

2 funds, shall be performed and audited in com3 pliance with cost principles contained in the

4 Federal acquisition regulations of part 31 of

5 title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

6 ‘‘(D) INDIRECT COST RATES.—Instead of

7 performing its own audits, a recipient of funds

8 under a contract or subcontract awarded in ac9 cordance with subparagraph (A) shall accept in10 direct cost rates established in accordance with

11 the Federal acquisition regulations for 1-year

12 applicable accounting periods by a cognizant

13 government agency or independent certified

14 public accountant if such rates are not cur15 rently under dispute. Once a firm’s indirect cost

16 rates are accepted, the recipient of such funds

17 shall apply such rates for the purposes of con18 tract estimation, negotiation, administration,

19 reporting, and contract payment and shall not

20 be limited by administrative or de facto ceilings

21 in accordance with section 15.901(c) of such

22 title 48. A recipient of such funds requesting or

23 using the cost and rate data described in this

24 subparagraph shall notify any affected firm be25 fore such request or use. Such data shall be
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1 confidential and shall not be accessible or pro2 vided, in whole or in part, to any other firm or

3 to any government agency which is not part of

4 the group of agencies sharing cost data under

5 this subparagraph, except by written permission

6 of the audited firm. If prohibited by law, such

7 cost and rate data shall not be disclosed under

8 any circumstances.

9 ‘‘(E) STATE OPTION.—Subparagraphs (C)

10 and (D) shall take effect 2 years after the date

11 of the enactment of this subparagraph with re12 spect to all States; except that if a State, dur13 ing such 2-year period, adopts by statute an al14 ternative process intended to promote engineer15 ing and design quality and ensure maximum

16 competition by professional companies of all

17 sizes providing engineering and design services,

18 such subparagraphs shall not apply with respect

19 to such State.’’.

20 (b) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 1092 of

21 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

22 1991 (23 U.S.C. 112 note; 105 Stat. 2024) is repealed.
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1 SEC. 105. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROMOTION PROGRAM.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 23, United

3 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 312 the

4 following new section:

5 ‘‘§ 313. Highway safety promotion program

6 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall carry

7 out education, research, development, and technology

8 transfer activities to promote the safe operation and main9 tenance of commercial motor vehicles in interstate com10 merce.

11 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—To carry out the purposes of this sec12 tion, the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter into

13 cooperative agreements with—

14 ‘‘(1) a not-for-profit membership organization

15 that has been engaged exclusively in truck-related

16 research and education since 1985; and

17 ‘‘(2) not-for-profit organizations engaged in

18 commercial motor vehicle safety research.

19 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the

20 costs of activities carried out under this section shall be

21 100 percent.

22 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Out of administrative funds de23 ducted under section 104(a) of this title for each of fiscal

24 years 1995 through 1997, the Secretary shall make avail25 able—
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1 ‘‘(1) for making grants and entering into coop2 erative agreements under subsection (b)(1)

3 $1,000,000; and

4 ‘‘(2) for making grants and entering into coop5 erative agreements under subsection (b)(2)

6 $500,000.

7 Such funds shall remain available until expended.

8 ‘‘(e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any

9 other provision of law, approval by the Secretary of a

10 grant under this section shall be deemed a contractual ob11 ligation of the United States for payment of the Federal

12 share of the grant.

13 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Annually, beginning on Jan14 uary 1, 1996, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress

15 a report which provides information on the progress and

16 activities of the programs conducted under this section.’’.

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for

18 chapter 3 of such title is amended by inserting after the

19 item relating to section 312 the following:

‘‘313. Highway safety promotion program.’’.

20 SEC. 106. PROJECT ELIGIBILITY.

21 Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of

22 1956 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘such costs may be

24 further’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘, and (2) the amount of such

2 costs shall not include the portion of the project be3 tween High Street and Causeway Street’’.

4 SEC. 107. WISCONSIN SUBSTITUTE PROJECT.

5 (a) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (b) of sec6 tion 1045 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi7 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1994) is amended to read

8 as follows:

9 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—

10 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Upon approval of any

11 substitute project or projects under subsection (a)—

12 ‘‘(A) the costs of construction of the eligi13 ble transitway project for which such project or

14 projects are substituted shall not be eligible for

15 funds authorized under section 108(b) of the

16 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956; and

17 ‘‘(B) a sum equal to the amount that

18 would have been apportioned to the State of

19 Wisconsin on October 1, 1994, under section

20 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code, if

21 the Secretary had not approved such project or

22 projects shall be available to the Secretary from

23 the Highway Trust Fund to incur obligations

24 for the Federal share of the costs of such sub25 stitute project or projects.
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1 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available

2 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obliga3 tion on and after October 1, 1994. Amounts made

4 available under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain avail5 able until expended and shall be subject to any limi6 tation on obligations for Federal-aid highways estab7 lished by law.

8 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23 U.S.C.—

9 Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B)

10 shall be available for obligation in the same manner

11 as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1

12 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Fed13 eral share of the cost of any project carried out with

14 such funds shall be determined in accordance with

15 section 103(e)(4)(D) of such title.’’.

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

17 (1) SUBSECTION (c).—The second sentence of

18 subsection (c) of section 1045 of such Act is amend19 ed by striking ‘‘the authority of section 103(e)(4) of

20 title 23, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘section

21 21(a)(2) of the Federal Transit Act’’.

22 (2) SUBSECTION (d)(1).—Subsection (d)(1) of

23 section 1045 of such Act is amended by striking

24 ‘‘project for’’ and all that follows through the period

25 at the end thereof and inserting ‘‘transit project.’’.
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1 (3) SUBSECTION (d).—Subsection (d) of section

2 1045 of such Act is amended by striking paragraph

3 (3) and by redesignating paragraph (4) as para4 graph (3).

5 (c) REDUCTION OF INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION AU6 THORIZATION.—Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid High7 way Act of 1956 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000,000

8 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘$1,800,000,000, reduced by the amount made avail10 able under section 1045(b)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Sur11 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, for the fiscal

12 year ending September 30, 1996’’.

13 SEC. 108. USE OF RECYCLED PAVING MATERIAL.

14 (a) DOT GUIDANCE.—Section 1038(c)(1) of the

15 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

16 (23 U.S.C. 109 note) is amended by striking ‘‘an interest

17 in the use of such asphalt’’ and inserting the following:

18 ‘‘concern in fulfilling the minimum utilization require19 ments of subsection (d)(1). Such technology transfer ac20 tivities and training programs shall be initiated without

21 delay and shall include all eligible uses of recycled rubber,

22 alternative applications, and other materials and shall

23 focus on achieving the best performance results for all eli24 gible uses. Not later than 90 days after the date of the

25 enactment of this sentence, the Secretary shall transmit
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1 to Congress a report detailing the plans to implement this

2 subsection.

3 (b) STATE CERTIFICATION.—Section 1038(d)(1) of

4 such Act is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘established by this section.’’

6 and inserting ‘‘, other materials, and alternative ap7 plications established by this section. Each State

8 shall also annually certify its progress in its waste

9 tire abatement program under paragraph (7).’’;

10 (2) by striking ‘‘1995’’ the first place it appears

11 and inserting ‘‘1996’’;

12 (3) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘1994’’

13 and inserting ‘‘1995’’;

14 (4) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘1995’’

15 and inserting ‘‘1996’’;

16 (5) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’

17 after the semicolon at the end;

18 (6) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘1996;

19 and’’ and inserting ‘‘1997.’’; and

20 (7) by striking subparagraph (D).

21 (c) OTHER MATERIALS.—Section 1038(d)(2) of such

22 Act is amended by striking the period at the end and in23 serting the following: ‘‘; except that, of that amount, no

more than 1 24 ⁄2 may be met with the use of asphalt contain25 ing reclaimed asphalt in fiscal years 1996 and 1997. For
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1 the purposes of this paragraph, cold in-place recycling

2 technology shall be allowable.’’.

3 (d) PENALTY.—Section 1038(d)(4) of such Act is

4 amended—

5 (1) by inserting before ‘‘The’’ the following:

6 ‘‘(A) WITHHOLDING.—’’;

7 (2) by indenting subparagraph (A), as des8 ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, and

9 moving such paragraph 2 ems to the right;

10 (3) by inserting before ‘‘utilization require11 ment’’ the following: ‘‘by which such State does not

12 satisfy the’’; and

13 (4) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(B) ESCROW ACCOUNT.—Apportionments

15 withheld from a State by the Secretary under

16 this subsection shall be placed in escrow for 2

17 years pending satisfaction of the minimum utili18 zation requirement of paragraph (1) and pend19 ing satisfaction of the requirement for which

20 the apportionments were originally withheld.

21 Pending satisfaction of such requirements, the

22 withheld apportionment shall be returned to the

23 State.

24 ‘‘(C) SUNSET PROVISION.—If a State

25 which has apportionments withheld under this
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1 paragraph has not satisfied current minimum

2 utilization requirements of paragraph (1) within

3 2 years and has not fulfilled the previous re4 quirements for which such apportionments were

5 withheld, then the apportionments held in the

6 escrow account shall be returned to the High7 way Trust Fund.’’.

8 (e) INDIVIDUAL STATE REDUCTION.—Section

9 1038(d)(7) of such Act is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘prior to disposal’’; and

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The

12 Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator,

13 shall exempt from the requirements of paragraph

14 (1), any State that has implemented a documented

15 waste tire abatement program if such program will

16 result in the elimination of tire stockpiles by 1997.’’.

17 (f) ALTERNATIVE APPLICATION.—Section 1038(d) of

18 such Act is further amended by adding at the end the

19 following:

20 ‘‘(8) ALTERNATIVE APPLICATIONS.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may for any

year meet up to 1 22 ⁄2 of the minimum utilization

23 requirement established by paragraph (1) (ex24 cluding any deduction a State may take pursu25 ant to subsection (c)) by using an equivalent
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1 amount of recycled rubber for alternative appli2 cations, other than making asphalt pavement,

3 if—

4 ‘‘(i) the State certifies that the alter5 native application does not present a

6 threat to safety, human health, or the envi7 ronment; and

8 ‘‘(ii) it is demonstrated that such al9 ternative applications provide equal or en10 hanced engineering benefits.

11 ‘‘(B) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary, in con12 sultation with the Administrator, shall issue

13 guidelines with respect to compliance with alter14 native applications under the conditions set

15 forth in clauses (i) and (ii).’’.

16 (g) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1038(e) of such Act is

17 amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

19 (1);

20 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting before

21 ‘‘taken’’ the following: ‘‘(other than tire buffings de22 fined as a byproduct of the retreading industry) or

23 any products produced from the processing of whole

24 scrap tires or tire materials’’;
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1 (3) by striking the period at the end of para2 graph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and

3 (4) by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(3) the term ‘alternative applications’ means

5 uses of recycled rubber in such civil engineering ap6 plications such as noise and safety barriers, other

7 safety hardware, fences, soil retaining walls, slope

8 stabilization measures, subgrade insulation, and

9 lightweight fill, where the product or material con10 taining recycled rubber provides a benefit to the

11 highway construction and is left in place as a result

12 of the highway construction; such term does not

13 apply to products or materials, such as traffic cones

14 or vehicles, which are used only temporarily in con15 struction of the highway;

16 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Administrator’ means the Ad17 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

18 and

19 ‘‘(5) the term ‘State’ has the meaning such

20 term has under section 101 of title 23, United

21 States Code.’’.

22 SEC. 109. WORK ZONE SAFETY.

23 Section 1051 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor24 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is

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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘technologies and services,’’

2 after ‘‘appurtenances,’’;

3 (2) by inserting ‘‘training,’’ after ‘‘traffic con4 trol plans,’’; and

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen6 tence: ‘‘The Secretary shall annually review, and

7 provide to State and local governments, information

8 and recommendations concerning safety practices

9 that can enhance safety at highway construction

10 sites, including information relating to new safety

11 technologies, services, traffic control plans, training,

12 and work zone-related bidding practices. The Sec13 retary is directed to develop within the program a

14 process for assuring that, for each project, there will

15 be a person trained and certified who will have the

16 responsibility and authority for assuring that the

17 provisions of the traffic control plan and other safety

18 aspects of the work zone are effectively adminis19 tered.’’.

20 SEC. 110. CORRECTED PROJECTS.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The purpose of this section is to

22 provide assistance for certain highway projects in order

23 to correct errors and omissions in the Intermodal Surface

24 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary

2 is authorized to carry out the projects described in this

3 subsection. There is authorized to be appropriated out of

4 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

5 Account) for fiscal year 1995 to carry out each such

6 project the amount listed for each such project:

City/State Projects Amount in

millions

1. North Minnesota ........... Construction and reconstruction of Forest

Highway 11 connecting Aurora-Hoyt

Lakes and Silver Bay, MN.

8.5

2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .............................. Reconstruction of the Old Delaware Avenue

Service Road. 1.6

7 (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable on

8 account of any project under this section shall be 80 per9 cent of the cost thereof.

10 (d) DELEGATION TO STATES.—Subject to the provi11 sions of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall

12 delegate responsibility for construction of a project or

13 projects under this section to the State in which such

14 project or projects are located upon request of such State.

15 (e) ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.—When a State which

16 has been delegated responsibility for construction of a

17 project under this section—

18 (1) has obligated all funds allocated under this

19 section for construction of such project; and

20 (2) proceeds to construct such project without

21 the aid of Federal funds in accordance with all pro-
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1 cedures and all requirements applicable to such

2 project, except insofar as such procedures and re3 quirements limit the State to the construction of

4 projects with the aid of Federal funds previously al5 located to it;

6 the Secretary, upon the approval of the application of a

7 State, shall pay to the State the Federal share of the cost

8 of construction of the project when additional funds are

9 allocated for such project under this section.

10 (f) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized

11 by this section shall be available for obligation in the same

12 manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter

13 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal

14 share of the cost of any project under this section shall

15 be determined in accordance with this section and such

16 funds shall remain available until expended. Funds au17 thorized by this section shall not be subject to any obliga18 tion limitation.

19 SEC. 111. RESCISSIONS.

20 (a) RESCISSIONS.—Effective October 1, 1994, the

21 following unobligated balances on September 30, 1994, of

22 funds made available for the following provisions are here23 by rescinded:
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1 (1) $78,993.92 made available by section

2 131(c) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act

3 of 1982.

4 (2) $26,500,000 made available by section

5 404(a)(2) of the Surface Transportation Assistance

6 Act of 1982.

7 (3) $1,500,000 made available by section

8 106(a)(1) of the Surface Transportation and Uni9 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

10 (4) $942,249 made available for section

11 149(a)(66) of the Surface Transportation and Uni12 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

13 (5) $376,194.94 made available for section

14 149(a)(111)(C) of the Surface Transportation and

15 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

16 (6) $36,979.05 made available for section

17 149(a)(111)(J) of the Surface Transportation and

18 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

19 (7) $34,281.53 made available for section

20 149(a)(111)(K) of the Surface Transportation and

21 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

22 (8) $258,131.85 made available for section

23 149(a)(111)(L) of the Surface Transportation and

24 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
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1 (9) $446,768 made available for section

2 149(a)(92) of the Surface Transportation and Uni3 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

4 (10) $2,058,323 made available for section

5 149(a)(94) of the Surface Transportation and Uni6 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

7 (11) $52,834 made available for section

8 149(a)(95) of the Surface Transportation and Uni9 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

10 (12) $427,340 made available for section

11 149(a)(99) of the Surface Transportation and Uni12 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

13 (13) $3,559,837 made available for section

14 149(a)(35) of the Surface Transportation and Uni15 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

16 (14) $797,800 made available for section

17 149(a)(100) of the Surface Transportation and Uni18 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

19 (15) $55.43 made available by section 149(c)(3)

20 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Reloca21 tion Assistance Act of 1987.

22 (16) $49,700,000 made available by section

23 1012(b)(6) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor24 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.
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1 (17) $29,300,000 made available by section

2 1003(a)(7) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor3 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.

4 (18) $150,000,000 made available by section

5 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor6 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.

7 (19) $1,500,000 made available by section

8 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor9 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.

10 (20) $10,800,000 made available by section

11 21(a)(1) of the Federal Transit Act.

12 (b) REDUCTIONS IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS.—Sec13 tion 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor14 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1986) is amend15 ed—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ the second

17 place it appears and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and

18 (2) by striking ‘‘$125,000,000’’ each place it

19 appears and inserting ‘‘$62,500,000’’.

20 SEC. 112. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

21 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary

22 is authorized to carry out the projects described in this

23 subsection. There is authorized to be appropriated for fis24 cal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 to carry out each such

25 project the amounts listed for each such project:
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State Project name

Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

1. Alabama .................. Birmingham Northern Beltline .......................... 2.900

2. Alabama .................. Black Warrior River Bridge Study .................... 0.100

3. Alabama .................. I–759 Extension ................................................. 20.000

4. Alabama .................. AL182/1–10 Evacuation Connector Improvements.4.000

5. Alabama .................. Patton Island Bridge Construction .................... 9.000

6. Alabama .................. Montgomery Outer Loop Beltway ...................... 3.000

7. Arizona .................... Gila River Crossing ............................................ 6.000

8. Arizona .................... US93 Upgrade: Kingman to Lake Mead ........... 3.000

9. Arizona .................... Veterans Memorial Overpass .............................. 5.000

10. Arkansas ................. US71 Upgrade: Alma to Louisiana Border ....... 3.000

11. Arkansas ................. US71 Upgrade: I–40 to Fayetteville .................. 3.500 7.000

13. Arkansas ................. Lake Bull Shoals Bridge .................................... 0.400

14. Arkansas ................. Van Buren Regional Intermodal Facility ........... 0.100

15. Arkansas ................. US63 Bypass Upgrade, Jonesboro ..................... 5.000

16. Arkansas ................. Conway Bypass Study and Design ..................... 3.000

17. California ................ CA84/I–580 Interchange Construction .............. 4.000

18. California ................ CA4 Freeway Expansion, Pittsburg ................... 2.000

19. California ................ Galena Street Improvements/I–15 Interchange

Construction.

2.000

20. California ................ CA56 Extension: I–5 to I–15 ............................. 3.000

21. California ................ Stocker Street/La Cienega Interchange ............. 7.100

22. California ................ South Lake Tahoe Loop Road Reconfiguration 2.000

23. California ................ Bristol Street Improvement Project ................... 3.000

24. California ................ CA30 Extension/Gap Closure ............................. 2.000 5.000

25. California ................ CA87 Corridor Construction .............................. 7.000

26. California ................ CA113 Railroad Grade Separation .................... 5.240

27. California ................ Third Feather River Bridge ............................... 1.500

28. California ................ I–5/Highway 99W Interchange .......................... 0.500

29. California ................ CA113/I–5 Interchange and Improvements ....... 0.500

30. California ................ CA905 Congestion Mitigation ............................ 4.000 5.000

31. California ................ CA119/US101/Rice Avenue Interchange Upgrade.1.000

32. California ................ Humboldt Bay Port Access Enhancement ......... 10.000

33. California ................ CA7 Improvements: CA98 to I–8 ...................... 2.000

34. California ................ Ontario Airport Ground Access .......................... 4.000

35. California ................ CA71 Planning and Design, Riverside County .. 2.000

36. California ................ CA57 Interchange, Brea .................................... 0.950

37. California ................ CA41 Expansion ................................................. 3.000

38. California ................ I–15 Widening: Victorville to Barstow ............... 2.000 14.000

39. California ................ I–15 Access, George Air Force Base ................. 1.000

40. California ................ Arden-Garden Connector .................................... 6.000

41. California ................ CA126 Improvements: I–5 to McBean Parkway 4.000

42. California ................ CA138–Avenue P–8 Improvements: CA14 to

50th St, E.

2.000

43. California ................ CA4 Upgrade ...................................................... 19.000

44. California ................ Mare Island Access Study .................................. 1.000

45. California ................ CA237—Maude Avenue/Middlefield Road Interchange.13.500

46. California ................ I–205 Widening: I–580 to I–5 ........................... 3.000

47. California ................ I–710/Firestone Boulevard Interchange ............ 5.800

48. California ................ CA58 Upgrade, Bakersfield ............................... 2.000 2.500

49. California ................ CA178 Crosstown Corridor: CA 178 to CA99 ... 2.000 2.500

50. California ................ I–5 Capacity Enhancement ................................ 9.400

51. California ................ Alameda Corridor ............................................... 4.000 5.000

52. California ................ Arbor Vitae Street Expansion ............................ 4.000

53. California ................ Pacific Coast Highway Palisades Bluff Stabilization.5.000

54. California ................ US101—Sonoma County Congestion Relief ...... 4.000

55. California ................ US101—Marin County HOV Lanes .................. 1.000

56. Colorado .................. Powers Boulevard Corridor ................................ 1.000

57. Colorado .................. 120th Avenue Improvements .............................. 5.500

58. Connecticut ............. Regional Transportation Center Improvements,

Norwich.

6.000

59. Connecticut ............. Hartford Riverfront Access ................................ 3.000

60. Connecticut ............. Seaview Avenue Reconstruction ......................... 2.000

61. District of Columbia Constitution Avenue Rehabilitation .................... 3.000

62. District of Columbia Independence Avenue Rehabilitation .................. 0.590
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State Project name

Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

63. District of Columbia.First Street Rehabilitation ................................. 0.260

64. Florida .................. Fuller—Warren Bridge ...................................... 2.000 19.000

65. Florida .................. Jacksonville Airport Access Road ...................... 2.000

66. Florida .................. Midpoint Bridge and Corridor ........................... 2.000 5.000

67. Florida .................. FL7/US441 Widening ........................................ 5.000

68. Florida .................. I–4/Greeneway Interchange ................................ 4.000 2.000

69. Florida .................. US301/University Parkway Intersection Upgrade.2.000

70. Florida .................. Palm Beach Port Road Relocations ................... 0.265 5.000

71. Florida .................. Eller Drive/I–595 Improvements ....................... 2.600

72. Florida .................. Northeast Dade Bike Path ................................. 1.135

73. Georgia .................. GA61 Connector with I–20 ................................ 7.200

74. Georgia .................. Appalachian Scenic Parkway ............................. 4.000

75. Georgia .................. GA92 Corridor Upgrade, Cherokee County ....... 1.700 20.000

76. Georgia .................. GA9 Widening, Roswell ...................................... 8.300

77. Georgia .................. Sidney-Lanier Bridge Reconstruction ................ 4.000 6.000

78. Georgia .................. University Center Pedestrian Corridor, Atlanta 12.960

79. Hawaii ................... Kuakini Street Improvements ............................ 1.500

80. Illinois ................... Sauget Road Extension ...................................... 3.100 0.818

81. Illinois ................... West Boulevard Extension ................................. 0.900

82. Illinois ................... IL159 Relocation, Edwardsville ......................... 6.000

83. Illinois ................... US67/IL267 Improvements ................................ 4.000

84. Illinois ................... Centennial Bridge Improvements ....................... 1.000

85. Illinois ................... Business Loop 55 Widening: I–55 to Clearwater Ave.5.000

86. Illinois ................... Central Avenue Bypass, Chicago ....................... 15.000

87. Illinois ................... US20 Improvements: East Dubuque to Galena . 2.000

88. Illinois ................... Peoria—Chicago Highway .................................. 3.000 2.000

89. Illinois ................... Springfield Veterans Parkway ............................ 2.000 2.000

90. Illinois ................... Grand View Drive Improvements ....................... 3.000

91. Illinois ................... Heartland Riverfront Project ............................. 2.000

92. Illinois ................... US67: Macomb to Jacksonville .......................... 1.000

93. Illinois ................... Brush Creek Connector ...................................... 3.000

94. Illinois ................... Richton Road Improvements, Crete ................... 1.720

95. Illinois ................... Steger Roadway Improvements, Steger ............. 0.720

96. Illinois ................... Polk Avenue Extension, Richton Park ............... 0.336

97. Illinois ................... Minooka Street Improvements, Minooka ........... 0.334

98. Illinois ................... Rathje Road Improvements, Peotone ................. 0.320

99. Illinois ................... Main Street Improvements, Ottawa ................... 0.312

100. Illinois ................... Otter Creek Road Improvements, Streator ........ 0.270

101. Indiana .................. 96th Street Upgrade .......................................... 2.000 5.000

102. Indiana .................. Hoosier Heartland Corridor: Ft. Wayne to Lafayette.3.000

103. Indiana .................. I–265 Extension ................................................. 10.000

104. Indiana .................. US231 Reconstruction ....................................... 10.000

105. Indiana .................. Evansville—Bloomington Corridor ..................... 5.000

106. Indiana .................. Lafayette Rail Relocation ................................... 5.000 18.500

107. Indiana .................. Six Points Road Interchange ............................. 1.500

108. Indiana .................. City of Columbus ‘‘Front Door’’ ........................ 8.000

109. Indiana .................. IN67 Improvements ........................................... 1.000

110. Indiana .................. East Chicago Marine Access Road ..................... 4.834

111. Indiana .................. Lake Shore Drive Extension Study ................... 0.600

112. Iowa ....................... I–29 Corridor Improvements, Sioux City ........... 2.000

113. Iowa ....................... IA330: Marshalltown to Des Moines .................. 6.000

114. Iowa ....................... Burlington Iowa Southern Arterial Connector ... 0.880

115. Iowa ....................... US 63: Bremer County to Minnesota Border .... 3.000

116. Iowa ....................... IA5 Relocation .................................................... 10.000

117. Kentucky ............... US231 Relocation ............................................... 5.000

118. Kentucky ............... US27 Improvements ........................................... 1.000 3.000

119. Kentucky ............... KY114 Widening: Salyersville to US23 ............. 1.000 5.000

120. Louisiana .............. I–10/I–12 Baton Rouge Bypass ......................... 1.000

121. Louisiana .............. I–210/Nelson Access Road ................................. 3.000

122. Louisiana .............. I–10: St. Charles Parish Line to Tulane Avenue 2.000 3.000

123. Maryland ............... MD5/MD373 Interchange .................................. 10.000

124. Maryland ............... MD235 Improvements ........................................ 5.000

125. Maryland ............... MD237 Improvements ........................................ 3.882

126. Maryland ............... Beltway Advanced Traffic Monitoring ............... 3.000
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Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

127. Massachusetts ....... Lincoln Square, Southbridge Street Gateways .. 2.400

128. Massachusetts ....... I–90/MA146 Reconstruction .............................. 1.600

129. Massachusetts ....... Franklin County Bikeway .................................. 2.250

130. Michigan ................ US23 Expansion ................................................. 3.000

131. Michigan ................ Bay City Road Interchange ................................ 3.000

132. Michigan ................ M–59 Corridor .................................................... 20.000

133. Michigan ................ Highway Safety Improvements .......................... 20.000

134. Michigan ................ Ambassador Bridge Facilities ............................ 10.000

135. Michigan ................ Monroe Rail Consolidation ................................. 10.000

136. Michigan ................ Detroit Airport Access Road .............................. 5.000

137. Michigan ................ US31 Improvements: Holland to Grand Haven . 1.200

138. Michigan ................ M–6: Grand Rapids South Beltline Construction.6.800 4.000

139. Michigan ................ M–102/Grand River Interchange Redesign ........ 4.000

140. Michigan ................ McClellan Avenue ............................................... 2.300

141. Michigan ................ US31 Upgrade, Berrien County ......................... 2.000 5.000

142. Minnesota .............. TH610–Crosstown Expressway .......................... 1.000 3.000

143. Minnesota .............. Trunk Highway 33 Improvements ..................... 9.680

144. Minnesota .............. 34th Street Corridor .......................................... 2.000

145. Minnesota .............. TH212 Construction .......................................... 3.000

146. Minnesota .............. 77th Street Improvements ................................. 5.000 10.000

147. Minnesota .............. Wabasha Street Bridge Replacement ................. 9.000 11.000

148. Mississippi ............. Norrell Road Interchange ................................... 3.000

149. Missouri ................. Lindbergh Boulevard Relocation ........................ 5.000

150. Missouri ................. St. Joseph Loop Expressway ............................. 8.300

151. Missouri ................. Chouteau Bridge Replacement ........................... 9.000

152. Missouri ................. Cape Girardeau Bridge Replacement ................. 6.250 5.000

153. Missouri ................. MO21 Upgrade ................................................... 13.400

154. Missouri ................. MO Highway M Relocation ................................ 3.000

155. Missouri ................. I–255/MO231 Intersection ................................. 1.600

156. Missouri ................. Hannibal Bridge Replacement ........................... 1.000 2.000

157. Montana ................ MT323 Upgrade ................................................. 5.000

158. Montana ................ Belgrade/I–90 Interchange ................................. 2.110

159. Nebraska ............... Niobrara, NE/Springfield, SD Bridge ............... 3.000

160. Nebraska ............... 27th Street and Highway 2 Pedestrian Bridge . 0.413

161. Nebraska ............... South and East Beltway Study, Lincoln ............ 0.400

162. Nevada .................. Spring Mountain I–15 Interchange ................... 5.000

163. Nevada .................. I–80/Sparks Road Pyramid Interchange ........... 1.000 4.000

164. New Hampshire .... Second Nashua River Crossing .......................... 3.000 1.500

165. New Hampshire .... Manchester Airport Access Road Construction .. 5.000

166. New Jersey ............ I–287 Improvements: I–78 to US22 .................. 4.000

167. New Jersey ............ NJ21/McCarter Highway Improvements ........... 5.000

168. New Jersey ............ NJ17/NJ4 Interchange, Paramus ...................... 3.000

169. New Mexico ........... Santa Fe Relief Route ........................................ 5.000

170. New Mexico ........... Sunport Boulevard East Corrdior ...................... 1.400

171. New Mexico ........... US70/Las Cruces Frontage Road System ......... 3.000

172. New York .............. Utica-Rome Expressway ..................................... 6.250 5.000

173. New York .............. Westchester/Putnam Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems.2.000

174. New York .............. NY60 Reconstruction, Ellicott ........................... 3.000

175. New York .............. Quay Street Extension, Niagara Falls ............... 2.240

176. New York .............. Delaware Street Reconstruction, Tonawanda .... 2.100

177. New York .............. Williams Road Widening, Wheatfield ................. 1.060

178. New York .............. Lockport Corridor Study, Erie and Niagara

Counties.

0.800

179. New York .............. Rochester-Brockport Access Study .................... 0.800

180. New York .............. NY531 Extension Study: Ogden to Sweden ...... 0.400

181. New York .............. Jericho Turnpike Improvements: New York

City to Herricks Road.

4.000 2.000

182. New York .............. New York Thruway Upgrade ............................. 5.000

183. New York .............. US9 Reconstruction, Plattsburgh ...................... 1.750

184. New York .............. International Bridge Feasibility Study .............. .250

185. New York .............. New York Intermodal Facilities Study .............. 1.000

186. New York .............. NY277 Reconstruction, Cheektowaga ................ 4.000

187. New York .............. Main Street Bascule Bridge ............................... 2.000

188. New York .............. Bronx/North Manhattan Intelligent Vehicle

Highway System.

6.480

189. New York .............. Latta Road Improvements, Monroe County ....... 6.000
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Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

190. New York .............. Baldwinsville Bypass .......................................... 5.000

191. North Carolina ...... US220 Construction ........................................... 3.000

192. North Carolina ...... US17 Bridge Replacement ................................. 5.000

193. North Carolina ...... Charlotte Beltway East Segment ....................... 2.000

194. North Carolina ...... US64 Improvements ........................................... 6.185

194A. North Carolina ... Peace St. Crossing in Thomasville ..................... 2.415

194B. North Carolina ... Unity St. Crossing in Thomasville ..................... 1.400

195. North Carolina ...... US74 Improvements ........................................... 10.000

196. North Carolina ...... US19/23 Upgrade .............................................. 1.000

197. North Carolina ...... Southern Charlotte Outer Loop ......................... 5.000

198. Ohio ....................... Lorain Central Corridor ..................................... 5.000

199. Ohio ....................... US23–Fostoria Bypass ...................................... 3.000

200. Ohio ....................... US22/US33–Lancaster Bypass .......................... 1.000 5.800

201. Ohio ....................... Boston Road Interchange ................................... 1.000

202. Ohio ....................... Cleveland Gateway Project ................................. 1.000

203. Ohio ....................... New Intermodal Terminal, Fearing Boulevard .. 5.000

204. Ohio ....................... US30: OH235 to US68 ...................................... 4.000

205. Ohio ....................... Alum Creek Drive Improvements ....................... 2.000 4.000

206. Ohio ....................... US30 Widening: Wooster to Riceland ................ 3.400 10.000

207. Ohio ....................... Mt. Vernon to I–71 Connector Study ................ 1.600

208. Ohio ....................... OH43 Improvements .......................................... 3.920

209. Ohio ....................... Cuyahoga River Bridge, Cleveland ..................... 4.320

210. Ohio ....................... Cleveland Pedestrian Walkway ........................... 1.440

211. Ohio ....................... Pomeroy to Ravenswood Access Improvements . 8.900

212. Ohio ....................... Youngstown-Hubbard Expressway ..................... 10.000

212A. Ohio .................... Trotwood Connector in Montgomery Co., Ohio . .750

213. Oklahoma .............. I–44 Widening: Arkansas River to Yale Avenue 6.250 5.000

214. Oregon ................... Jordon Cove Road Safety Improvements ........... 0.529

215. Oregon ................... Salem Bypass Improvements ............................. 4.471

216. Oregon ................... Columbia Slough Intermodal Projects ............... 5.000

217. Pennsylvania ......... Philadelphia Traffic Signal Controllers .............. 1.800

218. Pennsylvania ......... Philadelphia Bicycle Network ............................ 0.472

219. Pennsylvania ......... Tioga Marine Terminal ...................................... 8.000

220. Pennsylvania ......... US15 Upgrade—Tioga County .......................... 5.952

221. Pennsylvania ......... US 219 Truck Route—Osterhout Street ........... 2.880

222. Pennsylvania ......... PA948 Improvements, Forest County ............... 1.168

223. Pennsylvania ......... Pennsylvania Pier 98, Philadelphia .................... 1.000

224. Pennsylvania ......... PA2001 Improvements, Pike County ................. 4.800 0.300

225. Pennsylvania ......... PA14 Improvements, Bradford County ............. 4.800

226. Pennsylvania ......... PA3011 Improvements, Scranton ...................... 3.500

227. Pennsylvania ......... PA1069 Widening, Athens ................................. 0.200 1.400

228. Pennsylvania ......... US219 Improvements, Cambria County ............ 10.000

229. Pennsylvania ......... PA56 Improvements: Johnstown to Cessna ....... 8.000

230. Pennsylvania ......... US 22—Section B07 Reconstruction ................. 8.000

231. Pennsylvania ......... US219 Improvements: Carrolltown to I–80 ....... 1.000 2.000

232. Rhode Island ......... Davisville Bridges ............................................... 5.000

233. South Carolina ...... US17 Bridges ..................................................... 2.485 1.515

234. South Carolina ...... US301 Improvements ......................................... 1.515

235. South Dakota ........ Vermillion Bridge ............................................... 4.600

236. Tennessee .............. Harding Place Extension ................................... 5.000

237. Tennessee .............. Gay Street Bridge Rehabilitation ....................... 5.760

238. Tennessee .............. Foothills Parkway—Missing Link ...................... .490 10.000

239. Tennessee .............. Old Nashville Highway Bridge ........................... 4.000

240. Tennessee .............. Murfreesboro Alternative Transportation System.1.000

241. Tennessee .............. I–81 Interchange Construction .......................... 1.200

242. Tennessee .............. Memphis Outer Loop Beltway ........................... 2.000

243. Texas ..................... TX121 Upgrade Study ....................................... 2.500

244. Texas ..................... Border Highway Extension ................................ 10.000

245. Texas ..................... NASA Road 1 Upgrade ...................................... 4.500 15.000

246. Texas ..................... US59 Upgrade, Ft. Bend County ...................... 0.500

247. Texas ..................... US67 Widening .................................................. 5.416

248. Texas ..................... Loop 12 Widening .............................................. 2.200

249. Texas ..................... TX36 Improvements .......................................... 5.000

250. Texas ..................... Brownsville Navigation District Access .............. 1.680

251. Texas ..................... Brownsville 6th & 7th Streets Improvements .... 1.600

252. Utah ...................... US89 Upgrade ................................................... 4.000

253. Utah ...................... I–15/University Avenue Interchange .................. 3.000
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Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

254. Utah ...................... 20th East Highway Project ............................... 6.000

255. Utah ...................... I–15 Corridor Improvements, Salt Lake County 6.000

256. Virgin Islands ........ Christiansted Bypass .......................................... 5.000

257. Virginia ................. Coleman Bridge Expansion ................................ 2.000

258. Virginia ................. I–95/Outer Connector/VA627 Interchange ........ 2.000

259. Virginia ................. Coalfields Expressway ........................................ 5.000

260. Virginia ................. VA123 Philadelphia, Northern Virginia ............. 10.000

261. Virginia ................. Fairfax County Parkway/Franconia-Springfield

Parkway.

5.000

262. Virginia ................. I–81 to I–40 ‘‘I–83’’ Connector ......................... 5.000

263. Virginia ................. Pinners Point Connector .................................... 4.400

264. Virginia ................. S. Battlefield Boulevard/VA168 ......................... 5.000

265. Virginia ................. 14th Street Bridge Lane Addition ..................... 5.000 7.000

266. Washington ........... I–5/196th Street Interchange ............................. 3.336

267. Washington ........... WA305 Improvements ........................................ 0.672

268. Washington ........... Port Angeles Multi-Model Center ....................... 6.400

269. Washington ........... WA18 Improvements: 312th Way to Maple Valley.4.000 1.000

270. Washington ........... I–405/Northeast 8th Street Interchange ........... 1.000

271. Washington ........... US12 Improvements ........................................... 9.000

272. Washington ........... US395 Improvements ......................................... 9.000

273. Washington ........... Chelan/Douglas Transportation Center ............. 2.000

274. Washington ........... Mill Plain Extension ........................................... 5.000

275. West Virginia ........ Fairmont Riverside Expressway ......................... 10.000 ....................

276. West Virginia ........ New River Parkway ............................................ 14.400

277. Wisconsin .............. Janesville River Street Realignment .................. 3.454

278. Wisconsin .............. Main Street Bridge Replacement, Racine .......... 2.000

279. Wisconsin .............. CTH P Improvements ........................................ 0.480

280. Wisconsin .............. WI29 Upgrade .................................................... 10.000

281. Wisconsin .............. Oshkosh Rail Relocation .................................... 6.000

282. Wisconsin .............. US10 Upgrade: Anderson Road to CTH U ....... 4.000

283. Wisconsin .............. US41 Upgrade: Kaukauna to CTH F ............... .................... 3.000

1 (b) ALLOCATION PERCENTAGES FOR HTF FUNDS.—

2 65.86 percent of the amount allocated by subsection (a)

3 from the Highway Trust Fund for each project authorized

4 by subsection (a) shall be available for obligation in fiscal

5 year 1995. 17.07 percent of such amount shall be available

6 for obligation in each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997.

7 (c) APPROPRIATIONS CAP.—Of the amounts author8 ized to be appropriated from the general fund of the

9 Treasury by subsection (a), not more than $300,000,000

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1 (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable on

2 account of any project under this section shall be 80 per3 cent of the cost thereof.

4 (e) DELEGATION TO STATES.—Subject to the provi5 sions of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall

6 delegate responsibility for construction of a project or

7 projects under this section to the State in which such

8 project or projects are located upon request of such State.

9 (f) ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.—When a State which

10 has been delegated responsibility for construction of a

11 project under this section—

12 (1) has obligated all funds allocated under this

13 section for construction of such project; and

14 (2) proceeds to construct such project without

15 the aid of Federal funds in accordance with all pro16 cedures and all requirements applicable to such

17 project, except insofar as such procedures and re18 quirements limit the State to the construction of

19 projects with the aid of Federal funds previously al20 located to it;

21 the Secretary, upon the approval of the application of a

22 State, shall pay to the State the Federal share of the cost

23 of construction of the project when additional funds are

24 allocated for such project under this section.
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1 (g) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized

2 by this section from the Highway Trust Fund shall be

3 available for obligation in the same manner as if such

4 funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United

5 States Code, except that the Federal share of the cost of

6 any project under this section shall be determined in ac7 cordance with this section and such funds shall remain

8 available until expended. Funds authorized by this section

9 shall not be subject to any obligation limitation.

10 SEC. 113. STUDY OF RADIO AND MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY

11 FOR COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MOTOR VEHI12 CLES.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6057 of the Intermodal

14 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

15 2194) is amended by redesignating subsection (b) as sub16 section (c) and by inserting after subsection (a) the follow17 ing new subsection:

18 ‘‘(b) STUDY OF RADIO AND MICROWAVE TECH19 NOLOGY FOR COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MOTOR VEHI20 CLES.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con22 duct a research study to develop and evaluate radio

23 and microwave technology for furtherance of safety

24 in commercial and other motor vehicles.
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1 ‘‘(2) EQUIPMENT.—Equipment developed under

2 the study to be conducted under paragraph (1) shall

3 be directed toward, but not limited to, warning driv4 ers of obstructions in a highway or limited visibility

5 conditions caused by snow, rain, fog, or dust.

6 ‘‘(3) SAFETY APPLICATIONS.—In conducting

7 the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall

8 determine whether the technology described in para9 graph (1) has other safety applications consistent

10 with the goals of this Act.’’.

11 (b) FUNDING.—Such section is further amended by

12 adding at the end the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Of the funds made available in fis14 cal year 1995 to carry out section 6058(b), $500,000 shall

15 be used to conduct the study under subsection (b).’’.

16 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is

17 further amended—

18 (1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘AND

19 OTHER’’ after ‘‘COMMERCIAL’’; and

20 (2) in the heading to subsection (a) by inserting

21 ‘‘OF SAFETY TECHNOLOGY FOR COMMERCIAL

22 MOTOR VEHICLES’’ after ‘‘STUDY’’.
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1 SEC. 114. FOOTHILL/EASTERN TRANSPORTATION COR2 RIDOR AGENCY.

3 (a) FEDERAL LINE OF CREDIT.—For the purpose of

4 carrying out a demonstration of the construction of public

5 toll roads in Orange County, California, authorized by sec6 tion 129(d) of title 23, United States Code, there is au7 thorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the Secretary

8 to enter into an agreement to make a line of credit avail9 able, with a principal amount not to exceed $120,000,000

10 to the public entity or entities with the statutory authority

11 to construct such facilities.

12 (b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The line of credit under

13 this section shall be available for draws during the period

14 beginning on the date of completion of construction and

15 ending on the last day of the tenth calendar year following

16 the date construction of the facilities is completed.

17 (c) PURPOSES.—The line of credit under this section

18 shall be available to pay the costs of extraordinary repair

19 and replacement of the facilities, unexpected Federal or

20 State environmental restrictions, operation and mainte21 nance expenses of the facilities, and debt service on tax22 exempt or taxable obligations financing the facilities.

23 (d) LIMITATIONS.—

24 (1) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.—With respect to

25 capital expenditures, draws on the line of credit

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1 extent proceeds from the sale of the obligations is2 sued by the public entity or entities which otherwise

3 would be available for such purposes are exhausted,

4 or are otherwise unavailable for the payment of such

5 capital expenditures.

6 (2) EXPENSES.—With respect to expenses, in7 cluding operation and maintenance expenses and

8 debt service, a draw on the line of credit under this

9 section shall only be made if revenues from toll oper10 ations and capitalized interest are insufficient (or

11 are otherwise unavailable) for such purposes.

12 (3) PER YEAR.—No more than 10 percent of

13 the total principal amount of the line of credit under

14 this section shall be available for draws in any one

15 year.

16 (4) THIRD PARTY CREDITOR RIGHTS.—No third

17 party creditor of the public entity or entities shall

18 have any right against the Federal Government with

19 respect to draws on the line of credit under this sec20 tion.

21 (5) AVAILABILITY FOR PARTICULAR COSTS.—

22 There is no guaranteed availability of proceeds of

23 the line of credit under this section for the payment

24 of any particular cost of the public entity or entities

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1 (e) INTEREST RATE AND REPAYMENT PERIOD.—Any

2 draws (except for operation and maintenance expenses) on

3 the line of credit under this section shall accrue interest

4 at the 30-year United States Treasury bond rate begin5 ning on the date such draws are made and shall be repaid

6 in not more than 30 years; except that any draws under

7 the line of credit for operation and maintenance expenses

8 shall accrue interest at the 3-year United States Treasury

9 note rate beginning on the date such draws are made and

10 shall be repaid in not more than 3 years.

11 SEC. 115. RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS PROJECT.

12 Of the funds appropriated by Public Law 103–122

13 for railroad-highway crossings projects, $20,000,000 shall

14 be made available for costs, not to exceed 80 percent, of

15 a project to reduce rail-highway conflicts on M–59 near

16 Pontiac, Michigan, and a project on Bristol Road near

17 Flint, Michigan. From the $20,000,000 made available

18 under the preceding sentence, $500,000 shall be made

19 available to improve and upgrade Maple Road at Bishop

20 Airport, Michigan.

21 SEC. 116. NEW RIVER PARKWAY, WEST VIRGINIA.

22 (a) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—

23 (1) COMPLETION OF STUDIES.—The Secretary

24 shall require, as a matter of the highest priority, the

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1 the project authorized by section 149(a)(69) of the

2 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As3 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 191).

4 (2) SCHEDULE.—Notwithstanding any other

5 provision of law, the Secretary is authorized and di6 rected to establish a schedule—

7 (A) for the completion by other Federal

8 agencies of any reviews required by law of such

9 studies; and

10 (B) by which the reconciliation of any dis11 crepancies among reviewing Federal agencies

12 must be met.

13 (3) DEADLINE.—The schedule referred to in

14 paragraph (2) shall provide for the project referred

15 to in paragraph (1) to proceed to construction before

16 December 31, 1995.

17 (b) VISITORS CENTER.—

18 (1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants

19 to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the

20 Director of the National Park Service, for the plan21 ning, design, and construction of a visitors center,

22 and such other related facilities as may be deter23 mined to be necessary, to facilitate visitor under24 standing and enjoyment of scenic, historic, cultural,

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1 River Parkway, West Virginia, and any related

2 buildings as may be determined to be necessary for

3 the administration of the parkway.

4 (2) SITE.—The visitors center, related facilities,

5 and buildings referred to in paragraph (1) shall be

6 located at a suitable location on a site for which title

7 is held by the United States in the vicinity of the

8 intersection of the New River Parkway and Inter9 state Route 64 or along the New River Parkway it10 self.

11 (3) CONSULTATION.—The Director of the Na12 tional Park Service shall consult with the New River

13 Parkway Authority and the State of West Virginia

14 in the planning, design, and construction of the visi15 tors center, related facilities, and buildings referred

16 to in paragraph (1).

17 (4) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available

18 pursuant to section 1003(a)(6)(C) of the Intermodal

19 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

20 Stat. 1919) $1,300,000 for fiscal year 1995 and

21 $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1996 shall be made avail22 able for the purposes of carrying out this subsection.

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1 SEC. 117. NATIONAL RECREATIONAL TRAILS.

2 (a) STATE ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1302(c) of the

3 Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 (33

4 U.S.C. 1261(c)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘Act’’ each place it appears and

6 inserting ‘‘part’’;

7 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking subparagraph

8 (B) and redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D)

9 as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and

10 (3) by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(3) SIXTH YEAR PROVISION.—On and after

12 the date that is 5 years after the date of the enact13 ment of this part, a State shall be eligible to receive

14 moneys under this part in a fiscal year only if the

15 State agrees to expend from non-Federal sources for

16 carrying out projects under this part an amount

17 equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the

18 State under this part in such fiscal year.’’.

19 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Section 1302(d)(1) of

20 such Act (33 U.S.C. 1261(d)(1)) is amended—

21 (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘national

22 surveys’’ and inserting ‘‘a 1-time national survey’’;

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1 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub2 paragraph (E) and inserting after subparagraph (C)

3 the following:

4 ‘‘(D) contracting for services with other

5 land management agencies; and’’; and

6 (4) by adding the end the following:

7 ‘‘The 3 percent limitation in the preceding sentence

8 shall not apply to expenditures to pay the cost of

9 conducting the 1-time national survey described in

10 subparagraph (C).’’.

11 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1302(e) of such Act

13 (33 U.S.C. 1261(e)) is amended by redesignating

14 paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (6),

15 (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and by inserting after

16 paragraph (4) the following:

17 ‘‘(5) ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.—

18 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—To the extent prac19 ticable and consistent with other requirements

20 of this section, in complying with paragraph

21 (4), a State shall give priority to project propos22 als which provide for the redesign, reconstruc23 tion, nonroutine maintenance, or relocation of

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1 ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE.—The State shall re2 ceive guidance for determining compliance with

3 subparagraph (A) from the recreational trail

4 advisory board satisfying the requirements of

5 subsection (c)(2)(A).’’.

6 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

7 1302(e)(4) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1261(e)(4)) is

8 amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (6) and (8)(B)’’

9 and inserting paragraphs ‘‘(7) and (9)(B)’’.

10 (d) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 1302(e)(7) of such Act,

11 as redesignated by subsection (c), is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘(7) SMALL STATE EXCLU13 SION.—Any State’’ and inserting the following:

14 ‘‘(7) EXCLUSIONS.—

15 ‘‘(A) SMALL STATE.—Any State’’;

16 (2) by moving the text of subparagraph (A), as

17 so designated, 2 ems to the right; and

18 (3) by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(B) BEST INTEREST OF A STATE.—Any

20 State which determines based on trail needs

21 identified in its State Comprehensive Outdoor

22 Recreation Plan that it is in the best interest

23 of the State to be exempt from the require24 ments of paragraph (4) may apply to the Sec25 retary for such an exemption. Before approving
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1 or disapproving an application for such an ex2 emption, the Secretary shall publish in the Fed3 eral Register notice of receipt of the application

4 and provide an opportunity for public comment

5 on the application.’’.

6 (e) RETURN OF MONEYS NOT EXPENDED.—Section

7 1302(e)(9) of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (c),

8 is amended—

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘the State’’ before ‘‘may be ex10 empted’’; and

11 (2) by striking ‘‘and expended or committed’’

12 and all that follows before the period.

13 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

14 1302 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1261) is amended by adding

15 at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be

18 appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other

19 than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this

20 section and section 1303 $6,000,000 for fiscal year

21 1995.

22 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds au23 thorized by paragraph (1) shall be available for obli24 gation in the same manner as if the funds were ap25 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States
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1 Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of

2 activities conducted with such funds shall be as pro3 vided in this section, such funds shall not be subject

4 to any obligation limitation other than subsection

5 (d)(3), and such funds shall remain available until

6 expended.

7 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT.—Funds authorized by para8 graph (1) shall be treated as if such funds were part

9 of the National Recreational Trails Trust Fund for

10 purposes of making allocations to the States under

11 subsection (d).’’.

12 (g) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 1303 of such

13 Act (16 U.S.C. 1262) is amended—

14 (1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘11 members’’

15 and inserting ‘‘12 members’’;

16 (2) in subsection (b) by redesignating para17 graphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and

18 (5), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph

19 (1) the following:

20 ‘‘(2) 1 member appointed by the Secretary rep21 resenting individuals with disabilities;’’.

22 SEC. 118. COAL HERITAGE.

23 (a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to

24 the State of West Virginia for the purpose of erecting

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1 age along public roads identified as ‘‘Heritage Tour

2 Routes’’ and ‘‘Tour Route Connectors’’ on the map enti3 tled ‘‘Alternative Concept C’’ in the the study entitled ‘‘A

4 Coal Mining Heritage Study: Southern West Virginia’’

5 (1993, United States Department of the Interior, National

6 Park Service) and along additional public roads which pro7 vide access to the interpretive sites and areas identified

8 on such map. Such signs or devices shall be devised by

9 the West Virginia Division of Culture and History with

10 the concurrence of the West Virginia Division of Highways

11 and shall be subject to public comment.

12 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—With respect to areas

13 along the roads referred to in subsection (a) which are

14 administered by Federal, State, local, or nonprofit entities,

15 the Secretary may, pursuant to cooperative agreements

16 with such entities and in consultation with the State of

17 West Virginia, provide technical assistance in the develop18 ment of interpretive devices and information in order to

19 contribute to public appreciation of the historical, cultural,

20 natural, scenic, and recreational sites along such roads.

21 (c) FUNDING.—Of amounts made available pursuant

22 to section 1047(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor23 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1998), there shall

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1 years 1995 and 1996 for the purposes of carrying out this

2 section. Such sums shall remain available until expended.

3 SEC. 119. LIMITATIONS ON FUNDING OF OPERATING AS4 SISTANCE.

5 Section 9(k)(2) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

6 App. 1607a(k)(3)) is amended—

7 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and

8 (C) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;

9 (2) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by

10 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘INCREASE.—’’ before

11 ‘‘Beginning’’;

12 (3) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by

13 paragraph (1)—

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

15 DEFINED.—’’ before ‘‘As’’; and

16 (B) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)’’;

17 (4) by moving subparagraphs (E) and (F), as

18 redesignated by paragraph (1), 4 ems to the right;

19 and

20 (5) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and subparagraph (A) and

21 inserting the following:

22 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON FUNDING OF OPERATING

23 ASSISTANCE.—

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of funds

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1 used for operating assistance shall not exceed

2 80 percent of the amount of funds apportioned

3 in fiscal year 1982 under paragraphs (1)(A),

4 (2)(A), and (3)(A) of section 5(a) of this Act to

5 an urbanized area with a population of

6 1,000,000 or more, 90 percent of funds so ap7 portioned to an urbanized area with a popu8 lation of 200,000 or more and less than

9 1,000,000 population; and 95 percent of funds

10 so apportioned to an urbanized area of less

11 than 200,000 population. Notwithstanding the

12 preceding sentence, an urbanized area that first

13 became an urbanized area under the 1980 cen14 sus or thereafter may use each fiscal year for

15 operating assistance not to exceed an amount

equal to 2 16 ⁄3 of its apportionment during the

17 first full year it received funds under this sec18 tion.

19 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN URBAN20 IZED AREAS WITH REDUCED POPULATIONS.—If

21 an urbanized area had a population under the

22 1980 decennial census of the United States of

23 more than 1,000,000 and has a population

24 under the 1990 decennial census of less than

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1 which may be used for operating assistance for

2 purposes of subparagraph (A) shall be 90 per3 cent of the amount of funds apportioned in fis4 cal year 1982 under such paragraphs (1)(A),

5 (2)(A), and (3)(A) to such area.

6 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED

7 AREAS OF LESS THAN 200,000.—If an urbanized

8 area had a population under the 1990 decennial

9 census of the United States of less than

10 200,000, 100 percent of the funds apportioned

11 to such area under this section for each of fiscal

12 years 1995, 1996, and 1997 may be used for

13 operating assistance, notwithstanding any limi14 tation otherwise imposed on operating assist15 ance.

16 ‘‘(D) OFFSET.—The amount of funds ap17 portioned under this section to each urbanized

18 area with a population of 200,000 or more in

19 each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997

20 which may be used for operating assistance but

21 for this subparagraph shall be reduced by the

22 amount determined by multiplying—

23 ‘‘(i) the aggregate amount of in24 creases of operating assistance under sub25 paragraph (C) in such fiscal year; by
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1 ‘‘(ii) the quotient determined by divid2 ing—

3 ‘‘(I) the amount of funds appor4 tioned under this section to such area

5 in such fiscal year which may be used

6 for operating assistance but for this

7 subparagraph; by

8 ‘‘(II) the aggregate amount of

9 funds apportioned to all urbanized

10 areas with a population of 200,000 or

11 more under this section in such fiscal

12 year but for this subparagraph which

13 may be used for operating assist14 ance.’’.

15 SEC. 120. INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION.

16 (a) BASIC PROGRAM.—Section 18(i)(1) of the Fed17 eral Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1614(i)(1)) is amend18 ed—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘15 percent’’;

20 (2) by inserting ‘‘, and 7.5 percent of such

21 amounts in fiscal year 1995’’ after ‘‘1994’’; and

22 (3) by inserting after ‘‘demonstration projects,’’

23 the following: ‘‘the purchase of accessibility de24 vices,’’.
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1 (b) DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM.—Section 3 of such

2 Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1602) is amended by adding at the

3 end the following new subsection:

4 ‘‘(o) INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION.—Of the

5 amounts made available by subsection (k)(1)(C) in each

6 fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1994, the Sec7 retary shall make to operators of intercity bus transpor8 tation systems capital grants to support such systems, in9 cluding the purchase of accessibility devices, an amount

10 equal to 7.5 percent of the amounts made available under

11 section 18 in such fiscal year. The Federal grant for any

12 project under this subsection shall be 80 percent of the

13 net project cost; except that the Federal grant for the pur14 chase of accessibility devices under this subsection shall

15 be 90 percent of the net project cost.’’.

16 SEC. 121. REPEALS OF EXISTING PROJECTS.

17 (a) LONG BEACH METRO LINK FIXED RAIL

18 PROJECT.—Section 3035(o) of the Intermodal Surface

19 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131)

20 is repealed.

21 (b) HONOLULU RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT.—Section

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1 SEC. 122. MISCELLANEOUS TRANSIT PROJECTS.

2 (a) PORTLAND WESTSIDE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

3 Section 3035(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

4 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2129) is amended—

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ after

6 ‘‘WESTSIDE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—’’;

7 (2) by striking the last sentence;

8 (3) by indenting paragraph (1) and moving it

9 2 ems to the right; and

10 (4) by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(2) AMENDMENT.—

12 ‘‘(A) NEGOTIATION.—Within 90 days after

13 the date of the enactment of this paragraph,

14 the Secretary shall negotiate and sign an

15 amendment to the Westside Light Rail Project

16 multiyear grant agreement authorized under

17 paragraph (1) with the Tri-County Metropoli18 tan Transportation District of Oregon to carry

19 out the final design and construction of the lo20 cally preferred alternative for the Hillsboro ex21 tension, systems related costs as authorized in

22 Public Law 102–240, and acquisition of low

23 floor light rail vehicles, as set forth in Public

24 Law 102–388.

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1 tiated under this paragraph shall provide for

2 the use of advance construction authority under

3 section 3(l) of the Federal Transit Act and for

4 the use of contingent commitment authority

5 under section 3(a)(4)(C) of the Federal Transit

6 Act for the activities set forth in subparagraph

7 (A) for an amount equivalent to the Federal

8 share authorized under section 3 of the Federal

9 Transit Act for each specific activity; except

10 that the Federal share of the cost of the final

11 design and construction of the Hillsboro extension shall not exceed 1 12 ⁄3.

13 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR ADVANCE CON14 STRUCTION.—In the event that the Tri-County

15 Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon

16 uses advance construction authority under this

17 paragraph, the Secretary shall convert that au18 thority into a grant and shall reimburse the

19 Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation Dis20 trict of Oregon from funds made available

21 under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act in

22 fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Federal

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1 ‘‘(D) INTEGRATED PROJECT FINANCING

2 PLAN.—The amendment negotiated under this

3 paragraph shall also include an integrated

4 project financing plan to permit the inter5 changeable use of Federal funds for activities

6 set forth in paragraph (1) and subparagraph

7 (A) to maintain the entire project construction

8 schedule.

9 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT AS A SINGLE PROJECT.—The

10 Hillsboro extension to the Westside Light Rail

11 Project shall be considered by the Federal Transit

12 Administration as a single project extending from

13 downtown Portland, Oregon, to downtown Hillsboro,

14 Oregon, for the purposes of project review, evalua15 tion, and approval of construction under section 3(i)

16 of the Federal Transit Act and for the purpose of

17 preparing a report under section 3(j) of such Act.’’.

18 (b) NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT.—Section

19 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi20 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122–2123) is amended—

21 (1) by inserting after ‘‘Hudson River Water22 front Transportation System’’ the following: ‘‘(in23 cluding corridor connections to and within the city

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1 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Concourse,’’ the follow2 ing: ‘‘the West Shore Line,’’.

3 (c) NORTH BAY FERRY SERVICE.—Section 3035(c)

4 of such Act (105 Stat. 2129) is amended by striking

5 ‘‘$8,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’ and in6 serting ‘‘$17,000,000’’.

7 (d) STATEN ISLAND-MIDTOWN MANHATTAN FERRY

8 SERVICE.—Section 3035(d) of such Act is amended by

9 striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and all that follows through

10 ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’.

11 (e) CENTRAL AREA CIRCULATOR PROJECT.—Section

12 3035(e) of such Act is amended by striking the last

13 sentence.

14 (f) SALT LAKE CITY LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—Section

15 3035(f) of such Act is amended by inserting after ‘‘includ16 ing’’ the following: ‘‘related high-occupancy vehicle lane,

17 intermodal corridor design,’’.

18 (g) LOS ANGELES-SAN DIEGO RAIL CORRIDOR IM19 PROVEMENT PROJECT.—Section 3035(g) of such Act is

20 amended by striking ‘‘not less than’’ and all that follows

21 through ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000’’.

22 (h) ADDITIONAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AND RIGHT-OF23 WAY PURCHASE FOR GILROY SERVICE.—Section 3035(h)

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘July 1, 1994’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and

3 (2) by striking ‘‘August 1, 1994,’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘October 31, 1996,’’.

5 (i) DALLAS LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

6 (1) MULTIYEAR GRANT AGREEMENT.—Section

7 3035(i) of such Act is amended—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘6.4 miles’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘9.6 miles’’;

10 (B) by striking ‘‘10 stations’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘not to exceed 14 stations’’;

12 (C) by striking ‘‘such light rail line’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘the program of interrelated projects

14 identified in section 3(a)(8)(C)(vii) of the Fed15 eral Transit Act’’; and

16 (D) by striking ‘‘of such elements’’ and in17 serting ‘‘element of such program of inter18 related projects’’

19 (2) PROGRAM OF INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—

20 Section 3(a)(8)(C)(vii) of the Federal Transit Act

21 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(8)(C)(vii)) is amended by

22 striking ‘‘Camp Wisdom’’ and inserting ‘‘Interstate

23 Route 20, L.B.J. Freeway’’.
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1 (j) SOUTH BOSTON.—Section 3035(j) of the Inter2 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

3 (105 Stat. 2130–2131) is amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘$278,000,000’’ each place it

5 appears and inserting ‘‘$323,000,000’’;

6 (2) by inserting ‘‘the second place it appears’’

7 after ‘‘striking ‘—’ ’’; and

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Funds

9 made available for the South Boston Piers

10 Transitway in fiscal year 1994 for alternatives anal11 ysis may also be used for construction.’’.

12 (k) KANSAS CITY LIGHT RAIL LINE.—Section

13 3035(k) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$1,500,000

14 in fiscal year 1992, and $4,400,000 in fiscal year 1993’’

15 and inserting ‘‘$5,900,000’’.

16 (l) DOWNTOWN ORLANDO CIRCULATOR PROJECT.—

17 Section 3035(l) of such Act is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

19 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;

20 (2) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘$12,000,000’’; and

22 (3) by striking ‘‘for’’ the second place it ap23 pears and all that follows through the period at the

24 end and inserting ‘‘and the completion of final de25 sign, construction, land and equipment acquisition,
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1 and related activities for the Downtown Orlando

2 Circulator project.’’.

3 (m) DETROIT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—Section

4 3035(m) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘not less

5 than’’ the first place it appears and all that follows

6 through ‘‘1993,’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000’’.

7 (n) LAKEWOOD-FREEHOLD-MATTAWAN OR

8 JAMESBURG RAIL PROJECT.—Section 3035(p) of such

9 Act is amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000’’ and all that fol10 lows through ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,800,000’’.

11 (o) CHARLOTTE LIGHT RAIL STUDY.—Section

12 3035(r) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$125,000’’

13 and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘$500,000’’.

15 (p) SAN DIEGO MID COAST FIXED GUIDEWAY

16 PROJECT.—Section 3035(u) of such Act is amended—

17 (1) in the subsection heading by striking

18 ‘‘LIGHT RAIL’’ and inserting ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’;

19 (2) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

20 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;

21 (3) by striking ‘‘, $2,000,000’’ and all that fol22 lows through ‘‘right-of-way,’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘$42,000,000’’; and

24 (4) by striking ‘‘Light Rail’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘Fixed Guideway’’.
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1 (q) RAILTRAN COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT.—Sec2 tion 3035(x) of such Act is amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

4 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and

5 (2) by striking ‘‘$2,480,000’’ and all that fol6 lows through ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,680,000’’.

7 (r) EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.—Section 3035(z)

8 of such Act is amended by striking the first sentence and

9 inserting the following: ‘‘From funds provided under sec10 tion 3(k)(1)(c) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

11 shall make available $63,600 to Eureka Springs Transit

12 for the purchase of an alternative fueled vehicle, which is

13 accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.’’.

14 (s) BALTIMORE-CENTRAL LIGHT RAIL EXTEN15 SION.—Section 3035(nn) of such Act is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘as follows:

17 ‘‘(A) Not less than $30,000,000 for fiscal

18 year 1993.

19 ‘‘(B) Not less than $30,000,000 for fiscal

20 year 1994.’’

21 and inserting ‘‘and shall be $60,000,000.’’; and

22 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘as follows’’

23 and all that follows through the period at the end

24 of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘totaling

25 $160,000,000.’’.
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1 (t) JACKSONVILLE AUTOMATED SKYWAY EXPRESS

2 EXTENSION.—Section 3035(vv) of such Act is amended

3 to read as follows:

4 ‘‘(vv) JACKSONVILLE AUTOMATED SKYWAY EXPRESS

5 EXTENSION.—Not later than December 31, 1994, the

6 Secretary shall negotiate and sign an agreement which

7 modifies the full funding agreement signed on September

8 27, 1991, with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority

9 for phase 1–B of the north segment of the Automated

10 Skyway Express project to make available $15,000,000 in

11 already appropriated funds and $35,000,000 under sec12 tion 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act to carry out

13 construction of the locally preferred alternative for an op14 erable segment of a not to exceed 1.8 mile extension to

15 such project.’’.

16 (u) DULLES CORRIDOR RAIL PROJECT.—Section

17 3035(aaa) of such Act is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

19 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;

20 (2) by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘$16,000,000’’; and

22 (3) by striking ‘‘the completion’’ and all that

23 follows through ‘‘engineering for’’.
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1 (v) CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT

2 PROJECT.—Section 3035(bbb) of such Act is amended to

3 read as follows:

4 ‘‘(bbb) CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT

5 PROJECT.—From funds provided under section

6 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall

7 make available $300,000,000 for the Central Puget Sound

8 Regional Transit Project.’’.

9 (w) CANAL STREET CORRIDOR LIGHT RAIL.—Sec10 tion 3035(fff) of such Act is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

12 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and

13 (2) by striking ‘‘negotiate’’ and all that follows

14 through ‘‘includes’’ and inserting ‘‘make available’’;

15 and

16 (3) by striking ‘‘$4,800,000’’ and all that fol17 lows through ‘‘statement for’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘$44,800,000 to construct’’.

19 (x) ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.—

20 (1) SANTA CRUZ BUS FACILITY CONSOLIDA21 TION.—From funds provided under section

22 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

23 shall make available $4,120,000 for the Santa Cruz

24 Bus Facility Consolidation project.
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1 (2) SANTA CRUZ FIXED GUIDEWAY.—From

2 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed3 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

4 $4,750,000 for the Santa Cruz Fixed Guideway

5 project.

6 (3) SAN FRANCISCO FERRY BUILDING RENOVA7 TION.—From funds provided under section

8 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

9 shall make available $1,250,000 for the San Fran10 cisco Ferry Building Renovation project.

11 (4) AC TRANSIT BUS IMPROVEMENTS.—From

12 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Fed13 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

14 $10,000,000 to the Alameda County Transit District

15 for the purchase of buses.

16 (5) DENVER SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR LIGHT

17 RAIL.—From funds provided under section

18 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

19 shall make available $13,000,000 for the Denver

20 Southwest Corridor Light Rail project.

21 (6) GRIFFIN LINE TRANSITWAY.—From funds

22 provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal

23 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

24 $4,900,000 for the Griffin Line Transitway project.
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1 (7) TAMPA TO LAKELAND COMMUTER RAIL.—

2 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of

3 the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

4 available $16,300,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland

5 Commuter Rail project.

6 (8) RAVENSWOOD RAPID TRANSIT LINE.—From

7 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(A) of the Fed8 eral Transit Act, and before the formula distribution

9 of funds under such section, the Secretary shall

10 make available $20,000,000 to the Chicago Transit

11 Authority for the reconstruction of track on the

12 Ravenswood Rapid Transit line between Kimball

13 Terminal and Clark Junction and between Armitage

14 Avenue and Tower 18.

15 (9) FITCHBURG INTERMODAL FACILITY.—From

16 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Fed17 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

18 $2,250,000 for the Fitchburg Intermodal Facility.

19 (10) EAST-WEST TRANSITWAY.—From funds

20 provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal

21 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

22 $5,000,000 for the East-West Transitway project in

23 Montgomery County, Maryland.

24 (11) MINNEAPOLIS.—From funds provided

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1 the Secretary shall make available $20,000,000 for

2 the Minnesota Central Corridor Light Rail project.

3 (12) HOBOKEN TERMINAL FACILITY IMPROVE4 MENTS.—From funds provided under section

5 3(k)(1)(A) of the Federal Transit Act, and before

6 the formula distribution of funds under such section,

7 the Secretary shall make available $8,000,000 to re8 habilitate the Hoboken Terminal and Yard Complex

9 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

10 (13) WEST 72D STREET TRANSIT STATION.—

11 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(A) of the

12 Federal Transit Act, and before the formula dis13 tribution of funds under such section, the Secretary

14 shall make available $9,500,000 to refurbish and ex15 pand the West 72d Street Transit Station in New

16 York, New York.

17 (14) TREN URBANO LIGHT RAIL LINE.—From

18 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed19 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

20 $40,000,000 for the Tren Urbano Light Rail project

21 in Puerto Rico.

22 (15) MEMPHIS RIVERFRONT LOOP.—From

23 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed24 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available
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1 $5,900,000 for the Memphis Riverfront Loop Light

2 Rail project.

3 (16) DART NORTH CENTRAL LIGHT RAIL EX4 TENSION.—From funds provided under section

5 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

6 shall make available $18,628,000 for the DART

7 North Central Light Rail Extension project.

8 (17) AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—From

9 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed10 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

11 $5,000,000 for the Austin Light Rail project.

12 (18) EDMONDS MULTI-MODAL CENTER.—From

13 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed14 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

15 $400,000 for fixed guideway improvements in the vi16 cinity of the Edmonds, Washington ferry terminal.

17 (19) MILWAUKEE BUS PURCHASE.—From

18 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Fed19 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

20 $10,000,000 to purchase transit buses in Milwaukee

21 County, Wisconsin.

22 (20) TRI-STATE TRANSIT AUTHORITY PUR23 CHASE.—From funds provided under section

24 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

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1 Transit Authority in Huntington, West Virginia, for

2 the purchase of transit vehicles, equipment, and re3 lated right-of-way facility costs.

4 (21) ALASKA MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYS5 TEM.—Notwithstanding section 3(a) of the Federal

6 Transit Act, from funds provided under section

7 3(k)(1)(B), the Secretary shall make available

8 $20,000,000 to the State of Alaska for the Alaska

9 Marine Transportation System project.

10 (22) LONG BEACH BUS PURCHASE.—From

11 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Fed12 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

13 $3,000,000 to the Long Beach Public Transpor14 tation Company for the purchase of buses and spare

15 parts.

16 (23) PALM DESERT PEOPLE MOVER.—From

17 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed18 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

19 $5,000,000 for the Palm Desert People Mover

20 Project.

21 (24) LOS ANGELES/BURBANK/GLENDALE/SAN

22 FERNANDO VALLEY LIGHT RAIL/INTERMODAL CON23 NECTION.—From funds provided under section

24 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

25 shall make available $10,000,000 for the Los Ange-
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1 les/Burbank/Glendale/San Fernando Valley Light

2 Rail/Intermodal Connection project.

3 (25) ORANGE COUNTY TRANSITWAY.—From

4 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed5 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

6 $15,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway

7 Project, including the connector in Costa Mesa, Cali8 fornia .

9 (26) GOLDEN EMPIRE TRANSIT LIGHT RAIL.—

10 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of

11 the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

12 available $2,000,000 for the Golden Empire Transit

13 Light rail project.

14 (27) DELAWARE AREA RAPID TRANSIT BUS

15 PURCHASE.—From funds provided under section

16 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

17 shall make available $5,000,000 to the Delaware

18 Area Rapid Transit District for the purchase of

19 buses.

20 (28) TRI-COUNTY COMMUTER RAIL.—From

21 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed22 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

23 $20,000,000 for capital improvements to Tri-Rail

24 Commuter Rail Service.
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1 (29) SAFETY AND SECURITY PILOT PROJECT.—

2 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the

3 Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail4 able $2,750,000 for a safety and security pilot

5 project in Champaign-Urbana, Rock Island, and

6 Springfield, Illinois.

7 (30) METRA WISCONSIN CENTRAL COMMUTER

8 RAIL LINE.—From funds provided under section

9 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

10 shall make available $5,000,000 for capital improve11 ments to provide commuter rail service between An12 tioch, Illinois, and Chicago Union Station.

13 (31) CINCINNATI NORTHEAST/NORTHERN KEN14 TUCKY RAIL LINE.—From funds provided under sec15 tion 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Sec16 retary shall make available $6,000,000 for the Cin17 cinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky Rail Line

18 project.

19 (32) WORCESTER INTERMODAL CENTER.—

20 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the

21 Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail22 able $20,000,000 for the Union Station Intermodal

23 Center project.

24 (33) BOSTON COLLEGE ALTERNATIVE FUELS/

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1 PROJECT.—From funds provided under section

2 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

3 shall make available $1,600,000 to Boston College

4 for the alternative fuels/environmental efficiency bus

5 demonstration project.

6 (34) SHADY GROVE TO FREDERICK COR7 RIDOR.—From funds provided under section

8 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

9 shall make available $5,000,000 to the State of

10 Maryland for a corridor study of transit options in

11 the Shady Grove to Frederick Corridor.

12 (35) BALTIMORE REGIONAL TRANSIT CORRIDOR

13 STUDY.—From funds provided under section

14 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

15 shall make available $10,000,000 to the State of

16 Maryland for a study of transit corridors in the Bal17 timore and southern Maryland regions.

18 (36) WEST TRENTON LINE.—From funds pro19 vided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Tran20 sit Act, the Secretary shall make available

21 $10,000,000 to make capital improvements for the

22 West Trenton Commuter Rail Line.

23 (37) WHITEHALL FERRY TERMINAL.—From

24 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed25 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available
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1 $20,000,000 for reconstruction of the Whitehall

2 Ferry Terminal in New York, New York.

3 (38) BUFFALO CROSSROADS STATION.—From

4 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed5 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

6 $9,000,000 to the Niagara Frontier Transportation

7 Authority for the Crossroads Station project.

8 (39) COLUMBUS NORTH CORRIDOR/OSU LINK.—

9 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of

10 the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

11 available $10,000,000 for the Columbus North Cor12 ridor/OSU Link project.

13 (40) BAYFRONT CENTRE INTERMODAL COM14 PLEX.—From funds provided under section

15 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

16 shall make available $8,000,000 for the Bayfront

17 Centre Intermodal Complex project.

18 (41) ST. LOUIS METRO LINK EXTENSIONS.—

19 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of

20 the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

21 available $16,000,000 for the St. Clair extension to

22 the St. Louis Metro Link light rail transit system,

23 $2,450,000 for the Cross-County extension to such

24 system, and $3,450,000 for the St. Charles exten25 sion to such system.
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1 (42) ALBANY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION

2 FACILITY.—From funds provided under section

3 3(k)(1)(C), the Secretary shall make available

4 $590,000 for the multimodal transportation facility

5 in Albany, Oregon.

6 (43) MIAMI METRORAIL NORTH CORRIDOR EX7 TENSION.—From funds provided under section

8 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

9 shall make available $15,000,000 for the northern

10 extension of the Metrorail rapid transit system in

11 Miami, Florida.

12 (44) VALPARAISO-CHICAGO COMMUTER COR13 RIDOR STUDY.—From funds provided under section

14 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

15 shall make available $56,000 to determine the fea16 sibility of restoring commuter rail service between

17 Valparaiso, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois.

18 (45) AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF

19 NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.—From funds pro20 vided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Tran21 sit Act, the Secretary shall make available

22 $3,434,000 for construction of a bus maintenance

23 facility in Elk County, satellite garage in Potter

24 County, and CNG fueling equipment in DuBois for
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1 the Area Transportation Authority of North Central

2 Pennsylvania.

3 (46) JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.—From

4 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Fed5 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

6 $2,700,000 for the purchase of buses and repair of

7 a storage and repair facility and associated fuel stor8 age tanks for the Cambria County Transit Author9 ity, Pennsylvania.

10 (47) INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.—From

11 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Fed12 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

13 $600,000 for the purchase of buses for the Indiana

14 County Transit Authority, Pennsylvania.

15 (48) ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.—From funds

16 provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

17 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

18 $1,200,000 for the purchase of buses and spare

19 parts, an electronic public information system and

20 capital improvements to the Altoona Transportation

21 Center to Altoona Metro Transit, Pennsylvania.

22 (49) DUBOIS/FALLS CREEK/SANDY TOWNSHIP,

23 PENNSYLVANIA.—From funds provided under sec24 tion 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Sec25 retary shall make available $480,000 for the pur-
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1 chase of buses and lift-equipped vans for the

2 DuBois/Falls Creek/Sandy Township Area Transit

3 Authority, Pennsylvania.

4 (50) TACOMA EASTERN RAIL.—From funds

5 provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal

6 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

7 $4,000,000 to the city of Tacoma, Washington, for

8 the Tacoma Eastern Rail project from Tacoma to

9 Ashford.

10 (51) PITTSBURGH BUSWAY.—From funds pro11 vided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Tran12 sit Act, the Secretary shall make available

13 $5,036,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway project.

14 (52) ILLINOIS BUS PROJECTS.—From funds

15 provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

16 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

17 $5,000,000 for the purchase of buses in Peoria,

18 Champaign-Urbana, Rockford, PACE in the subur19 ban area of Chicago, and other nonurbanized area

20 systems in Illinois.

21 (53) SOUTHWEST BROOKLYN TRANSIT STATION

22 AND TRACK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.—From funds

23 provided under section 3(k)(1)(A) of the Federal

24 Transit Act, and before formula distribution of

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1 available $4,000,000 to make station and track im2 provements in Southwest Brooklyn, New York.

3 (54) WISCONSIN BUS PROJECTS.—From funds

4 provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

5 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

6 $2,600,000 for the purchase of buses, vans, and

7 bus-related facilities to the State of Wisconsin.

8 (y) 1996 OLYMPIC AND PARA-OLYMPIC BUS

9 GRANTS.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C)

10 of the Federal Transit Act in fiscal year 1995, the Sec11 retary shall transfer $16,000,000 to the program being

12 carried out under section 9 of such Act to make available

13 $10,400,000 in capital and operating grants for the 1996

14 Olympic and Para-Olympic games and $5,600,000 in cap15 ital and operating grants for the 1996 Para-Olympic

16 games. The Federal share of such grants shall be 100 per17 cent.

18 (z) CALSTART CONSORTIUM.—From funds pro19 vided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act,

20 the Secretary shall make available $5,000,000 to the

21 CALSTART Consortium to perform the services described

22 in section 6071(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor23 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.
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1 SEC. 123. MULTIYEAR CONTRACT FOR METRO RAIL

2 PROJECT.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3034 of the Intermodal

4 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

5 2126–2129) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (b)(3)(A) by striking

7 ‘‘$695,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$720,000,000’’;

8 (2) by adding at the end of subsection (e)(3)

9 the following:

10 ‘‘(D) SCOPE.—The amended contract

11 under subparagraph (A) shall provide Federal

12 assistance for the design and construction of an

13 interim operable segment of the East Side Ex14 tension, consisting of a line running generally

15 east from Union Station of approximately 3.7

16 miles in length or in accordance with the East

17 Side Extension locally preferred alternative,

18 when approved by the Board of the Los Angeles

19 County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

20 ‘‘(E) FUNDING.—The $25,000,000 in21 crease in authorization provided for Minimum

22 Operable Segment-3 under the National High23 way System Designation Act of 1994 shall be

24 made available by the Secretary for funding the

25 scope of the East Side Extension described in

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1 dition to the amounts provided for the East

2 Side Extension in the contract executed in May

3 1993 pursuant to subsection (b) of this sec4 tion.’’.

5 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3034(i)(3) of such Act is

6 amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘7 stations’’ and inserting ‘‘12

8 stations’’;

9 (2) by striking ‘‘11.6’’ and inserting ‘‘15.4’’;

10 and

11 (3) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting

12 the following:

13 ‘‘(C) One line, known as the East Side Ex14 tension locally preferred alternative, running

15 generally east from Union Station for approxi16 mately 6.8 miles to the Whittier/Atlantic Sta17 tion, with 6 intermediate stations.’’.

18 SEC. 124. METRIC SYSTEM SIGNING.

19 (a) PLACEMENT OF SIGNS.—Before September 30,

20 1997, the Secretary may not require the States to expend

21 any Federal or State funds to construct, erect, or other22 wise place any sign relating to any speed limit, distance,

23 or other measurement on any highway for the purpose of

24 having such sign establish such speed limit, distance, or

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1 (b) MODIFICATION OF SIGNS.—Before September 30,

2 1997, the Secretary may not require the States to expend

3 any Federal or State funds to modify any sign relating

4 to any speed limit, any distance, or other measurement

5 on any highway for the purpose of having such sign estab6 lish such speech limit, distance, or measurement using the

7 metric system.

8 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of subsections (a)

9 and (b), the following definitions apply:

10 (1) HIGHWAY.—The term ‘‘highway’’ has the

11 meaning such term has under section 101 of title

12 23, United States Code.

13 (2) METRIC SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘metric sys14 tem’’ has the meaning the term ‘‘metric system of

15 measurement’’ has under section 4 of the Metric

16 Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205c).

17 SEC. 125. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

18 Section 134(g)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code,

19 is amended by inserting after ‘‘transit,’’ the following:

20 ‘‘airport, port, inland waterway,’’.

21 SEC. 126. STATEWIDE PLANNING.

22 (a) INTEGRATED STATE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

23 FACILITIES.—Section 135(e) of title 23, United States

24 Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence the

25 following: ‘‘The plan shall, at a minimum, identify trans-
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1 portation facilities (including major roadways, transit, air2 port, port, inland waterway, and multimodal and inter3 modal facilities) that should function as an integrated

4 State transportation system, giving emphasis to those fa5 cilities that serve important national and regional trans6 portation functions.’’.

7 (b) MEETING FUNDING NEEDS OF INTERNATIONAL

8 BORDER CROSSING COMMUNITIES.—Such section is fur9 ther amended by inserting after the first sentence the fol10 lowing: ‘‘The State plan must consider the special trans11 portation requirements created by international motor ve12 hicle border crossings if applicable to such State.’’.

13 SEC. 127. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR FEASIBILITY STUDY.

14 With amounts available to the Secretary under sec15 tion 1105(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

16 Efficiency Act of 1991, the Secretary in cooperation with

17 the States of Virginia and West Virginia shall conduct a

18 study to determine the feasibility of establishing a route

19 for the East-West Transamerica Corridor (designated pur20 suant to section 1105(c)(3) of such Act) from Beckley,

21 West Virginia, utilizing a corridor entering Virginia near

22 the city of Covington then moving south from the Alle23 gheny Highlands to serve Roanoke and continuing east to

24 Lynchburg. From there such route would continue across

25 Virginia to the Hampton Roads-Norfolk area.
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1 SEC. 128. REEVALUATION.

2 (a) INITIATION.—After completion of current con3 struction on Interstate Route 10 and Gessner Road,

4 Texas, the Secretary shall initiate a reevaluation in con5 sultation with State and local officials of—

6 (1) a proposed exit ramp from the Sam Hous7 ton Tollway eastbound direct connector to the east8 bound Interstate Route 10 frontage road between

9 Beltway 8 and Gessner Road; and

10 (2) a proposed entrance ramp from the

11 westbound Interstate Route 10 frontage road be12 tween Gessner Road and Beltway 8 to the

13 westbound direct connector to the Sam Houston

14 Tollway in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

15 (b) DEADLINE FOR DECISION.—The Secretary shall

16 issue a decision on the proposed ramps referred to in sub17 section (a) within 6 months after completion of the con18 struction referred to in subsection (a).

19 SEC. 129. FUNDING.

20 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of

21 how the existing Federal-aid highway and transit funding

22 is utilized by States and metropolitan planning organiza23 tions to address transportation needs.

24 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

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1 to Congress a report containing the results of the study

2 conducted under this section.

3 SEC. 130. NONDIVISIBLE LOADS.

4 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall institute a rule6 making proceeding to define the term ‘‘vehicles and loads

7 which cannot be easily dismantled or divided’’ as used in

8 section 127 of title 23, United States Code, including con9 sideration of a commodity-specific definition of such term.

10 The Secretary shall complete the proceeding required by

11 this subsection not later than 270 days after the date of

12 the enactment of this Act. The Secretary may apply such

13 regulations to all vehicle loads operating on the National

14 Highway System if the Secretary determines that it is in

15 the public interest.

16 SEC. 131. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.

17 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of

18 methods to reduce accidents on Federal-aid highways

19 caused by drivers falling asleep while operating a commer20 cial motor vehicle used to transport freight.

21 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit

23 to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted

24 under subsection (a).
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1 TITLE II—TECHNICAL CORREC2 TIONS TO ISTEA AND RELAT3 ED LAWS

4 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

5 Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

6 amended by striking the 1st undesignated paragraph of

7 such section that relates to public lands highways.

8 SEC. 202. REFERENCES TO DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SYS9 TEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGH10 WAYS.

11 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the

12 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

13 (105 Stat. 1914–1915) is amended—

14 (1) in the 3d undesignated paragraph by strik15 ing ‘‘National System of’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D.

16 Eisenhower System of’’; and

17 (2) in the 7th undesignated paragraph by strik18 ing ‘‘Interstate and Defense Highway System’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Inter20 state and Defense Highways’’.

21 (b) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section

22 1001 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

23 Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 105 Stat. 1915–1916)

24 is amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking

25 ‘‘National’’.
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1 (c) DEFINITION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN TITLE

2 23.—The undesignated paragraph of section 101(a) of

3 title 23, United States Code, relating to the Interstate

4 System, is amended by striking ‘‘National’’.

5 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO VEHICLE WEIGHT

6 LIMITATIONS.—Section 127(a) of title 23, United States

7 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘National’’ each place it ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

9 (e) VEHICLE LENGTH RESTRICTION.—Section 411(j)

10 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (49

11 U.S.C. App. 2311(j)) is amended in each of paragraphs

12 (1), (5)(D), and (6)(A) by striking ‘‘National’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

14 (f) LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE DEFINED.—

15 Section 4007(f) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

16 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2153) is amended by

17 striking ‘‘National’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisen18 hower’’.

19 (g) COMMEMORATION.—Section 6012 of the Inter20 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23

21 U.S.C. 101 note; 105 Stat. 2180–2181) is amended—

22 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘NA23 TIONAL’’; and

24 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘National’’.
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1 SEC. 203. FEDERAL-AID SYSTEMS.

2 (a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section 103(e)(1) of title

3 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the next

4 to the last sentence.

5 (b) SUBSTITUTE PROJECTS.—Section 103(e)(4) of

6 such title is amended—

7 (1) in the last sentence of subparagraph (B) by

8 striking ‘‘projects on the Federal-aid secondary sys9 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘surface transportation program

10 projects’’;

11 (2) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ‘‘and’’ be12 fore ‘‘$240,000,000’’; and

13 (3) in subparagraph (J)(i) by inserting a

14 comma after ‘‘October 1, 1991’’.

15 SEC. 204. APPORTIONMENT.

16 (a) SET-ASIDE.—Section 104(a) of title 23, United

17 States Code, is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘for the Federal-aid systems’’

19 and inserting ‘‘for this chapter’’; and

20 (2) by striking ‘‘upon the Federal-aid systems’’

21 and inserting ‘‘under this chapter’’.

22 (b) CROSS REFERENCE TO INTERSTATE CONSTRUC23 TION PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Section 104(b)(5)(A) of

24 such title is amended by striking ‘‘118(b)(2)’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘118(b)(1)’’.
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1 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 104(b)(5)(B)

2 of such title is amended by striking the comma following

3 ‘‘1984’’ each place it appears.

4 (d) REPEAL OF URBAN SYSTEM APPORTIONMENT.—

5 Section 104(b)(6) of such title is repealed.

6 (e) PLANNING SET-ASIDE.—Section 104(f)(3) of

7 such title is amended by striking ‘‘(j)’’.

8 (f) TRANSFERABILITY AMONG SAFETY AND BRIDGE

9 PROGRAMS.—Section 104(g) of such title is amended by

10 striking ‘‘Not more than’’ and all that follows through

11 ‘‘any other of such sections’’ the second place it appears

12 and inserting the following: ‘‘Not more than 40 percent

13 of the amount which is apportioned in any fiscal year to

14 each State under section 144 or which is reserved for such

15 fiscal year under section 133(d)(1) only for carrying out

16 section 130 or 152 may be transferred from the apportion17 ment under section 144 or one of the reservations under

18 section 133(d)(1) to the apportionment or reservation

19 under such other section if such a transfer is requested

20 by the State highway department and is approved by the

21 Secretary as being in the public interest. The Secretary

22 may approve the transfer of 100 percent of the apportion23 ment under section 144 or one of the reservations under

24 section 133(d)(1) to the apportionment or reservation

25 under such other section’’.
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1 SEC. 205. PROGRAMS OF PROJECTS.

2 (a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT.—Section 105 of title

3 23, United States Code, and the item relating to such sec4 tion in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title are each

5 repealed.

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 106(a) of

7 such title is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘, as soon as practicable after

9 program approval,’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘included in an approved pro11 gram’’.

12 (c) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS OF

13 CORRIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—Section

14 1105(g)(7) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef15 ficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2036) is amended to read

16 as follows:

17 ‘‘(7) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS

18 OF CORRIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—In se19 lecting projects for inclusion in a plan or program

20 under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, a

21 State may give priority to high priority segments of

22 corridors identified under subsection (c) of this sec23 tion.’’.
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1 SEC. 206. ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

2 (a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section 107(a)(2) of title

3 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘sub4 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

5 (b) APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Section 108(a) of such

6 title is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘on any Federal-aid highway’’

8 and inserting ‘‘for any project eligible for assistance

9 under this chapter’’;

10 (2) by striking ‘‘on such highway’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘on such project’’; and

12 (3) by striking ‘‘a road’’ and inserting ‘‘the

13 project’’.

14 (c) RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND FUNDS.—Sec15 tion 108(c) of such title is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘highways and

17 passenger transit facilities on any Federal-aid sys18 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any project eligible for assist19 ance under this chapter’’; and

20 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘such project

21 for the actual construction’’ and all that follows

22 through ‘‘Secretary’’ the last place it appears and

23 inserting ‘‘actual construction of such project on

24 rights-of-way with respect to which funds are ad25 vanced under this subsection, whichever shall occur

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1 ited with an amount equal to the Federal share of

2 the funds advanced, as provided in section 120 of

3 this title, out of any funds apportioned under this

4 chapter to the State in which such project is located

5 and available for obligation for such projects and the

6 State shall reimburse the Secretary’’.

7 (d) EARLY ACQUISITION.—Section 108(d)(2)(F) of

8 such title is amended by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘this title’’.

10 SEC. 207. STANDARDS.

11 Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is

12 amended—

13 (1) in subsection (h) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid

14 system’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (q) by striking ‘‘under sec16 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘under section’’.

17 SEC. 208. LETTING OF CONTRACTS.

18 Section 112(g) of title 23, United States Code, relat19 ing to applicability to contracts for projects on the second20 ary system, as redesignated by section 103(c) of this Act,

21 is repealed.

22 SEC. 209. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE.

23 Section 113 of title 23, United States Code, is

24 amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘highway

2 projects on’’ and all that follows through ‘‘author3 ized under’’ and inserting ‘‘highway projects on Fed4 eral-aid highways authorized under’’;

5 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘upon the Fed6 eral-aid systems,’’ and inserting ‘‘on Federal-aid

7 highways,’’; and

8 (3) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘of the Fed9 eral-aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid high10 way’’.

11 SEC. 210. CONSTRUCTION.

12 Section 114 of title 23, United States Code, is

13 amended—

14 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘highways or

15 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys16 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway or portion

17 thereof’’;

18 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘highways

19 or portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys20 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid highway or por21 tion thereof’’; and

22 (3) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘highways

23 or portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys24 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any Federal-aid highway or

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1 SEC. 211. ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.

2 Section 115 of title 23, United States Code, is

3 amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘PLANS,

5 SPECIFICATIONS,’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECT AP6 PROVAL’’; and

7 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘134,’’ and the

8 second comma after ‘‘144’’.

9 SEC. 212. MAINTENANCE.

10 Section 116 of title 23, United States Code, is

11 amended—

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘highway’’ before ‘‘project’’ the

13 first place it appears in each of subsections (a) and

14 (c);

15 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘no longer con16 stitutes a part of a Federal-aid system’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘is no longer a Federal-aid highway’’; and

18 (3) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘the Federal19 aid secondary system’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid

20 highway’’.

21 SEC. 213. CERTIFICATION ACCEPTANCE.

22 Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is

23 amended—

24 (1) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘2000(d)’’ and

25 inserting ‘‘2000d’’; and
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1 (2) by striking subsection (f), relating to dis2 charge of the Secretary’s responsibilities with respect

3 to the secondary system.

4 SEC. 214. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

5 (a) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Section 118(b)(1) of

6 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

7 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Interstate

8 construction in a State’’ and inserting ‘‘completion

9 of the Interstate System in a State’’; and

10 (2) in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘for

11 completion of the Interstate System’’ after ‘‘shall be

12 allocated’’.

13 (b) SET-ASIDE FOR INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION

14 PROJECTS.—Section 118(c)(1) of such title is amended by

15 striking the period at the end of the first sentence and

16 all that follows through the period at the end of the second

17 sentence and inserting ‘‘for obligation at the discretion

18 of the Secretary for projects to complete the Interstate

19 System.’’.

20 (c) SET-ASIDE FOR 4R PROJECTS.—Section

21 118(c)(2) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘of’’ after

22 ‘‘$64,000,000 for each’’.

23 SEC. 215. FEDERAL SHARE.

24 (a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM PROJECTS.—Section

25 120(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by in-
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1 serting before ‘‘including a project’’ the following: ‘‘includ2 ing a project the cost for which is included in the 1991

3 interstate cost estimate and’’.

4 (b) SAFETY PROJECTS.—Section 120(c) of such title

5 is amended by striking ‘‘for all the Federal-aid systems’’.

6 (c) EMERGENCY RELIEF.—The first sentence of sec7 tion 120(e) of such title is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘system, including’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘, including a highway on’’;

10 (2) by striking ‘‘on a project on such system’’;

11 (3) by striking ‘‘and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘and

12 (b)’’; and

13 (4) by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and inserting ‘‘180

14 days’’.

15 (d) PLANNING PROJECTS.—Section 120 of such title

16 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub17 section:

18 ‘‘(j) PLANNING PROJECTS.—The Federal share pay19 able on account of any project to be carried out with funds

20 set aside under section 104(f) of this title shall be 80 per21 cent of the costs thereof unless the Secretary determines

22 that the interest of the Federal-aid highway program

23 would best be served by decreasing or eliminating the non24 Federal share of such costs.’’.
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1 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 208(2) of

2 the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development

3 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3338(2)) is amended by striking

4 ‘‘section 120(a) of title 23, United States Code;’’.

5 SEC. 216. PAYMENT TO STATES FOR CONSTRUCTION.

6 Section 121 of title 23, United States Code, is

7 amended—

8 (1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘After’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this title,

10 after’’; and

11 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid

12 system’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’.

13 SEC. 217. RELOCATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES.

14 Section 123(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

15 amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘on any Federal-aid system’’

17 and inserting ‘‘eligible for assistance under this

18 chapter’’; and

19 (2) by striking the last sentence.

20 SEC. 218. ADVANCES TO STATES.

21 Section 124(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

22 amended by striking ‘‘projects on any of the Federal-aid

23 systems, including the Interstate System, he’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘a project eligible for assistance under this title, the

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1 SEC. 219. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

2 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The first sentence of

3 section 125(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

4 by striking all preceding ‘‘Provided’’ and inserting the fol5 lowing: ‘‘The Secretary may expend funds from the emer6 gency fund herein authorized for projects for repair or re7 construction on Federal-aid highways in accordance with

8 the provisions of this chapter:’’.

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 125(b) of

10 such title is further amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘authorized’’ in the second sen12 tence and all that follows through the period at the

13 end of such sentence and inserting ‘‘authorized on

14 Federal-aid highways.’’; and

15 (2) by striking ‘‘the Disaster Relief and Emer16 gency Assistance Act (Public Law 93–288)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

18 Emergency Assistance Act’’.

19 SEC. 220. APPLICABILITY OF AXLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.

20 (a) WISCONSIN STATE ROUTE 78 AND UNITED

21 STATES ROUTE 51.—Section 127 of title 23, United

22 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow23 ing new subsection:

24 ‘‘(f) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAULING

25 VEHICLES ON CERTAIN WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS.—If the

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1 States Route 51 between Interstate Route 94 near Por2 tage, Wisconsin, and Wisconsin State Route 29 south of

3 Wausau, Wisconsin, is designated as part of the Interstate

4 System under section 139(a) of title 23, United States

5 Code, the single axle, tandem axle, gross vehicle weight,

6 and bridge formula limits set forth in subsection (a) shall

7 not apply to the operation on such 104-mile portion of

8 any vehicle which could legally operate on such 104-mile

9 portion before the date of the enactment of this sub10 section.’’.

11 (b) VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS IN THE STATE

12 OF OHIO.—

13 (1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Transportation

14 shall review the Federal and State commercial motor

15 vehicle weight limitations applicable to Federal-aid

16 highways in the State of Ohio.

17 (2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—If the Secretary of

18 Transportation determines, on the basis of the re19 view conducted under paragraph (1), that it is in the

20 public interest, the Secretary may waive application

21 of the vehicle weight limitations of section 127(a) of

22 title 23, United States Code, and of the State cer23 tification requirements of sections 141(b) and 141(c)

24 of such title, in whole or in part, to highways on the

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1 fense Highways in the State of Ohio for short wheel2 base vehicles for such period as the Secretary deter3 mines may be necessary to permit a reasonable pe4 riod of depreciation for short wheel-base vehicles

5 purchased before October 1, 1991.

6 (3) MORATORIUM ON WITHHOLDING OF

7 FUNDS.—Until the Secretary of Transportation

8 makes a determination relating to the public interest

9 under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall not with10 hold funds under section 127(a) or 141(c) of title

11 23, United States Code, from apportionment to the

12 State of Ohio for failure to comply with such section

13 with respect to short wheel-base vehicles.

14 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 127 of title

15 23, United States Code, is amended—

16 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘118(b)(1)’’

17 and inserting ‘‘118(b)(2)’’; and

18 (2) in subsection (d)(1)(E) by striking ‘‘July 5,

19 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘July 6, 1991’’.

20 SEC. 221. TOLL ROADS.

21 (a) USE OF REVENUES.—Section 129(a)(3) of title

22 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘all toll

23 revenues received’’ and all that follows through the period

24 at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following:

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1 will be used for financing and any other obligations in re2 spect of the facility, for reserves, for reasonable return to

3 investors financing the project (as determined by the

4 State), and for the costs necessary for the proper oper5 ation and maintenance of the toll facility, including recon6 struction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation.’’.

7 (b) REFERENCE TO FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS.—The

8 last sentence of section 129(a)(4) of such title is amended

9 by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed10 eral-aid highways’’.

11 (c) LOANS.—Section 129(a)(7) of such title is

12 amended—

13 (1) by inserting ‘‘or commit to loan’’ after

14 ‘‘loan’’ the first place it appears;

15 (2) by striking ‘‘agency’’ each place it appears

16 and inserting ‘‘entity’’;

17 (3) by inserting after ‘‘constructing’’ the first

18 place it appears ‘‘or proposing to construct’’;

19 (4) by striking ‘‘all Federal environmental re20 quirements have been complied with and permits ob21 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Environmental

22 Policy Act of 1969 has been complied with’’;

23 (5) by inserting ‘‘to a private entity’’ after

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1 (6) by inserting after the fifth sentence the fol2 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Any such loan to a public en3 tity shall bear interest at such rate as the State de4 termines appropriate.’’; and

5 (7) by striking ‘‘the time the loan was obli6 gated’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the initial funding

7 of the loan’’.

8 (d) CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY

9 TERMINAL FACILITIES.—Section 129 of such title is

10 amended—

11 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by

12 striking ‘‘the route of which’’ and all that follows

13 through the period at the end of such sentence and

14 inserting ‘‘the route of which has been classified as

15 a public road and has not been designated as a route

16 on the Interstate System.’’; and

17 (2) in subsection (c)(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ pre18 ceding ‘‘repair’’.

19 (e) PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 129(d) of such title

20 is amended—

21 (1) in each of paragraphs (1) and (3) by strik22 ing ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’;

23 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘State of

24 Pennsylvania’’ each place it appears and inserting

25 ‘‘States of Pennsylvania and West Virginia’’; and
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1 (3) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘the’’ before

2 ‘‘State of Georgia’’.

3 (f) TREATMENT OF CENTENNIAL BRIDGE, ROCK IS4 LAND, ILLINOIS, AGREEMENT.—For purposes of section

5 129(a)(6) of title 23, United States Code, the agreement

6 concerning the Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois,

7 entered into under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing

8 the city of Rock Island, Illinois, or its assigns, to con9 struct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mis10 sissippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois, and to a

11 place at or near the city of Davenport, Iowa’’, approved

12 March 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 110), shall be treated as if such

13 agreement had been entered into under section 129 of title

14 23, United States Code, as in effect on December 17,

15 1991, and may be modified accordingly.

16 (g) TREATMENT OF I–95 AND PENNSYLVANIA TURN17 PIKE.—For purposes of section 129 of title 23, United

18 States Code, the project for construction of an interchange

19 between Interstate Route 95 and the Pennsylvania Turn20 pike shall be treated as a reconstruction project described

21 in section 129(a)(1)(B) of such title.

22 SEC. 222. RAIL-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS.

23 Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is

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1 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Except as

2 provided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub3 ject to’’;

4 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘entire’’ each

5 place it appears;

6 (3) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘except as pro7 vided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘subject

8 to’’;

9 (4) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘authorized for

10 and’’;

11 (5) in subsection (e) by striking the last sen12 tence;

13 (6) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating

14 subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and (g),

15 respectively; and

16 (7) in subsection (f) as so redesignated by strik17 ing ‘‘railroad highway’’ and inserting ‘‘railroad-high18 way’’.

19 SEC. 223. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

20 (a) STATE CERTIFICATION.—Section 133 of title 23,

21 United States Code, is amended—

22 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘subsections

23 (b) (3) and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b)(3)

24 and (b)(4)’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (d)(3)(B) by striking ‘‘tobe’’

2 and inserting ‘‘to be’’; and

3 (3) in subsection (e)(2) by inserting after ‘‘each

4 State’’ the following: ‘‘or the designated transpor5 tation authority of the State’’.

6 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1007(b)(1)

7 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

8 of 1991 (105 Stat. 1930) is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘104(b)(3)’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘104(b)’’; and

11 (2) by striking ‘‘to read as follows’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘by inserting after paragraph (2) the following

13 new paragraph’’.

14 SEC. 224. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

15 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 134 of title

16 23, United States Code, is amended—

17 (1) in each of subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), and

18 (h)(4) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this

19 section’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’;

20 (2) in each of subsections (b)(3)(B) and

21 (g)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘long-range’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘long range’’;

23 (3) in subsection (f)(11) by inserting ‘‘pas24 sengers and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;
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1 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub2 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

3 (B); and

4 (5) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘the Federal5 Aid Highway Act of 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘this

6 title’’.

7 (b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—Section 134(f)

8 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following

9 new paragraphs:

10 ‘‘(16) Recreational travel and tourism.

11 ‘‘(17) Revitalization of the central urban core.’’.

12 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 134(k) of such

13 title is amended by striking the last sentence.

14 (d) CONFORMING CHAPTER ANALYSIS AMEND15 MENT.—The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amend16 ed by striking

‘‘134. Transportation planning in certain urban areas.’’

17 and inserting

‘‘134. Metropolitan planning.’’.

18 SEC. 225. STATEWIDE PLANNING.

19 Section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is

20 amended—

21 (1) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph (1)

22 and inserting the following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(1) The transportation needs identified

2 through use of the management systems required by

3 section 303 of this title.’’;

4 (2) in subsection (c)(5) by inserting after

5 ‘‘nonmetropolitan areas’’ the following: ‘‘, including

6 the identification of a rural priority local road and

7 bridge system,’’;

8 (3) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph (15)

9 and redesignating paragraphs (16) through (20) as

10 paragraphs (15) through (19), respectively;

11 (4) in subsection (c)(18), as so redesignated, by

12 striking ‘‘commercial motor vehicles’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘passengers and freight’’;

14 (5) in subsection (d)(3) by striking ‘‘concerns’’

15 and inserting ‘‘transportation needs’’;

16 (6) in each of subsections (e) and (f)(1) by in17 serting ‘‘Indian tribal governments,’’ after ‘‘private

18 providers of transportation,’’; and

19 (7) in subsection (h)—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘United States Code,’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘other Federal laws, and’’;

22 (B) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘this title’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘or section 8 of such Act,’’

2 and inserting ‘‘of this title, or section 8 of the

3 Federal Transit Act,’’.

4 SEC. 226. CONTROL OF JUNKYARDS.

5 (a) STRICTER STATE STANDARDS.—Section 136(l) of

6 title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

7 Federal-aid highway systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid

8 highways’’.

9 (b) PRIMARY SYSTEM DEFINED.—Section 136 of

10 such title is amended by adding at the end the following

11 new subsection:

12 ‘‘(n) PRIMARY SYSTEM DEFINED.—For purposes of

13 this section, the term ‘primary system’ means the Federal14 aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any

15 highway which is not on such system but which is on the

16 National Highway System.’’.

17 SEC. 227. NONDISCRIMINATION.

18 (a) STATE ASSURANCES.—Section 140(a) of title 23,

19 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘any of the

20 Federal-aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid high21 ways’’.

22 (b) TRAINING.—Section 140(b) of such title is

23 amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘for the surface transportation

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘the bridge program’’.

2 SEC. 228. ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.

3 Section 141(b) of title 23, United States Code, is

4 amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid primary system’’

5 and all that follows through ‘‘including’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘Federal-aid highways, including highways on’’.

7 SEC. 229. AVAILABILITY OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

8 Section 142 of title 23, United States Code, is

9 amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘the sur11 face’’ and inserting ‘‘surface’’; and

12 (2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘exits’’ and in13 serting ‘‘exists’’.

14 SEC. 230. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.

15 (a) SET-ASIDES.—Section 144(g) of title 23, United

16 States Code, is amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘103’’ and in18 serting ‘‘1003’’;

19 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘OFF-SYSTEM

20 BRIDGES’’ and inserting ‘‘BRIDGES NOT ON FED21 ERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’;

22 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘, other than

23 those on a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘that

24 are functionally classified as local or rural minor col25 lectors’’; and
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1 (4) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘bridges not

2 on a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘such

3 bridges’’.

4 (b) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 144(i) of such title

5 is amended by striking ‘‘307(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘307(h)’’.

6 (c) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING BRIDGE APPOR7 TIONMENT CRITERIA.—The criteria for apportionment of

8 funds used by the Department of Transportation under

9 section 144 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect

10 on September 30, 1991, shall remain in effect until Sep11 tember 30, 1997, or until changed by law, whichever oc12 curs first.

13 SEC. 231. GREAT RIVER ROAD.

14 Section 148(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking ‘‘centers of the State’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘centers of the States’’.

17 SEC. 232. HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

18 Section 152 of title 23, United States Code, is

19 amended—

20 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘authorized’’

21 and inserting ‘‘available’’; and

22 (2) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and re23 designating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as sub24 sections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
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1 SEC. 233. USE OF SAFETY BELTS AND MOTORCYCLE HEL2 METS.

3 (a) REFERENCE TO DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Section

4 153 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘the date of

6 the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘De7 cember 31, 1991’’; and

8 (2) in subsection (i)(3) by striking ‘‘the date of

9 the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘De10 cember 31, 1991,’’.

11 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Section 153(f)(2) of

12 such title is amended by striking ‘‘at all times’’ each place

13 it appears.

14 (c) PENALTIES.—Section 153(h) of such title is

15 amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘at any time

17 in’’ and inserting ‘‘by the last day of’’;

18 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘by the last

19 day of fiscal year 1995 or’’ after ‘‘If,’’;

20 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘1994,’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘1995,’’; and

22 (4) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking ‘‘under sec23 tion 402’’ and inserting ‘‘by this subsection’’.

24 (d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 153(i) of such title is

25 amended by adding at the end the following new para26 graph:
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1 ‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean2 ing such term has under chapter 4 of this title.’’.

3 SEC. 234. NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT.

4 (a) EXISTING PROGRAM.—Section 154(a)(1) of title

5 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘on the

6 Interstate System’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or more’’

7 and inserting ‘‘described in clause (2) or (3) of this sub8 section’’.

9 (b) NEW PROGRAM.—Section 1029 of the Intermodal

10 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

11 1968–1970) is amended—

12 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by inserting ‘‘of a

13 State’’ after ‘‘apportionments’’;

14 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘if a

15 State’’ and inserting ‘‘to the apportionment of the

16 State under section 402 of such title if the State’’;

17 (3) in subsection (c) by redesignating para18 graphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), re19 spectively; and

20 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) of sub21 section (c) the following new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—

23 ‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—A State must obli24 gate at least 50 percent of its funds transferred

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1 speed limit enforcement and public information

2 and education.

3 ‘‘(B) WAIVER.—Upon request of a State,

4 the Secretary may waive the requirement of

5 subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year if in the

6 preceding fiscal year the State was in compli7 ance with the speed limit requirements estab8 lished pursuant to paragraph (1).’’.

9 SEC. 235. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

10 Section 157 of title 23, United States Code, is

11 amended—

12 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘118(b)(2)’’

13 and inserting ‘‘118(b)(1)’’;

14 (2) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by striking ‘‘year

15 1989’’ and inserting ‘‘years 1989’’; and

16 (3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating

17 subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d),

18 respectively.

19 SEC. 236. NATIONAL MINIMUM DRINKING AGE.

20 Section 158 of title 23, United States Code, is

21 amended—

22 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘104(b)(5),

23 and 104(b)(6)’’ each place it appears and inserting

24 ‘‘104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(iii) by striking

2 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

3 (3) in subsection (b)(3)(B) by striking

4 ‘‘104(b)(5)(B), or 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘104(b)(3), or 104(b)(5)(B)’’; and

6 (4) in each of subsections (b)(3) and (b)(4) by

7 striking ‘‘118(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘118’’.

8 SEC. 237. REVOCATION OF DRIVERS’ LICENSES OF INDIVID9 UALS CONVICTED OF DRUG OFFENSES.

10 Section 159 of title 23, United States Code, is

11 amended in each of subsections (b)(3) and (b)(4) by strik12 ing ‘‘118(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘118’’.

13 SEC. 238. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SEGMENTS OF INTER14 STATE SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT

15 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

16 Section 160 of title 23, United States Code, is

17 amended—

18 (1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘The amount’’

19 and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (g), the

20 amount’’; and

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub22 section:

23 ‘‘(g) PUERTO RICO.—Notwithstanding any other pro24 vision of this section, Puerto Rico shall receive in a fiscal

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1 ant to subsection (f) for such fiscal year. No State (includ2 ing the District of Columbia) which has a reimbursement

3 percentage in the table contained in subsection (c) of 0.50

4 shall have its reimbursement amount in fiscal years 1996

5 and 1997 reduced as a result of the enactment of the pre6 ceding sentence.’’.

7 SEC. 239. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

8 (a) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS ALLOCATION.—Sec9 tion 202(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

10 by striking ‘‘66 percent of the remainder’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘the remaining 66 percent’’.

12 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 203 of such

13 title is amended by striking the comma preceding ‘‘forest

14 development’’ each place it appears.

15 (c) PURPOSES FOR WHICH FUNDS MAY BE USED.—

16 Section 204(b) of such title is amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘construction and improvement’’

18 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘planning, re19 search, engineering, and construction’’; and

20 (2) by striking ‘‘construction or improvement’’

21 and inserting ‘‘planning, research, engineering, or

22 construction’’.

23 (d) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

24 PROJECTS.—Section 204(c) of such title is amended by

25 inserting ‘‘of’’ after ‘‘15 percent’’.
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1 (e) INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS PLANNING.—The

2 first sentence of section 204(j) of such title is amended

3 to read as follows: ‘‘An Indian tribal government receiving

4 funds under the Indian reservation roads program may

5 use up to 10 percent of its annual allocation under such

6 program for transportation planning activities pursuant to

7 the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu8 cation Assistance Act.’’.

9 (f) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Section 204 of such

10 title is amended by adding at the end the following new

11 subsection:

12 ‘‘(k) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any

13 other provision of law, funds available for Federal lands

14 highway programs shall be treated as obligated if—

15 ‘‘(1) the Secretary authorizes engineering and

16 related work for a particular project; or

17 ‘‘(2) the Secretary approves plans, specifica18 tions, and estimates for procurement of construction

19 under section 106 or 117 of this title.’’.

20 (g) SET-ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF

21 INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 204 of such title is further

22 amended by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(l) SET-ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Up to 1 percent of the

2 funds made available for Indian reservation roads

3 for each fiscal year shall be set aside by the Sec4 retary of the Interior for transportation-related ad5 ministrative expenses of Indian tribal governments.

6 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary of the In7 terior shall make available to each Indian tribal gov8 ernment with an approved application under para9 graph (3) an equal percentage of any sum set aside

10 pursuant to paragraph (1).

11 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To receive funds under

12 this paragraph, an Indian tribal government must

13 submit to the Secretary of the Interior for approval

14 an application in accordance with the requirements

15 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As16 sistance Act. The Secretary of the Interior shall ap17 prove any such application that demonstrates that

18 the applicant has the capability to carry out trans19 portation planning activities or is in the process of

20 establishing such a capability.’’.

21 (h) TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—

22 Section 204 of such title is further amended by adding

23 at the end the following:

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1 hancement activities as required under section 133, a

2 State shall consider any application submitted to the State

3 by an Indian tribal government seeking assistance to con4 duct such activities.’’.

5 (i) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

6 PROJECTS BY THE SECRETARY.—Section 204 of such title

7 is further amended by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(n) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

9 PROJECTS BY THE SECRETARY.—

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—

11 The Secretary shall establish a pilot program (here12 inafter in this subsection referred to as the ‘pro13 gram’) for the purposes described in paragraph (2)

14 and shall carry out such program in each of fiscal

15 years 1995, 1996, and 1997.

16 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program

17 shall be to permit an Indian tribal government to

18 apply directly to the Secretary for authorization to

19 conduct projects on Indian reservation roads using

20 amounts allocated to the Indian tribal government

21 under the Indian reservation roads program.

22 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT AS STATES.—Except as oth23 erwise provided by the Secretary, an Indian tribal

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1 same requirements as a State applying for approval

2 of a Federal-aid highway project.

3 ‘‘(4) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—

4 ‘‘(A) APPLICATIONS.—An Indian tribal

5 government seeking to participate in the pro6 gram shall submit to the Secretary an applica7 tion which is in such form and contains such in8 formation as the Secretary may require.

9 ‘‘(B) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICI10 PANTS.—The Secretary shall select not more

11 than 10 Indian tribal governments to partici12 pate in the program.

13 ‘‘(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary,

14 in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior,

15 shall provide technical assistance to Indian tribal

16 governments participating in the program.

17 ‘‘(6) TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon re18 quest of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior

19 shall provide to the Secretary such assistance as

20 may be necessary for implementation of the pro21 gram.

22 ‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than September 30,

23 1997, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a re24 port on the results of the program. In developing

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1 of Indian tribal governments participating in the

2 program.’’.

3 (j) REFERENCE TO PARK ROADS.—Section

4 1003(a)(6)(C) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

5 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1919) is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘HIGHWAYS’’ in the subpara7 graph heading and inserting ‘‘ROADS’’; and

8 (2) by striking ‘‘highways’’ the place it appears

9 preceding ‘‘$69,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘roads’’.

10 (k) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1032(b)(2)

11 (A) of such Act (105 Stat. 1974) is amended by striking

12 ‘‘improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘improvement’’.

13 SEC. 240. BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN

14 WALKWAY.

15 Section 217 of title 23, United States Code, is

16 amended—

17 (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘pedestrian

18 walkways and’’ before ‘‘bicycle transportation facili19 ties’’;

20 (2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘and the Fed21 eral share’’ and all that follows through ‘‘80 per22 cent’’;

23 (3) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub24 section (k); and
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1 (4) by inserting after subsection (i) the follow2 ing new subsection:

3 ‘‘(j) INCLUSION OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND BI4 CYCLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN PLANNING.—

5 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary may not

6 approve under this chapter a highway project for

7 new construction or reconstruction within the bound8 aries of a State along which a pedestrian walkway

9 or bicycle transportation facility is required to be in10 cluded under the State’s transportation improvement

11 plan developed under section 135 unless such pedes12 trian walkway or bicycle transportation facility is

13 part of such highway project.

14 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary does not have

15 to approve a project for construction of a pedestrian

16 walkway or bicycle transportation facility under

17 paragraph (1)—

18 ‘‘(A) if the Secretary determines that such

19 construction is not feasible or that use of the

20 walkway or facility would pose a safety risk to

21 pedestrians or bicyclists, as the case may be; or

22 ‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that there

23 will be no substantial transportation or recre24 ation benefit resulting from the project.’’.
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1 SEC. 241. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

2 Section 302(b) of title 23, United States Code, is

3 amended by striking ‘‘on the Federal-aid secondary sys4 tem, financed with secondary funds,’’ and inserting ‘‘not

5 on the National Highway System’’.

6 SEC. 242. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

7 Section 303 of title 23, United States Code, is

8 amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking

9 ‘‘1 year after the date of the enactment of this section’’

10 and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1992’’.

11 SEC. 243. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.

12 Section 307 of title 23, United States Code, is

13 amended—

14 (1) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘104’’ and

15 inserting ‘‘104(b)’’;

16 (2) in subsection (e)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘climac17 tic’’ and inserting ‘‘climatic’’;

18 (3) in subsection (e)(13) by striking the

19 quotation marks preceding ‘‘$35,000,000’’;

20 (4) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘section’’

21 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’;

22 (5) in the heading to subsection (f)(3) by in23 serting ‘‘EARTHQUAKE’’ after ‘‘NATIONAL’’; and

24 (6) in subsection (f)(3) by inserting ‘‘Earth25 quake’’ after ‘‘National’’.
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1 SEC. 244. APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES OF

2 FEDERAL LANDS.

3 Section 317(d) of title 23, United States Code, is

4 amended by striking ‘‘system’’ and inserting ‘‘highway’’.

5 SEC. 245. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION

6 OUTREACH PROGRAM.

7 Section 325(a)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is

8 amended by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this

9 section’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.

10 SEC. 246. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of title 23, United

12 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘§ 402. Highway safety programs

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall have a highway

15 safety program approved by the Secretary which is de16 signed to reduce traffic accidents and deaths, injuries, and

17 property damage resulting therefrom.

18 ‘‘(b) UNIFORM GUIDELINES.—

19 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The State highway safe20 ty programs approved under this section shall be in

21 accordance with uniform guidelines promulgated by

22 the Secretary.

23 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—The uniform

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1 ‘‘(3) PURPOSES.—The uniform guidelines shall

2 include, at a minimum, criteria relating to—

3 ‘‘(A) reducing injuries and deaths resulting

4 from motor vehicles being driven in excess of

5 posted speed limits;

6 ‘‘(B) encouraging the proper use of occu7 pant protection devices (including the use of

8 safety belts and child restraint systems) by oc9 cupants of motor vehicles and increasing public

10 awareness of the benefit of motor vehicles

11 equipped with airbags;

12 ‘‘(C) reducing deaths and injuries resulting

13 from persons driving motor vehicles while im14 paired by alcohol or a controlled substance;

15 ‘‘(D) reducing deaths and injuries result16 ing from accidents involving motorcycles;

17 ‘‘(E) reducing injuries and deaths resulting

18 from accidents involving school buses; and

19 ‘‘(F) improving law enforcement services in

20 motor vehicle accident prevention, traffic super21 vision, and post-accident procedures.

22 ‘‘(4) EFFECTIVENESS DETERMINATION.—A

23 State highway safety program relating to a guideline

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1 subsection (i) unless the Secretary determines, after

2 a rulemaking process under subsection (i), that it

3 should not be so considered and submits a report to

4 Congress describing the reasons for the determina5 tion.

6 ‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL PURPOSES.—The uniform

7 guidelines may include provisions to improve driver

8 performance (including driver education, driver test9 ing to determine proficiency to operate motor vehi10 cles, driver examinations (both physical and mental)

11 and driver licensing) and to improve pedestrian per12 formance and bicycle safety. In addition the uniform

13 guidelines may include provisions for an effective

14 record system of accidents (including injuries and

15 deaths resulting therefrom), accident investigations

16 to determine the probable causes of accidents, inju17 ries, and deaths, vehicle registration, operation, and

18 inspection, highway design and maintenance (includ19 ing lighting, markings, and surface treatment), traf20 fic control, vehicle codes and laws, surveillance of

21 traffic for detection and correction of high or poten22 tially high accident locations, and emergency serv23 ices.

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1 applicable to State highway safety programs shall, to

2 the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary,

3 be applicable to federally administered areas where

4 a Federal department or agency controls the high5 ways or supervises traffic operations.

6 ‘‘(7) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUC7 TION.—Implementation of a highway safety program

8 under this section shall not be construed to require

9 the Secretary to require compliance with every uni10 form guideline, or with every element of every uni11 form guideline, in every State.

12 ‘‘(8) COOPERATION IN PROMULGATION.—Uni13 form guidelines promulgated by the Secretary to

14 carry out this section shall be developed in coopera15 tion with the States, their political subdivisions, ap16 propriate Federal departments and agencies, and

17 such other public and private organizations as the

18 Secretary deems appropriate.

19 ‘‘(9) ASSISTANCE OF OTHER FEDERAL DEPART20 MENTS.—The Secretary may make arrangements

21 with other Federal departments and agencies for as22 sistance in the preparation of uniform guidelines for

23 the highway safety programs contemplated by this

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1 to cooperate in such preparation and administration,

2 on a reimbursable basis.

3 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not ap5 prove a State highway safety program under this

6 section which does not—

7 ‘‘(A) provide that the Governor of the

8 State shall be responsible for the administration

9 of the program through a State highway safety

10 agency which shall have adequate powers and

11 be suitably equipped and organized to carry

12 out, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, such

13 program;

14 ‘‘(B) authorize political subdivisions of the

15 State to carry out local highway safety pro16 grams within their jurisdictions as a part of the

17 State highway safety program if such local

18 highway safety programs are approved by the

19 Governor and are in accordance with the uni20 form guidelines promulgated by the Secretary

21 under this section;

22 ‘‘(C) except as provided in paragraph (2),

23 provide that at least 40 percent of all Federal

24 funds apportioned under this section to the

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1 political subdivisions of the State, including In2 dian tribal governments, in carrying out local

3 highway safety programs authorized in accord4 ance with subparagraph (B); and

5 ‘‘(D) provide adequate and reasonable ac6 cess for the safe and convenient movement of

7 individuals with disabilities, including those in

8 wheelchairs, across curbs constructed or re9 placed on or after July 1, 1976, at all pedes10 trian crosswalks throughout the State.

11 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the

12 requirement of paragraph (1)(C), in whole or in

13 part, for a fiscal year for any State whenever the

14 Secretary determines that there is an insufficient

15 number of local highway safety programs to justify

16 the expenditure in the State of such percentage of

17 Federal funds during the fiscal year.

18 ‘‘(3) USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR TRAFFIC EN19 FORCEMENT.—The Secretary may encourage States

20 to use technologically advanced traffic enforcement

21 devices (including the use of automatic speed detec22 tion devices such as photo-radar) by law enforcement

23 officers.

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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es2 tablish a highway safety program for the collection

3 and reporting of data on traffic-related deaths and

4 injuries by the States. Under such program, the

5 States shall collect and report to the Secretary such

6 data as the Secretary may require.

7 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program

8 under this subsection are to ensure national uniform

9 data on such deaths and injuries and to allow the

10 Secretary to make determinations for use in develop11 ing programs to reduce such deaths and injuries and

12 making recommendations to Congress concerning

13 legislation necessary to implement such programs.

14 ‘‘(3) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program

15 under this subsection shall include information ob16 tained by the Secretary under section 4004 of the

17 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

18 1991 and provide for annual reports to the Sec19 retary on the efforts being made by the States in re20 ducing deaths and injuries occurring at highway

21 construction sites and the effectiveness and results

22 of such efforts.

23 ‘‘(4) REPORTING CRITERIA.—The Secretary

24 shall establish minimum reporting criteria for the

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1 include, but not be limited to, criteria on deaths and

2 injuries resulting from police pursuits, school bus ac3 cidents, and speeding, on traffic-related deaths and

4 injuries at highway construction sites and on the

5 configuration of commercial motor vehicles involved

6 in motor vehicle accidents.

7 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—

8 ‘‘(1) FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—

9 Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out

10 this section shall be used to aid the States to con11 duct the highway safety programs approved in ac12 cordance with subsection (a), including development

13 and implementation of manpower training programs,

14 and of demonstration programs that the Secretary

15 determines will contribute directly to the reduction

16 of traffic accidents and deaths and injuries resulting

17 therefrom.

18 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Funds au19 thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

20 shall be subject to a deduction not to exceed 5 per21 cent for the necessary costs of administering the

22 provisions of this section, and the remainder shall be

23 apportioned among the several States under sub24 section (f).
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1 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section au2 thorizes the appropriation or expenditure of funds—

3 ‘‘(A) for highway construction, mainte4 nance, or design (other than design of safety

5 features of highways to be incorporated into

6 guidelines); or

7 ‘‘(B) for any purpose for which funds are

8 authorized by section 403 of this title.

9 ‘‘(f) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.—

10 ‘‘(1) FORMULA.—After the deduction under

11 subsection (e)(2), the remainder of the funds author12 ized to be appropriated to carry out this section

13 shall be apportioned 75 percent in the ratio which

14 the population of each State bears to the total popu15 lation of all the States, as shown by the latest avail16 able Federal census, and 25 percent in the ratio

17 which the public road mileage in each State bears to

18 the total public road mileage in all States.

19 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM PERCENTAGE.—The annual apportionment to each State shall not be less than 1 20 ⁄2

21 of 1 percent of the total apportionment; except that

22 the apportionments to the Virgin Islands, Guam,

23 American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands shall not be less than 1 24 ⁄4

25 of 1 percent of the total apportionment.
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1 ‘‘(3) APPROVED HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM.—

2 The Secretary shall not apportion any funds under

3 this subsection to any State which is not implement4 ing a highway safety program approved by the Sec5 retary in accordance with this section.

6 ‘‘(4) REDUCTION OF APPORTIONMENT.—Funds

7 apportioned under this section to any State, that

8 does not have a highway safety program approved by

9 the Secretary or that is not implementing an ap10 proved program, shall be reduced by amounts equal

11 to not less than 50 percent of the amounts that

12 would otherwise be apportioned to the State under

13 this section, until such time as the Secretary ap14 proves such program or determines that the State is

15 implementing an approved program, as appropriate.

16 The Secretary shall consider the gravity of the

17 State’s failure to have or implement an approved

18 program in determining the amount of the reduc19 tion.

20 ‘‘(5) APPORTIONMENT OF WITHHELD FUNDS.—

21 The Secretary shall promptly apportion to the State

22 the funds withheld from its apportionment if the

23 Secretary approves the State’s highway safety pro24 gram or determines that the State has begun imple25 menting an approved program, as appropriate, prior
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1 to the end of the fiscal year for which the funds

2 were withheld. If the Secretary determines that the

3 State did not correct its failure within such period,

4 the Secretary shall reapportion the withheld funds to

5 the other States in accordance with the formula

6 specified in this subsection not later than 30 days

7 after such determination.

8 ‘‘(6) DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC ROAD MILE9 AGE.—For the purposes of this subsection, the term

10 a ‘public road’ means any road under the jurisdic11 tion of, and maintained by, a public authority and

12 open to public travel. As used in this subsection,

13 public road mileage shall be determined as of the

14 end of the calendar year preceding the year in which

15 the funds are apportioned and shall be certified to

16 by the Governor of the State and subject to approval

17 by the Secretary.

18 ‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro20 vided in this subsection, all provisions of chapter 1

21 of this title that are applicable to National Highway

22 System highway funds, other than provisions relat23 ing to the apportionment formula and provisions

24 limiting the expenditure of such funds to the Fed25 eral-aid systems, shall apply to the highway safety
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1 funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this

2 section.

3 ‘‘(2) INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS.—If the Sec4 retary determines that a provision of chapter 1 of

5 this title is inconsistent with this section, such provi6 sion shall not apply to funds authorized to be appro7 priated to carry out this section.

8 ‘‘(3) CREDIT FOR STATE AND LOCAL EXPENDI9 TURES.—The aggregate of all expenditures made

10 during any fiscal year by a State and its political

11 subdivisions (exclusive of Federal funds) for carrying

12 out the State highway safety program (other than

13 planning and administration) shall be available for

14 the purpose of crediting such State during such fis15 cal year for the non-Federal share of the cost of any

16 project under this section (other than one for plan17 ning or administration) without regard to whether

18 such expenditures were actually made in connection

19 with such project.

20 ‘‘(4) INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR CERTAIN

21 INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS.—In the case of a local

22 highway safety program carried out by an Indian

23 tribe, if the Secretary is satisfied that an Indian

24 tribe does not have sufficient funds available to meet

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1 the Secretary may increase the Federal share of the

2 cost thereof payable under this title to the extent

3 necessary.

4 ‘‘(5) TREATMENT OF TERM ‘STATE HIGHWAY

5 DEPARTMENT’.—In applying the provisions of chap6 ter 1 of this title in carrying out this section, the

7 term ‘State highway department’ as used in such

8 provisions shall mean the Governor of a State for

9 the purposes of this section.

10 ‘‘(h) APPLICATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of the ap12 plication of this section in Indian country, the terms

13 ‘State’ and ‘Governor of a State’ include the Sec14 retary of the Interior and the term ‘political subdivi15 sion of a State’ includes an Indian tribe. Notwith16 standing the provisions of subsection (c)(1)(C), 95

17 percent of the funds transferred to the Secretary of

18 the Interior under this section shall be expended by

19 Indian tribes to carry out highway safety programs

20 within their jurisdictions. The provisions of sub21 section (c)(1)(D) shall be applicable to Indian tribes,

22 except to those tribes with respect to which the Sec23 retary determines that application of such provisions

24 would not be practicable.
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1 ‘‘(2) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For the pur2 pose of this subsection, the term ‘Indian country’

3 means—

4 ‘‘(A) all land within the limits of any In5 dian reservation under the jurisdiction of the

6 United States, notwithstanding the issuance of

7 any patent, and including rights-of-way running

8 through the reservation;

9 ‘‘(B) all dependent Indian communities

10 within the borders of the United States whether

11 within the original or subsequently acquired ter12 ritory thereof and whether within or without

13 the limits of a State; and

14 ‘‘(C) all Indian allotments, the Indian ti15 tles to which have not been extinguished, in16 cluding rights-of-way running through such al17 lotments.

18 ‘‘(i) RULEMAKING PROCESS.—The Secretary may

19 from time to time conduct a rulemaking process to deter20 mine those highway safety programs that are most effec21 tive in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and deaths. Any

22 rule under this subsection shall be promulgated taking

23 into account consideration of the views of the States hav24 ing a major role in establishing such programs. When a

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1 effect, only those programs established by such rule as

2 most effective in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and

3 deaths shall be eligible to receive Federal financial assist4 ance under this section.’’.

5 (b) SECTION 2005.—Section 2005(1) of the Inter6 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

7 (105 Stat. 2079) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ the first place it appears

9 and inserting a comma; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘, 1994,’’ and inserting ‘‘and

11 1994, and $146,000,000 for each of fiscal years’’.

12 SEC. 247. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADVISORY COMMIT13 TEE.

14 Section 404(d) of title 23, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking ‘‘Commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘Trans16 portation’’.

17 SEC. 248. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTER18 MEASURES.

19 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 410(d)(1)(E)

20 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking

21 ‘‘the date of enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘De22 cember 18, 1991’’.

23 (b) BASIC GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—Section 410(d)(3)

24 of such title is amended—

25 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘(B) A State shall be treated as having met the

3 requirement of this paragraph if—

4 ‘‘(i) the State provides to the Secretary a

5 written certification that the highest court of

6 the State has issued a decision indicating that

7 implementation of subparagraph (A) would con8 stitute a violation of the constitution of the

9 State; and

10 ‘‘(ii) the State demonstrates to the satis11 faction of the Secretary—

12 ‘‘(I) that the alcohol fatal crash in13 volvement rate in the State has decreased

14 in each of the 3 most recent calendar years

15 for which statistics for determining such

16 rate are available; and

17 ‘‘(II) that the alcohol fatal crash in18 volvement rate in the State has been lower

19 than the average such rate for all States in

20 each of such calendar years.’’.

21 SEC. 249. PUBLIC TRANSIT FACILITIES.

22 Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor23 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by striking ‘‘this

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1 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations

2 Act, 1993’’.

3 SEC. 250. ROADSIDE BARRIER TECHNOLOGY.

4 Section 1058 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor5 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 109 note; 105

6 Stat. 2003) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘median’’ and

8 inserting ‘‘or temporary crashworthy’’;

9 (2) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘crash10 worthy’’ after ‘‘Innovative’’;

11 (3) in the heading of subsection (c) by inserting

12 ‘‘CRASHWORTHY’’ after ‘‘INNOVATIVE’’;

13 (4) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘crashworthy’’

14 after ‘‘innovative’’;

15 (5) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘median’’;

16 (6) by inserting ‘‘or guiderail’’ after ‘‘guard17 rail’’; and

18 (7) by inserting before the period at the end of

19 subsection (c) ‘‘, and meets or surpasses the require20 ments of the National Cooperative Highway Re21 search Program 350 for longitudinal barriers’’.

22 SEC. 251. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.

23 Section 1086(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor24 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2022) is amended

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1 enactment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘On or before June

2 18, 1995,’’.

3 SEC. 252. HIGH COST BRIDGE PROJECTS.

4 The table contained in section 1103(b) of the Inter5 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

6 (105 Stat. 2027–2028) is amended—

7 (1) in item number 5, relating to Gloucester

8 Point, Virginia, by inserting after ‘‘York River’’ the

9 following: ‘‘and for repair, strengthening, and reha10 bilitation of the existing bridge’’; and

11 (2) in item number 10, relating to Shakopee,

12 Minnesota, by inserting ‘‘project, including the by13 pass of’’ after ‘‘replacement’’.

14 SEC. 253. CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECTS.

15 The table contained in section 1104(b) of the Inter16 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

17 (105 Stat. 2029–2031) is amended—

18 (1) in item number 10, relating to San Diego,

19 California, by striking ‘‘1 block of Cut and Cover

20 Tunnel on Rt. 15’’ and inserting ‘‘bridge decking on

21 Route 15’’; and

22 (2) in item number 43, relating to West Vir23 ginia, by striking ‘‘Coal Fields’’ and inserting ‘‘Coal24 fields’’.
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1 SEC. 254. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGH2 WAY SYSTEM.

3 (a) EAST-WEST TRANSAMERICA CORRIDOR.—Section

4 1105(c)(3) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi5 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by insert6 ing before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including

7 (A) a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Paducah,

8 Benton, Hopkinsville, Bowling Green, Columbia, Somer9 set, London, Hazard, Jenkins, and Pikeville, Kentucky, to

10 Williamson, West Virginia, and (B) a West Virginia cor11 ridor from Williamson to the vicinity of Welch, West Vir12 ginia, sharing a common corridor with the I–73/74 cor13 ridor (referred to in item 12 of the table contained in sub14 section (f)), and from the vicinity of Welch to Beckley,

15 West Virginia, as part of the Coalfields Expressway de16 scribed in section 1069(v)’’.

17 (b) INDIANAPOLIS TO HOUSTON CORRIDOR.—Section

18 1105(c)(18) of such Act (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by

19 inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, in20 cluding a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Hen21 derson, Sturgis, Smithland, Paducah, Bardwell, and Hick22 man, Kentucky’’.

23 SEC. 255. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR PROJECTS.

24 The table contained in section 1105(f) of the Inter25 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

26 (105 Stat. 2033–2035) is amended—
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1 (1) in item 1, relating to Pennsylvania, by in2 serting after ‘‘For’’ the following: ‘‘the segment de3 scribed in item 6 of this table and, after completion

4 of such segment, for’’; and

5 (2) in item number 26, relating to Indiana,

6 Kentucky, Tennessee, by striking ‘‘Newberry’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘Evansville’’.

8 SEC. 256. RURAL ACCESS PROJECTS.

9 (a) PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS.—The table contained

10 in section 1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor11 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2037–2042) is

12 amended—

13 (1) in item number 34, relating to Illinois, by

14 striking ‘‘Resurfacing’’ and all that follows through

15 ‘‘Omaha’’ and inserting ‘‘Bel-Air Road improvement

16 from south of Carmi to State Route 141 in south17 eastern White County’’;

18 (2) in item number 52, relating to Bedford

19 Springs, Pennsylvania, by striking ‘‘and Hunting20 ton’’ and inserting ‘‘Franklin, and Huntingdon’’;

21 (3) in item number 61, relating to Lubbock,

22 Texas, by striking ‘‘with’’ and inserting ‘‘with Inter23 state 10 through’’;

24 (4) in item number 75, relating to Pennsylva25 nia, by striking ‘‘Widen’’ and all that follows
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1 through ‘‘lanes’’ and inserting ‘‘Road improvements

2 on a 14-mile segment of U.S. Route 15 in Lycoming

3 County, Pennsylvania’’;

4 (5) in item number 92, relating to Ohio, by

5 striking ‘‘Minerva, Ohio’’ and insert ‘‘Lisbon, Ohio’’;

6 (6) in item number 93, relating to New Mexico,

7 by striking ‘‘Raton-Clayton Rd., Clayton, New Mex8 ico’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Rt. 64/87 from Raton, New

9 Mexico, through Clayton to the Texas-New Mexico

10 State line’’; and

11 (7) in item number 111, relating to Parker

12 County, Texas (SH199)—

13 (A) by striking ‘‘Parker County’’ and in14 serting ‘‘Parker and Tarrant Counties’’; and

15 (B) by striking ‘‘to four-’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘in Tarrant County, to freeway standards and

17 in Parker County to a 4-’’.

18 (b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Section 1106(a) of such

19 Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

20 ‘‘(8) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to

21 funds otherwise made available by this subsection

22 for the project described in item number 52 of the

23 table contained in paragraph (2), there shall be

24 available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than

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1 project $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and

2 $1,300,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years

3 1996 and 1997.’’.

4 SEC. 257. URBAN ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROJECTS.

5 The table contained in section 1106(b)(2) of the

6 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

7 (105 Stat. 2043–2047) is amended—

8 (1) in item number 13, relating to Joliet, Illi9 nois, by striking ‘‘and construction and interchange

10 at Houbolt Road and I–80’’; and

11 (2) in item number 36, relating to Compton,

12 California, by striking ‘‘For a grade’’ and all that

13 follows through ‘‘Corridor’’ and inserting ‘‘For grade

14 separations and other improvements in the city of

15 Compton, California’’.

16 SEC. 258. INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.

17 The table contained in section 1107(b) of the Inter18 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

19 (105 Stat. 2048–2059) is amended—

20 (1) in item 20, relating to Holidaysburg, Penn21 sylvania—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘Holidaysburg,’’ the first

23 place it appears; and

24 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or other projects in the

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1 and Huntingdon as selected by the State of

2 Pennsylvania’’ after ‘‘Pennsylvania’’ the second

3 place it appears;

4 (2) in item number 29, relating to Blacksburg,

5 Virginia, by inserting ‘‘methods of facilitating public

6 and private participation in’’ after ‘‘demonstrate’’;

7 (3) in item number 35, relating to Alabama, by

8 striking ‘‘to bypass’’ and all that follows through ‘‘I–

9 85’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on U.S. Route 80 west

10 of Montgomery, Alabama, and connecting to I–65

11 south of Montgomery and I–85 east of Montgom12 ery’’;

13 (4) in item number 52, relating to Pennsylva14 nia, by striking ‘‘off Interstate’’ and all that follows

15 through ‘‘Pennsylvania’’ and inserting ‘‘and other

16 highway projects within a 30-mile vicinity of Inter17 state Route 81 or Interstate Route 80 in north18 eastern Pennsylvania’’;

19 (5) in item number 61, relating to Mojave, Cali20 fornia, by striking ‘‘Mojave’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘Victorville’’ and by inserting ‘‘Mojave’’ after ‘‘re22 construct’’;

23 (6) in item number 76, relating to Tennessee—

24 (A) by inserting after ‘‘I–81’’ the follow25 ing: ‘‘interchange at’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘Interchange’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘or Kendrick Creek Road’’;

3 (7) in item number 100, relating to Arkansas,

4 by striking ‘‘Thornton’’ and inserting ‘‘Little Rock’’;

5 (8) in item number 113, relating to Durham

6 County, North Carolina, by inserting after ‘‘Route

7 147’’ the following: ‘‘, including the interchange at

8 I–85’’; and

9 (9) in item number 114, relating to Corpus

10 Christi to Angleton, Texas, by striking ‘‘Construct

11 new multi-lane freeway’’ and inserting ‘‘Construct a

12 4-lane divided highway’’.

13 SEC. 259. INTERMODAL PROJECTS.

14 The table contained in section 1108(b) of the Inter15 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

16 (105 Stat. 2060–2063) is amended—

17 (1) in item number 5, relating to Pennsylvania,

18 by striking ‘‘Upgrading’’ and inserting ‘‘To study

19 the need to upgrade’’ and by inserting ‘‘to a 4-lane

20 limited access highway’’ after ‘‘Airport’’;

21 (2) in item number 9, relating to E. Haven/

22 Wallingford, Connecticut—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘$8.8’’ and inserting

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘$2.4’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘$2.0’’; and

3 (C) by striking ‘‘$0.7’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘$0.6’’;

5 (3) in item 38, relating to Provo, Utah, strike

6 ‘‘South’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Airport’’ and

7 insert ‘‘East-West Connector from United States

8 Highway 89–189, Provo, Utah’’; and

9 (4) in item 51, relating to Long Beach, Califor10 nia, by inserting ‘‘(including a grade separation

11 project for the Los Alamitos traffic circle at Lake12 wood Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway)’’ after

13 ‘‘Access’’.

14 SEC. 260. MISCELLANEOUS INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANS15 PORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT AMENDMENTS.

16 (a) CROSS REFERENCE IN HIGHWAY USE TAX EVA17 SION PROGRAM.—Section 1040(a) of the Intermodal Sur18 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C.

19 101 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended by striking ‘‘(e)’’

20 and inserting ‘‘(f)’’.

21 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON QUALITY IMPROVE22 MENT.—Section 1043(b) of such Act (105 Stat. 1993) is

23 amended by inserting ‘‘General’’ after ‘‘Comptroller’’.
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1 (c) COALFIELDS EXPRESSWAY.—Section 1069(v) of

2 such Act (105 Stat. 2010) is amended by striking ‘‘97,

3 10, 16, and 93’’ and inserting ‘‘16, and 83’’.

4 (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MIS5 CELLANEOUS PROJECTS.—Section 1069 of such Act is

6 amended—

7 (1) by striking the last sentence of subsection

8 (y); and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section:

11 ‘‘(ii) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds provided to

12 carry out this section shall remain available until ex13 pended.’’.

14 (e) FINAL RULE FOR ROADSIDE BARRIERS AND

15 SAFETY APPURTENANCES.—Section 1073(b) of such Act

16 (105 Stat. 2012) is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and

17 inserting ‘‘2 years’’.

18 (f) INTERSTATE STUDY COMMISSION.—Section 1099

19 of such Act (105 Stat. 2026) is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘bill’’ and inserting ‘‘Act’’;

21 (2) by striking ‘‘passage of this legislation’’ and

22 inserting ‘‘the enactment of this Act’’;

23 (3) by inserting after ‘‘Columbia’’ the second

24 place it appears the following: ‘‘appointed by the

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1 and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, respec2 tively’’; and

3 (4) by striking ‘‘appointed by the Governors

4 and the Mayor’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1 each for Mary5 land, Virginia, and the District of Columbia ap6 pointed by the Governors and the Mayor, respec7 tively’’.

8 (g) DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT TRAINING PRO9 GRAM.—Section 2006(b) of such Act (23 U.S.C. 403 note;

10 105 Stat. 2080) is amended by inserting ‘‘Federal’’ before

11 ‘‘Advisory’’.

12 (h) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO

13 CERTAIN HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 2009

14 of such Act (105 Stat. 2080) is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’;

16 (2) by striking ‘‘211(b)’’ the first place it ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘211’’;

18 (3) by striking ‘‘102’’ and inserting ‘‘1002’’;

19 and

20 (4) by striking subsection (b).

21 SEC. 261. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PRO22 GRAM.

23 In administering section 1003(b) of the Intermodal

24 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the limita25 tion on annual gross receipts of a small business concern
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1 set forth in paragraph (2)(A) of such section shall be the

2 only limitation on annual gross receipts which applies to

3 small business concerns.

4 SEC. 262. AMENDMENTS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

5 AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

6 ACT OF 1987.

7 (a) SECTION 149.—Section 149(a)(69) of the Sur8 face Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance

9 Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 191), relating to Burbank-Glen10 dale-Pasadena Airport, California, is amended—

11 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘highway’’;

12 (2) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and con13 struction of terminal and parking facilities at such

14 airport’’; and

15 (3) by striking ‘‘by making’’ in the second sen16 tence and all that follows through the period at the

17 end of such sentence and inserting: ‘‘by preparing a

18 feasibility study and conducting preliminary engi19 neering, design, and construction of a link between

20 such airport and the commuter rail system that is

21 being developed by the Los Angeles County Metro22 politan Transportation Authority.’’.

23 (b) SECTION 317.—Section 317(b) of such Act (49

24 U.S.C. App. 1608 note; 101 Stat. 233) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by inserting ‘‘or

2 cooperative agreement’’ after ‘‘contract’’ each place

3 it appears; and

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new

5 paragraph:

6 ‘‘(7) CONVERSION OF CONTRACTS.—The Sec7 retary may convert existing contracts entered into

8 under this subsection into cooperative agreements.’’.

9 SEC. 263. FREEWAY SERVICE PATROLS.

10 (a) GENERAL RULE.—Except to the extent that the

11 Secretary shall find that it is not feasible, any funds ex12 pended in a fiscal year directly or indirectly for freeway

13 service patrols from amounts made available to a State

14 under titles I and III of the Intermodal Surface Transpor15 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 shall be expended with pri16 vately owned or privately operated business concerns. The

17 preceding sentence shall not apply to any publicly owned

18 or operated freeway service patrol that was in operation

19 before the date of the enactment of this Act.

20 (b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

21 term ‘‘freeway service patrol’’ means automotive road

22 service vehicles and automotive towing vehicles operated

23 in a continuous, dedicated service as part of an incident

24 management program.
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1 SEC. 264. PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY.

2 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on

3 the adequacy of and the need for improvements to the Pan

4 American Highway.

5 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study to be conducted under

6 subsection (a) shall at a minimum include the following

7 elements:

8 (1) Findings on the benefits of constructing a

9 highway at Darien Gap, Panama and Colombia.

10 (2) Recommendations for a self-financing ar11 rangement for completion and maintenance of the

12 Pan American Highway.

13 (3) Recommendations for establishing a Pan

14 American highway authority to monitor financing,

15 construction, maintenance, and operations of the

16 Pan American Highway.

17 (4) Findings on the benefits to trade and pros18 perity of a more efficient Pan American Highway.

19 (5) Findings on the benefits to United States

20 industry through the use of United States tech21 nology and equipment in construction of improve22 ments to the Pan American Highway.

23 (6) Findings on environmental considerations,

24 including environmental considerations relating to

25 the Darien Gap.
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1 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit

3 to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted

4 under this section.

5 SEC. 265. SECTION 3 PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.

6 (a) LETTERS OF INTENT.—Section 3(a)(4)(E) of the

7 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(4)(E)) is

8 amended—

9 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘letters of

10 intent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall not ex11 ceed the’’ and inserting ‘‘letters of intent, early sys12 tems work agreements, and full funding grant agree13 ments shall not exceed the’’; and

14 (2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘new let15 ters issued’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall not

16 exceed any’’ and inserting ‘‘new letters issued and

17 contingent commitments included in early systems

18 work agreements and full funding agreements shall

19 not exceed any’’.

20 (b) ASSURED TIMETABLE FOR FINAL DESIGN

21 STAGE.—Section 3(a)(6)(C) of the Federal Transit Act

22 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(6)(C)) is amended by inserting

23 before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or, if an envi24 ronmental impact statement is not required for such

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1 ment for such project or of a finding of no significant im2 pact’’.

3 (c) OREGON LIGHT RAIL PROGRAM.—Section

4 3(a)(8)(C)(v) of such Act is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘Westside’’ the first place it ap6 pears;

7 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘101–584;’’;

8 and

9 (3) by inserting before the period at the end the

10 following ‘‘; and the locally preferred alternative for

11 the South/North Corridor Project between

12 Clackamas County, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, and

13 Clark County, Washington’’.

14 (d) RAIL MODERNIZATION.—Section 3(h) of such Act

15 is amended in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ and

16 inserting ‘‘subsection’’.

17 (e) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Section 3(i)(5)(C) of such

18 Act is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-Aid Highway Act

19 of 1991’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘title 23, United

20 States Code,’’.

21 (f) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR PROGRAMS OF

22 INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—Section 3011(b) of the

23 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

24 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602 note; 105 Stat. 2098) is amended

25 by inserting after ‘‘interrelated projects’’ the following:
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1 ‘‘but excluding any project for which a timetable for

2 project review or for Federal funding is provided for by

3 a provision of law other than section 3(a)(6) of the Fed4 eral Transit Act and for which such timetable is different

5 than the timetable established by such section’’.

6 (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3007 of

7 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

8 1991 (105 Stat. 2091) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (5)(B) by striking the comma

10 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

11 semicolon; and

12 (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the comma

13 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

14 final period.

15 SEC. 266. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

16 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 8 of the

17 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607) is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (f)(5) by inserting ‘‘of title 23,

19 United States Code’’ after ‘‘133’’;

20 (2) in subsection (f)(9) by striking ‘‘of this

21 title’’ and inserting ‘‘of such title’’;

22 (3) in subsection (f)(11) by inserting ‘‘pas23 sengers and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;
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1 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub2 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

3 (B), respectively;

4 (5) in subsection (i)(3) by striking ‘‘this title

5 and the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘title

6 23, United States Code, and this Act’’;

7 (6) in subsection (i)(4) by striking ‘‘or pursuant

8 to the Federal Transit’’ and inserting ‘‘, or pursuant

9 to this’’;

10 (7) in subsection (i)(5) by inserting ‘‘of title 23,

11 United States Code,’’ after ‘‘section 134’’;

12 (8) in subsection (i)(5) by inserting ‘‘of such

13 title’’ after ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

14 (9) in subsection (i)(5) by inserting ‘‘of such

15 title’’ after ‘‘133(d)(3)’’ each place it appears;

16 (10) in subsection (i)(5) by striking ‘‘the Fed17 eral Transit’’ the first 2 places it appears and in18 serting ‘‘this’’;

19 (11) in subsection (i)(5) by striking ‘‘section

20 8(o) of the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sub21 section (o) of this section’’;

22 (12) in subsection (m)(1) by striking ‘‘or the

23 Federal Transit’’ and inserting ‘‘, or this’’;
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1 (13) in each of subsections (p)(2) and (p)(4) by

2 striking ‘‘section 8’’ the first place it appears and in3 serting ‘‘this section’’;

4 (14) in subsection (p)(2) by striking ‘‘section 8

5 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’;

6 (15) in subsection (p)(3) by striking ‘‘subpara7 graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and

8 (16) in subsection (p)(5) by striking ‘‘para9 graph’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’.

10 (b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—Section 8(f) of

11 such Act is amended by adding at the end the following

12 new paragraph:

13 ‘‘(16) Recreational travel and tourism.’’.

14 (c) LONG RANGE PLAN.—Section 8(g)(2)(B) of such

15 Act is amended by striking ‘‘long-range’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘long range’’.

17 (d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 8(k) of such Act

18 is amended by striking the last sentence.

19 (e) NONATTAINMENT AREA REQUIREMENTS.—Sec20 tion 8(l) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘transit’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘highway’’.

22 SEC. 267. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.

23 (a) TRANSIT SECURITY SYSTEMS.—Section 9(e)(3)

24 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607a(e)(3))

25 is amended by inserting before ‘‘and any other’’ in the
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1 last sentence the following: ‘‘employing law enforcement

2 or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to such

3 systems;’’.

4 (b) GRANDFATHER OF CERTAIN URBANIZED

5 AREAS.—Section 9(s)(2) of such Act is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘fiscal year 1993,’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years

7 1993 and 1994,’’.

8 (c) FERRYBOAT OPERATIONS.—For purposes of cal9 culating apportionments under section 9 of the Federal

10 Transit Act for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

11 1994, 50 percent of the ferryboat revenue vehicle miles

12 and 50 percent of the ferryboat route miles attributable

13 to service provided to the city of Avalon, California, for

14 which the operator receives public assistance shall be in15 cluded in the calculation of ‘‘fixed guideway vehicle reve16 nue miles’’ and ‘‘fixed guideway route miles’’ attributable

17 to the Los Angeles urbanized area under sections 9(b)(2)

18 and 15 of such Act.

19 SEC. 268. MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT BLOCK GRANTS.

20 Section 9B(a) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

21 App. 1607a–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsections (b)

22 and (c) of’’.

23 SEC. 269. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING.

24 (a) NATIONAL CENTER.—Section 11(b)(10)(A) of

25 the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. 1607c(b)(10)(A)) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Tech2 nology’’.

3 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO

4 FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CEN5 TERS.—Section 11(b)(12) of such Act is amended by

6 striking ‘‘102’’ and inserting ‘‘1002’’.

7 (c) UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES.—Section

8 11(c) of such Act is amended—

9 (1) in the heading to paragraph (1) by striking

10 ‘‘INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INTER11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR’’;

12 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘an institute

13 for national’’ and inserting ‘‘an international insti14 tute for’’;

15 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘through the

16 Institute for Transportation Research and Edu17 cation and’’ and inserting a comma;

18 (4) in paragraph (3) by inserting a comma

19 after ‘‘South Florida’’;

20 (5) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as

21 paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively;

22 (6) by inserting after paragraph (5) the follow23 ing:

24 ‘‘(6) INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY

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1 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The Massachusetts State

2 highway department shall make grants under

3 this section jointly to the University of Massa4 chusetts, Harvard University, and the Massa5 chusetts Institute of Technology to establish

6 and operate an interdisciplinary institute to

7 carry out research and training on issues and

8 operations in urban transportation policy and

9 on strategies for the improvement of urban

10 transportation management and to disseminate

11 the findings thereof.

12 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—The Massachusetts State

13 highway department shall expend, from

14 amounts made available to it for each of the fis15 cal years 1995 through 1997 under section

16 307(c) of title 23, United States Code,

17 $1,000,000 per fiscal year to carry out the pur18 poses of this paragraph’’; and

19 (7) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘through the

20 Institute for Transportation Research and Edu21 cation’’.

22 SEC. 270. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

23 (a) CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

24 SERVICES.—Section 12(b) of the Federal Transit Act (49
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1 U.S.C. App. 1608(b)) is amended by adding at the end

2 the following new paragraph:

3 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULES FOR ENGINEERING AND

4 DESIGN CONTRACTS.—

5 ‘‘(A) PERFORMANCE AND AUDITS.—Any

6 contract or subcontract awarded in accordance

7 with paragraph (4), whether funded in whole or

8 in part with Federal transit funds, shall be per9 formed and audited in compliance with cost

10 principles contained in the Federal acquisition

11 regulations of part 31 of title 48 of the Code

12 of Federal Regulations.

13 ‘‘(B) INDIRECT COST RATES.—Instead of

14 performing its own audits, a recipient of funds

15 under a contract or subcontract awarded in ac16 cordance with paragraph (4) shall accept indi17 rect cost rates established in accordance with

18 the Federal acquisition regulations for 1-year

19 applicable accounting periods by a cognizant

20 government agency or independent certified

21 public accountant if such rates are not cur22 rently under dispute. Once a firm’s indirect cost

23 rates are accepted, the recipient of such funds

24 shall apply such rates for the purposes of con25 tract estimation, negotiation, administration,
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1 reporting, and contract payment and shall not

2 be limited by administrative or de facto ceilings

3 in accordance with section 15.901(c) of such

4 title 48. A recipient of such funds requesting or

5 using the cost and rate data described in this

6 subparagraph shall notify any affected firm be7 fore such request or use. Such data shall be

8 confidential and shall not be accessible or pro9 vided, in whole or in part, to any other firm or

10 to any government agency which is not part of

11 the group of agencies sharing cost data under

12 this subparagraph, except by written permission

13 of the audited firm. If prohibited by law, such

14 cost and rate data shall not be disclosed under

15 any circumstances.

16 ‘‘(C) STATE OPTION.—Subparagraphs (A)

17 and (B) shall take effect 2 years after the date

18 of the enactment of this paragraph with respect

19 to all States; except that if a State, during such

20 2-year period, adopts by statute an alternative

21 process intended to promote engineering and

22 design quality and ensure maximum competi23 tion by professional companies of all sizes pro24 viding engineering and design services, such
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1 subparagraphs shall not apply with respect to

2 such State.’’.

3 (b) RAIL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AGREEMENTS.—Section

4 12(c)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘payments

5 for the capital portions of rail trackage rights agree6 ments,’’ after ‘‘rights-of-way,’’.

7 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The first sentence of

8 section 12(f)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘such

9 State of local’’ and inserting ‘‘such State or local’’.

10 (d) TURNKEY SYSTEM PROJECT.—Section 12(l) of

11 such Act is amended—

12 (1) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ‘‘is’’ and in13 serting ‘‘may be’’; and

14 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the date of

15 the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date

16 of the enactment of the Intermodal Surface Trans17 portation Efficiency Act of 1991’’.

18 (e) SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS.—Section 12 of such

19 Act is further amended by adding at the end the following

20 new subsection:

21 ‘‘(n) SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a recipient of assistance

23 under this Act determines that facilities and equip24 ment and other assets (including land) acquired, in

25 whole or in part, with such assistance are no longer
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1 needed for the purposes for which they were ac2 quired, the Secretary shall authorize the sale of the

3 assets with no further obligation to the Federal Gov4 ernment if the Secretary determines that—

5 ‘‘(A) there are no purposes eligible for as6 sistance under this Act for which the asset

7 should be used; and

8 ‘‘(B) the proceeds from the sale of the

9 asset will be used by the recipient to procure

10 items eligible for capital assistance under this

11 Act.

12 ‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The

13 provisions of this subsection shall be in addition to

14 and not in lieu of any other provision of law govern15 ing use and disposition of facilities and equipment

16 under an assistance agreement.’’.

17 SEC. 271. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY AND REAPPORTION18 MENT OF SECTION 16 FUNDS.

19 Section 16 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

20 App. 1612) is amended—

21 (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after

22 the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1);

23 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the

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1 (3) in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (3)

2 and inserting the following:

3 ‘‘Eligible capital expenses under this subsection may in4 clude, at the option of the recipient, the acquisition of

5 transportation services under a contract, lease, or other

6 arrangement.’’;

7 (4) in subsection (c)(4) by striking ‘‘the enact8 ment of the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the

9 date of the enactment of the Intermodal Surface

10 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991’’;

11 (5) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the

12 following new paragraph:

13 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Sums appor14 tioned under this subsection shall be available for

15 obligation by the State for a period of 2 years fol16 lowing the close of the fiscal year for which the sums

17 are apportioned and any amounts remaining unobli18 gated at the end of such period shall be

19 reapportioned among the States for the succeeding

20 fiscal year.’’;

21 (6) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘handicapped

22 and elderly individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘elderly per23 sons and persons with disabilities’’; and

24 (7) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘such individ25 uals’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons’’.
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1 SEC. 272. RURAL TRANSIT PROGRAM.

2 The second sentence of section 18(a) of the Federal

3 Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1614(a)) is amended by

4 striking the final period.

5 SEC. 273. NONDISCRIMINATION.

6 Section 19 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

7 App. 1615) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ each place it appears;

9 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4)

10 and (5) as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respec11 tively;

12 (3) in subsection (c) as so redesignated—

13 (A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)’’;

14 (B) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’;

15 (C) by striking ‘‘paragraph (a)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;

17 (D) by striking ‘‘(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’;

18 (E) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)’’;

19 (F) by striking ‘‘(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)’’;

20 and

21 (G) by striking ‘‘(iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D)’’;

22 and

23 (4) in subsection (d) as so redesignated by

24 striking ‘‘(a)(3)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c)(2)(B)’’.
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1 SEC. 274. AUTHORIZATIONS.

2 (a) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FROM TRUST

3 FUND.—Section 21(a)(1) of the Federal Transit Act (49

4 U.S.C. App. 1617(a)(1)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘8 9B,’’ and inserting ‘‘6, 8,

6 9B, 10,’’; and

7 (2) by inserting ‘‘20,’’ after ‘‘18,’’.

8 (b) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FROM GENERAL

9 FUND.—Section 21(a)(2) of such Act is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘8 9,’’ and inserting ‘‘6, 8, 9,

11 10,’’; and

12 (2) by inserting ‘‘20,’’ after ‘‘18,’’.

13 (c) SETASIDE FOR PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND

14 RESEARCH.—Section 21(c) of such Act is amended—

15 (1) by inserting ‘‘beginning after September 30,

16 1992,’’ after ‘‘each fiscal year’’;

17 (2) by striking ‘‘or appropriated’’ each place it

18 appears;

19 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the State pro20 gram under’’; and

21 (4) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘the national

22 program under’’.

23 (d) OTHER SETASIDES.—Section 21(d) of such Act

24 is amended by striking ‘‘or appropriated’’ each place it

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1 (e) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE TRANSFER TRAN2 SIT PROJECTS.—Section 21(e) of such Act is amended by

3 striking ‘‘$160,000,000’’ and all that follows through the

4 period at the end and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years beginning

5 after September 30, 1991, not to exceed $324,843,000.

6 Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.

7 SEC. 275. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.

8 Section 23 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

9 App. 1619) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘or 18’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘and 18’’; and

12 (2) in subsection (h) by striking ‘‘subsections

13 (a) (1) through (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

14 SEC. 276. PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

15 (a) STATE PROGRAM.—Section 26(a) of the Federal

16 Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1622(a)) is amended to read

17 as follows:

18 ‘‘(a) ALLOCATION OF PLANNING FUNDS.—

19 ‘‘(1) TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PRO20 GRAM.—Fifty percent of the funds made available

21 under sections 21(b)(3)(D) and 21(c)(3) shall be

22 available for the transit cooperative research pro23 gram to be administered as follows:

24 ‘‘(A) INDEPENDENT GOVERNING BOARD.—

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1 governing board for such program to rec2 ommend such transit research, development,

3 and technology transfer activities as the Sec4 retary deems appropriate.

5 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—

6 The Secretary may make grants to, and enter

7 into cooperative agreements with, the National

8 Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities

9 as the Secretary determines are appropriate.

10 ‘‘(2) STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.—The

11 remaining 50 percent of funds made available under

12 sections 21(b)(3)(D) and 21(c)(3) shall be appor13 tioned to the States for grants and contracts consist14 ent with the purposes of sections 6, 8, 10, 11, and

15 20 of this Act in the ratio which the population in

16 urbanized areas in each State bears to the total pop17 ulation in urbanized areas in all the States, as

18 shown by the latest available decennial census, except that no State shall receive less than 1 19 ⁄2 of 1

20 percent of the amount apportioned under this sub21 section. In any case in which a statewide transit

22 agency is responsible under State law for the financ23 ing, construction, and operation, directly, by lease,

24 contract, or otherwise, of statewide public transpor25 tation services, such agency shall be the recipient for
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1 receiving and dispensing funds under this para2 graph.

3 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION WITHIN A STATE.—A State

4 may authorize a portion of its funds made available

5 under paragraph (2) to be used to supplement funds

6 available under paragraph (1), as the State deems

7 appropriate.’’.

8 (b) NATIONAL PROGRAM.—Section 26(b) of such Act

9 is amended—

10 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘section

11 21(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 21(b)(3)(E) and

12 21(c)(4)’’; and

13 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘annually’’

14 after ‘‘$2,000,000’’.

15 (c) PILOT PROJECT.—Section 26(c)(4) of such Act

16 is amended by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this

17 Act’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the date of the

18 enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi19 ciency Act of 1991’’.

20 SEC. 277. NEEDS SURVEY AND TRANSFERABILITY STUDY.

21 Section 27(b) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

22 App. 1623(b)) is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(3)’’;

24 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘such sec25 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9(j) of this Act’’; and
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1 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘With’’ and in2 serting ‘‘with’’.

3 SEC. 278. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RAIL FIXED GUIDE4 WAY SYSTEM.

5 Section 28 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

6 App. 1624(b)) is amended—

7 (1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘RAIL’’

8 before ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’; and

9 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘rail’’ be10 fore ‘‘fixed guideway’’.

11 SEC. 279. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.

12 Section 29 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

13 App. 1625) is amended in the heading to subsection (b)

14 by striking ‘‘FUNDING’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAINING OF

15 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION PER16 SONNEL’’.

17 SEC. 280. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

18 The Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1601–

19 1625) is amended by adding at the end the following new

20 section:

21 ‘‘SEC. 30. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

22 ‘‘(a) STATES WITH LARGE AREAS OF INDIAN AND

23 CERTAIN PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS.—In the case of any

24 State containing nontaxable Indian lands, individual and

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1 served) exclusive of national forests and national parks

2 and monuments, exceeding 5 percent of the total area of

3 all lands in the State, the Federal share which, but for

4 this subsection, would be applicable for any construction

5 project under this Act shall be increased by a percentage

6 of the remaining cost equal to the percentage that the area

7 of all such lands in the State is of its total area.

8 ‘‘(b) STATES WITH LARGE AREAS OF INDIAN AND

9 PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS AND NATIONAL FORESTS,

10 PARKS, AND MONUMENTS.—In the case of any State con11 taining nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal,

12 public domain lands (both reserved and unreserved), na13 tional forests, and national parks and monuments, the

14 Federal share which, but for this subsection, would be ap15 plicable for any construction project under this Act shall

16 be increased by a percentage of the remaining cost equal

17 to the percentage that the area of all such lands in such

18 State is of its total area.

19 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM SHARE.—Notwithstanding sub20 sections (a) and (b) of this section, the Federal share for

21 any construction project under this Act shall not exceed

22 95 percent of the total cost of such project.

23 ‘‘(d) GRANT RECIPIENT AGREEMENT.—In any case

24 where a grant recipient elects to have the Federal share

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1 ent must enter into an agreement with the Secretary cov2 ering a period of not less than 1 year, requiring grant re3 cipient to use solely for purposes eligible for assistance

4 (other than operating assistance) under this Act (other

5 than paying its share of projects approved under this Act)

6 during the period covered by such agreement the dif7 ference between the grant recipient’s share as provided in

8 subsection (b) and what its share would be if it elected

9 to pay the share provided in subsection (a) for all projects

10 subject to such agreement.’’.

11 SEC. 281. PERFORMANCE REPORTS ON MASS TRANSIT SYS12 TEMS.

13 Section 308(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is

14 amended by striking ‘‘January of each even-numbered

15 year’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1994, January 1995, and

16 January of each odd-numbered year thereafter’’.

17 SEC. 282. CROSS REFERENCE TO FEDERAL TRANSIT ACT.

18 Section 176 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506)

19 is amended in each of subsections (c)(2) and (d) by strik20 ing ‘‘Urban Mass Transportation’’ each place it appears

21 and inserting ‘‘Federal Transit’’.
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1 SEC. 283. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRA2 TION PLAN AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX

3 AGREEMENT.

4 Section 4008(j) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor5 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2155) is amended

6 by striking ‘‘102’’ in the second sentence and inserting

7 ‘‘1002’’.

8 SEC. 284. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS.

9 (a) OPERATIONAL TESTING PROJECTS.—Section

10 6055(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi11 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2192–2193) is amended by

12 inserting ‘‘and enter into cooperative agreements and con13 tracts with’’ after ‘‘The Secretary may make grants to’’.

14 (b) FUNDING.—Section 6058 of such Act (105 Stat.

15 2194–2195) is amended—

16 (1) in the second sentence of subsection (d) by

17 striking ‘‘projects undertaken pursuant to subsection

18 (c) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘activities under19 taken with funds made available under subsection

20 (b) and activities undertaken with funds subject to

21 subsection (c)’’;

22 (2) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘102’’ and in23 serting ‘‘1002’’; and

24 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub25 section:
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1 ‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS

2 OF LAW.—A person (including a public agency) that does

3 not receive assistance under title 23, United States Code,

4 the Federal Transit Act, or any provision of this Act

5 (other than the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Act

6 of 1991) shall not be subject to any Federal design stand7 ard, law, or regulation applicable to persons receiving such

8 assistance solely by reason of such person receiving assist9 ance under this section.’’.

10 SEC. 285. TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE, AMENDMENTS.

11 The analysis for chapter 1 of title 49, United States

12 Code, is amended—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘Sec. 110. Saint Lawrence Sea14 way Development Corporation.’’; and

15 (2) by striking ‘‘Sec. 111.’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘111.’’.

17 SEC. 286. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF

18 1982 AMENDMENTS.

19 (a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.—

20 Section 402 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act

21 of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2302) is amended—

22 (1) by moving each of subparagraphs (H)

23 through (N) (including any clauses therein) 2 ems to

24 the left;
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(N) by striking ‘‘give’’

2 and inserting ‘‘gives’’; and

3 (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘3’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘5’’.

5 (b) CARGO CARRYING UNIT LIMITATION.—Section

6 411(j)(5)(D) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2311(j)(5)(D))

7 is amended by striking ‘‘prohibited under’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘subject to’’.

9 SEC. 287. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT OF

10 1986 AMENDMENTS.

11 (a) SECTION 12011.—Section 12011 of the Commer12 cial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App.

13 2710) is amended—

14 (1) in each of subsections (a) and (b) by strik15 ing ‘‘104(b)(5), and 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)’’; and

17 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii) by striking

18 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’.

19 (b) SECTION NUMBER REDESIGNATION.—Such Act

20 is further amended by redesignating the second section

21 12020, relating to violation of out-of-service orders, as

22 12021.
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1 SEC. 288. CLEVELAND HARBOR, OHIO.

2 Section 1079 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor3 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2018–2019) is

4 amended—

5 (1) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub6 section (b) and inserting a period; and

7 (2) in subsection (d)—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘279.31 feet’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘269.31 feet’’;

10 (B) by striking ‘‘127.28 feet’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘137.28 feet’’;

12 (C) by striking the comma following ‘‘Grid

13 System’’;

14 (D) by striking ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ east’’ the

15 first place it appears and inserting

16 ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ west’’;

17 (E) by striking ‘‘north-westerly’’ and in18 serting ‘‘northwesterly’’; and

19 (F) by striking ‘‘174,764 square feet

20 (4.012 acres)’’ and inserting ‘‘175,143 (4.020

21 acres)’’.

22 SEC. 289. OTHER INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPOR23 TATION EFFICIENCY ACT TECHNICAL

24 AMENDMENTS.

25 (a) SOUTHERN FLORIDA COMMUTER RAIL.—Section

26 3014 of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
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1 of 1991 (105 Stat. 2108) is amended by striking ‘‘(49

2 U.S.C. 1607a)’’.

3 (b) ROAD TESTING OF LCV’S.—Section 4007(d)(1)

4 of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2302 note) is amended by

5 striking ‘‘on board’’ and inserting ‘‘onboard’’.

6 (c) NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INTERMODAL TRANS7 PORTATION.—Section 5005 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 301

8 note; 105 Stat. 2160–2162) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘11 mem10 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘15 members’’;

11 (2) in subsection (d)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘3 mem12 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘7 members’’; and

13 (3) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and in14 serting ‘‘1994’’.

15 (d) SECTION 6017.—Section 6017 of such Act (105

16 Stat. 2183) is amended by striking ‘‘502(a)’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘5002(a)’’.

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4385

AN ACT

To amend title 23, United States Code, to desother purposes. ignate the National Highway System, and for