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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2274

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

System, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 7, 1995

Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. PETRI, Mr. MINETA, and Mr. RAHALL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

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 1995’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Secretary defined.

TITLE I—NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM

Sec. 101. National highway system designation.

Sec. 102. Distribution of fiscal year 1997 highway funds.

Sec. 103. Treatment of fiscal year 1997 transit funds.
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TITLE II—HIGHWAY FUNDING RESTORATION

Sec. 201. Short title.

Sec. 202. Findings and purposes.

Sec. 203. State high priority project restoration program.

Sec. 204. Rescissions.

Sec. 205. State unobligated balance flexibility.

Sec. 206. Minimum allocation.

Sec. 207. Relief from mandates.

Sec. 208. Definitions.

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Distribution of transit operating assistance limitation.

Sec. 302. Accountability for high cost Federal-aid projects.

Sec. 303. Letters of intent and full financing grant and early systems work

agreements.

Sec. 304. Report on capital projects.

Sec. 305. Repeal and modification of existing projects.

Sec. 306. Miscellaneous transit projects.

Sec. 307. Metropolitan planning for transit projects.

Sec. 308. Contracting for engineering and design services.

Sec. 309. Intercity bus transportation.

Sec. 310. Formula grant program.

Sec. 311. Accessibility of over-the-road buses to individuals with disabilities.

Sec. 312. Alaska railroad.

Sec. 313. Alcohol and controlled substances testing.

Sec. 314. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.

Sec. 315. Safety research initiatives.

Sec. 316. Public transit vehicles exemption.

Sec. 317. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.

Sec. 318. Quality improvement.

Sec. 319. Applicability of transportation conformity requirements.

Sec. 320. Quality through competition.

Sec. 321. Applicability of certain vehicle weight limitations in Wisconsin.

Sec. 322. Treatment of Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, agreement.

Sec. 323. Metric requirements and signs.

Sec. 324. Istea technical clarification.

Sec. 325. Metropolitan planning for highway projects.

Sec. 326. Non-Federal share for certain toll bridge projects.

Sec. 327. Discovery and admission as evidence of certain reports and surveys.

Sec. 328. National recreational trails.

Sec. 329. Identification of high priority corridors.

Sec. 330. High priority corridor feasibility studies.

Sec. 331. High cost bridge projects.

Sec. 332. Congestion relief projects.

Sec. 333. High priority corridors on National Highway System.

Sec. 334. High priority corridor projects.

Sec. 335. Rural access projects.

Sec. 336. Urban access and mobility projects.

Sec. 337. Innovative projects.

Sec. 338. Intermodal projects.

Sec. 339. Miscellaneous revisions to Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

Sec. 340. Eligibility.

Sec. 341. Orange County, California, toll roads.
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Sec. 342. Miscellaneous studies.

Sec. 343. Collection of bridge tolls.

Sec. 344. National driver register.

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

6 SEC. 101. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION.

7 Section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is

8 amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

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

10 Highway System as submitted by the Secretary of Trans11 portation on the map entitled ‘Official Submission, Na12 tional Highway System, Federal Highway Administra13 tion’, and dated September 1, 1995, is hereby designated

14 within the United States, including the District of Colum15 bia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

16 ‘‘(d) MODIFICATIONS TO THE NHS.—

17 ‘‘(1) PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS.—The Sec18 retary may submit for approval to the Committee on

19 Environment and Public Works of the Senate and

20 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

21 of the House of Representatives proposed modifica22 tions to the National Highway System. The Sec23 retary may only propose a modification under this

24 subsection if the Secretary determines that such
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1 modification meets the criteria and requirements of

2 subsection (b). Proposed modifications may include

3 new segments and deletion of existing segments of

4 the National Highway System.

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

6 modification to the National Highway System may

7 only take effect if a law has been enacted approving

8 such modification.

9 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS.—

10 ‘‘(A) INITIAL SUBMISSION.—Not later than

11 180 days after the date of the enactment of the

12 National Highway System Designation Act of

13 1995, the Secretary shall submit under para14 graph (1) proposed modifications to the Na15 tional Highway System. Such modifications

16 shall include a list and description of additions

17 to the National Highway System consisting of

18 connections to major ports, airports, inter19 national border crossings, public transportation

20 and transit facilities, interstate bus terminals,

21 rail and other intermodal transportation facili22 ties.

23 ‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL HIGH PRIORITY

24 CORRIDORS.—Upon the completion of feasibility

25 studies, the Secretary shall submit under para-
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1 graph (1) proposed modifications to the Na2 tional Highway System consisting of any con3 gressional high priority corridor or any segment

4 thereof established by section 1105 of the Inter5 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

6 1991 (105 Stat. 2037) which was not identified

7 on the National Highway System designated by

8 subsection (c).’’.

9 SEC. 102. DISTRIBUTION OF FISCAL YEAR 1997 HIGHWAY

10 FUNDS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law, the Secretary shall not apportion or allocate,

13 prior to August 1, 1997, any funds authorized to be ap14 propriated or made available for fiscal year 1997 under—

15 (1) title 23, United States Code (other than

16 sections 125 and 157), except amounts necessary for

17 the administration of the Federal Highway Adminis18 tration under section 104(a);

19 (2) title I or VI of the Intermodal Surface

20 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (other than

21 sections 1103 through 1108);

22 (3) title IV of the Surface Transportation As23 sistance Act of 1982; or

24 (4) section 203(b) of this Act, relating to the

25 State high priority project restoration program.
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1 (b) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—

2 (1) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of deter3 mining allocations under section 157(a)(4) of title

4 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall treat ap5 portionments and allocations that are subject to sub6 section (a) as having been made on October 1, 1996.

7 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—Amounts made available

8 under section 157 of such title in fiscal year 1997

9 shall not be obligated at a rate higher than the his10 torical rate of obligation of funds made available

11 under such section.

12 SEC. 103. TREATMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 1997 TRANSIT

13 FUNDS.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi15 sion of law, the Secretary shall not apportion or allocate

16 prior to August 1, 1997, any of the funds authorized to

17 be appropriated or made available for fiscal year 1997

18 under section 5338 of title 49, United States Code (other

19 than amounts necessary for administrative expenses of the

20 Federal Transit Administration).

21 (b) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—

22 Any funds appropriated after the date of the enactment

23 of this Act to carry out sections 5303–5306, 5308, 5310,

24 5311, 5313, 5314, 5317, 5320, 5327, 5334(a), and

25 5334(c) of title 49, United States Code, and substitute
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1 transit projects under section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United

2 States Code, and to carry out section 5309 of title 49,

3 United States Code, may not be obligated before August

4 1, 1997.

5 TITLE II—HIGHWAY FUNDING

6 RESTORATION

7 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Highway Funding

9 Restoration Act of 1995’’.

10 SEC. 202. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

11 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds and declares that—

12 (1) Federal infrastructure spending on high13 ways is critical to the efficient movement of goods

14 and people in the United States;

15 (2) section 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface

16 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 has been esti17 mated to result in fiscal year 1996 highway spend18 ing being reduced by as much as $4,200,000,000;

19 (3) such section 1003(c) will cause every State

20 to lose critical funds from the Highway Trust Fund

21 that can never be recouped; and

22 (4) the funding reduction would have disastrous

23 effects on the national economy, impede interstate

24 commerce, and jeopardize the 40-year Federal in25 vestment in the Nation’s highway system.
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1 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—

2 (1) to make the program categories in the cur3 rent Federal-aid highway program more flexible so

4 that States may fund current, high-priority projects

5 in fiscal year 1996;

6 (2) to eliminate programs that are not critical

7 during fiscal year 1996 and to reallocate funds so

8 that the States will be able to continue their core

9 transportation infrastructure programs;

10 (3) to restore funding for exempt highway pro11 grams;

12 (4) to ensure the equitable distribution of funds

13 to urbanized areas with a population over 200,000

14 in a manner consistent with the Intermodal Surface

15 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; and

16 (5) to suspend certain penalties that would be

17 imposed on the States in fiscal year 1996.

18 SEC. 203. STATE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT RESTORATION

19 PROGRAM.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each of fiscal

21 years 1996 and 1997, or as soon as possible thereafter,

22 the Secretary shall allocate among the States the amounts

23 made available to carry out this section for Interstate

24 highway substitute, National Highway System, surface

25 transportation program, Interstate, congestion mitigation
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1 and air quality improvement program, bridge, hazard

2 elimination, and rail-highway crossings projects.

3 (b) ALLOCATION FORMULA.—Funds made available

4 to carry out this section shall be allocated among the

5 States in accordance with the following table:

States: Allocation Percentages

Alabama ............................................................................................. 1.80

Alaska ................................................................................................ 1.20

Arizona ............................................................................................... 1.43

Arkansas ............................................................................................ 1.42

California ........................................................................................... 9.17

Colorado ............................................................................................. 1.27

Connecticut ........................................................................................ 1.74

Delaware ............................................................................................ 0.39

District of Columbia .......................................................................... 0.52

Florida ............................................................................................... 4.04

Georgia ............................................................................................... 2.92

Hawaii ................................................................................................ 0.54

Idaho .................................................................................................. 0.70

Illinois ................................................................................................ 3.88

Indiana ............................................................................................... 2.18

Iowa .................................................................................................... 1.27

Kansas ............................................................................................... 1.13

Kentucky ............................................................................................ 1.53

Louisiana ........................................................................................... 1.52

Maine ................................................................................................. 0.65

Maryland ............................................................................................ 1.68

Massachusetts .................................................................................... 4.11

Michigan ............................................................................................. 2.75

Minnesota ........................................................................................... 1.69

Mississippi .......................................................................................... 1.11

Missouri ............................................................................................. 2.28

Montana ............................................................................................. 0.93

Nebraska ............................................................................................ 0.79

Nevada ............................................................................................... 0.69

New Hampshire ................................................................................. 0.48

New Jersey ......................................................................................... 2.86

New Mexico ........................................................................................ 1.02

New York ........................................................................................... 5.35

North Carolina ................................................................................... 2.62

North Dakota ..................................................................................... 0.64

Ohio .................................................................................................... 3.64

Oklahoma ........................................................................................... 1.36

Oregon ................................................................................................ 1.23

Pennsylvania ...................................................................................... 4.93

Rhode Island ...................................................................................... 0.56

South Carolina ................................................................................... 1.42

South Dakota ..................................................................................... 0.69

Tennessee ........................................................................................... 2.00
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Texas .................................................................................................. 6.21

Utah ................................................................................................... 0.73

Vermont ............................................................................................. 0.43

Virginia .............................................................................................. 2.28

Washington ........................................................................................ 2.05

West Virginia ..................................................................................... 1.15

Wisconsin ........................................................................................... 1.90

Wyoming ............................................................................................ 0.65

Puerto Rico ........................................................................................ 0.46

Territories .......................................................................................... 0.01.

1 (c) EFFECT OF ALLOCATIONS.—Funds distributed to

2 States under subsection (b) shall not affect calculations

3 to determine allocations to States under section 157 of

4 title 23, United States Code, and sections 1013(c),

5 1015(a), and 1015(b) of the Intermodal Surface Trans6 portation Efficiency Act of 1991. Funds made available

7 to carry out this section which are derived from section

8 204 of this Act shall not be treated as funds authorized

9 by such Act for purposes of section 1003(c) of such Act.

10 (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding any

11 other provision of law, amounts made available to carry

12 out this section shall be available for obligation for the

13 fiscal year for which such amounts are made available plus

14 the 3 succeeding fiscal years and shall be subject to the

15 provisions of title 23, United States Code. Obligation limi16 tations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety con17 struction programs established by the Intermodal Surface

18 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and subsequent

19 laws shall apply to obligations made under this section.
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1 (e) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF OVER

2 200,000.—

3 (1) GENERAL RULE.—The percentage deter4 mined under paragraph (2) of funds allocated to a

5 State under this section for a fiscal year shall be ob6 ligated in urbanized areas of the State with an ur7 banized population of over 200,000 under section

8 133(d)(3) of title 23, United States Code.

9 (2) PERCENTAGE.—The percentage referred to

10 in paragraph (1) is the percentage determined by di11 viding—

12 (A) the total amount of the reduction in

13 funds which would have been attributed under

14 section 133(d)(3) of title 23, United States

15 Code, to urbanized areas of the State with an

16 urbanized population of over 200,000 for fiscal

17 year 1996 as a result of the application of sec18 tion 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface Trans19 portation Efficiency Act of 1991; by

20 (B) the total amount of the reduction in

21 authorized funds for fiscal year 1996 that

22 would have been allocated to the State, and

23 that would have been apportioned to the State,

24 as a result of the application of such section

25 1003(c).
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1 (f) LIMITATION ON PLANNING EXPENDITURES.—

2 One-half of 1 percent of amounts allocated to each State

3 under this section in any fiscal year may be available for

4 expenditure for the purpose of carrying out the require5 ments of section 134 of title 23, United States Code (relating to transportation planning). 11 6 ⁄2 percent of the

7 amounts allocated to each State under this section in any

8 fiscal year may be available for expenditure for the pur9 pose of carrying out activities referred to in subsection (c)

10 of section 307 of such title (relating to transportation

11 planning and research).

12 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

13 are authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway

14 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to

15 carry out this section $340,655,000 for fiscal year 1996

16 and $155,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.

17 (h) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 23.—

18 Except as otherwise provided in this section, funds allo19 cated under this section shall be available for obligation

20 in the same manner and for the same purposes as if such

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

22 States Code.

23 (i) TERRITORIES DEFINED.—In this section, the

24 term ‘‘territories’’ means the Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer-
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1 ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar2 iana Islands.

3 SEC. 204. RESCISSIONS.

4 (a) RESCISSIONS.—Effective October 1, 1995, and

5 after any necessary reductions are made under section

6 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi7 ciency Act of 1991, the following unobligated balances

8 available on September 30, 1995, of funds made available

9 for the following provisions are hereby rescinded:

10 (1) $78,993.92 made available by section

11 131(c) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act

12 of 1982.

13 (2) $798,701.04 made available by section

14 131(j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act

15 of 1982.

16 (3) $1,500,000 made available by section

17 106(a)(1) of the Surface Transportation and Uni18 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

19 (4) $942,249 made available for section

20 149(a)(66) of the Surface Transportation and Uni21 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

22 (5) $88,195 made available for section

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

24 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
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1 (6) $155,174.41 made available for section

2 149(a)(111)(E) of the Surface Transportation and

3 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

4 (7) $36,979.05 made available for section

5 149(a)(111)(J) of the Surface Transportation and

6 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

7 (8) $34,281.53 made available for section

8 149(a)(111)(K) of the Surface Transportation and

9 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

10 (9) $164,000 made available for section

11 149(a)(111)(L) of the Surface Transportation and

12 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

13 (10) $86,070.82 made available for section

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

15 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

16 (11) $52,834 made available for section

17 149(a)(95) of the Surface Transportation and Uni18 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

19 (12) $909,000 made available for section

20 149(a)(99) of the Surface Transportation and Uni21 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

22 (13) $3,817,000 made available for section

23 149(a)(35) of the Surface Transportation and Uni24 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
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1 (14) $797,800 made available for section

2 149(a)(100) of the Surface Transportation and Uni3 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

4 (15) $55.43 made available by section 149(c)(3)

5 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Reloca6 tion Assistance Act of 1987.

7 (16) $20,357,000 made available by section

8 1012(b)(6) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor9 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.

10 (17) $18,536,000 made available by section

11 1003(a)(7) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor12 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.

13 (18) $1,000,000 made available by item number

14 38 of the table contained in section 1108(b) of the

15 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

16 1991.

17 (19) $150,000,000 deducted by the Secretary

18 under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.

19 (20) $10,800,000 made available by section

20 5338(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code.

21 (b) REDUCTIONS IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS.—

22 (1) MAGNETIC LEVITATION.—Section

23 1036(d)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor24 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1986) is

25 amended—
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting

2 ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1994,’’;

3 (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking

4 ‘‘$125,000,000’’ the first place it appears and

5 all that follows through ‘‘1997’’; and

6 (C) in subparagraph (B) by striking

7 ‘‘1996, and 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘and 1996’’.

8 (2) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section

9 2005(1) of such Act (105 Stat. 2079) is amended—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ the first place it ap11 pears and inserting a comma; and

12 (B) by striking ‘‘, 1995, 1996, and 1997’’

13 and inserting ‘‘and 1995, and $146,000,000 for

14 each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997’’.

15 (c) CONGESTION PRICING PILOT PROGRAM TRANS16 FERS.—The amounts made available for fiscal years 1996

17 and 1997 to carry out section 1012(b) of the Intermodal

18 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

19 1938) shall be available to carry out section 203 of this

20 Act, relating to the State high priority restoration pro21 gram.

22 SEC. 205. STATE UNOBLIGATED BALANCE FLEXIBILITY.

23 (a) REDUCTION IN FEDERAL FUNDING.—

24 (1) NOTIFICATION OF STATES.—On October 1,

25 1995, the Secretary shall notify each State of the
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1 total amount of the reduction in authorized funds

2 for fiscal year 1996 that would have been allocated

3 to such State, and that would have been apportioned

4 to such State, as a result of application of section

5 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

6 Efficiency Act of 1991.

7 (2) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FUNDING.—In de8 termining the amount of any reduction under para9 graph (1), the Secretary shall deduct—

10 (A) the amount allocated to each State in

11 fiscal year 1996 to carry out section 203 of this

12 Act, relating to the State high priority project

13 restoration program; and

14 (B) any amounts made available under sec15 tion 157(a)(4)(B)(iii) of title 23, United States

16 Code, for fiscal year 1996.

17 (b) UNOBLIGATED BALANCE FLEXIBILITY.—Upon

18 request of a State, the Secretary shall make available to

19 carry out projects described in section 203(a) of this Act

20 in fiscal year 1996 an amount not to exceed the amount

21 determined under subsection (a) for the State. Such funds

22 shall be made available from authorized funds that were

23 allocated or apportioned to such State and were not obli24 gated as of September 30, 1995. The State shall designate

25 on or before November 1, 1995, which of such authorized
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1 funds are to be made available under this section to carry

2 out such projects. The Secretary shall make available be3 fore November 15, 1995, funds designated under the pre4 ceding sentence to the State.

5 (c) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF OVER

6 200,000.—Funds which were apportioned to the State

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

8 and attributed to urbanized areas of a State with an ur9 banized population of over 200,000 under section

10 133(d)(3) of such title may only be designated by the

11 State under subsection (b) if the metropolitan planning

12 organization designated for such area concurs, in writing,

13 with such designation.

14 (d) CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY

15 BALANCES.—States may designate under subsection (b)

16 funds apportioned under section 104(b)(2) of title 23,

17 United States Code, and not obligated as of September

18 30, 1995, to carry out projects described in section 203(a)

19 of this Act only if such funds will be obligated in areas

20 described in section 104(b)(2) of such title.

21 (e) INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION BALANCES.—A

22 State may not designate under subsection (b) any more

than 1 23 ⁄3 of funds apportioned or allocated to the State for

24 Interstate construction and not obligated as of September

25 30, 1995.
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1 (f) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding any

2 other provision of law, amounts designated under sub3 section (b) shall be available for obligation for fiscal year

4 1996 plus the 3 succeeding fiscal years and shall be sub5 ject to the provisions of title 23, United States Code. Obli6 gation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway

7 safety construction programs established by the Inter8 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and

9 subsequent laws shall apply to obligations made under this

10 section.

11 (g) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—

12 Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect calcula13 tions to determine allocations to States under section 157

14 of title 23, United States Code, and sections 1013(c),

15 1015(a), and 1015(b) of the Intermodal Surface Trans16 portation Efficiency Act of 1991.

17 (h) STATE.—In this section and section 203, the

18 term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning such term has under sec19 tion 401 of title 23, United States Code.

20 SEC. 206. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

21 (a) FORMULA.—Section 157(a)(4) of title 23, United

22 States Code, is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘In fiscal’’ and inserting the fol24 lowing:

25 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal’’;
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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘funds authorized to be appro2 priated by subsection (f)’’ after ‘‘shall allocate’’;

3 (3) by moving subparagraph (A), as designated

4 by paragraph (1) of this subsection, 2 ems to the

5 right; and

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

7 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION.—If the

8 aggregate amount allocated to the States under

9 subparagraph (A) after application of section

10 1003(c) the Intermodal Surface Transportation

11 Efficiency Act of 1991 for any fiscal year be12 ginning after September 30, 1995, is less than

13 the amount authorized to be appropriated to

14 carry out this section for such fiscal year, then

15 the excess of such authorized amount shall be

16 allocated as follows:

17 ‘‘(i) The Secretary shall first allocate

18 to each State such amount as may be nec19 essary to increase the allocation under sub20 paragraph (A) to the amount that would

21 have been allocated to the State for such

22 fiscal year if the full amount of the funds

23 authorized to be appropriated for such fis24 cal year by such Act out of the Highway

25 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
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1 Account) were appropriated without regard

2 to such section 1003(c).

3 ‘‘(ii) If any of such excess remains

4 after the allocation under clause (i), the

5 Secretary shall allocate to each State such

6 amount as may be necessary so that the

7 amount authorized to be appropriated for

8 such fiscal year for each project to be car9 ried out in such State under sections 1103

10 through 1108 of such Act without regard

11 to section 1003(c) of such Act is available

12 for the project.

13 ‘‘(iii) The Secretary shall allocate

14 among the States any excess remaining

15 after the allocations under clauses (i) and

16 (ii) so that each State is allocated the fol17 lowing percentages of the remaining ex18 cess:

‘‘States: Percent

Alabama .............................................................................. 1.80

Alaska ................................................................................. 1.20

Arizona ............................................................................... 1.43

Arkansas ............................................................................. 1.42

California ............................................................................ 9.17

Colorado .............................................................................. 1.27

Connecticut ......................................................................... 1.74

Delaware ............................................................................. 0.39

District of Columbia ........................................................... 0.52

Florida ................................................................................ 4.04

Georgia ............................................................................... 2.92

Hawaii ................................................................................ 0.54

Idaho ................................................................................... 0.70

Illinois ................................................................................. 3.88

Indiana ............................................................................... 2.18
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Iowa .................................................................................... 1.27

Kansas ................................................................................ 1.13

Kentucky ............................................................................. 1.53

Louisiana ............................................................................ 1.52

Maine .................................................................................. 0.65

Maryland ............................................................................. 1.68

Massachusetts ..................................................................... 4.11

Michigan ............................................................................. 2.75

Minnesota ........................................................................... 1.69

Mississippi .......................................................................... 1.11

Missouri .............................................................................. 2.28

Montana .............................................................................. 0.93

Nebraska ............................................................................. 0.79

Nevada ................................................................................ 0.69

New Hampshire .................................................................. 0.48

New Jersey ......................................................................... 2.86

New Mexico ........................................................................ 1.02

New York ............................................................................ 5.35

North Carolina ................................................................... 2.62

North Dakota ..................................................................... 0.64

Ohio .................................................................................... 3.64

Oklahoma ............................................................................ 1.36

Oregon ................................................................................ 1.23

Pennsylvania ....................................................................... 4.93

Rhode Island ....................................................................... 0.56

South Carolina .................................................................... 1.42

South Dakota ..................................................................... 0.69

Tennessee ........................................................................... 2.00

Texas .................................................................................. 6.21

Utah .................................................................................... 0.73

Vermont .............................................................................. 0.43

Virginia ............................................................................... 2.28

Washington ......................................................................... 2.05

West Virginia ...................................................................... 1.15

Wisconsin ............................................................................ 1.90

Wyoming ............................................................................. 0.65

Puerto Rico ......................................................................... 0.46

Territories ........................................................................... 0.01.

1 ‘‘(C) TERRITORIES DEFINED.—In this

2 paragraph, the term ‘territories’ means the Vir3 gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the

4 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is5 lands.’’.

6 (b) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF OVER

7 200,000 IN FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997.—Section 157

8 of such title is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as

2 subsection (e) and (f), respectively, and

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the follow4 ing:

5 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF

6 OVER 200,000 IN FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997.—

7 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The percentage deter8 mined under paragraph (2) of funds allocated to a

9 State under subsection (a)(4)(B)(iii) for each of fis10 cal years 1996 and 1997 shall be obligated in urban11 ized areas of the State with an urbanized population

12 of over 200,000 under section 133(d)(3).

13 ‘‘(2) PERCENTAGE.—The percentage referred to

14 in paragraph (1) is the percentage determined by di15 viding—

16 ‘‘(A) the total amount of the reduction in

17 funds which would have been attributed under

18 section 133(d)(3) to urbanized areas of the

19 State with an urbanized population of over

20 200,000 for fiscal year 1996 as a result of the

21 application of section 1003(c) of the Intermodal

22 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991;

23 by

24 ‘‘(B) the total amount of the reduction in

25 authorized funds for fiscal year 1996 that
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1 would have been allocated to the State, and

2 that would have been apportioned to the State,

3 as a result of the application of such section

4 1003(c).’’.

5 (c) FUNDING.—Section 157(f) of such title, as redes6 ignated by subsection (b), is amended by inserting before

7 the period the following: ‘‘and before October 1, 1995,

8 $1,101,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, $1,378,000,000 for

9 fiscal year 1997’’.

10 SEC. 207. RELIEF FROM MANDATES.

11 (a) MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.—The Secretary shall

12 not take any action pursuant to or enforce the provisions

13 of section 303(c) of title 23, United States Code, with re14 spect to any State during fiscal year 1996.

15 (b) ASPHALT PAVEMENT CONTAINING RECYCLED

16 RUBBER.—Section 1038 of the Intermodal Surface Trans17 portation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1987–1990)

18 is amended—

19 (1) by striking subsection (d); and

20 (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub21 section (d).

22 SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS.

23 In this title, the following definitions apply:

24 (1) AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—The term ‘‘author25 ized funds’’ means funds authorized to be appro-
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1 priated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than

2 the Mass Transit Account) to carry out title 23,

3 United States Code (other than sections 402 and

4 410) and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef5 ficiency Act of 1991 and subject to an obligation

6 limitation.

7 (2) URBANIZED AREA.—The term ‘‘urbanized

8 area’’ has the meaning such term has under section

9 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.

10 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS

11 PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 301. DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSIT OPERATING ASSIST13 ANCE LIMITATION.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any limitation

15 otherwise imposed on operating assistance under section

16 5307 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall

17 distribute such limitation so that each urbanized area (as

18 such term is defined under section 5302 of such title) that

19 had a population under the 1990 decennial census of the

20 United States of less than 200,000 will receive, under the

21 distribution of such limitation for fiscal year 1996, 75 per22 cent of the amount the area received under the distribu23 tion of such limitation for fiscal year 1995.

24 (b) CONSIDERATION.—In the distribution of the limi25 tation referred to in subsection (a) to urbanized areas that
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1 had a population under the 1990 decennial census of

2 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct each such

3 area to consider the needs and resources of transit au4 thorities operating within the area when the limitation is

5 distributed among all transit authorities operating in the

6 area.

7 SEC. 302. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIGH COST FEDERAL-AID

8 PROJECTS.

9 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall require

10 each recipient of Federal financial assistance for a high11 way or transit project with an estimated total cost of

12 $1,000,000,000 or more to submit to the Secretary an an13 nual financial plan. Such plan shall be based on detailed

14 annual estimates of the cost to complete the remaining

15 elements of the project and on reasonable assumptions,

16 as determined by the Secretary, of future increases in the

17 cost to complete the project.

18 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS ON WITHHOLDING OF AS19 SISTANCE.—As part of an annual report to be submitted

20 under subsection (c), the Secretary shall make a rec21 ommendation to Congress on whether or not future Fed22 eral assistance should be withheld with respect to any

23 project described in subsection (a) for which an annual

24 financial plan is not submitted under subsection (a) or for
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1 which the Secretary determines that the estimates or as2 sumptions referred to in subsection (a) are not reasonable.

3 (c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Con4 gress an annual report on the financial plans submitted

5 to the Secretary under this section, and any recommenda6 tion made by the Secretary under subsection (b), in the

7 preceding fiscal year.

8 SEC. 303. LETTERS OF INTENT AND FULL FINANCING

9 GRANT AND EARLY SYSTEMS WORK AGREE10 MENTS.

11 Section 5309(g) of title 49, United States Code, is

12 amended—

13 (1) by indenting and dropping paragraph (1)

14 down 1 line;

15 (2) by moving all the paragraphs, subpara16 graphs, and clauses of such section 2 ems to the

17 right;

18 (3) by inserting after ‘‘(1)’’ the first place it ap19 pears the following: ‘‘LETTERS OF INTENT.—’’;

20 (4) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking ‘‘Public

21 Works and Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Trans22 portation and Infrastructure’’;

23 (5) by inserting after (2) the first place it ap24 pears ‘‘FULL FINANCING GRANT AGREEMENTS.—’’;
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1 (6) by inserting after (3) the first place it ap2 pears ‘‘EARLY SYSTEM WORK AGREEMENTS.—’’;

3 (7) by inserting after (4) the first place it ap4 pears ‘‘TOTAL ESTIMATED FUTURE OBLIGATIONS

5 AND CONTINGENT COMMITMENTS.—’’; and

6 (8) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(5) PREAUTHORIZATION OF FULL FEDERAL

8 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After the date of the

10 enactment of this paragraph and before the

11 date on which Federal-aid highway and transit

12 programs are reauthorized, the Secretary of

13 Transportation may not issue a letter of intent,

14 or enter into a full financing grant agreement

15 or early systems work agreement, under this

16 section for a project or operable segment of a

17 project unless the full amount of Federal finan18 cial responsibility for the project or operable

19 segment of a project has been included in an

20 authorization law.

21 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The prohibition on en22 tering into a full financing grant agreement

23 under this paragraph shall not apply—
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1 ‘‘(i) to any project for which a letter

2 of intent was issued before the date of the

3 enactment of this paragraph; and

4 ‘‘(ii) to any project included as an ele5 ment of an interrelated project which also

6 includes another project for which a letter

7 of intent was issued before such date of

8 enactment.’’.

9 SEC. 304. REPORT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FIXED

10 GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND EXTENSIONS TO

11 EXISTING FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS.

12 Section 5309(m) of title 49, United States Code, is

13 amended—

14 (1) by indenting and dropping paragraph (1)

15 down 1 line;

16 (2) by moving all the paragraphs and subpara17 graphs of such section 2 ems to the right;

18 (3) by inserting ‘‘PERCENTAGES.—’’ after

19 ‘‘(1)’’ the first place it appears;

20 (4) by inserting ‘‘NONURBANIZED AREA ALLO21 CATION.—’’ after ‘‘(2)’’ the first place it appears;

22 (5) by inserting ‘‘REPORTS.—’’ after ‘‘(3)’’ the

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1 (6) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Public Works

2 and Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation

3 and Infrastructure’’;

4 (7) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘a proposal on

5 the allocation’’ and inserting ‘‘a report on the pro6 posed allocation’’;

7 (8) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end the

8 following:

9 ‘‘Such report shall include for each such capital

10 project the following:

11 ‘‘(A) An analysis of the potential funding

12 requirements of the project under paragraph

13 (1)(B) in the succeeding 5 fiscal years.

14 ‘‘(B) A description of the planning and

15 study process undertaken to select the locally

16 preferred alternative for the project.

17 ‘‘(C) A description of efforts undertaken to

18 seek alternative funding sources for the

19 project.’’; and

20 (9) by inserting ‘‘MULTIPLE ALLOCATIONS.—’’

21 after ‘‘(4)’’ the first place it appears.

22 SEC. 305. REPEAL AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING

23 PROJECTS.

24 (a) LONG BEACH METRO LINK FIXED RAIL

25 PROJECT.—Section 3035(o) of the Intermodal Surface
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1 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131)

2 is repealed.

3 (b) HONOLULU RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT.—Section

4 3035(ww) of such Act (105 Stat. 2136) is amended by

5 striking ‘‘$618,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$541,100,000’’.

6 SEC. 306. MISCELLANEOUS TRANSIT PROJECTS.

7 (a) NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT.—Section

8 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi9 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122–2123) is amended—

10 (1) by inserting after ‘‘Hudson River Water11 front Transportation System’’ the following: ‘‘(in12 cluding corridor connections to and within the city

13 of Bayonne)’’; and

14 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Concourse,’’ the follow15 ing: ‘‘the West Shore Line,’’.

16 (b) NORTH BAY FERRY SERVICE.—Section 3035(c)

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

18 ‘‘$8,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’ and in19 serting ‘‘$17,000,000’’.

20 (c) STATEN ISLAND-MIDTOWN MANHATTAN FERRY

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

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

23 ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’.
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1 (d) CENTRAL AREA CIRCULATOR PROJECT.—Section

2 3035(e) of such Act is amended by striking the last sen3 tence.

4 (e) SALT LAKE CITY LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—Sec5 tion 3035(f) of such Act is amended by inserting after

6 ‘‘including’’ the following: ‘‘related high-occupancy vehicle

7 lane, intermodal corridor design,’’.

8 (f) LOS ANGELES-SAN DIEGO RAIL CORRIDOR IM9 PROVEMENT PROJECT.—Section 3035(g) of such Act is

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

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

12 (g) ADDITIONAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AND RIGHT-OF13 WAY PURCHASE FOR GILROY SERVICE.—Section 3035(h)

14 of such Act is amended—

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

16 ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and

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

18 ‘‘October 31, 1996,’’.

19 (h) DALLAS LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

20 (1) MULTIYEAR GRANT AGREEMENT.—Section

21 3035(i) of such Act is amended—

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

23 ‘‘9.6 miles’’;

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

25 ‘‘not to exceed 14 stations’’;
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘such light rail line’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘the program of interrelated projects

3 identified in section 5328(c)(1)(6) of title 49,

4 United States Code,’’; and

5 (D) by striking ‘‘of such elements’’ and in6 serting ‘‘element of such program of inter7 related projects’’

8 (2) PROGRAM OF INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—

9 Section 5328(c)(1)(G) of title 49, United States

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Camp Wisdom’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘Interstate Route 20, L.B.J. Freeway’’.

12 (i) 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 (j) DOWNTOWN ORLANDO CIRCULATOR PROJECT.—

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

18 (1) by striking the subsection heading and in19 serting ‘‘DOWNTOWN ORLANDO CIRCULATOR

20 PROJECT’’;

21 (2) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

22 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;

23 (3) by striking ‘‘for’’ the second place it ap24 pears and all that follows through the period at the

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1 sign, construction, land and equipment acquisition,

2 and related activities for the Downtown Orlando

3 Circulator project.’’.

4 (k) DETROIT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—Section

5 3035(m) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘not less

6 than’’ the first place it appears and all that follows

7 through ‘‘1993,’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000’’.

8 (l) LAKEWOOD-FREEHOLD-MATAWAN OR

9 JAMESBURG RAIL PROJECT.—Section 3035(p) of such

10 Act is amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000’’ and all that fol11 lows through ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,800,000’’.

12 (m) CHARLOTTE LIGHT RAIL STUDY.—Section

13 3035(r) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$125,000’’

14 and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘$500,000’’.

16 (n) SAN DIEGO MID COAST FIXED GUIDEWAY

17 PROJECT.—Section 3035(u) of such Act is amended—

18 (1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘MID

19 COAST LIGHT RAIL PROJECT’’ and inserting ‘‘MET20 ROPOLITAN TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM’’;

21 (2) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

22 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;

23 (3) by striking ‘‘, $2,000,000’’ and all that fol24 lows through the period and inserting ‘‘$27,000,000

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1 and Mission Valley East Corridor fixed guideway

2 projects.’’.

3 (o) EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.—Section 3035(z)

4 of such Act is amended by striking the first sentence and

5 inserting the following: ‘‘From funds provided under sec6 tion 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, the

7 Secretary shall make available $63,600 to Eureka Springs

8 Transit for the purchase of an alternative fueled vehicle,

9 which is accessible to and usable by individuals with dis10 abilities.’’.

11 (p) BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON TRANSPORTATION IM12 PROVEMENTS PROGRAM.—Section 3035(nn) of such Act

13 is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘as follows:

15 ‘‘(A) Not less than $30,000,000 for fiscal

16 year 1993.

17 ‘‘(B) Not less than $30,000,000 for fiscal

18 year 1994.’’

19 and inserting ‘‘and shall be $60,000,000.’’; and

20 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘as follows’’

21 and all that follows through the period at the end

22 of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘totaling

23 $160,000,000.’’; and

24 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year

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1 (q) DULLES CORRIDOR RAIL PROJECT.—Section

2 3035(aaa) 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 ‘‘the completion’’ and all that

6 follows through ‘‘engineering for’’.

7 (r) CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT

8 PROJECT.—Section 3035(bbb) of such Act is amended to

9 read as follows:

10 ‘‘(bbb) CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT

11 PROJECT.—From funds provided under section

12 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, the Sec13 retary shall make available $300,000,000 for the Central

14 Puget Sound Regional Transit Project.’’.

15 (s) CANAL STREET CORRIDOR LIGHT RAIL.—Section

16 3035(fff) of such Act is amended—

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

18 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and

19 (2) by striking ‘‘negotiate’’ and all that follows

20 through ‘‘includes’’ and inserting ‘‘make available’’.

21 (t) ADDITIONAL TRANSIT PROJECTS.—

22 (1) CANTON-AKRON-CLEVELAND COMMUTER

23 RAIL.—From funds provided under section

24 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, the
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1 Secretary shall make available $6,500,000 for the

2 Canton-Akron-Cleveland Commuter Rail project.

3 (2) CINCINNATI NORTHEAST/NORTHERN KEN4 TUCKY RAIL.—From funds provided under such sec5 tion, the Secretary shall make available $2,000,000

6 for the Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky

7 Rail project.

8 (3) DART NORTH CENTRAL LIGHT RAIL EX9 TENSION.—From funds provided under such section,

10 the Secretary shall make available $2,500,000 for

11 the DART North Central Light Rail Extension

12 project.

13 (4) DALLAS-FORT WORTH RAILTRAN.—From

14 funds provided under such section, the Secretary

15 shall make available $5,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort

16 Worth RAILTRAN project.

17 (5) FLORIDA TRI-COUNTY COMMUTER RAIL.—

18 From funds provided under such section, the Sec19 retary shall make available $10,000,000 for the

20 Florida Tri-County Commuter Rail project.

21 (6) MIAMI-NORTH 27TH AVENUE.—From funds

22 provided under such section, the Secretary shall

23 make available $2,000,000 for the Miami-North

24 27th Avenue project.
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1 (7) MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, REGIONAL RAIL

2 PLAN.—From funds provided under such section,

3 the Secretary shall make available $2,500,000 for

4 the Memphis, Tennessee, Regional Rail Plan project.

5 (8) NEW ORLEANS CANAL STREET CORRIDOR.—

6 From funds provided under such section, the Sec7 retary shall make available $10,000,000 for the New

8 Orleans Canal Street Corridor project.

9 (9) ORANGE COUNTY TRANSITWAY.—From

10 funds provided under such section, the Secretary

11 shall make available $5,000,000 for the Orange

12 County Transitway project.

13 (10) WHITEHALL FERRY TERMINAL, NEW

14 YORK, NEW YORK.—From funds provided under

15 such section, the Secretary shall make available

16 $5,000,000 for the Whitehall Ferry Terminal

17 project.

18 (11) WISCONSIN CENTRAL COMMUTER.—From

19 funds provided under such section, the Secretary

20 shall make available $14,400,000 for the Wisconsin

21 Central Commuter project.

22 (12) SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, TREN

23 URBANO.—From funds provided under such section,

24 the Secretary shall make available $15,000,000 for

25 the San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tren Urbano project.
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1 (13) TAMPA TO LAKELAND COMMUTER RAIL.—

2 From funds provided under such section, the Sec3 retary shall make available $1,000,000 for the

4 Tampa to Lakeland Commuter Rail project.

5 SEC. 307. METROPOLITAN PLANNING FOR TRANSIT

6 PROJECTS.

7 Section 5303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is

8 amended by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(16) recreational travel and tourism.’’.

10 SEC. 308. CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

11 SERVICES.

12 Section 5325 of title 49, United States Code, is

13 amended by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR ENGINEERING AND DE15 SIGN CONTRACTS.—

16 ‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE AND AUDITS.—Any con17 tract or subcontract awarded in accordance with

18 subsection (d), whether funded in whole or in part

19 with Federal transit funds, shall be performed and

20 audited in compliance with cost principles contained

21 in the Federal acquisition regulations of part 31 of

22 title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

23 ‘‘(2) INDIRECT COST RATES.—Instead of per24 forming its own audits, a recipient of funds under

25 a contract or subcontract awarded in accordance
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1 with subsection (d) shall accept indirect cost rates

2 established in accordance with the Federal acquisi3 tion regulations for 1-year applicable accounting pe4 riods by a cognizant Federal or State government

5 agency, if such rates are not currently under dis6 pute. Once a firm’s indirect cost rates are accepted,

7 the recipient of such funds shall apply such rates for

8 the purposes of contract estimation, negotiation, ad9 ministration, reporting, and contract payment and

10 shall not be limited by administrative or de facto

11 ceilings of any kind. A recipient of such funds re12 questing or using the cost and rate data described

13 in this subparagraph shall notify any affected firm

14 before such request or use. Such data shall be con15 fidential and shall not be accessible or provided, in

16 whole or in part, to another firm or to any govern17 ment agency which is not part of the group of agen18 cies sharing cost data under this subparagraph, ex19 cept by written permission of the audited firm. If

20 prohibited by law, such cost and rate data shall not

21 be disclosed under any circumstances.

22 ‘‘(3) STATE OPTION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2)

23 shall take effect 2 years after the date of the enact24 ment of this subsection with respect to all States;

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1 adopts by statute an alternative process intended to

2 promote engineering and design quality and ensure

3 maximum competition by professional companies of

4 all sizes providing engineering and design services,

5 such subparagraphs shall not apply with respect to

6 such State.’’.

7 SEC. 309. INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION.

8 (a) BASIC PROGRAM.—Section 5311(f)(1) of title 49,

9 United States Code, is amended—

10 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and 15

11 percent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to carry out’’

12 and inserting ‘‘15 percent of the amount made avail13 able in each of the fiscal years ending September 30,

14 1994, and September 30, 1995, and 7.5 percent of

15 the amount made available in each fiscal year begin16 ning after September 30, 1995, to carry out’’; and

17 (2) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and dem18 onstration projects’’ and inserting ‘‘demonstration

19 projects, and the purchase of accessibility devices,’’.

20 (b) DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM.—Section 5309 of

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

22 ‘‘(p) INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION.—Of the

23 amounts made available by subsection (m)(1)(C) in each

24 fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1995, the Sec25 retary shall make to operators of intercity bus transpor-
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1 tation systems capital grants to support such systems, in2 cluding the purchase of accessibility devices, an amount

3 equal to 7.5 percent of the amounts made available under

4 section 5311 in such fiscal year. The Federal grant for

5 any project under this subsection shall be 80 percent of

6 the net project cost; except that the Federal grant for the

7 purchase of accessibility devices under this subsection

8 shall be 90 percent of the net project cost.’’.

9 SEC. 310. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.

10 (a) TRANSIT SECURITY SYSTEMS.—Section

11 5307(d)(1)(J)(i) of title 49, United States Code, is

12 amended by inserting before ‘‘and any other’’ the follow13 ing: ‘‘employing law enforcement or security personnel in

14 areas within or adjacent to such systems,’’.

15 (b) FERRYBOAT OPERATIONS.—For purposes of cal16 culating apportionments under section 5336 of title 49,

17 United States Code, for fiscal years beginning after Sep18 tember 30, 1995, 50 percent of the ferryboat revenue vehi19 cle miles and 50 percent of the ferryboat route miles at20 tributable to service provided to the city of Avalon, Califor21 nia, for which the operator receives public assistance shall

22 be included in the calculation of ‘‘fixed guideway vehicle

23 revenue miles’’ and ‘‘fixed guideway route miles’’ attrib24 utable to the Los Angeles urbanized area under sections

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1 SEC. 311. ACCESSIBILITY OF OVER-THE-ROAD BUSES TO IN2 DIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

3 Section 306(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Americans With Dis4 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12186(a)(2)(B)(iii)) is

5 amended—

6 (1) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘7 years after

7 the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘3 years after the date of issuance of final regula9 tions under subparagraph (B)(ii)’’; and

10 (2) in subclause (II) by striking ‘‘6 years after

11 such date of enactment’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years

12 after the date of issuance of such regulations’’.

13 SEC. 312. ALASKA RAILROAD.

14 Section 5337(a)(3)(B) of title 49, United States

15 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The

16 Alaska Railroad is eligible for assistance under this sub17 paragraph with respect to improvements to its passenger

18 operations.’’.

19 SEC. 313. ALCOHOL AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

20 TESTING.

21 (a) MASS TRANSIT TESTING.—Section

22 5331(b)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended

23 to read as follows:

24 ‘‘(b) TESTING PROGRAM FOR MASS TRANSPOR25 TATION EMPLOYEES.—(1)(A) In the interest of mass

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1 tions that establish a program requiring mass transpor2 tation operations that receive financial assistance under

3 section 5307, 5309, or 5311 of this title or section

4 103(e)(4) of title 23 to conduct preemployment, reason5 able suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of mass

6 transportation employees responsible for safety-sensitive

7 functions (as decided by the Secretary) for the use of a

8 controlled substance in violation of law or a United States

9 Government regulation and to conduct reasonable sus10 picion, random, and post-accident testing of such employ11 ees for the use of alcohol in violation of law or a United

12 States Government regulation. The regulations shall per13 mit such operations to conduct preemployment testing of

14 such employees for the use of alcohol.’’.

15 (b) RAILROAD TESTING.—Section 20140(b)(1)(A) of

16 title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as fol17 lows:

18 ‘‘(A) a railroad carrier to conduct

19 preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, and

20 post-accident testing of all railroad employees re21 sponsible for safety-sensitive functions (as decided

22 by the Secretary) for the use of a controlled sub23 stance in violation of law or a United States Govern24 ment regulation; and to conduct reasonable sus25 picion, random, and post-accident testing of such
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1 employees for the use of alcohol in violation of law

2 or a United States Government regulation. The reg3 ulations shall permit such railroad carriers to con4 duct preemployment testing of such employees for

5 the use of alcohol; and’’.

6 (c) MOTOR CARRIER TESTING.—Section

7 31306(b)(1)(A) of such title is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(b) TESTING PROGRAM FOR OPERATORS OF COM9 MERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.—(1)(A) In the interest of

10 commercial motor vehicle safety, the Secretary of Trans11 portation shall prescribe regulations that establish a pro12 gram requiring motor carriers to conduct preemployment,

13 reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of

14 operators of commercial motor vehicles for the use of con15 trolled substance in violation of law or a United States

16 Government regulation and to conduct reasonable sus17 picion, random, and post-accident testing of such opera18 tors for the use of alcohol in violation of law or a United

19 States Government regulation. The regulations shall per20 mit such motor carriers to conduct preemployment testing

21 of such employees for the use of alcohol.’’.

22 (d) AVIATION TESTING.—

23 (1) PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF AIR CAR24 RIERS AND FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS.—Section
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1 45102(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is

2 amended to read as follows:

3 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF AIR CARRIERS

4 AND FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS.—(1) In the interest of avia5 tion safety, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad6 ministration shall prescribe regulations that establish a

7 program requiring air carriers and foreign air carriers to

8 conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random,

9 and post-accident testing of airmen, crewmembers, airport

10 security screening contract personnel, and other air carrier

11 employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions (as de12 cided by the Administrator) for the use of a controlled

13 substance in violation of law or a United States Govern14 ment regulation; and to conduct reasonable suspicion, ran15 dom, and post-accident testing of airmen, crewmembers,

16 airport security screening contract personnel, and other

17 air carrier employees responsible for safety-sensitive func18 tions (as decided by the Administrator) for the use of alco19 hol in violation of law or a United States Government reg20 ulation. The regulations shall permit air carriers and for21 eign air carriers to conduct preemployment testing of air22 men, crewmembers, airport security screening contract

23 personnel, and other air carrier employees responsible for

24 safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the Adminis25 trator) for the use of alcohol.’’.
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1 (2) PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE FED2 ERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.—Section

3 45102(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is

4 amended to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL

6 AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.—(1) The Administrator

7 shall establish a program of preemployment, reasonable

8 suspicion, random, and post-accident testing for the use

9 of a controlled substance in violation of law or a United

10 States Government regulation for employees of the Admin11 istration whose duties include responsibility for safety-sen12 sitive functions and shall establish a program of reason13 able suspicion, random and post-accident testing for the

14 use of alcohol in violation of law or a United States Gov15 ernment regulation for such employees. The Administrator

16 may establish a program of preemployment testing for the

17 use of alcohol for such employees.’’.

18 SEC. 314. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTER19 MEASURES.

20 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 410(d)(1)(E)

21 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking

22 ‘‘the date of enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘De23 cember 18, 1991’’.

24 (b) BASIC GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—Section 410(d) of

25 such title is further amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (3)—

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and

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

4 ‘‘(B) A State shall be treated as having met the

5 requirement of this paragraph if—

6 ‘‘(i) the State provides to the Secretary a

7 written certification that the highest court of

8 the State has issued a decision indicating that

9 implementation of subparagraph (A) would con10 stitute a violation of the constitution of the

11 State; and

12 ‘‘(ii) the State demonstrates to the satis13 faction of the Secretary—

14 ‘‘(I) that the alcohol fatal crash in15 volvement rate in the State has decreased

16 in each of the 3 most recent calendar years

17 for which statistics for determining such

18 rate are available; and

19 ‘‘(II) that the alcohol fatal crash in20 volvement rate in the State has been lower

21 than the average such rate for all States in

22 each of such calendar years.’’; and

23 (2) by adding at the end the following:

24 ‘‘(7) Any person under age 21 with a blood al25 cohol concentration of 0.02 percent or greater when
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1 driving a motor vehicle shall be deemed to be driving

2 while intoxicated.’’.

3 (c) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.—Section 410(f) of

4 such title is amended by striking paragraph (1) and redes5 ignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (1)

6 through (6), respectively.

7 SEC. 315. SAFETY RESEARCH INITIATIVES.

8 (a) OLDER DRIVERS AND OTHER SPECIAL USER

9 GROUPS.—

10 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a

11 study of technologies and practices to improve the

12 driving performance of older drivers and other spe13 cial user groups.

14 (2) DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITIES.—In conduct15 ing the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary

16 shall undertake demonstration activities which incor17 porate and build upon gerontology research related

18 to the study of the normal aging process. The Sec19 retary shall initially implement such activities in

20 those States which have the highest population of

21 aging citizens for whom driving a motor vehicle is

22 their primary mobility mode.

23 (3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary

24 shall carry out the study under paragraph (1) by en25 tering into a cooperative agreement with an institu-
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1 tion that has demonstrated competencies in geronto2 logical research, population demographics, human

3 factors related to transportation, and advanced tech4 nology applied to transportation.

5 (b) WORK ZONE SAFETY.—In carrying out the work

6 zone safety program established pursuant to section 1051

7 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

8 of 1991 (105 Stat. 2001), the Secretary shall utilize a va9 riety of methods to increase safety at highway construc10 tion sites, including each of the following:

11 (1) Conferences to explore new techniques and

12 stimulate dialogue for improving work zone safety.

13 (2) Creation of a national clearinghouse to as14 semble and disseminate, by electronic and other

15 means, information relating to the improvement of

16 work zone safety.

17 (3) A national promotional campaign in co18 operation with the States to provide timely, site-spe19 cific information to motorists when construction

20 workers are actually present.

21 (c) RADIO AND MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY FOR

22 MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY WARNING SYSTEM.—

23 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a

24 study to develop and evaluate radio and microwave

25 technology for a motor vehicle safety warning system
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1 in furtherance of safety in all types of motor vehi2 cles.

3 (2) EQUIPMENT.—Equipment developed under

4 the study to be conducted under subsection (a) shall

5 be directed toward, but not limited to, advance

6 warning to operators of all types of motor vehicles

7 of—

8 (A) temporary obstructions in a highway;

9 (B) poor visibility and highway surface

10 conditions caused by adverse weather; and

11 (C) movement of emergency vehicles.

12 (3) SAFETY APPLICATIONS.—In conducting the

13 study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall de14 termine whether the technology described in this sec15 tion has other appropriate safety applications.

16 SEC. 316. PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLES EXEMPTION.

17 Section 1023(h)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Trans18 portation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note) is

19 amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘2-year’’ the first place it ap21 pears and all that follows through ‘‘Act,’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘period beginning on October 6, 1992, and end23 ing on the date on which Federal-aid highway and

24 transit programs are reauthorized after the date of
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1 the enactment of the National Highway System Des2 ignation Act of 1995,’’; and

3 (2) by striking the second sentence.

4 SEC. 317. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IM5 PROVEMENT PROGRAM.

6 (a) AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDS.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section

8 149(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amend9 ed—

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘for areas in the State

11 that were designated as nonattainment areas

12 under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42

13 U.S.C. 7407(d))’’ after ‘‘program’’ the first

14 place it appears; and

15 (B) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘con16 tribute’’ and all that follows through ‘‘; or’’ and

17 inserting the following: ‘‘contribute to—

18 ‘‘(i) the attainment of a national ambient

19 air quality standard; or

20 ‘‘(ii) the maintenance of a national ambi21 ent air quality standard in an area that was

22 designated as a nonattainment area but that

23 was later redesignated by the Administrator of

24 the Environmental Protection Agency as an at-
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1 tainment area under section 107(d) of the

2 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)); or’’.

3 (2) APPORTIONMENT.—Section 104(b)(2) of

4 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

5 (A) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘is

6 a nonattainment area (as defined in the Clean

7 Air Act) for ozone’’ and inserting ‘‘was a non8 attainment area (as defined in section 171(2) of

9 the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501(2))) for

10 ozone during any part of fiscal year 1994’’; and

11 (B) in the third sentence—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘is also’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘was also’’; and

14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘during any part of

15 fiscal year 1994’’ after ‘‘monoxide’’.

16 (b) EFFECT OF LIMITATION ON APPORTIONMENT.—

17 Notwithstanding any other law, for each of fiscal years

18 1996 and 1997, any limitation under this section or an

19 amendment made by this section on an apportionment

20 otherwise authorized under section 1003(a)(4) of the

21 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

22 (105 Stat. 1919) shall not affect any hold harmless appor23 tionment adjustment under section 1015(a) of such Act

24 (105 Stat. 1943).
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1 SEC. 318. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

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

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

4 end the following:

5 ‘‘(e) LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.—

6 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es7 tablish a program to require States to conduct an

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

9 National Highway System with an estimated total

10 cost of $25,000,000 or more.

11 ‘‘(2) ANALYSIS OF LIFE-CYCLE COSTS DE12 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘analysis of

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

14 total economic worth of one or more projects by ana15 lyzing both initial costs as well as discounted future

16 costs, such as maintenance, reconstruction, rehabili17 tation, restoring, and resurfacing costs, over the life

18 of the project or projects.’’.

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

20 is amended by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(f) VALUE ENGINEERING FOR NHS.—

22 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall es23 tablish a program to require States to carry out a

24 value engineering analysis for all projects on the Na25 tional Highway System with an estimated total cost

26 of $25,000,000 or more.
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1 ‘‘(2) VALUE ENGINEERING DEFINED.—For pur2 poses of this subsection, the term ‘value engineering

3 analysis’ means a systematic process of review and

4 analysis of a project or activity during its design

5 phase by a multidisciplined team of persons not

6 originally involved in the project or activity in order

7 to provide suggestions for reducing the total cost of

8 the project or activity and providing a project or ac9 tivity of equal or better quality. Such suggestions

10 may include a combination or elimination of ineffi11 cient or expensive parts of the original proposed de12 sign for the project or activity and total redesign of

13 the proposed project or activity using different tech14 nologies, materials, or methods so as to accomplish

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

16 SEC. 319. APPLICABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION CONFORM17 ITY REQUIREMENTS.

18 (a) HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.—Section 109(j) of

19 title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘plan

20 for the implementation of any ambient air quality stand21 ard for any air quality control region designated pursuant

22 to the Clean Air Act, as amended.’’ and inserting the fol23 lowing: ‘‘plan for—

24 ‘‘(1) the implementation of a national ambient

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1 as a nonattainment area under section 107(d) of the

2 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)); or

3 ‘‘(2) the maintenance of a national ambient air

4 quality standard in an area that was designated as

5 a nonattainment area but that was later redesig6 nated by the Administrator as an attainment area

7 for the standard and that is required to develop a

8 maintenance plan under section 175A of the Clean

9 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7505a).’’.

10 (b) CLEAN AIR ACT REQUIREMENTS.—Section

11 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) is amend12 ed by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall

14 apply only with respect to—

15 ‘‘(A) a nonattainment area and each spe16 cific pollutant for which the area is designated

17 as a nonattainment area; and

18 ‘‘(B) an area that was designated as a

19 nonattainment area but that was later redesig20 nated by the Administrator as an attainment

21 area and that is required to develop a mainte22 nance plan under section 175A with respect to

23 the specific pollutant for which the area was

24 designated nonattainment.’’.
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1 SEC. 320. QUALITY THROUGH COMPETITION.

2 (a) CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

3 SERVICES.—Section 112(b)(2) of title 23, United States

4 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

5 subparagraphs:

6 ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE AND AUDITS.—Any

7 contract or subcontract awarded in accordance

8 with subparagraph (A), whether funded in

9 whole or in part with Federal-aid highway

10 funds, shall be performed and audited in com11 pliance with cost principles contained in the

12 Federal acquisition regulations of part 31 of

13 title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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

15 performing its own audits, a recipient of funds

16 under a contract or subcontract awarded in ac17 cordance with subparagraph (A) shall accept in18 direct cost rates established in accordance with

19 the Federal acquisition regulations for 1-year

20 applicable accounting periods by a cognizant

21 Federal or State government agency, if such

22 rates are not currently under dispute. Once a

23 firm’s indirect cost rates are accepted, the re24 cipient of such funds shall apply such rates for

25 the purposes of contract estimation, negotia26 tion, administration, reporting, and contract
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1 payment and shall not be limited by administra2 tive or de facto ceilings of any kind. A recipient

3 of such funds requesting or using the cost and

4 rate data described in this subparagraph shall

5 notify any affected firm before such request or

6 use. Such data shall be confidential and shall

7 not be accessible or provided, in whole or in

8 part, to another firm or to any government

9 agency which is not part of the group of agen10 cies sharing cost data under this subparagraph,

11 except by written permission of the audited

12 firm. If prohibited by law, such cost and rate

13 data shall not be disclosed under any cir14 cumstances.

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

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

17 of the enactment of this subparagraph with re18 spect to all States; except that if a State, dur19 ing such 2-year period, adopts by statute an al20 ternative process intended to promote engineer21 ing and design quality and ensure maximum

22 competition by professional companies of all

23 sizes providing engineering and design services,

24 such subparagraphs shall not apply with respect

25 to such State.’’.
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1 (b) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 1092 of

2 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

3 1991 (23 U.S.C. 112 note; 105 Stat. 2024) is repealed.

4 SEC. 321. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN VEHICLE WEIGHT

5 LIMITATIONS IN WISCONSIN.

6 Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is

7 amended by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(f) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAULING

9 VEHICLES ON CERTAIN WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS.—If the

10 104-mile portion of Wisconsin State Route 78 and United

11 States Route 51 between Interstate Route 94 near Por12 tage, Wisconsin, and Wisconsin State Route 29 south of

13 Wausau, Wisconsin, is designated as part of the Interstate

14 System under section 139(a), the single axle weight, tan15 dem axle weight, gross vehicle weight, and bridge formula

16 limits set forth in subsection (a) shall not apply to the

17 104-mile portion with respect to the operation of any vehi18 cle that could legally operate on the 104-mile portion be19 fore the date of enactment of this subsection.’’.

20 SEC. 322. TREATMENT OF CENTENNIAL BRIDGE, ROCK IS21 LAND, ILLINOIS, AGREEMENT.

22 For purposes of section 129(a)(6) of title 23, United

23 States Code, the agreement concerning the Centennial

24 Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, entered into under the Act

25 entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the city of Rock Island, Illi-
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1 nois, or its assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate

2 a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Rock

3 Island, Illinois, and to a place at or near the city of Dav4 enport, Iowa’’, approved March 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 110,

5 chapter 48), shall be treated as if the agreement had been

6 entered into under section 129 of title 23, United States

7 Code, as in effect on December 17, 1991, and may be

8 modified in accordance with section 129(a)(6) of the title.

9 SEC. 323. METRIC REQUIREMENTS AND SIGNS.

10 (a) PLACEMENT OF SIGNS.—Before September 30,

11 1997, the Secretary may not require the States to expend

12 any Federal or State funds to construct, erect, or other13 wise place any sign relating to any speed limit, distance,

14 or other measurement on any highway for the purpose of

15 having such sign establish such speed limit, distance, or

16 other measurement using the metric system.

17 (b) MODIFICATION OF SIGNS.—Before September 30,

18 1997, the Secretary may not require the States to expend

19 any Federal or State funds to modify any sign relating

20 to any speed limit, any distance, or other measurement

21 on any highway for the purpose of having such sign estab22 lish such speed limit, distance, or measurement using the

23 metric system.

24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi25 nitions apply:
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1 (1) HIGHWAY.—The term ‘‘highway’’ has the

2 meaning such term has under section 101 of title

3 23, United States Code.

4 (2) METRIC SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘metric sys5 tem’’ has the meaning the term ‘‘metric system of

6 measurement’’ has under section 4 of the Metric

7 Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205c).

8 SEC. 324. ISTEA TECHNICAL CLARIFICATION.

9 Section 131(s) of title 23, United States Code, is

10 amended by striking the period at the end of the first sen11 tence and inserting the following: ‘‘; except that nothing

12 in this subsection or section 1047 of the Intermodal Sur13 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 shall restrict,

14 or otherwise be applied by the Secretary to affect, the au15 thority of a State under subsection (d) of this section with

16 respect to commercial or industrial areas or the authority

17 of a State under subsection (k) of this section to establish

18 standards imposing stricter limitations than those estab19 lished in this subsection.’’.

20 SEC. 325. METROPOLITAN PLANNING FOR HIGHWAY

21 PROJECTS.

22 Section 134(f) of title 23, United States Code, is

23 amended by adding at the end the following:

24 ‘‘(16) Recreational travel and tourism.’’.
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1 SEC. 326. NON-FEDERAL SHARE FOR CERTAIN TOLL

2 BRIDGE PROJECTS.

3 Section 144(l) of title 23, United States Code, is

4 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Any non5 Federal funds expended for the seismic retrofit of the

6 bridge may be credited toward the non-Federal share re7 quired as a condition of receipt of any Federal funds for

8 seismic retrofit of the bridge made available after the date

9 of the expenditure.’’.

10 SEC. 327. DISCOVERY AND ADMISSION AS EVIDENCE OF

11 CERTAIN REPORTS AND SURVEYS.

12 Section 409 of title 23, United States Code, is

13 amended by inserting ‘‘or collected’’ after ‘‘compiled’’.

14 SEC. 328. NATIONAL RECREATIONAL TRAILS.

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

16 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

17 (33 U.S.C. 1261(c)) is amended—

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

19 inserting ‘‘part’’;

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

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

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

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

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

25 the date that is 5 years after the date of the enact26 ment of this part, a State shall be eligible to receive
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1 moneys under this part in a fiscal year only if the

2 State agrees to expend from non-Federal sources for

3 carrying out projects under this part an amount

4 equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the

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

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

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

8 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara9 graph (C);

10 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub11 paragraph (E); and

12 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol13 lowing:

14 ‘‘(D) contracting for services with other

15 land management agencies; and’’.

16 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.—

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

18 (33 U.S.C. 1261(e)) is amended—

19 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6),

20 (7), and (8) as paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and

21 (9), respectively; and

22 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(5) ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.—
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1 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—To the extent prac2 ticable and consistent with other requirements

3 of this section, in complying with paragraph

4 (4), a State shall give priority to project propos5 als which provide for the redesign, reconstruc6 tion, nonroutine maintenance, or relocation of

7 trails in order to mitigate and minimize the im8 pact to the natural environment.

9 ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE.—The State shall re10 ceive guidance for determining compliance with

11 subparagraph (A) from the recreational trail

12 advisory board satisfying the requirements of

13 subsection (c)(2)(A).’’.

14 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

15 1302(e)(4) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1261(e)(4)) is

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

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

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

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

20 (1) by striking ‘‘(7) SMALL STATE EXCLU21 SION.—’’ and inserting the following:

22 ‘‘(7) EXCLUSIONS.—

23 ‘‘(A) SMALL STATE.—’’;

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

25 designated by paragraph (1), 2 ems to the right; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘(B) BEST INTEREST OF A STATE.—Any

3 State which determines based on trail needs

4 identified in its State Comprehensive Outdoor

5 Recreation Plan that it is in the best interest

6 of the State to be exempt from the require7 ments of paragraph (4) may apply to the Sec8 retary for such an exemption. Before approving

9 or disapproving an application for such an ex10 emption, the Secretary shall publish in the Fed11 eral Register notice of receipt of the application

12 and provide an opportunity for public comment

13 on the application.’’.

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

15 1302(e)(9) of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (c),

16 is amended—

17 (1) by inserting ‘‘the State’’ before ‘‘may be ex18 empted’’; and

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

20 and all that follows before the period.

21 (f) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 1303(b) of such

22 Act (16 U.S.C. 1262(b)) is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘11 members’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘12 members’’;
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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and

2 (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow4 ing:

5 ‘‘(2) 1 member appointed by the Secretary rep6 resenting individuals with disabilities;’’.

7 SEC. 329. IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal

9 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

10 2032) is amended—

11 (1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the

12 following:

13 ‘‘(5)(A) I–73/74 North-South Corridor from

14 Charleston, South Carolina, through Winston-Salem,

15 North Carolina, to Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cincinnati,

16 Ohio, to termini at Detroit, Michigan and Sault Ste.

17 Marie, Michigan.

18 ‘‘(B)(i) In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the

19 Corridor shall generally follow—

20 ‘‘(I) United States Route 220 from the

21 Virginia-North Carolina border to I–581 south

22 of Roanoke;

23 ‘‘(II) I–581 to I–81 in the vicinity of Roa24 noke;
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1 ‘‘(III) I–81 to the proposed highway to

2 demonstrate intelligent transportation systems

3 authorized by item 29 of the table in section

4 1107(b) in the vicinity of Christiansburg to

5 United States Route 460 in the vicinity of

6 Blacksburg; and

7 ‘‘(IV) United States Route 460 to the

8 West Virginia State line.

9 ‘‘(ii) In the States of West Virginia, Kentucky,

10 and Ohio, the Corridor shall generally follow—

11 ‘‘(I) United States Route 460 from the

12 West Virginia State line to United States Route

13 52 at Bluefield, West Virginia; and

14 ‘‘(II) United States Route 52 to United

15 States Route 23 at Portsmouth, Ohio.

16 ‘‘(iii) In the States of North Carolina and

17 South Carolina, the Corridor shall generally follow—

18 ‘‘(I) in the case of I–73—

19 ‘‘(aa) United States Route 220 from

20 the Virginia State line to State Route 68

21 in the vicinity of Greensboro;

22 ‘‘(bb) State Route 68 to I–40;

23 ‘‘(cc) I–40 to United States Route

24 220 in Greensboro;
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1 ‘‘(dd) United States Route 220 to

2 United States Route 1 near Rockingham;

3 ‘‘(ee) United States Route 1 to the

4 South Carolina State line; and

5 ‘‘(ff) South Carolina State line to

6 Charleston, South Carolina; and

7 ‘‘(II) in the case of I–74—

8 ‘‘(aa) I–77 from Bluefield, West Vir9 ginia, to the junction of I–77 and the

10 United States Route 52 connector in Surry

11 County, North Carolina;

12 ‘‘(bb) the I–77/United States Route

13 52 connector to United States Route 52

14 south of Mount Airy, North Carolina;

15 ‘‘(cc) United States Route 52 to Unit16 ed States Route 311 in Winston-Salem,

17 North Carolina;

18 ‘‘(dd) United States Route 311 to

19 United States Route 220 in the vicinity of

20 Randleman, North Carolina.

21 ‘‘(ee) United States Route 220 to

22 United States Route 74 near Rockingham;

23 ‘‘(ff) United States Route 74 to Unit24 ed States Route 76 near Whiteville;
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1 ‘‘(gg) United States Route 74/76 to

2 the South Carolina State line in Brunswick

3 County; and

4 ‘‘(hh) South Carolina State line to

5 Charleston, South Carolina.’’;

6 (2) in paragraph (18)—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’;

8 (B) by inserting ‘‘Arkansas,’’ after ‘‘Ten9 nessee,’’; and

10 (C) by inserting before the period at the

11 end the following: ‘‘, and to the Lower Rio

12 Grande Valley at the border between the United

13 States and Mexico’’; and

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

15 ‘‘(22) The Alameda Transportation Corridor

16 along Alameda Street from the entrance to the ports

17 of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Interstate 10,

18 Los Angeles, California.

19 ‘‘(23) The Interstate Route 35 Corridor from

20 Laredo, Texas, through Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

21 to Wichita, Kansas, to Kansas City, Kansas/Mis22 souri, to Des Moines, Iowa, to Minneapolis, Min23 nesota, to Duluth, Minnesota.

24 ‘‘(24) The Dalton Highway from Deadhorse,

25 Alaska to Fairbanks, Alaska.’’.
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1 (b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ROUTE SEGMENTS ON

2 INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section 1105(e) of such Act (105

3 Stat. 2033) is amended by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(5) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ROUTE SEGMENTS

5 ON INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Where not a part of the

6 Interstate System, the routes referred to in clauses

7 (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (c)(5)(B) (other than

8 the portion located in the State of West Virginia),

9 in subsection (c)(9), and in subsections (c)(18) and

10 (c)(20) are hereby designated future parts of the

11 Interstate System. Any segment of such routes shall

12 become a part of the Interstate System at such time

13 as the Secretary determines that the segment—

14 ‘‘(A) meets the Interstate System design

15 standards approved by the Secretary under sec16 tion 109(b) of title 23, United States Code; and

17 ‘‘(B) connects to an existing Interstate

18 System segment and functions as a safe and us19 able segment.’’.

20 SEC. 330. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

21 (a) EVACUATION ROUTES FOR LOUISIANA COASTAL

22 AREAS.—Section 1105(e)(2) of the Intermodal Surface

23 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2033)

24 is amended by adding at the end the following new sen25 tence: ‘‘A feasibility study may be conducted under this
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1 subsection to identify routes that will expedite future

2 emergency evacuations of coastal areas of Louisiana.’’.

3 (b) EAST-WEST TRANSAMERICA CORRIDOR.—With

4 amounts available to the Secretary under section 1105(h)

5 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

6 of 1991, the Secretary in cooperation with the States of

7 Virginia and West Virginia shall conduct a study to deter8 mine the feasibility of establishing a route for the East9 West Transamerica Corridor (designated pursuant to sec10 tion 1105(c)(3) of such Act) from Beckley, West Virginia,

11 utilizing a corridor entering Virginia near the city of Cov12 ington then moving south from the Allegheny Highlands

13 to serve Roanoke and continuing east to Lynchburg. From

14 there such route would continue across Virginia to the

15 Hampton Roads-Norfolk area.

16 SEC. 331. HIGH COST BRIDGE PROJECTS.

17 The table contained in section 1103(b) of the Inter18 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

19 (105 Stat. 2027–2028) is amended—

20 (1) in item number 5, relating to Gloucester

21 Point, Virginia, by inserting after ‘‘York River’’ the

22 following: ‘‘and for repair, strengthening, and reha23 bilitation of the existing bridge’’; and
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1 (2) in item number 10, relating to Shakopee,

2 Minnesota, by inserting ‘‘project, including the by3 pass of’’ after ‘‘replacement’’.

4 SEC. 332. CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECTS.

5 The table contained in section 1104(b) of the Inter6 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

7 (105 Stat. 2029–2031) is amended—

8 (1) in item number 1, relating to Long Beach,

9 California, by striking ‘‘HOV Lanes on’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘Downtown Long Beach access ramps into the

11 southern terminus of’’;

12 (2) in item number 10, relating to San Diego,

13 California, by striking ‘‘1 block of Cut and Cover

14 Tunnel on Rt. 15’’ and inserting ‘‘bridge decking on

15 Route 15’’;

16 (3) in item number 23, relating to Tucson, Ari17 zona, by inserting ‘‘, of which a total of $3,609,620

18 shall be available for the project authorized by item

19 number 74 of the table contained in section

20 1106(b)’’ after ‘‘in Tuscon, Arizona’’; and

21 (4) in item number 43, relating to West Vir22 ginia, by striking ‘‘Coal Fields’’ and inserting ‘‘Coal23 fields’’.
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1 SEC. 333. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGH2 WAY SYSTEM.

3 Section 1105(c)(3) of the Intermodal Surface Trans4 portation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is

5 amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol6 lowing: ‘‘commencing on the Atlantic Coast in the Hamp7 ton Roads-Norfolk area going westward across Virginia to

8 a West Virginia corridor centered around Beckley to

9 Welch as part of the Coalfields Expressway described in

10 section 1069(v), then to Williamson sharing a common

11 corridor with the I–73/74 Corridor (referred to in item 12

12 of the table contained in subsection (f)), then to a Ken13 tucky Corridor centered on the cities of Pikeville, Jenkins,

14 Hazard, London, Somerset, Columbia, Bowling Green,

15 Hopkinsville, Benton, and Paducah, into Illinois, and into

16 Missouri and exiting Western Missouri and entering the

17 southeast corner of Colorado. From there, entering New

18 Mexico in the mid-northerly region to go on westerly along

19 the northern sections of both New Mexico and Arizona

20 continuing through Utah and then southern Nevada,

21 through the mid to southern California area to connect

22 with the Pacific Coast.’’.

23 SEC. 334. 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 up to

4 $11,000,000 for’’; and

5 (2) in item number 26, relating to Indiana,

6 Kentucky, Tennessee, by striking ‘‘Newberry’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘Evansville’’.

8 SEC. 335. RURAL ACCESS PROJECTS.

9 The table contained in section 1106(a)(2) of the

10 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

11 (105 Stat. 2037–2042) is amended—

12 (1) in item number 34, relating to Illinois, by

13 striking ‘‘Resurfacing’’ and all that follows through

14 ‘‘Omaha’’ and inserting ‘‘Bel-Air Road improvement

15 from south of Carmi to State Route 141 in south16 eastern White County’’;

17 (2) in item number 52, relating to Bedford

18 Springs, Pennsylvania, by striking ‘‘and Hunting19 ton’’ and inserting ‘‘Franklin, and Huntingdon’’;

20 (3) in item number 61, relating to Lubbock,

21 Texas, by striking ‘‘with Interstate 20’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘with Interstate 10 through Interstate 20 and

23 Interstate 27 north of Amarillo to the Texas/Okla24 homa border’’;
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1 (4) in item number 71, relating to Chautauqua

2 County, New York, by inserting ‘‘and other improve3 ments’’ after ‘‘expressway lanes’’;

4 (5) in item number 75, relating to Pennsylva5 nia, by striking ‘‘Widen’’ and all that follows

6 through ‘‘lanes’’ and inserting ‘‘Road improvements

7 on a 14-mile segment of U.S. Route 15 in Lycoming

8 County, Pennsylvania’’;

9 (6) in item number 93, relating to New Mexico,

10 by striking ‘‘Raton-Clayton Rd., Clayton, New Mex11 ico’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Rt. 64/87 from Raton, New

12 Mexico, through Clayton to the Texas-New Mexico

13 State line’’; and

14 (7) in item number 111, relating to Parker

15 County, Texas (SH199)—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘Parker County’’ and in17 serting ‘‘Parker and Tarrant Counties’’; and

18 (B) by striking ‘‘to four-’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘in Tarrant County, to freeway standards and

20 in Parker County to a 4-’’.

21 SEC. 336. URBAN ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROJECTS.

22 The table contained in section 1106(b)(2) of the

23 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

24 (105 Stat. 2043–2047) is amended—
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1 (1) in item number 13, relating to Joliet, Illi2 nois, by striking ‘‘and construction and interchange

3 at Houbolt Road and I–80’’;

4 (2) in item number 36, relating to Compton,

5 California, by striking ‘‘For a grade’’ and all that

6 follows through ‘‘Corridor’’ and inserting ‘‘For grade

7 separations and other improvements in the city of

8 Compton, California’’; and

9 (3) in item number 52, relating to Chicago, Illi10 nois, by striking ‘‘Right-of-way’’ and all that follows

11 through ‘‘Connector)’’ and inserting ‘‘Reconstruct

12 the Michigan Avenue viaduct.’’.

13 SEC. 337. INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.

14 The table contained in section 1107(b) of the Inter15 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

16 (105 Stat. 2048–2059) is amended—

17 (1) in item 19, relating to Water Street, Penn18 sylvania—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘Water Street,’’; and

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or other projects in the

21 counties of Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin,

22 and Huntingdon as selected by the State of

23 Pennsylvania’’ after ‘‘Pennsylvania’’ the second

24 place it appears;
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1 (2) in item 20, relating to Holidaysburg, Penn2 sylvania—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘Holidaysburg,’’ the first

4 place it appears; and

5 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or other projects in the

6 counties of Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin,

7 and Huntingdon as selected by the State of

8 Pennsylvania’’ after ‘‘Pennsylvania’’ the second

9 place it appears;

10 (3) in item number 24, relating to Pennsylva11 nia, by inserting after ‘‘line’’ the following: ‘‘and for

12 the purchase, rehabilitation, and improvement of any

13 similar existing facility within a 150-mile radius of

14 such project, as selected by the State of Pennsylva15 nia’’;

16 (4) in item number 29, relating to Blacksburg,

17 Virginia, by inserting ‘‘methods of facilitating public

18 and private participation in’’ after ‘‘demonstrate’’;

19 (5) in item number 35, relating to Alabama, by

20 striking ‘‘to bypass’’ and all that follows through ‘‘I–

21 85’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on U.S. Route 80 west

22 of Montgomery, Alabama, and connecting to I–65

23 south of Montgomery and I–85 east of Montgom24 ery’’;
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1 (6) in item number 52, relating to Pennsylva2 nia, by striking ‘‘2’’ and all that follows through

3 ‘‘Pennsylvania’’ and inserting ‘‘or rehabilitate (or

4 both) highway and transportation infrastructure

5 projects within 30 miles of I–81 or I–80 in north6 eastern Pennsylvania’’;

7 (7) in item number 61, relating to Mojave, Cali8 fornia, by striking ‘‘Mojave’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘Victorville’’ and by inserting ‘‘Mojave’’ after ‘‘re10 construct’’;

11 (8) in item number 76, relating to Tennessee by

12 inserting ‘‘Improved access to’’ before ‘‘I–81’’ and

13 striking ‘‘Interchange’’ and inserting after ‘‘Ten14 nessee’’ the following: ‘‘via improvements at I–181/

15 Eastern Star Road and I–81/Kendrick Creek Road’’;

16 (9) in item number 100, relating to Arkansas,

17 by striking ‘‘Thornton’’ and inserting ‘‘Little Rock’’;

18 (10) in item number 113, relating to Durham

19 County, North Carolina, by inserting after ‘‘Route

20 147’’ the following: ‘‘, including the interchange at

21 I–85’’;

22 (11) in item number 114, relating to Corpus

23 Christi to Angleton, Texas, by striking ‘‘Construct

24 new multi-lane freeway’’ and inserting ‘‘Construct a

25 4-lane divided highway’’;
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1 (12) in item number 193, relating to Corning,

2 New York, by inserting ‘‘and other improvements’’

3 after ‘‘expressway lanes’’; and

4 (13) in item 196, relating to Orlando, Flor5 ida—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘Orlando,’’; and

7 (B) by striking ‘‘Land’’ and all that fol8 lows through ‘‘project’’ and inserting ‘‘One or

9 more regionally significant, intercity ground

10 transportation projects’’.

11 SEC. 338. INTERMODAL PROJECTS.

12 Item number 51 of the table contained in section

13 1108(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi14 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2060–2063; relating to

15 Long Beach, California) is amended by inserting ‘‘(includ16 ing a grade separation project for the Los Alamitos traffic

17 circle at Lakewood Boulevard and Pacific Coast High18 way)’’ after ‘‘Access’’.

19 SEC. 339. MISCELLANEOUS REVISIONS TO SURFACE TRANS20 PORTATION AND UNIFORM RELOCATION AS21 SISTANCE ACT OF 1987.

22 (a) CALIFORNIA.—Section 149(a)(69) of the Surface

23 Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of

24 1987 (101 Stat. 191), relating to Burbank-Glendale-Pasa25 dena Airport, California, is amended—
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1 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘highway’’;

2 (2) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and con3 struction of terminal and parking facilities at such

4 airport’’; and

5 (3) by striking ‘‘by making’’ in the second sen6 tence and all that follows through the period at the

7 end of such sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘by

8 preparing a feasibility study and conducting prelimi9 nary engineering, design, and construction of a link

10 between such airport and the commuter rail system

11 that is being developed by the Los Angeles County

12 Metropolitan Transportation Authority.’’.

13 (b) LOUISIANA.—

14 (1) RURAL ACCESS PROJECT.—

15 (A) RESCISSION.—Effective October 1,

16 1995, the unobligated balances on September

17 30, 1995, of funds made available for section

18 149(a)(87) of the Surface Transportation and

19 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987

20 (101 Stat. 194; relating to West Calcasieu Par21 ish, Louisiana) are hereby rescinded.

22 (B) FUNDING.—Item number 17 of the

23 table contained in section 1106(a)(2) of the

24 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

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1 Charles, Louisiana, is amended by striking

2 ‘‘4.1’’ and inserting ‘‘8.8’’.

3 (2) I–10 EXIT RAMP AND OTHER PROJECTS.—

4 Section 149(a)(89) of the Surface Transportation

5 and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987

6 (101 Stat. 191) is amended—

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘AND LAKE CHARLES’’

8 after ‘‘LAFAYETTE’’ in the paragraph heading;

9 and

10 (B) by inserting before the period at the

11 end ‘‘and, of amounts made available to carry

12 out this paragraph, may use up to $456,022 to

13 carry out a comprehensive transportation and

14 land use plan for Lafayette, Louisiana,

15 $1,000,000 to carry out a project to construct

16 an exit ramp from the eastbound side of Inter17 state Route I–10 to Ryan Street in Lake

18 Charles, Louisiana, and $269,661 under this

19 paragraph for projects described in section

20 149(a)(90)’’.

21 (3) CONTRABAND BRIDGE.—Section 149(a)(90)

22 of such Act (101 Stat. 191) is amended—

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘AND LAKE CHARLES’’

24 after ‘‘LAFAYETTE’’ in the paragraph heading;

25 and
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘and a project to con2 struct the Contraband Bridge portion of the

3 Nelson Access Road Project’’ before the period

4 at the end.

5 (c) PENNSYLVANIA.—Section 149(a)(74) of the Sur6 face Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance

7 Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 192) is amended by inserting be8 fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘and other

9 projects in the counties of Bedford, Blair, Centre, Frank10 lin, and Huntingdon, Pennsylvania’’.

11 (d) MARYLAND.—Section 149(a)(92) of such Act

12 (101 Stat. 194) is amended—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘UNITED STATES ROUTE 48’’

14 AND INSERTING ‘‘WASHINGTON AND FREDERICK

15 COUNTIES’’; and

16 (2) by inserting ‘‘and to construct an inter17 change between Interstate Route I–70 and Inter18 state Route I–270 in Frederick County, Maryland’’

19 after ‘‘Mountain Road’’.

20 (e) SECTION 317.—Section 317(b) of such Act (49

21 U.S.C. App. 1608 note; 101 Stat. 233) is amended—

22 (1) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by inserting ‘‘or

23 cooperative agreement’’ after ‘‘contract’’ each place

24 it appears; and

25 (2) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(7) CONVERSION OF CONTRACTS.—The Sec2 retary may convert existing contracts entered into

3 under this subsection into cooperative agreements.’’.

4 SEC. 340. ELIGIBILITY.

5 (a) EXISTING PROJECT.—Section 108(b) of the Fed6 eral-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is

7 amended—

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

9 further’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘, and (2) the amount of such

11 costs shall not include the portion of the project be12 tween High Street and Causeway Street’’.

13 (b) OTHER EXISTING PROJECTS.—

14 (1) RECONSTRUCTION AND WIDENING.—The

15 project authorized by section 162 of the Surface

16 Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat.

17 2136) shall include reconstruction and widening to 6

18 lanes of existing Interstate Route 95 and of the

19 Pennsylvania Turnpike from United States Route 1

20 to the junction with the New Jersey Turnpike.

21 (2) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any

22 other provision of law, the Federal share payable on

23 account of the project referred to in paragraph (1),

24 including the additional through roadway and bridge
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1 travel lanes, shall be 90 percent of the cost of the

2 project.

3 (3) TOLLS.—Notwithstanding section 301 of

4 title 23, United States Code, the project for con5 struction of an interchange between the Pennsylva6 nia Turnpike and Interstate Route 95, including the

7 widening of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, shall be

8 treated as a reconstruction project described in sec9 tion 129(a)(1)(B) of such title and tolls may be con10 tinued on all traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike

11 between United States Route 1 and the New Jersey

12 Turnpike.

13 (c) TYPE II NOISE BARRIERS.—No funds made

14 available out of the Highway Trust Fund may be used

15 to construct Type II noise barriers (as defined by section

16 772.5(i) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations) pursu17 ant to sections 109 (h) and (i) of title 23, United States

18 Code if such barriers were not part of a project approved

19 by the Secretary before the date of the enactment of this

20 Act.

21 SEC. 341. ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TOLL ROADS.

22 The Secretary shall enter into an agreement modify23 ing the agreement entered into pursuant to section 339

24 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agen25 cies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–338) to
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1 conform such agreement to the provisions of section 336

2 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agen3 cies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–331).

4 Nothing in this section shall be construed to change the

5 amount of the previous appropriation in such section 339,

6 and the line of credit provided for shall not exceed an

7 amount supported by the previous appropriation. In imple8 menting such sections 336 and 339, the Secretary may

9 enter into an agreement requiring an interest rate that

10 is higher than the rate specified in such sections.

11 SEC. 342. MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES.

12 (a) PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY.—

13 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a

14 study on the adequacy of and the need for improve15 ments to the Pan American Highway.

16 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study to be conducted

17 under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum,

18 the following elements:

19 (A) Findings on the benefits of construct20 ing a highway at Darien Gap, Panama and Co21 lombia.

22 (B) Recommendations for a self-financing

23 arrangement for completion and maintenance of

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1 (C) Recommendations for establishing a

2 Pan American highway authority to monitor fi3 nancing, construction, maintenance, and oper4 ations of the Pan American Highway.

5 (D) Findings on the benefits to trade and

6 prosperity of a more efficient Pan American

7 Highway.

8 (E) Findings on the benefits to United

9 States industry through the use of United

10 States technology and equipment in construc11 tion of improvements to the Pan American

12 Highway.

13 (F) Findings on environmental consider14 ations, including environmental considerations

15 relating to the Darien Gap.

16 (3) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

18 shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of

19 the study conducted under this subsection.

20 (b) HIGHWAY SIGNS FOR NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYS21 TEM.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine

22 the cost, need, and efficacy of establishing a highway sign

23 for identifying routes on the National Highway System.

24 In conducting such study, the Secretary shall make a de-
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1 termination concerning whether to identify National High2 way System route numbers.

3 SEC. 343. COLLECTION OF BRIDGE TOLLS.

4 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, tolls col5 lected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the bor6 oughs of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New

7 York, shall continue to be collected for only those vehicles

8 exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.

9 SEC. 344. NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.

10 Section 30308(a) of title 49, United States Code, is

11 amended by striking ‘‘and $2,550,000 for fiscal year

12 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘and $2,550,000 for each of fiscal

13 years 1995 and 1996’’.

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