PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

SAFE, ACCOUNTABLE, FLEXIBLE, EFFICIENT

TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: A LEGACY

FOR USERS

119 STAT. 1144 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Public Law 109–59

109th Congress

An Act

To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit

programs, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for

Users’’ or ‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’.

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

is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. General definitions.

TITLE I—FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

Subtitle A—Authorization of Programs

Sec. 1101. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 1102. Obligation ceiling.

Sec. 1103. Apportionments.

Sec. 1104. Equity bonus program.

Sec. 1105. Revenue aligned budget authority.

Sec. 1106. Future Interstate System routes.

Sec. 1107. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 1108. Transfer of highway and transit funds.

Sec. 1109. Recreational trails.

Sec. 1110. Temporary traffic control devices.

Sec. 1111. Set-asides for Interstate discretionary projects.

Sec. 1112. Emergency relief.

Sec. 1113. Surface transportation program.

Sec. 1114. Highway bridge program.

Sec. 1115. Highway use tax evasion projects.

Sec. 1116. Appalachian development highway system.

Sec. 1117. Transportation, community, and system preservation program.

Sec. 1118. Territorial highway program.

Sec. 1119. Federal lands highways.

Sec. 1120. Puerto Rico highway program.

Sec. 1121. HOV facilities.

Sec. 1122. Definitions.

Subtitle B—Congestion Relief

Sec. 1201. Real-time system management information program.

Subtitle C—Mobility and Efficiency

Sec. 1301. Projects of national and regional significance.

Sec. 1302. National corridor infrastructure improvement program.

Sec. 1303. Coordinated border infrastructure program.

Sec. 1304. High priority corridors on the National Highway System.

Sec. 1305. Truck parking facilities.

Sec. 1306. Freight intermodal distribution pilot grant program.

Sec. 1307. Deployment of magnetic levitation transportation projects.

Safe,

Accountable,

Flexible, Efficient

Transportation

Equity Act: A

Legacy for Users.

Intergovernmental

relations.

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Sec. 1308. Delta region transportation development program.

Sec. 1309. Extension of public transit vehicle exemption from axle weight restrictions.

Sec. 1310. Interstate oasis program.

Subtitle D—Highway Safety

Sec. 1401. Highway safety improvement program.

Sec. 1402. Worker injury prevention and free flow of vehicular traffic.

Sec. 1403. Toll facilities workplace safety study.

Sec. 1404. Safe routes to school program.

Sec. 1405. Roadway safety improvements for older drivers and pedestrians.

Sec. 1406. Safety incentive grants for use of seat belts.

Sec. 1407. Safety incentives to prevent operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated

persons.

Sec. 1408. Improvement or replacement of highway features on National Highway

System.

Sec. 1409. Work zone safety grants.

Sec. 1410. National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse.

Sec. 1411. Roadway safety.

Sec. 1412. Idling reduction facilities in Interstate rights-of-way.

Subtitle E—Construction and Contract Efficiency

Sec. 1501. Program efficiencies.

Sec. 1502. Highways for LIFE pilot program.

Sec. 1503. Design build.

Subtitle F—Finance

Sec. 1601. Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act amendments.

Sec. 1602. State infrastructure banks.

Sec. 1603. Use of excess funds and funds for inactive projects.

Sec. 1604. Tolling.

Subtitle G—High Priority Projects

Sec. 1701. High Priority Projects program.

Sec. 1702. Project authorizations.

Sec. 1703. Technical amendments to transportation projects.

Subtitle H—Environment

Sec. 1801. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.

Sec. 1802. National Scenic Byways Program.

Sec. 1803. America’s Byways Resource Center.

Sec. 1804. National historic covered bridge preservation.

Sec. 1805. Use of debris from demolished bridges and overpasses.

Sec. 1806. Additional authorization of contract authority for States with Indian reservations.

Sec. 1807. Nonmotorized transportation pilot program.

Sec. 1808. Addition to CMAQ-eligible projects.

Subtitle I—Miscellaneous

Sec. 1901. Inclusion of requirements for signs identifying funding sources in title

23.

Sec. 1902. Donations and credits.

Sec. 1903. Inclusion of Buy America requirements in title 23.

Sec. 1904. Stewardship and oversight.

Sec. 1905. Transportation development credits.

Sec. 1906. Grant program to prohibit racial profiling.

Sec. 1907. Pavement marking systems demonstration projects.

Sec. 1908. Inclusion of certain route segments on Interstate System and NHS.

Sec. 1909. Future of surface transportation system.

Sec. 1910. Motorist information concerning full service restaurants.

Sec. 1911. Approval and funding for certain construction projects.

Sec. 1912. Lead agency designation.

Sec. 1913. Bridge construction, North Dakota.

Sec. 1914. Motorcyclist Advisory Council.

Sec. 1915. Loan forgiveness.

Sec. 1916. Treatment of off-ramp.

Sec. 1917. Opening of Interstate ramps.

Sec. 1918. Credit to State of Louisiana for State matching funds.

Sec. 1919. Road user fees.

Sec. 1920. Transportation and local workforce investment.

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Sec. 1921. Update of obsolete text.

Sec. 1922. Technical amendments to nondiscrimination section.

Sec. 1923. Transportation assets and needs of Delta region.

Sec. 1924. Alaska Way Viaduct study.

Sec. 1925. Community enhancement study.

Sec. 1926. Budget justification.

Sec. 1927. 14th Amendment Highway and 3rd Infantry Division Highway.

Sec. 1928. Sense of Congress regarding Buy America.

Sec. 1929. Designation of Daniel Patrick Moynihan Interstate Highway.

Sec. 1930. Designation of Thomas P. ‘‘Tip’’ O’Neill, Jr. Tunnel.

Sec. 1931. Richard Nixon Parkway, California.

Sec. 1932. Amo Houghton Bypass.

Sec. 1933. Billy Tauzin Energy Corridor.

Sec. 1934. Transportation improvements.

Sec. 1935. Project flexibility.

Sec. 1936. Advances.

Sec. 1937. Roads in closed basins.

Sec. 1938. Technology.

Sec. 1939. BIA Indian Road Program.

Sec. 1940. Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana.

Sec. 1941. Beartooth Highway, Montana.

Sec. 1943. Great Lakes ITS implementation.

Sec. 1944. Transportation construction and remediation, Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Sec. 1945. Infrastructure awareness program.

Sec. 1946. Gateway rural improvement pilot program.

Sec. 1947. Eligible safety improvements.

Sec. 1948. Emergency service route.

Sec. 1949. Knik Arm Bridge funding clarification.

Sec. 1950. Lincoln Parish, LA/I–20 Transportation Corridor Program.

Sec. 1951. Bonding assistance program.

Sec. 1952. Congestion relief.

Sec. 1953. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 1954. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways.

Sec. 1955. Conveyance to the City of Ely, Nevada.

Sec. 1956. Brownfields grants.

Sec. 1957. Traffic circle construction, Clarendon, Vermont.

Sec. 1958. Limitation on project approval.

Sec. 1959. Cross harbor freight movement project.

Sec. 1960. Denali access system program.

Sec. 1961. I–95/Contee Road interchange study.

Sec. 1962. Multimodal facility improvements.

Sec. 1963. Apollo Theater leases.

Sec. 1964. Project Federal share.

TITLE II—HIGHWAY SAFETY

Sec. 2001. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 2002. Highway safety programs.

Sec. 2003. Highway safety research and outreach programs.

Sec. 2004. Occupant protection incentive grants.

Sec. 2005. Grants for primary safety belt use laws.

Sec. 2006. State traffic safety information system improvements.

Sec. 2007. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.

Sec. 2008. NHTSA accountability.

Sec. 2009. High visibility enforcement program.

Sec. 2010. Motorcyclist safety.

Sec. 2011. Child safety and child booster seat incentive grants.

Sec. 2012. Safety data.

Sec. 2013. Drug-impaired driving enforcement.

Sec. 2014. First responder vehicle safety program.

Sec. 2015. Driver performance study.

Sec. 2016. Rural State emergency medical services optimization pilot program.

Sec. 2017. Older driver safety; law enforcement training.

Sec. 2018. Safe intersections.

Sec. 2019. National Highway Safety Advisory Committee technical correction.

Sec. 2020. Presidential Commission on Alcohol-Impaired Driving.

Sec. 2021. Sense of the Congress in support of increased public awareness of blood

alcohol concentration levels and dangers of alcohol-impaired driving.

Sec. 2022. Effective date.

TITLE III—PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 3001. Short title.

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Sec. 3002. Amendments to title 49, United States Code; updated terminology.

Sec. 3003. Policies, findings, and purposes.

Sec. 3004. Definitions.

Sec. 3005. Metropolitan transportation planning.

Sec. 3006. Statewide transportation planning.

Sec. 3007. Planning programs.

Sec. 3008. Private enterprise participation.

Sec. 3009. Urbanized area formula grants.

Sec. 3010. Clean fuels grant program.

Sec. 3011. Capital investment grants.

Sec. 3012. Formula grants for special needs of elderly individuals and individuals

with disabilities.

Sec. 3013. Formula grants for other than urbanized areas.

Sec. 3014. Research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects.

Sec. 3015. Transit cooperative research program.

Sec. 3016. National research and technology programs.

Sec. 3017. National Transit Institute.

Sec. 3018. Job access and reverse commute formula grants.

Sec. 3019. New Freedom Program.

Sec. 3020. Bus testing facility.

Sec. 3021. Alternative transportation in parks and public lands.

Sec. 3022. Human resources programs.

Sec. 3023. General provisions on assistance.

Sec. 3024. Special provisions for capital projects.

Sec. 3025. Contract requirements.

Sec. 3026. Project management oversight and review.

Sec. 3027. Project review.

Sec. 3028. Investigations of safety hazards and security risks.

Sec. 3029. State safety oversight.

Sec. 3030. Controlled substances and alcohol misuse testing.

Sec. 3031. Employee protective arrangements.

Sec. 3032. Administrative procedures.

Sec. 3033. National transit database.

Sec. 3034. Apportionments of formula grants.

Sec. 3035. Apportionments based on fixed guideway factors.

Sec. 3036. Authorizations.

Sec. 3037. Alternatives analysis program.

Sec. 3038. Apportionments based on growing States formula factors.

Sec. 3039. Over-the-road bus accessibility program.

Sec. 3040. Obligation ceiling.

Sec. 3041. Adjustments for fiscal year 2005.

Sec. 3042. Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against public transportation

systems.

Sec. 3043. Project authorizations for new fixed guideway capital projects.

Sec. 3044. Projects for bus and bus-related facilities and clean fuels grant program.

Sec. 3045. National fuel cell bus technology development program.

Sec. 3046. Allocations for national research and technology programs.

Sec. 3047. Forgiveness of grant agreement.

Sec. 3048. Cooperative procurement.

Sec. 3049. Transportation fringe benefits.

Sec. 3050. Commuter rail.

Sec. 3051. Paratransit service in Illinois.

TITLE IV—MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

Sec. 4001. Short title.

Subtitle A—Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

Sec. 4101. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 4102. Increased penalties for out-of-service violations and false records.

Sec. 4103. Penalty for denial of access to records.

Sec. 4104. Revocation of operating authority.

Sec. 4105. State laws relating to vehicle towing.

Sec. 4106. Motor carrier safety grants.

Sec. 4107. High priority activities and new entrants audits.

Sec. 4108. Data quality improvement.

Sec. 4109. Performance and registration information system management.

Sec. 4110. Border enforcement grants.

Sec. 4111. Motor carrier research and technology program.

Sec. 4112. Nebraska custom harvesters length exemption.

Sec. 4113. Pattern of safety violations by motor carrier management.

Sec. 4114. Intrastate operations of interstate motor carriers.

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Sec. 4115. Transfer provision.

Sec. 4116. Medical program.

Sec. 4117. Safety performance history screening.

Sec. 4118. Roadability.

Sec. 4119. International cooperation.

Sec. 4120. Financial responsibility for private motor carriers.

Sec. 4121. Deposit of certain civil penalties into Highway Trust Fund.

Sec. 4122. CDL learner’s permit program.

Sec. 4123. Commercial driver’s license information system modernization.

Sec. 4124. Commercial driver’s license improvements.

Sec. 4125. Hobbs Act.

Sec. 4126. Commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment.

Sec. 4127. Outreach and education.

Sec. 4128. Safety data improvement program.

Sec. 4129. Operation of commercial motor vehicles by individuals who use insulin

to treat diabetes mellitus.

Sec. 4130. Operators of vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm

supplies.

Sec. 4131. Maximum hours of service for operators of ground water well drilling

rigs.

Sec. 4132. Hours of service for operators of utility service vehicles.

Sec. 4133. Hours of service rules for operators providing transportation to movie

production sites.

Sec. 4134. Grant program for commercial motor vehicle operators.

Sec. 4135. CDL task force.

Sec. 4136. Interstate van operations.

Sec. 4137. Decals.

Sec. 4138. High risk carrier compliance reviews.

Sec. 4139. Foreign commercial motor vehicles.

Sec. 4140. School bus driver qualifications and endorsement knowledge test.

Sec. 4141. Driveaway saddlemount vehicles.

Sec. 4142. Registration of motor carriers and freight forwarders.

Sec. 4143. Authority to stop commercial motor vehicles.

Sec. 4144. Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.

Sec. 4145. Technical corrections.

Sec. 4146. Exemption during harvest periods.

Sec. 4147. Emergency condition requiring immediate response.

Sec. 4148. Substance abuse professionals.

Sec. 4149. Office of intermodalism.

Subtitle B—Household Goods Transportation

Sec. 4201. Short title.

Sec. 4202. Definitions; application of provisions.

Sec. 4203. Payment of rates.

Sec. 4204. Additional registration requirements for motor carriers of household

goods.

Sec. 4205. Household goods carrier operations.

Sec. 4206. Enforcement of regulations related to transportation of household goods.

Sec. 4207. Liability of carriers under receipts and bills of lading.

Sec. 4208. Arbitration requirements.

Sec. 4209. Civil penalties relating to household goods brokers and unauthorized

transportation.

Sec. 4210. Penalties for holding household goods hostage.

Sec. 4211. Consumer handbook on DOT web site.

Sec. 4212. Release of household goods broker information.

Sec. 4213. Working group for development of practices and procedures to enhance

Federal-State relations.

Sec. 4214. Consumer complaint information.

Sec. 4215. Review of liability of carriers.

Sec. 4216. Application of State consumer protection laws to certain household goods

carriers.

Subtitle C—Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

Sec. 4301. Short title.

Sec. 4302. Relationship to other laws.

Sec. 4303. Inclusion of motor private and exempt carriers.

Sec. 4304. Unified Carrier Registration System.

Sec. 4305. Registration of motor carriers by States.

Sec. 4306. Identification of vehicles.

Sec. 4307. Use of UCR Agreement revenues as matching funds.

Sec. 4308. Regulations.

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Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 4401. Technical adjustment.

Sec. 4402. Transfer.

Sec. 4403. Extension of assistance.

Sec. 4404. Designations.

Sec. 4405. Limited exception.

Sec. 4406. Airport land amendment.

Sec. 4407. Rights-of-way.

Sec. 4408. Rialto Municipal Airport.

Sec. 4409. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 4410. Ralph M. Bartholomew Veterans’ Memorial Bridge.

Sec. 4411. Don Young’s Way.

Sec. 4412. Quality bank adjustments.

Sec. 4413. Technical amendment.

Sec. 4414. Airport certification.

TITLE V—RESEARCH

Subtitle A—Funding

Sec. 5101. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 5102. Obligation ceiling.

Sec. 5103. Findings.

Subtitle B—Research, Technology, and Education

Sec. 5201. Research, technology, and education.

Sec. 5202. Long-term bridge performance program; innovative bridge research and

deployment program.

Sec. 5203. Technology deployment.

Sec. 5204. Training and education.

Sec. 5205. State planning and research.

Sec. 5206. International highway transportation outreach program.

Sec. 5207. Surface transportation environment and planning cooperative research

program.

Sec. 5208. Transportation research and development strategic planning.

Sec. 5209. National cooperative freight transportation research program.

Sec. 5210. Future strategic highway research program.

Sec. 5211. Multistate corridor operations and management.

Subtitle C—Intelligent Transportation System Research

Sec. 5301. National ITS program plan.

Sec. 5302. Use of funds.

Sec. 5303. Goals and purposes.

Sec. 5304. Infrastructure development.

Sec. 5305. General authorities and requirements.

Sec. 5306. Research and development.

Sec. 5307. National architecture and standards.

Sec. 5308. Road weather research and development program.

Sec. 5309. Centers for surface transportation excellence.

Sec. 5310. Definitions.

Subtitle D—University Transportation Research; Scholarship Opportunities

Sec. 5401. National university transportation centers.

Sec. 5402. University transportation research.

Subtitle E—Other Programs

Sec. 5501. Transportation safety information management system project.

Sec. 5502. Surface transportation congestion relief solutions research initiative.

Sec. 5503. Motor carrier efficiency study.

Sec. 5504. Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development.

Sec. 5505. Transportation scholarship opportunities program.

Sec. 5506. Commercial remote sensing products and spatial information technologies.

Sec. 5507. Rural interstate corridor communications study.

Sec. 5508. Transportation technology innovation and demonstration program.

Sec. 5509. Repeal.

Sec. 5510. Notice.

Sec. 5511. Motorcycle crash causation study grants.

Sec. 5512. Advanced travel forecasting procedures program.

Sec. 5513. Research grants.

Sec. 5514. Competition for specification of alternative types of culvert pipes.

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Subtitle F—Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Sec. 5601. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

TITLE VI—TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY

Sec. 6001. Transportation planning.

Sec. 6002. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking.

Sec. 6003. State assumption of responsibilities for certain programs and projects.

Sec. 6004. State assumption of responsibility for categorical exclusions.

Sec. 6005. Surface transportation project delivery pilot program.

Sec. 6006. Environmental restoration and pollution abatement; control of noxious

weeds and aquatic noxious weeds and establishment of native species.

Sec. 6007. Exemption of Interstate System.

Sec. 6008. Integration of natural resource concerns into transportation project planning.

Sec. 6009. Parks, recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic

sites.

Sec. 6010. Environmental review of activities that support deployment of intelligent

transportation systems.

Sec. 6011. Transportation conformity.

Sec. 6012. Federal Reference Method.

Sec. 6013. Air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events.

Sec. 6014. Federal procurement of recycled coolant.

Sec. 6015. Clean school bus program.

Sec. 6016. Special designation.

Sec. 6017. Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded

projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.

Sec. 6018. Use of granular mine tailings.

TITLE VII—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 7001. Short title.

Sec. 7002. Amendment of title 49, United States Code.

Subtitle A—General Authorities on Transportation of Hazardous Materials

Sec. 7101. Findings and purpose.

Sec. 7102. Definitions.

Sec. 7103. General regulatory authority.

Sec. 7104. Limitation on issuance of hazmat licenses.

Sec. 7105. Background checks for drivers hauling hazardous materials.

Sec. 7106. Representation and tampering.

Sec. 7107. Technical amendments.

Sec. 7108. Training of certain employees.

Sec. 7109. Registration.

Sec. 7110. Shipping papers and disclosure.

Sec. 7111. Rail tank cars.

Sec. 7112. Unsatisfactory safety ratings.

Sec. 7113. Training curriculum for the public sector.

Sec. 7114. Planning and training grants; Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund.

Sec. 7115. Special permits and exclusions.

Sec. 7116. Uniform forms and procedures.

Sec. 7117. International uniformity of standards and requirements.

Sec. 7118. Administrative authority.

Sec. 7119. Enforcement.

Sec. 7120. Civil penalty.

Sec. 7121. Criminal penalty.

Sec. 7122. Preemption.

Sec. 7123. Judicial review.

Sec. 7124. Relationship to other laws.

Sec. 7125. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 7126. References to the Secretary of Transportation.

Sec. 7127. Criminal matters.

Sec. 7128. Additional civil and criminal penalties.

Sec. 7129. Hazardous material transportation plan requirement.

Sec. 7130. Determining amount of undeclared shipments of hazardous materials

entering the United States.

Sec. 7131. Hazardous materials research projects.

Sec. 7132. National first responder transportation incident response system.

Sec. 7133. Common carrier pipeline system.

Subtitle B—Sanitary Food Transportation

Sec. 7201. Short title.

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Sec. 7202. Responsibilities of Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Sec. 7203. Department of Transportation requirements.

Sec. 7204. Effective date.

Subtitle C—Research and Innovative Technology Administration

Sec. 7301. Administrative authority.

TITLE VIII—TRANSPORTATION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING GUARANTEE

Sec. 8001. Discretionary spending limits for the highway and mass transit categories.

Sec. 8002. Adjustments to align highway spending with revenues.

Sec. 8003. Level of obligation limitations.

Sec. 8004. Enforcement of guarantee.

Sec. 8005. Transfer of Federal transit administrative expenses.

TITLE IX—RAIL TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 9001. High-speed rail corridor development.

Sec. 9002. Capital grants for rail line relocation projects.

Sec. 9003. Rehabilitation and improvement financing.

Sec. 9004. Report regarding impact on public safety of train travel in communities

without grade separation.

Sec. 9005. Welded rail and tank car safety improvements.

Sec. 9006. Alaska Railroad.

Sec. 9007. Study of rail transportation and regulation.

Sec. 9008. Hawaii port infrastructure expansion program.

TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Subtitle A—Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety

Sec. 10101. Short title.

CHAPTER 1—DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT AMENDMENTS

Sec. 10111. Amendment of Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act.

Sec. 10112. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 10113. Division of annual appropriations.

Sec. 10114. Maintenance of projects.

Sec. 10115. Boating infrastructure.

Sec. 10116. Requirements and restrictions concerning use of amounts for expenses

for Administration.

Sec. 10117. Payments of funds to and cooperation with Puerto Rico, the District of

Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.

Sec. 10118. Multistate conservation grant program.

Sec. 10119. Expenditure of remaining balance in Boat Safety Account.

CHAPTER 2—CLEAN VESSEL ACT OF 1992 AMENDMENTS

Sec. 10131. Grant program.

CHAPTER 3—RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY PROGRAM AMENDMENTS

Sec. 10141. Technical correction.

Sec. 10142. Availability of allocations.

Sec. 10143. Authorization of appropriations for State recreational boating safety

programs.

Subtitle B—Other Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 10201. Notice regarding participation of small business concerns.

Sec. 10202. Emergency medical services.

Sec. 10203. Hubzone program.

Sec. 10204. Catastrophic hurricane evacuation plans.

Sec. 10205. Intermodal transportation facility expansion.

Sec. 10206. Eligibility to participate in western Alaska community development

quota program.

Sec. 10207. Rail rehabilitation and bridge repair.

Sec. 10208. Rented or leased motor vehicles.

Sec. 10209. Midway Island.

Sec. 10210. Demonstration of digital project simulation.

Sec. 10211. Environmental programs.

Sec. 10212. Rescission of unobligated balances.

Sec. 10213. Tribal land.

Subtitle C—Specific Vehicle Safety-related Rulings

Sec. 10301. Vehicle rollover prevention and crash mitigation.

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Sec. 10302. Side-impact crash protection rulemaking.

Sec. 10303. Tire research.

Sec. 10304. Vehicle backover avoidance technology study.

Sec. 10305. Nontraffic incident data collection.

Sec. 10306. Study of safety belt use technologies.

Sec. 10307. Amendment of Automobile Information Disclosure Act.

Sec. 10308. Power window switches.

Sec. 10309. 15-Passenger van safety.

Sec. 10310. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE XI—HIGHWAY REAUTHORIZATION AND EXCISE TAX

SIMPLIFICATION

Sec. 11100. Amendment of 1986 Code.

Subtitle A—Trust Fund Reauthorization

Sec. 11101. Extension of highway-related taxes and trust funds.

Sec. 11102. Modification of adjustments of apportionments.

Subtitle B—Excise Tax Reform and Simplification

PART 1—HIGHWAY EXCISE TAXES

Sec. 11111. Modification of gas guzzler tax.

Sec. 11112. Exclusion for tractors weighing 19,500 pounds or less from Federal excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers.

Sec. 11113. Volumetric excise tax credit for alternative fuels.

PART 2—AQUATIC EXCISE TAXES

Sec. 11115. Elimination of Aquatic Resources Trust Fund and transformation of

Sport Fish Restoration Account.

Sec. 11116. Repeal of harbor maintenance tax on exports.

Sec. 11117. Cap on excise tax on certain fishing equipment.

PART 3—AERIAL EXCISE TAXES

Sec. 11121. Clarification of excise tax exemptions for agricultural aerial applicators

and exemption for Fixed-Wing aircraft engaged in forestry operations.

Sec. 11122. Modification of rural airport definition.

Sec. 11123. Exemption from taxes on transportation provided by seaplanes.

Sec. 11124. Certain sightseeing flights exempt from taxes on air transportation.

PART 4—TAXES RELATING TO ALCOHOL

Sec. 11125. Repeal of special occupational taxes on producers and marketers of alcoholic beverages.

Sec. 11126. Income tax credit for distilled spirits wholesalers and for distilled spirits in control State bailment warehouses for costs of carrying Federal excise taxes on bottled distilled spirits.

Sec. 11127. Quarterly excise tax filing for small alcohol excise taxpayers.

PART 5—SPORT EXCISE TAXES

Sec. 11131. Custom gunsmiths.

Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 11141. Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement Advisory Commission.

Sec. 11142. National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission.

Sec. 11143. Tax-exempt financing of highway projects and rail-truck transfer facilities.

Sec. 11144. Treasury study of highway fuels used by trucks for non-transportation

purposes.

Sec. 11145. Diesel fuel tax evasion report.

Sec. 11146. Tax treatment of State ownership of railroad real estate investment

trust.

Sec. 11147. Limitation on transfers to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank

Trust Fund.

Subtitle D—Highway-Related Technical Corrections

Sec. 11151. Highway-related technical corrections.

Subtitle E—Preventing Fuel Fraud

Sec. 11161. Treatment of kerosene for use in aviation.

Sec. 11162. Repeal of ultimate vendor refund claims with respect to farming.

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Sec. 11163. Refunds of excise taxes on exempt sales of fuel by credit card.

Sec. 11164. Reregistration in event of change in ownership.

Sec. 11165. Reconciliation of on-loaded cargo to entered cargo.

Sec. 11166. Treatment of deep-draft vessels.

Sec. 11167. Penalty with respect to certain adulterated fuels.

SEC. 2. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.

In this Act, the following definitions apply:

(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ means the

Department of Transportation.

(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

of Transportation.

TITLE I—FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

Subtitle A—Authorization of Programs

SEC. 1101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are authorized to be

appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

Transit Account):

(1) INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.—For the Interstate maintenance program under section 119 of title 23, United

States Code—

(A) $4,883,759,623 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $4,960,788,917 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $5,039,058,556 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $5,118,588,513 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $5,199,399,081 for fiscal year 2009.

(2) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—For the National Highway

System under section 103 of such title—

(A) $5,911,200,104 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $6,005,256,569 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $6,110,827,556 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $6,207,937,450 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $6,306,611,031 for fiscal year 2009.

(3) BRIDGE PROGRAM.—For the bridge program under section 144 of such title—

(A) $4,187,708,821 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $4,253,530,131 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $4,320,411,313 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $4,388,369,431 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $4,457,421,829 for fiscal year 2009.

(4) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.—For the surface

transportation program under section 133 of such title—

(A) $6,860,096,662 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $6,269,833,394 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $6,370,469,775 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $6,472,726,628 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $6,576,630,046 for fiscal year 2009.

(5) CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAM.—For the congestion mitigation and air quality

improvement program under section 149 of such title—

(A) $1,667,255,304 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $1,694,101,866 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $1,721,380,718 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $1,749,098,821 for fiscal year 2008; and

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(E) $1,777,263,247 for fiscal year 2009.

(6) HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—For the

highway safety improvement program under section 148 of

such title—

(A) $1,235,810,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(B) $1,255,709,322 for fiscal year 2007;

(C) $1,275,929,067 for fiscal year 2008; and

(D) $1,296,474,396 for fiscal year 2009.

(7) APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM PRO- GRAM.—For the Appalachian development highway system program under subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code,

$470,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

(8) RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM.—For the recreational

trails program under section 206 of title 23, United States

Code—

(A) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(9) FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS PROGRAM.—

(A) INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS.—For Indian reservation roads under section 204 of such title—

(i) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(ii) $330,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(iii) $370,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(iv) $410,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(v) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(B) PARK ROADS AND PARKWAYS.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—For park roads and parkways

under section 204 of such title—

(I) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(II) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(III) $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(IV) $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(V) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(ii) MINIMUM ALLOCATION TO CERTAIN STATES.—

A State containing more than 50 percent of the total

acreage of the National Park System shall receive not

less than 3 percent of any funds appropriated under

this subparagraph.

(C) REFUGE ROADS.—For refuge roads under section

204 of such title, $29,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009.

(D) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS.—For Federal lands highways under section 204 of such title—

(i) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(ii) $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(iii) $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(iv) $290,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(v) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(10) NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAM.—For the national corridor infrastructure improvement program under section 1302 of this Act—

(A) $194,800,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $389,600,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $487,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

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(D) $487,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $389,600,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(11) COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.—

For the coordinated border infrastructure program under section 1303 of this Act—

(A) $123,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $145,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(12) NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.—For the national

scenic byways program under section 162 of such title— (A) $26,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $43,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(13) CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL

FACILITIES.—For construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal

facilities under section 147 of such title—

(A) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $67,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(14) PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY PROGRAM.—For the Puerto Rico

highway program under section 165 of such title—

(A) $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $135,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $145,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(15) PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

PROGRAM.—For the projects of national and regional significance program under section 1301 of this Act— (A) $177,900,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $355,800,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $444,750,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $444,750,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $355,800,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(16) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM.—For the high priority projects program under section 117 of title 23, United

States Code, $2,966,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009.

(17) SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.—For the safe

routes to school program under section 1404 of this Act—

(A) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(D) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(E) $183,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(18) DEPLOYMENT OF MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—For the deployment of magnetic levitation

projects under section 1307 of this Act—

(A) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007;

and

(B) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

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(19) NATIONAL CORRIDOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND

COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS.—For the

national corridor planning and development and coordinated

border infrastructure programs under sections 1118 and 1119

of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112

Stat. 161, 163) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.

(20) HIGHWAYS FOR LIFE.—For the Highways for LIFE Program under section 1502 of this Act—

(A) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and

(B) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through

2009.

(21) HIGHWAY USE TAX EVASION PROJECTS.—For highway

use tax evasion projects under section 1115 of this Act—

(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(B) $44,800,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(C) $53,300,000 for fiscal year 2007; and

(D) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

(b) DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.—

(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following definitions apply:

(A) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning that term has under section

3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), except that

the term shall not include any concern or group of concerns

controlled by the same socially and economically disadvantaged individual or individuals which has average annual

gross receipts over the preceding 3 fiscal years in excess

of $19,570,000, as adjusted annually by the Secretary for

inflation.

(B) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED

INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘‘socially and economically disadvantaged individuals’’ has the meaning that term has

under section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

637(d)) and relevant subcontracting regulations issued

pursuant to that Act, except that women shall be presumed

to be socially and economically disadvantaged individuals

for purposes of this subsection.

(2) GENERAL RULE.—Except to the extent that the Secretary

determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the amounts

made available for any program under titles I, III, and V

of this Act and section 403 of title 23, United States Code,

shall be expended through small business concerns owned and

controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

(3) ANNUAL LISTING OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.—Each State shall annually—

(A) survey and compile a list of the small business

concerns referred to in paragraph (1) and the location of

the concerns in the State; and

(B) notify the Secretary, in writing, of the percentage

of the concerns that are controlled by women, by socially

and economically disadvantaged individuals (other than

women), and by individuals who are women and are otherwise socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

(4) UNIFORM CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall establish

minimum uniform criteria for State governments to use in

Guidelines.

Notification.

Records.

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certifying whether a concern qualifies for purposes of this subsection. The minimum uniform criteria shall include, but not

be limited to, on-site visits, personal interviews, licenses, analysis of stock ownership, listing of equipment, analysis of

bonding capacity, listing of work completed, resume of principal

owners, financial capacity, and type of work preferred.

(5) COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS.—Nothing in this subsection limits the eligibility of an entity or person to receive

funds made available under titles I, III, and V of this Act

and section 403 of title 23, United States Code, if the entity

or person is prevented, in whole or in part, from complying

with paragraph (1) because a Federal court issues a final order

in which the court finds that the requirement of paragraph

(1), or the program established under paragraph (1), is unconstitutional.

SEC. 1102. OBLIGATION CEILING.

(a) GENERAL LIMITATION.—Subject to subsections (g) and (h),

and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the obligations

for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs

shall not exceed—

(1) $34,422,400,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(2) $36,032,343,903 for fiscal year 2006;

(3) $38,244,210,516 for fiscal year 2007;

(4) $39,585,075,404 for fiscal year 2008; and

(5) $41,199,970,178 for fiscal year 2009.

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations under subsection (a) shall

not apply to obligations under or for—

(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;

(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance

Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);

(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (Public

Law 97–134; 95 Stat. 1701);

(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface

Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–424;

96 Stat. 2119);

(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface

Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987

(Public Law 100–17; 101 Stat. 198);

(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240;

105 Stat. 2027);

(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect

on June 8, 1998);

(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect

for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount

equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);

(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation

authority was made available under the Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178; 112 Stat. 107)

or subsequent public laws for multiple years or to remain

available until used, but only to the extent that the obligation

authority has not lapsed or been used;

(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, for

each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, only in an amount

equal to $639,000,000 per fiscal year); and

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(11) section 1603 of this Act, to the extent that funds

obligated in accordance with that section were not subject to

a limitation on obligations at the time at which the funds

were initially made available for obligation.

(c) DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—For each of fiscal

years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary—

(1) shall not distribute obligation authority provided by

subsection (a) for the fiscal year for—

(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses

and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States

Code;

(B) programs funded from the administrative takedown

authorized by section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States

Code (as in effect on the date before the date of enactment

of this Act); and

(C) amounts authorized for the highway use tax evasion program and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;

(2) shall not distribute an amount of obligation authority

provided by subsection (a) that is equal to the unobligated

balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust

Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid

highway and highway safety programs for previous fiscal years

the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;

(3) shall determine the ratio that—

(A) the obligation authority provided by subsection (a)

for the fiscal year, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2); bears to

(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated

for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1)

through (9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be

appropriated for section 105 of title 23, United States Code,

equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(10) for

the fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not

distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2);

(4)(A) shall distribute the obligation authority provided

by subsection (a) less the aggregate amounts not distributed

under paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections 1301, 1302, and

1934 of this Act, sections 117 but individually for each of

project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table contained

in section 1702 of this Act and 144(g) of title 23, United States

Code, and section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, and,

during fiscal year 2005, amounts for programs, projects, and

activities authorized by section 117 of title I of division H

of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–

447; 118 Stat. 3212), so that the amount of obligation authority

available for each of such sections is equal to the amount

determined by multiplying—

(i) the ratio determined under paragraph (3); by

(ii) the sums authorized to be appropriated for that

section for the fiscal year; and

(B) shall distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 of title

23, United States Code;

(5) shall distribute among the States the obligation

authority provided by subsection (a), less the aggregate

amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each

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of the programs that are allocated by the Secretary under

this Act and title 23, United States Code (other than to programs to which paragraph (1) applies), by multiplying—

(A) the ratio determined under paragraph (3); by

(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each

such program for the fiscal year; and

(6) shall distribute the obligation authority provided by

subsection (a), less the aggregate amounts not distributed under

paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under

paragraphs (4) and (5), for Federal-aid highway and highway

safety construction programs (other than the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program, but only to the extent

that the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program

for the fiscal year are greater than $2,639,000,000, and the

Appalachian development highway system program) that are

apportioned by the Secretary under this Act and title 23, United

States Code, in the ratio that—

(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned to each State for the fiscal

year; bear to

(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned to all States

for the fiscal year.

(d) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary shall, after August 1

of each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009—

(1) revise a distribution of the obligation authority made

available under subsection (c) if an amount distributed cannot

be obligated during that fiscal year; and

(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able

to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed

during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having

large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections

104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code.

(e) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

obligation limitations imposed by subsection (a) shall apply

to contract authority for transportation research programs carried out under—

(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and

(B) title V (research title) of this Act.

(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made available under

paragraph (1) shall—

(A) remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years;

and

(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation

imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.

(f) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date

of distribution of obligation authority under subsection (c) for

each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall

distribute to the States any funds that—

(A) are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal

year for Federal-aid highway programs; and

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(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to

the States, and will not be available for obligation, in

the fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation

limitation for the fiscal year.

(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph

(1) in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority

under subsection (c)(6).

(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under paragraph (1)

shall be available for any purpose described in section 133(b)

of title 23, United States Code.

(g) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obligation

authority distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (c)(4) for

the provision specified in subsection (c)(4) shall—

(1) remain available until used for obligation of funds for

that provision; and

(2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed

on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety

construction programs for future fiscal years.

(h) ADJUSTMENT IN OBLIGATION LIMIT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the last sentence of section

110(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code, a limitation on obligations imposed by subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall be

adjusted by an amount equal to the amount determined in

accordance with section 251(b)(1)(B) of the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.

901(b)(1)(B)) for the fiscal year.

(2) DISTRIBUTION.—An adjustment under paragraph (1)

shall be distributed in accordance with this section.

(i) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Obligation authority distributed under

subsection (c)(4) for fiscal year 2005 for sections 1301, 1302,

and 1934 of this Act and sections 117 and 144(g) of title

23, United States Code, may be used in fiscal year 2005 for

purposes of obligation authority distributed under subsection

(c)(6).

(2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used as described

in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the original purpose on

the date on which obligation authority is distributed under

this section for fiscal year 2006.

(j) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), obligation

authority distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (c)(4)

for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table

contained in section 1702 of this Act may be obligated for

any other project in such section in the same State.

(2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used as described

in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the original purpose on

the date on which obligation authority is distributed under

this section for the next fiscal year following obligation under

paragraph (1).

(k) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this

section shall be construed to limit the distribution of obligation

authority under subsection (c)(4)(A) for each of the individual

projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the table contained

in section 1702 of this Act.

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SEC. 1103. APPORTIONMENTS.

(a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(a) of title 23, United States

Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to be made available to the Secretary for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration—

‘‘(A) $353,024,000 for fiscal year 2005;

‘‘(B) $370,613,540 for fiscal year 2006;

‘‘(C) $389,079,500 for fiscal year 2007;

‘‘(D) $408,465,500 for fiscal year 2008; and

‘‘(E) $423,717,460 for fiscal year 2009.

‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The funds authorized by this subsection

shall be used—

‘‘(A) to administer the provisions of law to be financed

from appropriations for the Federal-aid highway program

and programs authorized under chapter 2; and

‘‘(B) to make transfers of such sums as the Secretary

determines to be appropriate to the Appalachian Regional

Commission for administrative activities associated with

the Appalachian development highway system.

‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—The funds made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 104 of such title

is amended—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection

(b), by striking ‘‘the deduction authorized by subsection

(a) and the set-aside authorized by subsection (f)’’ and

inserting ‘‘the set-asides authorized by subsections (d) and

(f) and section 130(e)’’;

(B) in the first sentence of subsection (e)(1), by striking

‘‘, and also’’ and all that follows through ‘‘this section’’;

and

(C) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘deducted’’ and

inserting ‘‘made available’’.

(b) ALASKA HIGHWAY.—Section 104(b)(1)(A) of such title is

amended by striking ‘‘$18,800,000 for each of fiscal years 1998

through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years

2005 through 2009’’.

(c) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM COMPONENT.—Section

104(b)(1)(A) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘$36,400,000 for

each fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years

2005 and 2006 and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through

2009’’.

(d) CMAQ APPORTIONMENT.—Section 104(b)(2) of such title is

amended—

(1) in subparagraph (B)—

(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:

‘‘(i) 1.0 if, at the time of apportionment, the area

is a maintenance area;’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vi);

(C) by striking the period at the end of clause (vii)

and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

(D) by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘(viii) 1.0 if, at the time of apportionment, an

area is designated as nonattainment for ozone under

subpart 1 of part D of title I of such Act (42 U.S.C.

7512 et seq.).’’; and

(2) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:

‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT FOR CARBON MONOXIDE

AREAS.—If, in addition to being designated as a nonattainment or maintenance area for ozone as described in section

149(b), any county within the area was also classified under

subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42

U.S.C. 7512 et seq.) as a nonattainment or maintenance

area described in section 149(b) for carbon monoxide, the

weighted nonattainment or maintenance area population

of the county, as determined under clauses (i) through

(vi) or clause (viii) of subparagraph (B), shall be further

multiplied by a factor of 1.2.’’.

(e) REPORT.—Section 104(j) of such title is amended by striking

‘‘submit to Congress a report’’ and inserting ‘‘submit to Congress

a report, and also make such report available to the public in

a user-friendly format via the Internet,’’.

(f) OPERATION LIFESAVER.—Section 104(d) of such title is

amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and all that follows through

the period at the end of paragraph (2)(A) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(1) OPERATION LIFESAVER.—To carry out a public information and education program to help prevent and reduce motor

vehicle accidents, injuries, and fatalities and to improve driver

performance at railway-highway crossings—

‘‘(A) before making an apportionment under subsection

(b)(3) for fiscal year 2005, the Secretary shall set aside

$560,000 for such fiscal year; and

‘‘(B) there is authorized to be appropriated from the

Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

$560,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

‘‘(2) RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSING HAZARD ELIMINATION IN

HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS.—

‘‘(A) FUNDING.—To carry out the elimination of hazards

at railway-highway crossings—

‘‘(i) before making an apportionment under subsection (b)(3) for fiscal year 2005, the Secretary shall

set aside $5,250,000 for such fiscal year; and

‘‘(ii) there is authorized to be appropriated from

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) $7,250,000 for fiscal year 2006, $10,000,000

for fiscal year 2007, $12,500,000 for fiscal year 2008,

and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’; and

(2) in paragraph (2)(E)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Not less than $250,000 of such setaside’’ and inserting ‘‘Of such set-aside, not less than

$250,000 for fiscal year 2005, $1,000,000 for fiscal year

2006, $1,750,000 for fiscal year 2007, $2,250,000 for fiscal

year 2008, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘per fiscal year’’.

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SEC. 1104. EQUITY BONUS PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 105. Equity bonus program

‘‘(a) PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) and (d), for

each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall

allocate among the States amounts sufficient to ensure that

no State receives a percentage of the total apportionments

for the fiscal year for the programs specified in paragraph

(2) that is less than the percentage calculated under subsection

(b).

‘‘(2) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to in subsection (a) are—

‘‘(A) the Interstate maintenance program under section

119;

‘‘(B) the national highway system program under section 103;

‘‘(C) the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation

program under section 144;

‘‘(D) the surface transportation program under section

133;

‘‘(E) the highway safety improvement program under

section 148;

‘‘(F) the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149;

‘‘(G) metropolitan planning programs under section

104(f);

‘‘(H) the high priority projects program under section

117;

‘‘(I) the equity bonus program under this section;

‘‘(J) the Appalachian development highway system program under subtitle IV of title 40;

‘‘(K) the recreational trails program under section 206;

‘‘(L) the safe routes to school program under section

1404 of the SAFETEA–LU;

‘‘(M) the rail-highway grade crossing program under

section 130; and

‘‘(N) the coordinated border infrastructure program

under section 1303 of the SAFETEA–LU.

‘‘(b) STATE PERCENTAGE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The percentage referred to in subsection

(a) for each State shall be—

‘‘(A) for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006, 90.5 percent, for fiscal year 2007, 91.5 percent, and for each of

fiscal years 2008 and 2009, 92 percent, of the quotient

obtained by dividing—

‘‘(i) the estimated tax payments attributable to

highway users in the State paid into the Highway

Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

in the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; by

‘‘(ii) the estimated tax payments attributable to

highway users in all States paid into the Highway

Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

for the fiscal year; or

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‘‘(B) for a State with a total population density of

less than 40 persons per square mile (as reported in the

decennial census conducted by the Federal Government

in 2000) and of which at least 1.25 percent of the total

acreage is under Federal jurisdiction, based on the report

of the General Services Administration entitled ‘Federal

Real Property Profile’ and dated September 30, 2004, a

State with a total population of less than 1,000,000 (as

reported in that decennial census), a State with a median

household income of less than $35,000 (as reported in that

decennial census), a State with a fatality rate during 2002

on Interstate highways that is greater than one fatality

for each 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled on Interstate

highways, or a State with an indexed, State motor fuels

excise tax rate higher than 150 percent of the Federal

motor fuels excise tax rate as of the date of enactment

of the SAFETEA–LU, the greater of—

‘‘(i) the applicable percentage under subparagraph

(A); or

‘‘(ii) the average percentage of the State’s share

of total apportionments for the period of fiscal years

1998 through 2003 for the programs specified in paragraph (2).

‘‘(2) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to in

paragraph (1)(B)(ii) are (as in effect on the day before the

date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU)—

‘‘(A) the Interstate maintenance program under section

119;

‘‘(B) the national highway system program under section 103;

‘‘(C) the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation

program under section 144;

‘‘(D) the surface transportation program under section

133;

‘‘(E) the recreational trails program under section 206;

‘‘(F) the high priority projects program under section

117;

‘‘(G) the minimum guarantee provided under this section;

‘‘(H) revenue aligned budget authority amounts provided under section 110;

‘‘(I) the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149;

‘‘(J) the Appalachian development highway system program under subtitle IV of title 40; and

‘‘(K) metropolitan planning programs under section

104(f).

‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(1) MINIMUM COMBINED ALLOCATION.—For each fiscal year,

before making the allocations under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall allocate among the States amounts sufficient to

ensure that no State receives a combined total of amounts

allocated under subsection (a)(1), apportionments for the programs specified in subsection (a)(2), and amounts allocated

under this subsection, that is less than the following percentages of the average for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 of

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the annual apportionments for the State for all programs specified in subsection (b)(2):

‘‘(A) For fiscal year 2005, 117 percent.

‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2006, 118 percent.

‘‘(C) For fiscal year 2007, 119 percent.

‘‘(D) For fiscal year 2008, 120 percent.

‘‘(E) For fiscal year 2009, 121 percent.

‘‘(2) NO NEGATIVE ADJUSTMENT.—No negative adjustment

shall be made under subsection (a)(1) to the apportionment

of any State.

‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.— ‘‘(1) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall

apportion the amounts made available under this section that

exceed $2,639,000,000 so that the amount apportioned to each

State under this paragraph for each program referred to in

subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (a)(2) is equal

to the amount determined by multiplying the amount to be

apportioned under this paragraph by the ratio that—

‘‘(A) the amount of funds apportioned to each State

for each program referred to in subparagraphs (A) through

(F) of subsection (a)(2) for a fiscal year; bears to

‘‘(B) the total amount of funds apportioned to such

State for all such programs for such fiscal year.

‘‘(2) REMAINING DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall administer the remainder of funds made available under this section

to the States in accordance with section 104(b)(3), except that

paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 133(d) shall not apply

to amounts administered pursuant to this paragraph.

‘‘(e) METRO PLANNING SET ASIDE.—Notwithstanding section

104(f), no set aside provided for under that section shall apply

to funds allocated under this section.

‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the

Mass Transit Account) such sums as are necessary to carry out

this section for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for subchapter I of

chapter 1 of such title is amended by striking the item relating

to section 105 and inserting the following:

‘‘105. Equity bonus program.’’.

SEC. 1105. REVENUE ALIGNED BUDGET AUTHORITY.

(a) ALLOCATION.—Section 110(a)(1) of title 23, United States

Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’;

(2) by inserting after ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first place

it appears: ‘‘and the succeeding fiscal year’’.

(b) REDUCTION.—Section 110(a)(2) of such title is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘October 1 of the succeeding’’ and inserting

‘‘October 15 of such’’;

(3) by inserting after ‘‘Account)’’ the following: ‘‘for such

fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year’’; and

(4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘No reduction under

this paragraph and no reduction under section 1102(h), and

no reduction under title VIII or any amendment made by

title VIII, of the SAFETEA–LU shall be made for a fiscal

year if, as of October 1 of such fiscal year the balance in

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the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

exceeds $6,000,000,000.’’.

(c) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION.—Section 110(b)(1)(A) of such title

is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘minimum guarantee’’ and inserting ‘‘equity

bonus’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘Transportation Equity Act for the 21st

Century’’ and inserting ‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’.

(d) ADDITION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.— Section 110(c) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘the highway

safety improvement program,’’ after ‘‘the surface transportation program,’’.

(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 110(b)(1)(A) of such title

is amended by striking ‘‘for’’ the second place it appears.

(f) SPECIAL RULE.—If the amount available pursuant to section

110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2007 is greater

than zero, the Secretary shall—

(1) determine the total amount necessary to increase each

State’s rate of return (as determined under section 105(b)(1)(A)

of title 23, United States Code) to 92 percent, excluding

amounts provided under this paragraph;

(2) allocate to each State the lesser of—

(A) the amount computed for that State under paragraph (1); or

(B) an amount determined by multiplying the total

amount calculated under section 110 of title 23, United

States Code, for fiscal year 2007 by the ratio that—

(i) the amount determined for such State under

paragraph (1); bears to

(ii) the total amount computed for all States in

paragraph (1); and

(3) allocate amounts remaining in excess of the amounts

allocated in paragraph (2) to all States in accordance with

section 110 of title 23, United States Code.

SEC. 1106. FUTURE INTERSTATE SYSTEM ROUTES.

(a) EXTENSION OF DATE.—Section 103(c)(4)(B)(ii) of title 23,

United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘12’’ and inserting

‘‘25’’.

(b) REMOVAL OF DESIGNATION.—Section 103(c)(4)(B)(iii) of such

title is amended—

(1) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘in the agreement between

the Secretary and the State or States’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(III) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—An agreement

described in clause (ii) that is entered into before

the date of enactment of this subclause shall be

deemed to include the 25-year time limitation

described in that clause, regardless of any earlier

construction completion date in the agreement.’’.

SEC. 1107. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

Section 104(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) SET-ASIDE.—On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside 1.25 percent of the funds authorized

to be appropriated for the Interstate maintenance, national

highway system, surface transportation, congestion mitigation

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23 USC 110.

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and air quality improvement, and highway bridge replacement

and rehabilitation programs authorized under this title to carry

out the requirements of section 134.’’;

(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘per centum’’ and inserting

‘‘percent’’;

(3) in paragraph (3)—

(A) by striking ‘‘The funds’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The funds’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘These funds’’ and all that follows and

inserting the following:

‘‘(B) UNUSED FUNDS.—Any funds that are not used

to carry out section 134 may be made available by a metropolitan planning organization to the State to fund activities

under section 135.’’; and

(4) in paragraph (4)—

(A) by striking ‘‘The distribution’’ and inserting the

following:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The distribution’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(B) REIMBURSEMENT.—Not later than 30 days after

the date of receipt by a State of a request for reimbursement of expenditures made by a metropolitan planning

organization for carrying out section 134, the State shall

reimburse, from funds distributed under this paragraph

to the metropolitan planning organization by the State,

the metropolitan planning organization for those expenditures.’’.

SEC. 1108. TRANSFER OF HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT FUNDS.

Section 104(k) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(k) TRANSFER OF HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT FUNDS.—

‘‘(1) TRANSFER OF HIGHWAY FUNDS FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), funds

made available for transit projects or transportation planning under this title may be transferred to and administered by the Secretary in accordance with chapter 53 of

title 49.

‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The provisions of this title

relating to the non-Federal share shall apply to the funds

transferred under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF TRANSIT FUNDS FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), funds

made available for highway projects or transportation planning under chapter 53 of title 49 may be transferred to

and administered by the Secretary in accordance with this

title.

‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The provisions of chapter

53 of title 49 relating to the non-Federal share shall apply

to funds transferred under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(3) TRANSFER OF FUNDS AMONG STATES OR TO FEDERAL

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraphs (B) and

(C), the Secretary may, at the request of a State, transfer

funds apportioned or allocated under this title to the State

to another State, or to the Federal Highway Administration, for the purpose of funding one or more projects that

Applicability.

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are eligible for assistance with funds so apportioned or

allocated.

‘‘(B) APPORTIONMENT.—The transfer shall have no

effect on any apportionment of funds to a State under

this section or section 105 or 144.

‘‘(C) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.—Funds that

are apportioned or allocated to a State under subsection

(b)(3) and attributed to an urbanized area of a State with

a population of over 200,000 individuals under section

133(d)(3) may be transferred under this paragraph only

if the metropolitan planning organization designated for

the area concurs, in writing, with the transfer request.

‘‘(4) TRANSFER OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Obligation

authority for funds transferred under this subsection shall be

transferred in the same manner and amount as the funds

for the projects that are transferred under this subsection.’’.

SEC. 1109. RECREATIONAL TRAILS.

(a) RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM FORMULA.—Section 104(h)

of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking the first sentence and

inserting the following: ‘‘Before apportioning sums authorized

to be appropriated to carry out the recreational trails program

under section 206, the Secretary shall deduct for administrative, research, technical assistance, and training expenses for

such program $840,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through

2009.’’; and

(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘After’’ and all that follows

through ‘‘remainder of the sums’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary

shall apportion the sums’’.

(b) PERMISSIBLE USES.—Section 206(d)(2) of such title is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.—Permissible uses of funds apportioned to a State for a fiscal year to carry out this section

include—

‘‘(A) maintenance and restoration of existing recreational trails;

‘‘(B) development and rehabilitation of trailside and

trailhead facilities and trail linkages for recreational trails;

‘‘(C) purchase and lease of recreational trail construction and maintenance equipment;

‘‘(D) construction of new recreational trails, except that,

in the case of new recreational trails crossing Federal lands,

construction of the trails shall be—

‘‘(i) permissible under other law;

‘‘(ii) necessary and recommended by a statewide

comprehensive outdoor recreation plan that is required

by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of

1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.) and that is in effect;

‘‘(iii) approved by the administering agency of the

State designated under subsection (c)(1); and

‘‘(iv) approved by each Federal agency having jurisdiction over the affected lands under such terms and

conditions as the head of the Federal agency determines to be appropriate, except that the approval shall

be contingent on compliance by the Federal agency

with all applicable laws, including the National

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Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et

seq.), the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources

Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), and

the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);

‘‘(E) acquisition of easements and fee simple title to

property for recreational trails or recreational trail corridors;

‘‘(F) assessment of trail conditions for accessibility and

maintenance;

‘‘(G) development and dissemination of publications

and operation of educational programs to promote safety

and environmental protection, (as those objectives relate

to one or more of the use of recreational trails, supporting

non-law enforcement trail safety and trail use monitoring

patrol programs, and providing trail-related training), but

in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the apportionment

made to the State for the fiscal year; and

‘‘(H) payment of costs to the State incurred in administering the program, but in an amount not to exceed

7 percent of the apportionment made to the State for the

fiscal year.’’.

(c) USE OF APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 206(d)(3) of such title

is amended—

(1) by striking subparagraph (C);

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph

(C); and

(3) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) by striking

‘‘(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(H)’’.

(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 206(f) of such title is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by inserting ‘‘and the Federal share of the administrative costs of a State’’ after ‘‘project’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘not exceed 80 percent’’ and inserting

‘‘be determined in accordance with section 120(b)’’;

(2) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘80 percent of’’ and

inserting ‘‘the amount determined in accordance with section

120(b) for’’;

(3) in paragraph (2)(B) by inserting ‘‘sponsoring the project’’

after ‘‘Federal agency’’;

(4) by striking paragraph (5);

(5) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);

(6) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by striking ‘‘80

percent’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal share as determined in

accordance with section 120(b)’’; and

(7) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

‘‘(4) USE OF RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM FUNDS TO

MATCH OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAM FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, funds made available under this section

may be used toward the non-Federal matching share for other

Federal program funds that are—

‘‘(A) expended in accordance with the requirements

of the Federal program relating to activities funded and

populations served; and

‘‘(B) expended on a project that is eligible for assistance

under this section.’’.

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(e) PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COSTS

INCURRED PRIOR TO PROJECT APPROVAL.—Section 206(h)(1) of such

title is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(C) PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COSTS

INCURRED PRIOR TO PROJECT APPROVAL.—The Secretary

may allow preapproval planning and environmental compliance costs to be credited toward the non-Federal share

of the cost of a project described in subsection (d)(2) (other

than subparagraph (H)) in accordance with subsection (f),

limited to costs incurred less than 18 months prior to

project approval.’’.

(f) ENCOURAGEMENT OF USE OF YOUTH CONSERVATION OR

SERVICE CORPS.—The Secretary shall encourage the States to enter

into contracts and cooperative agreements with qualified youth

conservation or service corps to perform construction and maintenance of recreational trails under section 206 of title 23, United

States Code.

SEC. 1110. TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

(a) STANDARDS.—Section 109(e) of title 23, United States Code,

is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘(e) No funds’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(e) INSTALLATION OF SAFETY DEVICES.—

‘‘(1) HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS AND DRAWBRIDGES.—No funds’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.—No funds shall

be approved for expenditure on any Federal-aid highway, or

highway affected under chapter 2, unless proper temporary

traffic control devices to improve safety in work zones will

be installed and maintained during construction, utility, and

maintenance operations on that portion of the highway with

respect to which such expenditures are to be made. Installation

and maintenance of the devices shall be in accordance with

the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.’’.

(b) LETTING OF CONTRACTS.—Section 112 of such title is

amended—

(1) by striking subsection (f);

(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(g) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.—

‘‘(1) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, after consultation with appropriate Federal and State officials, shall

issue regulations establishing the conditions for the appropriate

use of, and expenditure of funds for, uniformed law enforcement

officers, positive protective measures between workers and

motorized traffic, and installation and maintenance of temporary traffic control devices during construction, utility, and

maintenance operations.

‘‘(2) EFFECTS OF REGULATIONS.—Based on regulations

issued under paragraph (1), a State shall—

‘‘(A) develop separate pay items for the use of uniformed law enforcement officers, positive protective measures between workers and motorized traffic, and installation and maintenance of temporary traffic control devices

during construction, utility, and maintenance operations;

and

Contracts.

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‘‘(B) incorporate such pay items into contract provisions

to be included in each contract entered into by the State

with respect to a highway project to ensure compliance

with section 109(e)(2).

‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in the regulations shall prohibit

a State from implementing standards that are more stringent

than those required under the regulations.

‘‘(4) POSITIVE PROTECTIVE MEASURES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘positive protective measures’ means temporary traffic barriers, crash cushions, and other strategies

to avoid traffic accidents in work zones, including full road

closures.’’.

(c) CLARIFICATION OF DATE.—Section 109(g) of such title is

amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and

all that follows through ‘‘of 1970’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than

January 30, 1971, the Secretary shall issue’’.

SEC. 1111. SET-ASIDES FOR INTERSTATE DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 118(c)(1) of title 23, United States

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and all that follows

through ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years

2005 through 2009’’.

(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

(1) SECTION 116.—Section 116(b) of such title is amended

by striking ‘‘highway department’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation

department’’.

(2) SECTION 120.—Section 120(e) of such title is amended

in the first sentence by striking ‘‘such system’’ and inserting

‘‘such highway’’.

(3) SECTION 127.—Section 127(a) of such title is amended

by striking ‘‘118(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘118(b)(2)’’.

(4) BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY GRANTS.—Section

1212(i) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(112 Stat. 196–197) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs

(D) and (E) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, and moving

such paragraphs 2 ems to the left.

SEC. 1112. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year

such sums as may be necessary for allocations by the Secretary

described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 125 of title 23,

United States Code, if the total of those allocations in such fiscal

year are in excess of $100,000,000.

SEC. 1113. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

(a) PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.—Section 133(b) of title 23, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (6) by inserting ‘‘, including advanced

truck stop electrification systems’’ before the period at the

end; and

(2) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:

‘‘(12) Projects relating to intersections that—

‘‘(A) have disproportionately high accident rates;

‘‘(B) have high levels of congestion, as evidenced by—

‘‘(i) interrupted traffic flow at the intersection; and

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‘‘(ii) a level of service rating that is not better

than ‘F’ during peak travel hours, calculated in accordance with the Highway Capacity Manual issued by

the Transportation Research Board; and

‘‘(C) are located on a Federal-aid highway.’’.

(b) REPEAL OF SAFETY PROGRAMS SET-ASIDE.— (1) REPEAL.—Section 133(d)(1) of such title is repealed.

(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 133(d) of such title

is amended—

(A) in the first sentence of paragraph (3)(A)—

(i) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (C) and (D)’’ and

inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; and

(ii) by striking ‘‘80 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘90 percent’’;

(B) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ‘‘tobe’’ and inserting

‘‘to be’’; and

(C) in paragraph (3)—

(i) by striking subparagraph (C);

(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E)

as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and

(iii) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by clause

(ii)) by adding a period at the end.

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) and paragraph

(2)(A)(ii) of this subsection shall take effect October 1, 2005.

(c) TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Effective

October 1, 2005, section 133(d)(2) of such title is amended by

striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘section 104(b)(3)

for a fiscal year’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘In a fiscal year,

the greater of 10 percent of the funds apportioned to a State

under section 104(b)(3) for such fiscal year, or the amount set

aside under this paragraph with respect to the State for fiscal

year 2005,’’.

(d) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Section 133(f)(1) of such title is

amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘1998 through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2004

through 2006’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘2001 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2007

through 2009’’.

(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Effective June 9, 1998, section

1108(e) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(112 Stat. 140) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 133’’ and inserting

‘‘Section 133(f)’’.

SEC. 1114. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.

(a) FINDING AND DECLARATION.—Section 144(a) of title 23,

United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) FINDING AND DECLARATION.—Congress finds and declares

that it is in the vital interest of the United States that a highway

bridge program be carried out to enable States to improve the

condition of their highway bridges over waterways, other topographical barriers, other highways, and railroads through replacement and rehabilitation of bridges that the States and the Secretary

determine are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete and

through systematic preventive maintenance of bridges.’’.

(b) PARTICIPATION.—Section 144(d) of such title is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(d) PARTICIPATION.—

23 USC 133.

Effective date.

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‘‘(1) BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION.—On

application by a State or States to the Secretary for assistance

for a highway bridge that has been determined to be eligible

for replacement or rehabilitation under subsection (b) or (c),

the Secretary may approve Federal participation in—

‘‘(A) replacing the bridge with a comparable facility;

or

‘‘(B) rehabilitating the bridge.

‘‘(2) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—On application by a State or

States to the Secretary, the Secretary may approve Federal

assistance for any of the following activities for a highway

bridge that has been determined to be eligible for replacement

or rehabilitation under subsection (b) or (c):

‘‘(A) Painting.

‘‘(B) Seismic retrofit.

‘‘(C) Systematic preventive maintenance.

‘‘(D) Installation of scour countermeasures.

‘‘(E) Application of calcium magnesium acetate, sodium

acetate/formate, or other environmentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and de-icing compositions.

‘‘(3) BASIS FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall determine the eligibility of highway bridges for replacement or

rehabilitation for each State based on structurally deficient

and functionally obsolete highway bridges in the State.

‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a State

may carry out a project under paragraph (2)(B), (2)(C), or

(2)(D) for a highway bridge without regard to whether the

bridge is eligible for replacement or rehabilitation under this

section.’’.

(c) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 144(e) of such title

is amended—

(1) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘square footage’’ and

inserting ‘‘deck area’’;

(2) in the fourth sentence by striking ‘‘the total cost of

deficient bridges in a State and in all States shall be reduced

by the total cost of any highway bridges constructed under

subsection (m) in such State, relating to replacement of

destroyed bridges and ferryboat services, and,’’; and

(3) in the seventh sentence by striking ‘‘for the same period

as funds apportioned for projects on the Federal-aid primary

system under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘for the period specified

in section 118(b)(2)’’.

(d) OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGES.—Section 144(g)(3) of such title is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(3) OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 15 percent of the

amount apportioned to each State in each of fiscal years

2005 through 2009 shall be expended for projects to replace,

rehabilitate, paint, perform systematic preventive maintenance or seismic retrofit of, or apply calcium magnesium

acetate, sodium acetate/formate, or other environmentally

acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and de-icing compositions to, or install scour countermeasures to, highway

bridges located on public roads, other than those on a

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Federal-aid highway, or to complete the Warwick Intermodal Station (including the construction of a people mover

between the Station and the T.F. Green Airport).

‘‘(B) REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary,

after consultation with State and local officials, may reduce

the requirement for expenditure for bridges not on a Federal-aid highway under subparagraph (A) with respect to

the State if the Secretary determines that the State has

inadequate needs to justify the expenditure.’’.

(e) BRIDGE SET-ASIDE.—

(1) FISCAL YEAR 2005.—Section 144(g)(1)(C) of such title

is amended—

(A) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘2003’’ and

inserting ‘‘2005’’; and

(B) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2003’’ and

inserting ‘‘2005’’.

(2) FISCAL YEARS 2006 THROUGH 2009.—Effective October

1, 2005, section 144(g) of such title (as amended by subsection

(d) of this section) is amended—

(A) by striking the subsection designation and all that

follows through the period at the end of paragraph (2)

and inserting the following:

‘‘(g) BRIDGE SET-ASIDES.—

‘‘(1) DESIGNATED PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be

appropriated to carry out the bridge program under this

section for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009,

all but $100,000,000 shall be apportioned as provided in

subsection (e). Such $100,000,000 shall be available as

follows:

‘‘(i) $12,500,000 per fiscal year for the Golden Gate

Bridge.

‘‘(ii) $18,750,000 per fiscal year for the construction

of a bridge joining the Island of Gravina to the community of Ketchikan in Alaska.

‘‘(iii) $12,500,000 per fiscal year to the State of

Nevada for construction of a replacement of the federally owned bridge over the Hoover Dam in the Lake

Mead National Recreation Area.

‘‘(iv) $12,500,000 per fiscal year to the State of

Missouri for construction of a structure over the Mississippi River to connect the City of St. Louis, Missouri,

to the State of Illinois.

‘‘(v) $12,500,000 per fiscal year for replacement

and reconstruction of State maintained bridges in the

State of Oklahoma.

‘‘(vi) $4,500,000 per fiscal year for replacement

of the Missisquoi Bay Bridge, Vermont.

‘‘(vii) $8,000,000 per fiscal year for replacement

and reconstruction of State-maintained bridges in the

State of Vermont.

‘‘(viii) $8,750,000 per fiscal year for design, planning, and right-of-way acquisition for the Interstate

Route 74 bridge from Bettendorf, Iowa, to Moline,

Illinois.

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‘‘(ix) $10,000,000 per fiscal year for replacement

and reconstruction of State-maintained bridges in the

State of Oregon.

‘‘(B) GRAVINA ACCESS SCORING.—The project described

in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not be counted for purposes

of the reduction set forth in the fourth sentence of subsection (e).

‘‘(C) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available to a State under this paragraph shall remain available

until expended.’’;

(B) by striking paragraph (2); and

(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).

(f) CONTINUATION OF REPORT; FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 144

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

‘‘(r) ANNUAL MATERIALS REPORT ON NEW BRIDGE CONSTRUC- TION AND BRIDGE REHABILITATION.—Not later than 1 year after

the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter,

the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a report

describing construction materials used in new Federal-aid bridge

construction and bridge rehabilitation projects.

‘‘(s) FEDERAL SHARE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under paragraph

(2), the Federal share of the cost of a project payable from

funds made available to carry out this section shall be determined under section 120(b).

‘‘(2) INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—The Federal share of the cost

of a project on the Interstate System payable from funds made

available to carry out this section shall be determined under

section 120(a).’’.

(g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 144(i) of such title is

amended by striking ‘‘at the same time’’ and all that follows through

‘‘Congress’’.

SEC. 1115. HIGHWAY USE TAX EVASION PROJECTS.

(a) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— (1) INTERGOVERNMENTAL ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.—Section

143(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by

inserting before the period the following: ‘‘; except that of funds

so made available for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009,

$2,000,000 shall be available only to carry out intergovernmental enforcement efforts, including research and training’’.

(2) CONDITIONS ON FUNDS ALLOCATED TO INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.—Section 143(b)(3) of such title is amended by

striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided

in this section, the’’.

(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Section 143(b)(4) of

such title is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (F);

(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph

(G) and inserting a semicolon; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(H) to support efforts between States and Indian tribes

to address issues relating to State motor fuel taxes; and

‘‘(I) to analyze and implement programs to reduce tax

evasion associated with foreign imported fuel.’’.

(4) REPORTS.—Section 143(b) of such title is amended by

adding at the end the following:

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‘‘(9) REPORTS.—The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue

Service and each State shall submit to the Secretary an annual

report that describes the projects, examinations, and criminal

investigations funded by and carried out under this section.

Such report shall specify the estimated annual yield from such

projects, examinations, and criminal investigations.’’.

(b) EXCISE FUEL REPORTING SYSTEM.—Section 143(c) of such

title is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) EXCISE TAX FUEL REPORTING.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date

of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Secretary shall enter

into a memorandum of understanding with the Commissioner

of the Internal Revenue Service for the purposes of—

‘‘(A) the additional development of capabilities needed

to support new reporting requirements and databases

established under such Act and the American Jobs Creation

Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–357), and such other reporting

requirements and database development as may be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, to be useful in

the enforcement of fuel excise taxes, including provisions

recommended by the Fuel Tax Enforcement Advisory Committee,

‘‘(B) the completion of requirements needed for the

electronic reporting of fuel transactions from carriers and

terminal operators,

‘‘(C) the operation and maintenance of an excise summary terminal activity reporting system and other systems

used to provide strategic analyses of domestic and foreign

motor fuel distribution trends and patterns,

‘‘(D) the collection, analysis, and sharing of information

on fuel distribution and compliance or noncompliance with

fuel taxes, and

‘‘(E) the development, completion, operation, and

maintenance of an electronic claims filing system and database and an electronic database of heavy vehicle highway

use payments.

‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The

memorandum of understanding shall provide that—

‘‘(A) the Internal Revenue Service shall develop and

maintain any system under paragraph (1) through contracts,

‘‘(B) any system under paragraph (1) shall be under

the control of the Internal Revenue Service, and

‘‘(C) any system under paragraph (1) shall be made

available for use by appropriate State and Federal revenue,

tax, and law enforcement authorities, subject to section

6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

‘‘(3) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available to carry

out this section for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009,

the Secretary shall make available to the Internal Revenue

Service such funds as may be necessary to complete, operate,

and maintain the systems under paragraph (1) in accordance

with this subsection.

‘‘(4) REPORTS.—Not later than September 30 of each year,

the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall provide

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reports to the Secretary on the status of the Internal Revenue

Service projects funded under this subsection.’’.

(c) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 1101(a)(21) of this Act for highway use tax

evasion projects for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009,

the following amounts shall be allocated to the Internal Revenue

Service to carry out section 143 of title 23, United States Code: (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.

(2) $44,800,000 for fiscal year 2006.

(3) $53,300,000 for fiscal year 2007.

(4) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

SEC. 1116. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

(a) APPORTIONMENT.—The Secretary shall apportion funds

made available by section 1101(a)(7) of this Act for fiscal years

2005 through 2009 among the States based on the latest available

cost to complete estimate for the Appalachian development highway

system under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code.

(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available by section 1101(a)(7) of this Act for the Appalachian development highway

system shall be available for obligation in the same manner as

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

States Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of any

project under this section shall be determined in accordance with

section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, and such funds

shall be available to construct highways and access roads under

such section and shall remain available until expended.

(c) USE OF TOLL CREDITS.—Section 120(j)(1) of title 23, United

States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and the Appalachian development highway system program under section 14501 of title 40’’

after ‘‘section 125’’.

SEC. 1117. TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY, AND SYSTEM PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In cooperation with appropriate State,

tribal, regional, and local governments, the Secretary shall establish

a comprehensive program to address the relationships among

transportation, community, and system preservation plans and

practices and identify private sector-based initiatives to improve

such relationships.

(b) PURPOSE.—Through the program under this section, the

Secretary shall facilitate the planning, development, and

implementation of strategies to integrate transportation, community, and system preservation plans and practices that address

one or more of the following:

(1) Improve the efficiency of the transportation system

of the United States.

(2) Reduce the impacts of transportation on the environment.

(3) Reduce the need for costly future investments in public

infrastructure.

(4) Provide efficient access to jobs, services, and centers

of trade.

(5) Examine community development patterns and identify

strategies to encourage private sector development that

achieves the purposes identified in paragraphs (1) through (4).

(c) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall allocate funds

made available to carry out this section to States, metropolitan

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planning organizations, local governments, and tribal governments

to carry out eligible projects to integrate transportation, community,

and system preservation plans and practices.

(d) ELIGIBILITY.—A project described in subsection (c) is an

eligible project under this section if the project—

(1) is eligible for assistance under title 23 or chapter 53

of title 49, United States Code; or

(2) is to conduct any other activity relating to transportation, community, and system preservation that the Secretary

determines to be appropriate, including corridor preservation

activities that are necessary to implement one or more of the

following:

(A) Transit-oriented development plans.

(B) Traffic calming measures.

(C) Other coordinated transportation, community, and

system preservation practices.

(e) CRITERIA.—In allocating funds made available to carry out

this section, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to

applicants that—

(1) have instituted preservation or development plans and

programs that—

(A) are coordinated with State and local preservation

or development plans, including transit-oriented development plans;

(B) promote cost-effective and strategic investments

in transportation infrastructure that minimize adverse

impacts on the environment; or

(C) promote innovative private sector strategies;

(2) have instituted other policies to integrate transportation, community, and system preservation practices, such

as—

(A) spending policies that direct funds to high-growth

areas;

(B) urban growth boundaries to guide metropolitan

expansion;

(C) ‘‘green corridors’’ programs that provide access to

major highway corridors for areas targeted for efficient

and compact development; or

(D) other similar programs or policies as determined

by the Secretary;

(3) have preservation or development policies that include

a mechanism for reducing potential impacts of transportation

activities on the environment;

(4) demonstrate a commitment to public and private

involvement, including the involvement of nontraditional partners in the project team; and

(5) examine ways to encourage private sector investments

that address the purposes of this section.

(f) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In allocating funds to carry out

this section, the Secretary shall ensure the equitable distribution

of funds to a diversity of populations and geographic regions.

(g) FUNDING.—

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

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this section $25,000,000 for fiscal year

2005 and $61,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through

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(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available to carry

out this section shall be available for obligation in the same

manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1

of title 23, United States Code; except that such funds shall

not be transferable, and the Federal share for projects and

activities carried out with such funds shall be determined in

accordance with section 120(b) of title 23, United States Code.

(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1221 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 112

Stat. 221) is repealed.

SEC. 1118. TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

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

is amended by striking section 215 and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 215. Territorial highway program

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the territorial

highway program established under subsection (b).

‘‘(2) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means any of the

following territories of the United States:

‘‘(A) American Samoa.

‘‘(B) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands.

‘‘(C) Guam.

‘‘(D) The United States Virgin Islands.

‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Recognizing the mutual benefits that

will accrue to the territories and the United States from the

improvement of highways in the territories, the Secretary may

carry out a program to assist each government of a territory

in the construction and improvement of a system of arterial

and collector highways, and necessary inter-island connectors,

that is—

‘‘(A) designated by the Governor or chief executive

officer of each territory; and

‘‘(B) approved by the Secretary.

‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of Federal financial assistance provided to territories under this section shall

be in accordance with section 120(h).

‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To continue a long-range highway

development program, the Secretary may provide technical

assistance to the governments of the territories to enable the

territories to, on a continuing basis—

‘‘(A) engage in highway planning;

‘‘(B) conduct environmental evaluations;

‘‘(C) administer right-of-way acquisition and relocation

assistance programs; and

‘‘(D) design, construct, operate, and maintain a system

of arterial and collector highways, including necessary

inter-island connectors.

‘‘(2) FORM AND TERMS OF ASSISTANCE.—Technical assistance

provided under paragraph (1), and the terms for the sharing

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of information among territories receiving the technical assistance, shall be included in the agreement required by subsection

(e).

‘‘(d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent that provisions

of chapter 1 are determined by the Secretary to be inconsistent

with the needs of the territories and the intent of the program,

chapter 1 (other than provisions of chapter 1 relating to the

apportionment and allocation of funds) shall apply to funds

authorized to be appropriated for the program.

‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The agreement required by

subsection (e) for each territory shall identify the sections of

chapter 1 that are applicable to that territory and the extent

of the applicability of those sections.

‘‘(e) AGREEMENT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (4),

none of the funds made available for the program shall be

available for obligation or expenditure with respect to any

territory until the chief executive officer of the territory enters

into an agreement with the Secretary (not later than 1 year

after the date of enactment of SAFETEA–LU), providing that

the government of the territory shall—

‘‘(A) implement the program in accordance with

applicable provisions of chapter 1 and subsection (d);

‘‘(B) design and construct a system of arterial and

collector highways, including necessary inter-island connectors, in accordance with standards that are—

‘‘(i) appropriate for each territory; and

‘‘(ii) approved by the Secretary;

‘‘(C) provide for the maintenance of facilities constructed or operated under this section in a condition to

adequately serve the needs of present and future traffic;

and

‘‘(D) implement standards for traffic operations and

uniform traffic control devices that are approved by the

Secretary.

‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The agreement required by

paragraph (1) shall—

‘‘(A) specify the kind of technical assistance to be provided under the program;

‘‘(B) include appropriate provisions regarding information sharing among the territories; and

‘‘(C) delineate the oversight role and responsibilities

of the territories and the Secretary.

‘‘(3) REVIEW AND REVISION OF AGREEMENT.—The agreement

entered into under paragraph (1) shall be reevaluated and,

as necessary, revised, at least every 2 years.

‘‘(4) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—With respect to an agreement

under the section between the Secretary and the chief executive

officer of a territory that is in effect as of the date of enactment

of the SAFETEA–LU—

‘‘(A) the agreement shall continue in force until

replaced by an agreement entered into in accordance with

paragraph (1); and

‘‘(B) amounts made available for the program under

the existing agreement shall be available for obligation

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or expenditure so long as the agreement, or the existing

agreement entered into under paragraph (1), is in effect.

‘‘(f) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available for the program

may be used only for the following projects and activities carried

out in a territory:

‘‘(A) Eligible surface transportation program projects

described in section 133(b).

‘‘(B) Cost-effective, preventive maintenance consistent

with section 116(d).

‘‘(C) Ferry boats, terminal facilities, and approaches,

in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of section 129.

‘‘(D) Engineering and economic surveys and investigations for the planning, and the financing, of future highway

programs.

‘‘(E) Studies of the economy, safety, and convenience

of highway use.

‘‘(F) The regulation and equitable taxation of highway

use.

‘‘(G) Such research and development as are necessary

in connection with the planning, design, and maintenance

of the highway system.

‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.—None of the funds made available for the program

shall be obligated or expended for routine maintenance.

‘‘(g) LOCATION OF PROJECTS.—Territorial highway projects

(other than those described in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section

133(b)) may not be undertaken on roads functionally classified

as local.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Section 103(b) of such title is

amended—

(A) in the heading for paragraph (6) by striking

‘‘ELIGIBLE’’ and inserting ‘‘STATE ELIGIBLE’’;

(B) in paragraph (6) by striking subparagraph (P);

and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(7) TERRITORY ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Subject to approval

by the Secretary, funds set aside for this program under section

104(b)(1) for the National Highway System may be obligated

for projects eligible for assistance under the territorial highway

program under section 215.’’.

(2) FUNDING.—Section 104(b)(1)(A) of such title is amended

by striking ‘‘to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,

and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands’’ and

inserting ‘‘for the territorial highway program under section

215’’.

(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 2 of

such title is amended by striking the item relating to section

215 and inserting the following:

‘‘215. Territorial highway program.’’.

SEC. 1119. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.

(a) FEDERAL SHARE PAYABLE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 120(k) of title 23, United States

Code, is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’; and

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(B) by striking ‘‘section 104’’ and inserting ‘‘this title

or chapter 53 of title 49’’.

(2) TECHNICAL REFERENCES.—Section 120(l) of such title

is amended by striking ‘‘section 104’’ and inserting ‘‘this title

or chapter 53 of title 49’’.

(b) PAYMENTS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR FEDERAL-AID

PROJECTS.—Section 132 of such title is amended—

(1) by striking the first two sentences and inserting the

following:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which a proposed Federalaid project is to be undertaken by a Federal agency in accordance

with an agreement between a State and the Federal agency, the

State may—

‘‘(1) direct the Secretary to transfer the funds for the Federal share of the project directly to the Federal agency; or

‘‘(2) make such deposit with, or payment to, the Federal

agency as is required to meet the obligation of the State under

the agreement for the work undertaken or to be undertaken

by the Federal agency.

‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—On execution with a State of a project

agreement described in subsection (a), the Secretary may reimburse

the State, using any available funds, for the estimated Federal

share under this title of the obligation of the State deposited or

paid under subsection (a)(2).’’; and

(2) in the last sentence by striking ‘‘Any sums’’ and

inserting the following:

‘‘(c) RECOVERY AND CREDITING OF FUNDS.—Any sums’’.

(c) ALLOCATIONS.—Section 202 of such title is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) On October 1’’ and

all that follows through ‘‘Such allocation’’ and inserting the

following:

‘‘(a) ALLOCATION BASED ON NEED.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each fiscal year, the

Secretary shall allocate sums authorized to be appropriated

for the fiscal year for forest development roads and trails

according to the relative needs of the various national forests

and grasslands.

‘‘(2) PLANNING.—The allocation under paragraph (1)’’;

(2) in subsection (d)(2)—

(A) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(E) TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after

the date on which funds are made available to the

Secretary of the Interior under this paragraph, the

funds shall be distributed to, and available for immediate use by, the eligible Indian tribes, in accordance

with the formula for distribution of funds under the

Indian reservation roads program.

‘‘(ii) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of this section, funds available to Indian

tribes for Indian reservation roads shall be expended

on projects identified in a transportation improvement

program approved by the Secretary.’’; and

(B) in subsection (d)(3)(A) by striking ‘‘under this title’’

and inserting ‘‘under this chapter and section 125(e)’’.

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(d) FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS PROGRAM.—Section 202 of such

title is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:

‘‘(b) ALLOCATION FOR PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS.— ‘‘(1) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each fiscal year,

the Secretary shall allocate 34 percent of the sums authorized to be appropriated for that fiscal year for public lands

highways among those States having unappropriated or

unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other

Federal reservations, on the basis of need in the States,

respectively, as determined by the Secretary, on application

of the State transportation departments of the respective

States.

‘‘(B) PREFERENCE.—In making the allocation under

subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give preference to

those projects that are significantly impacted by Federal

land and resource management activities that are proposed

by a State that contains at least 3 percent of the total

public land in the United States.

‘‘(2) FOREST HIGHWAYS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each fiscal year,

the Secretary shall allocate 66 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated for public lands highways for forest

highways in accordance with section 134 of the FederalAid Highway Act of 1987 (23 U.S.C. 202 note; 101 Stat.

173).

‘‘(B) PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND WITHIN NATIONAL FOREST

SYSTEM.—In making the allocation under subparagraph (A),

the Secretary shall give equal consideration to projects

that provide access to and within the National Forest

System, as identified by the Secretary of Agriculture

through—

‘‘(i) renewable resource and land use planning; and

‘‘(ii) assessments of the impact of that planning

on transportation facilities.’’.

(e) BIA ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 202(d)(2) of such

title (as amended by subsection (c)(2) of this section) is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(F) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds authorized to be

appropriated for Indian reservation roads, $20,000,000

for fiscal year 2006, $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,

$24,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $27,000,000 for

fiscal year 2009 may be used by the Secretary of the

Interior for program management and oversight and

project-related administrative expenses.

‘‘(ii) HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSURANCES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an Indian tribal

government may approve plans, specifications, and

estimates and commence road and bridge construction

with funds made available for Indian reservation roads

under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) and SAFETEA–LU through

a contract or agreement under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b

et seq.) if the Indian tribal government—

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‘‘(I) provides assurances in the contract or

agreement that the construction will meet or

exceed applicable health and safety standards;

‘‘(II) obtains the advance review of the plans

and specifications from a State-licensed civil engineer that has certified that the plans and specifications meet or exceed the applicable health and

safety standards; and

‘‘(III) provides a copy of the certification under

subclause (I) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Tribal Government Affairs or the Assistant

Secretary for Indian Affairs, as appropriate.’’.

(f) NATIONAL TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITY INVENTORY.— Section 202(d)(2) of such title (as amended by subsection (e)) is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(G) NATIONAL TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITY

INVENTORY.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after

the date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the

Interior, shall complete a comprehensive national

inventory of transportation facilities that are eligible

for assistance under the Indian reservation roads program.

‘‘(ii) TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES INCLUDED IN THE

INVENTORY.—For purposes of identifying the tribal

transportation system and determining the relative

transportation needs among Indian tribes, the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, transportation

facilities that are eligible for assistance under the

Indian reservation roads program that a tribe has

requested, including facilities that—

‘‘(I) were included in the Bureau of Indian

Affairs system inventory for funding formula purposes in 1992 or any subsequent fiscal year;

‘‘(II) were constructed or reconstructed with

funds from the Highway Trust Funds (other than

the Mass Transit Account) under the Indian reservation roads program since 1983;

‘‘(III) are owned by an Indian tribal government; or

‘‘(IV) are community streets or bridges within

the exterior boundary of Indian reservations,

Alaska Native villages, and other recognized

Indian communities (including communities in

former Indian reservations in Oklahoma) in which

the majority of residents are American Indians

or Alaska Natives; or

‘‘(V) are primary access routes proposed by

tribal governments, including roads between villages, roads to landfills, roads to drinking water

sources, roads to natural resources identified for

economic development, and roads that provide

access to intermodal termini, such as airports, harbors, or boat landings.

‘‘(iii) LIMITATION ON PRIMARY ACCESS ROUTES.— For purposes of this subparagraph, a proposed primary

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access route is the shortest practicable route connecting

2 points of the proposed route.

‘‘(iv) ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.—Nothing in this

subparagraph shall preclude the Secretary from

including additional transportation facilities that are

eligible for funding under the Indian reservation roads

program in the inventory used for the national funding

allocation if such additional facilities are included in

the inventory in a uniform and consistent manner

nationally.

‘‘(v) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days

after the date of completion of the inventory under

this subparagraph, the Secretary shall prepare and

submit a report to Congress that includes the data

gathered and the results of the inventory.’’.

(g) INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD BRIDGES.—Section 202(d)(4) of

such title is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (B)—

(A) by striking ‘‘(B) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts’’

and all that follows through ‘‘to replace,’’ and inserting

the following:

‘‘(B) FUNDING.—

‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to any other funds made available for Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year, there is authorized

to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other

than the Mass Transit Account) $14,000,000 for each

of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out planning,

design, engineering, preconstruction, construction, and

inspection of projects to replace,’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(ii) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available to carry

out this subparagraph shall be available for obligation

in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned

under chapter 1.’’;

(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking clause (iii) and inserting

the following:

‘‘(iii) be structurally deficient or functionally obsolete; and’’; and

(3) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:

‘‘(D) APPROVAL REQUIREMENT.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), on request

by an Indian tribe or the Secretary of the Interior,

the Secretary may make funds available under this

subsection for preliminary engineering for Indian reservation road bridge projects.

‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION

ENGINEERING.—The Secretary may make funds available under clause (i) for construction and construction

engineering after approval of applicable plans, specifications, and estimates in accordance with this title.’’.

(4) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN TRIBES.—

Section 202(d) of such title is amended by adding at the end

the following:

‘‘(5) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN TRIBES.—

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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any interagency agreement, program guideline, manual, or policy directive, all funds made available

to an Indian tribal government under this chapter for

a highway, road, bridge, parkway, or transit facility program or project that is located on an Indian reservation

or provides access to the reservation or a community of

the Indian tribe shall be made available, on the request

of the Indian tribal government, to the Indian tribal government for use in carrying out, in accordance with the Indian

Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25

U.S.C. 450 et seq.), contracts and agreements for the planning, research, design, engineering, construction, and

maintenance relating to the program or project.

‘‘(B) EXCLUSION OF AGENCY PARTICIPATION.—In accordance with subparagraph (A), all funds for a program or

project to which subparagraph (A) applies shall be paid

to the Indian tribal government without regard to the

organizational level at which the Department of the

Interior has previously carried out, or the Department of

Transportation has previously carried out under the Federal lands highway programs, the programs, functions,

services, or activities involved.

‘‘(C) CONSORTIA.—Two or more Indian tribes that are

otherwise eligible to participate in a program or project

to which this chapter applies may form a consortium to

be considered as a single Indian tribe for the purpose

of participating in the project under this section.

‘‘(D) SECRETARY AS SIGNATORY.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to enter

into a funding agreement with an Indian tribal government

to carry out a highway, road, bridge, parkway, or transit

program or project under subparagraph (A) that is located

on an Indian reservation or provides access to the reservation or a community of the Indian tribe.

‘‘(E) FUNDING.—The amount an Indian tribal government receives for a program or project under subparagraph

(A) shall equal the sum of the funding that the Indian

tribal government would otherwise receive for the program

or project in accordance with the funding formula established under this subsection and such additional amounts

as the Secretary determines equal the amounts that would

have been withheld for the costs of the Bureau of Indian

Affairs for administration of the program or project.

‘‘(F) ELIGIBILITY.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), funds may

be made available under subparagraph (A) to an Indian

tribal government for a program or project in a fiscal

year only if the Indian tribal government requesting

such funds demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary financial stability and financial management

capability during the 3 fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the request is being

made.

‘‘(ii) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING FINANCIAL STA- BILITY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY.—An

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significant and material audit exceptions in the

required annual audit of the Indian tribal government

self-determination contracts or self-governance funding

agreements with any Federal agency during the 3-

fiscal year period referred in clause (i) shall be conclusive evidence of the financial stability and financial

management capability for purposes of clause (i).

‘‘(G) ASSUMPTION OF FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES.—An

Indian tribal government receiving funding under subparagraph (A) for a program or project shall assume all functions and duties that the Secretary of the Interior would

have performed with respect to a program or project under

this chapter, other than those functions and duties that

inherently cannot be legally transferred under the Indian

Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25

U.S.C. 450b et seq.).

‘‘(H) POWERS.—An Indian tribal government receiving

funding under subparagraph (A) for a program or project

shall have all powers that the Secretary of the Interior

would have exercised in administering the funds transferred to the Indian tribal government for such program

or project under this section if the funds had not been

transferred, except to the extent that such powers are

powers that inherently cannot be legally transferred under

the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance

Act (25 U.S.C. 450b et seq.).

‘‘(I) DISPUTE RESOLUTION.—In the event of a disagreement between the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior

and an Indian tribe over whether a particular function,

duty, or power may be lawfully transferred under the

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

(25 U.S.C. 450b et seq.), the Indian tribe shall have the

right to pursue all alternative dispute resolutions and

appeal procedures authorized by such Act, including regulations issued to carry out such Act.

‘‘(J) TERMINATION OF CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT.—On

the date of the termination of a contract or agreement

under this section by an Indian tribal government, the

Secretary shall transfer all funds that would have been

allocated to the Indian tribal government under the contract or agreement to the Secretary of the Interior to provide continued transportation services in accordance with

applicable law.’’.

(h) PLANNING AND AGENCY COORDINATION.—Section 204 of such

title is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting ‘‘refuge roads,’’ after

‘‘parkways,’’; and

(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:

‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available for public lands

highways, park roads and parkways, and Indian reservation

roads shall be used by the Secretary and the Secretary of

the appropriate Federal land management agency to pay the

cost of—

‘‘(A) transportation planning, research, and engineering

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facilities located on public lands, national parks, and Indian

reservations; and

‘‘(B) operation and maintenance of transit facilities

located on public lands, national parks, and Indian reservations.

‘‘(2) CONTRACT.—In connection with an activity described

in paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Secretary of the appropriate Federal land management agency may enter into a contract or other appropriate agreement with respect to such

activity with—

‘‘(A) a State (including a political subdivision of a

State); or

‘‘(B) an Indian tribe.

‘‘(3) INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS.—In the case of an Indian

reservation road—

‘‘(A) Indian labor may be employed, in accordance with

such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the

Secretary of the Interior, to carry out any construction

or other activity described in paragraph (1); and

‘‘(B) funds made available to carry out this section

may be used to pay bridge preconstruction costs (including

planning, design, and engineering).

‘‘(4) FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.—No maximum limitation on

Federal employment shall be applicable to construction or

improvement of Indian reservation roads.

‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made available under

this section for each class of Federal lands highways shall

be available for any transportation project eligible for assistance

under this title that is within or adjacent to, or that provides

access to, the areas served by the particular class of Federal

lands highways.

‘‘(6) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Interior

may reserve funds from administrative funds of the Bureau

of Indian Affairs that are associated with the Indian reservation

roads program to finance Indian technical centers under section

504(b).’’.

(i) MAINTENANCE OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS.—Section

204(c) of such title is amended by striking the second and third

sentences and inserting the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other

provision of this title, of the amount of funds allocated for Indian

reservation roads from the Highway Trust Fund, not more than

25 percent of the funds allocated to an Indian tribe may be expended

for the purpose of maintenance, excluding road sealing which shall

not be subject to any limitation. The Bureau of Indian Affairs

shall continue to retain primary responsibility, including annual

funding request responsibility, for road maintenance programs on

Indian reservations. The Secretary shall ensure that funding made

available under this subsection for maintenance of Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year is supplementary to and not in

lieu of any obligation of funds by the Bureau of Indian Affairs

for road maintenance programs on Indian reservations.’’.

(j) REFUGE ROADS.—Section 204(k)(1) of such title is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (B)—

(A) by striking ‘‘(2), (5),’’ and inserting ‘‘(2), (3), (5),’’;

and

(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

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(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end

and inserting a semicolon; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(D) the non-Federal share of the cost of any project

funded under this title or chapter 53 of title 49 that provides access to or within a wildlife refuge; and

‘‘(E) maintenance and improvement of recreational

trails; except that expenditures on trails under this

subparagraph shall not exceed 5 percent of available funds

for each fiscal year.’’.

(k) TRIBAL-STATE ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS.—Section

204 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(l) TRIBAL-STATE ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An Indian tribe and a State may enter

into a road maintenance agreement under which an Indian

tribe assumes the responsibilities of the State for—

‘‘(A) Indian reservation roads; and

‘‘(B) roads providing access to Indian reservation roads.

‘‘(2) TRIBAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.—Agreements entered into

under paragraph (1)—

‘‘(A) shall be negotiated between the State and the

Indian tribe; and

‘‘(B) shall not require the approval of the Secretary.

‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—Effective beginning with fiscal year

2005, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress an

annual report that identifies—

‘‘(A) the Indian tribes and States that have entered

into agreements under paragraph (1);

‘‘(B) the number of miles of roads for which Indian

tribes have assumed maintenance responsibilities; and

‘‘(C) the amount of funding transferred to Indian tribes

for the fiscal year under agreements entered into under

paragraph (1).’’.

(l) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION FOR

TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.—Section 102 of title 49, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections

(g) and (h), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:

‘‘(f) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT

AFFAIRS.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with Federal policies

promoting Indian self determination, the Department of

Transportation shall have, within the office of the Secretary,

a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tribal Government Affairs

appointed by the President to plan, coordinate, and implement

the Department of Transportation policy and programs serving

Indian tribes and tribal organizations and to coordinate tribal

transportation programs and activities in all offices and

administrations of the Department and to be a participant

in any negotiated rulemaking relating to, or having an impact

on, projects, programs, or funding associated with the tribal

transportation program.

‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF TRUST OBLIGATIONS.—

‘‘(A) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY.—In carrying out

this title, the Secretary shall be responsible to exercise

the trust obligations of the United States to Indians and

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Indian tribes to ensure that the rights of a tribe or individual Indian are protected.

‘‘(B) PRESERVATION OF UNITED STATES RESPONSIBILITY.—Nothing in this title shall absolve the United

States from any responsibility to Indians and Indian tribes,

including responsibilities derived from the trust relationship and any treaty, executive order, or agreement between

the United States and an Indian tribe.’’.

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

public lands highways under section 1101— (1) not to exceed $20,000,000 per fiscal year may be used

for the maintenance of forest highways; (2) not to exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year may be used

for signage identifying public hunting and fishing access; and (3) not to exceed $10,000,000 per fiscal year shall be used

by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of facilitating

the passage of aquatic species beneath roads in the National

Forest System, including the costs of constructing, maintaining,

replacing, or removing culverts and bridges, as appropriate.

(n) WILDLIFE VEHICLE COLLISION REDUCTION STUDY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of

methods to reduce collisions between motor vehicles and wildlife

(in this subsection referred to as ‘‘wildlife vehicle collisions’’).

(2) CONTENTS.—

(A) AREAS OF STUDY.—The study shall include an

assessment of the causes and impacts of wildlife vehicle

collisions and solutions and best practices for reducing

such collisions.

(B) METHODS FOR CONDUCTING THE STUDY.—In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall—

(i) conduct a thorough literature review; and

(ii) survey current practices of the Department

of Transportation.

(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate experts in the field of

wildlife vehicle collisions.

(4) REPORT.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit

to Congress a report on the results of the study.

(B) CONTENTS.—The report shall include a description

of each of the following:

(i) Causes of wildlife vehicle collisions.

(ii) Impacts of wildlife vehicle collisions.

(iii) Solutions to and prevention of wildlife vehicle

collisions.

(5) MANUAL.—

(A) DEVELOPMENT.—Based upon the results of the

study, the Secretary shall develop a best practices manual

to support State efforts to reduce wildlife vehicle collisions.

(B) AVAILABILITY.—The manual shall be made available to States not later than 1 year after the date of

transmission of the report under paragraph (4).

(C) CONTENTS.—The manual shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(i) A list of best practices addressing wildlife

vehicle collisions.

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(ii) A list of information, technical, and funding

resources for addressing wildlife vehicle collisions.

(iii) Recommendations for addressing wildlife

vehicle collisions.

(iv) Guidance for developing a State action plan

to address wildlife vehicle collisions.

(6) TRAINING.—Based upon the manual developed under

paragraph (5), the Secretary shall develop a training course

on addressing wildlife vehicle collisions for transportation

professionals.

(o) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—The requirements of the

January 4, 2005, Federal Highway Administration, a final rule

on the implementation of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and

Real Property Acquisition policy Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et

seq.) shall not apply to the voluntary conservation easement activities of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the

Interior.

SEC. 1120. PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United

States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 165. Puerto Rico highway program

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate funds made

available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to carry out

a highway program in the Commonwealth.

‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE.—Amounts made available by section 1101(a)(14) of the SAFETEA–LU shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under

this chapter.

‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available to carry

out this section for a fiscal year shall be administered as follows:

‘‘(1) APPORTIONMENT.—For the purpose of imposing any

penalty under this title or title 49, the amounts shall be treated

as being apportioned to Puerto Rico under sections 104(b) and

144, for each program funded under those sections in an amount

determined by multiplying—

‘‘(A) the aggregate of the amounts for the fiscal year;

by

‘‘(B) the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the amount of funds apportioned to Puerto

Rico for each such program for fiscal year 1997; bears

to

‘‘(ii) the total amount of funds apportioned to

Puerto Rico for all such programs for fiscal year 1997.

‘‘(2) PENALTY.—The amounts treated as being apportioned

to Puerto Rico under each section referred to in paragraph

(1) shall be deemed to be required to be apportioned to Puerto

Rico under that section for purposes of the imposition of any

penalty under this title or title 49.

‘‘(d) EFFECT ON ALLOCATIONS AND APPORTIONMENTS.—Subject

to subsection (c)(2), nothing in this section affects any allocation

under section 105 and any apportionment under sections 104 and

144.’’.

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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for subchapter I

of chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at the end the

following:

‘‘165. Puerto Rico highway program.’’.

(c) DEFINITION OF STATE.—For the purposes of apportioning

funds under sections 104, 105, 130, 144, and 206 of title 23, United

States Code, and section 1404, relating to the safe routes to school

program, the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States and the

District of Columbia.

SEC. 1121. HOV FACILITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United

States Code (as amended by section 1120 of this Act), is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 166. HOV facilities

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

‘‘(1) AUTHORITY OF STATE AGENCIES.—A State agency that

has jurisdiction over the operation of a HOV facility shall

establish the occupancy requirements of vehicles operating on

the facility.

‘‘(2) OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT.—Except as otherwise provided by this section, no fewer than two occupants per vehicle

may be required for use of a HOV facility.

‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the occupancy requirement of subsection (a)(2), the exceptions in paragraphs (2)

through (5) shall apply with respect to a State agency operating

a HOV facility.

‘‘(2) MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the

State agency shall allow motorcycles and bicycles to use

the HOV facility.

‘‘(B) SAFETY EXCEPTION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State agency may restrict use

of the HOV facility by motorcycles or bicycles (or both)

if the agency certifies to the Secretary that such use

would create a safety hazard and the Secretary accepts

the certification.

‘‘(ii) ACCEPTANCE OF CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary may accept a certification under this subparagraph only after the Secretary publishes notice of the

certification in the Federal Register and provides an

opportunity for public comment.

‘‘(3) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES.—The State agency

may allow public transportation vehicles to use the HOV facility

if the agency—

‘‘(A) establishes requirements for clearly identifying

the vehicles; and

‘‘(B) establishes procedures for enforcing the restrictions on the use of the facility by the vehicles.

‘‘(4) HIGH OCCUPANCY TOLL VEHICLES.—The State agency

may allow vehicles not otherwise exempt pursuant to this subsection to use the HOV facility if the operators of the vehicles

pay a toll charged by the agency for use of the facility and

the agency—

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‘‘(A) establishes a program that addresses how motorists can enroll and participate in the toll program;

‘‘(B) develops, manages, and maintains a system that

will automatically collect the toll; and

‘‘(C) establishes policies and procedures to—

‘‘(i) manage the demand to use the facility by

varying the toll amount that is charged; and

‘‘(ii) enforce violations of use of the facility.

‘‘(5) LOW EMISSION AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLES.— ‘‘(A) INHERENTLY LOW EMISSION VEHICLE.—Before September 30, 2009, the State agency may allow vehicles that

are certified as inherently low-emission vehicles pursuant

to section 88.311–93 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations

(or successor regulations), and are labeled in accordance

with section 88.312–93 of such title (or successor regulations), to use the HOV facility if the agency establishes

procedures for enforcing the restrictions on the use of the

facility by the vehicles.

‘‘(B) OTHER LOW EMISSION AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT

VEHICLES.—Before September 30, 2009, the State agency

may allow vehicles certified as low emission and energyefficient vehicles under subsection (e), and labeled in

accordance with subsection (e), to use the HOV facility

if the operators of the vehicles pay a toll charged by the

agency for use of the facility and the agency—

‘‘(i) establishes a program that addresses the selection of vehicles under this paragraph; and

‘‘(ii) establishes procedures for enforcing the

restrictions on the use of the facility by the vehicles.

‘‘(C) AMOUNT OF TOLLS.—Under subparagraph (B), a

State agency may charge no toll or may charge a toll

that is less than tolls charged under paragraph (3).

‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO TOLLS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Tolls may be charged under paragraphs

(4) and (5) of subsection (b) notwithstanding section 301 and,

except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), subject to the

requirements of section 129.

‘‘(2) HOV FACILITIES ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding section 129, tolls may be charged under paragraphs

(4) and (5) of subsection (b) on a HOV facility on the Interstate

System.

‘‘(3) EXCESS TOLL REVENUES.—If a State agency makes

a certification under section 129(a)(3) with respect to toll revenues collected under paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (b),

the State, in the use of toll revenues under that sentence,

shall give priority consideration to projects for developing alternatives to single occupancy vehicle travel and projects for

improving highway safety.

‘‘(d) HOV FACILITY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION, MONITORING,

AND ENFORCEMENT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State agency that allows vehicles to

use a HOV facility under paragraph (4) or (5) of subsection

(b) in a fiscal year shall certify to the Secretary that the

agency will carry out the following responsibilities with respect

to the facility in the fiscal year:

‘‘(A) Establishing, managing, and supporting a performance monitoring, evaluation, and reporting program for

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the facility that provides for continuous monitoring, assessment, and reporting on the impacts that the vehicles may

have on the operation of the facility and adjacent highways.

‘‘(B) Establishing, managing, and supporting an

enforcement program that ensures that the facility is being

operated in accordance with the requirements of this section.

‘‘(C) Limiting or discontinuing the use of the facility

by the vehicles if the presence of the vehicles has degraded

the operation of the facility.

‘‘(2) DEGRADED FACILITY.—

‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF MINIMUM AVERAGE OPERATING

SPEED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘minimum average

operating speed’ means—

‘‘(i) 45 miles per hour, in the case of a HOV facility

with a speed limit of 50 miles per hour or greater;

and

‘‘(ii) not more than 10 miles per hour below the

speed limit, in the case of a HOV facility with a speed

limit of less than 50 miles per hour.

‘‘(B) STANDARD FOR DETERMINING DEGRADED

FACILITY.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the operation

of a HOV facility shall be considered to be degraded if

vehicles operating on the facility are failing to maintain

a minimum average operating speed 90 percent of the

time over a consecutive 180-day period during morning

or evening weekday peak hour periods (or both).

‘‘(C) MANAGEMENT OF LOW EMISSION AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLES.—In managing the use of HOV lanes by

low emission and energy-efficient vehicles that do not meet

applicable occupancy requirements, a State agency may

increase the percentages described in subsection (f)(3)(B)(i).

‘‘(e) CERTIFICATION OF LOW EMISSION AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT

VEHICLES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

of this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection

Agency shall—

‘‘(1) issue a final rule establishing requirements for certification of vehicles as low emission and energy-efficient vehicles

for purposes of this section and requirements for the labeling

of the vehicles; and

‘‘(2) establish guidelines and procedures for making the

vehicle comparisons and performance calculations described in

subsection (f)(3)(B), in accordance with section 32908(b) of title

49.

‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE.—The term ‘alternative

fuel vehicle’ means a vehicle that is operating on—

‘‘(A) methanol, denatured ethanol, or other alcohols;

‘‘(B) a mixture containing at least 85 percent of methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols by volume with

gasoline or other fuels;

‘‘(C) natural gas;

‘‘(D) liquefied petroleum gas;

‘‘(E) hydrogen;

‘‘(F) coal derived liquid fuels;

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‘‘(G) fuels (except alcohol) derived from biological materials;

‘‘(H) electricity (including electricity from solar energy);

or

‘‘(I) any other fuel that the Secretary prescribes by

regulation that is not substantially petroleum and that

would yield substantial energy security and environmental

benefits, including fuels regulated under section 490 of

title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).

‘‘(2) HOV FACILITY.—The term ‘HOV facility’ means a high

occupancy vehicle facility.

‘‘(3) LOW EMISSION AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLE.—The

term ‘low emission and energy-efficient vehicle’ means a vehicle

that—

‘‘(A) has been certified by the Administrator as meeting

the Tier II emission level established in regulations prescribed by the Administrator under section 202(i) of the

Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(i)) for that make and model

year vehicle; and

‘‘(B)(i) is certified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the manufacturer, to have achieved not less than a 50-percent

increase in city fuel economy or not less than a 25-percent

increase in combined city-highway fuel economy (or such

greater percentage of city or city-highway fuel economy

as may be determined by a State under subsection (d)(2)(C))

relative to a comparable vehicle that is an internal combustion gasoline fueled vehicle (other than a vehicle that has

propulsion energy from onboard hybrid sources); or

‘‘(ii) is an alternative fuel vehicle.

‘‘(4) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE.—The term ‘public

transportation vehicle’ means a vehicle that—

‘‘(A) provides designated public transportation (as

defined in section 221 of the Americans with Disabilities

Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12141) or provides public school

transportation (to and from public or private primary, secondary, or tertiary schools); and

‘‘(B)(i) is owned or operated by a public entity;

‘‘(ii) is operated under a contract with a public entity;

or

‘‘(iii) is operated pursuant to a license by the Secretary

or a State agency to provide motorbus or school vehicle

transportation services to the public.

‘‘(5) STATE AGENCY.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘State agency’, as used

with respect to a HOV facility, means an agency of a

State or local government having jurisdiction over the operation of the facility.

‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘State agency’ includes a

State transportation department.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) PROGRAM EFFICIENCIES.—Section 102 of title 23, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) by striking subsection (a); and

(B) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively.

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(2) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for such subchapter

(as amended by section 1120 of this Act) is amended by adding

at the end the following:

‘‘166. HOV facilities.’’.

(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that

the Secretary and the States should provide additional incentives

(including the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes on State and

Interstate highways) for the purchase and use of hybrid and other

fuel efficient vehicles, which have been proven to minimize air

emissions and decrease consumption of fossil fuels.

SEC. 1122. DEFINITIONS.

(a) TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITY.—Section

101(a)(35) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(35) TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITY.—The term

‘transportation enhancement activity’ means, with respect to

any project or the area to be served by the project, any of

the following activities as the activities relate to surface

transportation:

‘‘(A) Provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles.

‘‘(B) Provision of safety and educational activities for

pedestrians and bicyclists.

‘‘(C) Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites (including historic battlefields).

‘‘(D) Scenic or historic highway programs (including

the provision of tourist and welcome center facilities).

‘‘(E) Landscaping and other scenic beautification.

‘‘(F) Historic preservation.

‘‘(G) Rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities (including historic

railroad facilities and canals).

‘‘(H) Preservation of abandoned railway corridors

(including the conversion and use of the corridors for pedestrian or bicycle trails).

‘‘(I) Inventory, control, and removal of outdoor advertising.

‘‘(J) Archaeological planning and research.

‘‘(K) Environmental mitigation—

‘‘(i) to address water pollution due to highway runoff; or

‘‘(ii) reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality while

maintaining habitat connectivity.

‘‘(L) Establishment of transportation museums.’’.

(b) ADVANCED TRUCK STOP ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEM.—Such

section 101(a) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(38) ADVANCED TRUCK STOP ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEM.—

The term ‘advanced truck stop electrification system’ means

a system that delivers heat, air conditioning, electricity, or

communications to a heavy duty vehicle.’’.

Subtitle B—Congestion Relief

SEC. 1201. REAL-TIME SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INFORMATION PROGRAM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a real-time

system management information program to provide, in all

States, the capability to monitor, in real-time, the traffic and

travel conditions of the major highways of the United States

and to share that information to improve the security of the

surface transportation system, to address congestion problems,

to support improved response to weather events and surface

transportation incidents, and to facilitate national and regional

highway traveler information.

(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the real-time system

management information program are to—

(A) establish, in all States, a system of basic realtime information for managing and operating the surface

transportation system;

(B) identify longer range real-time highway and transit

monitoring needs and develop plans and strategies for

meeting such needs; and

(C) provide the capability and means to share that

data with State and local governments and the traveling

public.

(b) DATA EXCHANGE FORMATS.—Not later than 2 years after

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

data exchange formats to ensure that the data provided by highway

and transit monitoring systems, including statewide incident

reporting systems, can readily be exchanged across jurisdictional

boundaries, facilitating nationwide availability of information.

(c) REGIONAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE.—

(1) ADDRESSING INFORMATION NEEDS.—As State and local

governments develop or update regional intelligent transportation system architectures, described in section 940.9 of title

23, Code of Federal Regulations, such governments shall explicitly address real-time highway and transit information needs

and the systems needed to meet such needs, including

addressing coverage, monitoring systems, data fusion and

archiving, and methods of exchanging or sharing highway and

transit information.

(2) DATA EXCHANGE.—States shall incorporate the data

exchange formats established by the Secretary under subsection

(b) to ensure that the data provided by highway and transit

monitoring systems may readily be exchanged with State and

local governments and may be made available to the traveling

public.

(d) ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to project approval by the Secretary,

a State may obligate funds apportioned to the State under sections

104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), and 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code,

for activities relating to the planning and deployment of real-time

monitoring elements that advance the goals and purposes described

in subsection (a).

(e) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this

section shall be construed as altering or otherwise affecting the

applicability of the requirements of chapter 1 of title 23, United

States Code (including requirements relating to the eligibility of

a project for assistance under the program, the location of the

project, and the Federal-share payable on account of the project),

to amounts apportioned to a State for a program under section

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104(b) that are obligated by the State for activities and projects

under this section.

(f) STATEWIDE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this

section, the term ‘‘statewide incident reporting system’’ means a

statewide system for facilitating the real-time electronic reporting

of surface transportation incidents to a central location for use

in monitoring the event, providing accurate traveler information,

and responding to the incident as appropriate.

Subtitle C—Mobility and Efficiency

SEC. 1301. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

(1) Under current law, surface transportation programs

rely primarily on formula capital apportionments to States.

(2) Despite the significant increase for surface transportation program funding in the Transportation Equity Act of

the 21st Century, current levels of investment are insufficient

to fund critical high-cost transportation infrastructure facilities

that address critical national economic and transportation

needs.

(3) Critical high-cost transportation infrastructure facilities

often include multiple levels of government, agencies, modes

of transportation, and transportation goals and planning processes that are not easily addressed or funded within existing

surface transportation program categories.

(4) Projects of national and regional significance have

national and regional benefits, including improving economic

productivity by facilitating international trade, relieving congestion, and improving transportation safety by facilitating passenger and freight movement.

(5) The benefits of projects described in paragraph (4)

accrue to local areas, States, and the Nation as a result of

the effect such projects have on the national transportation

system.

(6) A program dedicated to constructing projects of national

and regional significance is necessary to improve the safe,

secure, and efficient movement of people and goods throughout

the United States and improve the health and welfare of the

national economy.

(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to States for projects of national

and regional significance.

(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

(1) ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS.—The term ‘‘eligible project

costs’’ means the costs of—

(A) development phase activities, including planning,

feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental

review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other

preconstruction activities; and

(B) construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and

acquisition of real property (including land related to the

project and improvements to land), environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment,

and operational improvements.

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(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘eligible project’’ means

any surface transportation project eligible for Federal assistance under title 23, United States Code, including freight railroad projects and activities eligible under such title.

(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning such term

has in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.

(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for assistance under this section,

a project shall have eligible project costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed the lesser of— (1) $500,000,000; or

(2) 75 percent of the amount of Federal highway assistance

funds apportioned for the most recently completed fiscal year

to the State in which the project is located.

(e) APPLICATIONS.—Each State seeking to receive a grant under

this section for an eligible project shall submit to the Secretary

an application in such form and in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish.

(f) COMPETITIVE GRANT SELECTION AND CRITERIA FOR

GRANTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—

(A) establish criteria for selecting among projects that

meet the eligibility criteria specified in subsection (d);

(B) conduct a national solicitation for applications; and

(C) award grants on a competitive basis.

(2) CRITERIA FOR GRANTS.—The Secretary may approve a

grant under this section for a project only if the Secretary

determines that the project—

(A) is based on the results of preliminary engineering;

(B) is justified based on the ability of the project—

(i) to generate national economic benefits,

including creating jobs, expanding business opportunities, and impacting the gross domestic product;

(ii) to reduce congestion, including impacts in the

State, region, and Nation;

(iii) to improve transportation safety, including

reducing transportation accidents, injuries, and fatalities;

(iv) to otherwise enhance the national transportation system; and

(v) to garner support for non-Federal financial

commitments and provide evidence of stable and

dependable financing sources to construct, maintain,

and operate the infrastructure facility; and

(C) is supported by an acceptable degree of non-Federal

financial commitments, including evidence of stable and

dependable financing sources to construct, maintain, and

operate the infrastructure facility.

(3) SELECTION CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting a project

under this section, the Secretary shall consider the extent to

which the project—

(A) leverages Federal investment by encouraging nonFederal contributions to the project, including contributions

from public-private partnerships;

(B) uses new technologies, including intelligent

transportation systems, that enhance the efficiency of the

project; and

(C) helps maintain or protect the environment.

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(4) PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.—In evaluating a project

under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall analyze and consider the results of preliminary engineering for the project.

(5) NON-FEDERAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.— (A) EVALUATION OF PROJECT.—In evaluating a project

under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall require that—

(i) the proposed project plan provides for the availability of contingency amounts that the Secretary

determines to be reasonable to cover unanticipated

cost increases; and

(ii) each proposed non-Federal source of capital

and operating financing is stable, reliable, and available within the proposed project timetable.

(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In assessing the stability, reliability, and availability of proposed sources of non-Federal

financing under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall

consider—

(i) existing financial commitments;

(ii) the degree to which financing sources are dedicated to the purposes proposed;

(iii) any debt obligation that exists or is proposed

by the recipient for the proposed project; and

(iv) the extent to which the project has a nonFederal financial commitment that exceeds the

required non-Federal share of the cost of the project.

(6) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations

on the manner in which the Secretary will evaluate and rate

the projects based on the results of preliminary engineering,

project justification, and the degree of non-Federal financial

commitment, as required under this subsection.

(7) PROJECT EVALUATION AND RATING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—A proposed project may advance from

preliminary engineering to final design and construction

only if the Secretary finds that the project meets the

requirements of this subsection and there is a reasonable

likelihood that the project will continue to meet such

requirements.

(B) EVALUATION AND RATING.—In making such

findings, the Secretary shall evaluate and rate the project

as ‘‘highly recommended’’, ‘‘recommended’’, or ‘‘not recommended’’ based on the results of preliminary

engineering, the project justification criteria, and the

degree of non-Federal financial commitment, as required

under this subsection. In rating the projects, the Secretary

shall provide, in addition to the overall project rating,

individual ratings for each of the criteria established under

the regulations issued under paragraph (6).

(g) LETTERS OF INTENT AND FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENTS.—

(1) LETTER OF INTENT.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may issue a letter

of intent to an applicant announcing an intention to obligate, for a project under this section, an amount from

future available budget authority specified in law that is

not more than the amount stipulated as the financial

participation of the Secretary in the project.

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(B) NOTIFICATION.—At least 60 days before issuing a

letter under subparagraph (A) or entering into a full

funding grant agreement, the Secretary shall notify in

writing the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee

on Environment and Public Works of the Senate of the

proposed letter or agreement. The Secretary shall include

with the notification a copy of the proposed letter or agreement as well as the evaluations and ratings for the project.

(C) NOT AN OBLIGATION.—The issuance of a letter is

deemed not to be an obligation under sections 1108(c),

1108(d), 1501, and 1502(a) of title 31, United States Code,

or an administrative commitment.

(D) OBLIGATION OR COMMITMENT.—An obligation or

administrative commitment may be made only when contract authority is allocated to a project.

(2) FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—A project financed under this subsection shall be carried out through a full funding grant

agreement. The Secretary shall enter into a full funding

grant agreement based on the evaluations and ratings

required under subsection (f)(7).

(B) TERMS.—If the Secretary makes a full funding

grant agreement with an applicant, the agreement shall—

(i) establish the terms of participation by the

United States Government in a project under this section;

(ii) establish the maximum amount of Government

financial assistance for the project;

(iii) cover the period of time for completing the

project, including a period extending beyond the period

of an authorization; and

(iv) make timely and efficient management of the

project easier according to the laws of the United

States.

(C) AGREEMENT.—An agreement under this paragraph

obligates an amount of available budget authority specified

in law and may include a commitment, contingent on

amounts to be specified in law in advance for commitments

under this paragraph, to obligate an additional amount

from future available budget authority specified in law.

The agreement shall state that the contingent commitment

is not an obligation of the Government. Interest and other

financing costs of efficiently carrying out a part of the

project within a reasonable time are a cost of carrying

out the project under a full funding grant agreement, except

that eligible costs may not be more than the cost of the

most favorable financing terms reasonably available for

the project at the time of borrowing. The applicant shall

certify, in a way satisfactory to the Secretary, that the

applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the

most favorable financing terms.

(3) AMOUNTS.—The total estimated amount of future obligations of the Government and contingent commitments to incur

obligations covered by all outstanding letters of intent and

full funding grant agreements may be not more than the greater

of the amount authorized to carry out this section or an amount

Records.

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equivalent to the last 2 fiscal years of funding authorized

to carry out this section less an amount the Secretary reasonably estimates is necessary for grants under this section not

covered by a letter. The total amount covered by new letters

and contingent commitments included in full funding grant

agreements may be not more than a limitation specified in

law.

(h) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—A grant for a project under this section

shall be subject to all of the requirements of title 23, United

States Code.

(2) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary shall

require that all grants under this section be subject to all

terms, conditions, and requirements that the Secretary decides

are necessary or appropriate for purposes of this section,

including requirements for the disposition of net increases in

value of real property resulting from the project assisted under

this section.

(i) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF PROJECT COST.—Based on

engineering studies, studies of economic feasibility, and information

on the expected use of equipment or facilities, the Secretary shall

estimate the cost of a project receiving assistance under this section.

A grant for the project is for 80 percent of the project cost, unless

the grant recipient requests a lower grant percentage. A refund

or reduction of the remainder may be made only if a refund of

a proportional amount of the grant of the Government is made

at the same time.

(j) FISCAL CAPACITY CONSIDERATIONS.—If the Secretary gives

priority consideration to financing projects that include more than

the non-Government share required under subsection (i) the Secretary shall give equal consideration to differences in the fiscal

capacity of State and local governments.

(k) REPORTS.—

(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the first Monday in

February of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public

Works of the Senate a report that includes a proposal on

the allocation of amounts to be made available to finance grants

under this section.

(2) RECOMMENDATIONS ON FUNDING.—The annual report

under this paragraph shall include evaluations and ratings,

as required under subsection (f). The report shall also include

recommendations of projects for funding based on the evaluations and ratings and on existing commitments and anticipated

funding levels for the next 3 fiscal years and for the next

10 fiscal years based on information currently available to

the Secretary.

(l) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available to carry

out this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code; except that such funds shall not be transferable

and shall remain available until expended and the Federal share

of the cost of a project under this section shall be as provided

in this section.

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years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, from funds made available

to carry out this section, 10 percent, 20 percent, 25 percent, 25

percent, and 20 percent respectively, of the following amounts for

grants to carry out the following projects under this section:

No. State Project Description Amount

1. CA Bakersfield Beltway System .................................. $140,000,000

2. VA, WV,

OH

Heartland Corridor Project including multiple

intermodal facility improvements and improvements to facilitate the movement of

intermodal freight from VA to OH .................... $90,000,000

3. CA Roadway improvements in and around the

former Norton Air Force Base as part of the

Inland Empire Goods Movement Gateway

project .................................................................. $55,000,000

4. MI Planning, design, and construction of a new

American border plaza at the Blue Water

Bridge in or near Port Huron, MI ..................... $20,000,000

5. IL Construction of O’Hare Bypass/Elgin O’Hare Extension ................................................................. $140,000,000

6. WI Reconstruction of the Marquette Interchange,

Milwaukee WI ..................................................... $30,000,000

7. IL CREATE .................................................................. $100,000,000

8. OR I–5 Bridge repair, replacement and associated

improvements in the I–5 corridor ...................... $160,000,000

9. CA Alameda Corridor East .......................................... $125,000,000

10. IL Mississippi River Bridge and related roads ......... $150,000,000

11. CA Transbay Terminal ................................................. $27,000,000

12. NY Cross Harbor Freight Movement Project, New

York ..................................................................... $100,000,000

13. WA Alaska Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement .. $100,000,000

14. CA Gerald Desmond/I–710 Gateway Project .............. $100,000,000

15. CO Denver’s Union Station .......................................... $50,000,000

16. MN Union Depot Multimodal Transit Facility ............ $50,000,000

17. CA Sacramento Intermodal Station ............................ $3,000,000

18. NJ Liberty Corridor ..................................................... $100,000,000

19. NM Relocate the El Paso, TX rail yard to Santa Teresa ...................................................................... $14,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

20. PA Route 23/US 422 Interchange Modernization and

Route 363/US 422 Interchange Improvement

Project and U.S. 422 Widening, Montgomery

County, PA .......................................................... $20,000,000

21. PA Route 28 Widening and improvements, Allegheny County, PA ............................................... $15,000,000

22. PA Improvements to I–80, Monroe County, PA ......... $15,000,000

23. SC I–73, Construction of I–73 from Myrtle Beach,

SC to I–95, ending at the North Carolina

State line ............................................................. $40,000,000

24. VA Rail Relocation to route 164/I–664 rail corridor,

Portsmouth .......................................................... $15,000,000

25. WA Replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and

Seawall in Seattle ............................................... $120,000,000

SEC. 1302. NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and implement

a program to make allocations to States for highway construction

projects in corridors of national significance to promote economic

growth and international or interregional trade pursuant to the

selection factors provided in this section. A State must submit

an application to the Secretary in order to receive an allocation

under this section.

(b) SELECTION PROCESS.—

(1) PRIORITY.—In the selection process under this section,

the Secretary shall give priority to projects in corridors that

are a part of, or will be designated as part of, the Dwight

D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways after completion of the work described in the application

received by the Secretary and to any project that will be completed within 5 years of the date of the allocation of funds

for the project.

(2) SELECTION FACTORS.—In making allocations under this

section, the Secretary shall consider the following factors:

(A) The extent to which the corridor provides a link

between two existing segments of the Interstate System.

(B) The extent to which the project will facilitate major

multistate or regional mobility and economic growth and

development in areas underserved by existing highway

infrastructure.

(C) The extent to which commercial vehicle traffic in

the corridor—

(i) has increased since the date of enactment of

the North American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.); and

(ii) is projected to increase in the future.

(D) The extent to which international truck-borne

commodities move through the corridor.

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(E) The extent to which the project will make improvements to an existing segment of the Interstate System

that will result in a decrease in congestion.

(F) The reduction in commercial and other travel time

through a major freight corridor expected as a result of

the project.

(G) The value of the cargo carried by commercial

vehicle traffic in the corridor and the economic costs arising

from congestion in the corridor.

(H) The extent of leveraging of Federal funds provided

to carry out this section, including—

(i) use of innovative financing;

(ii) combination with funding provided under other

sections of this Act and title 23, United States Code;

and

(iii) combination with other sources of Federal,

State, local, or private funding.

(c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available by section 1101(a)(10) of this Act to carry out this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were

apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except

that such funds shall remain available until expended, and the

Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall

be determined in accordance with section 120 of such title.

(d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ has the

meaning such term has in section 101(a) of title 23, United States

Code.

(e) DESIGNATED PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall allocate for

each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, from funds

made available to carry out this section, 10 percent, 20 percent,

25 percent, 25 percent, and 20 percent respectively, of the following

amounts for grants to carry out the following projects under this

section:

No. State Project Description Amount

1. TX, AR,

MS, TN,

KY, IN

Planning, Design, and Construction of I–69 in

TX, LA, AR, MS, TN, KY, and IN ..................... $50,000,000

2. LA Improvements to Louisiana Highway 1 between

the Caminada Bridge and the intersection of

LA Highway 1 and U.S. 90 ................................ $20,000,000

3. MD Planning, design, and construction of the Inter

County Connector in Montgomery and Prince

Georges County in Maryland ............................. $10,000,000

4. CA Centennial Corridor Loop in Bakersfield ............. $330,000,000

5. VA Construction of dedicated truck lanes on additional capacity in I–81 in VA ............................. $100,000,000

6. CA Design, Planning and Construction of State

Route 178 in Bakersfield .................................... $100,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

7. CA Widening of Rosedale Highway between SR 43

and SR 99 in Bakersfield and widening of SR

178 between SR 99 and D street in Bakersfield ...................................................................... $60,000,000

8. LA Construction of the 36 mile segment of I–49 in

LA between the Arkansas State line and I–

220 in Shreveport ............................................... $150,000,000

9. AR Construction of an extension of I–530 from Pine

Bluff, Arkansas to Wilmar, Arkansas to interstate specifications .............................................. $40,000,000

10. IL Construction of the U.S. I–80 to I–88 NorthSouth Connector in Illinois ................................ $152,000,000

11. WI Construction and reconstruction of the U.S.

Highway 41 corridor between Milwaukee and

Green Bay, Wisconsin ........................................ $30,000,000

12. IL Construction of Route 34 Interchange and improvements in Illinois ......................................... $55,000,000

13. CA Increase capacity on I–80 between Sacrament/

Placer County Line and SR 65 .......................... $50,000,000

14. AK Planning, design, and construction of Knik Arm

Bridge .................................................................. $30,000,000

15. IA, IL Planning, design, right-of-way acquisition and

construction of the Interstate Route 74 bridge

from Bettendorf, Iowa, to Moline, Illinois ........ $15,000,000

16. AR Planning, design, and construction of the I–49/

Bella Vista Bypass in Arkansas ........................ $20,000,000

17. SC Planning, design, and construction of the I–73

corridor of national significance in South Carolina ....................................................................... $10,000,000

18. CA I–405 HOV lane ...................................................... $100,000,000

19. AR I–69 Corridor, including the Great River Bridge $75,000,000

20. MN Falls-to-Falls Corridor ........................................... $50,000,000

21. DC Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ................... $75,000,000

22. CT Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge ............................. $35,000,000

23. IN I–80 Improvements ................................................ $10,000,000

24. CA State Route 4 East Upgrade .................................. $20,000,000

25. LA LA 1 Replacement .................................................. $5,000,000

26. AZ State Route 85 Upgrade ........................................ $3,000,000

27. WV I–73/I–74 Corridor .................................................. $50,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

28. LA Construction of I–49 North from Shreveport,

Louisiana to Arkansas State line (I–220 to AR

Line) ..................................................................... $27,500,000

29. LA Transportation improvements to I–49 South ....... $27,500,000

30. OK Ports to Plain Corridor in Oklahoma ................... $35,000,000

31. TN For design, ROW and construction of Interstate

69 ......................................................................... $100,000,000

32. CO U.S. 287, Ports-to-Plains Corridor ........................ $3,000,000

33. OK State of Oklahoma I–44 from Riverside to Yale

Avenue in Tulsa .................................................. $110,000,000

SEC. 1303. COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall implement a

coordinated border infrastructure program under which the Secretary shall distribute funds to border States to improve the safe

movement of motor vehicles at or across the border between the

United States and Canada and the border between the United

States and Mexico.

(b) ELIGIBLE USES.—Subject to subsection (d), a State may

use funds apportioned under this section only for—

(1) improvements in a border region to existing transportation and supporting infrastructure that facilitate cross-border

motor vehicle and cargo movements;

(2) construction of highways and related safety and safety

enforcement facilities in a border region that facilitate motor

vehicle and cargo movements related to international trade;

(3) operational improvements in a border region, including

improvements relating to electronic data interchange and use

of telecommunications, to expedite cross border motor vehicle

and cargo movement;

(4) modifications to regulatory procedures to expedite safe

and efficient cross border motor vehicle and cargo movements;

and

(5) international coordination of transportation planning,

programming, and border operation with Canada and Mexico

relating to expediting cross border motor vehicle and cargo

movements.

(c) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.—On October 1 of each fiscal

year, the Secretary shall apportion among border States sums

authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for such

fiscal year as follows:

(1) 20 percent in the ratio that—

(A) the total number of incoming commercial trucks

that pass through the land border ports of entry within

the boundaries of a border State, as determined by the

Secretary; bears to

(B) the total number of incoming commercial trucks

that pass through such ports of entry within the boundaries

of all the border States, as determined by the Secretary.

(2) 30 percent in the ratio that—

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(A) the total number of incoming personal motor

vehicles and incoming buses that pass through land border

ports of entry within the boundaries of a border State,

as determined by the Secretary; bears to

(B) the total number of incoming personal motor

vehicles and incoming buses that pass through such ports

of entry within the boundaries of all the border States,

as determined by the Secretary.

(3) 25 percent in the ratio that—

(A) the total weight of incoming cargo by commercial

trucks that pass through land border ports of entry within

the boundaries of a border State, as determined by the

Secretary; bears to

(B) the total weight of incoming cargo by commercial

trucks that pass through such ports of entry within the

boundaries of all the border States, as determined by the

Secretary.

(4) 25 percent of the ratio that—

(A) the total number of land border ports of entry

within the boundaries of a border State, as determined

by the Secretary; bears to

(B) the total number of land border ports of entry

within the boundaries of all the border States, as determined by the Secretary.

(d) PROJECTS IN CANADA OR MEXICO.—A project in Canada

or Mexico, proposed by a border State to directly and predominantly

facilitate cross-border motor vehicle and cargo movements at an

international port of entry into the border region of the State,

may be constructed using funds apportioned to the State under

this section if, before obligation of those funds, Canada or Mexico,

or the political subdivision of Canada or Mexico that is responsible

for the operation of the facility to be constructed, provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that any facility constructed

under this subsection will be—

(1) constructed in accordance with standards equivalent

to applicable standards in the United States; and

(2) properly maintained and used over the useful life of

the facility for the purpose for which the Secretary is allocating

such funds to the project.

(e) TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.—

(1) STATE FUNDS.—At the request of a border State, funds

apportioned to the State under this section may be transferred

to the General Services Administration for the purpose of

funding one or more projects described in subsection (b) if—

(A) the Secretary determines, after consultation with

the transportation department of the border State, that

the General Services Administration should carry out the

project; and

(B) the General Services Administration agrees to

accept the transfer of, and to administer, those funds in

accordance with this section.

(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—A border State that makes a request

under paragraph (1) shall provide directly to the General

Services Administration, for each project covered by the

request, the non-Federal share of the cost of the project.

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(B) NO AUGMENTATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds

provided by a border State under subparagraph (A)—

(i) shall not be considered to be an augmentation

of the appropriations made available to the General

Services Administration; and

(ii) shall be—

(I) administered, subject to paragraph (1)(B),

in accordance with the procedures of the General

Services Administration; but

(II) available for obligation in the same

manner as if the funds were apportioned under

chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.

(3) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Obligation authority shall be

transferred to the General Services Administration for a project

in the same manner and amount as the funds provided for

the project under paragraph (1).

(4) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—No State may

transfer to the General Services Administration under this

subsection an amount that is more than the lesser of—

(A) 15 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned to the State under this section for such fiscal year;

or

(B) $5,000,000.

(f) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available to carry

out this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code; except that, subject to subsection (e), such

funds shall not be transferable and shall remain available until

expended, and the Federal share of the cost of a project under

this section shall be determined in accordance with section 120

of such title.

(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

(1) BORDER REGION.—The term ‘‘border region’’ means any

portion of a border State within 100 miles of an international

land border with Canada or Mexico.

(2) BORDER STATE.—The term ‘‘border State’’ means any

State that has an international land border with Canada or

Mexico.

(3) COMMERCIAL TRUCK.—The term ‘‘commercial truck’’

means a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section

31301(4) (other than subparagraph (B)) of title 49, United

States Code.

(4) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘motor vehicle’’ has the

meaning such term has under section 101(a) of title 23, United

States Code.

(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning such term

has in section 101(a) of such title 23.

SEC. 1304. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY

SYSTEM.

(a) EVACUATION ROUTES.—Section 1105(b) of the Intermodal

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–

240; 105 Stat. 2032) is amended in the first sentence by inserting

‘‘and evacuation routes’’ after ‘‘corridors’’ the first place it appears.

(b) CORRIDORS.—Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended—

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(1) by striking paragraph (14) and inserting the following:

‘‘(14) Heartland Expressway from Denver, Colorado,

through Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to Rapid City, South Dakota

as follows:

‘‘(A) In the State of Colorado, the Heartland Expressway Corridor shall generally follow—

‘‘(i) Interstate 76 from Denver to Brush; and

‘‘(ii) Colorado Highway 71 from Limon to the

border between the States of Colorado and Nebraska.

‘‘(B) In the State of Nebraska, the Heartland Expressway Corridor shall generally follow—

‘‘(i) Nebraska Highway 71 from the border between

the States of Colorado and Nebraska to Scottsbluff;

‘‘(ii) United States Route 26 from Scottsbluff to

the intersection with State Highway L62A;

‘‘(iii) State Highway L62A from the intersection

with United States Route 26 to United States Route

385 north of Bridgeport;

‘‘(iv) United States Route 385 to the border

between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota;

and

‘‘(v) United States Highway 26 from Scottsbluff

to the border of the States of Nebraska and Wyoming.

‘‘(C) In the State of Wyoming, the Heartland Expressway Corridor shall generally follow United States Highway

26 from the border of the States of Nebraska and Wyoming

to the termination at Interstate 25 at Interchange number

94.

‘‘(D) In the State of South Dakota, the Heartland

Expressway Corridor shall generally follow—

‘‘(i) United States Route 385 from the border

between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota

to the intersection with State Highway 79; and

‘‘(ii) State Highway 79 from the intersection with

United States Route 385 to Rapid City.’’;

(2) in paragraph (23) by inserting before the period at

the end the following: ‘‘and the connection from Wichita,

Kansas, to Sioux City, Iowa, which includes I–135 from Wichita,

Kansas to Salina, Kansas, United States Route 81 from Salina,

Kansas, to Norfolk, Nebraska, Nebraska State Route 35 from

Norfolk, Nebraska, to South Sioux City, Nebraska, and the

connection to I–29 in Sioux City, Iowa’’;

(3) in paragraph (33) by striking ‘‘I–395’’ and inserting

‘‘and including the I–395 corridor’’;

(4) by striking paragraph (34) and inserting the following:

‘‘(34) The Alameda Corridor-East and Southwest Passage,

California. The Alameda Corridor-East is generally described

as the corridor from East Los Angeles (terminus of Alameda

Corridor) through Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and

Riverside Counties, to termini at Barstow in San Bernardino

County and Coachella in Riverside County. The Southwest

Passage shall follow I–10 from San Bernardino to the Arizona

State line.’’;

(5) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(46) Interstate Route 710 between the terminus at Long

Beach, California, to California State Route 60.

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‘‘(47) Interstate Route 87 from the Quebec border to New

York City.

‘‘(48) The Route 50 High Plains Corridor along the United

States Route 50 corridor from Newton, Kansas, to Pueblo, Colorado.

‘‘(49) The Atlantic Commerce Corridor on Interstate Route

95 from Jacksonville, Florida, to Miami, Florida.

‘‘(50) The East-West Corridor commencing in Watertown,

New York, continuing northeast through New York, Vermont,

New Hampshire, and Maine, and terminating in Calais, Maine.

‘‘(51) The SPIRIT Corridor on United States Route 54 from

El Paso, Texas, through New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma

to Wichita, Kansas.

‘‘(52) The route in Arkansas running south of and parallel

to Arkansas State Highway 226 from the relocation of United

States Route 67 to the vicinity of United States Route 49

and United States Route 63.

‘‘(53) United States Highway Route 6 from Interstate Route

70 to Interstate Route 15, Utah.

‘‘(54) The California Farm-to-Market Corridor, California

State Route 99 from south of Bakersfield to Sacramento, California.

‘‘(55) In Texas, Interstate Route 20 from Interstate Route

35E in Dallas County, east to the intersection of Interstate

Route 635, north to the intersection of Interstate Route 30,

northeast through Texarkana to Little Rock, Arkansas, Interstate Route 40 northeast from Little Rock east to the proposed

Interstate Route 69 corridor.

‘‘(56) In the State of Texas, the La Entrada al Pacifico

Corridor consisting of the following highways and any portion

of a highway in a corridor on 2 miles of either side of the

center line of the highway:

‘‘(A) State Route 349 from Lamesa to the point on

that highway that is closest to 32 degrees, 7 minutes,

north latitude, by 102 degrees, 6 minutes, west longitude.

‘‘(B) The segment or any roadway extending from the

point described by subparagraph (A) to the point on Farmto-Market Road 1788 closest to 32 degrees, 0 minutes,

north latitude, by 102 degrees, 16 minutes, west longitude.

‘‘(C) Farm-to-Market Road 1788 from the point

described by subparagraph (B) to its intersection with

Interstate Route 20.

‘‘(D) Interstate Route 20 from its intersection with

Farm-to-Market Road 1788 to its intersection with United

States Route 385.

‘‘(E) United States Route 385 from Odessa to Fort

Stockton, including those portions that parallel United

States Route 67 and Interstate Route 10.

‘‘(F) United States Route 67 from Fort Stockton to

Presidio, including those portions that parallel Interstate

Route 10 and United States Route 90.

‘‘(57) United States Route 41 corridor between Interstate

Route 94 via Interstate Route 894 and Highway 45 near Milwaukee and Interstate Route 43 near Green Bay in the State

of Wisconsin.

‘‘(58) The Theodore Roosevelt Expressway from Rapid City,

South Dakota, north on United States Route 85 to Williston,

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North Dakota, west on United States Route 2 to Culbertson,

Montana, and north on Montana Highway 16 to the international border with Canada at the port of Raymond, Montana.

‘‘(59) The Central North American Trade Corridor from

the border between North Dakota and South Dakota, north

on United States Route 83 through Bismark and Minot, North

Dakota, to the international border with Canada.

‘‘(60) The Providence Beltline Corridor beginning at Interstate Route 95 in the vicinity of Hope Valley, Rhode Island,

traversing eastwardly intersecting and merging into Interstate

Route 295, continuing northeastwardly along Interstate Route

95, and terminating at the Massachusetts border, and including

the western bypass of Providence, Rhode Island, from Interstate

Route 295 to the Massachusetts border.

‘‘(61) In the State of Missouri, the corridors consisting

of the following highways:

‘‘(A) Interstate Route 70, from Interstate Route 29/

35 to United States Route 61/Avenue of the Saints.

‘‘(B) Interstate Route 72/United States Route 36, from

the intersection with Interstate Route 29 to United States

Route 61/Avenue of the Saints.

‘‘(C) United States Route 67, from Interstate Route

55 to the Arkansas State line.

‘‘(D) United States Route 65, from United States Route

36/Interstate Route 72 to the East-West TransAmerica corridor, at the Arkansas State line.

‘‘(E) United States Route 63, from United States Route

36 and the proposed Interstate Route 72 to the East-West

TransAmerica corridor, at the Arkansas State line.

‘‘(F) United States Route 54, from the Kansas State

line to United States Route 61/Avenue of the Saints.

‘‘(62) The Georgia Developmental Highway System Corridors identified in section 32–4–22 of the Official Code of

Georgia, Annotated.

‘‘(63) The Liberty Corridor, a corridor in an area encompassing very critical and significant transportation infrastructure providing regional, national, and international access

through the State of New Jersey, including Interstate Routes

95, 80, 287, and 78, and United States Routes 1, 3, 9, 17,

and 46, and portways and connecting infrastructure.

‘‘(64) The corridor in an area of passage in the State of

New Jersey serving significant interstate and regional traffic,

located near the cities of Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and including Interstate Route 295, United

States Route 42, United States Route 130, and Interstate Route

676.

‘‘(65) The Interstate Route 95 Corridor beginning at the

New York State line and continuing through Connecticut to

the Rhode Island State line.

‘‘(66) The Interstate Route 91 Corridor from New Haven,

Connecticut, to the Massachusetts State line.

‘‘(67) The Fairbanks-Yukon International Corridor consisting of the portion of the Alaska Highway from the international border with Canada to the Richardson Highway, and

the Richardson Highway from its junction with the Alaska

Highway to Fairbanks, Alaska.

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‘‘(68) The Washoe County corridor, along Interstate Route

580/United States Route 95/United States Route 95A, from

Reno, Nevada, to Las Vegas, Nevada.

‘‘(69) The Cross Valley Connector connecting Interstate

Route 5 and State Route 14, Santa Clarita Valley, California.

‘‘(70) The Economic Lifeline corridor, along Interstate Route

15 and Interstate Route 40, California, Arizona, and Nevada,

including Interstate Route 215 South from near San Bernadino,

California, to Riverside, California, and State Route 91 from

Riverside, California, to the intersection with Interstate Route

15 near Corona, California.

‘‘(71) The High Desert Corridor/E–220 from Los Angeles,

California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, via Palmdale and Victorville,

California.

‘‘(72) The North-South corridor, along Interstate Route 49

North, from Kansas City, Missouri, to Shreveport, Louisiana.

‘‘(73) The Louisiana Highway corridor, along Louisiana

Highway 1, from Grand Isle, Louisiana, to the intersection

with United States Route 90.

‘‘(74) The portion of United States Route 90 from Interstate

Route 49 in Lafayette, Louisiana, to Interstate Route 10 in

New Orleans, Louisiana.

‘‘(75) The Louisiana 28 corridor from Fort Polk to Alexandria, Louisiana.

‘‘(76) The portion of Interstate Route 75 from Toledo, Ohio,

to Cincinnati, Ohio.

‘‘(77) The portion of United States Route 24 from the

Indiana/Ohio State line to Toledo, Ohio.

‘‘(78) The portion of Interstate Route 71 from Cincinnati,

Ohio, to Cleveland, Ohio.

‘‘(79) Interstate Route 376 from the Pittsburgh Interchange

(I/C No. 56) of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, westward on Interstate Route 279, United States Route 22, United States Route

30, and Pennsylvania Route 60, continuing past the Pittsburgh

International Airport on Turnpike Route 60, to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate Route 76), Interchange 10, and continuing north on Pennsylvania Turnpike Route 60 and on

United States Route 422 to Interstate Route 80.

‘‘(80) The Intercounty Connector, a new east-west

multimodal highway between Interstate Route 270 and Interstate Route 95/United States Route 1 in Montgomery and Prince

George’s Counties, Maryland.’’; and

(6) by aligning paragraph (45) with paragraph (46) (as

added by paragraph (5)).

(c) INTERSTATE ROUTES.—Section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal

Surface Transporation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and subsection (c)(45)’’

and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(45), subsection (c)(54), and subsection (c)(57)’’;

(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E); and

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:

‘‘(B) INTERSTATE ROUTE 376.—

‘‘(i) DESIGNATION OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 376.—

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The routes referred to in

subsection (c)(79), except the portion of Pennsylvania Turnpike Route 60 and United States Route

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422 between Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange

10 and Interstate Route 80, shall be designated

as Interstate Route 376.

‘‘(II) SIGNS.—The State of Pennsylvania shall

have jurisdiction over the highways described in

subclause (I) (except Pennsylvania Turnpike Route

60) and erect signs in accordance with Interstate

signing criteria that identify the routes described

in subclause (I) as Interstate Route 376.

‘‘(III) ASSISTANCE FROM SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall assist the State of Pennsylvania in

carrying out, not later than December 31, 2008,

an activity under subclause (II) relating to Interstate Route 376 and in complying with sections

109 and 139 of title 23, United States Code.

‘‘(ii) OTHER SEGMENTS.—The segment of the route

referred to in subsection (c)(79) located between the

Pennsylvania Turnpike, Interchange 10, and Interstate

Route 80 may be signed as Interstate Route 376 under

clause (i)(II) if that segment meets the criteria under

sections 109 and 139 of title 23, United States Code.’’.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to carry out, in accordance with title 23, United

States Code, projects on corridors identified in section 1105(c) of

the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

Stat. 2032) such sums as may be necessary.

SEC. 1305. TRUCK PARKING FACILITIES.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In cooperation with appropriate State,

regional, and local governments, the Secretary shall establish a

pilot program to address the shortage of long-term parking for

commercial motor vehicles on the National Highway System.

(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate funds made

available to carry out this section among States, metropolitan

planning organizations, and local governments.

(2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for an allocation under

this section, a State (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23,

United States Code), metropolitan planning organization, or

local government shall submit to the Secretary an application

at such time and containing such information as the Secretary

may require.

(3) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Funds allocated under this subsection shall be used by the recipient for projects described

in an application approved by the Secretary. Such projects

shall serve the National Highway System and may include

the following:

(A) Constructing safety rest areas (as defined in section

120(c) of title 23, United States Code) that include parking

for commercial motor vehicles.

(B) Constructing commercial motor vehicle parking

facilities adjacent to commercial truck stops and travel

plazas.

(C) Opening existing facilities to commercial motor

vehicle parking, including inspection and weigh stations

and park-and-ride facilities.

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(D) Promoting the availability of publicly or privately

provided commercial motor vehicle parking on the National

Highway System using intelligent transportation systems

and other means.

(E) Constructing turnouts along the National Highway

System for commercial motor vehicles.

(F) Making capital improvements to public commercial

motor vehicle parking facilities currently closed on a seasonal basis to allow the facilities to remain open yearround.

(G) Improving the geometric design of interchanges

on the National Highway System to improve access to

commercial motor vehicle parking facilities.

(4) PRIORITY.—In allocating funds made available to carry

out this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants

that—

(A) demonstrate a severe shortage of commercial motor

vehicle parking capacity in the corridor to be addressed;

(B) have consulted with affected State and local governments, community groups, private providers of commercial

motor vehicle parking, and motorist and trucking organizations; and

(C) demonstrate that their proposed projects are likely

to have positive effects on highway safety, traffic congestion, or air quality.

(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress

a report on the results of the pilot program.

(d) FUNDING.—

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

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this section $6,250,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized under this

subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code; except that such funds shall not be

transferable and shall remain available until expended, and

the Federal share of the cost of a project under this section

shall be determined in accordance with sections 120(b) and

120(c) of such title.

(e) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, projects funded under this section shall be treated

as projects on a Federal-aid system under chapter 1 of title 23,

United States Code.

SEC. 1306. FREIGHT INTERMODAL DISTRIBUTION PILOT GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and implement

a freight intermodal distribution pilot grant program.

(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program established under

subsection (a) shall be for the Secretary to make grants to States—

(1) to facilitate and support intermodal freight transportation initiatives at the State and local levels to relieve congestion and improve safety; and

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(2) to provide capital funding to address infrastructure

and freight distribution needs at inland ports and intermodal

freight facilities.

(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Projects for which grants may be made

under this section shall help relieve congestion, improve transportation safety, facilitate international trade, and encourage publicprivate partnership and may include projects for the development

and construction of intermodal freight distribution and transfer

facilities at inland ports.

(d) SELECTION PROCESS.— (1) APPLICATIONS.—A State (as defined in section 101(a)

of title 23, United States Code) shall submit for approval by

the Secretary an application for a grant under this section

containing such information as the Secretary may require to

receive such a grant.

(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting projects for grants, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that will—

(A) reduce congestion into and out of international

ports located in the United States;

(B) demonstrate ways to increase the likelihood that

freight container movements involve freight containers carrying goods; and

(C) establish or expand intermodal facilities that

encourage the development of inland freight distribution

centers.

(3) DESIGNATED PROJECTS.—Subject to the provisions of

this section, the Secretary shall allocate for each of fiscal years

2005 through 2009, from funds made available to carry out

this section, 20 percent of the following amounts for grants

to carry out the following projects under this section:

(A) Short-haul intermodal projects, Oregon, $5,000,000.

(B) The Georgia Port Authority, $5,000,000.

(C) The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, $5,000,000.

(D) Fairbanks, Alaska, $5,000,000.

(E) Charlotte Douglas International Airport Freight

Intermodal Facility, North Carolina, $5,000,000.

(F) South Piedmont Freight Intermodal Center, North

Carolina, $5,000,000.

(e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Funds made available to a recipient

of a grant under this section shall be used by the recipient for

the project described in the application of the recipient approved

by the Secretary.

(f) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on

the results of the pilot program carried out under this section.

(g) FUNDING.—

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

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this section $6,000,000 for each of fiscal

years 2005 through 2009.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code; except that such funds shall not be

transferable and shall remain available until expended, and

the Federal share of the cost of a project under this section

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shall be determined in accordance with section 120 of such

title.

(h) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, projects for which grants are made under this

section shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid system under

chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.

SEC. 1307. DEPLOYMENT OF MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

(1) ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS.—The term ‘‘eligible project

costs’’—

(A) means the capital cost of the fixed guideway infrastructure of a MAGLEV project, including land, piers,

guideways, propulsion equipment and other components

attached to guideways, power distribution facilities

(including substations), control and communications facilities, access roads, and storage, repair, and maintenance

facilities, but not including costs incurred for a new station;

and

(B) includes the costs of preconstruction planning

activities.

(2) FULL PROJECT COSTS.—The term ‘‘full project costs’’

means the total capital costs of a MAGLEV project, including

eligible project costs and the costs of stations, vehicles, and

equipment.

(3) MAGLEV.—The term ‘‘MAGLEV’’ means transportation

systems employing magnetic levitation that would be capable

of safe use by the public at a speed in excess of 240 miles

per hour.

(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning such term

has under section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.

(b) IN GENERAL.—

(1) ASSISTANCE FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The Secretary

shall make available financial assistance to pay the Federal

share of full project costs of eligible projects authorized by

this section.

(2) USE OF ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance provided

under paragraph (1) shall be used only to pay eligible project

costs of projects authorized by this section.

(3) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—Financial assistance

made available under this section, and projects assisted with

such assistance, shall be subject to section 5333(a) of title

49, United States Code.

(c) PROJECT ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive financial

assistance under subsection (b), a project shall—

(1) involve a segment or segments of a high-speed ground

transportation corridor;

(2) result in an operating transportation facility that provides a revenue producing service; and

(3) be approved by the Secretary based on an application

submitted to the Secretary by a State or authority designated

by one or more States.

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

this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate 50 percent

for the MAGLEV project between Las Vegas and Primm, Nevada,

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and 50 percent for a MAGLEV project located east of the Mississippi

River.

SEC. 1308. DELTA REGION TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a program

in the 8 States comprising the Delta Region (Alabama, Arkansas,

Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee)

to—

(1) support and encourage multistate transportation planning and corridor development;

(2) provide for transportation project development;

(3) facilitate transportation decisionmaking; and

(4) support transportation construction.

(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—A State transportation department

or metropolitan planning organization in a Delta Region State

may receive and administer funds provided under the program.

(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall make allocations

under the program for multistate highway planning, development,

and construction projects.

(d) OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY.—All activities

funded under this program shall be consistent with the continuing,

cooperative, and comprehensive planning processes required by sections 134 and 135 of title 23, United States Code.

(e) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall select projects

to be carried out under the program based on—

(1) whether the project is located—

(A) in an area under the authority of the Delta Regional

Authority; and

(B) on a Federal-aid highway;

(2) endorsement of the project by the State department

of transportation; and

(3) evidence of the ability of the recipient of funds provided

under the program to complete the project.

(f) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In administering the program, the

Secretary shall—

(1) encourage State and local officials to work together

to develop plans for multimodal and multijurisdictional

transportation decisionmaking; and

(2) give priority to projects that emphasize multimodal

planning, including planning for operational improvements

that—

(A) increase the mobility of people and goods;

(B) improve the safety of the transportation system

with respect to catastrophic natural disasters or disasters

caused by human activity; and

(C) contribute to the economic vitality of the area in

which the project is being carried out.

(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—Amounts provided by the Delta Regional

Authority to carry out a project under this subsection may be

applied to the non-Federal share of the project required by section

120 of title 23, United States Code.

(h) FUNDING.—

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

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009.

State listing.

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(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available to carry

out this section shall be available for obligation in the same

manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1

of title 23, United States Code; except that such funds shall

not be transferable and shall remain available until expended.

SEC. 1309. EXTENSION OF PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE EXEMPTION

FROM AXLE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.

Section 1023(h)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; 106 Stat. 1552) is

amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’.

SEC. 1310. INTERSTATE OASIS PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of

enactment of this section, in consultation with the States and

other interested parties, the Secretary shall—

(1) establish an interstate oasis program; and

(2) after providing an opportunity for public comment,

develop standards for designating, as an interstate oasis, a

facility that—

(A) offers—

(i) products and services to the public;

(ii) 24-hour access to restrooms; and

(iii) parking for automobiles and heavy trucks; and

(B) meets other standards established by the Secretary.

(b) STANDARDS FOR DESIGNATION.—The standards for designation under subsection (a) shall include standards relating to—

(1) the appearance of a facility; and

(2) the proximity of the facility to the Dwight D. Eisenhower

National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR DESIGNATION.—If a State (as defined in

section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code) elects to participate

in the interstate oasis program, any facility meeting the standards

established by the Secretary shall be eligible for designation under

this section.

(d) LOGO.—The Secretary shall design a logo to be displayed

by a facility designated under this section.

Subtitle D—Highway Safety

SEC. 1401. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

(a) SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 148 of title 23, United States

Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 148. Highway safety improvement program

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) HIGH RISK RURAL ROAD.—The term ‘high risk rural

road’ means any roadway functionally classified as a rural

major or minor collector or a rural local road—

‘‘(A) on which the accident rate for fatalities and

incapacitating injuries exceeds the statewide average for

those functional classes of roadway; or

‘‘(B) that will likely have increases in traffic volume

that are likely to create an accident rate for fatalities

Standards.

Deadline.

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and incapacitating injuries that exceeds the statewide average for those functional classes of roadway.

‘‘(2) HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—The term

‘highway safety improvement program’ means the program carried out under this section.

‘‘(3) HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘highway safety improvement project’ means a project described in the State strategic highway safety plan that—

‘‘(i) corrects or improves a hazardous road location

or feature; or

‘‘(ii) addresses a highway safety problem.

‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘highway safety improvement project’ includes a project for one or more of the

following:

‘‘(i) An intersection safety improvement.

‘‘(ii) Pavement and shoulder widening (including

addition of a passing lane to remedy an unsafe condition).

‘‘(iii) Installation of rumble strips or another

warning device, if the rumble strips or other warning

devices do not adversely affect the safety or mobility

of bicyclists, pedestrians, and the disabled.

‘‘(iv) Installation of a skid-resistant surface at an

intersection or other location with a high frequency

of accidents.

‘‘(v) An improvement for pedestrian or bicyclist

safety or safety of the disabled.

‘‘(vi) Construction of any project for the elimination

of hazards at a railway-highway crossing that is

eligible for funding under section 130, including the

separation or protection of grades at railway-highway

crossings.

‘‘(vii) Construction of a railway-highway crossing

safety feature, including installation of protective

devices.

‘‘(viii) The conduct of a model traffic enforcement

activity at a railway-highway crossing.

‘‘(ix) Construction of a traffic calming feature.

‘‘(x) Elimination of a roadside obstacle.

‘‘(xi) Improvement of highway signage and pavement markings.

‘‘(xii) Installation of a priority control system for

emergency vehicles at signalized intersections.

‘‘(xiii) Installation of a traffic control or other

warning device at a location with high accident potential.

‘‘(xiv) Safety-conscious planning.

‘‘(xv) Improvement in the collection and analysis

of crash data.

‘‘(xvi) Planning integrated interoperable emergency

communications equipment, operational activities, or

traffic enforcement activities (including police assistance) relating to workzone safety.

‘‘(xvii) Installation of guardrails, barriers

(including barriers between construction work zones

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and traffic lanes for the safety of motorists and

workers), and crash attenuators.

‘‘(xviii) The addition or retrofitting of structures

or other measures to eliminate or reduce accidents

involving vehicles and wildlife.

‘‘(xix) Installation and maintenance of signs

(including fluorescent, yellow-green signs) at pedestrian-bicycle crossings and in school zones.

‘‘(xx) Construction and yellow-green signs at pedestrian-bicycle crossings and in school zones.

‘‘(xxi) Construction and operational improvements

on high risk rural roads.

‘‘(4) SAFETY PROJECT UNDER ANY OTHER SECTION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘safety project under any

other section’ means a project carried out for the purpose

of safety under any other section of this title.

‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘safety project under any

other section’ includes a project to promote the awareness

of the public and educate the public concerning highway

safety matters (including motorcyclist safety) and a project

to enforce highway safety laws.

‘‘(5) STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—The

term ‘State highway safety improvement program’ means

projects or strategies included in the State strategic highway

safety plan carried out as part of the State transportation

improvement program under section 135(g).

‘‘(6) STATE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.—The term

‘State strategic highway safety plan’ means a plan developed

by the State transportation department that—

‘‘(A) is developed after consultation with—

‘‘(i) a highway safety representative of the Governor of the State;

‘‘(ii) regional transportation planning organizations

and metropolitan planning organizations, if any;

‘‘(iii) representatives of major modes of transportation;

‘‘(iv) State and local traffic enforcement officials;

‘‘(v) persons responsible for administering section

130 at the State level;

‘‘(vi) representatives conducting Operation Lifesaver;

‘‘(vii) representatives conducting a motor carrier

safety program under section 31102, 31106, or 31309

of title 49;

‘‘(viii) motor vehicle administration agencies; and

‘‘(ix) other major State and local safety stakeholders;

‘‘(B) analyzes and makes effective use of State, regional,

or local crash data;

‘‘(C) addresses engineering, management, operation,

education, enforcement, and emergency services elements

(including integrated, interoperable emergency communications) of highway safety as key factors in evaluating highway projects;

‘‘(D) considers safety needs of, and high-fatality segments of, public roads;

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‘‘(E) considers the results of State, regional, or local

transportation and highway safety planning processes;

‘‘(F) describes a program of projects or strategies to

reduce or eliminate safety hazards;

‘‘(G) is approved by the Governor of the State or a

responsible State agency; and

‘‘(H) is consistent with the requirements of section

135(g).

‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a highway

safety improvement program.

‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the highway safety improvement program shall be to achieve a significant reduction in

traffic fatalities and serious injuries on public roads.

‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To obligate funds apportioned under section 104(b)(5) to carry out this section, a State shall have

in effect a State highway safety improvement program under

which the State—

‘‘(A) develops and implements a State strategic highway safety plan that identifies and analyzes highway safety

problems and opportunities as provided in paragraph (2);

‘‘(B) produces a program of projects or strategies to

reduce identified safety problems;

‘‘(C) evaluates the plan on a regular basis to ensure

the accuracy of the data and priority of proposed improvements; and

‘‘(D) submits to the Secretary an annual report that—

‘‘(i) describes, in a clearly understandable fashion,

not less than 5 percent of locations determined by

the State, using criteria established in accordance with

paragraph (2)(B)(ii), as exhibiting the most severe

safety needs; and

‘‘(ii) contains an assessment of—

‘‘(I) potential remedies to hazardous locations

identified;

‘‘(II) estimated costs associated with those

remedies; and

‘‘(III) impediments to implementation other

than cost associated with those remedies.

‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY SAFETY

PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES.—As part of the State strategic

highway safety plan, a State shall—

‘‘(A) have in place a crash data system with the ability

to perform safety problem identification and countermeasure analysis;

‘‘(B) based on the analysis required by subparagraph

(A)—

‘‘(i) identify hazardous locations, sections, and elements (including roadside obstacles, railway-highway

crossing needs, and unmarked or poorly marked roads)

that constitute a danger to motorists (including motorcyclists), bicyclists, pedestrians, and other highway

users; and

‘‘(ii) using such criteria as the State determines

to be appropriate, establish the relative severity of

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those locations, in terms of accidents, injuries, deaths,

traffic volume levels, and other relevant data;

‘‘(C) adopt strategic and performance-based goals

that—

‘‘(i) address traffic safety, including behavioral and

infrastructure problems and opportunities on all public

roads;

‘‘(ii) focus resources on areas of greatest need; and

‘‘(iii) are coordinated with other State highway

safety programs;

‘‘(D) advance the capabilities of the State for traffic

records data collection, analysis, and integration with other

sources of safety data (such as road inventories) in a

manner that—

‘‘(i) complements the State highway safety program

under chapter 4 and the commercial vehicle safety

plan under section 31102 of title 49;

‘‘(ii) includes all public roads;

‘‘(iii) identifies hazardous locations, sections, and

elements on public roads that constitute a danger to

motorists (including motorcyclists), bicyclists, pedestrians, the disabled, and other highway users; and

‘‘(iv) includes a means of identifying the relative

severity of hazardous locations described in clause (iii)

in terms of accidents, injuries, deaths, and traffic

volume levels;

‘‘(E)(i) determine priorities for the correction of hazardous road locations, sections, and elements (including

railway-highway crossing improvements), as identified

through crash data analysis;

‘‘(ii) identify opportunities for preventing the development of such hazardous conditions; and

‘‘(iii) establish and implement a schedule of highway

safety improvement projects for hazard correction and

hazard prevention; and

‘‘(F)(i) establish an evaluation process to analyze and

assess results achieved by highway safety improvement

projects carried out in accordance with procedures and

criteria established by this section; and

‘‘(ii) use the information obtained under clause (i) in

setting priorities for highway safety improvement projects.

‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may obligate funds apportioned

to the State under section 104(b)(5) to carry out—

‘‘(A) any highway safety improvement project on any

public road or publicly owned bicycle or pedestrian pathway

or trail; or

‘‘(B) as provided in subsection (e), other safety projects.

‘‘(2) USE OF OTHER FUNDING FOR SAFETY.—

‘‘(A) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section prohibits the use of funds made available under other provisions of this title for highway safety improvement projects.

‘‘(B) USE OF OTHER FUNDS.—States are encouraged to

address the full scope of their safety needs and opportunities by using funds made available under other provisions

of this title (except a provision that specifically prohibits

that use).

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‘‘(e) FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR STATES WITH A STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To further the implementation of a State

strategic highway safety plan, a State may use up to 10 percent

of the amount of funds apportioned to the State under section

104(b)(5) for a fiscal year to carry out safety projects under

any other section as provided in the State strategic highway

safety plan if the State certifies that—

‘‘(A) the State has met needs in the State relating

to railway-highway crossings; and

‘‘(B) the State has met the State’s infrastructure safety

needs relating to highway safety improvement projects.

‘‘(2) OTHER TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANS.—

Nothing in this subsection requires a State to revise any State

process, plan, or program in effect on the date of enactment

of this section.

‘‘(f) HIGH RISK RURAL ROADS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After making an apportionment under

section 104(b)(5) for a fiscal year beginning after September

30, 2005, the Secretary shall ensure, from amounts made available to carry out this section for such fiscal year, that a total

of $90,000,000 of such apportionment is set aside by the States,

proportionally according to the share of each State of the total

amount so apportioned, for use only for construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads.

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—A State may use funds apportioned

to the State pursuant to this subsection for any project under

this section if the State certifies to the Secretary that the

State has met all of State needs for construction and operational

improvements on high risk rural roads.

‘‘(g) REPORTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall submit to the Secretary

a report that—

‘‘(A) describes progress being made to implement highway safety improvement projects under this section;

‘‘(B) assesses the effectiveness of those improvements;

and

‘‘(C) describes the extent to which the improvements

funded under this section contribute to the goals of—

‘‘(i) reducing the number of fatalities on roadways;

‘‘(ii) reducing the number of roadway-related

injuries;

‘‘(iii) reducing the occurrences of roadway-related

crashes;

‘‘(iv) mitigating the consequences of roadwayrelated crashes; and

‘‘(v) reducing the occurrences of crashes at railwayhighway crossings.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS; SCHEDULE.—The Secretary shall establish

the content and schedule for a report under paragraph (1).

‘‘(3) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary shall make reports

submitted under subsection (c)(1)(D) available to the public

through—

‘‘(A) the Web site of the Department; and

‘‘(B) such other means as the Secretary determines

to be appropriate.

Public

information.

Certification.

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‘‘(4) DISCOVERY AND ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE OF CERTAIN

REPORTS, SURVEYS, AND INFORMATION.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or

data compiled or collected for any purpose directly relating

to paragraph (1) or subsection (c)(1)(D), or published by the

Secretary in accordance with paragraph (3), shall not be subject

to discovery or admitted into evidence in a Federal or State

court proceeding or considered for other purposes in any action

for damages arising from any occurrence at a location identified

or addressed in such reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or other

data.

‘‘(h) FEDERAL SHARE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

PROJECTS.—Except as provided in sections 120 and 130, the Federal

share of the cost of a highway safety improvement project carried

out with funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(5) shall

be 90 percent.’’.

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 1 of

such title is amended by striking the item relating to section

148 and inserting the following:

‘‘148. Highway safety improvement program.’’.

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(A) TRANSFERS OF APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 104(g)

of such title is amended in the first sentence by striking

‘‘sections 130, 144, and 152 of this title’’ and inserting

‘‘sections 130 and 144’’.

(B) UNIFORM TRANSFERABILITY.—Section 126(a) of such

title is amended by inserting ‘‘under’’ after ‘‘State’s apportionment’’.

(C) OTHER SECTIONS.—Sections 154, 164, and 409 of

such title are amended by striking ‘‘152’’ each place it

appears and inserting ‘‘148’’.

(b) APPORTIONMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS.—Section 104(b) of such title (as amended by section

1103 of this Act) is amended—

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting

after ‘‘Improvement program,’’ the following: ‘‘the highway

safety improvement program,’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(5) HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For the highway safety improvement program, in accordance with the following formula:

‘‘(i) 331⁄3 percent of the apportionments in the ratio

that—

‘‘(I) the total lane miles of Federal-aid highways in each State; bears to

‘‘(II) the total lane miles of Federal-aid highways in all States.

‘‘(ii) 331⁄3 percent of the apportionments in the

ratio that—

‘‘(I) the total vehicle miles traveled on lanes

on Federal-aid highways in each State; bears to

‘‘(II) the total vehicle miles traveled on lanes

on Federal-aid highways in all States.

‘‘(iii) 331⁄3 percent of the apportionments in the

ratio that—

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‘‘(I) the number of fatalities on the Federalaid system in each State in the latest fiscal year

for which data are available; bears to

‘‘(II) the number of fatalities on the Federalaid system in all States in the latest fiscal year

for which data are available.

‘‘(B) MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT.—Notwithstanding

subparagraph (A), each State shall receive a minimum

of one-half of 1 percent of the funds apportioned under

this paragraph.’’.

(d) ELIMINATION OF HAZARDS RELATING TO RAILWAY-HIGHWAY

CROSSINGS.— (1) FUNDS FOR PROTECTIVE DEVICES.—Section 130(e) of such

title is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘At’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before making an apportionment under

section 104(b)(5) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside,

from amounts made available to carry out the highway safety

improvement program under section 148 for such fiscal year,

at least $220,000,000 for the elimination of hazards and the

installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings.

At’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—If a State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State has met all its needs

for installation of protective devices at railway-highway

crossings, the State may use funds made available by this

section for other purposes under this subsection.’’.

(2) APPORTIONMENT.—Section 130(f) of such title is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(f) APPORTIONMENT.—

‘‘(1) FORMULA.—Fifty percent of the funds set aside to

carry out this section pursuant to subsection (e)(1) shall be

apportioned to the States in accordance with the formula set

forth in section 104(b)(3)(A), and 50 percent of such funds

shall be apportioned to the States in the ratio that total public

railway-highway crossings in each State bears to the total

of such crossings in all States.

‘‘(2) MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), each State shall receive a minimum of one-half

of 1 percent of the funds apportioned under paragraph (1).

‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable on

account of any project financed with funds set aside to carry

out this section shall be 90 percent of the cost thereof.’’.

(3) BIENNIAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 130(g) of such

title is amended in the third sentence—

(A) by inserting ‘‘and the Committee on Commerce,

Science, and Transportation,’’ after ‘‘Public Works’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘not later than April 1 of each year’’

and inserting ‘‘, not later than April 1, 2006, and every

2 years thereafter,’’.

(4) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Section 130 of such title is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(k) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Not more than 2 percent of

funds apportioned to a State to carry out this section may be

used by the State for compilation and analysis of data in support

of activities carried out under subsection (g).’’.

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(e) TRANSITION.— (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—Except as provided in paragraph

(2), the Secretary shall approve obligations of funds apportioned

under section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code (as

added by subsection (b)), to carry out section 148 of that title,

only if, not later than October 1 of the second fiscal year

beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, a State

has developed and implemented a State strategic highway

safety plan as required pursuant to section 148(c) of that title.

(2) INTERIM PERIOD.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Before October 1 of the second fiscal

year after the date of enactment of this Act and until

the date on which a State develops and implements a

State strategic highway safety plan, the Secretary shall

apportion funds to a State for the highway safety improvement program and the State may obligate funds apportioned to the State for the highway safety improvement

program under section 148 for projects that were eligible

for funding under sections 130 and 152 of that title, as

in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this

Act.

(B) NO STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.—If a State

has not developed a strategic highway safety plan by

October 1, 2007, the State shall receive for the highway

safety improvement program for each subsequent fiscal

year until the date of development of such plan an amount

that equals the amount apportioned to the State for that

program for fiscal year 2007.

SEC. 1402. WORKER INJURY PREVENTION AND FREE FLOW OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this

Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to decrease the likelihood

of worker injury and maintain the free flow of vehicular traffic

by requiring workers whose duties place them on or in close proximity to a Federal-aid highway (as defined in section 101 of title

23, United States Code) to wear high visibility garments. The

regulations may also require such other worker-safety measures

for workers with those duties as the Secretary determines to be

appropriate.

SEC. 1403. TOLL FACILITIES WORKPLACE SAFETY STUDY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on the

safety of highway toll collection facilities, including toll booths,

to determine the safety of the facilities for the toll collectors who

work in and around the facilities, including consideration of—

(1) the effect of design or construction of the facilities

on the likelihood of vehicle collisions with the facilities;

(2) the safety of crosswalks used by toll collectors in transit

to and from toll booths;

(3) the extent of the enforcement of speed limits in the

vicinity of the facilities;

(4) the use of warning devices, such as vibration and rumble

strips, to alert drivers approaching the facilities;

(5) the use of cameras to record traffic violations in the

vicinity of the facilities;

(6) the use of traffic control arms in the vicinity of the

facilities;

Deadline.

Regulations.

23 USC 401 note.

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(7) law enforcement practices and jurisdictional issues that

affect safety in the vicinity of the facilities; and

(8) the incidence of accidents and injuries in the vicinity

of toll booths.

(b) DATA COLLECTION.—As part of the study, the Secretary

shall collect data regarding the incidence of accidents and injuries

in the vicinity of highway toll collection facilities.

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives

and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate

a report on the results of the study, together with recommendations

for improving toll facilities workplace safety.

(d) FUNDING.—

(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, out of the

Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account),

$500,000 for fiscal year 2006.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by this section shall be available for obligation in the

same manner and to the same extent as if the funds were

apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code,

except that the Federal share of the cost of the project shall

be 100 percent, and the funds shall remain available until

expended and shall not be transferable.

SEC. 1404. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall establish and carry out a safe routes

to school program for the benefit of children in primary and middle

schools.

(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program shall be—

(1) to enable and encourage children, including those with

disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school;

(2) to make bicycling and walking to school a safer and

more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging

a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age; and

(3) to facilitate the planning, development, and

implementation of projects and activities that will improve

safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution

in the vicinity of schools.

(c) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4),

amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal

year shall be apportioned among the States in the ratio that—

(A) the total student enrollment in primary and middle

schools in each State; bears to

(B) the total student enrollment in primary and middle

schools in all States.

(2) MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT.—No State shall receive an

apportionment under this section for a fiscal year of less than

$1,000,000.

(3) SET-ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Before

apportioning under this subsection amounts made available

to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall

set aside not more than $3,000,000 of such amounts for the

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administrative expenses of the Secretary in carrying out this

subsection.

(4) DETERMINATION OF STUDENT ENROLLMENTS.—Determinations under this subsection concerning student enrollments

shall be made by the Secretary.

(d) ADMINISTRATION OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts apportioned to a

State under this section shall be administered by the State’s department of transportation.

(e) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Amounts apportioned to a State

under this section shall be used by the State to provide financial

assistance to State, local, and regional agencies, including nonprofit

organizations, that demonstrate an ability to meet the requirements

of this section.

(f) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.—

(1) INFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED PROJECTS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts apportioned to a State

under this section may be used for the planning, design,

and construction of infrastructure-related projects that will

substantially improve the ability of students to walk and

bicycle to school, including sidewalk improvements, traffic

calming and speed reduction improvements, pedestrian and

bicycle crossing improvements, on-street bicycle facilities,

off-street bicycle and pedestrian facilities, secure bicycle

parking facilities, and traffic diversion improvements in

the vicinity of schools.

(B) LOCATION OF PROJECTS.—Infrastructure-related

projects under subparagraph (A) may be carried out on

any public road or any bicycle or pedestrian pathway or

trail in the vicinity of schools.

(2) NONINFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED ACTIVITIES.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to projects described in

paragraph (1), amounts apportioned to a State under this

section may be used for noninfrastructure-related activities

to encourage walking and bicycling to school, including

public awareness campaigns and outreach to press and

community leaders, traffic education and enforcement in

the vicinity of schools, student sessions on bicycle and

pedestrian safety, health, and environment, and funding

for training, volunteers, and managers of safe routes to

school programs.

(B) ALLOCATION.—Not less than 10 percent and not

more than 30 percent of the amount apportioned to a

State under this section for a fiscal year shall be used

for noninfrastructure-related activities under this subparagraph.

(3) SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL COORDINATOR.—Each State

receiving an apportionment under this section for a fiscal year

shall use a sufficient amount of the apportionment to fund

a full-time position of coordinator of the State’s safe routes

to school program.

(g) CLEARINGHOUSE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants to a

national nonprofit organization engaged in promoting safe

routes to schools to—

(A) operate a national safe routes to school clearinghouse;

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(B) develop information and educational programs on

safe routes to school; and

(C) provide technical assistance and disseminate techniques and strategies used for successful safe routes to

school programs.

(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out this subsection

using amounts set aside for administrative expenses under

subsection (c)(3).

(h) TASK FORCE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a national

safe routes to school task force composed of leaders in health,

transportation, and education, including representatives of

appropriate Federal agencies, to study and develop a strategy

for advancing safe routes to school programs nationwide.

(2) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2006, the Secretary

shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of

the study conducted, and a description of the strategy developed, under paragraph (1) and information regarding the use

of funds for infrastructure-related and noninfrastructurerelated activities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection

(f).

(3) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out this subsection

using amounts set aside for administrative expenses under

subsection (c)(3).

(i) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available to carry

out this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code; except that such funds shall not be transferable

and shall remain available until expended, and the Federal share

of the cost of a project or activity under this section shall be

100 percent.

(j) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, projects assisted under this subsection shall be treated

as projects on a Federal-aid system under chapter 1 of title 23,

United States Code.

(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

(1) IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS.—The term ‘‘in the vicinity

of schools’’ means, with respect to a school, the area within

bicycling and walking distance of the school (approximately

2 miles).

(2) PRIMARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.—The term ‘‘primary

and middle schools’’ means schools providing education from

kindergarten through eighth grade.

SEC. 1405. ROADWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR OLDER DRIVERS

AND PEDESTRIANS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a program

to improve traffic signs and pavement markings in all States (as

such term is defined in section 101 of title 23, United States

Code) in a manner consistent with the recommendations included

in the publication of the Federal Highway Administration entitled

‘‘Guidelines and Recommendations to Accommodate Older Drivers

and Pedestrians (FHWA–RD–01–103)’’ and dated October 2001.

(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a project

carried out under this section shall be determined in accordance

with section 120 of title 23, United States Code.

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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out

this section for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

SEC. 1406. SAFETY INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR USE OF SEAT BELTS.

Section 157(g)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

by striking ‘‘2004, and’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2005’’ and

inserting ‘‘2004, and $112,000,000 for fiscal year 2005’’.

SEC. 1407. SAFETY INCENTIVES TO PREVENT OPERATION OF MOTOR

VEHICLES BY INTOXICATED PERSONS.

(a) CODIFICATION OF PENALTY.—Section 163 of title 23, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:

‘‘(e) PENALTY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2003, and October 1 of

each fiscal year thereafter, if a State has not enacted or is

not enforcing a law described in subsection (a), the Secretary

shall withhold from amounts apportioned to the State on that

date under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b)

an amount equal to the amount specified in paragraph (2).

‘‘(2) AMOUNT TO BE WITHHELD.—If a State is subject to

a penalty under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall withhold

for a fiscal year from the apportionments of the State described

in paragraph (1) an amount equal to a percentage of the funds

apportioned to the State under paragraphs (1), (3), and (4)

of section 104(b) for fiscal year 2003. The percentage shall

be as follows:

‘‘(A) For fiscal year 2004, 2 percent.

‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2005, 4 percent.

‘‘(C) For fiscal year 2006, 6 percent.

‘‘(D) For fiscal year 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, 8 percent.

‘‘(3) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If, within 4 years from the date

that an apportionment for a State is withheld in accordance

with this subsection, the Secretary determines that the State

has enacted and is enforcing a law described in subsection

(a), the apportionment of the State shall be increased by an

amount equal to the amount withheld. If, at the end of such

4-year period, any State has not enacted or is not enforcing

a law described in subsection (a) any amounts so withheld

from such State shall lapse.’’.

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 163(f)(1) of

such title (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section)

is amended by striking ‘‘2004, and’’ and inserting ‘‘2004, and

$110,000,000 for fiscal year 2005’’.

(c) REPEAL.—Section 351 of the Department of Transportation

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (23 U.S.C. 163

note; 114 Stat. 1356A–34) is repealed.

SEC. 1408. IMPROVEMENT OR REPLACEMENT OF HIGHWAY FEATURES

ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

(a) UPDATE OF IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE.—The Secretary,

in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway

and Transportation Officials, shall update as appropriate the

August 28, 1998, Federal Highway Administration Policy on

Implementation of the report of the Transportation Research Board

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of the National Research Council entitled ‘‘NCHRP Report 350–

Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation

of Highway Features’’.

(b) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the Association, shall publish updated guidance regarding the conditions under

which States, when choosing to improve or replace highway features

on the National Highway System, should improve or replace such

features with highway features that have been tested, evaluated,

and found to be acceptable under the guidelines of the report

referred to in subsection (a).

(c) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—Guidance published in

accordance with subsection (a)—

(1) shall address those highway features that are covered

by the guidelines in the report referred to in subsection (b);

and

(2) shall consider types of highway features, cost-effectiveness, and practicality of replacement with highway features

that have been found to be acceptable under the report guidelines to determine conditions when such features should be

used.

SEC. 1409. WORK ZONE SAFETY GRANTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and implement

a work zone safety grant program under which the Secretary may

make grants to nonprofit organizations and not-for-profit organizations to provide training to prevent or reduce highway work zone

injuries and fatalities.

(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grants may be made under the program for the following purposes:

(1) Training for construction craft workers on the prevention of injuries and fatalities in highway and road construction.

(2) Development of guidelines for the prevention of highway

work zone injuries and fatalities.

(3) Training for State and local government transportation

agencies and other groups implementing guidelines for the

prevention of highway work zone injuries and fatalities.

(c) FUNDING.—

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

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code; except that such funds shall not be

transferable.

(d) CONSTRUCTION WORK IN ALASKA.—Section 114 of title 23,

United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the following:

‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION WORK IN ALASKA.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure that a worker

who is employed on a remote project for the construction of

a highway or portion of a highway located on a Federal-aid

system in the State of Alaska and who is not a domiciled

resident of the locality shall receive meals and lodging.

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‘‘(2) LODGING.—The lodging under paragraph (1) shall be

in accordance with section 1910.142 of title 29, Code of Federal

Regulations (relating to temporary labor camp requirements).

‘‘(3) PER DIEM.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Contractors are encouraged to use

commercial facilities and lodges on remote projects, however, when such facilities are not available, per diem in

lieu of room and lodging may be paid on remote Federal

highway projects at a basic rate of $75.00 per day or

part of a day the worker is employed on the project. Where

the contractor provides or furnishes room and lodging or

pays a per diem, the cost of the amount shall not be

considered a part of wages and shall be excluded from

the calculation of wages.

‘‘(B) SECRETARY OF LABOR.—Such per diem rate shall

be adopted by the Secretary of Labor for all applicable

remote Federal highway projects in Alaska.

‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—Per diem shall not be allowed on

any of the following remote projects for the construction

of a highway or portion of a highway located on a Federalaid system:

‘‘(i) West of Livengood on the Elliot Highway.

‘‘(ii) Mile 0 on the Dalton Highway to the North

Slope of Alaska; north of Mile 20 on the Taylor Highway.

‘‘(iii) East of Chicken on the Top of the World

Highway and south of Tetlin Junction to the Alaska

Canadian border.

‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following definitions apply:

‘‘(A) REMOTE.—The term ‘remote’, as used with respect

to a project, means that the project is 65 road miles or

more from the international airport in Fairbanks, Anchorage, or Juneau, Alaska, as the case may be, or is inaccessible by road in a 2-wheel drive vehicle.

‘‘(B) RESIDENT.—The term ‘resident’, as used with

respect to a project, means a person living within 65 road

miles of the midpoint of the project for at least 12 consecutive months prior to the award of the project.’’.

SEC. 1410. NATIONAL WORK ZONE SAFETY INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.

(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants for fiscal years

2006 through 2009 to a national nonprofit foundation for the operation of the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse,

authorized by section 358(b)(2) of Public Law 104–59, created for

the purpose of assembling and disseminating, by electronic and

other means, information relating to improvement of roadway work

zone safety.

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than

the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $1,000,000

for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized by this subsection

shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the

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

Code, except the Federal share of the cost of activities carried

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out using such funds shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall

remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.

SEC. 1411. ROADWAY SAFETY.

(a) ROAD SAFETY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into an agreement to assist in the activities of a national nonprofit organization that is dedicated solely to improving public road safety—

(A) by improving the quality of data pertaining to

public road hazards and design features that affect or

increase the severity of motor vehicle crashes;

(B) by developing and carrying out a public awareness

campaign to educate State and local transportation officials,

public safety officials, and motorists regarding the extent

to which public road hazards and design features are a

factor in motor vehicle crashes; and

(C) by promoting public road safety research and technology transfer activities.

(2) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appropriated from

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

$500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to carry

out this subsection.

(3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available by

this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same

manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1

of title 23, United States Code, except that the funds shall

remain available until expended.

(b) BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY GRANTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants to a

national, not-for-profit organization engaged in promoting

bicycle and pedestrian safety—

(A) to operate a national bicycle and pedestrian

clearinghouse;

(B) to develop information and educational programs;

and

(C) to disseminate techniques and strategies for

improving bicycle and pedestrian safety.

(2) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appropriated from

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

$300,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $500,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009 to carry out this subsection.

(3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available by

this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same

manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1

of title 23, United States Code, except that the funds shall

remain available until expended.

SEC. 1412. IDLING REDUCTION FACILITIES IN INTERSTATE RIGHTSOF-WAY.

Section 111 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by

adding at the end the following:

‘‘(d) IDLING REDUCTION FACILITIES IN INTERSTATE RIGHTS-OFWAY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State

may—

‘‘(A) permit electrification or other idling reduction

facilities and equipment, for use by motor vehicles used

for commercial purposes, to be placed in rest and recreation

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areas, and in safety rest areas, constructed or located on

rights-of-way of the Interstate System in the State, so

long as those idling reduction measures do not reduce

the existing number of designated truck parking spaces

at any given rest or recreation area; and

‘‘(B) charge a fee, or permit the charging of a fee,

for the use of those parking spaces actively providing power

to a truck to reduce idling.

‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The exclusive purpose of the facilities

described in paragraph (1) (or similar technologies) shall be

to enable operators of motor vehicles used for commercial

purposes—

‘‘(A) to reduce idling of a truck while parked in the

rest or recreation area; and

‘‘(B) to use installed or other equipment specifically

designed to reduce idling of a truck, or provide alternative

power for supporting driver comfort, while parked.’’.

Subtitle E—Construction and Contract

Efficiency

SEC. 1501. PROGRAM EFFICIENCIES.

(a) ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.—Section 115 of title 23, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may authorize a State to

proceed with a project authorized under this title—

‘‘(1) without the use of Federal funds; and

‘‘(2) in accordance with all procedures and requirements

applicable to the project other than those procedures and

requirements that limit the State to implementation of a

project—

‘‘(A) with the aid of Federal funds previously apportioned or allocated to the State; or

‘‘(B) with obligation authority previously allocated to

the State.

‘‘(b) OBLIGATION OF FEDERAL SHARE.—The Secretary, on the

request of a State and execution of a project agreement, may obligate all or a portion of the Federal share of a project authorized

to proceed under this section from any category of funds for which

the project is eligible.’’.

(b) OBLIGATION AND RELEASE OF FUNDS.—Section 118(d) of

such title is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(d) OBLIGATION AND RELEASE OF FUNDS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds apportioned or allocated to a State

for a purpose for any fiscal year shall be considered to be

obligated if a sum equal to the total of the funds apportioned

or allocated to the State for that purpose for that fiscal year

and previous fiscal years is obligated.

‘‘(2) RELEASED FUNDS.—Any funds released by the final

payment for a project, or by modifying the project agreement

for a project, shall be—

‘‘(A) credited to the same class of funds previously

apportioned or allocated to the State for the project; and

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‘‘(B) immediately available for obligation.

‘‘(3) NET OBLIGATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including a regulation), obligations recorded against

funds made available under this subsection shall be recorded

and reported as net obligations.’’.

SEC. 1502. HIGHWAYS FOR LIFE PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and implement a pilot program to be known as the ‘‘Highways for LIFE

Pilot Program’’.

(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot program shall be

to advance longer-lasting highways using innovative technologies and practices to accomplish the fast construction of

efficient and safe highways and bridges.

(3) OBJECTIVES.—Under the pilot program, the Secretary

shall provide leadership and incentives to demonstrate and

promote state-of-the-art technologies, elevated performance

standards, and new business practices in the highway construction process that result in improved safety, faster construction,

reduced congestion from construction, and improved quality

and user satisfaction.

(b) PROJECTS.—

(1) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to participate in the pilot

program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application

that is in such form and contains such information as the

Secretary requires. Each application shall contain a description

of proposed projects to be carried by the State under the pilot

program.

(2) ELIGIBILITY.—A proposed project shall be eligible for

assistance under the pilot program if the project—

(A) constructs, reconstructs, or rehabilitates a route

or connection on a Federal-aid highway eligible for assistance under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code;

(B) uses innovative technologies, manufacturing processes, financing, or contracting methods that improve

safety, reduce congestion due to construction, and improve

quality; and

(C) meets additional criteria as determined by the Secretary.

(3) PROJECT PROPOSAL.—A project proposal submitted

under paragraph (1) shall contain—

(A) an identification and description of the projects

to be delivered;

(B) a description of how the projects will result in

improved safety, faster construction, reduced congestion

due to construction, user satisfaction, and improved quality;

(C) a description of the innovative technologies, manufacturing processes, financing, and contracting methods

that will be used for the proposed projects; and

(D) such other information as the Secretary may

require.

(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting projects for approval

under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the projects

provide an evaluation of a broad range of technologies in a

wide variety of project types and shall give priority to the

projects that—

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(A) address achieving the Highways for LIFE performance standards for quality, safety, and speed of construction;

(B) deliver and deploy innovative technologies, manufacturing processes, financing, contracting practices, and

performance measures that will demonstrate substantial

improvements in safety, congestion, quality, and costeffectiveness;

(C) include innovation that will lead to change in the

administration of the State’s transportation program to

more quickly construct long-lasting, high-quality, cost-effective projects that improve safety and reduce congestion;

(D) are or will be ready for construction within 1 year

of approval of the project proposal; and

(E) meet such other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate.

(5) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—

(A) FUNDS FOR HIGHWAYS FOR LIFE PROJECTS.—Out

of amounts made available to carry out this section for

a fiscal year, the Secretary may allocate to a State up

to 20 percent, but not more than $5,000,000, of the total

cost of a project approved under this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds allocated to

a State under this subparagraph may be applied to the

non-Federal share of the cost of construction of a project

under title 23, United States Code.

(B) USE OF APPORTIONED FUNDS.—A State may obligate

not more than 10 percent of the amount apportioned to

the State under one or more of paragraphs (1), (2), (3),

and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code,

for a fiscal year for projects approved under this section.

(C) INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding sections 120 and 129 of title 23, United States Code, the

Federal share payable on account of any project constructed

with Federal funds allocated under this section, or apportioned under section 104(b) of such title, to a State under

such title and approved under this section may amount

to 100 percent of the cost of construction of such project.

(D) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Except

as provided in subparagraph (C), nothing in this subsection

shall be construed as altering or otherwise affecting the

applicability of the requirements of chapter 1 of title 23,

United States Code (including requirements relating to

the eligibility of a project for assistance under the program

and the location of the project), to amounts apportioned

to a State for a program under section 104(b) that are

obligated by the State for projects approved under this

subsection.

(6) PROJECT SELECTIONS.—In the period of fiscal years 2005

through 2009, the Secretary, to the maximum extent possible,

shall approve at least 1 project in each State for participation

in the pilot program and for financial assistance under paragraph (5) if the State submits an application and the project

meets the eligibility requirements and selection criteria under

this subsection.

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(7) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PROJECTS.—The maximum

number of projects for which the Secretary may allocate funds

under this subsection in a fiscal year is 15.

(c) TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants or enter

into cooperative agreements or other transactions to foster the

development, improvement, and creation of innovative technologies and facilities to improve safety, enhance the speed

of highway construction, and improve the quality and durability

of highways.

(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of an

activity carried out under this subsection shall not exceed 80

percent.

(d) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a highways

for life technology transfer program.

(2) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall

ensure that the information and technology used, developed,

or deployed under this subsection is made available to the

transportation community and the public.

(e) STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND INVOLVEMENT.—The Secretary

shall establish a process for stakeholder input and involvement

in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Highways for LIFE Pilot Program. The process may include participation

by representatives of State departments of transportation and other

interested persons.

(f) PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The Secretary

shall monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of any activity carried

out under this section.

(g) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Except as otherwise provided in

this section, funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this

section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as

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

States Code.

(h) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ has the

meaning such term has in section 101(a) of title 23, United States

Code.

SEC. 1503. DESIGN BUILD.

Section 112(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph

(E); and

(2) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:

‘‘(C) QUALIFIED PROJECTS.—A qualified project referred

to in subparagraph (A) is a project under this chapter

(including intermodal projects) for which the Secretary has

approved the use of design-build contracting under criteria

specified in regulations issued by the Secretary.

‘‘(D) REGULATORY PROCESS.—Not later than 90 days

after the date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Secretary shall issue revised regulations under section 1307(c)

of the Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century (23

U.S.C. 112 note; 112 Stat. 230) that—

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‘‘(i) do not preclude a State transportation department or local transportation agency, prior to compliance with section 102 of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), from—

‘‘(I) issuing requests for proposals;

‘‘(II) proceeding with awards of design-build

contracts; or

‘‘(III) issuing notices to proceed with preliminary design work under design-build contracts;

‘‘(ii) require that the State transportation department or local transportation agency receive concurrence from the Secretary before carrying out an activity

under clause (i); and

‘‘(iii) preclude the design-build contractor from proceeding with final design or construction of any permanent improvement prior to completion of the process

under such section 102.’’.

Subtitle F—Finance

SEC. 1601. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND

INNOVATION ACT AMENDMENTS.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 181 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended—

(1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘category’’ and ‘‘offered

into the capital markets’’;

(2) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating paragraphs

(8) through (15) as paragraphs (7) through (14), respectively;

(3) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)

of this subsection)—

(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the

end and inserting a semicolon; and

(B) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(D) a project that—

‘‘(i) is a project—

‘‘(I) for a public freight rail facility or a private

facility providing public benefit for highway users;

‘‘(II) for an intermodal freight transfer facility;

‘‘(III) for a means of access to a facility

described in subclause (I) or (II);

‘‘(IV) for a service improvement for a facility

described in subclause (I) or (II) (including a capital investment for an intelligent transportation

system); or

‘‘(V) that comprises a series of projects

described in subclauses (I) through (IV) with the

common objective of improving the flow of goods;

‘‘(ii) may involve the combining of private and

public sector funds, including investment of public

funds in private sector facility improvements; and

‘‘(iii) if located within the boundaries of a port

terminal, includes only such surface transportation

infrastructure modifications as are necessary to facilitate direct intermodal interchange, transfer, and access

into and out of the port.’’; and

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(4) in paragraph (10) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)

of this subsection) by striking ‘‘bond’’ and inserting ‘‘credit’’.

(b) DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 182(a) of such title

is amended—

(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(1) INCLUSION IN TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND PROGRAMS.— The project shall satisfy the applicable planning and programming requirements of sections 134 and 135 at such time as

an agreement to make available a Federal credit instrument

is entered into under this subchapter.

‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A State, local government, public

authority, public-private partnership, or any other legal entity

undertaking the project and authorized by the Secretary, shall

submit a project application to the Secretary.’’; (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’;

(3) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting

‘‘331⁄3’’;

(4) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and

inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’; and

(5) in paragraph (4)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Project financing’’ and inserting ‘‘The

Federal credit instrument’’; and

(B) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘that

also secure the project obligations’’.

(c) PROJECT SELECTION.—Section 182(b) of such title is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘criteria’’ the second place

it appears and inserting ‘‘requirements’’; and

(2) in paragraph (2)(B) by inserting ‘‘, which may be the

Federal credit instrument,’’ after ‘‘obligations’’.

(d) SECURED LOANS.—

(1) AGREEMENTS.—Section 183(a)(1) of such title is

amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘of any project

selected under section 602’’ after ‘‘costs’’;

(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (B) and all that follows through ‘‘under section 182.’’

and inserting ‘‘of any project selected under section 602;

or’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(C) to refinance long-term project obligations or Federal credit instruments if such refinancing provides additional funding capacity for the completion, enhancement,

or expansion of any project that—

‘‘(i) is selected under section 602; or

‘‘(ii) otherwise meets the requirements of section

602.’’.

(2) INVESTMENT-GRADE RATING REQUIREMENT.—Section

183(a)(4) of such title is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘The funding’’ and inserting ‘‘The execution’’; and

(B) by striking the first comma and all that follows

through ‘‘1 rating agency’’.

(3) TERMS AND LIMITATIONS.—Section 183(b) of such title

is amended—

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(A) in paragraph (2)—

(i) by inserting ‘‘the lesser of’’ after ‘‘exceed’’; and

(ii) by inserting ‘‘or, if the secured loan does not

receive an investment grade rating, the amount of

the senior project obligations’’ after ‘‘costs’’;

(B) in paragraph (3)(A)(i) by inserting ‘‘that also secure

the senior project obligations’’ after ‘‘sources’’; and

(C) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘marketable’’.

(4) REPAYMENT.—Section 183(c) of such title is amended—

(A) by striking paragraph (3);

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;

(C) in paragraph (3)(A) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph) by striking ‘‘during the 10

years’’; and

(D) in subparagraph (3)(B)(ii) (as so redesignated) by

striking ‘‘loan’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘loan.’’.

(e) LINES OF CREDIT.—

(1) TERMS AND LIMITATIONS.—Section 184(b) of such title

is amended—

(A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—The total amount of the line

of credit shall not exceed 33 percent of the reasonably anticipated eligible project costs.’’;

(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘, any debt service

reserve fund, and any other available reserve’’ and inserting

‘‘but not including reasonably required financing reserves’’;

(C) in paragraph (4)—

(i) by striking ‘‘marketable’’;

(ii) by striking ‘‘on which’’ and inserting ‘‘of execution of ’’; and

(iii) by striking ‘‘is obligated’’ and inserting ‘‘agreement’’;

(D) in paragraph (5)(A)(i) by inserting ‘‘that also secure

the senior project obligations’’ after ‘‘sources’’; and

(E) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘line of credit’’ and

inserting ‘‘full amount of the line of credit, to the extent

not drawn upon,’’.

(2) REPAYMENT.—Section 184(c) of such title is amended—

(A) in paragraph (2)—

(i) by striking ‘‘scheduled’’;

(ii) by inserting ‘‘be scheduled to’’ after ‘‘shall’’;

and

(iii) by striking ‘‘be fully repaid, with interest,’’

and inserting ‘‘to conclude, with full repayment of principal and interest,’’; and

(B) by striking paragraph (3).

(f) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—Section 185 of such title is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 185. Program administration

‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a uniform

system to service the Federal credit instruments made available

under this subchapter.

‘‘(b) FEES.—

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may collect and spend

fees, contingent upon authority being provided in appropriations Acts, at a level that is sufficient to cover—

‘‘(A) the costs of services of expert firms retained pursuant to subsection (d); and

‘‘(B) all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing the Federal credit instruments.

‘‘(c) SERVICER.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may appoint a financial

entity to assist the Secretary in servicing the Federal credit

instruments.

‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The servicer shall act as the agent for the

Secretary.

‘‘(3) FEE.—The servicer shall receive a servicing fee, subject

to approval by the Secretary.

‘‘(d) ASSISTANCE FROM EXPERT FIRMS.—The Secretary may

retain the services of expert firms, including counsel, in the field

of municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting and

servicing of Federal credit instruments.’’.

(g) FUNDING.—Section 188 of such title is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘§ 188. Funding

‘‘(a) FUNDING.—

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

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this subchapter $122,000,000 for each

of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available to carry out

this chapter shall remain available until expended.

‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—From funds made available

to carry out this chapter, the Secretary may use, for the

administration of this subchapter, not more than $2,200,000

for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

‘‘(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, approval by the Secretary of a Federal credit instrument

that uses funds made available under this subchapter shall

impose upon the United States a contractual obligation to fund

the Federal credit investment.

‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized under this section

for a fiscal year shall be available for obligation on October

1 of the fiscal year.’’.

(h) DATES FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—Section 189 of such

title is amended—

(1) by striking the section designation and heading and

inserting the following:

‘‘§ 189. Reports to Congress’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘Not later than 4 years after the date

of enactment of this subchapter,’’ and inserting ‘‘On June 1,

2006, and every 2 years thereafter,’’; and

(3) by striking ‘‘subchapter’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘chapter (other than section 610)’’.

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(i) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 1 of such

title is amended by striking the item relating to section 185 and

inserting the following:

‘‘185. Program administration.’’.

SEC. 1602. STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 1 of title 23, United

States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 190. State infrastructure bank program

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECT.—The term ‘capital project’ has the

meaning such term has under section 5302 of title 49.

‘‘(2) OTHER FORMS OF CREDIT ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘other

forms of credit assistance’ includes any use of funds in an

infrastructure bank—

‘‘(A) to provide credit enhancements;

‘‘(B) to serve as a capital reserve for bond or debt

instrument financing;

‘‘(C) to subsidize interest rates;

‘‘(D) to insure or guarantee letters of credit and credit

instruments against credit risk of loss;

‘‘(E) to finance purchase and lease agreements with

respect to transit projects;

‘‘(F) to provide bond or debt financing instrument security; and

‘‘(G) to provide other forms of debt financing and

methods of leveraging funds that are approved by the Secretary and that relate to the project with respect to which

such assistance is being provided.

‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the meaning such term

has under section 401.

‘‘(4) CAPITALIZATION.—The term ‘capitalization’ means the

process used for depositing funds as initial capital into a State

infrastructure bank to establish the infrastructure bank.

‘‘(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The term ‘cooperative

agreement’ means written consent between a State and the

Secretary which sets forth the manner in which the infrastructure bank established by the State in accordance with this

section will be administered.

‘‘(6) LOAN.—The term ‘loan’ means any form of direct financial assistance from a State infrastructure bank that is required

to be repaid over a period of time and that is provided to

a project sponsor for all or part of the costs of the project.

‘‘(7) GUARANTEE.—The term ‘guarantee’ means a contract

entered into by a State infrastructure bank in which the bank

agrees to take responsibility for all or a portion of a project

sponsor’s financial obligations for a project under specified

conditions.

‘‘(8) INITIAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘initial assistance’

means the first round of funds that are loaned or used for

credit enhancement by a State infrastructure bank for projects

eligible for assistance under this section.

‘‘(9) LEVERAGE.—The term ‘leverage’ means a financial

structure used to increase funds in a State infrastructure bank

through the issuance of debt instruments.

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‘‘(10) LEVERAGED.—The term ‘leveraged’, as used with

respect to a State infrastructure bank, means that the bank

has total potential liabilities that exceed the capital of the

bank.

‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the provisions of

this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements

with States for the establishment of State infrastructure banks

for making loans and providing other forms of credit assistance

to public and private entities carrying out or proposing to carry

out projects eligible for assistance under this section.

‘‘(c) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress grants consent to two or more

of the States, entering into a cooperative agreement under

subsection (a) with the Secretary for the establishment by

such States of a multistate infrastructure bank in accordance

with this section, to enter into an interstate compact establishing such bank in accordance with this section.

‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—The right to alter, amend,

or repeal interstate compacts entered into under this subsection

is expressly reserved.

‘‘(d) FUNDING.—

‘‘(1) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—Subject to subsection (j), the Secretary may permit a State entering into a cooperative agreement under this section to establish a State infrastructure

bank to deposit into the highway account of the bank not

to exceed—

‘‘(A) 10 percent of the funds apportioned to the State

for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 under each

of sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), 104(b)(4), and 144; and

‘‘(B) 10 percent of the funds allocated to the State

for each of such fiscal years under section 105.

‘‘(2) TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—Subject to subsection (j), the Secretary may permit a State entering into a cooperative agreement under this section to establish a State infrastructure

bank, and any other recipient of Federal assistance under section 5307, 5309, or 5311 of title 49, to deposit into the transit

account of the bank not to exceed 10 percent of the funds

made available to the State or other recipient in each of fiscal

years 2005 through 2009 for capital projects under each of

such sections.

‘‘(3) RAIL ACCOUNT.—Subject to subsection (j), the Secretary

may permit a State entering into a cooperative agreement

under this section to establish a State infrastructure bank,

and any other recipient of Federal assistance under subtitle

V of title 49, to deposit into the rail account of the bank

funds made available to the State or other recipient in each

of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 for capital projects under

such subtitle.

‘‘(4) CAPITAL GRANTS.—

‘‘(A) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—Federal funds deposited into

a highway account of a State infrastructure bank under

paragraph (1) shall constitute for purposes of this section

a capitalization grant for the highway account of the bank.

‘‘(B) TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—Federal funds deposited into

a transit account of a State infrastructure bank under

paragraph (2) shall constitute for purposes of this section

a capitalization grant for the transit account of the bank.

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‘‘(C) RAIL ACCOUNT.—Federal funds deposited into a

rail account of a State infrastructure bank under paragraph

3 shall constitute for purposes of this section a capitalization grant for the rail account of the bank.

‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF OVER 200,000.— Funds in a State infrastructure bank that are attributed to

urbanized areas of a State with urbanized populations of over

200,000 under section 133(d)(3) may be used to provide assistance with respect to a project only if the metropolitan planning

organization designated for such area concurs, in writing, with

the provision of such assistance.

‘‘(6) DISCONTINUANCE OF FUNDING.—If the Secretary determines that a State is not implementing the State’s infrastructure bank in accordance with a cooperative agreement entered

into under subsection (b), the Secretary may prohibit the State

from contributing additional Federal funds to the bank.

‘‘(e) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE FROM INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS.—

An infrastructure bank established under this section may make

loans or provide other forms of credit assistance to a public or

private entity in an amount equal to all or a part of the cost

of carrying out a project eligible for assistance under this section.

The amount of any loan or other form of credit assistance provided

for the project may be subordinated to any other debt financing

for the project. Initial assistance provided with respect to a project

from Federal funds deposited into an infrastructure bank under

this section may not be made in the form of a grant.

‘‘(f) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Subject to subsection (e), funds in

an infrastructure bank established under this section may be used

only to provide assistance for projects eligible for assistance under

this title and capital projects defined in section 5302 of title 49,

and any other projects relating to surface transportation that the

Secretary determines to be appropriate.

‘‘(g) INFRASTRUCTURE BANK REQUIREMENTS.—In order to establish an infrastructure bank under this section, the State establishing the bank shall—

‘‘(1) deposit in cash, at a minimum, into each account

of the bank from non-Federal sources an amount equal to

25 percent of the amount of each capitalization grant made

to the State and deposited into such account; except that,

if the deposit is into the highway account of the bank and

the State has a non-Federal share under section 120(b) that

is less than 25 percent, the percentage to be deposited from

non-Federal sources shall be the lower percentage of such grant;

‘‘(2) ensure that the bank maintains on a continuing basis

an investment grade rating on its debt, or has a sufficient

level of bond or debt financing instrument insurance, to maintain the viability of the bank;

‘‘(3) ensure that investment income derived from funds

deposited to an account of the bank are—

‘‘(A) credited to the account;

‘‘(B) available for use in providing loans and other

forms of credit assistance to projects eligible for assistance

from the account; and

‘‘(C) invested in United States Treasury securities,

bank deposits, or such other financing instruments as the

Secretary may approve to earn interest to enhance the

leveraging of projects assisted by the bank;

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‘‘(4) ensure that any loan from the bank will bear interest

at or below market interest rates, as determined by the State,

to make the project that is the subject of the loan feasible;

‘‘(5) ensure that repayment of any loan from the bank

will commence not later than 5 years after the project has

been completed or, in the case of a highway project, the facility

has opened to traffic, whichever is later;

‘‘(6) ensure that the term for repaying any loan will not

exceed 30 years after the date of the first payment on the

loan; and

‘‘(7) require the bank to make an annual report to the

Secretary on its status no later than September 30 of each

year and such other reports as the Secretary may require

under guidelines issued to carry out this section.

‘‘(h) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL LAW.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this title and title

49 that would otherwise apply to funds made available under

this title or such title and projects assisted with those funds

shall apply to—

‘‘(A) funds made available under this title or such

title and contributed to an infrastructure bank established

under this section, including the non-Federal contribution

required under subsection (g); and

‘‘(B) projects assisted by the bank through the use

of the funds,

except to the extent that the Secretary determines that any

requirement of such title (other than sections 113 and 114

of this title and section 5333 of title 49) is not consistent

with the objectives of this section.

‘‘(2) REPAYMENTS.—The requirements of this title and title

49 shall apply to repayments from non-Federal sources to an

infrastructure bank from projects assisted by the bank. Such

a repayment shall be considered to be Federal funds.

‘‘(i) UNITED STATES NOT OBLIGATED.—The deposit of Federal

funds into an infrastructure bank established under this section

shall not be construed as a commitment, guarantee, or obligation

on the part of the United States to any third party, nor shall

any third party have any right against the United States for payment solely by virtue of the contribution. Any security or debtfinancing instrument issued by the infrastructure bank shall

expressly state that the security or instrument does not constitute

a commitment, guarantee, or obligation of the United States.

‘‘(j) MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—Sections 3335 and 6503

of title 31 shall not apply to funds deposited into an infrastructure

bank under this section.

‘‘(k) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—For each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009, a State may expend not to exceed 2 percent of

the Federal funds contributed to an infrastructure bank established

by the State under this section to pay the reasonable costs of

administering the bank.’’.

(b) PREPARATORY AMENDMENTS.—

(1) SECTION 181.—Section 181 of such title is amended—

(A) by striking the section designator and heading

and inserting the following:

Reports.

Deadline.

Deadline.

Deadline.

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‘‘§ 181. Generally applicable provisions’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘In this subchapter’’ and inserting the

following:

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this chapter’’;

(C) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘184’’ and inserting

‘‘604’’;

(D) in paragraph (11) (as redesignated by section

1601(a) of this Act) by striking ‘‘183’’ and inserting ‘‘603’’;

and

(E) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF CHAPTER.—For purposes of this title, this

chapter shall be treated as being part of chapter 1.’’.

(2) SECTION 182.—Section 182(b)(2)(A)(viii) of such title

is amended by inserting ‘‘and chapter 1’’ after ‘‘this chapter’’.

(3) SECTION 183.—Section 183(a)(3) of such title is amended

by striking ‘‘182(b)(2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘602(b)(2)(B)’’.

(4) SECTION 184.—Section 184 of such title is amended—

(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘182’’ and inserting

‘‘602’’;

(B) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘182(b)(2)(B)’’ and

inserting ‘‘602(b)(2)(B)’’; and

(C) in subsection (b)(10) by striking ‘‘183’’ and inserting

‘‘603’’.

(5) REFERENCES IN SUBCHAPTER.—Subchapter II of chapter

1 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘this subchapter’’ each

place it appears and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’.

(6) SUBCHAPTER HEADINGS.—Chapter 1 of such title is further amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS’’ preceding section 101; and

(B) by striking ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE’’ preceding section 181.

(c) CHAPTER 6.—Such title is further amended by adding at

the end the following:

‘‘CHAPTER 6—INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE

‘‘Sec.

‘‘601. Generally applicable provisions.

‘‘602. Determination of eligibility and project selection.

‘‘603. Secured loans.

‘‘604. Lines of credit.

‘‘605. Program administration.

‘‘606. State and local permits.

‘‘607. Regulations.

‘‘608. Funding.

‘‘609. Reports to Congress.

‘‘610. State infrastructure bank program.’’.

(d) MOVING AND REDESIGNATING.—Such title is further

amended—

(1) by redesignating sections 181 through 189 as sections

601 through 609, respectively;

(2) by moving such sections from chapter 1 to chapter

6 (as added by subsection (c)); and

(3) by inserting such sections after the analysis for chapter

6.

(e) ANALYSIS FOR CHAPTER 1 AND TABLE OF CHAPTERS.— (1) ANALYSIS FOR CHAPTER 1.—The analysis for chapter

1 of such title is amended—

23 USC 181–183,

185–188.

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(A) by striking the headings for subchapters I and

II; and

(B) by striking the items relating to sections 181

through 189.

(2) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chapters for such

title is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter

5 the following:

‘‘6. Infrastructure Finance ..................................................................................... 601.’’.

SEC. 1603. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS AND FUNDS FOR INACTIVE

PROJECTS.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

(1) ELIGIBLE FUNDS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible funds’’ means

excess funds or inactive funds for a specific transportation

project or activity that were—

(i) allocated before fiscal year 1991; and

(ii) designated in a public law, or a report accompanying a public law, for allocation for the specific

surface transportation project or activity.

(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘eligible funds’’ includes

funds described in subparagraph (A) that were allocated

and designated for a demonstration project.

(2) EXCESS FUNDS.—The term ‘‘excess funds’’ means—

(A) funds obligated for a specific transportation project

or activity that remain available for the project or activity

after the project or activity has been completed or canceled;

or

(B) an unobligated balance of funds allocated for a

transportation project or activity that the State in which

the project or activity was to be carried out certifies are

no longer needed for the project or activity.

(3) INACTIVE FUNDS.—The term ‘‘inactive funds’’ means—

(A) an obligated balance of Federal funds for an eligible

transportation project or activity against which no expenditures have been charged during any 1-year period beginning after the date of obligation of the funds; and

(B) funds that are available to carry out a transportation project or activity in a State, but, as certified by

the State, are unlikely to be advanced for the project or

activity during the 1-year period beginning on the date

of certification.

(b) AVAILABILITY FOR STP PURPOSES.—Eligible funds shall be—

(1) made available in accordance with this section to the

State that originally received the funds; and

(2) available for obligation for any eligible purpose under

section 133 of title 23, United States Code.

(c) RETENTION FOR ORIGINAL PURPOSE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may determine that

eligible funds identified as inactive funds shall remain available

for the purpose for which the funds were initially made available if the applicable State certifies that the funds are necessary

for that initial purpose.

(2) REPORT.—A certification provided by a State under

paragraph (1) shall include a report on the status of, and

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an estimated completion date for, the project that is the subject

of the certification.

(d) AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE.—Notwithstanding the original

source or period of availability of eligible funds, the Secretary

may, on the request by a State—

(1) obligate the funds for any eligible purpose under section

133 of title 23, United States Code; or

(2)(A) deobligate the funds; and

(B) reobligate the funds for any eligible purpose under

that section.

(e) APPLICABILITY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), this section

applies only to eligible funds.

(2) DISCRETIONARY ALLOCATIONS; SECTION 125 PROJECTS.—

This section does not apply to funds that are—

(A) allocated at the discretion of the Secretary and

for which the Secretary has the authority to withdraw

the allocation for use on other projects; or

(B) made available to carry out projects under section

125 of title 23, United States Code.

(f) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; TITLE 23 REQUIREMENTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the original source or

period of availability of eligible funds obligated, or deobligated

and reobligated, under subsection (d), the eligible funds—

(A) shall remain available for obligation for a period

of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which this Act

is enacted; and

(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), shall be subject

to the requirements of title 23, United States Code, that

apply to section 133 of that title, including provisions

relating to Federal share.

(2) EXCEPTION.—With respect to eligible funds described

in paragraph (1)—

(A) section 133(d) of title 23, United States Code, shall

not apply; and

(B) the period of availability of the eligible funds shall

be determined in accordance with this section.

(g) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment

of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate

and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives a report describing any action taken

by the Secretary under this section.

(h) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING USE OF ELIGIBLE FUNDS.—

It is the sense of Congress that eligible funds made available

under this Act or title 23, United States Code, should be available

for obligation for transportation projects and activities in the same

geographic region for which the eligible funds were initially made

available.

SEC. 1604. TOLLING.

(a) VALUE PRICING PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 1012(b)(8) of the

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C.

149 note; 105 Stat. 1938) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and

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(2) by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as redesignated

by paragraph (1)) the following:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary from the Highway Trust Fund

(other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this

subsection—

‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2005, $11,000,000; and

‘‘(ii) for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009,

$12,000,000.

‘‘(B) SET-ASIDE FOR PROJECTS NOT INVOLVING HIGHWAY

TOLLS.—Of the amounts made available to carry out this

subsection, $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through

2009 shall be available only for congestion pricing pilot

projects that do not involve highway tolls.’’.

(b) EXPRESS LANES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—

(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following definitions apply:

(A) ELIGIBLE TOLL FACILITY.—The term ‘‘eligible toll

facility’’ includes—

(i) a facility in existence on the date of enactment

of this Act that collects tolls;

(ii) a facility in existence on the date of enactment

of this Act that serves high occupancy vehicles;

(iii) a facility modified or constructed after the

date of enactment of this Act to create additional tolled

lane capacity (including a facility constructed by a

private entity or using private funds); and

(iv) in the case of a new lane added to a previously

non-tolled facility, only the new lane.

(B) NONATTAINMENT AREA.—The term ‘‘nonattainment

area’’ has the meaning given that term in section 171

of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501).

(2) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding sections

129 and 301 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary

shall carry out 15 demonstration projects during the period

of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to permit States, public

authorities, or a public or private entities designated by States,

to collect a toll from motor vehicles at an eligible toll facility

for any highway, bridge, or tunnel, including facilities on the

Interstate System—

(A) to manage high levels of congestion;

(B) to reduce emissions in a nonattainment area or

maintenance area; or

(C) to finance the expansion of a highway, for the

purpose of reducing traffic congestion, by constructing one

or more additional lanes (including bridge, tunnel, support,

and other structures necessary for that construction) on

the Interstate System.

(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF REVENUES.—

(A) USE.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—Toll revenues received under

paragraph (2) shall be used by a State, public

authority, or private entity designated by a State, for—

(I) debt service;

(II) a reasonable return on investment of any

private financing;

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(III) the costs necessary for proper operation

and maintenance of any facilities under paragraph

(2) (including reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation); or

(IV) if the State, public authority, or private

entity annually certifies that the tolled facility is

being adequately operated and maintained, any

other purpose relating to a highway or transit

project carried out under title 23 or 49, United

States Code.

(B) REQUIREMENTS.— (i) VARIABLE PRICE REQUIREMENT.—A facility that

charges tolls under this subsection may establish a

toll that varies in price according to time of day or

level of traffic, as appropriate to manage congestion

or improve air quality.

(ii) HOV VARIABLE PRICING REQUIREMENT.—The

Secretary shall require, for each high occupancy vehicle

facility that charges tolls under this subsection, that

the tolls vary in price according to time of day or

level of traffic, as appropriate to manage congestion

or improve air quality.

(iii) HOV PASSENGER REQUIREMENTS.—Pursuant to

section 166 of title 23, United States Code, a State

may permit motor vehicles with fewer than two occupants to operate in high occupancy vehicle lanes as

part of a variable toll pricing program established

under this subsection.

(C) AGREEMENT.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—Before the Secretary may permit

a facility to charge tolls under this subsection, the

Secretary and the applicable State, public authority,

or private entity designated by a State shall enter

into an agreement for each facility incorporating the

conditions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

(ii) TERMINATION.—An agreement under clause (i)

shall terminate with respect to a facility upon the

decision of the State, public authority, or private entity

designated by a State to discontinue the variable

tolling program under this subsection for the facility.

(iii) DEBT.—If there is any debt outstanding on

a facility at the time at which the decision is made

to discontinue the program under this subsection with

respect to the facility, the facility may continue to

charge tolls in accordance with the terms of the agreement until such time as the debt is retired.

(D) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share

of the cost of a project on a facility tolled under this

subsection, including a project to install the toll collection

facility shall be a percentage, not to exceed 80 percent,

determined by the applicable State.

(4) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the program under this subsection, a State, public authority, or private

entity designated by a State shall provide to the Secretary—

(A) a description of the congestion or air quality problems sought to be addressed under the program;

(B) a description of—

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(i) the goals sought to be achieved under the program; and

(ii) the performance measures that would be used

to gauge the success made toward reaching those goals;

and

(C) such other information as the Secretary may

require.

(5) AUTOMATION.—Fees collected from motorists using an

express lane shall be collected only through the use of noncash

electronic technology that optimizes the free flow of traffic

on the tolled facility.

(6) INTEROPERABILITY.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a final rule specifying requirements, standards, or

performance specifications for automated toll collection systems implemented under this section.

(B) DEVELOPMENT.—In developing that rule, which

shall be designed to maximize the interoperability of electronic collection systems, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—

(i) seek to accelerate progress toward the national

goal of achieving a nationwide interoperable electronic

toll collection system;

(ii) take into account the use of noncash electronic

technology currently deployed within an appropriate

geographical area of travel and the noncash electronic

technology likely to be in use within the next 5 years;

and

(iii) seek to minimize additional costs and maximize convenience to users of toll facility and to the

toll facility owner or operator.

(7) REPORTING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with

State and local agencies and other program participants

and with opportunity for public comment, shall—

(i) develop and publish performance goals for each

express lane project;

(ii) establish a program for regular monitoring and

reporting on the achievement of performance goals,

including—

(I) effects on travel, traffic, and air quality;

(II) distribution of benefits and burdens;

(III) use of alternative transportation modes;

and

(IV) use of revenues to meet transportation

or impact mitigation needs.

(B) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall

submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives—

(i) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment

of this Act, and annually thereafter, a report that

describes in detail the uses of funds under this subsection in accordance with paragraph (8)(D); and

(ii) not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, a report

Public

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that describes any success of the program under this

subsection in meeting congestion reduction and other

performance goals established for express lane programs.

(c) INTERSTATE SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION TOLL PILOT PROGRAM.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish and

implement an Interstate System construction toll pilot program

under which the Secretary, notwithstanding sections 129 and

301 of title 23, United States Code, may permit a State or

an interstate compact of States to collect tolls on a highway,

bridge, or tunnel on the Interstate System for the purpose

of constructing Interstate highways.

(2) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary

may permit the collection of tolls under this section on three

facilities on the Interstate System.

(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the pilot

program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application

that contains, at a minimum, the following:

(A) An identification of the facility on the Interstate

System proposed to be a toll facility.

(B) In the case of a facility that affects a metropolitan

area, an assurance that the metropolitan planning

organization designated under section 134 or 135 for the

area has been consulted concerning the placement and

amount of tolls on the facility.

(C) An analysis demonstrating that financing the

construction of the facility with the collection of tolls under

the pilot program is the most efficient and economical

way to advance the project.

(D) A facility management plan that includes—

(i) a plan for implementing the imposition of tolls

on the facility;

(ii) a schedule and finance plan for the construction

of the facility using toll revenues;

(iii) a description of the public transportation

agency that will be responsible for implementation and

administration of the pilot program;

(iv) a description of whether consideration will be

given to privatizing the maintenance and operational

aspects of the facility, while retaining legal and

administrative control of the portion of the Interstate

route; and

(v) such other information as the Secretary may

require.

(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary may approve the

application of a State under paragraph (3) only if the Secretary

determines that—

(A) the State’s analysis under paragraph (3)(C) is

reasonable;

(B) the State plan for implementing tolls on the facility

takes into account the interests of local, regional, and interstate travelers;

(C) the State plan for construction of the facility using

toll revenues is reasonable;

(D) the State will develop, manage, and maintain a

system that will automatically collect the tolls; and

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(E) the State has given preference to the use of a

public toll agency with demonstrated capability to build,

operate, and maintain a toll expressway system meeting

criteria for the Interstate System.

(5) PROHIBITION ON NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS.—Before the

Secretary may permit a State to participate in the pilot program, the State must enter into an agreement with the Secretary that provides that the State will not enter into an

agreement with a private person under which the State is

prevented from improving or expanding the capacity of public

roads adjacent to the toll facility to address conditions resulting

from traffic diverted to such roads from the toll facility,

including—

(A) excessive congestion;

(B) pavement wear; and

(C) an increased incidence of traffic accidents, injuries,

or fatalities.

(6) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF REVENUES; AUDITS.—Before the

Secretary may permit a State to participate in the pilot program, the State must enter into an agreement with the Secretary that provides that—

(A) all toll revenues received from operation of the

toll facility will be used only for—

(i) debt service;

(ii) reasonable return on investment of any private

person financing the project; and

(iii) any costs necessary for the improvement of

and the proper operation and maintenance of the toll

facility, including reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of the toll facility; and

(B) regular audits will be conducted to ensure compliance with subparagraph (A) and the results of such audits

will be transmitted to the Secretary.

(7) LIMITATION ON USE OF INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE

FUNDS.—During the term of the pilot program, funds apportioned for Interstate maintenance under section 104(b)(4) of

title 23, United States Code, may not be used on a facility

for which tolls are being collected under the program.

(8) PROGRAM TERM.—The Secretary may approve an

application of a State for permission to collect a toll under

this section only if the application is received by the Secretary

before the last day of the 10-year period beginning on the

date of enactment of this Act.

(9) INTERSTATE SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this section, the term

‘‘Interstate System’’ has the meaning such term has under

section 101 of title 23, United States Code.

Subtitle G—High Priority Projects

SEC. 1701. HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.—Section

117(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.—

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to carry

out high priority projects with funds made available to carry

out the high priority projects program under this section.

‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—

‘‘(A) FOR TEA–21.—Of amounts made available to carry

out this section for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the

Secretary, subject to subsection (b), shall make available

to carry out each project described in section 1602 of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century the amount

listed for such project in such section.

‘‘(B) FOR SAFETEA–LU.—Of amounts made available to

carry out this section for fiscal years 2005 through 2009,

the Secretary, subject to subsection (b), shall make available to carry out each project described in section 1702

of the SAFETEA–LU the amount listed for such project

in such section.

‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF UNALLOCATED FUNDS.—Any amounts

made available to carry out such program that are not allocated

for projects described in such section shall be available to

the Secretary, subject to subsection (b), to carry out such other

high priority projects as the Secretary determines appropriate.’’.

(b) ALLOCATION PERCENTAGES.—Section 117(b) of such title is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(b) FOR TEA–21.—For each project to be carried out with

funds made available to carry out the high priority projects program

under this section for fiscal years 1998 through 2003—

‘‘(1) 11 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 1998;

‘‘(2) 15 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 1999;

‘‘(3) 18 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2000;

‘‘(4) 18 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2001;

‘‘(5) 19 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2002; and

‘‘(6) 19 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2003.

‘‘(c) FOR SAFETEA–LU.—For each project to be carried out

with funds made available to carry out the high priority projects

program under this section for fiscal years 2005 through 2009—

‘‘(1) 20 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2005;

‘‘(2) 20 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2006;

‘‘(3) 20 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2007;

‘‘(4) 20 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2008; and

‘‘(5) 20 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2009.’’.

(c) ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.—Section 117(e) of such title is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting after ‘‘21st Century’’ the

following: ‘‘or section 1701 of the SAFETEA–LU, as the case

may be,’’; and

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(2) by striking ‘‘section 1602 of the Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century.’’ and inserting ‘‘such section 1602

or 1702, as the case may be.’’

(d) AVAILABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—Section 117(g)

of such title is amended by inserting after ‘‘21st Century’’ the

following: ‘‘or section 1102(g) of the SAFETEA–LU, as the case

may be’’.

(e) FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONSHIP.—Section 145(b) of such title

is amended—

(1) by inserting after ‘‘described in’’ the following: ‘‘section

1702 of the SAFETEA–LU,’’;

(2) by inserting after ‘‘for such projects by’’ the following:

‘‘section 1101(a)(16) of the SAFETEA–LU,’’; and

(3) by striking ‘‘117 of title 23, United States Code,’’ and

inserting ‘‘section 117 of this title,’’.

SEC. 1702. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.

Subject to section 117 of title 23, United States Code, the

amount listed for each high priority project in the following table

shall be available (from amounts made available by section

1101(a)(16) of this Act) for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry

out each such project:

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects

No. State Project Description Amount

1 CA Construct safe access to streets for bicyclists

and pedestrians including crosswalks, sidewalks and traffic calming measures, Covina $400,000

2 CA Develop and implement ITS master plan in

Anaheim ........................................................... $800,000

3 TN Improve circuitry on vehicle protection device

installed at highway/RR crossing in Athens,

TN ..................................................................... $47,200

4 CA Builds a pedestrian bridge from Hiller Street

to the Bay Trail, Belmont ............................... $1,960,000

5 OH Renovate and expand National Packard Museum and adjacent historic Packard facilities $2,750,000

6 IL Land acquisition for the widening of Rt. 47 in

Yorkville, IL ..................................................... $4,000,000

7 NE Interstate 80 Interchange at Pflug Road,

Sarpy County, Nebraska ................................. $1,600,000

8 TX Construction of Segment #1 of Morrison Road

for the City of Brownsville ............................. $1,600,000

9 MI I–96 at Latson Road Interchange improvements ................................................................ $4,800,000

10 IL Preconstruction and Construction of IL 83 at

IL 132 ............................................................... $800,000

11 TN Add third lane on U.S. 27 (State Route 29) for

truck-climbing lane and realignment of

roadway at Wolf Creek Road to Old U.S. 27

north of Robbins .............................................. $4,800,000

12 MI Reconfiguration of U.S. 31 from the Manistee

Bascule Bridge to Lincoln Street in the City

of Manistee ...................................................... $600,000

13 AR Bentonville, Arkansas—Widen and improve I–

540 and SH 102 Interchange .......................... $1,420,000

14 WA Interstate 5 and 41st Street/Broadway Interchange and Arterial Improvement Project,

Everett .............................................................. $3,180,000

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Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

15 CA Reconstruct and deep-lift asphalt on various

roads throughout the district in Santa Barbara County ..................................................... $4,000,000

16 OK Improving the I–35 Interchange at Milepost 1

Near Thackerville ............................................ $1,600,000

17 NJ Laurel Avenue Bridge replacement in Holmdel

Township .......................................................... $800,000

18 OH Construct overpass over CSX Railroad on Columbia Road (State Route 252), Olmsted

Falls .................................................................. $448,000

19 TN Reconstruct and widen U.S. 72 from south of

State Route 175 to State Route 57, Shelby

County .............................................................. $800,000

20 NY Construct roundabout at Oregon Road—

Westbrook Drive—Red Mill Road in Town of

Cortlandt .......................................................... $380,000

21 IL Construct Bike, Pedestrian Paths, Orland

Hills .................................................................. $320,000

22 PA Construct I–79/Rte 3025 missing ramps at

Jackson Township, PA .................................... $920,000

23 NY John Street Extension-Lehigh Station Road to

Bailey Road in the Town of Henrietta ........... $2,000,000

24 TX Extension of SH 349 to U.S. 87 Relief Route in

Dawson County ............................................... $2,000,000

25 IL Parking facility in Peoria, IL ............................. $800,000

26 IL Construct Interchange on Interstate 255/Davis

Ferry Road, Dupo ............................................ $17,500,000

27 MN Construction and right-of-way acquisition for

interchange at TH 65 and TH 242 in Blaine,

MN .................................................................... $3,200,000

28 CA Huntington Beach, Remove off-ramp on I–405

at Beach Blvd. Construct fourth lane on I–

405 North, at the Beach Blvd. interchange .. $400,000

29 TN Addition of an interchange on I–40 in Roane

County at Buttermilk Road and I–40 ............ $2,400,000

30 NY Purchase Three Ferries and Establish System

for Ferry Service from Rockaway Peninsula

to Manhattan ................................................... $15,000,000

31 IL Reconstruction of Mockingbird Lane and

Stratford St, Granite City .............................. $1,600,000

32 FL Construction a new multi-lane tunnel below

the channel to link the Port of Miami on

Dodge Island with I–395 on Watson Island

and I–95 in Downtown Miami ........................ $400,000

33 MD Rehabilitation of West Baltimore Trail and

Implementation of Pedestrian Improvements

Along Associated Roadways ........................... $720,000

34 TN Removal and Reconfiguration of Interstate

Ramps/I–40 ...................................................... $2,400,000

35 CA Replace structurally unsafe Winters Bridge for

vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians between

Yolo and Solano Counties ............................... $1,600,000

36 IL City of Havana, Illinois Upgrades to Broadway

Street ................................................................ $762,058

37 MN Construction of Gitchi-Gami State Trail from

Cascade River to Grand Marais ..................... $900,000

38 LA Develop master transportation plan for the

New Orleans Regional Medical Center ......... $400,000

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Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

39 VA Final Design and Construction for improvements at I–64 and City Line Road, Virginia

Beach and Chesapeake ................................... $800,000

40 MA Replacement of Cross Street Bridge spanning

flood prone Aberjona River, Winchester ........ $800,000

41 NC Construction of and improvement to I–73, I–

74, and U.S. 220 in Montgomery and Randolph Counties, NC ......................................... $8,800,000

42 IA Access and transportation enhancements to

access Lake Belva Deer, Sigourney ............... $1,600,000

43 CA Roadway surface improvements, street lighting, and storm drain improvements to South

Center Street from Baughman Road to State

Route 78/86, Westmorland ............................. $640,000

44 TX Construct two connectors between SH 288 and

Beltway 8 ......................................................... $1,800,000

45 NY Implement Central NY highway grade crossing and grade separation project ................... $1,600,000

46 CA Douglas St. Improvements, El Segundo ............ $3,200,000

47 MA Reconstruction of Massachusetts Avenue including safety improvements and related pedestrian, bike way in Arlington ..................... $1,600,000

48 NY Reconstruction of Rt. 5, 8, 12 (North South Arterial) Burrstone Rd. to Oriskany Circle,

City of Utica ..................................................... $800,000

49 OK Construction of Norman highway-rail Grade

Separation ........................................................ $1,600,000

50 PA Construction of the Montour Trail, Great Allegheny Passage ................................................. $1,600,000

51 CA Route 1 San Pedro Creek Bridge replacement

in Pacifica ........................................................ $2,500,000

52 MI South Lyon, 2nd St. between Warren and

Haggadorn ........................................................ $100,000

53 PA Street improvements, Abington Township ........ $1,600,000

54 IA Study of a direct link to I–80, Pella .................. $400,000

55 TN Knoxville, TN Cessna Rd. Improving At-Grade

highway-railroad Crossings ............................ $76,800

56 OR Construct bike/pedestrian path, Powers ........... $440,000

57 IL IL 29 from IL 6 to I–180—Phase 2 study and

land acquisition ............................................... $1,600,000

58 FL Construct a new bridge at Indian Street, Martin County ........................................................ $800,000

59 GA Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add

landscaping in downtown Glennville ............. $400,000

60 LA Continue planning and construction of the

New Orleans Regional Planning Commission

Mississippi River trail in St. John,

Plaquemines St. Bernard and St. Charles

parishes ............................................................ $1,520,000

61 MO Road widening and curb and gutter improvements on Hwy 33 in Kearney ......................... $2,400,000

62 TX The SH 146, Port Rd. direct connectors allows

traffic bypass several rail lines and traffic

signals at, near intersection of SH 146 and

Port Rd ............................................................. $10,560,000

63 UT Reconstruct South Moore Cut-off Road in

Emery County .................................................. $7,500,000

64 PA Improvements to exits along Interstate 81 in

Franklin County, PA—Antrim Road ............. $6,560,000

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Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

65 OH Plan and construct the Southeast Arterial

Connector highway at Delaware, Ohio .......... $4,480,000

66 TN To construct transportation enhancements on

a multi-faceted greenway in downtown Columbia on the Duck River .............................. $6,400,000

67 RI New Interchange constructed from I–195 to

Taunton and Warren Avenue in East Providence ................................................................. $4,640,000

68 NY Town of Chester reconstruction of Walton

Lake Estates subdivision and related roads $64,000

69 NC Extend M.L. King, Jr., Boulevard in Monroe ... $1,600,000

70 NY Town of Fishkill Old Glenham Road (aka

Washington Ave.) reconstruction ................... $260,400

71 PA U.S. Route 13 Corridor Reconstruction, Redevelopment and Beautification, Bucks County $4,000,000

72 NY Rochester and Southern Highway-Rail Grade

Crossing Bypass, Silver Springs, New York $1,464,000

73 IL Upgrade streets in the City of Rushville, IL .... $800,000

74 MO Construct 2 lanes on Chouteau Trafficway

from MO 210 to I–35 ....................................... $1,600,000

75 AZ U.S. 60 to Gonzalez Pass .................................... $3,040,000

76 LA Interstate lighting system (I–10 and LA 93) .... $240,000

77 ............................................................................... $0

78 WA SR 704 Cross-Base Highway, Spanaway Loop

Road to SR 7 .................................................... $1,200,000

79 NY Village of Brewster Main Street and Route 6

related construction and improvements ........ $780,000

80 PA Design and construct relocation of U.S. 11 between Ridge Hill and Hempt Roads .............. $4,544,000

81 VA Improve Route 42 (Main Street) in Bridgewater, Virginia ................................................. $400,000

82 NY Construction of Route 59 Palisades Interstate

Parkway to Route 303 ..................................... $1,000,000

83 IL Improve University Drive, Macomb .................. $400,000

84 CA Adams Street Rehabilitation Project, Glendale $310,400

85 NY Construct grade separation-interchange between Taconic Parkway and Pudding Street $1,160,000

86 IA Construction of 100th St. interchange on I–35/

I–80, Urbandale ............................................... $800,000

87 MO Lewis and Clark Expressway ............................ $1,600,000

88 PA Mercer County, PA I–79 and PA 208 Interchange Improvement Project .......................... $2,400,000

89 WA Plan to relieve traffic until North-South freeway Hwy 2 ....................................................... $440,000

90 CA San Diego River Multiuse Bicycle and Pedestrian Path ......................................................... $400,000

91 PA Construction of the Lafayette Street extension

project in Montgomery County, PA ............... $9,120,000

92 NJ Construct new ramps between I–295 and

Route 42 ........................................................... $4,000,000

93 PA Construct SR 29 Wal-mart to River Betterment, Eaton Tunkhannock, Wyoming County ....................................................................... $1,360,000

94 WV Construct Shawnee Parkway ............................. $880,000

95 FL Improve pedestrian and bicycle sidewalks,

lighting, and ADA ramps—Main Street,

Canal Street, Miramar .................................... $480,000

96 MN Reconstruct CSAH 19 from CSAH 36 to CSAH

2, Morrison County ......................................... $160,000

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Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

97 TN Develop trails, bike paths and recreational facilities on Bird Mountain, Morgan County

for Cumberland Trail State Park ................... $200,000

98 MN Lyndale Avenue Bridge, Richfield ..................... $13,000,000

99 MI Provide a bypass around the Village of Almont

during M–53 reconstruction which is contiguous with Macomb County ............................. $80,000

100 NY Town of Wallkill new construction road-tunnel

under Rt. 17 ..................................................... $800,000

101 NY Village of Cold Spring Main Street and ancillary road and sidewalk improvements .......... $656,000

102 IL West Ridge Nature Preserve, Chicago .............. $2,800,000

103 TN Widen Campbell Station Road in Knoxville,

TN ..................................................................... $1,440,000

104 AL Widen Hwy 84 to 4 lanes west of I–65 from

Evergreen to Monroeville and beyond to the

State of AL line ............................................... $4,800,000

105 MS Widen State Highway 57 from I–10 through

Vancleave ......................................................... $4,800,000

106 WA Widening SR 527 from 2 lanes to 5 from

Bothell to Mill Creek ...................................... $1,200,000

107 TX Paving of County Roads 3230 and 3240 connecting FM 1158 to FM 1159 Northeast of

Clarksville, TX ................................................. $1,000,000

108 MI Construct improvements to Finkbeiner Road

from Patterson Road to Whitneyville Road

in Barry County, and new bridge over

Thornapple River ............................................. $3,520,000

109 PA York Road improvements from Horsham Road

to Summit Avenue, Borough of Hatboro ....... $1,000,000

110 OH Construct Highland Road pedestrian path and

intersection improvements at Highland and

Bishop Roads in the City of Highland

Heights, OH ..................................................... $489,600

111 WI Reconstruct Wisconsin State Highway 21 at I–

94 interchange ................................................. $2,400,000

112 MN Safety improvements and intersection enhancements of TH 95 and TH 169, Princeton $1,440,000

113 NY Wading River Bicycle and Pedestrian Project

in Riverhead .................................................... $960,000

114 FL Widen County Line Road (CR 578) from

Suncoast Parkway to U.S. 41 to four lanes ... $4,800,000

115 IL Improve Great River Road, Warsaw ................. $600,000

116 WA SR 518 3rd lane construction, King County ..... $1,600,000

117 FL Construct East Central Regional Rail Trail in

Volusia County, Florida .................................. $800,000

118 MO Y Highway U.S. 71 to MO 58, Cass County ..... $1,600,000

119 WY WYO 59 Reconstruction ..................................... $1,600,000

120 LA Plan and construct bike/pedestrian crossings

of Washington-Palmetto Canal in the vicinity of Xavier University, New Orleans .......... $3,200,000

121 NC Winston-Salem Northern Beltway, Eastern

Section and Extension, NC ............................. $4,000,000

122 CA Willow and Herndon Traffic Flow Improvements, City of Clovis, California .................... $240,000

123 MO U.S. 71 at Y Highway North and Southbound

Ramps ............................................................... $1,600,000

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Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

124 CA Will add landscaping enhancements along the

Ronald Reagan Freeway Route 118 for aesthetic purposes ................................................ $2,320,000

125 NC Widens U.S. 29 Business Freeway Drive from

South Scales St. to NC 14 in Rockingham

County .............................................................. $8,000,000

126 PA Widening, rechannelization, signalization to

2nd Ave. and Bates street, replace Elisa

Furnace bridge over Bates Street .................. $640,000

127 KS Resurfacing, grading, replacing guardrails and

adding shoulders to Old Highway 77 in

Geary County, to accommodate expected

traffic increase ................................................. $627,200

128 MO Widening, curb and gutter improvements on

Hwy 92 as part of Hwy 33 redevelopment

project in Kearney ........................................... $2,400,000

129 IL Construct streetscape along Morse avenue

from Clark street to Sheridan road, Chicago $1,600,000

130 SC Build extension of North Rhett Boulevard

from Liberty Hall Road to U.S. 176 in SC .... $5,600,000

131 NH Construct and upgrade intersection of Route 3

and Franklin Industrial Drive in Franklin ... $800,000

132 GA Construct Waycross East Bypass from U.S. 84

in Pierce County, Georgia to U.S. 1 in Ware

County, Georgia ............................................... $2,560,000

133 NY Design and Construction of a transportation

enhancement project at the Erie Canal Aqueduct in downtown Rochester ...................... $1,200,000

134 CA Improvement of intersection at Balboa Blvd.

and San Fernando Rd ..................................... $400,000

135 TN Impove Vehicle Efficiencies at highway AtGrade Railroad Crossing in Athens, TN ....... $79,200

136 WI Develop pedestrian and bike connections that

link to Hank Aaron State Trail in Milwaukee ............................................................. $1,680,000

137 AK Keystone Drive Road Improvements ................. $1,000,000

138 GA Pedestrian and streetscape improvements,

Ellaville ............................................................ $250,000

139 NY Construct and improve pedestrian access on

Main Street in Hempstead ............................. $1,600,000

140 IL Preconstruction activities IL 336 from Macomb

to Peoria ........................................................... $1,600,000

141 OH Purchase of right-of-ways for construction of

pedestrian and bicycle improvements in the

City of Aurora, OH .......................................... $400,000

142 IL Replacement of bridge on Harlem Avenue, The

Village of River Forest .................................... $800,000

143 CA State Route 86S and Ave. 66 highway safety

grade separation .............................................. $3,600,000

144 IL Construct Bissel Street Roadway Connector,

Tri-City Regional Port District ....................... $800,000

145 CT Improve Route 1 between East Avenue and

Belden Avenue, Norwalk, CT ......................... $1,600,000

146 IA Central IA Trail Loop, bicycle and pedestrian,

Ankeny to Woodward section ......................... $800,000

147 MI Chippewa County, Upgrade Tilson Road between M–28 South to intersection of M–48

at Rudyard ....................................................... $800,000

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148 WA Coal Creek Parkway Bridge Replacement,

Newcastle WA .................................................. $800,000

149 PA Complete gaps in the Pittsburgh Riverfront

Trail Network including the Hot Metal

Bridge ............................................................... $600,000

150 TX Construct passing lanes on Texas State Highway 16 in Atascosa County ............................ $797,000

151 TX Construct street and drainage improvements

to road system in Encinal ............................... $250,000

152 MN Environmental assessment and right of-wayacquisition at U.S. 52 and CSAH 24 Interchange, Cannon Falls, Goodhue Cnty, MN ... $1,600,000

153 NY Planning and design, construction, and related

relocations for approaches to Peace Bridge

Development Project, Buffalo ......................... $8,000,000

154 MN Construct recreational visitor center on the

Mesabi Trail, City of Virginia ........................ $1,300,000

155 NE Engineering, right-of-way and construction of

the 23rd Street Viaduct in Fremont, Nebraska ............................................................... $400,000

156 MN Phase III of Devil Track Road Project, Cook

County .............................................................. $1,200,000

157 ME Relocation of southbound on-ramp to I–95 at

Exit 184, Bangor ............................................. $1,500,000

158 MA Construct access roads to Hospital Hill project

in Northampton, MA ....................................... $1,600,000

159 IN Construct interchange for 146th St. and I–69,

Hamilton County, Indiana .............................. $2,400,000

160 NY Design and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

walkway along the decommissioned Putnam

Rail Line .......................................................... $950,000

161 AK False Pass Road construction from small boat

harbor dock to airport and town .................... $3,000,000

162 IL Improve North Illinois St. and related roads,

Belleville .......................................................... $5,000,000

163 AR Construction of I–49, Highway 71: Arkansas

portion of Bella Vista Bypass ......................... $17,000,000

164 NM Coors—I–40 Interchange Reconstruction, Albuquerque ............................................................ $15,600,000

165 GA Extend the south Toccoa Bypass east of Toccoa

to CR 311, four lanes for approximately 5.7

miles on new location ...................................... $2,320,000

166 TX Construct SH 183 from SH 360 to Belt Line

Road in Irving, Texas ...................................... $1,600,000

167 CA Construct pedestrian, bicycle and ADA accessible boardwalks at the Pismo Beach Promenade in San Luis Obispo County ................... $240,000

168 TX SH 44 E of Alice near SH 359 to U.S. 281, Jim

Wells County ................................................... $1,600,000

169 AR Conway Western Loop—For engineering,

rights-of-way, relocations, and continued

planning and design ........................................ $400,000

170 PA For design, land and ROW acquisition, and

construction of a parking facility and associated activities in the City of Wilkes-Barre ... $800,000

171 TN Hawkins County, Tennessee SR 31 reconstruction .................................................................... $800,000

172 WI Reconstruct U.S. Highway 41—STH 67 interchange (Dodge County, Wisconsin) ................ $1,000,000

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173 MA Reconstruct Route 24/Route 140 Interchange,

replace bridge and ramps, widen and extend

acceleration and deceleration lanes ............... $13,000,000

174 OR Study landslides on U.S. Highway 20 between

Cascadia and Santiam Pass to develop longterm repair strategy ........................................ $1,000,000

175 MS Upgrade Alex Gates Road and Walnut Road in

Quitman County, and roads in Falcon,

Sledge and Lambert ........................................ $1,400,000

176 IL Upgrades for Muller Road in the City of Washington, IL ......................................................... $224,000

177 AL Construction of Valleydale Road Flyover and

widening and improvements from U.S. 31 to

I–65 (Shelby County Rd. 17) .......................... $4,720,000

178 MS Upgrade roads in Beauregard (U. S. Hwy 51),

Dentville-Jack Rd. near Crystal Springs,

and Hazelhurst (U.S. Highway 51 and I–55),

Copiah County ................................................. $800,000

179 NY Westchester County, NY Rehabilitation of

June Road Town of North Salem ................... $520,000

180 CA Implement streetscape improvements on segments of Laurel Canyon Blvd. and Victory

Blvd. in North Hollywood ............................... $960,000

181 OH Construct loop road along U.S. 23 in City of

Fostoria, Seneca County ................................. $6,960,000

182 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of street improvements, parking, safety enhancements, and roadway redesign in Nanticoke ......................................... $1,600,000

183 LA Improve Ralph Darden Memorial Parkway Between LA 182 and Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Road, St. Mary Parish .................................... $280,000

184 CA Reconstruct segments of Hollister Avenue between San Antonio Road and State Route

154 in Santa Barbara County ........................ $2,000,000

185 NY Reconstruction of Schenck Avenue from Jamaica Avenue to Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn ..................................................................... $4,000,000

186 CO Construct Wadsworth Interchange over U.S.

36 in Broomfield .............................................. $1,600,000

187 NY Enhance Battery Park Bikeway Perimeter,

New York City ................................................. $1,600,000

188 FL I–95 Interchange in the City of Boca Raton ..... $11,400,000

189 NJ Construct Long Valley Bypass ........................... $800,000

190 MI Alpena County, Resurface 3.51 miles of Hamilton and Wessel Roads ................................... $512,000

191 CA Construct a 2.8 mile bikeway along Lambert

Road from Mills Ave., to Valley Home Ave.,

in the City of Whittier, CA ............................. $2,000,000

192 TX Hidalgo County Loop .......................................... $800,000

193 ME Improvements to Route 108 to enhance access

to business park, Rumford ............................. $1,500,000

194 NY Installation of new turning lane from

Mohansic Ave. onto eastbound Route 202

and addition of new striped crosswalk .......... $340,000

195 NY Rockland County Hudson River Greenway

Trail Project construction ............................... $1,600,000

196 TX Construct a segment of FM 110 in San Marcos $1,000,000

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197 TX Big Spring, TX Construction of the Big Spring

Reliever Route ................................................. $7,320,000

198 NY Improvements to Intermodal Transportation

Facility and Construction of Waterfront Esplanade at Fort Totten .................................... $2,240,000

199 PA Reconstruction and repair of Haverford Ave.

Between 68th St. and Lansdowne Ave .......... $240,000

200 ND Bismarck/Mandan Liberty Memorial Bridge

over the Missouri River .................................. $24,000,000

201 WI City of Glendale, WI. Develop and rehabilitate

exit ramps on I–43, and improvements at

West Silver Spring Drive and North Port

Washington Rd ................................................ $2,400,000

202 TX Construction of Lake Ridge and U.S. 67

Project, Cedar Hill, TX ................................... $2,800,000

203 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety including in the vicinity of PS K277 ................. $250,000

204 WI Resurface U.S. 8 between CTH C and Monico $880,000

205 PA South Phila. Access Rd. Design and construction of port access road from South Phila

Port and intermodal facilities, Philadelphia $2,400,000

206 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to enhance citywide truck route system on Broadway to Irwin Ave. between 232 to 231 in the

neighborhood of Kingsbridge, NY .................. $100,000

207 PA SR 219 Purchase of right-of-way and completion of four lane extension from the Town of

Somerset to the Maryland border .................. $13,600,000

208 WI Expand U.S. 41 between Oconto and Peshtigo,

Wisconsin (Oconto and Marinette Counties,

Wisconsin) ........................................................ $1,600,000

209 IA Study for NE Beltway, Polk Co ......................... $400,000

210 NY This project involves a full reconstruction of

all the streets in Long Island City surrounding 11th Street ....................................... $1,920,000

211 AZ Upgrade and Widen SR 85 to I–10 (Mileposts

120–141) ........................................................... $1,200,000

212 MS Upgrade Dog Pen Road, Galilee Road, and

Holmes County Bridge in Holmes County,

and roads in Cruger, Pickens, and Goodman $840,000

213 GA U.S. 19/SR 92 median work from Ellis Rd. to

West Taylor ST, Griffin .................................. $1,200,000

214 MS Upgrade roads at Coahoma Community College, and roads in Coahoma and Jonestown,

Coahoma County ............................................. $1,200,000

215 IN Construction of Dixon Road from Markland

Avenue to Judson Road in Kokomo, Indiana $400,000

216 CA Construction of Cross Valley Connector between I–5 and SR 14 ....................................... $4,000,000

217 MA State Street Corridor Redevelopment Project

includes street resurfacing, pedestrian walkway improvements and ornate lighting from

Main Street to St. Michael’s Cemetery,

Springfield ........................................................ $4,800,000

218 MI Resurfacing of Stephenson Highway in Madison Heights ...................................................... $280,000

219 CA Soundwall construction on the 210 Freeway,

Pasadena .......................................................... $1,440,000

220 GA Streetscape-Ashburn ........................................... $200,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

221 NY Improve traffic flow on Rockaway Point Boulevard in the Breezy Point neighborhood of

Queens County, including work to install a

traffic signal at the intersection of Rockaway

Point Boulevard and Reid Avenue ................. $500,000

222 WI Improve Superior Avenue: Interstate 43 to

State Highway 32, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin ............................................................... $1,000,000

223 TX Design, construction, and streetscape improvements to enhance pedestrian access, pedestrian access to bus services and facilities ...... $800,000

224 IL Upgrade roads, The Village of Berkeley ........... $800,000

225 GA Upgrade sidewalks and lighting, Wrightsville $320,000

226 PA Upgrades to Bedford Route 220 at the entrance of the Bedford Business Park to

Beldon Ridge intersection ............................... $1,680,000

227 MI Widen Baldwin Road from Morgan to Waldon

in Orion Township ........................................... $3,200,000

228 FL Construct Saxon Boulevard Extension, Volusia

County, Florida ................................................ $1,680,000

229 NY Construction and rehabilitation of East and

West Gates Avenues in the Village of

Lindenhurst, NY .............................................. $816,000

230 TN Widen Interstate 240 from Interstate 55 to

Interstate 40 West of Memphis, Shelby

County .............................................................. $800,000

231 NJ Rahway River Corridor Greenway Bicycle and

Pedestrian Path, South Orange ..................... $1,200,000

232 CT Reconstruct Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge,

New Haven ...................................................... $1,600,000

233 PA Development of Northwest Lancaster County

River Trail ........................................................ $200,000

234 CA Widen SR 89 at existing mousehole two lane

RR underpass .................................................. $2,827,744

235 LA Construct Mississippi River Trail and

Bikepath, New Orleans ................................... $400,000

236 NY Utica Marsh-Reestablish Water Street ............. $2,120,000

237 AR Widen to 5 lanes, improvement, and other development to U.S. Highway 79B/University

Ave. in Pine Bluff ............................................ $3,200,000

238 WA SR 9 and 20th St. SE Intersection Reconstruction in Snohomish County .............................. $250,000

239 OH Streetscape and related safety improvements

to U.S. 20 in Painesville Township, OH ........ $280,000

240 PA Design, construct intersection and other upgrades on PA 24 and 124 in York County,

PA ..................................................................... $800,000

241 WA Issaquah Historical Society, Issaquah Valley

Trolley Project ................................................. $200,000

242 IL Construct new bridge on Illinois Prairie Path

over East Branch River in Milton Township,

IL ...................................................................... $240,000

243 TN Plan and construct improvements, Livingston

public square ................................................... $40,000

244 GA Construction on U.S. 82 from Dawson to Alabama Line ........................................................ $800,000

245 IA Construct I–74 Bridge in Bettendorf, IA .......... $1,200,000

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246 CA Operations and management improvements,

including ITS technologies, on U.S. Highway

101 in Santa Barbara County ........................ $800,000

247 OH Plan and construct new interchange on Interstate 71 at Big Walnut Road in Delaware

County, Ohio .................................................... $4,160,000

248 PA Design and construct access to intermodal facility in York County ....................................... $1,600,000

249 WA Complete preliminary engineering and environmental analysis for SR 14 through

Camas and Washougal ................................... $1,500,000

250 UT Construct Bingham Junction Boulevard in

Midvale City .................................................... $5,400,000

251 MD Construct Centreville, MD spur of Queen

Annes County Cross Island Trail, Centreville to U.S. Route 301 .................................... $305,600

252 MN Polk, Pennington, Marshall County 10-Ton

Corridor in Northwestern Minnesota ............ $4,480,000

253 CA Quincy-Oroville Highway Rehabilitation in

Plumas County ................................................ $800,000

254 CA Construct Coyote Creek Trail Project from

Story Road to Montague Expressway in San

Jose ................................................................... $2,000,000

255 TX Construct Depression of Belt Line Road at I–

35 E Intermodal Transportation Project in

Carrollton, TX .................................................. $5,600,000

256 AL Construct Anniston Eastern Bypass from

Golden Springs Road to U.S. Highway 431 .. $21,600,000

257 NY Construct greenway along East River waterfront between East River Park (ERP) and

Brooklyn Bridge, and reconstruct South entrance to ERP, in Manhattan ......................... $1,000,000

258 NE Construction of I–80/Cherry Avenue Interchange and East Bypass, Kearney, Nebraska ............................................................... $6,400,000

259 MN Corridor study, EIS, and ROW acquisition for

a future highway and bridge over the Mississippi River, City of Brainerd ...................... $800,000

260 CA Escondido, CA Construction of Bear Valley

Parkway, East Valley Parkway ..................... $1,600,000

261 AR Junction Bridge—Rehabilitation and conversion from rail to pedestrian use ..................... $1,280,000

262 WA Port of Tacoma Rd.—Construct a second left

turn lane for traffic from westbound Pac.

Hwy E. to Port of Tacoma Rd. and I–5 ......... $400,000

263 NY Realign Union Valley Road in Town of Carmel $264,000

264 MO Roadway improvements to U.S. 67 in St. Francois County ....................................................... $3,200,000

265 FL Homestead, FL Widening of SW 328 from SW

137 Ave. to 152 Ave ........................................ $5,600,000

266 CA Reconstruct I–710 southern terminus off

ramps, Long Beach .......................................... $2,400,000

267 GA SR 4 widen from Milledgeville Road to Government Street, Richmond County ................ $4,000,000

268 TN Develop trails, bike paths and recreational facilities on Western Slope of Black Mountain,

Cumberland County for Cumberland Trail

State Park ........................................................ $200,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

269 NJ Routes 1 and 9 Secaucus Road to Broad Avenue in Hudson and Bergen Counties ............. $800,000

270 MA Massachusetts Avenue Reconstruction, Boston $3,850,000

271 NY Improve Ashburton Ave. from the Saw Mill

River Parkway to the waterfront, Yonkers ... $1,200,000

272 MN Trail extensions to Mesabi Trail, City of Aurora ................................................................... $235,796

273 LA I–10 Ryan Street exit ramp to include relocation and realignment of Lakeshore Drive to

include portions of Front Street and or Ann

Street, and to include expansion of Contraband Bayou Bridge .......................................... $4,000,000

274 MI Van Buren, Belleville Road widen to 5 lanes

between Tyler and Ecorse .............................. $880,000

275 IA Widening University Blvd., Clive ...................... $800,000

276 HI Construct Waimea Bypass ................................. $800,000

277 IL Widening two blocks of Poplar St. from Park

Ave. to 13th Street, Williamson County ........ $384,000

278 CA Widening the highway and reconstructing off

ramps on Hwy 101 between Steele Lane and

Windsor, CA to reduce traffic and promote

carpools ............................................................ $5,600,000

279 WA Granite Falls Alternate Freight Route in

Granite Falls .................................................... $2,834,000

280 NY Construction and rehabilitation of North

Queens Avenue and Grand Avenue in the

Village of Lindenhurst, NY ............................ $616,000

281 SC Extension and expansion of Lower Richland

Roads Phase I .................................................. $560,000

282 OR Kuebler Boulevard improvements, Salem ........ $1,200,000

283 NC Upgrade U.S. 1 in Rockingham ......................... $8,000,000

284 CA Implement Southwest San Fernando Valley

Road and Safety Improvements ..................... $1,840,000

285 VA Upgrade DOT crossing #467662S to constant

warning time devices ...................................... $161,440

286 TX Construct new location highway and interchanges on Inner Loop, from Global Reach

to Loop 375 including the Global Reach ext.,

El Paso ............................................................. $12,800,000

287 CA Rehabilitation, repair, and/or reconstruction of

deficient 2-lane roads that connect to Interstate 5, SR 180, SR 41 and SR 99 countywide, Fresno County ....................................... $2,800,000

288 OH Relocate SR 149 from 26th Street to Trough

Run in Bellaire ................................................ $520,000

289 WA Auburn, Washington—M Street SE rehabilitation between 29th Street SE and 37th Street

SE ..................................................................... $400,000

290 KY Replace Bridge over Stoner Creek, 2 Miles

East of U.S. 27 Junction, Bourbon County ... $800,000

291 NM Development of Paseo del Volcan corridor located in Sandoval County from Iris Road to

U.S. Highway 550 ........................................... $1,600,000

292 OH Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens to restore, expand, construct, and improve pedestrian

paths and bike trail system ............................ $144,000

293 MS Construct bicycle path, Petal ............................. $160,000

294 NJ Construction of Route 206 Chester Township,

NJ ..................................................................... $1,600,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

295 IL For IDOT to conduct Phase II engineering for

reconstruction of 159th St./US 6/IL 7 in Will

and Cook Counties .......................................... $800,000

296 IL For Will County to begin Phase II engineering

and preconstruction activities for a high

level bridge linking Caton Farm Road with

Bruce Road ....................................................... $1,600,000

297 CA Study of Thomas Bridge to meet future cargo

and passenger traffic needs of the ports of

Long Beach and Los Angeles ......................... $1,600,000

298 MD Construct new Greenbelt Metro Station Access

Interchange at I–95/I–495 .............................. $1,000,000

299 IL Construct Citywide bicycle path network, City

of Evanston ...................................................... $200,000

300 CA Mount Vernon Avenue grade separation and

bridge expansion in Colton ............................. $1,600,000

301 NJ Improvements for St. Georges Avenue from

Wood Avenue to Chestnut Street including

the Linden and Roselle sides of the street .... $400,000

302 PA Design, construct and upgrade interchange of

U.S. 15 and U.S. 30 in Adams County .......... $3,200,000

303 OH State Route 8 Improvements in Northern

Summit County ............................................... $3,000,000

304 CO U.S. 50 East, State Line to Pueblo .................... $6,000,000

305 IN Widening road (along Gordon Road, Sixth

Street, and West Shafer Drive) to 3-lane

street, with sidewalk and improvements to

existing bridge White County/Monticello, Indiana ................................................................. $11,520,000

306 OH Widening Pleasant Valley Bagley Road (Rte

27), Parma and Middleburg Heights ............. $1,200,000

307 MA Rehabilitation of I–95 Whittier Bridge—

Amesbury and Newburyport .......................... $1,600,000

308 CA Streetscape improvements at East 14th StMission Blvd. in Alameda County ................. $600,000

309 NY Construct W. 79th St. Rotunda, New York

City ................................................................... $1,600,000

310 TX Acquire Kelly Parkway Corridor Right-of-way

through San Antonio ....................................... $400,000

311 NC Construct new route from U.S. 17 to U.S. 421

in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties .... $800,000

312 PA Construct safety and capacity improvements

to Route 309 and Old Packhouse Road ......... $200,000

313 OR Delta Ponds Bike/Pedestrian Path .................... $2,880,000

314 FL Hollywood U.S. Route 1 Young Circle Safety

Improvement .................................................... $1,840,000

315 MI Houghton County, Gravel and paving of remaining 3.2 miles in 5.5 mile stretch of

Jacobsville Rd .................................................. $344,000

316 PA Improve access to Airport Connector from PA

283 to the terminus of the Airport Connector

at State Route 230 and adjacent access

roads ................................................................. $800,000

317 CA Construct one additional all purpose lane in

each direction on I–405 and provide additional capital improvements from SR 73

through the LA County line ........................... $2,568,000

318 IL Improve Roads and Bridges, Cook County ....... $3,200,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

319 CA Improve traffic safety, including streetlights,

from Queen to Barclay to Los Angeles River

to Riverside in Elysian Valley, Los Angeles $1,120,000

320 MI Construction and improvements to Western

Avenue and associated streets between

Third Street and Terrace Street in Muskegon ................................................................ $2,320,000

321 IL Construct Reed Station Parkway Extension to

IL Rt. 3, Carbondale ....................................... $1,655,004

322 AL Construction of Patton Island Bridge Corridor $8,000,000

323 MI Highland, Clyde Road from Hickory Ridge to

Strathcona ........................................................ $100,000

324 MI Alger County, Repaving a portion of H–58

from Buck Hill towards Little Beaver Road $1,280,720

325 TX Improvements to U.S. 183 in Gonzales County $400,000

326 CA Construct a raised landscaped median on

Alondra Blvd. between Clark Ave. and

Woodruff Ave. in Bellflower ........................... $320,000

327 MN Right-of-way acquisition for TH 23 Paynesville

Bypass .............................................................. $2,000,000

328 FL Construct interchange improvements at I–75

and University Parkway ................................. $400,000

329 CO For construction and architectural improvements of Wadsworth Bypass (SH 121) Burlington Northern Railroad and Grandview

Grade Separation ............................................ $4,000,000

330 KS Construction of 4-lane improvement on K–18

in Riley County, Kansas ................................. $2,000,000

331 NJ Replace Rockaway Road Bridge, Randolph

Township, New Jersey .................................... $800,000

332 FL Construction of paved road over existing unpaved roadway on SE 144th Ave. from SR

100 to U.S. 301, distance of 1.2 miles ........... $2,400,000

333 FL Construct I–4 Frontage Rd., Volusia County,

Florida .............................................................. $1,600,000

334 MD Construction of Fringe and Corridor Parking

Facility at intersection of Clinton Street and

Keith Avenue in Baltimore ............................. $3,200,000

335 OH Purchase of right-of-way for transportation enhancement activities in Bainbridge Township, OH ........................................................... $1,152,000

336 NJ Rowan Boulevard Parking adjacent to Highway 322 Corridor in Glassboro Township ..... $800,445

337 CA Construct interchange on U.S. 50 at Empire

Ranch Road in Folsom .................................... $1,440,000

338 FL Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements in the

Town of Windermere, Florida ........................ $240,000

339 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, Smyrna ................................................... $2,400,000

340 CA Santa Anita Avenue Corridor Improvement

project, Arcadia, California ............................. $2,400,000

341 AL Phoenix City on/off ramps for U.S. Highway 80 $257,200

342 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of a connector road between

Pennsylvania Rt. 93 and Pennsylvania Rt.

309 in Hazle Township ................................... $480,000

343 GA South Tifton Bypass from U.S. 82/SR 520 west

to U.S. 319/SR 35 east, Tift County .............. $400,000

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344 NJ Streetscape and Traffic Improvement Project

to Downtown West Orange ............................. $800,000

345 NJ Bergen County, NJ On Route 17, address congestion, safety, drainage, maintenance, signing, access, pedestrian circulation and transit access .......................................................... $4,400,000

346 CA Road widening, construct bike path, lighting,

and safety improvements on road leading to

Hansen Dam Recreation Area, Los Angeles $5,200,000

347 OH Highway grade crossing improvement on Summit Road at Pataskala, Ohio .......................... $54,400

348 NY Reconstruct a historic bridge crossing Maxwell

Creek in the Town of Sodus, NY .................... $464,000

349 NJ Safety and operation improvements on Route

73 in Berlin, Voorhees and Evesham ............ $960,000

350 NJ Study and preliminary engineering designs for

a boulevard on State Route 440 and U.S.

Highway Routes 1 and 9, Jersey City ........... $800,000

351 VA Construction of Route 17 Dominion Boulevard,

Chesapeake, VA ............................................... $6,400,000

352 LA Installation of proper lighting standards to illuminate inbound and outbound ramps of I–

10 and portions of Hwy 95 ............................. $160,000

353 IN Cyntheanne Rd. Interchange and Corridor Improvements, Town of Fishers, Indiana .......... $800,000

354 ME Plan and construct North-South Aroostook

highways, to improve access to St. John Valley, including Presque Isle Bypass and other

improvements .................................................. $3,000,000

355 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, LaVergne ................................................ $1,200,000

356 TX Build Arkansas Street Grade Separation in

Laredo .............................................................. $1,000,000

357 CA Construct new left turn lane at State Route 19

and Telstar in El Monte ................................. $560,000

358 NY Meadow Drive Extension—North Tonawanda,

New York ......................................................... $1,600,000

359 CA Reconstruct I–880 and Coleman Avenue Interchange and implement other I–880 Corridor

operational improvements in Santa Clara

County .............................................................. $8,000,000

360 OR Improve Millican, West Butte Road which connects U.S. Highway 20 with U.S. Highway

126 .................................................................... $1,600,000

361 VA Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Regional

Transportation Coordination Program .......... $1,600,000

362 NY Brooks Landing Transportation Improvements

and Enhancement project, Rochester ............ $400,000

363 NJ Construct CR 538 Coles Mill Road Bridge over

Scotland Run, Gloucester County .................. $400,000

364 TX Convert discontinuous 2-way frontage roads to

continuous one-way frontage roads on IH 30

in Texarkana, TX ............................................ $4,000,000

365 TX Regional bicycle routes on existing highways

in Austin, TX ................................................... $800,000

366 IN Construct Interchange at I–65 and 109th Avenue, Crown Point ............................................. $5,963,375

367 GA Intersection improvement at Harris Drive at

SR 42 ................................................................ $480,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

368 IL Engineering and construction of the East

Branch DuPage River Greenway Trail in

central DuPage County, IL ............................. $80,000

369 NY Rehabilitate a historic transportation-related

warehouse on the Erie Canal in the Town of

Lyons, NY ........................................................ $480,000

370 NY Relocating Miller Highway W 59th-72 St.

Manhattan under future expansion of Riverside Park .......................................................... $2,000,000

371 MI Allen Road under the CN Railroad Grade Separation, Woodhaven ........................................ $3,560,000

372 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign in Larksville Borough, Luzerne County ..................................... $160,000

373 AR Northeast Arkansas Connector (relocation of

Highway 226) ................................................... $2,400,000

374 NJ Reconstruct Route 168 from Route 41 to 6th

Avenue in Runnemede .................................... $526,400

375 NY Renovation of Metropolitan Avenue and

Unionport Road center islands ....................... $1,700,000

376 PA Rt. 60 Millennium Park Interchange, construct

new interchange on Rt. 60 to provide access

to new Lawrence County Industrial Park ..... $640,000

377 AR Bentonville, Arkansas—Widen Arkansas Highway 102 between U.S. 71B and the west city

limits ................................................................ $1,500,000

378 PA Purchase of right-of-way, utilities and construction for Northern Access to Altoona

from Interstate 99, Blair County, PA ............ $2,400,000

379 CA Construct Class I bike and pedestrian path

from San Luis Obispo to Avila Beach ............ $320,000

380 MN Reconstruct CSAH 61 from south county line

to TH 73, Moose Lake ..................................... $252,800

381 AZ Improving Lone Pine Dam Road in Navajo

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

382 MI Construct Road Improvements to North Henry

St. from Vermont Ave. to Wilder Rd. Bay

City ................................................................... $2,160,000

383 TX Reconstruct I–35E Trinity River Bridge, Dallas ..................................................................... $12,000,000

384 NY Town of Greenville rehabilitation of

Grahamtown Rd. and Burnt Corners Rd ...... $100,000

385 NJ Completion of Hudson River Waterfront Walkway through Stevens Institute of Technology

in Hoboken ....................................................... $800,000

386 NC Construct U.S. 74 Bypass, Shelby, NC ............. $2,400,000

387 WA Tukwila Urban Access Improvement Project—

Address necessary improvements to

Southcenter Parkway in Tukwila to relieve

congestion ......................................................... $800,000

388 CA Construction of a traffic signal at the intersection of Independence Avenue and Sherman

Way ................................................................... $100,000

389 NH Design and construction of intersection of Rte

101A and Rte 13 in Milford ............................ $800,000

390 NJ Construct Rte 30—Pomona Road Intersection

Improvements, Atlantic County ..................... $4,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

391 CA I–10 and Indian Ave. Interchange, Palm

Springs, CA ...................................................... $2,200,000

392 CA Complete the Bay Trail along the western

edge of the American Canyon Wetlands

Edge Bay Trail ................................................ $800,000

393 KY Right-of-way for and construction of Pennyrile

Parkway Extension from 41A S. to I–24 ....... $2,560,000

394 TN Sevier County, Tennessee SR 66 widening ....... $1,400,000

395 TN Plan and construct interchange improvements,

I–65 at Highland Road ................................... $320,000

396 IA Reconstruction of NW Madrid Drive, Polk Co .. $800,000

397 NH Relocation and Reconstruction of intersection

at Route 103 and North Street in Claremont $1,040,000

398 IL To construct a new 2-lane road extending 1650

feet north from intersection with University

Park Drive, Edwardsville ............................... $400,000

399 NY Town of Highlands reconstruction of bridge on

School Street .................................................... $180,000

400 AK Unalaska, AK Construction of AMHW ferry

terminal including approach, staging, and

upland improvements ..................................... $7,500,000

401 PA Design and construct interchange and related

improvements to I–83 Exit 4 .......................... $2,800,000

402 MD Great Allegheny Passage, Allegany County,

MD. Construction of 5 miles of trail from

Cumberland to Wharf Branch ........................ $1,600,000

403 MI Northwestern Highway Extension projects in

Oakland County .............................................. $7,280,000

404 PA PA Route 61 safety improvements, Leesport

Borough and Ontelaunee and Muhlenburg

Townships ........................................................ $2,400,000

405 OH Improve Rt. 62 (Main and Town Streets)

Bridges over Scioto River, Columbus ............. $5,200,000

406 AK Planning, design, and construction of a bridge

joining the Island of Gravina to the Community of Ketchikan ............................................. $100,000,000

407 MN U.S. Trunk Highway 14 from Waseca to

Owatonna, Minnesota ..................................... $3,315,200

408 TX Construct Mission Trails Project Packages 4

and 5 in San Antonio ...................................... $3,820,000

409 MS Upgrade Roads in Carthage, Leake County ..... $160,000

410 MI Construct access road at intersection of Doerr

Road and Schell Street to Develop 65-Acre of

Municipal Tract of Industrial Land. Village

of Cass City, Tuscola County ......................... $20,800

411 MS Upgrade roads in Humphreys County Districts

1 and 5 and Isola ............................................. $680,000

412 IN 126th Street Project, Town of Fishers, Indiana $1,000,000

413 HI Construct Puanaiko Street ................................. $800,000

414 AZ Burro Creek section between Wikieup and the

Santa Maria River ........................................... $800,000

415 PA Conduct Environmental Impact Statement

study for Parkway West corridor ................... $800,000

416 SC Build Railroad Avenue Extension in Berkeley

County, SC—SCDOT ...................................... $1,600,000

417 MD Construct a visitors center and related roads

serving Fort McHenry ..................................... $3,760,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

418 OH Construction of Gracemont Street Exchange

Interstate 77—Bethlehem Township and

Pike Township, Ohio ....................................... $2,400,000

419 MI Design, Right-of-Way and Construction of the

I–196 Chicago Drive (Baldwin Street) Interchange Modification, Michigan ...................... $15,480,000

420 CA Folsom Blvd. Transportation Enhancements,

City of Rancho Cordova .................................. $5,600,000

421 TN improve streetscape and pavement repair,

Monroe County, TN ......................................... $240,000

422 TX IH37 frontage roads in Mathis .......................... $1,600,000

423 WV Construct New River Parkway .......................... $3,600,000

424 NY Construct sidewalk and improvements on

Broadway in the Town of Cortlandt .............. $264,000

425 PA Erie, PA Powell Avenue Bridge Replacement,

Asbury Road Improvement Project ................ $3,200,000

426 VA Liberty Street Construction in Martinsville,

Virginia ............................................................ $236,800

427 CA Implement streetscape project on Central Avenue from 103rd Street to Watts/103rd Street

Station, Watts .................................................. $3,200,000

428 MA Realignments and reconstruction of a section

of Route 32 in Palmer to the Ware town line $2,560,000

429 CA Seismic retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge ...... $8,800,000

430 CA Upgrade and extend Commerce Avenue, City

of Concord ........................................................ $1,600,000

431 MA Somerville Roadway Improvements .................. $2,300,000

432 LA Replace Almonaster Bridge, New Orleans ........ $400,000

433 IN Upgrade Traffic Signals Phase III in the City

of Muncie, Indiana .......................................... $512,000

434 FL Sharpes Ferry Bridge replacement in Marion

County .............................................................. $2,240,000

435 IA U.S. 34 Missouri River bridge relocation and

replacement ..................................................... $2,000,000

436 NY Village of Highland Falls repaving and sidewalk construction of Oak Avenue .................. $120,000

437 MN Interchange Reconstruction at CSAH 4 and

U.S. 169 ............................................................ $800,000

438 IL Development and construction of an interchange at Brisbin Rd. and Interstate 80 ....... $4,800,000

439 NE Design, right-of-way and construction of railgrade separations throughout Nebraska as

identified by Nebraska Dept. of Roads .......... $12,000,000

440 MO Redesign and Reconstruction of the I–270

Dorsett Road Interchange Complex in the

City of Maryland Heights ............................... $1,600,000

441 SC Build Berlin Myers Extension in Summerville,

SC ..................................................................... $6,400,000

442 IN Improve 100 South, Porter County ................... $800,000

443 NY Improve safety measures at the railroad grade

crossings on the West Short River Line,

Rockland County ............................................. $1,280,000

444 NJ Street Improvements and Traffic Signal Replacement in Union City Central Business

District ............................................................. $640,000

445 GA Streetscape project to replace sidewalks in

downtown Forsyth ........................................... $300,000

446 AK Westside development Williamsport-Pile Bay

Road .................................................................. $5,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

447 NV Construct Interstate 15-Las Vegas Beltway

Interchange ...................................................... $10,000,000

448 NY Palisades Trailway Phase 2-Rockland County,

New York ......................................................... $150,000

449 PA Replace a Highway Rail Grade crossing in Jeanette, PA at Wegleys Road ............................. $400,000

450 CA Conduct project design and environmental

analysis of Heritage Bridge on Heritage

Road linking Chula Vista to Otay Mesa ....... $2,800,000

451 MA Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, MA,

Design and Construction of parking areas .... $420,000

452 NY Reconstruct Main Street in the Town of

Lewisboro ......................................................... $72,000

453 MA Study and analysis of Lowell Westford St.-

Wood St. Rourke Bridge Corridor, Lowell ..... $500,000

454 OR Highway 20, Lincoln County ............................. $5,600,000

455 MN Construction of 8th Street North: Stearns C.R.

120 to TH 15 in St. Cloud, MN ...................... $1,600,000

456 IL Construction of a pedestrian sidewalk along S.

Chicago Street in Geneseo, IL ........................ $180,000

457 OH Construct Bike and Walking Path from West

210 St. to Metroparks Fairview Park ............ $280,000

458 PA Great Allegheny Passage, Somerset County,

PA. Garrett Crossing Bridge, realign trail

and construct a new bridge to eliminate a

dangerous crossing of a State highway ......... $800,000

459 MN City of East Grand Forks Construct 13th St.

SE Extension ................................................... $960,000

460 NY Improvements to Clark Pl. and Cherry Ln.—

Rt. 6 and 6 N in Putnam County ................... $296,000

461 NJ Construct Garden State Parkway Grade Separation, Cape May County ............................... $32,000,000

462 VA High Knob Horse Trails—Construction of

horse riding trails and associated facilities

in High Knob area of Jefferson National

Forest ............................................................... $600,000

463 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, Cookeville ............................................... $2,000,000

464 UT Provo, Utah Westside Connector from I–15 to

Provo Municipal Airport ................................. $800,000

465 CA I–5 Santa Clarita-Los Angeles Gateway Improvement Project ........................................... $1,600,000

466 NY Project will revitalize staircases used as

streets due to steep grade of terrain in areas

in which they are located, the Bronx ............. $800,000

467 TX Construct and rehabilitate pedestrian walkways along the Main Street Corridor to improve transit-related accessibility .................. $800,000

468 MD Reconstruct East North Avenue (US Route 1)

in Baltimore ..................................................... $4,000,000

469 CT Reconstructoin of Lakeville Center to improve

pedestrian and vehicle safety at the intersection of Routes 41 and 44 ............................ $716,000

470 TX City of Robstown Trade Processing and Inland

Center ............................................................... $5,000,000

471 CA San Gabriel Blvd. Rehabilitation Project—Mission Rd. to Broadway, San Gabriel ................ $240,000

472 NC To plan, design, and construct the 10th Street

Connector Project in Greenville, NC ............. $2,131,200

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1275

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No. State Project Description Amount

473 OH To widen Western Reserve Road from SR 7 to

Hitchcock Road, Mahoning Co ....................... $2,000,000

474 NY Binghamton, Improve Front Street ................... $4,000,000

475 FL U.S. Highway 19 Bayside Segment ................... $1,600,000

476 MI Arenac County, Upgrade Maple Ridge Road

from Briggs Road east to M–65 ..................... $1,316,800

477 NY Village of Highland Falls repaving and sidewalk construction of Mearns Ave ................... $180,000

478 NY Village of Nelsonville improvements, paving

and sidewalk installation to North Pearl St.,

Crown St., Pine St., and Wood Ave ............... $200,000

479 CA Widen Firestone Blvd. between Ryerson Blvd.

and Stewart and Gray Road in Downey ........ $1,600,000

480 CA Construct Air Cargo Access Road to Oakland

International Airport ...................................... $720,000

481 MD Peer review study of conflicts between road

system and light rail operations in Linthicum, MD ...................................................... $80,000

482 GA Resurface and widen Jac-Art Road as part of

the Bleckley County Development Authority

project ............................................................... $200,000

483 VA Construction of Virginia Blue Ridge Trail in

Amherst County, VA ....................................... $240,000

484 FL Implement NE 6th Street/Sistrunk Boulevard

Streetscape and Enhancement Project, City

of Fort Lauderdale .......................................... $800,000

485 CA Widen Lakewood Blvd. between Telegraph Rd.

and Fifth St. in Downey ................................. $1,600,000

486 TX Widen Motor Street thoroughfare in Dallas to

improve accessibility to Southwestern Medical District ...................................................... $4,400,000

487 MN Construction of Gitchi-Gami State Trail,

Lutsen Phase, CR 34 to Lockport store ......... $500,000

488 PA Widen of SR 309 through the Borough of

Coopersburg to create left-turn lanes and

complete the Rt. 309 Corridor Improvement

Project .............................................................. $2,400,000

489 CA Pasadena Ave/Monterey Rd. Partial Grade

Separation—Preliminary Engineering—Feasibility, South Pasadena ................................. $240,000

490 OH Intermodal Bikeway, Independence .................. $2,000,000

491 MO Widen shoulder and resurface U.S. 136 and replace 2 deficient bridges between Rock Port

and Bethany, Missouri .................................... $2,400,000

492 FL SR 43 (U.S.301) Improvement Project—

Ellentown to Parrish, Florida ........................ $3,200,000

493 GA Bike and pedestrian paths and other transportation enhancements at Georgia Veterans

Memorial Park ................................................. $640,000

494 AK Citywide pavement rehabilitation in City of

North Pole ........................................................ $1,000,000

495 GA Replace and upgrade sidewalks, Glenwood ...... $50,000

496 MI Reconstruction of Leeman Road from County

Road 581 west 7 miles to Lerza Road, Dickinson County .................................................... $1,200,000

497 GA Widen SR 133 from Spence Field to SR 35 in

Colquitt County, Georgia ................................ $800,000

498 CA Mariposa County, CA Improve 16 roads,

bridge and one bike path ................................ $2,800,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

499 LA Upgrade highway-rail crossings at Madison

Street, City of Gretna ..................................... $160,000

500 PA Two-lane Extension of Bristol Road, Bucks

County .............................................................. $1,600,000

501 TN Widen SR 30 From Athens to Etowah, Tennessee ............................................................... $4,606,400

502 MI Iosco County, Reconstruct Bissonette Road

from Lorenz Road to Chambers Road ............ $258,000

503 TX Development of one-story 300-vehicle parking

facility ............................................................... $1,200,000

504 WA Design and construct improved I–182 interchange ramps at Broadmoor Blvd. in Pasco,

WA .................................................................... $1,600,000

505 NY Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in

Lockport, NY—Transportation Enhancements ................................................................ $2,600,000

506 MI M–6 Paul Henry Freeway trail design and

construction ..................................................... $2,224,000

507 CT Reconstruction and conversion of Union Station in North Canaan to establish a transportation museum ........................................... $1,364,000

508 OR Construct passing lanes on U.S. 199, Josephine County ................................................... $1,827,000

509 CA Scenic preservation and run-off mitigation in

the Santa Monica Mountains National

Recreation Area near PCH and U.S. 101 ...... $1,200,000

510 IL South Shore Drive and 67th Underpass ........... $1,040,000

511 CA Mission Boulevard/State Route 71 Interchange—Corridor Improvements ................... $3,360,000

512 OR For purchase of right-of-way, planning, design,

and construction of a highway, Newberg ...... $8,545,600

513 VA Smith River Trail—Construction of trail along

Smith River in Henry County ........................ $400,000

514 IL Resurface Clifton Park Ave. and S. Louis Ave.,

Village of Evergreen ........................................ $320,000

515 NJ University Heights Connector for improvements to First Street in Newark from Sussex Street to West Market Street .................. $509,600

516 GA Broad Avenue Bridge: Albany ........................... $400,000

517 CA Carlsbad, CA Construction of Poinsettia Lane $1,600,000

518 CA Construct pedestrian enhancements on Broadway in Los Angeles ......................................... $2,000,000

519 NJ Construct Rt. 56 Maurice River Bridge Replacement, Salem and Cumberland Counties $1,600,000

520 WA Conduct route analysis for community pathway through Chehalis ..................................... $50,000

521 WA Construct a multi-jurisdictional non-motorized

transportation project parallel to SR 99

called the Interurban Trail ............................. $1,600,000

522 FL Construct Downtown Bypass Roadway Connector, Lake Mary, Florida ............................. $400,000

523 NY To study, design, and construct the Brooklyn

Waterfront Greenway in Red Hook,

Greenpoint, and the Navy Yard in Brooklyn $6,600,000

524 NY Update all county and town traffic signage in

Wayne County, NY .......................................... $220,000

525 CA Construct Route 101 Auxiliary Lanes 3rd Ave.

in the City of San Mateo to Millbrae Ave. in

Millbrae ............................................................ $3,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

526 CA Undertake Cordelia Hill Sky Valley transportation enhancement project, including upgrade of pedestrian and bicycle corridors,

Solano County .................................................. $2,400,000

527 MS Construct I–20 Interchange at Hawkins Crossing, Lauderdale County .................................. $2,000,000

528 TN Sevier, Jefferson, Cocke Counties, Tennessee

SR 35 and U.S. 411 widening ........................ $1,400,000

529 GA Upgrade Safety of Bicycle and Pedestrian Access to Public Schools, Dekalb County .......... $2,400,000

530 OH Construction of Safety and related improvements on Rutlege Transfer Road in Vernon

Township, OH .................................................. $96,000

531 WI Reconstruct U.S. 45 in Antigo ........................... $1,616,000

532 WA SR 2/Main Street/Old Owen Road Intersection

in Monroe ......................................................... $384,000

533 GA Install landscaping and upgrade lighting on

Fall Line Freeway, Reynolds .......................... $350,000

534 WA Congestion relief on I–405 with added lanes

from SR 520–SR 522 including 2 lanes each

way from NE 85th-NE 124th ......................... $800,000

535 NY Conduct NYS 5 construction study ................... $64,000

536 PA Widen lanes, add left turn lanes and update

and install traffic signals at SR 309, SR

4010 interchange in North Whitehall Township ................................................................... $1,200,000

537 KY Reconstruct I–64–KY 180 Interchange, Boyd

County, Kentucky ............................................ $1,600,000

538 TX Widen U.S. 271 from a 2-lane facility to a 4

lane divided facility from Paris, TX to

Pattonville, TX ................................................. $1,600,000

539 TN Carter County, Tennessee SR 362 reconstruction .................................................................... $400,000

540 OH Construct Ohio River Trail, Anderson Township ................................................................... $220,000

541 MI Delta County, CR 515 from U.S. 2 and U.S. 41

in Rapid River to County Road 446 at Days

River Road-Bituminous overlay and joint repair ................................................................... $256,000

542 FL Fund design phase for widening U.S. 41 north

of Dunnellon to four lanes .............................. $800,000

543 TN Construction of Elizabethton Connector in

Carter County, Tennessee .............................. $800,000

544 NJ Newark Waterfront Pedestrian and Bicycle Access project ....................................................... $1,200,000

545 ME Plan and construct Lewiston/Auburn Downtown Connector ................................................ $4,360,000

546 OH Conduct Miami St. along SR Route 53 safety

enhancement project to improve access to

railroad crossing .............................................. $800,000

547 AK Planning, design, and construction of Juneau

access roads in Juneau, Alaska ...................... $15,000,000

548 TN Construction of an intersection/interchange in

the City of Cleveland along I–75 ................... $1,920,000

549 FL Construct Flagler Avenue Improvements, City

of Key West, Florida ....................................... $808,000

550 CA Rehabilitate street surface of Cedros Avenue

between Burbank Blvd. and Magnolia Blvd $34,400

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No. State Project Description Amount

551 VA Engineering and Right-of-way to widen Route

221 in Forest, Virginia .................................... $1,000,000

552 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety including in the vicinity of PS Q200 ................. $250,000

553 TX SH 146 grade separation over Red Bluff Rd .... $13,600,000

554 TN Construction of park access road and adjacent

trails at the Athens Regional Park in Athens, TN ............................................................. $240,000

555 IL State Street Road Improvements from 43rd

Street to IL Rt. 157, East St. Louis ............... $3,080,000

556 GA Streetscape-Dawson ............................................ $160,000

557 SC Build Carolina Bays Parkway Segment from

SC 544 to U.S. 17 in Myrtle Beach, SC ......... $2,400,000

558 GA U.S. 341 U.S. 41 SR 7 from Barnesville to SR

3, Georgia ......................................................... $3,200,000

559 OH Reconstruct and widen State Route 82 in

North Royalton ................................................ $800,000

560 FL Acquisition, engineering, and construction of

West Avenue Connector Bridge, City of

Miami Beach, FL ............................................. $800,000

561 ME Safety Enhancements on Routes 11, 6, and 16

for Piscataquis County Industrial Development ................................................................. $400,000

562 IL Study, design, and construction of a designated truck route through the City of

Monticello ......................................................... $905,600

563 CA Improvement of intersection at Aviation Blvd.

and Rosecrans Ave. to reduce congestion,

City of Hawthorne ........................................... $2,000,000

564 WI Preliminary engineering for upgrading I–94

between Illinois State Line and Mitchell

Interchange in SE Wisconsin ......................... $7,200,000

565 MI Cogshall Road Crossing Improvement and Life

Safety Access Project in Holly, MI ................. $960,000

566 MI Ontonagon County, Improve Fed. Forest Hwy

16 from M–38 to Houghton County Line ...... $400,000

567 UT Forest Street Improvements, Brigham City,

UT ..................................................................... $2,000,000

568 NC I–40 Union Cross Road Interchange in Forsyth

County, NC ...................................................... $800,000

569 NJ Construct Sea Isle Boulevard Reconstruction

from Garden State Parkway to Ludlams

Thoroughfare, Cape May County ................... $1,600,000

570 CA I–5 HOV Improvements from Route 134 to

Route 170 ......................................................... $400,000

571 NY Reconfiguration of intersection and redesign of

traffic signal timing at Mohegan Ave. and

Lakeland St ..................................................... $400,000

572 CA Shoal Creek Pedestrian Bridge (San Diego) ..... $1,200,000

573 GA Streetscape-Cordele ............................................ $200,000

574 CA Construct I–605 Interchange Capacity Improvements in Irwindale ................................. $1,600,000

575 SC Construction of interchange at I–385 and SC

14, Exit 19, in Laurens County, South Carolina .................................................................... $1,760,000

576 NE Design, right-of-way and construction of Nebraska Highway 35 between Norfolk and

South Sioux City ............................................. $7,600,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1279

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No. State Project Description Amount

577 MO Complete impact study for North Oak Highway corridor redevelopment ........................... $400,000

578 MA Design and construct the 1.5 mile East Longmeadow Redstone rail Trail bike path .......... $1,200,000

579 NY Improve bicycle and pedestrian safety on Main

Street, Holbrook .............................................. $100,000

580 CA Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced Counties

Upgrade existing county highway, J59 ......... $2,000,000

581 FL U.S. 19 Continuous right turn lanes in Pasco

County .............................................................. $5,760,000

582 NJ Union Boulevard Revitalization and

Streetscape Enhancements, Totowa .............. $400,000

583 IL Improve roads, The Village of Westchester ...... $800,000

584 IN Reconstruct 45th Avenue from Colfax Street to

Grant Street, Lake County ............................. $2,160,000

585 IN Construct Grade Separation Underpass on

Main Street in Mishawaka, Indiana .............. $1,600,000

586 UT Construct 2-lane divided highway from the

Atkinville Interchange to the new replacement airport access road in St. George ......... $4,000,000

587 CA Diamond Bar On-Off Ramp at Lemon Ave. on

SR 60 ................................................................ $9,600,000

588 NY Transportation parking facility serving the

Harlem Hospital Complex .............................. $8,000,000

589 MA Downtown revitalization for Pleasant Street,

Malden ............................................................. $1,520,000

590 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in

the vicinity of Prospect Park Yeshiva ............ $250,000

591 NY Emergency vehicle preemption system at traffic signals, Smithtown ..................................... $500,000

592 CA Reconstruct interchange for south-bound traffic entering I–80 from Central Avenue, City

of Richmond ..................................................... $3,120,000

593 KY Reconstruct KY 393, Oldham County, Kentucky ................................................................. $1,600,000

594 CA Reduce Orange County Congestion Program ... $200,000

595 CA Street Closure at Chevy Chase Drive, Glendale ................................................................... $640,000

596 PA Allegheny County Urban Runoff Mitigationeliminate urban highway runoff and the discharge of culverted streams into municipal

combined sewers .............................................. $800,000

597 SC Construct Briggs-Pearson-DeLaine Connector $16,080,000

598 NM Construct an interchange on I–25 to provide

access to Mesa del Sol in Albuquerque ......... $5,600,000

599 MI Reconstruction of 30th Avenue from 13th

Street to 22nd Street, Menominee ................. $270,080

600 VA Rivermont Ave. (Lynchburg) Bridge improvements ................................................................ $1,760,000

601 MA Construct new interchange on I–95 between

existing Route 1A ramp to the north and

Route 123 ramp to the south, Attleboro ........ $500,000

602 OH Construct Waverly, Ohio South Connector

from U.S. 23 to SR 104 to SR 220 ................. $2,560,000

603 VA Craig County Trail—Improvements to trail in

Craig County ................................................... $120,000

604 CO U.S. 160, State Highway 3 to East of the Florida River ........................................................... $4,800,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

605 TX Bridge Access Road for FM 493 from U.S. 281

to U.S. 83 ......................................................... $5,000,000

606 AZ Pinal Avenue/Main Street right-of-way acquisition—Pinal County, Casa Grande, AZ—To

reconstruct Main St. to include a bypass for

commercial traffic ............................................ $800,000

607 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking, garage, and roadway redesign in

Duryea Borough, Luzerne County ................. $160,000

608 OK SH-33, Widen SH 33 from the Cimarron River

East to U.S. 177 Payne County, OK .............. $6,400,000

609 TX Washington Boulevard Improvements in Beaumont, Texas ..................................................... $2,080,000

610 FL Widen Midway Road from South 25th Street

to U.S. 1 in St. Lucie County ......................... $1,600,000

611 NY Enhance road and transportation facilities in

the vicinity of W. 65th St. and Broadway,

New York City ................................................. $4,000,000

612 LA Construct Kansas-Garrett Connector and I–20

Interchange Improvements ............................. $4,000,000

613 PA Construct the SR 1058 Connector between PA

309 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension in Montgomery County ......... $1,280,000

614 OK Reconstruct the Interstate 44 193rd street

interchange ...................................................... $2,400,000

615 NY Roadway improvements to Woodbury Rd. at

intersection with Syosset-Woodbury Rd ........ $1,600,000

616 RI Construct a handicapped accessible trail and

platform at Kettle Pond Visitor Center Administrative Facility ........................................ $160,000

617 NJ Construct Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Road .......................................................... $200,000

618 CA Grade Separation at 32nd Street between I–15

and Harbor Drive, San Diego ......................... $800,000

619 IN Widen Old Meridian Street from 2 to 4 lanes,

City of Carmel, Indiana .................................. $900,000

620 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path, City of

Portage ............................................................. $1,760,000

621 VA Widen Route 17 in Stafford ............................... $4,000,000

622 VA Widen Route 820 in Bergton, Virginia .............. $1,240,000

623 IL Construction of 2 North/South Blvds. and 2

East/West Blvds. in the vicinity of Northern

Illinois University ........................................... $8,320,000

624 CA Begin construction of road from U.S. 395 west

towards SR 14 ................................................. $800,000

625 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign in Old Forge Borough, Lackawanna County ............................. $160,000

626 PA Improvements to Amtrak Keystone Corridor

grade crossings at Irishtown Rd., New

Comer Rd., and a new bridge at Ebychiques

Rd ..................................................................... $400,000

627 TN Acquire and construct trail and bikeway along

S. Chickamauga Creek in Chattanooga, TN $1,280,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1281

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

628 TX Interchange improvements IH–30 Arlington at

FM 157 (Collins Street) and Center Street ... $1,600,000

629 MO Highway 350 Access Management Study from

I–435 to I–470 .................................................. $800,000

630 TX Reconstruct Mile 6 W from US83 to SH 107,

Hidalgo County ................................................ $800,000

631 NJ Pedestrian facilities and street lighting on

Haddon Avenue from Albertson Avenue to

Glenwood Avenue, Haddon Township ........... $346,400

632 NY Rehabilitate highway bridges—Ithaca secondary line ....................................................... $2,000,000

633 WA Buckley, WA; New Road alignments on 112th

Street Corridor ................................................ $1,600,000

634 ID Construct Washington Street North from the

end of Project # (STP 7072(102)) to the beginning of Project # (DHP-NH-F-2390(104)) $4,400,000

635 SC Construction of the U.S. 15/SC–341 connector

parallel to I–20, Lee County ........................... $3,600,000

636 PA Construct Recreational Trail from Oil City to

Rynd Farm (Venango County) ....................... $1,200,000

637 TX FM 1637 from FM 3051 to FM 185, Waco ........ $1,600,000

638 VA Green Cove Station—Improvements to existing Forest Service facility located at trailhead of Virginia Creeper Trail ....................... $80,000

639 NJ South Essex Street Bridge Pedestrian Access

Improvements, Orange ................................... $462,400

640 TX FM 3391 (East Renfro St.) from I–35W to CR

602, Burleson ................................................... $2,200,000

641 WI Replace Wisconsin Street Bridge (STH 44) in

Oshkosh, Wisconsin ........................................ $10,000,000

642 CT Construct Route 11 Extension and bicycle and

pedestrian path from Salem to Waterford .... $14,400,000

643 TX Drainage Study and Engineering for U.S. 83

in Starr County ............................................... $800,000

644 TN Widen SR 62 in Knox County, TN .................... $6,500,000

645 GA Widen U.S. 17 SR 25 from Yacht Drive to

Harry Driggers Boulevard, Glynn County,

Georgia ............................................................. $1,600,000

646 KY Widen U.S. 25 from U.S. 421 North to KY 876,

Madison County .............................................. $800,000

647 GA Widen U.S. 280/SR 30 from east of Flint River

to SR 300 Connector west of Cordele ............ $800,000

648 MS Upgrade roads in Gunnison, Mound Bayou,

Beulah, Benoit, Pace and Shaw, Bolivar

County .............................................................. $1,600,000

649 NY Construct and enhance Fillmore Avenue and

traffic down-grade and infrastructure improvements to Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo .. $1,200,000

650 NJ Construct Route 46 and Main Street intersection in Lodi ...................................................... $1,600,000

651 MN Phase III construction of Trunk Highway

61010 Minnesota ............................................. $4,000,000

652 NM NM 128 JCT NM 31 East to Texas State Line $3,200,000

653 NJ Replacement of Prospect Avenue Culvert, City

of Summit, County of Union .......................... $320,000

654 FL U.S. 441 Traffic Improvements—Road surface,

road access, curb, gutter, and right-of-way,

Miami Gardens ................................................ $720,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

655 MN Environmental studies and right-of-way acquisition for Trunk Highway 55 Corridor Protection Project .................................................. $4,000,000

656 NY Roadway improvements on Woodbine Avenue

between 5th Avenue and Beach Avenue ....... $640,000

657 NY Saugerties, Improve downtown streets ............. $960,000

658 IN Widen U.S. 31 Hamilton County, Indiana ........ $800,000

659 GA Build a bridge across Big Indian Creek, Perry $1,000,000

660 MI Carpenter Road Reconstruction—700 feet

South of Textile Road to I–94, Washtenaw

County .............................................................. $1,600,000

661 IN Resurface and widen Shelby County Indiana

400 North Phases IV and V ........................... $800,000

662 SC Widen West Georgia Road from Neely Ferry

Road to Fork Shoals Road .............................. $1,600,000

663 TX Construct Phase II of City of Killeen SH 201 .. $4,800,000

664 MN Interchange improvements at I–94 and CSAH

19 and at CSAH 37 in the City of

Albertville, MN ................................................ $800,000

665 KY Construction of bypass between KY 55 and

U.S. 68 at Lebanon in Marion County .......... $1,200,000

666 NY Peruville Road/Creating overpass to address

intersection safety issue ................................. $1,600,000

667 OR Add a southbound lane to section of I–5

through Portland, OR between Delta Park

and Lombard .................................................... $4,000,000

668 MN 10th Street Bridge Expansion in St. Cloud,

MN .................................................................... $800,000

669 NJ Intermodal Access Improvements to the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor .................................. $1,600,000

670 TX Nolana Loop from FM 1426 to FM 88, Hidalgo

County .............................................................. $1,600,000

671 OH Perry Park Road Improvements and Pedestrian Trail Expansion at Call Road in the

Village of Perry, OH ........................................ $53,600

672 NV Implement Regional Transportation of Southern Nevada FAST system ............................... $5,000,000

673 NY Bronx River Greenway 233rd Street Connection .................................................................... $750,000

674 ............................................................................... $0

675 FL Planning and design for development of future

highway connections to the Florida International Airport, Hardee County ................... $400,000

676 WI Reconstruct and rebuild St. Croix River Crossing, connecting Wisconsin State Highway 64

in Houlton, Wisconsin to Minnesota State

Highway 36 in Stillwater, Minnesota ............ $5,600,000

677 TN Conduct study for SR 45 to SR 386 Connector $400,000

678 IN Reconstruct and widen Shelby County Indiana

500 East from 1200 N to U.S. 52 ................... $800,000

679 MO Removal and Replacement of the Grand Avenue Bridge in the City of St. Louis ................ $2,800,000

680 TX Conduct reconstruction and managed lanes

project on Airport Freeway (SH 183–SH

121) from IH 820 to the Dallas County Line $4,000,000

681 FL Reconstruction of Hanford Boulevard, North

Miami Beach .................................................... $2,200,000

682 MA Commonwealth Ave/Kenmore Sq. roadway and

pedestrian improvements ............................... $4,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

683 NY Pedestrian walkway and bikeway improvements along the NYC Greenway System in

Coney Island .................................................... $2,560,000

684 PA Restore Route 222 in Maxatawny and Richmond Townships, Berks County, PA ............. $2,000,000

685 OH Study and design of modifications to I–75

interchanges at M.L. King, Jr.,/Hopple, I–74,

and Mitchell in Cincinnati ............................. $2,400,000

686 VA Widen Route 10 to six lanes from Route 1 to

Meadowville Road, Chesterfield ..................... $800,000

687 GA Rebuild sidewalks, install sidewalks, and add

speed monitoring system, Alamo ................... $250,000

688 CA Widen Wilmington Ave. from 223rd street including ramp modifications, Carson .............. $4,000,000

689 WI Construct SH 32 (Claude Allouez) bridge in

DePere, Wisconsin (Brown County, Wisconsin) .............................................................. $400,000

690 NY Construction of drainage improvements and

aesthetic enhancements to Oak Beach Road

in the Town of Babylon, NY ........................... $408,000

691 WI Construct an alternative connection to divert

local traffic from I–90, a major highway, and

allow movement through the Gateway commercial development project ........................... $3,200,000

692 WA East Marine View Drive Widening in Everett $3,500,000

693 OH Construction of safety improvements at intersection of U.S. 422 and SR 700 in Geauga

County, OH ...................................................... $240,000

694 WV Upgrade Route 10, Logan Co ............................. $4,000,000

695 TX Conduct Preliminary Engineering for Funnel

Project on SH 114 from BS 114L to Dallas

County Line and on SH 121 from SH 360 to

Dallas Co Line ................................................. $3,200,000

696 NC Install ITS on U.S. 70 Clayton Bypass ............. $800,000

697 PA Brighton Road Extension-Add new street to N

Shore roadway network to facilitate access

to amphitheater ............................................... $800,000

698 NJ Broad Street Streetscape Project in Elizabeth

to provide physical improvements and to enhance transportation flow and efficiency ...... $560,000

699 FL Construction of 4 lane highway around Jacksonville connecting U.S. 1 to Route 9A ......... $2,400,000

700 WA 510–507 Loop—Conduct engineering, design,

and ROW acquisition for alternative route to

two existing highways that bisect Yelm, WA $2,000,000

701 CA Develop and implement traffic calming measures for traffic exiting the I–710 into Long

Beach ................................................................ $1,600,000

702 CA San Diego, CA Construction of the I–5 and SR

56 Connectors .................................................. $6,400,000

703 IL Upgrade Ridge Avenue, Evanston ..................... $2,400,000

704 SC Widening and improvements of SC Highway 5

Bypass in York County ................................... $1,600,000

705 IA Widening and Reconstruction, I–235, Des

Moines .............................................................. $8,720,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

706 CA Bay Road improvements between University

Avenue to Fordham, and from Clarke Avenue to Cooley Landing. Northern access improvements between University and Illinois

Avenues, East Palo Alto ................................. $4,800,000

707 NC Project to widen U.S. 501 from NC 49 in

Roxboro to the VA State line with part on

new location ..................................................... $3,200,000

708 NY Congestion reduction, traffic flow improvement

and intermodal transfer study at Roosevelt

Avenue/74th Street in Queens ....................... $640,000

709 CA Construct bicycle and pedestrian bridge between Oyster Bay Regional Park in San

Leandro and Metropolitan Golf Course in

Oakland ............................................................ $600,000

710 TX For right-of-way acquisition and construction

of Seg 5 and 6 of SH 130 from 183 to

Seguin, TX ....................................................... $4,800,000

711 NJ Construct the Airport Circle Elimination at

Tilton and Delilah Roads, Atlantic County ... $800,000

712 CA The Alameda Corridor SR 47 Port Access Expressway design funding ................................ $8,000,000

713 NV Construct U.S. Highway 95—Las Vegas Beltway Interchange .............................................. $10,000,000

714 NY Repair and repave the north side of the Mineola train station ............................................. $120,000

715 IL Repair of CH 29 and reconstruction of CH 8 at

interchanges with Interstate 55 at Towanda

and Lexington, Illinois .................................... $800,000

716 CA Conduct a Project Study Report for new Highway 99 interchange between SR 165 and

Bradbury Road, serving Turlock/Hilmar region ................................................................... $400,000

717 PA Construction of U.S. 22 to I–79 Section of

Southern Beltway, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $1,200,000

718 MN Construction of new highway between the

bridge over Partridge River on CR 565 in

Hoyt Lakes to the intersection of CSAH 21

and 70, Babbitt ................................................ $2,400,000

719 CA State Route 1 improvements between Soquel

and Morrissey Blvd. including merge lanes

and the La Fonda overpass, Santa Cruz ....... $2,936,000

720 WA The West Corridor Coalition in Washington

State ................................................................. $250,000

721 WA North Sound Connecting Communities Transportation Project Planning ............................. $960,000

722 FL West Relief Bridge Rehabilitation, Bay Harbor

Islands .............................................................. $1,200,000

723 NE Western Douglas County Trails Project, Nebraska ............................................................... $5,600,000

724 TN Bristol, Tennessee highway—RR grade Crossing improvement—Hazelwood Street ............ $80,000

725 GA Extend East Greene Street, install street

lights, utilities, and landscaping,

Milledgeville ..................................................... $400,000

726 CA Grade Separation at Vanowen and Cliveborne,

Burbank ........................................................... $800,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1285

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

727 MA Improve traffic signal operations, pavement

markings and regulatory signage, MiltonBoston City Line .............................................. $1,200,000

728 NY Port Jervis, NY downtown pedestrian mall

and promenade ................................................ $560,000

729 MN Construct Soo Line Trail from north of Bowlus

to the east side of Mississippi River .............. $396,000

730 WI Construct traffic mitigation signals, signs, and

other upgrades for Howard Ave, St. Francis $320,000

731 NH Reconstruction of NH 11 and NH 28 Intersection in Alton ..................................................... $560,000

732 CA Riverside Drive Improvements, Los Angeles .... $320,000

733 CA Upgrade CA SR 4 East from the vicinity of

Loveridge Road to G Street, Contra Costa

County .............................................................. $16,000,000

734 TX Widen SH 24 from a 2-lane facility to 4-lane

divided facility from SH 19 to Cooper, TX .... $1,600,000

735 PA Rail crossing signalization upgrade, Willow

Street, Fleetwood, Berks ................................. $260,320

736 AZ Navajo Route 20/Navajo Nation, Coconino

County, AZ/To Conduct a 2-lane road design

for 28 miles of dirt road between the communities of Le Chee, Coppermine, and Gap $800,000

737 SC Construct Hub City Connector Passage (12.5

miles of bicycle-pedestrian improvements,

176–SC 56), part of state-wide Palmetto

Trail Project ..................................................... $800,000

738 FL Construct U.S. 1/SR 100 Connector, Bunnell,

Florida .............................................................. $2,000,000

739 ............................................................................... $0

740 CA Design and environmental analysis for State

Route 11 connecting State Route 905 to the

new East Otay Mesa Port of Entry, San

Diego ................................................................. $800,000

741 NY Improve North Fork Trail, Southold ................. $200,000

742 HI Interstate Route H1 Deck Repair, Airport Viaduct ................................................................... $3,816,000

743 OH Replace Grade Separation at Eastland and

Sheldon Road, Berea ....................................... $600,000

744 WA Widen I–5 through Lewis County ..................... $3,750,000

745 SC Engineering, design, and construction of I–73

from the North Carolina State Line to I–95 $8,000,000

746 OH Planning and construction of a bicycle trail adjacent to the I–90 and SR 615 Interchange

in Lake County, OH ........................................ $2,000,000

747 SC Widening of Boiling Springs 9 from Rainbow

Lake Rd. to SC 292 ......................................... $4,800,000

748 IL Construct Streetscape Project, Orland Hills ..... $320,000

749 ............................................................................... $0

750 OR Widening of Oregon Hwy 217 between

Tualatin Valley Hwy and the U.S. 26 interchange, Beaverton ........................................... $7,745,600

751 PA SR 10 widening, New Morgan Borough and

Caernarvon Township, PA .............................. $1,600,000

752 MI Widen M–72 from U.S. 31 easterly 7.2 miles to

Old M–72 ......................................................... $2,000,000

753 PA Widening of Rt. 22 and SR 26 in Huntingdon.

Upgrades to the interchange at U.S. Rt. 22

and SR 26 ......................................................... $2,700,000

119 STAT. 1286 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

754 MN Widening of U.S. Highway 61 at Frontenac

Station, MN ..................................................... $640,000

755 KS Construction and reconstruction of four interchanges on I–435, I–35 and U.S. 69 in Johnson Co ............................................................... $3,200,000

756 MA Melnea Cass Blvd. Reconstruction .................... $2,160,000

757 NH Improve Meredith Village Traffic Rotary ......... $800,000

758 FL Implement Blue Heron Boulevard Streetscape

Improvements, City of Riviera Beach ............ $2,000,000

759 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety including in the vicinity of PS Q114 ................. $250,000

760 WI Reconstruct SH 181 between Florist Ave. and

North Milwaukee County Line ...................... $3,600,000

761 LA Replace the Prospect Street Bridge (LA 3087),

Houma .............................................................. $2,400,000

762 GA Streetscape improvements along LaVista Road

in the Northlake business district of DeKalb

County, Georgia ............................................... $160,000

763 MD Study Greater Towson Area traffic flow and

future needs ..................................................... $160,000

764 FL Construct U.S. 1 Improvements, Cities of

Holly Hill and Ormond Beach, Florida ......... $320,000

765 OH Transportation Enhancements to the downtown area of the Village of Chagrin Falls,

OH .................................................................... $560,000

766 MA Pedestrian Walkway for the Town of Norwood $780,000

767 NJ Restoration of Route 35 in Ocean County, New

Jersey ............................................................... $1,600,000

768 PA Extension of Third Street from Interstate 83

to Chestnut Street, Harrisburg ...................... $4,320,000

769 TX Carlton road grade separation, Laredo, TX ...... $4,000,000

770 OH Construct connector roadway between SR 13

and Horns Hill Road in north Newark .......... $1,000,000

771 TN Construct new lighting on Veterans Memorial

Bridge, Loudon County, Tennessee ............... $200,000

772 NY Roadway improvements on CR 3 between

Ruland Rd. and I–495 ..................................... $1,776,000

773 TN Construct State Route 385 (North and East)

around the City of Memphis .......................... $2,520,000

774 NY Waterloo, NY by-pass project ............................. $5,600,000

775 IN Extend Everbrook Drive from SR 332 to Bethel Avenue in the City of Muncie, Indiana ..... $512,000

776 TN Construct Proposed SR 397 extension from SR

96 West to U.S. 431 North to Franklin

Williamson County .......................................... $1,780,000

777 AK Construct linking road from airport to port in

Akutan .............................................................. $1,500,000

778 PA Uniontown to Brownsville section of Pennsylvania Mon/Fayette Expressway ..................... $4,000,000

779 NY Ashburton Avenue Reconstruction, Yonkers,

New York ......................................................... $1,000,000

780 OR Highway 22, Polk County .................................. $800,000

781 FL I–75 Widening and Improvements in Collier

and Lee County, Florida ................................. $36,000,000

782 WI Pioneer Road Rail Grade Separation (Fond du

Lac, Wisconsin) ................................................ $5,000,000

783 FL Design and construction of double-deck roadway system exiting FLL airport connecting

Y.S. 1 and I–595 .............................................. $3,200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1287

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

784 MI Wayne, Reconstruct one quarter of a mile

stretch of Laurenwood .................................... $100,000

785 GA Construct the West Cleveland Bypass from

U.S. 129 SR 11 near Hope Road extending

west of Cleveland, on new and existing locations to SR 75 .................................................. $2,320,000

786 IL Reconstruct Highway-Railway crossing over

U.S. 14 and realignment of U.S. 14, Des

Plaines .............................................................. $1,600,000

787 OR Highway 22-Cascade Highway interchange improvements, Marion County ........................... $400,000

788 VA Widen Route 29 between Eaton Place and

Route 123 in Fairfax City, VA ....................... $2,400,000

789 WI Reroute State Hwy 11 near Burlington, WI

(Walworth and Racine Counties, WI) ............ $3,200,000

790 IL East Peoria, Illinois Technology Blvd. upgrades ............................................................... $800,000

791 DC Metro Branch Trail Construction ...................... $1,600,000

792 MA Study and design I–93/Mystic Ave. Interchange at Assembly Sq ................................... $400,000

793 NM Widening of U.S. 491 from Navajo 9 to Colorado State border ............................................ $1,600,000

794 FL Construct access road to link Jacksonville

International Airport to I–95 ......................... $4,000,000

795 FL Widening of SR 60 from 66th Avenue to I–95

in Indian River County, FL ............................ $800,000

796 GA Widening of SR 133: Colquitt Co./Daughtery

Co ...................................................................... $800,000

797 IL Upgrade streets, Stickney Township ................. $2,206,400

798 PA Widening of SR 1001 Section 601 in Clinton

County .............................................................. $800,000

799 PA Widening of Route 40 in Wharton Township,

Fayette County, Pa ......................................... $1,600,000

800 NJ Widening of Route 1 and intersection improvements in South Brunswick ............................. $800,000

801 PA Construct PA 706 Wyalusing Bypass Bradford

County, Pennsylvania ..................................... $800,000

802 IL Construct four lane extension of IL RT29 from

Rochester to Taylorville .................................. $480,000

803 IL Widening of Old Madison Road, St. Clair

County .............................................................. $1,600,000

804 NY Construction of Bicycle Path and Pedestrian

Trail in City of Dunkirk ................................. $400,000

805 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign in Plains Township, Luzerne County ...................................... $160,000

806 CA Replace I–880 overpass at Davis St. in San

Leandro ............................................................ $600,000

807 PA DuBois-Jefferson County Airport Access Road

Construction .................................................... $1,200,000

808 GA Streetscape project to improve accessibility

and safety for pedestrians, Mount Vernon .... $400,000

809 IL Replacement of Fullerton Avenue Bridge and

Pedestrian Walkway ....................................... $3,840,000

810 NH Construct intersection at U.S. 3 and Pembroke

Hill Road in Pembroke .................................... $560,000

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

811 FL A new interchange with the Pineda Causeway

Extension and I–95 ......................................... $10,400,000

812 CT Make Improvements to Groton Bicycle and Pedestrian Trails and Facilities ......................... $160,000

813 MN TH 36—Stillwater Bridge; cut-and-cover approach to river crossing .................................. $400,000

814 NM U.S. 54 Reconstruction, Tularosa to Santa

Rosa .................................................................. $2,400,000

815 VA Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Corridor—Acquire site; design and construction of interpretative center, enhancement of trail corridor .................................................................. $2,560,000

816 MI Widening of M–24 from two lanes to four lanes

with a boulevard from I–69 to the county

line .................................................................... $800,000

817 IN Construct U.S. 231 in Spencer and Dubois

Counties in Indiana ........................................ $4,800,000

818 TN Construct overpass at Highway 321 and Highway 11 Loudon County, Tennessee ................ $5,200,000

819 SD Improve the SD Advanced Traveler Information System ...................................................... $800,000

820 GA Streetscape, lighting, and traffic enhancements from Lancaster to Church Street on

Bellevue, Dublin .............................................. $500,000

821 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to enhance citywide truck route system on Avenue P between Coney Island Avenue and

Ocean Avenue in the 9th District of New

York .................................................................. $100,000

822 GA Install sidewalks, trails, lighting, and amenities in Balls Ferry Park, Wilkinson County $1,000,000

823 CA Construct Inland Empire Transportation Management Center in Fontana to better regulate traffic and dispatch personnel to incidents ................................................................. $1,200,000

824 IL Reconstruct Milwaukee Avenue, including Six

Corners ............................................................. $13,600,000

825 TX Implementation and quantification of benefits

of large-scale landscaping along freeways

and interchanges in the Houston region ....... $22,796,800

826 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of a connector road between PA

115 and Interstate 81 in Luzerne County ..... $200,000

827 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Homewood, AL .. $320,000

828 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, Gallatin ................................................... $532,000

829 MA Conduct design, feasibility and environmental

impact studies of proposal to relocate New

Bedford/Fairhaven bridge ............................... $1,400,000

830 IA Iowa City, IA Construction of arterial extension project connecting Coralville to west

and south Iowa City ........................................ $2,000,000

831 NJ Rehabilitate Route 139 in Jersey City—

Portway ............................................................ $1,600,000

832 NJ Route 605 extension to U.S. 206 ........................ $800,000

833 OH Widen SR 170 Calcutta ...................................... $2,000,000

834 IA Widening of Hwy 44, Grimes ............................. $800,000

835 VA Widening of Highway 15 in Farmville, Virginia .................................................................. $1,349,760

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No. State Project Description Amount

836 MA Design and construct intersection improvements at Memorial Park II on Roosevelt

Ave. from Bay St. to Page Boulevard,

Springfield ........................................................ $800,000

837 SC Widening of Frontage Road from U.S. 72 to

U.S. 56, Laurens, SC ....................................... $2,240,000

838 NY Mill Road: NY Rte 261 to North Avenue in the

Town of Greece ................................................ $400,000

839 NC Widening of Beckford Drive, City of Henderson $768,000

840 NY Realignment of Clove Road and Rt. 208, access

management improvements in Orange

County .............................................................. $960,000

841 NY City of Peeskill, NY Street Resurfacing Program, Brown Street ......................................... $41,600

842 FL Fund advanced Right-of-Way Acquisition along

SR 52 in Pasco County, Florida ..................... $2,960,000

843 MA Design, engineer, permit, and construct ‘‘Border to Boston Bikeway’’ rails-trails project,

from Salisbury to Danvers .............................. $800,000

844 FL Soutel Drive Road Enhancements, Jacksonville ................................................................... $1,200,000

845 NJ Bicycle facilities in West Deptford Township ... $92,000

846 PA Create a direct connection between State Road

29 and State Route 113 .................................. $2,400,000

847 MA Design and construction of the north and

southbound ramps on Interstate 91 at Exit

19 ...................................................................... $1,200,000

848 IA NW 70th Ave. reconstruction, Johnston ........... $4,000,000

849 NY Town of Minisink South Plank Road ................ $220,000

850 VA Town of St. Paul—Restoration of historic

Hillman House to serve as trail system information center and construction of stations

on trails ............................................................ $120,000

851 PA Conduct environmental review and acquire

right-of-way for preferred alternative to improve PA 41 ..................................................... $3,360,000

852 FL Acquire Right-of-Way for Ludlam Trail,

Miami, Florida ................................................. $400,000

853 NY Construct Safe Routes to Schools projects in

New York City ................................................. $2,800,000

854 CO Construction of U.S. 24—Tennessee Pass, Colorado ................................................................. $4,800,000

855 CA Implement Riverside Avenue Railroad Bridge

improvements, south of Interstate 10 in Rialto .................................................................... $400,000

856 MA Longwood Ave/Urban Ring Tunnel Study ........ $450,000

857 MN Ely Area Joint Public Works Complex .............. $1,500,000

858 IA U.S. 63 improvement near New Hampton,

Iowa .................................................................. $6,960,000

859 NY Village of Unionville reconstruction of Main

Street ................................................................ $64,000

860 TX Widening from two lanes to four of SH 36 from

Bellville, TX to Sealy, TX ............................... $7,200,000

861 KY Comprehensive Traffic Study for intersection

of Main Street and Berea College Campus,

Berea ................................................................ $480,000

862 TN Improve State Route 62 in Morgan County

near U.S. 27 in Wartburg to Petit Lane from

existing two lane highway to four lanes ........ $3,600,000

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

863 IL Construct West Corbin Overpass over Illinois

255, Bethalto .................................................... $4,000,000

864 OR I–5/99W connector .............................................. $248,000

865 FL Improvements to I–75 in the City of Pembroke

Pines, Florida ................................................... $6,000,000

866 CA Planning, design, engineering, and construction of Naval Air Station, North Island access tunnel on SR 75–282 corridor, San

Diego ................................................................. $4,000,000

867 CA Construct road from Mace Blvd. in Yolo County to federally supported Pacific Flyway

wildlife area ..................................................... $800,000

868 PA Construction of ramps on I–95 and U.S. 322,

widening of streets and intersections ............ $2,400,000

869 NY Construct and restore pedestrian and residential roadways in downtown business district

in Rockville Centre .......................................... $800,000

870 LA Plan, design, and construct Pointe Clair Expressway in Iberville Parish ........................... $2,400,000

871 MA Construction of East Milton Parking Deck over

Interstate/Rt. 93 .............................................. $1,000,000

872 PA Reconstruction of I–176 in Cumru and Robeson Townships, Berks County ........................ $2,400,000

873 MI Resurfacing of Masonic Boulevard in Fraser ... $928,000

874 OH Construct Ohio River Trail from Downtown

Cincinnati, Ohio to Salem Road ..................... $1,600,000

875 PA Realignment and reconstruction of SR 60

interchange with U.S. 22–30 and reconstruct

adjacent Tonidale-Bayer intersection ............ $1,600,000

876 NY Construction and rehabilitation of East and

West John Streets in the Village of

Lindenhurst, NY .............................................. $836,000

877 NY Construct Northern State Parkway and Long

Island Expressway access at Marcus Avenue

and Lakeville Road and associated Park and

Ride .................................................................. $4,800,000

878 PA Deployment of an Intelligent Transportation

System along I–476 PA Turnpike NE Ext/

PA 309 and I–76 Schuylkill Exprway in

Montgomery County ........................................ $3,200,000

879 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety including in the vicinity of PS Q153 ................. $250,000

880 TX Build 36th Street Extension in San Antonio .... $1,680,000

881 CA North Atlantic Pedestrian Bridge, Monterey

Park .................................................................. $480,000

882 CA Reconstruct Eastern Ave. from Muller St. to

Watcher St. in Bell Gardens .......................... $800,000

883 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign in West Pittston,

Luzerne County ............................................... $160,000

884 CA Design Traffic Flow Improvements Azusa and

Amar, City of West Covina ............................. $1,000,000

885 MI Reconstruction of Nine Mile Road in

Eastpointe ........................................................ $896,000

886 WA Redmond, WA City-wide ITS ............................. $800,000

887 IL Reconstruction and realignment of Baseline

Rd., Montgomery, IL ....................................... $1,664,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

888 NY Transportation Enhancements to support development of Erie Canal in Orleans County,

NY ..................................................................... $240,000

889 CO U.S. 160, East of Wolf Creek Pass .................... $12,000,000

890 MA Design, engineering, and construction at I–93

The Junction Interchange, Andover,

Tewksbury and Wilmington ........................... $2,200,000

891 CA Rosemead Boulevard/Highway 19 Renovation

Project, Pico Rivera ......................................... $80,000

892 PA Intersection improvements at PA Route 209

and Water Company Road, construction of a

bridge and access enhancements to Nature

and Arts Center, Upper Paxton Township .... $600,000

893 TX Improvements to FM 1979 in Caldwell County $240,000

894 HI Interstate Route H 1 guard rail and shoulder

improvements, Waikele Bridge to Airport

Interchange, Honolulu .................................... $3,040,000

895 MI M–168 Reconstruction in the village of Elberta $1,760,000

896 CA Colima Road at Fullerton Road Intersection

Improvements .................................................. $800,000

897 OH Design and construct Youngstown State University Roadway and Pedestrian Safety Improvements, Youngstown ................................ $2,100,000

898 MO Reconstruct Interstate 44 and Highway 39

Interchange ...................................................... $4,000,000

899 WA Complete final Columbia River crossing Environmental Impact Statement for SR 35 in

Klickitat County .............................................. $640,000

900 KY Reconstruct U.S. 127 at Bellows Road, Mercer

County .............................................................. $480,000

901 NY Roadway and Pedestrian Improvements for

Times and Duffy Squares in New York City $3,200,000

902 FL Six lane expansion of State Road 200 (A1A)

from Interstate 95 east to Amelia Island ...... $3,200,000

903 MI Widen and reconstruct Tienken Road in Rochester Hills from Livernois to Sheldon ............ $10,800,000

904 NV Design and Construct I–580 Meadowood Complex Improvements, Washoe County ............. $1,600,000

905 NY Town of Chester reconstruction of 13 independent town roads ......................................... $160,000

906 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to enhance citywide truck route system at 9th

Street and 3rd Avenue intersection in Kings

County .............................................................. $100,000

907 TX Construction of highway infrastructure to provide flood protection for Nueces County ........ $800,000

908 FL Widen State Road 80, Hendry County .............. $2,800,000

909 NE Construction of the Columbus, Nebraska

North Arterial Road ........................................ $3,600,000

910 KY Extension of Newtown Pike from West Main

Street to South Limestone Street, Lexington $16,000,000

911 OH Road construction and related improvements

in the Village of Gates Mills, OH .................. $400,000

912 IL Widening and Reconstruction of 55th Street

from Holmes Avenue to Williams Street in

Westmont and Clarendon Hills ...................... $1,200,000

913 IL Road upgrades for the Village of Oreana, IL .... $707,200

914 ID Widen Amity Road from Chestnut Street to

Robinson Road in Nampa, Idaho ................... $1,600,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

915 TX Widening FM 60 (University Drive) from SH 6

to FM 158, College Station ............................. $2,400,000

916 GA Widening Cedarcrest Road from Paulding

County line to Governors Towne .................... $2,520,000

917 CA Widening Avenue 416 in Dinuba California ..... $1,200,000

918 MA Infrastructure Improvements in the GardnerKilby-Hammond Area, Worcester .................. $600,000

919 TX Extend Munn Street from Demaree Ln. to

Gellhorn Drive ................................................. $800,000

920 MN City of Moorhead SE Main GSI, 34th St. and

I–94 Interchange and Moorhead Comprehensive Rail Safety Program ................................ $2,400,000

921 AL Widening and safety improvements to SR 216

between SR 215 and I–59, I–20 ..................... $1,813,333

922 GA The Carrollton Greenbelt Project, City of

Carrollton, Georgia .......................................... $280,000

923 IL Improve safety of culvert replacement on

250th Rd. between 460th St. and County

Hwy 20 in Grandview Township, Edgar

County, IL ........................................................ $256,000

924 NY Kingston, Improve uptown streets .................... $1,040,000

925 PA Replace Blair Creek Bridge over the Little Lehigh Creek, just west of the Maple Grove

Bridge, in Longswamp Township, Berks

County .............................................................. $1,280,000

926 CA Construct highway connecting State Route 78/

86 and State Route 111, Brawley .................. $7,600,000

927 GA Widening and improvements on Colerain Road

in St. Marys, Georgia ...................................... $800,000

928 MD Implement Pedestrian and Roadway Improvements Contained in the Druid Hill Park

Neighborhood Access Program in Baltimore $1,600,000

929 AZ Kabba Wash project between I–40 and

Wikieup ............................................................ $1,600,000

930 ME Route 2 Improvements from Bethel to Gilead .. $1,000,000

931 FL Widening and Improvements for I–75 in Collier and Lee County ........................................ $21,600,000

932 TX Widening 349 Dawson and Martin County ...... $1,600,000

933 WI Widen Wisconsin State Highway 64 between

Houlton and New Richmond .......................... $3,200,000

934 IN Widen Wheeling Avenue from Centennial to

McGalliard Road in the City of Muncie, Indiana ................................................................. $768,000

935 MN Construct a bike trail along the north side of

TH 11 to the Voyageurs National Park Visitor Center on Black Bay of Rainy Lake ....... $540,000

936 FL Construct pedestrian underpass and safety improvements at SR A1A and Castillo Drive,

City of St. Augustine ....................................... $1,280,000

937 CA Rehabilitate street surfaces in Sherman Oaks $99,200

938 CA Repair and realignment of Brahma Drive and

Winnetka Ave .................................................. $240,000

939 NJ Riverwalk in Millburn along the West Branch

of the Rahway River ....................................... $600,000

940 AL I–20 widening and safety improvements in St.

Clair County .................................................... $4,000,000

941 TN Plan and construct Rutherford County visitor’s

center/Transportation information hub ......... $400,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1293

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No. State Project Description Amount

942 UT Streetscape a 2-lane road and add turning

lanes at key intersections on Santa Clara

Drive in Santa Clara ....................................... $1,050,000

943 CA U.S. 101 Operational Improvements, San Jose $4,000,000

944 IL Upgrade traffic signal system on 87th Street,

Chicago ............................................................. $400,000

945 LA Water Well Road Gateway Corridor (LA

478)—Design, right-of-way, and Construction of 3.6 miles from I–49 to LA 1 ................ $4,520,000

946 CO East 104th and U.S. 85 Intersection: Study,

design, and construction of needed improvements to intersection ...................................... $664,000

947 FL Widen West Virginia Drive from Floresta

Drive to U.S. 1 in St. Lucie ............................ $2,400,000

948 ID Widen U.S. 95 in Idaho from Jct. SH 1 to Canadian Border .................................................. $2,400,000

949 IL Engineering of the Willow Creek Trail Extension from Rock Cut State Park to the Long

Prairie Trail ..................................................... $160,000

950 CA Widen Interstate 8 overpass at Dogwood Road,

Imperial County .............................................. $1,698,000

951 CA Improve bridge 58–7 on SR 115 that crosses

the Alamo River in Holtville and also project

design and environmental analysis of a new

bridge over the same river ............................. $800,000

952 ID Widen U.S. 95 from Worley to Mica Creek,

Idaho ................................................................. $2,400,000

953 MI Complete the 2 segments of U.S. 127 from

Ithaca to St. Johns to a limited access freeway ................................................................... $4,000,000

954 CA Construct a new interchange where I–15

meets Cajalco Road in Corona, CA ................ $8,000,000

955 OH Construct interchange at CR 80 on IR 77 near

Dover ................................................................ $5,000,000

956 TX Colonial Drive Project, Cleburne ....................... $1,200,000

957 NC Widen and improve I–85 through Cabarrus

County from U.S. 29/49 to 29/601 .................. $6,400,000

958 NC U.S. 401 from Raleigh to Fayetteville ............... $3,200,000

959 GA Construct and Improve Westside Parkway,

Northern Section, in Fulton County .............. $3,200,000

960 NY City of Peeskill, NY Street Resurfacing Program, Hudson Avenue .................................... $104,000

961 CA Construction of CA 101 Auxiliary Lanes,

Marsh Rd. to Santa Clara County Line ........ $1,800,000

962 NY For the acquisition of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities and operation of ferry service

from Rockland County-Yonkers-Manhattan $1,200,000

963 IL For engineering, right-of-way acquisition and

reconstruction of two existing lanes on Arsenal Road from Baseline Rd. to Rt. 53 ............ $1,700,000

964 PA For the Scranton City Redevelopment Authority to design, engineer, acquire ROW and

construct streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting and safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign .............................. $2,000,000

965 FL Construct landscaped sidewalks, bus lanes, pedestrian/bicycle paths, vehicular lanes, City

of Plantation .................................................... $1,228,833

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Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

966 NY Improve Route 17—Access Control, Elmira to

Chemung .......................................................... $2,000,000

967 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign in Plymouth Borough, Luzerne County ..................................... $160,000

968 ID Improve SH 75 from Timmerman to Ketchum $4,800,000

969 OR Improve U.S. 97 from Modoc Point to Algoma $1,600,000

970 SD Construct an interchange on I–90 at Marion

Road west of Sioux Falls ................................ $5,600,000

971 CA Realign First St. between Mission Rd. and

Clarence St. in Los Angeles ............................ $1,000,000

972 MO Relocation of Route 13 Branson West Bypass .. $4,160,000

973 IL Resurfacing Congress Parkway The Illinois

Department of Transportation ....................... $400,000

974 RI Establish interchange between Route 4 and

Interstate 95 .................................................... $4,800,000

975 TX Improvements to FM 676 in Alton .................... $400,000

976 MA Reconstruction of Goddard Memorial Drive

from State Route 9 to Airport Drive, Worcester ..................................................................... $900,000

977 FL Homestead, FL Widening of SW 320 Street

(Mowry Drive) from Flagler Avenue to SW

187 Avenue ...................................................... $2,000,000

978 CT Broad Street Reconstruction Project in New

Britain .............................................................. $2,000,000

979 PA Construct Johnsonburg Bypass ......................... $3,520,000

980 CT Construct Valley Service Road Extension,

North Haven .................................................... $1,600,000

981 VA Construction of transportation related enhancements and infrastructure of the VMFA

project ............................................................... $800,000

982 MI Reconstruct and Widen I–94 in Kalamazoo, MI $12,800,000

983 MD Land Acquisition for Highway Mitigation in

Cecil and Worcester Counties, MD ................ $15,600,000

984 CA Construct overpass on Central Ave. at the railroad crossing in Newark ................................. $600,000

985 IL City of Bartonville, Street widening and improvements and sidewalk improvements ...... $762,058

986 OH Construct Williamsburg, Ohio to Batavia, Ohio

Hike, and Bike Trail ....................................... $240,000

987 IL The continuation of U.S. Route 12 from the

Wisconsin State line to the intersection of

Tryon Grove Road, Route 12 and Illinois

State Route 31 ................................................. $2,400,000

988 FL U.S. 17–92 and French Ave. Roundabout, Sanford ................................................................... $400,000

989 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking, and roadway redesign in Hanover

Township, Luzerne County ............................. $160,000

990 MI Reduction from 3.5 miles of travel to 1.0 mile

of travel crossing over the Tittabawassee

River on Meridian Road .................................. $2,400,000

991 ID Widen U.S. 95 from Top of Lewiston Hill to

Moscow, Idaho ................................................. $1,600,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1295

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

992 TX Construct a pedestrian/bicycle trail in the Sunnyside area of Houston ................................... $750,000

993 TX Construct remaining 800-foot 4-lane divided

thoroughfare for Preston Rd. segment between Beltway 8 and Genoa Red Bluff Rd .... $928,000

994 ............................................................................... $0

995 SC Medical University of South Carolina Roadway

Enhancement ................................................... $3,200,000

996 PA Acquisition of adjacent property to planned

Park-n-Ride at Kressler and Hamilton Boulevards in Wescosville, PA .............................. $2,000,000

997 MI Livonia, reconstruct Stark Rd. between Plymouth Rd. and I–96 ........................................... $800,000

998 PA PA Route 309 roadway construction and signalization improvements in Tamaqua Borough .................................................................. $1,600,000

999 MA Union Square Roadway and Streetscape Improvements ....................................................... $400,000

1000 TX Improvements to South McColl Road in Hidalgo County .................................................... $1,920,000

1001 MS Widen U.S. Highway 61 and improve major

intersections, Natchez ..................................... $3,040,000

1002 TX Widen U.S. 82 from 2-lane facility to 4-lane facility from FM 1417 in Sherman, TX to U.S.

69 in Bells, TX ................................................. $3,600,000

1003 TX Widen U.S. 79, from FM 1512 near Jewett to

IH–45 to a 4-lane divided highway ................ $1,600,000

1004 TN Construct shoulder and turn lane on SR 35 in

Seymour, Tennessee ........................................ $1,200,000

1005 NE Construction of Heartland Expressway between Alliance and Minatare, NE ................. $6,000,000

1006 WA Pedestrian Sidewalk Construction in Snohomish .................................................................. $140,000

1007 TN North Second Street Corridor Upgrade, Memphis ................................................................... $1,600,000

1008 OH Purchase High Speed Ferries for Black River

Excursion Boat Service, Lorain ...................... $600,000

1009 MD MD4 at Suitland Parkway ................................. $3,200,000

1010 OK Widen U.S. 60 from approximately 2 miles

east of the U.S. 60/US 75 interchange east

approximately 5.5 miles .................................. $1,600,000

1011 NC Widen U.S. 401 from Wake County to

Louisburg ......................................................... $2,400,000

1012 PA CUPSS, Pennsylvania, Urban Maglev Demonstration Test Project .................................... $4,000,000

1013 TX Widen U.S. 287 Bypass at Ennis from two to

four lanes ......................................................... $6,400,000

1014 KY Widen U.S. 27 from KY 34 to U.S. 150 Bypass,

Garrard County and Lincoln County ............. $1,600,000

1015 MN Right-of-way acquisition for Mississippi River

Bridge connecting I–94 and U.S. 10 between

U.S. 169 and TH 101 ...................................... $800,000

1016 WI Rehabilitate Highway 53 between Chippewa

Falls and New Auburn .................................... $3,200,000

1017 IL Widen U.S. Route 67 from Macomb to Illinois

101 .................................................................... $1,600,000

1018 IL Widen U.S. Route 51 from Pana to Vandalia ... $2,400,000

1019 IL Widen U.S. Route 34 from U.S. 67 to Carmen

Road .................................................................. $3,200,000

119 STAT. 1296 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1020 WA Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall ................... $11,200,000

1021 NJ East Coast Greenway bicycle and pedestrian

path from New Brunswick to Hudson River $800,000

1022 FL Construct bicycle and pedestrian underpass

and park under I–95, Miami .......................... $1,200,000

1023 CA Implement Van Nuys Road and Safety Improvements ....................................................... $400,000

1024 FL New systems interchange ramps at SR 417

and Boggy Creek Road in Orange County,

FL ..................................................................... $6,400,000

1025 NY Reconstruction of Tappan Street Bridge in

Town of Newark Valley .................................. $800,000

1026 IL Widen Rakow Road from Ackman Road to IL

Rt. 31 in McHenry County, Illinois ............... $5,720,000

1027 IL Widen U.S. Route 30 from Rock Falls to

Round Grove, Whiteside County .................... $400,000

1028 TN Bristol, Tennessee highway-RR grade crossing

improvement—Cedar Street ........................... $40,000

1029 IL Perform Broadway and Sheridan Road signal

interconnect project, Chicago ......................... $1,200,000

1030 IL Widen U.S. Highway 30 in Whiteside County,

Illinois .............................................................. $800,000

1031 WI Rehabilitate existing bridge and construct new

bridge on Michigan Street in Sturgeon Bay,

Wisconsin ......................................................... $5,600,000

1032 ME Replacement of the Route 201–A ‘‘covered’’

bridge, Norridgewock ...................................... $3,000,000

1033 AR Widen to four lanes, improvement, and other

development to U.S. Highway 167 from LA

State line north to I–530 ................................ $5,000,000

1034 PA Widen the Route 412 corridor from I–78 into

the City of Bethlehem ..................................... $8,000,000

1035 HI Construct access road for Kahului Airport ....... $800,000

1036 IL Improve Highway-Railroad Crossings, Galesburg .................................................................. $600,000

1037 MN Sauk Rapids Bridge and Roadway Replacement in Sauk Rapids, MN .............................. $4,800,000

1038 TN Construct Transportation and Heritage Museum in Townsend, Tennessee ....................... $800,000

1039 CA Widen State Route 98, including storm drain

developments, from Kloke Road to State

Route 111, Calexico ......................................... $2,400,000

1040 CA Widen State Route 98 from Route 111 to State

Route 7, Calexico ............................................. $4,000,000

1041 GA Construction of bypass around town of Hiram,

from SR 92 to U.S. 278, Paulding County,

Georgia ............................................................. $1,600,000

1042 TX Construction of the interchanges at BI20 and

IH20 for JBS Parkway .................................... $2,000,000

1043 CA Widen State Route 46 between Airport Road

and the Shandon Rest Stop in San Luis

Obispo County ................................................. $33,461,000

1044 TN Widen State Route 4 (U.S. 78) from Mississippi State Line to Getwell Road (SR 176)

in Memphis, Shelby County ........................... $800,000

1045 MI Baraga County, Reconstruction of county primary road on Bayshore Drive from Haanpaa

Road northerly 1.7 miles to Whirligig Road $600,000

1046 NY Town of Warwick, NY walking and biking trail $400,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1297

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No. State Project Description Amount

1047 AK Bridge over Fish Creek in Matanuska-Susitna

Borough ............................................................ $1,000,000

1048 GA GA 400 and McGinnis Ferry Road Interchange, Forsyth County, GA .......................... $2,400,000

1049 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in Kings County .......................................... $600,000

1050 NY Reconfigure road through FDR VA Hospital to

provide access to Battery Place in Town of

Cortlandt .......................................................... $316,000

1051 CA Widen State Route 262, replace two railroad

overpass structures, and rebuild on and off

ramps between SR 262 and Kato Rd. in Fremont ................................................................. $3,200,000

1052 TN Widen State Route 101 in Cumberland County

from two lane highway to five lanes between

State Routes 282 (Dunbar Road) and 392 in

Crossville .......................................................... $6,400,000

1053 FL Widen State Road 50 in Lake County, Florida $5,600,000

1054 AZ Construct a passing lane between the north

end of Lake Havasu City to I–40 ................... $1,600,000

1055 GA Widen SR 85 from SR 74 to County Route 126

Bernhard Road, Fayette County, Georgia ..... $2,400,000

1056 CT Construct New arterial roadway from Barnum

Avenue north to proposed Lake Success

Business Park in Bridgeport, CT ................... $8,000,000

1057 MI M–13 Washington Avenue Streetscape Project.

Phase II of High Priority Project 192 in Public Law 105–550, City of Saginaw .................. $1,200,000

1058 TX Improvements to FM 716 in Duval County ...... $800,000

1059 NY Town of Chester Surrey Meadow subdivision

road improvements .......................................... $240,000

1060 PA Cresheim Valley Drive Revitalization project

involving scenic enhancements and pedestrian safety improvements from Lincoln

Drive to Navajo Street .................................... $880,000

1061 NC Transportation Improvements at Piedmont

Triad Research Park, Winston-Salem, NC .... $2,400,000

1062 MO Upgrade and partially relocate MO Rt. 141

from I–64 to Rt. 340 ........................................ $2,880,000

1063 NY Construct Millennium Parkway in the Towns

of Dunkirk and Sheridan ................................ $8,400,000

1064 AZ Construct the Rio Salado Parkway to connect

I–10 and Loop 202 freeways to 7th Street in

downtown Phoenix .......................................... $6,400,000

1065 TN Improving Vehicle Efficiencies at At-Grade

highway-Railroad Crossing in Lenoir City,

TN ..................................................................... $83,200

1066 NJ Replacement of Monmouth County bridges W–

7, W–8, and W–9 ............................................. $2,400,000

1067 OK U.S. 54, Widen U.S. 54 from North of Optima

Northeast to Kansas State Line, Texas

County, OK ...................................................... $800,000

1068 FL Widen Palm Coast Parkway and I–95 interchange and overpass, Flagler County, Florida ..................................................................... $2,320,000

1069 FL Delray Beach Federal Highway pedestrian improvements SE 4th Street to NE 4th Street $1,600,000

1070 WI Expand Highway 10 between Marshfield and

Stevens Point ................................................... $16,000,000

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1071 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety including in the vicinity of IS R72/PS R69 ....... $250,000

1072 TN Upgrade roads for Slack Water Port facility

and industrial park Lake County .................. $1,500,000

1073 AK Emergency evacuation road at Point Hope in

North Slope Borough ....................................... $3,000,000

1074 MI Construct railroad grade separation on M–85

(Fort Street) North of Van Horn Road, Trenton ..................................................................... $1,600,000

1075 IL Land acquisition, engineering, and construction for the initial 2-lane segments of the

Corridor between IL 31 to IL 25 and other

segments of the Corridor as appropriate ....... $4,000,000

1076 PA Modernize traffic signals, complete minor

roadway realignment, and improve channelization at U.S. 322 and PA 10 intersection ... $384,000

1077 KS Construction of a 4-lane access controlled improvement for 4 miles on US 54/400 in Pratt

County .............................................................. $8,548,800

1078 IN Upgrade rail crossing at 93rd Avenue, St.

John .................................................................. $160,000

1079 FL Widen SR 710 by 2 lanes from Congress Avenue to U.S. 1 .................................................... $2,400,000

1080 GA Widen SR 234/Gillionville Road from Eight

Mile Road to Lockett Station, Dougherty

County .............................................................. $800,000

1081 CA Widen SR 12 to four lanes through Jamieson

Canyon (between I–80 and SR 29) for safety

concerns and economic growth ....................... $6,400,000

1082 GA Widen SR 104 from SR 383/Belaire Road to

CR 515/Cumberland Drive (including

bridges) in Columbia County .......................... $3,200,000

1083 IN Study Traffic on Muncie By-Pass from Centennial Avenue to McGalliard Road in the City

of Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana .... $96,000

1084 FL Construct U.S. 17–92 improvements,

Maitland, Florida ............................................ $1,200,000

1085 CA Widen South Main St.-Soda Bay Rd. between

CR 400A (mile marker 0.0-mile marker 0.7)

and CR 502 (mile marker 0.0 and 0.9) .......... $3,200,000

1086 VA Replacement of the 635 Bridge in Orange

County, VA ....................................................... $400,000

1087 TX Construct Loop 20 in Laredo ............................. $1,600,000

1088 IA Construct SE Connector/Martin Luther King,

Jr., Pkwy, Des Moines .................................... $7,200,000

1089 FL Construction and Design of Miami River

Greenway Road Improvements and 5th

Street Improvements ...................................... $1,600,000

1090 TX Widen SH 317 from two lanes to four lane divided facility .................................................... $1,600,000

1091 TX Widen SH 205 from two lanes to a six lane

urban divided highway from North of SH 66

to proposed SH 276 ......................................... $800,000

1092 CA Widen Santa Maria River Bridge on U.S.

Highway 101 between Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County ..................... $2,720,000

1093 CA Widen San Fernando Road North, including

streetscape projects, Sylmar ........................... $848,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1299

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1094 PA Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation

Project U.S. 15: $5 million for the final design ................................................................... $4,880,000

1095 NJ Construct Rt. 49 Cohansey River Bridge Replacement, Cumberland County ..................... $2,400,000

1096 ME Construction and snowmobile safety accommodations for Route 116 Bridge, Medway .... $4,000,000

1097 MI Construct pedestrian trail and bridge in

Kearsley Park in Flint .................................... $80,000

1098 IA Coralville, IA Implementation of final phase of

Safety Improvements Project from 12th Ave.

to 22nd Ave ...................................................... $1,600,000

1099 IL Expand and improve Illinois Route 47 Roadway from Reed Road to Kreutzer Road in

Huntley, Illinois ............................................... $5,720,000

1100 NY Build Route 15, Pennsylvania to Presho ........... $20,000,000

1101 GA I–285 Riverside interchange reconstruction,

Fulton County, Georgia .................................. $1,600,000

1102 MN Construct 3 segments of Cuyuna Lakes Trails,

Crow Wing County .......................................... $1,200,000

1103 WA Improve I–5 interchange at 134th Street in

Clark County ................................................... $10,772,000

1104 GA Construct Pedestrian Safety Improvements on

Buford Hwy (SR 13), Dekalb County ............. $2,400,000

1105 DC 11th St. Bridges, Rehabilitation of structures

as well as new ramps to provide for traffic

at Navy Yard, Southeast Federal Ctr., and

Gateway Government Ctr ............................... $17,600,000

1106 MO Improve U.S. 36 to divided four lane expressway from Macon to Route 24 .......................... $8,000,000

1107 VA Mill Road Slip Ramp .......................................... $400,000

1108 NY Construct sidewalks and curbing on Tate Avenue in Village of Buchanan ............................ $300,000

1109 MI Delta County, Widen, pulverize, improve

drainage at County Rd. 497 from U.S. 2 at

Nahma Junction southerly 4.75 miles to the

village of Nahma ............................................. $589,920

1110 UT Construction of 200 North Street highway-rail

graded crossing separation, Kaysville, Utah $3,200,000

1111 FL Kennedy Blvd. Reconstruction, Eatonville ....... $1,600,000

1112 VA Improvements to public roadways within the

campus boundaries of the Virginia Biotechnology Park, Richmond, VA ..................... $2,400,000

1113 VA Install Transpiration Critical Incident Mobile

Data Collection Device in Charlottesville ..... $94,720

1114 NY Ithaca, Design and construct pedestrian and

bicycle path ...................................................... $435,200

1115 AZ Navajo Mountain Road on the Navajo Nation $1,000,000

1116 PA Expansion of existing PA Turnpike ITS System .................................................................... $3,280,000

1117 TX Construction of ferryboat for City of Port

Aransas ............................................................ $320,000

1118 NY Project will rehabilitate and reopen historic

High Bridge, which crosses the Harlem

River between Manhattan and the Bronx ..... $4,000,000

1119 NJ Route 17 Congestion Improvements and Widening, from Williams Avenue to the Garden

State Parkway and Route 4 in Bergen County ....................................................................... $9,600,000

119 STAT. 1300 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1120 IN Design and construct Tanner Creek Bridge on

U.S. 50, Dearborn County Indiana ................ $992,000

1121 NC Environmental studies and construction of

U.S. 74 Monroe Bypass Extension ................. $4,800,000

1122 OH Construct Pedestrian Bridge from east of Dock

32 to Voinovich Park southwest corner,

Cleveland ......................................................... $1,712,000

1123 GA Extension of Sugarloaf Parkway, Gwinnett

County .............................................................. $2,400,000

1124 ME Construct bicycle and pedestrian bridge over

Stillwater River, Orono ................................... $1,000,000

1125 IL For widening from two to four lanes, the

Brookmont Boulevard Viaduct in Kankakee,

IL and adjusting approach grades ................. $800,000

1126 GA I–285 SR 400 interchange reconstruction and

HOV interchange, Fulton County, Georgia ... $800,000

1127 MN Construct a road between Highway 332 and

TH 11 including a signalized rail road crossing, Koochiching County ................................. $240,000

1128 MO Hanley Road from I–64 to south of State

Route 100, St. Louis County .......................... $8,000,000

1129 AL Expand SR 167 from Troy, AL to Enterprise,

AL ..................................................................... $2,400,000

1130 MN Construction of primary and secondary access

roadways to the Duluth Air National Guard

Base, City of Duluth ....................................... $3,400,000

1131 CT Construct high-speed rail crossing to bike and

pedestrian trails-Enfield, CT .......................... $3,440,000

1132 TX Expansion of Port Rd. at Northbound Frontage

Rd. of SH 146 east to intersection with

Cruise Terminal Rd. to 6-lane section with

raised median .................................................. $9,552,000

1133 TN Constuct Western Bypass from Zinc Plant

Road to Dotsonville Road, Montgomery

County .............................................................. $2,720,000

1134 CA Improvements to State Route 67/State Route

52 interchange ................................................. $4,000,000

1135 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, Springfield .............................................. $200,000

1136 TX Expansion of Daniel McCall Dr., Lufkin, TX ... $2,200,000

1137 NY Rehabilitate the Pines Bridge Road and Lake

Avenue and Ryder Road, in Ossining, Yorktown, and New Castle ..................................... $2,212,000

1138 CA Construct Valley Boulevard Drainage Improvements, El Monte ..................................... $600,000

1139 NJ Route 82 Union County Streetscape and Intersection Improvements ..................................... $800,000

1140 NY Short Clove Road Rail Overpass, Haverstraw .. $800,000

1141 FL Construct Atlantic Boulevard Improvements,

Key West, Florida ............................................ $800,000

1142 CA Implement intelligent management and logistics measures to improve freight movement,

Gateway Cities ................................................ $2,400,000

1143 WI Expand U.S. 45 between CTH G and Winchester, Winnebago County, WI ..................... $4,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1301

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1144 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to enhance citywide truck route system on LIE

Eastbound Service Road at 74th Street to

Caldwell Ave, Grand Ave. from 69th Street

to Flushing Ave, and Eliot Ave. from 69th

Street to Woodhaven Blvd .............................. $100,000

1145 IA Construct IA–32 Arterial from U.S. 20 in Dubuque Co, IA to U.S. 61 and U.S. 151 ........... $15,200,000

1146 HI Kapolei Transportation Improvements, Island

of Oahu ............................................................. $800,000

1147 NY 125th Street Corridor Improvements from Old

Broadway to Marginal Street/Waterfront,

New York City ................................................. $11,200,000

1148 CA Los Angeles Regional Diesel Emissions Reduction Program For Engine Retrofit, Gateway

Cities ................................................................ $400,000

1149 IL Reconstruct intersection of Wood Dale and Irving Park roads in DuPage County, IL ......... $11,440,000

1150 GA Social Circle bypass completion, from Stanford

Road to SR 11, Social Circle ........................... $2,400,000

1151 GA Streetscape Project to install sidewalks and bicycle trails, Gray ............................................. $500,000

1152 MO Reconstruction of the Tucker Street Bridge in

the City of St. Louis ........................................ $5,600,000

1153 PA Bethlehem Pike improvements from Valley

Green Road to South of Gordon Lane,

Springfield Township ...................................... $800,000

1154 GA Construct I–75 I–575 HOV interchange, Cobb

County, Georgia ............................................... $480,000

1155 IL Construct multi-use pedestrian path between

Oakton St. and Dempster St., Skokie ............ $200,000

1156 AZ Construct link from Twin Peaks Road to I–10

and Linda Vista Blvd. including bridge over

Santa Cruz River and overpass of Union Pacific Rail Road .................................................. $4,800,000

1157 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Newport Township, Luzerne County ...................................... $160,000

1158 VA Fries Train Station and Trail—Restoration of

former train station for use as visitors center and construction of trail along New

River ................................................................. $800,000

1159 PA Construction SR 3024, Middle Creek Bridge II,

South Canaan, Wayne County ....................... $560,000

1160 WI Expand U.S. 141 between SH 22 and SH 64

(Oconto and Marinette Counties, Wisconsin) $1,600,000

1161 IL Development of a coordinated trail system,

parking and trial systems in Dixon, IL ......... $2,560,000

1162 PA Installation of comprehensive signage system

across 1700 acres of urban parks in Pittsburgh ................................................................ $720,000

1163 GA Interstate 75/Windy Hill Road Interchange ..... $1,600,000

1164 NJ Bridge replacement and SR 31 widening over

the Raritan Valley Line in Glen Gardner,

Hampton, Hunterdon County ......................... $800,000

119 STAT. 1302 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1165 VA Bristol Train Station—Historic preservation

and rehabilitation of former Bristol, VA

train station ..................................................... $400,000

1166 CO I–25 Improvements—Douglas—Arapahoe

County Line to El Paso County Line ............. $4,800,000

1167 TN Reconstruct connection with Hermitage Avenue to Cumberland River Bluff in Nashville $400,000

1168 IL For Village of Lemont to construct a bridge

over Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal linking Centennial Trail to I&M Canal Trail ...... $80,000

1169 OH Construct roadway improvement along State

Route 62 in Berlin ........................................... $100,000

1170 NY Reconstruction and improvements of University Avenue and the extension of the

ARTWalk project, Rochester .......................... $1,600,000

1171 NH Reconstruction and Improvements to NH

Route 110 in Berlin ......................................... $1,600,000

1172 PA Route 6 Resurfacing from Mansfield Borough

in Richmond Township to the Village of

Mainesburg in Sullivan Township ................. $1,200,000

1173 WA SR 167—Right-of-way acquisition for a new

freeway connecting SR 509 to SR 161 ........... $2,000,000

1174 MD I–70: Frederick .................................................... $1,600,000

1175 NY Planning, Design, ROW and Construction of

Fort Drum Connector Road ............................ $5,200,000

1176 CA Study and construct highway alternatives between Orange and Riverside Counties, directed by the Riverside Orange Corridor Authority working with local government agencies, local transp. authorities, and guided by

the current MIS ............................................... $3,200,000

1177 CA Fresno County, CA Widen Friant Road to four

lanes with class II bicycle lanes ..................... $1,200,000

1178 MO Study for Highway 160 and Kansas Expressway Corridor .................................................... $1,600,000

1179 FL Construct Route 9B from U.S. 1 to Route 9A

(I–295) to the Duval County line ................... $4,000,000

1180 PA Design, const. widening of PA 94 from YorkAdams County line to Elm Street in Hanover, PA ............................................................ $2,400,000

1181 CA Improvement of intersection at Burbank Blvd.

and Woodley Ave ............................................. $128,000

1182 TX Port of Beaumont Southside Intermodal

Project .............................................................. $5,190,400

1183 WA Perform final interchange design and property

acquisition at Fleshman Way where it

crosses SR 129, that enhances safety and

passenger and freight mobility and reduces

congestion ......................................................... $840,000

1184 WA Roosevelt Extension at Urban Avenue to Cameron Way in Mount Vernon ............................ $3,200,000

1185 NJ Hazel Street reconstruction, Passaic County ... $3,200,000

1186 FL Improvements to Eller Drive including rightof-way acquisition and construction of return

loop connector .................................................. $800,000

1187 MO Study Highway 37–60 Entire Corridor ............. $2,000,000

1188 TX The District-Tyler Outer Loop 49 Construction $5,184,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1303

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1189 PA Tidal Schuylkill Riverfront project consists of

an eight mile bike and pedestrian recreation

trail from Locust Street to Historic Bartram’s Gardens ................................................ $1,344,000

1190 NY Town of Fishkill reconstruct Maple Ave ........... $19,600

1191 IL For IDOT to expedite pre-construction and

construction to widen I–55 from Naperville

Road south to I–80 .......................................... $2,800,000

1192 UT 200 East Minor Arterial, Logan City, Utah ...... $720,000

1193 NJ Construct I–287, I–80, Route 202 Interchange $800,000

1194 NY Design and construction of Fulton Street from

Clinton Avenue to Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York .................................................. $4,480,000

1195 TX Port of Corpus Christi Joe Fulton International Trade Corridor for congestion and

safety enhancements ....................................... $400,000

1196 MO Renovations and Enhancements on the Bicycle

Pedestrian Facility on the Old Chain of

Rocks Bridge spanning the Mississippi River $640,000

1197 CT Construct Shoreline Greenway Trail, Guilford,

Branford, East Haven ..................................... $1,600,000

1198 NJ Transportation Improvements in Liberty Corridor .................................................................. $4,000,000

1199 OH Construct SR 104 into a 4 lane facility with a

turning lane in Ross County .......................... $6,000,000

1200 MO Construct 2 lanes on Hwy 45 from Hwy 9 to

Graden Road in Platte County ....................... $2,400,000

1201 MS Plan and Construct Highway 45 Bypass in Columbus .............................................................. $2,400,000

1202 PA Reconstruct Hwy and replace of bridge on U.S.

422 between the Berks County Line and the

Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Chester

Counties ........................................................... $1,200,000

1203 FL Construct SR 20 connection to SR 100 via CR

309–C, Putnam County, Florida .................... $3,440,000

1204 OH Road and related pedestrian improvements at

SR 283 in the Village of Grand River, OH .... $80,000

1205 NY Road infrastructure projects to improve commercial access in the Towns of Malta and

Stillwater and the Village of Round Lake,

Saratoga County, New York ........................... $6,520,000

1206 NY Replace structurally deficient bridge over the

Pocantico River, the Village of Pleasantville $800,000

1207 IL Complete Heavy Truck Loop for DuQuoin Industrial Park .................................................... $500,000

1208 MD Construction and dualization of U.S. 113 ......... $12,000,000

1209 GA Streetscape-Quitman .......................................... $160,000

1210 NY Town of New Windsor Toleman and Station

Roads Reconstruction and area Improvements ................................................................ $592,000

1211 ............................................................................... $0

1212 WA Design and construct pedestrian land bridge

spanning SR 14 ............................................... $2,000,000

1213 MI Construction of Greenways in Pittsfield Charter Township—2.5 miles to existing Ann

Arbor Greenways, Pittsfield Charter Township ................................................................... $239,200

119 STAT. 1304 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1214 CA Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy—

Plan and Implement Trails and Bikeways

Plan for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Presidio .................................. $5,000,000

1215 NY State of NY Village of Kiryas Joel sidewalk

project ............................................................... $600,000

1216 ............................................................................... $0

1217 IL Transportation Enhancement and road improvements necessary for Downtown Plaza

improvements in Jacksonville, IL .................. $762,058

1218 CA Upgrade and reconstruct I–580/Vasco Road

Interchange, City of Livermore ...................... $2,000,000

1219 TX Build Bike Trail at Chacon Creek in Laredo .... $3,300,000

1220 UT 3200 South Project, Nibley, Utah ...................... $800,000

1221 NJ Expand Route 440—State Street Interchange

in Perth Amboy ............................................... $4,000,000

1222 GA Improvement and construction of SR 40 from

east of St. Marys cutoff at mile post 5.0,

Charlton County to County Route 61, Camden County, Georgia ....................................... $800,000

1223 PA Erie, PA Regional upgrades to urban-rural corridors ................................................................ $1,280,000

1224 GA Georgia Construct Three Greenway Trail

Project, Dekalb County ................................... $1,600,000

1225 FL Cross Creek Boulevard Widening ...................... $1,440,000

1226 MD Implement Intelligent Transportation System

in Baltimore ..................................................... $1,120,000

1227 OH Construct an access road into the industrial

park near SR 209 and CR 345 in Guernsey

County .............................................................. $800,000

1228 CA Improve the Rosecrans Ave. and Alondra Blvd.

bridges over the San Gabriel River in Bellflower ................................................................ $40,000

1229 PA Independence National Historic Park scenic

enhancement and pedestrian walkways improvement project in conjunction with the

park’s Executive Mansion Exhibit ................. $3,600,000

1230 CA Modesto, Riverbank and Oakdale, CA Improve

SR 219 to 4-lanes ............................................ $1,600,000

1231 ME Modifications to Exit 7/I–295 and to Franklin

Arterial, Portland ............................................ $180,000

1232 KY Replace Bridge and Approaches on Searcy

School Road over Beaver Creek, Anderson

County .............................................................. $700,000

1233 NJ Route 22 Sustainable Corridor Plan ................. $2,400,000

1234 NY Conduct studies, if necessary, and construct

the High Line Trail Project, New York City $4,000,000

1235 WA Install dual left turn lanes and intersection

signal modifications at SR 432 and Columbia Blvd ............................................................ $1,750,000

1236 OK Transportaion enhancements for Highway 19

from Ada to Stratford ..................................... $2,400,000

1237 CA I–15/Base Line Road Interchange Project, Rancho Cucamonga, California ............................. $4,000,000

1238 SC Build Interchange at U.S. 17 and Bowman

Road in Mount Pleasant, SC .......................... $4,800,000

1239 CA Complete Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic

Trail between Monterey and Santa Cruz

counties ............................................................ $5,800,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1305

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1240 NY Improve Hospital Road Bridge between CR 99

and CR 101, Patchogue ................................... $4,800,000

1241 NV Construct Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.—Industrial Rd. Connector .................................... $8,000,000

1242 MI I–96 Beck, Wixom Road Interchange, design,

ROW, and construction ................................... $2,400,000

1243 IA Muscatine, IA Construction of 4.2 mile multipurpose trail from Musser Park to Weggens

Road .................................................................. $400,000

1244 GA Historic preservation of a city bus station in

downtown Eastman ......................................... $160,000

1245 TX Construction of internal roads at Port of

Brownsville to make roads safer with less

wear and tear .................................................. $2,000,000

1246 NY NYSDOT Route 55 turning lane at Gardner

Hollow Road ..................................................... $400,000

1247 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, Lewisburg ............................................... $80,000

1248 TX Reconstruct Danieldale Rd. from I–35E to

Houston School Rd. in Lancaster ................... $1,600,000

1249 CT Relocation of Edmond Road in Newtown and

construction of additional turning lanes at

Rte 6 and Commerce and Edmond Rds ......... $1,600,000

1250 OH Construction of Interchange at State Route 8

and Seasons Road, Stow, OH ......................... $1,200,000

1251 NJ North Avenue-Route 1 Elizabeth Pedestrian

and Bicycle Project .......................................... $60,000

1252 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Morris, AL ......... $106,666

1253 NY Preliminary design and environmental impact

study for a collector-distributor road along

I–95 from Westchester Ave. to Bartow Ave .. $7,360,000

1254 NJ Replacement of Signals at the Intersections of

Centennial Ave. at Lincoln Ave. and Walnut

Ave. at Lincoln Ave., Cranford, NJ ................ $392,000

1255 KS Replacement or rehabilitation of the Amelia

Earhart U.S. 59 Bridge in Atchison County,

Kansas .............................................................. $2,000,000

1256 ............................................................................... $0

1257 CA Central Galt and State Route 99 Interchange

and Access Improvements .............................. $2,400,000

1258 OH Construction of Roadways and transportation

improvements for downtown Springfield,

Ohio .................................................................. $3,560,000

1259 KY Reconstruct KY 89 from Irvine Bypass to 2000

Feet North of Estill County High School, Estill County ........................................................ $600,000

1260 NY Town of East Fishkill new construction Bypass

road ................................................................... $640,000

1261 CA Establish new grade separation at Sunset Ave.

in Banning ....................................................... $1,600,000

1262 CT Construct and Widen Stamford Rail Underpass and Road Realignment Project .............. $800,000

1263 TN Hamblen County, Tennessee U.S. 11E (SR 34)

interchange improvements ............................. $800,000

1264 IL Implement ITS and congestion Mitigation

Project on I–294 and I–90 .............................. $3,200,000

1265 AZ Design and construction of roadway improvements on U.S. 60 from 67th Avenue to

McDowell .......................................................... $1,600,000

119 STAT. 1306 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1266 TX Hike and bike trail will tie into the Gellhorn

Drive project providing an improved

multimodal transportation facility ................. $800,000

1267 OH Jackson Township, Ohio—Hill and Dales Road

widening ........................................................... $1,600,000

1268 SC Build 701 Connector (Southern Conway Bypass) in SC ....................................................... $4,000,000

1269 MN Reconstruct I–694 White Bear Avenue (CSAH

65) Interchange in White Bear Lake ............. $400,000

1270 WI Replace 17th Street Lift Bridge, Two Rivers,

Wisconsin ......................................................... $6,000,000

1271 MA Route 116 and Bay Road Intersection Improvements-Amherst ................................................ $3,200,000

1272 IL Streetscape improvements on Blue Island from

19th-21st St, Chicago ...................................... $800,000

1273 TN Construct and improve intersections in Niota,

Tennessee ......................................................... $80,000

1274 CA Upgrade Bellflower intersections at Alondra

Blvd. and at Rosecrans Ave. in Bellflower .... $280,000

1275 NJ Construct Riverbank Park Bike Trail, Kearny $2,000,000

1276 NC Install ITS on U.S. 52 in Forsyth County ......... $320,000

1277 MD Construction and dualization of MD 404 in

Queen Anne, Talbot and Caroline Counties $5,600,000

1278 NY Land acquisition and improvements on Louisa

Street, Peekskill, NY ....................................... $740,000

1279 IL Upgrade connector road from IL Rt. I–255 to

IL Rt. 3, Sauget ............................................... $1,920,000

1280 NJ Reconstruction of Route 46/Route 3/Valley Rd/

Notch Rd. Interchange .................................... $9,600,000

1281 MS Upgrade roads in Attala County District 4

(Roads 4211 and 4204), Kosciusko, Ward 3

(U.S. Highway 16), and Ethel (U.S. Highway

12), Attala County ........................................... $800,000

1282 TX Construction of streets in the White Heather

area of Houston ............................................... $9,250,000

1283 MS Upgrade roads in Canton (U.S. Highway 51,

22, 16, and I–55), Madison County ................ $320,000

1284 IA Reconstruction of the Neal Smith Trail, bicycle

and pedestrian, Polk Co .................................. $2,880,000

1285 CA Rehabilitate pavement on Azusa Avenue and

San Gabriel Avenue in Azusa ........................ $400,000

1286 CA South Bay Cities COG Coastal Corridor Transportation Initiative, Phase 3, El Segundo ..... $1,600,000

1287 MS Upgrade roads in Terry, Edwards, Utica and

Bolton, Hinds County ...................................... $1,000,000

1288 FL U.S. 1 six laning from St. Lucie County line to

south of 4th St. in Indian River County, FL $800,000

1289 MD Expand Route 29 in Howard County ................ $5,440,000

1290 WA Issaquah SE Bypass ........................................... $4,000,000

1291 ............................................................................... $0

1292 MD U.S. 220 MD 53 North South Corridor ............. $800,000

1293 NJ Improvements to Clove Road and Long Hill

Road in Little Falls and Upper Mountain

Ave. in Montclair ............................................. $2,800,000

1294 HI Study of East Hawaii Alternative Road, Island

of Hawaii .......................................................... $160,000

1295 FL Town of Southwest Ranches Urban Interchange .............................................................. $1,600,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1307

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1296 CA Long Beach Intelligent Transportation System: Integrate functioning traffic management center that includes the port, transit,

airport as well as the city’s police and fire

departments, Long Beach ............................... $2,400,000

1297 CA Almaden Expressway Improvements between

Branham Lane and Blossom Road, San Jose $2,800,000

1298 AR Construct and rehabilitate University of Arkansas Technology Corridor Enhancement

Project .............................................................. $1,200,000

1299 CO U.S. 550, New Mexico State Line to Durango .. $4,800,000

1300 TX Construct bicycle and pedestrian trails in

Houston’s historic Third Ward ....................... $600,000

1301 NY Village of Cold Spring Main St. sidewalk and

lighting improvements .................................... $200,000

1302 NY Village of Goshen Hatfield Lane reconstruction $200,000

1303 SC Plan and build Interstate 73 from NC line to

Myrtle Beach, SC ............................................ $8,000,000

1304 ............................................................................... $0

1305 FL Construct College Road Improvements, Key

West, Florida ................................................... $400,000

1306 NY West Harlem Waterfront-ferry, intermodal and

street improvements ....................................... $11,200,000

1307 CA Construct sound barriers at the I–805/SR 54

Interchange, National City ............................. $680,000

1308 NY Road projects that develop Access to Port

Byron and Erie Canal ..................................... $1,000,000

1309 FL West Palm Beach, Florida, Flagler Drive Reconfiguration .................................................... $800,000

1310 AL Construct extension of I–565 westward from

existing interchange to existing Tennessee

River bridges at Decatur, AL ......................... $4,000,000

1311 CT Construct Farmington Canal Greenway, City

of New Haven and Hamden ........................... $2,000,000

1312 GA Replace sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and install landscaping, Helena ............................... $320,000

1313 IA Upgrade U.S. 30 Liberty Square in City of

Clinton, Iowa ................................................... $7,600,000

1314 HI Study of Waianae Coast Emergency Access

Road .................................................................. $400,000

1315 NY Westchester County, NY Rehabilitation of Lexington Ave, Mount Kisco ................................ $400,000

1316 CA Widen and Improve County Line Road in

Calimesa ........................................................... $1,600,000

1317 OH Construct turn lane, install traffic light, and

reorient traffic on SR 146 near Bussemer

Lane in Muskingum County ........................... $600,000

1318 RI Restore and Expand Maritime Heritage site in

Bristol ............................................................... $800,000

1319 OH City of Green, Ohio. Lauby Road exit improvements ................................................................ $1,200,000

1320 NY Construct Bicycle Path in Town of Bedford ...... $520,000

1321 CA Compton Arterial Reconstruction and Improvement Program, Compton ....................... $3,200,000

1322 MT Construction of S. 323 from Alzada to Ekalaka

in Carter County ............................................. $9,600,000

1323 IL Improve Great River Road, Mercer County ...... $400,000

1324 FL Normandy Blvd. and Cassat Ave. Transportation Enhancements, Jacksonville ............... $400,000

119 STAT. 1308 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1325 OH North Canton, OH Applegrove St. road widening ................................................................. $2,400,000

1326 MA Design and Build Cape Cod Bike Trail, with

Shining Sea Bikeway, to link core with outer

Cape communities and heavily visited national sites ........................................................ $3,200,000

1327 TN Plan and construct N. Tennessee Boulevard

enhancements .................................................. $400,000

1328 NJ Quinn Road realignment, Clifton ...................... $2,400,000

1329 MO Reconstruct Interstate 44 and Highway 65

Interchange ...................................................... $13,040,000

1330 MN Reconstruct TH 61 from Split Rock River to

Silver Bay including construction of the

Gitchi Gami Spur Trail between the main

trail and Silver Bay Marina along the TH 61

roadway segment ............................................. $9,664,000

1331 KY Reconstruction of KY 259 in Edmonson County from Green River Bridge at Brownsville

to Kyrock Elementary School ......................... $1,200,000

1332 LA Construction of a turn lane expansion along

with signalization at the north bound off

ramp on I–49, at the intersection of U.S. 190 $400,000

1333 AL Expand SR 210 (Ross Clark Circle) from U.S.

231 North to U.S. 231 South in Dothan, AL $3,200,000

1334 MD Construct interchange at MD Route 355 at

Montrose and Randolph Roads in Montgomery County ................................................ $1,600,000

1335 CA Construct new interchange and related road

improvements on U.S. 101 near Airport

Blvd., Salinas ................................................... $1,936,000

1336 PA Construct the French Creek Parkway in

Phoenixville, PA .............................................. $4,000,000

1337 MN Capacity and safety improvements to TH 8,

west of 306th St. to eastern city limits,

Lindstrom ......................................................... $5,760,000

1338 VA Eastern Seaboard Intermodal Transportation

Applications Center (ESITAC) in Hampton

Roads ................................................................ $1,200,000

1339 IL Construct underpass at intersection of Damen/

Fullerton/Elston Avenues, Chicago ................ $4,400,000

1340 AR Highway 165: Railroad Overpass ...................... $1,600,000

1341 FL Implement Snake Road (BIA Route 1281) Widening and Improvements ................................ $800,000

1342 CA Construction of new freeway between I–15 and

U.S. 395, including new interchange at I–15 $4,000,000

1343 OH Lake Township, Ohio. Market Avenue-Lake

Center intersections improvement ................. $1,760,000

1344 CT Construct Quinnipiac Linear Trail, Wallingford ................................................................... $800,000

1345 MI Construction of a hike and bike path from

Riverbends Park, 22 Mile Road, to Stony

Creek Park, 25 Mile Road in Shelby Township ................................................................... $400,000

1346 IN Reconstruct Boston Street, from State Road 2

to Bach St., Larson-Whirlpool St. in

LaPorte, Indiana ............................................. $600,000

1347 OR Improvements to Bandon-Charleston State

Scenic Tour on Randolph Road and North

Bank Lane ........................................................ $4,200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1309

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1348 VA Conduct study of Route 460 Corridor, Virginia $4,000,000

1349 NJ Construct Sparta Stanhope Road Bridge (AKA

Bridge K–07) .................................................... $800,000

1350 KY Reconstruct Turkeyfoot Road, Kenton County,

Kentucky .......................................................... $2,400,000

1351 OH Construct additional lane to alleviate traffic

congestion on U.S. 40 in and adjacent to St.

Clairsville ......................................................... $800,000

1352 CO CO 56th Avenue and Quebec Street Improvements Phase I, Denver .................................... $5,200,000

1353 OH Construct Truck Bypass-Orville, Ohio .............. $4,803,520

1354 PA Conversion of Penn and Park Bridges located

over Spring Run in Altoona, PA into pedestrian bridges .................................................... $40,000

1355 CA Coyote Creek Trail Project—Story Road to

Montague Expressway .................................... $2,000,000

1356 PA Construct Cameron Street Bridge Northumberland County, Pennsylvania .................. $800,000

1357 ............................................................................... $0

1358 OH Medina, Ohio. Guilford Avenue urban road collector pavement reconstruction ...................... $480,000

1359 TN Improvements to I–40 interchange at I–240

East of Memphis (Phase II) ............................ $2,400,000

1360 WY Casper Bypass: Reconstruct Old Yellowstone

Hwy and 2nd St ............................................... $4,000,000

1361 NY Construct sidewalks and roadway improvements on Oscawana Lake Road in the Town

of Putnam Valley ............................................. $480,000

1362 LA Engineering and right-of-way acquisition for

I–49 Corridor through Lafayette, LA ............ $8,000,000

1363 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Edwardsville

Borough, Luzerne County ............................... $160,000

1364 IL Foster Avenue at Kedzie Avenue Streetscape .. $1,600,000

1365 WV Construct I–73/74 High Priority Corridor, Mercer Co ............................................................... $8,960,000

1366 NY Improve Long and Short Beach Road, Southampton ............................................................. $2,100,000

1367 CA Modify I–880 and Stevens Creek Boulevard

Interchange to ease traffic congestion in San

Jose ................................................................... $9,600,000

1368 NY Improve road and streetscape along Prospect

Avenue in North Hempstead .......................... $800,000

1369 CA Palm Drive and Interstate 10 interchange

project ............................................................... $2,200,000

1370 MN Reconstruct TH 36 from expressway to freeway in North St. Paul ..................................... $4,800,000

1371 CA Construct I–580 Interchange Improvements in

Castro Valley ................................................... $960,000

1372 AL Expand U.S. 331 from Luverne, AL to Montgomery, AL ....................................................... $2,400,000

1373 TX Construction of highway medians, pedestrian

walkways for City of South Padre Island ...... $400,000

1374 NY Construct Rt. 12 intersection between Pamela

Drive-River Road-Located in the Town of

Chenango ......................................................... $1,920,000

119 STAT. 1310 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1375 IL Construct Streetscape Project, Village of Robbins ................................................................... $640,000

1376 GA Effingham Parkway to Connect SR 119 to SR

30 ...................................................................... $3,200,000

1377 MD Construct Phase 2 of the Jones Falls Trail

from Baltimore Penn Station to the Maryland Science Center on the Inner Harbor ..... $3,200,000

1378 IL For Will County for engineering and right-ofway acquisition to extend 95th Street from

Plainfield-Naperville Road east to Boughton

Road .................................................................. $400,000

1379 PA Construct Valley Business Park Access Road

C, Bradford County ......................................... $2,160,000

1380 LA Improve by widening, realigning, and resurfacing 3.2 miles of LA Hwy 820 btwn LA

Hwy 145 and LA Hwy 821 ............................. $2,400,000

1381 IN 45th Street Improvements, Munster ................. $400,000

1382 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety including in the vicinity of PS K124 ................. $250,000

1383 VT Construction and engineering for the Vermont

Smugglers Notch Scenic Highway Corridor

Southern Gateway and Notch Proper Facilities .................................................................... $868,411

1384 OH Planning and construction of a network of recreational trails in Perry Township ................ $760,000

1385 GA Construction of the Truman Linear Park

Trail-Phase II .................................................. $1,008,000

1386 NJ Pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and street

lighting in Haddon Heights/Barrington ........ $600,000

1387 CA Reconstruct interchange at I–10 and Riverside

Avenue to improve traffic in Rialto ............... $1,600,000

1388 CA Reconstruct Bloomfield Ave. with medians

from Carson St. to north city limits in Hawaiian Gardens ............................................... $320,000

1389 SC Extension of Wells Highway, Oconee County,

South Carolina ................................................. $1,600,000

1390 CA Reconstruct Paramount Blvd. with medians

and improve drainage from Artesia Blvd. to

Candlewood St. in Long Beach ...................... $480,000

1391 IL Reconstruction of 5th Street Road (FAS 569)

in Logan County, IL ........................................ $762,056

1392 WA Reconstruction of SR 99 (Aurora Ave. N) between N 145th St. and N 205th St ................ $1,600,000

1393 NY Page Green—Phase III—Reconstruction of 2.6

miles. Town of Virgil, Cortland County ......... $2,880,000

1394 MI Gogebic County, Reconstruct Lake Road in

Ironwood from Margaret Street to Airport

Road .................................................................. $644,000

1395 ............................................................................... $0

1396 IN Redevelop and Complete the Cardinal Greenway and Starr-Gennett Area in the City of

Richmond, Indiana .......................................... $2,400,000

1397 NY Rehabilitate and redesign Erie Canal Museum

in Syracuse, NY through the Erie Canalway

National Heritage Corridor Commission ....... $400,000

1398 OH Construction of 6.25 mile bicycle project in

Mahoning County ............................................ $400,000

1399 NM I–40/Munoz Reconstruction in the City of Gallup ..................................................................... $1,200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1311

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1400 TX Rehabilitate Yale Street between IH 10 to IH

610 .................................................................... $800,000

1401 CA Reconstruct Long Beach Blvd. with medians

and improve drainage from Palm Ave. to

Tweedy Blvd. in Lynwood ............................... $2,400,000

1402 CA Expand carsharing pilot program to serve lowand moderate-income neighborhoods in the

City and County of San Francisco ................. $1,600,000

1403 FL Implement Kennedy Boulevard corridor improvements to improve safety in Tampa ....... $2,000,000

1404 MD Construct Broadneck Peninsula Trail, Anne

Arundel County, Maryland ............................. $1,200,000

1405 MO Relocation and reconstruction of Rt. MM from

Rt. 21 to Rt. 30 ................................................ $13,744,000

1406 MN Replace three at-grade highway-railroad crossings with grade-separated crossings adjacent

to Winona State University ............................ $473,600

1407 CA Construct Traffic flow improvements Vincent

and Lakes Drive, West Covina ....................... $600,000

1408 CA Construction of a Lincoln Bypass on SR 65 in

Placer County, CA ........................................... $2,400,000

1409 KS Construct highway-rail grade separation from

Douglas Avenue to 17th Street North in

Wichita, KS ...................................................... $11,200,000

1410 OH Conduct Phase II of U.S. Route 68 bypass

project in Urbana ............................................ $1,840,000

1411 GA Construct sidewalks and install landscaping,

Vienna .............................................................. $500,000

1412 TX Extension of FM 1427 in Penitas ...................... $560,000

1413 MD MD 124, Woodfield Road, from Midcounty

Highway to Warfield Road ............................. $1,600,000

1414 CA Rio Vista Bridge Realignment Study and

Street Sign Safety Program ............................ $560,000

1415 CO SH 121/Bowles Ave. Intersection and Roadway

Improvements, Jefferson County Colorado ... $1,600,000

1416 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in Queens County ....................................... $600,000

1417 NY Repair and improve Jericho Turnpike (NYS

Hwy 25) and construct streetscapes along

the Turnpike in New Hyde Park ................... $1,600,000

1418 GA SR 316/SR 20 interchange construction

Gwinnett County ............................................. $400,000

1419 IL Construct pedestrian walkways and

streetscaping projects in the Village of Western Springs ...................................................... $3,553,600

1420 WA SR 518 corridor—Improvements to SR 518–

509 interchange and addition of eastbound

travel lane on a portion of the corridor ......... $800,000

1421 CA Development and construction of improvements to State Route 79 in the San Jacinto

Valley ............................................................... $2,400,000

1422 MN Construct roadway improvements on the

Great River Road on CSAH 10 and CSAH

21, Aitkin County ............................................ $5,568,000

1423 WA Conduct preliminary engineering and EIS for

Columbia River Crossing in WA and OR ...... $7,000,000

1424 NC Greensboro Signal System Replacement ITS

Enhancement Project ...................................... $10,000,000

119 STAT. 1312 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1425 MN Reconstruction of 1 mile of CR 107 from CSAH

2 to Highway 11 and 71, Koochiching County ....................................................................... $400,000

1426 OH Plain Township, Ohio. Market Avenue widening ................................................................. $4,000,000

1427 LA Construct right-of-way improvements from

Third St. at James St. to LA. Hwy. One at

Broadway St. Acquire property at Third St.

and Winn St ..................................................... $2,400,000

1428 PA State Street Bridge Rehabilitation, Hamburg .. $1,200,000

1429 OH Construct Flats East Bulkhead and Riverwalk:

construct bulkhead and riverwalk connecting Front and Maine Ave ........................ $3,720,000

1430 NY Construct/reconstruct Lincoln Road: Commercial Street to Route 31F in the Town-Village

of East Rochester ............................................. $720,000

1431 OH Acquire land and construct Portage Bike and

Hike Trail, Portage Co .................................... $800,000

1432 NC Continued development of Cary, NC pedestrian bike paths ............................................... $1,200,000

1433 TX Cottonflat Road overpass at Interstate 20 ........ $1,200,000

1434 NY Improve Rt. 17M access, safety and traffic

management .................................................... $600,000

1435 OH Safety improvements to Paris Avenue intersections and Meese Rd. and Easton St.-

Nimishillen Township, Ohio ........................... $1,200,000

1436 CA Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority, San Gabriel Valley ................................... $240,000

1437 WA Construct a tunnel as part of the Bremerton

Pedestrian-Bremerton Transportation Center Access Improvement project ..................... $16,800,000

1438 NC Eliminate highway-railway crossings in the

City of Fayetteville, NC .................................. $800,000

1439 NJ Hoboken Observer Highway Operational and

Safety Improvements ...................................... $2,000,000

1440 CA Reconfigure San Fernando Road from Fletcher

Drive to I–5 Fwy, Los Angeles ....................... $5,160,000

1441 NY Construction of an access road, drainage improvements, and aesthetic enhancements

adjacent to Ocean Parkway in the Town of

Babylon, NY ..................................................... $2,156,000

1442 TX Construct highway improvements on E. Tidwell, Ley Rd., and E. Little York Rd ............. $2,000,000

1443 AZ Construct pedestrian and bicycle overpass at

McDowell Road and 35th Avenue in Phoenix $2,400,000

1444 TX Reconstruct I–30 Trinity River Bridge, Dallas $20,000,000

1445 PA Armstrong and Indiana County, Pennsylvania,

U.S. 422 Improvements .................................. $1,600,000

1446 TX Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail Network in East

Austin ............................................................... $7,680,000

1447 NV Construct I–15 Cactus Avenue .......................... $8,000,000

1448 AL I–65 Widening from U.S. 31 in Alabaster (Exit

238) to AL 25 in Calera (Exit 228) ................ $6,400,000

1449 NY Improve Route 4 Streetscape and replace

waterlines, Town and Village of Fort Edward, Washington County .............................. $3,480,000

1450 OH Planning and construction on bike paths and

trails as part of Phases III–VI in Ashtabula

Metroparks Western Reserve Greenway ....... $800,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1313

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1451 CO Construction of Powers Boulevard and

Woodman Road interchange, Colorado

Springs ............................................................. $8,000,000

1452 MN Environmental review for TH 8 upgrade, Forest Lake to Chisago City ................................ $480,000

1453 MD Construct Pedestrian Bridge and Garage at

Coppin State University in Baltimore ........... $2,640,000

1454 MD Historic Preservation and Traffic Improvements along Liberty Heights Ave. and in

Druid Hill Park in Baltimore ......................... $1,520,000

1455 NC I–85 in Vance County ......................................... $800,000

1456 PA Design and construct interchange and related

improvements at I–83 Exit 19 ........................ $4,800,000

1457 IL Preconstruction and Construction at IL 31

from Bull Valley Road to IL 176 .................... $1,936,000

1458 MS Replace Popps Ferry Road Bridge, Biloxi ......... $4,000,000

1459 IL Reconstruct Lakeshore Drive Overpass over

Wilson Avenue, Chicago ................................. $1,200,000

1460 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Moody, AL ......... $106,666

1461 MA Design and construct Canal and Union Street

Corridor improvements, Lawrence ................. $800,000

1462 OH Construct new two lane road to Sycamore

Street in Gallia County ................................... $1,000,000

1463 AL Construct interchange on Interstate 85 at Beehive Road in Auburn, AL ................................ $400,000

1464 ME Improvements to the Interconnecting Trail

System for bike/pedestrian trails near Baxter State Park .................................................. $500,000

1465 TX ROW acquisition for 87 Relief Route ................ $1,200,000

1466 WA Restore and construct historic Naches Depot

and Trail project .............................................. $400,000

1467 GA SR 20 widening from I–575 to SR 369, Cherokee County ..................................................... $800,000

1468 IL Road Construction and reconstruction in the

Village of Hampshire: Keyes Ave., Industrial

Drive Overlay, and Mill Avenue .................... $1,840,000

1469 IL Conduct study and design of Chicago North

lakefront path expansion project ................... $800,000

1470 MS I–59 interchange at U.S. 84 and SR 15, Laurel $4,000,000

1471 TX Improvements to IH–35E from U.S. 77 North

of Waxahachie to U.S. 77 South of

Waxahachie ...................................................... $3,200,000

1472 MO Scudder Road and I–170 Interchange Improvements, St. Louis County ................................. $1,600,000

1473 GA Construct and improve Cobb County Trails ..... $900,000

1474 MS Extend SR 590 from U.S. 11 to SR 29 near

Ellisville ........................................................... $3,200,000

1475 IN Improve Intersection at Jackson Street and

Morrison Road in the City of Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana ..................................... $448,000

1476 CO Construction of McCaslin Boulevard U.S. 36

Interchange in Superior .................................. $800,000

1477 MA Route 128 Improvements—Route 114 in Peabody to Route 62 in Danvers .......................... $1,600,000

1478 TX Lubbock, Texas Construction for Marsha

Sharp Freeway main lanes between Chicago

and Salem Avenues ......................................... $12,440,000

1479 NH South Road Mitigation in Londonderry ............ $1,200,000

119 STAT. 1314 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1480 NY Paul Road—Fisher Road Improvements, Town

of Chili, Monroe County .................................. $4,000,000

1481 CA Construct truck lane on Keystone Road from

State Route 111 to Austin Road, Imperial

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

1482 MS Construct East Metropolitan Corridor linking

I–20 at Brandon to Hwy 25 at Flowood ........ $4,960,000

1483 LA Leeville Bridge, Port Fourchon to Golden

Meadow ............................................................ $4,000,000

1484 GA National Infantry Museum Transportation

Network ............................................................ $2,400,000

1485 AL Interchange at I–65 and Limestone County

Road 24 Constuction ....................................... $800,000

1486 PA Project to realign intersection of King of Prussia Road and Upper Gulph Road to provide

turning lanes and signalization ..................... $1,319,200

1487 FL Widen State Road 80, Hendry County .............. $800,000

1488 SD Construction of 4-lane highway on U.S. 79 between Maverick Junction, and the Nebraska

border ............................................................... $6,400,000

1489 IL 130th and Torrance Avenue Intersection Improvement, Chicago ......................................... $7,200,000

1490 OK Improvements to Hereford Lane and US69

Interchange, McAlester ................................... $800,000

1491 GA Athens-Clarke County Bike Trail Project ......... $1,120,000

1492 CT Construct UCONN Storrs Campus-Hillside

Road .................................................................. $1,600,000

1493 NM I–25, Tramway North to Bernalillo, Reconstruction ........................................................... $2,800,000

1494 NJ Planning for Liberty Corridor ............................ $400,000

1495 OR Sellwood Bridge Replacement–Multnomah

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

1496 ............................................................................... $0

1497 FL Englewood Interstate Connector in Sarasota

County, Florida ................................................ $2,400,000

1498 NY Elevate and construct drainage improvements

to Beach Road, Canal Road, and Sea Breeze

Road in Massapequa, New York .................... $2,400,000

1499 TX Design and construction streetscape improvements in Midtown, enhance pedestrian access ................................................................... $800,000

1500 NY Replace sidewalk along Route 9A in Hamlet of

Montrose, Town of Cortlandt ......................... $264,000

1501 MN Construction and widening of TH 241 in the

City of St. Michael, MN .................................. $1,600,000

1502 GA I–75 lanes from Aviation Boulevard to SR 54,

Clayton County ................................................ $1,200,000

1503 VT Construction and rehabilitation of the Cross

Vermont Trail for the Cross Vermont Trail

Association ....................................................... $1,108,800

1504 NY Construction of a new ramp from 9A Southbound to Taconic State Parkway Southbound, Westchester County ............................ $1,420,000

1505 NY Restore vehicular traffic to Main Street in

Downtown Buffalo ........................................... $4,000,000

1506 MI Construction of 5 lane concrete pavement with

curb, gutter and sewer on Romeo Plank

Road from M–59 to 23 Mile Road in Macomb

Township .......................................................... $8,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1315

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1507 NY Enhance road and transportation facilities in

the vicinity of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum ................................................................. $550,000

1508 IL Construct and expand Northwest Illinois U.S.

Rte 20 from Freeport to Galena, IL ............... $3,200,000

1509 CA Construction of new roadway lighting on

major transportation corridors in the Southwest San Fernando Valley .............................. $800,000

1510 MO Construct Interstate flyover at Hughes Road

and Liberty Drive to 76th Street. Part of

Liberty Parkway Project ................................. $15,200,000

1511 CA Freeway 180 Improvements Fresno .................. $7,600,000

1512 NY Construct sidewalks and curbs on Valley Road

in Town of Bedford .......................................... $360,000

1513 OK Construction of rail crossing in Claremore at

Blue Star Drive and SH 66 ............................ $1,600,000

1514 IL Improve U.S. Route 34 from Kewanee to

Kentville Road ................................................. $400,000

1515 IL For Naperville Township to fund improvements to North Aurora Road .......................... $160,000

1516 WA Kent—Construct a single point urban interchange (SPUI) under I–5 at South 272nd St $800,000

1517 TN Construct Interpretive Visitor Center for the

Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Trail of

Tears site in Meigs County, TN ..................... $800,000

1518 GA Create a greenway trail along the Oconee

River connecting parks, preserving historic

sites, and promoting economic development $2,000,000

1519 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Dunmore Borough, Lackawanna County ............................. $320,000

1520 PA Add turn lane, modify signals and install

pavement markings at intersection of PA

422 and PA 662 in Amity Township .............. $1,944,000

1521 WI Construct bicycle/pedestrian path and facilities

in the Central park area of Madison ............. $2,800,000

1522 VA Expand Route 15 29 in Culpeper, Virginia ....... $1,600,000

1523 WV Fairmont Gateway Connector System to provide an improved highway link between

downtown Fairmont and I–79 in the vicinity

of Fairmont ...................................................... $17,600,000

1524 OR Construct Barber Street extension, Wilsonville $2,400,000

1525 FL Four-laning SR 281 (Avalon Boulevard) in

Santa Rosa County from Interstate 10 to

north of CSX RR Bridge ................................. $11,600,000

1526 OR Interstate 5 Interchange at City of Coburg ...... $8,000,000

1527 IL Construction of a bridge at Stearns Road in

Kane County, Illinois ...................................... $70,400,000

1528 TX East 7th Street Improvements in Austin .......... $420,000

1529 GA Rebuild SR 10 Memorial Drive for bicycle and

pedestrian safety, from Mountain Drive to

Goldsmith Road, Dekalb County .................... $1,600,000

1530 NJ Provide an alternative route for traffic passing

though congested SR 31 corridor in

Flemington, NJ ................................................ $2,000,000

119 STAT. 1316 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1531 CA Construction of a smart crosswalk system at

the intersection of Arminta St. and Mason

Ave .................................................................... $40,000

1532 WI Reconstruct U.S. Highway 41 north of Lake

Butte des Morts Bridge, Wisconsin ............... $13,000,000

1533 PA Improvements to 8th and 9th Street bridges

between Pleasant Valley Blvd. and Valley

View Blvd., Altoona, PA ................................. $392,000

1534 LA Construction of a direct intermodal truck access road from Interstate 210 to the City

Docks of the Port of Lake Charles ................. $10,400,000

1535 TX Construct Links Hike and Bike Trail Project.

2.2 mile trail project connecting Gaylord

Texan to Grapevine Mills Mall. Grapvine,

TX ..................................................................... $400,000

1536 GA Construct sidewalks between Marion Middle

School, City Park, and Community Center,

Buena Vista ..................................................... $300,000

1537 IL Construct a four lane connection between Rt.

13 and Rt. 45 and upgrades to Netty Green

Road in Saline Co., Illinois ............................. $1,600,000

1538 MI Plymouth, Haggerty Road from Plymouth Rd.

to Schoolcraft Rd ............................................. $400,000

1539 TN Provide streetscape improvements and pavement repair, Greenback, Tennessee .............. $200,000

1540 IA Reconstruction of NE 56th St, eastern Polk Co $800,000

1541 IL Relocate Pocket Road/Lakewood Place for Access to the Racehorse Business Park,

Alorton .............................................................. $900,000

1542 CT Construct roadway on East Commerce Drive,

Oxford, CT ....................................................... $400,000

1543 TN Niota, TN Improve vehicle efficiencies at highway At-Grade Railroad Crossing ................... $45,600

1544 FL Plan and Construct 17th Street connector in

the City of Sarasota, FL ................................. $1,600,000

1545 VT Reconstruction and widening of U.S. Route 5

for the Town of Hartford ................................ $1,200,000

1546 MO Relocate the entrance to the Shaw Nature Reserve that is being altered due to a redesign

of the Gray Summit I–44 interchange

project ............................................................... $400,000

1547 DC Replace and reconstruct South Capitol Street/

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ............ $48,000,000

1548 MI Complete 13.8 miles of nonmotorized pedestrian Fred Meijer Heartland Trail of 30.1

miles ................................................................. $2,160,000

1549 MO Roadway improvements on U.S. 60 from Willow Springs to the Van Buren Area ............... $8,000,000

1550 UT Construct Parley’s Creek Trail .......................... $5,000,000

1551 ME Construction of Calais/St. Stephen Border

Crossing Project ............................................... $7,000,000

1552 FL Alleviate congestion at Atlantic Corridor

Green-way Network, City of Miami Beach,

FL ..................................................................... $2,000,000

1553 MD Construction of MD 331 Dover Bridge .............. $3,454,400

1554 NY Improve Traffic Flow on Noel Road between

Church and Crossbay Boulevard including

work necessary to demolish and reconstruct

the firehouse facility ....................................... $1,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1317

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1555 PA Construct 9th and 10th Street bridges over

Norfolk Southern Tracks, Lebanon ................ $6,400,000

1556 ............................................................................... $0

1557 CA Improve I–8 off ramp at Ocotillo to the Imperial Valley College Desert Museum/Regional

Traveler Visitor Center, Imperial County ..... $800,000

1558 CA Install new grade separation at Ranchero

Road in Hesperia ............................................. $4,000,000

1559 NY Bartow Ave. Ramp and Reconstruction at the

Hutchinson Parkway ....................................... $1,600,000

1560 FL Airport Access Rd., Gainesville .......................... $1,600,000

1561 WA Intersection project at South Access/522 beginning and ending at the UWB-CCC campus

to improve access and alleviate congestion ... $2,400,000

1562 NJ Reconstruction of CR 530 from Rt. 206 to CR

644. Construct shoulders, travel lanes, center turn lane, drainage improvements and

traffic signal ..................................................... $8,000,000

1563 NY Improve SCCC roads, Fallsburg ........................ $1,100,000

1564 CA Add turn lane and adaptive traffic control system at intersection of San Tomas Expressway and Hamilton Avenue in Campbell ....... $1,280,000

1565 CA Interchange improvements at Rice Avenue and

U.S. Highway 101 in the City of Oxnard ...... $2,640,000

1566 GA Northside Drive Multimodal Corridor ............... $1,600,000

1567 GA Replace sidewalks, meet ADA guidelines, and

install a crosswalk, McRae ............................. $400,000

1568 TX Ritchie Road from FM 1695 to U.S. 84, Waco .. $2,400,000

1569 AR Maumelle Interchange—Third entrance into

Maumelle ......................................................... $800,000

1570 CT Construct Housatonic Riverwalk, Shelton ........ $800,000

1571 MD Rehabilitate Roadways Around East Baltimore

Life Science Park in Baltimore ...................... $6,800,000

1572 AL City of Vestavia Hills Pedestrian Walkway to

Cross U.S. 31 ................................................... $560,000

1573 IN Replace Samuelson Road Underpass, Portage $2,530,312

1574 IL Construct Commuter Parking Structure in the

Central Business District in the vicinity of

La Grange Road .............................................. $3,232,000

1575 PA Design and construct inner loop roadway

around Shippensburg Boro ............................. $400,000

1576 WV Construct I–73/74 High Priority Corridor,

Mingo Co .......................................................... $9,600,000

1577 NY Roadway improvements to Jackson Avenue between Jericho Turnpike and Teibrook Avenue .................................................................... $1,800,000

1578 OR Rogue River Bikeway/Pedestrian Path, Curry

County .............................................................. $600,000

1579 CA San Gabriel Blvd. Intersection Improvements

at Broadway and at Las Tunas, San Gabriel $160,000

1580 NY Improvements to Erie Station Road, Town of

Henrietta, Monroe County .............................. $1,000,000

1581 IA Sioux City, Iowa Hoeven Corridor—Outer

Drive Project .................................................... $1,600,000

1582 KY Study and rehabilitate the I–471 corridor,

Campbell County, Kentucky ........................... $1,600,000

1583 SC SCSU Transportation Center, Orangeburg ...... $5,200,000

119 STAT. 1318 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1584 NY Construction and rehabilitation of North and

South Delaware Avenues in the Village of

Lindenhurst, NY .............................................. $696,000

1585 NY Study on extending Rt. 5 to Auburn ................. $120,000

1586 AL Expand U.S. 84 from Andalusia, AL to Enterprise, AL ........................................................... $2,400,000

1587 NJ Susse County, NJ, Safety and Operational Improvements on Route 23 in Hardyston Township and Franklin Borough ............................ $3,440,000

1588 PA State Street and Mulberry Street Bridge

Lighting project, Harrisburg .......................... $4,000,000

1589 ............................................................................... $0

1590 CA Interstate 15 and State Route 79 South Freeway Interchange and Ramp Improvement

Project .............................................................. $1,600,000

1591 OH Road Improvements, streetscapes, and pedestrian safety additions in Ashtabula Harbor .. $800,000

1592 NY Town of East Fishkill improvements to Robinson Lane and Lake Walton Road at NYS

Route 376 ......................................................... $400,000

1593 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path, Wisconsin

Dells .................................................................. $1,600,000

1594 NY Construct improvements in Sight Distance at

Road Grade and Trail Crossings in Oneida

and Herkimer Counties .................................. $160,000

1595 NY Repair Silver Mine Bridge in the Town of

Lewisboro ......................................................... $120,000

1596 IL River walk Reconstruction, City of Chicago ..... $480,000

1597 AR Rogers, Arkansas—Construct new interchange

on I–540 near the existing Perry Road overpass ................................................................... $5,000,000

1598 IN Design and construct Indiana Ohio River

Bridges Project on I–65 and 265 .................... $16,000,000

1599 RI Transportation Enhancements at Blackstone

Valley Heritage Corridor ................................ $400,000

1600 TX Reconstruction of U.S. 79 from FM 1460 to

Williamson County Road195 .......................... $1,600,000

1601 CA Transportation enhancements to Children’s

Museum of Los Angeles .................................. $960,000

1602 IN Construct Shelby County Indiana Shelbyville

Parkway ........................................................... $400,000

1603 NY Reconstruct the Niagara Street culvert/bridge

which crosses over Two Mile Creek, City of

Tonawanda ....................................................... $320,000

1604 MA Reconstruction of Main Street and Lebanon

Street in Melrose ............................................. $560,000

1605 OH Construct the existing IR 70 interchange at

U.S. 40, SR 331 west of St. Clairsville .......... $9,700,000

1606 GA Install traffic lights and pedestrian walkways

on Highway 441 at Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Boulevard, Dublin ........................................... $500,000

1607 OH Pike County, OH Fog Road Upgrade ................ $960,000

1608 CA Project design, environmental assessment, and

roadway construction of Lonestar Road from

Alta Road to Enrico Fermi Drive San Diego

County .............................................................. $400,000

1609 CA Project Study Reports for I–105 and I–405

Interchanges at Los Angeles International

Airport .............................................................. $320,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1319

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1610 CA Reconstruct Whittier Blvd. and improve parkway drainage from Philadelphia Ave. to Five

Points in Whittier ............................................ $1,360,000

1611 NY Rockland County Railroad Grade Crossings

Safety Study .................................................... $1,000,000

1612 TX San Angelo Ports-to-Plains Route Loop 306 at

F.M. 388 ........................................................... $1,200,000

1613 MN City of Hutchinson School Road Underpass of

TH 7 and TH 22 improvements ..................... $800,000

1614 TN construct and widen SR 33 in Monroe County,

TN ..................................................................... $5,000,000

1615 PA Construct the realignment of Cool Creek Road

in York County, PA ......................................... $800,000

1616 NJ Construct Waterfront Walkway from North Sinatra Drive and 12th St. south to Sinatra

Drive in Hoboken ............................................ $1,600,000

1617 TX Add shoulders to FM 156 from Ponder, Texas

to Krum, Texas ................................................ $1,600,000

1618 NJ Bridge replacement on Section 6V of Route 1

from Ryders Lane to Milltown Road, North

Brunswick ........................................................ $1,600,000

1619 MN Construct Two Harbors High School Trail connecting Two Harbors High School to Two

Harbors City .................................................... $891,600

1620 SC Construct I–85 Brockman-McClimon Interchange between Greenville Spartanburg Airport and SC Highway 101 interchanges ........ $800,000

1621 IA Fort Madison, IA Construction of U.S. 61 bypass around Fort Madison to create a safer

and faster route ............................................... $2,720,000

1622 PA Germantown Avenue Revitalization with

Mount Airy USA for landscaping, scenic enhancements and pedestrian safety improvements along the heavily traveled thoroughfare ................................................................... $1,856,000

1623 NM I–10 Reconstruction, Las Cruces to Texas

State Line ........................................................ $2,400,000

1624 TX IH 820 Widening Project .................................... $1,600,000

1625 IL For Naperville Township to fund improvements to Diehl Road between Eola Road and

Route 59 ........................................................... $640,000

1626 KS Remove and Replace Topeka Blvd. Bridge over

the Kansas River ............................................. $5,600,000

1627 VA Clifton, VA Main Street parking and sidewalk

improvements .................................................. $200,000

1628 SC Replace Milford Road Bridge, Anderson, SC .... $400,000

1629 LA Improvements to Essen Lane at I–12; and to

Perkins Rd.; and to Central Thruway; and to

O’Neal Lane; and to Burbank Dr.; and to

Essen Park Extension; and for LA 408 study $24,000,000

1630 GA Streetscape project for lighting and landscaping on Main Street along Georgia Highway 231, Davisboro ......................................... $240,000

1631 IA City of Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie

county East Beltway Roadway and Connectors Project ....................................................... $1,200,000

1632 OR U.S. 199/Laurel Road Intersection .................... $2,880,000

119 STAT. 1320 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1633 CA Conduct project report study on Old River

School Rd—Firestone Blvd. intersection reconfiguration .................................................... $400,000

1634 FL Conduct study for Port of Miami Tunnel,

Miami, FL ........................................................ $1,600,000

1635 NY Ithaca, Design and construct pedestrian and

bicycle path (Cayuga Waterfront Trail) ......... $960,000

1636 NC Greenway Trails Project, Elizabeth City .......... $512,000

1637 IL Reconstruct Lakeshore Drive overpass over

Lawrence Avenue ............................................ $1,200,000

1638 SC Replace Murphy Road West Bridge, Anderson,

SC ..................................................................... $188,000

1639 CA Resurface and construct truck lane at CA Hwy

94 and I–8 interchange, Boulevard ................ $2,400,000

1640 CT Undertake road improvements associated with

Coltsville Area Redevelopment, Hartford ...... $1,600,000

1641 AZ Upgrade and Re-opening of Main Street in

Yuma ................................................................ $960,000

1642 NJ Pedestrian facilities, street lighting and

streetscaping improvements in downtown

Laurel Springs ................................................. $477,059

1643 MS Upgrade Blue Cane Road in Tallahatchie

County, and roads in Webb and Tutwiler ..... $600,000

1644 OH Upgrade circuitry on vehicle protection device

at Sheldon Road rail crossing in Berea ......... $112,000

1645 NY Design and construct Upper Delaware Scenic

Byway Visitor Center, Cochecton ................... $600,000

1646 NY Construct sidewalks and curbing on Westchester Avenue in Village of Buchanan ........ $220,000

1647 NC Downtown Redevelopment Project, City of

Rocky Mount .................................................... $5,068,800

1648 TX Construction of divided four lane concrete arterial with drainage improvements—Sandy

Lake Road: Denton Tap Rd. to North

Coppell Road .................................................... $800,000

1649 IL Preconstruction and Construction at IL 120 at

Bacon Road and Cedar Lake Road ................ $1,092,000

1650 GA Revitalization project will extend and resurface the Roberta Walking Trail, Roberta ...... $400,000

1651 KY Construct Westbound Access to Mountain

Parkway from Exit 18 (KY 1057), Powell

County .............................................................. $2,320,000

1652 NC Development of 2 miles of road parallel to I–95

located approximately between the I–95/NC

125 interchange and I–95/U.S. 158 interchange .............................................................. $1,200,000

1653 CA Engineering, right-of-way and construction of

HOV lanes on I–580 in the Livermore Valley, California .................................................. $9,600,000

1654 IL Construct Streetscape Project, City of Markham ................................................................... $400,000

1655 CA Landscape south side of the 91 Fwy at Bellflower Blvd. in Bellflower ............................... $200,000

1656 MA Southwick and Westfield Rail Trail, Design

and Construction ............................................. $4,000,000

1657 VA Upgrade DOT crossing #467665M to constant

warning time devices ...................................... $155,680

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1321

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1658 TX Reconstruct and add two lanes to U.S. 287

from the Oklahoma State line to U.S. 54 in

Stratford ........................................................... $5,600,000

1659 WY Casper West Belt Loop ....................................... $1,600,000

1660 MN Munger Trail extension, City of Duluth ........... $2,500,000

1661 AK Bogard/Sheldon Extension in MatanuskaSusitna Borough .............................................. $4,000,000

1662 CA City of Redondo Beach Esplanade Improvement Project ..................................................... $800,000

1663 MN Kandiyohi and Meeker Counties Hwy 7 between TH 71 and TH 22 ................................. $1,600,000

1664 NJ Construction of Rowan Boulevard from U.S.

Route 322 to Main Street, Glassboro ............. $480,000

1665 CA Conduct Study of SR 130 Realignment Project,

San Joaquin County and Santa Clara County, CA ............................................................... $1,600,000

1666 CA Passons Grade Separation in the City of Pico

Rivera ............................................................... $2,960,000

1667 MD Construct South Shore Trail, Anne Arundel

County, MD ...................................................... $800,000

1668 NJ Realignment of the Routes 35/36 intersection

in Eatontown ................................................... $1,600,000

1669 IN Construct Hoosier Heartland Highway in Cass

and Carroll County, Indiana .......................... $2,400,000

1670 MI Oscoda County, Reconstruction and surfacing

of Valley Road from M–33 west to Mapes

Road .................................................................. $768,000

1671 TX Reconstruct Precinct Line Road 2-lane bridge

as 4-lane bridge and widen Precinct Line

Road to 4-lane roadway from SH 10 to

Trammel Davis Rd .......................................... $800,000

1672 CT Reconstruct Waterfront Street Corridor, City

of New Haven .................................................. $1,200,000

1673 TN Improving Vehicle Efficiencies at At-Grade

highway-Railroad Crossing in Philadelphia,

TN ..................................................................... $79,200

1674 TX Reconstruct Mile 2 W from Mile 12 N to U.S.

83, Hidalgo County ......................................... $800,000

1675 NY Reconstruction of West Neck Road from Huntington-Lloyd Harbor boundary to the end of

the Village-maintained road ........................... $2,400,000

1676 GA Rehabilitate sidewalks and replace street

lights, Swainsboro ........................................... $400,000

1677 SC Replace Murphy Road East Bridge, Anderson,

SC ..................................................................... $212,000

1678 MO Access improvements and safety and mobility

upgrades along U.S. 7 as part of the Highway 7 Corridor Development Plan in Blue

Springs ............................................................. $4,000,000

1679 OH Construct Stearns Road Grade Separation,

Olmsted Township ........................................... $3,600,000

1680 CA Implement Grove Avenue Corridor I–10 interchange improvements in Ontario ................... $2,400,000

1681 MA Construct and Replace West Corner Bridge

and Culvert, Rt. 228, spanning Weir River

Estuary and Straits Pond Inlet ...................... $800,000

1682 OK Complete Reconstruction of the I–35/SH 9

West Interchange ............................................ $3,200,000

119 STAT. 1322 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1683 NJ Construct Rte 50 Tuckahoe River Bridge Replacement, Cape May and Atlantic Counties $3,200,000

1684 NY Rt. 12 reconstruction-Town and Village of

Greene .............................................................. $3,288,000

1685 MN Becker County CR 143 and CR 124 Improvements ................................................................ $768,000

1686 NY Construct and extend existing pedestrian

streetscape areas in Valley Stream ............... $1,080,000

1687 MI Construct Interchange at I–675 and M–13

(Washington Avenue). Northbound Exit.

Phase I of Construction. City of Saginaw ..... $2,000,000

1688 OH Construct Cleveland Towpath Trail, 6-mile extension towards downtown, Cleveland .......... $4,640,000

1689 FL Construct widening of U.S. 17 to 4 lanes from

San Mateo to Volusia County line, Putnam

County, Florida ................................................ $16,300,000

1690 MD Construct Phase 1 of the South Shore Trail in

Anne Arundel County from Maryland Route

3 at Millersville Road to I–97 at Waterbury

Road .................................................................. $800,000

1691 MI Construction of 5 lane concrete pavement with

curb, gutter and storm sewer on Van Dyke

Ave. from 23 Mile Road to 26 Mile Road,

Macomb Co ...................................................... $1,663,600

1692 FL Design and construct replacement for A. Max

Brewer Bridge, Titusville ............................... $8,000,000

1693 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to enhance citywide truck route system on Victory Blvd. Between Travis Ave. and West

Shore Expressway Travis Section of SI ......... $100,000

1694 MI Purchase and implementation of various Intelligent Transportation System technologies in

the Grand Rapids metro region ..................... $9,944,000

1695 WI Recondition U.S. 45 between New London and

Clintonville, Wisconsin (Waupaca County,

Wisconsin) ........................................................ $1,600,000

1696 CA Reconstruction of The Strand in the City of

Manhattan Beach to improve beach access

and accommodate increased pedestrian traffic ...................................................................... $1,600,000

1697 CA Construction of new roadway lighting on

major transportation corridors in the Northeast San Fernando Valley .............................. $400,000

1698 MD Rehabilitate Hanover Street Bridge in Baltimore .................................................................. $1,200,000

1699 NY Rehabilitation of Hornbeck Road in the Town

of Poughkeepsie ............................................... $340,800

1700 CA Rehabilitation of Tulare County Farm to Market road system ............................................... $3,200,000

1701 GA Riverside Drive Streetscape Project, Macon ..... $400,000

1702 GA South Lumpkin Road Trail-Columbus .............. $400,000

1703 CA Implement Northeast San Fernando Valley

Road and Safety Improvements ..................... $160,000

1704 NY Big Ridge Road: Spencerport Village Line to

Gillet Road in the Town of Ogden ................. $1,000,000

1705 TX Build south bound ramp from east bound I–20

to Clark Road at the southern terminus of

Spur 408. Duncanville, TX ............................. $4,400,000

1706 ............................................................................... $0

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1323

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1707 TN Reconstruct U.S. 64 from west of Bolivar to

the Lawrence County Line in Hardemant,

McNairy, Hardin, Wayne Counties ................ $4,180,000

1708 PA Improve safety of Route 145 in Whitehall

Township .......................................................... $1,780,000

1709 GA Construct Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road Bike

Lane and Sidewalks, Dekalb County ............. $800,000

1710 OK Texanna Road improvements around Lake

Eufaula ............................................................. $800,000

1711 OH North Huntington Street Improvements, Medina, OH ........................................................... $1,088,000

1712 IL To construct a new intersection of a public

road and U.S. Route 50 and a new street ..... $440,000

1713 NC To plan, design, and construct the Northwest

Corridor-Western Blvd. Project in Jacksonville, NC ........................................................... $473,600

1714 CT Upgrade Mark Twain Drive, Hartford .............. $1,600,000

1715 CO CO I–70 East Multimodal Corridor (Highway

Expansion), Denver ......................................... $2,000,000

1716 MS Upgrade roads in Indianola, Ruleville,

Moorehead, Doddsville, Sunflower and

Drew, Sunflower County ................................. $1,600,000

1717 MS Upgrade Marshall Road in North Carrollton

(U.S. Highway 35 and 82) McCain Street,

South Street, Love Street, and Colver

Street, Carroll County .................................... $320,000

1718 NJ Passaic-Bergen intermodal transportation deployment initiative .......................................... $12,000,000

1719 IL Upgrade roads, The Village of Maywood .......... $800,000

1720 PA Upgrade Route 30 Corridor and Airport Access $800,000

1721 GA Upgrade sidewalks and lighting, Lyons ............ $400,000

1722 CA State Route 88—Pine Grove Corridor Improvement Project ..................................................... $400,000

1723 WA Tacoma—Lincoln Avenue Grade Separation .... $800,000

1724 NY Improve NY 112 from Old Town Road to NY

347 .................................................................... $8,000,000

1725 NJ Construct I–195 Noise Barrier, Hamilton

Township, Mercer County ............................... $2,000,000

1726 AR Highway 77 Rail Grade Separation .................. $800,000

1727 WA Kent, WA Willis Street BNSF Railroad Grade

Separation Project ........................................... $400,000

1728 MI Menominee, Ogden Street Bridge rehabilitation project-replacement of deck, expansion

joints, sidewalks, railing and all other joints $160,000

1729 VA Pochantas Trail—Development and construction of trail from Bluestone Junction to

Pochantas adjacent to abandoned rail line ... $400,000

1730 NY Suffolk County ITS arterial monitoring and

performance measures .................................... $500,000

1731 LA Conduct study for Highway 25 in Washington

Parish ............................................................... $400,000

1732 IL Construction of the 43rd Street Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge over Lake Shore Drive, City of

Chicago ............................................................. $480,000

1733 NY To design and reconstruct Nassau Avenue, improve sidewalks and include pedestrian

amenities in Greenpoint, Brooklyn ................ $1,920,000

1734 OH Upgrade the I–480 and Tiedman Road interchange, Brooklyn ............................................. $1,600,000

119 STAT. 1324 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1735 NJ Interchange improvements and bridge replacement, Route 46, Passaic County .................... $4,000,000

1736 ............................................................................... $0

1737 IA Construction of a Four Lane U.S. Highway 20

between Moville in Woodbury County,

through Ida County and Sac County to U.S.

71 at Early, IA ................................................. $8,000,000

1738 AZ Paving of Navajo Route 9010-off of I–40 at

Houck, AZ (Exit 348) to Pine Springs Day

School ............................................................... $3,440,000

1739 OH Red Bank Road Improvements from I–71 to

Fair Lane in Eastern Hamilton County,

Ohio .................................................................. $3,120,000

1740 CA Construct earthen berm along Esperanza Road

from Yorba Linda Blvd. to the west city limits to mitigate noise ........................................ $1,600,000

1741 TX U.S. 90—Construct 6 mainlines from east of

Mercury to east of Wallisville ........................ $1,600,000

1742 NY Town of Chester Trout Brook road improvements and reconstruction ............................... $56,000

1743 OR Upgrade the I–5 Fern Valley Interchange

(Exit 24) ........................................................... $2,400,000

1744 CA Construct I–80 Gilman Street interchange improvements in Berkeley .................................. $1,200,000

1745 NJ Construct Vineland Boulevard and Sherman

Avenue Intersection Improvements, Vineland, Cumberland County .............................. $1,400,000

1746 WA Terry’s Corner Park and Ride on Camano Island ................................................................... $1,120,000

1747 OR Upgrade U.S. 101 and Utility Relocation, Gold

Beach ................................................................ $200,000

1748 WI Upgrade U.S. 41 from DePere to Suamico,

Wisconsin (Brown County, Wisconsin) .......... $2,000,000

1749 IL Upgrade Veterans Drive in Pekin, Illinois ....... $800,000

1750 NY Saugerties, Improve Tissle Road-Old Kings

Highway intersection ...................................... $500,000

1751 TX Design and Construct the Cottonwood Trail

pedestrian-bicycle connection ......................... $800,000

1752 NY Rehabilitation of the Ashford Ave. bridge over

I–87 in the Villages of Dobbs Ferry and

Ardsley ............................................................. $2,080,000

1753 OH Streetscape completion along U.S. 40 in

Bridgeport ........................................................ $80,000

1754 SD Design and construct new Meridian Bridge

across the Missouri River at Yankton ........... $7,108,844

1755 MD Upgrade MD 210 from MD 228 to I–495 .......... $3,000,000

1756 IL For DuPage County to construct certain segments of Southern DuPage County Regional

Trail .................................................................. $80,000

1757 IA U.S. 20 relocated, Webster, Sac and Calhoun

Counties, Iowa ................................................. $2,400,000

1758 NJ Construction of new access roads along Route

42/Blackhorse Pike in Washington Township $800,000

1759 CA Highways 152–156 Intersection improvements,

CA ..................................................................... $800,000

1760 AK Coffman Cove IFA ferry terminal or IFA vessel debt repayment for MV Prince of Wales

Ferry ................................................................. $3,200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1325

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1761 MA Acquisition, engineering, design, and construction of the Assabet River Rail Trail, Acton,

Hudson, Maynard, and Stow .......................... $1,500,000

1762 MI Conduct Feasibility Study to Extend I–475 to

U.S. 23 in Genesee County ............................. $480,000

1763 TX Construct a reliever route on U.S. 287 South

of Dumas to U.S. 287 North of Dumas .......... $2,400,000

1764 TN construct new exit on I–75 and connect U.S.

11, U.S. 411, and SR 30 .................................. $3,600,000

1765 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of street improvements, parking, safety enhancements and roadway redesign in Pittston ................................................ $1,400,000

1766 TX Dowlen Road Improvements for Beaumont,

Texas ................................................................ $2,764,800

1767 CA Construct Hwy 101 bicycle-pedestrian project

in Marin and Sonoma Counties from north

of Atherton Ave. to south of Petaluma River

bridge ................................................................ $400,000

1768 TX Construct raised median from Loop 224 to

Sradley St. in Nacogdoches, TX ..................... $2,680,000

1769 OH Construction of bicycle trail extension in

Geauga Park District in Chardon, OH .......... $400,000

1770 CA Extension of a regional Class I bikeway from

the West City limits to the East City limits

along leased railroad right-of-way ................. $320,000

1771 AR For rail grade separations identified by the

MPO for the Little Rock/North Little Rock

metropolitan area, (which may include: Edison Ave.; Springer Blvd.; Hwy 89 Extension;

McCain/Fairfax; Salem Road; J.P. Wright

Loop; South Loop; Geyer Springs Rd) ........... $8,000,000

1772 NY Court Street and Smith Street Shopping District Enhancements ......................................... $640,000

1773 MA Hampshire County Bike Paths, Design and

Construction .................................................... $4,400,000

1774 NV Construct I–15 Starr Interchange ..................... $8,000,000

1775 CA Construct full-access interchange at SR 120—

McKinley Avenue, with the necessary SR

120 auxiliary lanes, Manteca, CA .................. $3,200,000

1776 CA Install emergency vehicle preemption equipment along major arterials in the I–880 corridor, Alameda County .................................... $400,000

1777 OH Construct a proposed relocation of U.S. 22 and

SR 93 from the current IR 70, U.S. 40 west

of Zanesville ..................................................... $4,800,000

1778 CA Conduct Study and Construct I–205 Chrisman

Road Interchange Project, Tracy, CA ............ $800,000

1779 IL Construction of part of a 230 mile corridor

U.S. 67 near Jerseyville and Carrolton, Illinois ................................................................... $1,360,000

1780 CA Construction of Campus Parkway from State

Route 99 to Yosemite Ave., Merced County .. $400,000

1781 MI Construction of Superior Road Roundabout,

Superior Township .......................................... $600,000

1782 OR Construction and preliminary engineering of a

railroad crossing at the intersection of

Havlik Road and Hwy 30, Scappoose ............ $198,400

1783 FL Clark Road Clover Leaf at I–95, Jacksonville .. $4,400,000

119 STAT. 1326 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1784 PA Construct and widen PA 94 from the Adams

and York County line north to Appler Road $1,200,000

1785 IL For the reconstruction and realignment of 2

miles of Evergreen Ave. located west of the

City of Effingham ............................................ $1,600,000

1786 IN Improve State Road 332 and Nebo Road Intersection in Delaware County, Indiana ............ $2,400,000

1787 AL Birmingham Northern Beltline ......................... $8,000,000

1788 WI Construct Lake Butte des Morts Bridge, U.S.

Highway 41, Winnebago County, Wisconsin $28,000,000

1789 MA North Worcester County Bike Paths, Design

and Construction ............................................. $4,000,000

1790 TX Old Reliance Road Overpass at SH 6 (Earl

Rudder Freeway)—Widening project in

Brazos Co ......................................................... $2,000,000

1791 IA Phase III of Main St. project, Amana ............... $800,000

1792 MN Realign Vadnais Boulevard at interchange of

I–694/Highway 49, Ramsey County ............... $800,000

1793 CA Reconfigure intersection at Highways 152 and

156 in Santa Clara County ............................. $11,120,000

1794 KY Construct Georgetown Northwest Bypass from

U.S. 460 West to I–75 North, Scott County .. $2,400,000

1795 AZ Grand Canyon Greenway Trails ........................ $2,560,000

1796 NY Remediate road runoff in vicinity of Peconic

Estuary watershed .......................................... $1,000,000

1797 ............................................................................... $0

1798 OH Construction of road improvements from Richmond Road to new Cuyahoga Community

College in Warrensville Heights, OH ............ $120,000

1799 MI Construction of the I–696 and Northwestern

Highway Interchange Freeway Ramps at

Franklin Road in Southfield ........................... $1,600,000

1800 OH Construct access improvements to I–680 and

internal roadways for Corridor of Opportunity, Mahoning Co ....................................... $1,600,000

1801 NY Mount Vernon Railroad Cut .............................. $2,000,000

1802 TX Reconstruct and add two lanes to IH 27 from

Western Street in Amarillo to Loop 335 ....... $4,800,000

1803 CO SH 83–SH 88 Interchange Reconstruction—

Arapahoe County, CO ..................................... $3,200,000

1804 NY Town of Pawling Old Rt. 55 ............................... $400,000

1805 IL Upgrade Curtis Road in conjunction with

State plan for I–57 interchange; from Duncan Rd. to 1st Street in Champaign .............. $5,600,000

1806 MO Upgrade Rt. 249 [Range Line] from Rt. 171 to

I–44 ................................................................... $8,000,000

1807 VA Bland County Trails and Visitor Center—Establishment of multi-use trail network, associated facilities and begin work on visitors

center ................................................................ $800,000

1808 NH Upgrade Sewalls Falls Road bridge over

Merrimack River in Concord .......................... $800,000

1809 IL Perform Old Orchard Road Expansion and improvement project between Harms Road and

U.S. 41, Cook County ...................................... $800,000

1810 MN Design, engineering, and ROW acquisition to

reconstruct TH 95 bridge, North Branch ...... $7,120,745

1811 NY Tappan Zee Bridge to I287 Transportation

Corridor ............................................................ $1,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1327

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

1812 CA Upgrade and reconstruct the I–80/I–680/SR 12

Interchange, Solano County ........................... $17,480,000

1813 MD U.S. 219 Oakland Bypass ................................... $800,000

1814 NC U.S. 221 widening from U.S. 421 to Jefferson,

NC ..................................................................... $1,600,000

1815 IL Complete 80,000 lb truck route between CH 2

(Burma Rd) and IL Rt. 130 in Cumberland

County .............................................................. $2,400,000

1816 CA Improvement of intersection at Burbank Blvd.

and Hayvenhurst Ave ..................................... $320,000

1817 OH Construct pedestrian bridge over I–77; tunnel

underneath railroad; bridge over

Tuscarawas River along OH and Erie Canal

in Tuscarawas County .................................... $2,000,000

1818 MN Lake Street Access to I–35W, Minneapolis ...... $1,600,000

1819 WI Upgrade U.S. 2 in Ashland County ................... $3,200,000

1820 OR Construct an urban arterial street between

NE Weidler and NE Washington on NE

102nd, Portland ............................................... $4,200,000

1821 CA Construct an Interchange on Highway 70 at

Georgia Pacific Road in Oroville .................... $2,028,000

1822 AZ Construct or Modify Railroad Grade Separations on 6th St. and 22nd St. and Reconstruct Speedway Blvd. Underpass in Tucson $10,640,000

1823 FL Construct North Ormond Beach Business Park

Interchange at I–95 between U.S. 1 and SR

40, Volusia County .......................................... $880,000

1824 MN Environmental review for improvement along

the entire U.S. 10 corridor .............................. $1,040,000

1825 NY Construct visitor center, access road, and

parking at Sam’s Point Preserve, Ellenville $400,000

1826 OH Installation of road improvements on Old

State Road-SR 608 in Middlefield, OH .......... $80,000

1827 WA To replace BNSF trestle, Sammamish River

bridge and reconstruct SR 202/127th Pl. NE

and SR 202/180th Ave. NE intersections ...... $1,600,000

1828 PA Completion of beltway interchanges along

Business Route 60 in Moon Township, Allegheny County ................................................... $800,000

1829 TX U.S. 290 Improvements in Austin, TX .............. $2,400,000

1830 CA City of Madera, CA Improve SR 99—SR 145

Interchange ...................................................... $2,400,000

1831 AL Construct a new interchange on I–65 at

Cullman, AL County Road 222 ...................... $800,000

1832 VA National Park Service transportation improvements to Historic Jamestowne, Virginia ....... $3,400,000

1833 MI Design and construction of West Michigan Regional Trail Network connector to link two

trail systems together and to Grand Rapids $2,400,000

1834 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail including enhancements, Murfreesboro $7,200,000

1835 AZ Replacement of Safford Bridge which crosses

the Gila River directly north of Safford, AZ

on North 8th Avenue ...................................... $3,520,000

1836 TX Design and construct streetscape improvements to Old Spanish Trail—SH 288 to

Griggs, Griggs to Mykawa .............................. $800,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

1837 TN For each rail-highway crossing: Improve circuitry on vehicle protection device installed

at crossing in Knoxville, TN ........................... $45,600

1838 OH Reconstruct Broadway Ave. in Lorain .............. $600,000

1839 OH Road Widening and related improvements to

SR 82 in Macedonia, OH ................................ $2,728,000

1840 MN Reconstruct CSAH 4 and CSAH 5 (Forest

Highway 11) between CSAH 15 and TH 61,

Silver Bay ........................................................ $1,392,000

1841 CA Ramona Avenue Grade Separation, Montclair,

California ......................................................... $1,600,000

1842 MN Roadway improvements, City of Federal Dam $800,000

1843 VA Rocky Knob Heritage Center—Planning, design, site acquisition, and construction for

trail system and visitors center on Blue

Ridge Parkway ................................................ $1,200,000

1844 FL Design and construct capacity and safety improvements for State Road 426-County Road

419 in Oviedo from Pine St. to west of

Lockwood Blvd ................................................. $1,600,000

1845 FL Coordinated Regional Transportation Study of

U.S. 98 from Pensacola Bay Bridge,

Escambia County to Hathaway Bridge, Bay

County, Florida ................................................ $1,200,000

1846 PA Paving and reconstruction in the townships:

North and South Eldorado, North Altoona,

Fairview, Juniata, East End, Pleasant Valley, South Tracks, Lyswen-Altoona, PA ........ $1,600,000

1847 AK Ferry infrastructure at Seward Marine Center $3,000,000

1848 AZ Realign Davis Road from State Route 80 to

State Route 191 ............................................... $2,640,000

1849 PA Reesdale Street roadway reconfiguration to

allow HOV access to new parking facility ..... $800,000

1850 WA SR 538 (College Way) and North 26th St. Signal in Mount Vernon ....................................... $140,000

1851 TX Acquisition of right-of-way and environmental

preservation from I–45 to U.S. 59 for Grand

Parkway ........................................................... $11,200,000

1852 ID Reconstruct Grangemont Road (Idaho Forest

Highway 67) from Orofino to Milepost 9.3 .... $1,600,000

1853 VA Expansion of South Airport Connector Road

(Clarkson Road to Charles City) .................... $6,240,000

1854 NY Design and Construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities in the area of the Roosevelt

Avenue Bridge ................................................. $384,000

1855 NC Construct Endor Iron Furnace Greenway enhancements from Deep River to Sanford ...... $800,000

1856 CO Improve and widen State Highway 44 from

Colorado Boulevard to State Highway 2 ....... $3,200,000

1857 FL Fund improvement of U.S. 301 corridor in

Sumter and Marion Counties ......................... $1,600,000

1858 TN Complete construction and landscaping of visitor center on Cherohala Skyway in Monroe

County, TN ...................................................... $80,000

1859 OR Construction of the East Burnside Street improvements, Portland ...................................... $5,200,000

1860 AL Expand to 4 lanes U.S. Highway 278 from

Sulligent to Guin ............................................. $800,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

1861 IL Francis Cabrini/W. Green Homes CHA Street

Construction, City of Chicago ......................... $480,000

1862 NY Plan and construct greenway, bicycle path, esplanades and ferry landing along New York

Bay in Sunset Park, Brooklyn ........................ $8,000,000

1863 PA Construct Dubois Regional Medical Center Access Road .......................................................... $480,000

1864 NY To design and construct safe route to school

projects in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, NY ............................................................. $1,680,000

1865 PA U.S. 30 corridor improvements from PA 896 to

PA 897. Connects PA 41 ................................. $2,600,000

1866 MD U.S. 40 Alternate, Middletown Bypass ............. $4,000,000

1867 CA Construction of a smart crosswalk system at

the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd.

and Gault St .................................................... $40,000

1868 WI Expand U.S. 51 and SH 29 in Marathon County ....................................................................... $6,400,000

1869 PA Construct 2 flyover ramps and S Linden St.

ext for access to industrial sites in the cities

of McKeesport and Duquesne ......................... $5,600,000

1870 NY Improvements and upgrades on Main Street,

Beekman, NY ................................................... $160,000

1871 NY Construct pedestrian walkway along Route 9A

in Hudson River Park, New York City .......... $5,600,000

1872 IN Design engineering, right-of-way acquisition,

and construction for the Grant County Economic Corridor ................................................. $1,600,000

1873 MN City of Marshall TH 23 4-Lane Extension ........ $2,630,400

1874 IL Henry Horner Homes CHA Street Construction, City of Chicago ........................................ $800,000

1875 TN Improve circuitry on vehicle protection device

installed at highway-RR crossing in Knoxville, TN ........................................................... $126,400

1876 NJ Construct Intersection at Route 46 and Little

Ferry Circle in Little Ferry ............................ $1,200,000

1877 AR Improve State Highway 88 (Higdon Ferry

Road) in Hot Springs ...................................... $3,560,000

1878 MD Improve U.S. 1, Washington Boulevard Corridor in Howard County .................................. $800,000

1879 NY Downtown Flushing Traffic and Pedestrian

Improvements .................................................. $800,000

1880 FL Arlington Expressway Access Rd., Jacksonville $1,200,000

1881 CO Construct arterial on W side of Montrose to

ease traffic congestion on SH 550 between

Grand Avenue, N/S of city .............................. $6,000,000

1882 CO North I–25: Denver to Fort Collins, Colorado .. $7,733,333

1883 CA Planning for Orange Line Mag Lev from downtown Los Angeles to central Orange County $280,000

1884 NJ Rahway Streetscape Replacement Project ........ $400,000

1885 CT Reconstruct I–95/I–91 interchange and construct pedestrian walkway, New Haven ....... $1,600,000

1886 VA Blue Ridge Music Center—Install lighting/

steps, upgrade existing trail system and

equip interpretative center with visitor information .......................................................... $1,200,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

1887 VA Ceres Recreation Trail and Center—Design

and construct pedestrian/bicycle trail in

community of Ceres and establish trail center ..................................................................... $120,000

1888 ME Construction of trails within the Eastern Trail

Management District ...................................... $1,000,000

1889 GA I–75 interchanges from north of Tifton to

Turner County line ......................................... $800,000

1890 GA City of Savannah, Construct bike and pedestrian paths along Heritage Rail ..................... $160,000

1891 FL Implementation of the Advanced Traffic Management System, Boca Raton, FL .................. $1,600,000

1892 NY Lyell Avenue: NY Rt. 259 (Union Street) to

Village Line, Village of Spenscerport, Town

of Ogden ........................................................... $1,280,000

1893 WI Construct U.S. 151 between CTH D and SH

175, Fond du Lac County, WI ........................ $3,000,000

1894 OH Construct transportation enhancement

projects, Toledo ................................................ $8,400,000

1895 TX Contruct grade separation at U.S. 59 and SH

99. Replace the proposed interim cloverleaf

ramps at the intersection ............................... $4,000,000

1896 MS Gateways Transportation Enhancement

Project, Hancock County ................................. $200,000

1897 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety including in the vicinity of IS X194 .................. $250,000

1898 OK Improvements to SH 412P at 412 Interchange $3,600,000

1899 FL Acquire right-of-way and construct East-West

Connector from SR 37 to SR 563 in Lakeland, FL ............................................................ $4,000,000

1900 WA Design Valley Mall Blvd. for Main St. to I–82

and two I–82 interchanges at Mileposts 36

and 38 in Union Gap, WA .............................. $5,120,000

1901 WA Extension of Waaga Way west to Old Frontier

Rd ..................................................................... $400,000

1902 ME Plan and construct highway access between

U.S. Route 161 and U.S. Route 1 in

Madawaska ...................................................... $1,000,000

1903 CA Randolph St. improvements between Wilmington Ave. and Fishburn Ave. in Huntington Park ..................................................... $960,000

1904 CA Reconstruct Azusa Ave. and San Gabriel Ave.

for 2-way traffic in Azusa ............................... $2,000,000

1905 KS Construction of a 1.5 mile alternate truck

route in Downs, Kansas .................................. $400,000

1906 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Columbiana, AL $106,667

1907 MN Reconstruct CSAH 91 from the D.M. and I.R.

Railroad crossing at 8th Street in Duluth to

CSAH 56, St. Louis County ............................ $4,000,000

1908 NY Construct Wayne County, NY rails to trails

initiative ........................................................... $276,000

1909 MA Design and construct signal crossing and other

safety improvements to Emerald Necklace

Greenway Bicycle Trail, Town of Brookline .. $600,000

1910 MI Construction of Nonmotorized Pathway, City

of Rockwood ..................................................... $240,000

1911 WA Purchase of scenic easement or site at I–90

and Highway 18 .............................................. $480,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

1912 PA Reconstruct the SR 33, 512 interchange in the

Borough of Wind Gap ...................................... $2,000,000

1913 NY Access improvements for terminal located on

12th Ave. between W. 44th and W. 54th St.

in Manhattan ................................................... $3,200,000

1914 IL Completion of the Grand Illinois Trail, Cook

County .............................................................. $1,034,000

1915 CA Construct and improve medians and drainage

on Imperial Highway from west border to

east border of city in La Mirada .................... $1,360,000

1916 CT Construct Pomfret Pedestrian Bridge ............... $80,000

1917 NV Construct Laughlin Bullhead City Bridge ........ $1,600,000

1918 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of the widening of Pennsylvania Rt. 443 Corridor in Carbon County ..... $800,000

1919 NY Palisades Interstate Parkway Mitigation

Measures for New Square .............................. $600,000

1920 CA Reconstruct and widen Del Amo Blvd. to four

lanes between Normandie Ave. and New

Hampshire Ave., Los Angeles County ........... $2,400,000

1921 MN Reconstruct Unorganized Township Road 488

from CSAH 138, Koochiching County ............ $820,000

1922 NY Reconstruction of Empire Boulevard ................. $5,120,000

1923 PA Reconstruction of PA 309 from Greenwood Avenue to Welsh Road ........................................ $2,000,000

1924 TN Construction of I–69 in Obion, Dyer, Lauderdale and Tipton Counties ............................... $11,300,000

1925 IL Design, land acquisition, and construction of

South Main St. (IL 2) Corridor from Beltline

Rd. to Cedar Street in Rockford, IL ............... $1,600,000

1926 OH Grading, paving, roads for the transfer of rail

to truck for the intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport .............................................. $12,000,000

1927 MA Reconstruction of Pleasant Street, Watertown $1,600,000

1928 MN Lake Wobegon Trail corridor from Sauk Centre to the Stearns County line ....................... $281,600

1929 RI Replace Sakonnet Bridge ................................... $1,600,000

1930 CA Conduct study and construct CA State Route

239 from State Route 4 in Brentwood area

to I–205 in Tracy area .................................... $4,000,000

1931 MA Geometric improvements, safety enhancements and signal upgrades at Rt. 28 and Rt.

106, intersection West Bridgewater ............... $1,200,000

1932 WA Fife—Widen 70th Ave. East and Valley Ave.

East .................................................................. $800,000

1933 CA Construct two right hand turn for Byzantine

Latino Quarter transit plazas at Normandie

and Pico, and Hoover and Pico, Los Angeles $400,000

1934 WA I–90 Two-Way Transit-HOV Project ................. $3,200,000

1935 AL Construct Talladega Mountains Natural Resource Center—An educational center and

hub for hikers, bicyclists, and automobiles ... $800,000

1936 MD Gaithersburg, MD Extension of Teachers WayOlde Towne Gaithersburg Revitalization ...... $1,120,000

1937 IL Millburn By-Pass (US Route 45 at Gross Lake

Road/Millburn Road), Lake County ............... $2,080,000

1938 AK Planning, design, and EIS of Bradfield Canal

Road .................................................................. $2,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

1939 TX Reconstruct Clinton Drive from Federal Rd. to

N. Wayside Drive ............................................ $11,200,000

1940 GA Pave portions of CR 345, CR 44, and CR 45,

Hancock County .............................................. $400,000

1941 NY Deer Avoidance System, to deter deer from

milepost marker 494.5, Ripley, PA, to 304.2.,

Weedsport, NY along I–90 .............................. $200,000

1942 CA El Camino Real Grand Blvd. Initiative in San

Mateo County .................................................. $3,000,000

1943 CA Construct Guadalupe River Trail from I–880

to Highway 237 in Santa Clara County ........ $6,400,000

1944 TN Cocke County, Tennessee SR 32 reconstruction $800,000

1945 IL Construct I–80, Ridgeland Ave. Improvements,

Tinley Park ...................................................... $800,000

1946 KY Construct Pedestrian Mall and Streetscape

Improvements on Lexington, College, Walnut and Gilespie Sts, Wilmore ....................... $3,124,000

1947 PA PA 23 corridor improvements from U.S. 30 to

U.S. 322 ............................................................ $2,400,000

1948 NJ Replacement and realignment of Amwell Road

Bridge over Neshanic River ............................ $844,000

1949 FL City of Wilton Manors Powerline Road

Streetscape Enhancement Project ................. $300,000

1950 TX Construct SH 199 (Henderson St.) through the

Trinity Uptown Project between the West

Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River in

Fort Worth ....................................................... $6,400,000

1951 IN Construction of multi-use paths, Town of Fishers, Indiana ...................................................... $200,000

1952 OH Construct White Pond Drive project in Akron $800,000

1953 MN Design and right-of-way acquisition for I–35 E

CSAH 14 Main Street Interchange, City of

Lino Lakes, Minnesota .................................... $800,000

1954 OR Expand storage facilities in Eugene to support

transportation enhancement activities

throughout the State ....................................... $2,500,000

1955 CA Improvements to U.S. 101 ramps between

Winnetka Ave. and Van Nuys Blvd ............... $320,000

1956 IN Acquire right-of-way for and construct University Parkway from Upper Mount Vernon

Road to SR 66 .................................................. $2,400,000

1957 CA Pine Avenue extension from Route 71 to Euclid Avenue in the City of Chino, California $6,800,000

1958 MO Confluence Greenway Land Acquisition for

Riverfront Trail development in St. Louis .... $560,000

1959 TN Retrofit noise abatement walls in Davidson

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

1960 MA Streestcape and pedestrian access improvements between Museum Road and Forsyth

Way ................................................................... $3,200,000

1961 MI Commerce, Haggerty Road from 14 Mile to

Richardson ....................................................... $1,200,000

1962 WI Expand SH 23, County Highway OJ to U.S.

Highway 41, WI ............................................... $24,000,000

1963 FL Construct interchange at I–95 and Matanzas

Woods Parkway, Flagler County .................... $800,000

1964 IL Miller Road Widening and Improvement,

McHenry ........................................................... $6,364,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

1965 NC Construct Neuse River Trail in Johnston

County .............................................................. $1,600,000

1966 TX Construct landscaping and other pedestrian

amenities in segments of the Old Spanish

Trail and Griggs Road rights-of-way ............. $1,600,000

1967 NY Construction of and improvements to Union

Road and Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga .. $800,000

1968 LA Construction of West Covington Bypass-LA 21

Widening .......................................................... $3,200,000

1969 MS Construct Byrd Parkway Extension, Petal ....... $1,200,000

1970 NY Intermodal transportation improvements in

Coney Island .................................................... $3,200,000

1971 MN Construct one mile of new roadway and a

bridge crossing the DM&IR railroad tracks,

and construct connector between CSAH 14

and CSAH 284, Proctor ................................... $2,624,000

1972 NH Construct Park and Ride, Exit 5 on I–93—

Londonderry, NH ............................................ $1,600,000

1973 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Exeter Borough, Luzerne County ..................................... $160,000

1974 PA Extension of River Road in Reading, PA to

provide access to major industrial and

brownfields sites .............................................. $1,200,000

1975 AK Point MacKenzie in Matanuska-Susitna Borough plan and design road access .................. $1,000,000

1976 TX Repair 4.35 miles of Lake Ridge Parkway.

Widen roadway along with 2 bridges from 4

lanes to 6 across Joe Poole Lake in Grand

Prairie, TX ....................................................... $4,800,000

1977 IL Robert Taylor Homes CHA Street Construction, City of Chicago ........................................ $440,000

1978 OR Rockwood Town Center for Stark Street from

190th to 197th for pedestrian, bicycle and

transit facilities and safety mitigation .......... $2,000,000

1979 PA Route 89 Curve Realignment one mile north of

Titusville on Route 89 ..................................... $240,000

1980 FL Sand Lake Road Improvements between Presidents Drive and I–4 ........................................ $4,800,000

1981 MI Sault Ste. Marie, Reconstruct East Spruce

Street with drainage, curb, gutter, pavement, traffic control devices ........................... $760,000

1982 MI Study and construct I–96/U.S. 31/Sternberg

Road area improvements ................................ $2,000,000

1983 PA Provide access to HOV ramp from Reedsdale

Street with traffic signals, pavement markings, lane control and fast acting gates ......... $1,600,000

1984 IL The extension of MacArthur Blvd. from Wabash to Iron Bridge Road. Springfield ........... $1,200,000

1985 IL Construct Cedar Creek Linear Park Trail,

Quincy .............................................................. $400,000

1986 IN Conduct study for U.S. 50 Corridor Improvements, Dearborn County, Indiana ................. $240,000

1987 IL Design, land acquisition, and construct West

State St. (US Business 20) from Meridan

Rd. to Rockton Ave. in Rockford, IL .............. $1,600,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

1988 CA The Foothill South Project, construct 16 miles

of a six-lane limited access highway system $8,000,000

1989 MI Construct Road Improvements to Miller Rd.

from I–75 to Linden Rd. Flint Township ...... $2,400,000

1990 CA State Route 99 improvements at Sheldon Road $3,200,000

1991 KY The Kentucky Multi-Highway Preservation

Project .............................................................. $1,280,000

1992 NY Town of Warwick, NY. Bridge replacement on

Buttermilk Falls Rd ........................................ $140,000

1993 TN Improve existing two lane highway to a four

lane facility along the U.S. 412 Corridor

west of Natchez Trace to U.S. 43 at Mount

Pleasant ........................................................... $8,000,000

1994 NY Town of Warwick, NY East Shore Road reconstruction ........................................................... $640,000

1995 FL Traffic Reconfiguration of SR 934 and U.S. 1

Route, Miami ................................................... $800,000

1996 PA For design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of the third phase of the Marshalls Creek Bypass Project in Monroe

County, Pennsylvania ..................................... $240,000

1997 MI Construct North Central Muskegon County

Corridor Improvements at U.S. 31 and Russell Road ........................................................... $1,840,000

1998 OH Reconstruct I–75/I–475 Interchange, Toledo .... $2,400,000

1999 NY College Point 20th Avenue Streetscapes Improvements Project in Queens ........................ $700,000

2000 OH Construct a 4 lane limited access road to link

Newcomerstown and Cadiz ............................ $550,000

2001 CT Construct trail to extend the Pequonnock Valley rail-trail through Trumbull and into

Bridgeport, CT ................................................. $400,000

2002 AK Providence Hospital Public Access Road ........... $3,000,000

2003 TX I Road Between Nolana Loop and FM 495 in

Hidalgo County ................................................ $1,520,000

2004 NC North Carolina. Add passing lanes and safety

improvements to U.S. Highway 64 in Transylvania County ............................................... $4,800,000

2005 TN Improve streetscape and pavement repair,

Blount County, TN .......................................... $240,000

2006 CT Reconstruction of State Route 111 from Purdy

Hill Road to Fan Hill Road, Monroe, CT ....... $1,200,000

2007 IL Resurface Trumbull Ave. and Homan Ave., Evergreen Park .................................................... $320,000

2008 GA Hwy 78 Corridor Improvement Gwinnett

County .............................................................. $400,000

2009 TX Construct Southwest Bypass in Georgetown,

Texas, between SH 29 and Ranch Road 2243 $3,200,000

2010 MO To improve U.S. 54 to a four lane highway

from the Osage River to MO Route KK ........ $800,000

2011 MS Upgrade roads in Mayersville (U.S. Highway

14 and 1), Issaquena County .......................... $160,000

2012 MA Gainsborough St. and St. Botolph St. Improvements ................................................................ $900,000

2013 IN Construct U.S. 31 Kokomo Corridor Project for

Kokomo Howard County, Indiana ................. $800,000

2014 OH Construction of Tri-State Outer Belt in Lawrence County .................................................... $1,600,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

2015 PA Completion of I–79-Kirwin Heights Interchange and construction of retaining walls,

bridge and new ramps .................................... $1,600,000

2016 OH Construction of the Carroll Area Interchange

in Fairfield County .......................................... $3,600,000

2017 CA Construct the Silicon Valley Transportation

Incident Management Center in San Jose .... $6,400,000

2018 CA Design and Construction Camino Tassajara

Crown Canyon to East Town Project,

Danville, CA ..................................................... $800,000

2019 NY Traffic mitigation on Bridge Street and Maple

Avenue, Florida, NY ........................................ $120,000

2020 WI North 28th Street Phase 2 roadway safety improvements from Weeks Avenue to Hill Avenue in Superior ................................................ $1,024,000

2021 NC Upgrade U.S. 74 in Columbus County .............. $5,600,000

2022 MS Upgrade U.S. 78 to Interstate Standards from

the MS/TN State line to the MS/AL State

line .................................................................... $8,000,000

2023 IN Improve Bailie Street, Kentland ........................ $256,000

2024 CA Realignment of La Brea Avenue to reduce congestion, City of Inglewood .............................. $2,640,000

2025 IL Resurface Elston Avenue from Milwaukee to

Pulaski, Chicago .............................................. $1,600,000

2026 TN Sullivan, Washington Counties, Tennessee SR

75 widening ...................................................... $1,600,000

2027 GA U.S. 17/SR 404 Spur, Back River bridge replacement, Savannah ...................................... $4,000,000

2028 MS U.S. 98 access improvements and new I–59

interchange, Lamar County ........................... $4,000,000

2029 VA Construct South Airport Connector, Richmond

International Airport ...................................... $400,000

2030 NY City of Peeskill, NY Street Resurfacing Program. Riverview Avenue ................................. $104,000

2031 GA SR 400 at SR 120 Old Milton Parkway intersection improvement Fulton County, Georgia ..................................................................... $800,000

2032 MA East Boston Haul Road Construction ............... $5,000,000

2033 NY Town of Goshen Orzeck Road reconstruction ... $320,000

2034 VA Revitalize Main Street in Dumfries .................. $580,000

2035 FL Replace Platt Street Bridge ............................... $2,400,000

2036 FL Access Rd. Streetscaping, Sanford Airport ....... $400,000

2037 NY Rockland County and City of Yonkers to

Lower-Manhattan Ferry Boat project ............ $800,000

2038 SC Complete construction of Palmetto Parkway

(I520) Extension (Phase II) to I–20 ............... $5,600,000

2039 NM U.S. 62–180 Reconstruction, Texas State Line

to Carlsbad ....................................................... $4,000,000

2040 IL For U.S. Rt. 30 intersection signals, turn and

deceleration lanes btwn Williams St. and IL

Rt. 43 incl. 80th Ave, Wolf Rd., Lincoln Way

HS and Locust St ............................................ $5,600,000

2041 OH Construct Orchard Lane to Factory Road Connector, Greene County .................................... $400,000

2042 TX Construct a bridge impact protection system

for TxDOT ........................................................ $400,000

2043 NC Design and construction of the Airport Area

Roadway Network, High Point, North Carolina .................................................................... $4,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

2044 VA Repair Colorado Street bridge in Salem, Virginia .................................................................. $1,400,000

2045 CA Project to evaluate air quality and congestion

mitigation benefits of a Hybrid Utility Vehicle in Santa Barbara County .......................... $80,000

2046 PA Mill Street improvements, Borough of

Lansdale ........................................................... $720,000

2047 MN Construction of County State Aid Highway 21,

Scott County, MN ............................................ $2,560,000

2048 ............................................................................... $0

2049 TX Two direct connectors in Houston, Texas between IH 10 and SH 99, The Grand Parkway ................................................................... $4,000,000

2050 MO Upgrade of Rt. 71 from Pineville to Arkansas

State Line ........................................................ $12,000,000

2051 CA Improve interstates and roads part of the Inland Empire Goods Movement Gateway

project in and around the former Norton Air

Force Base ........................................................ $20,000,000

2052 IL Preconstruction activities for Sangamon Valley

Bicycle Trail (IL) ............................................. $400,000

2053 MI St. Clair County Parks is working with 13

local units to develop the 54-mile Bridge-toBay trail ........................................................... $400,000

2054 NJ New Jersey Underground Railroad for preservation, enhancement and promotion of sites

in New Jersey .................................................. $256,000

2055 CA Construction of an interchange at Lammers

Road and I–205, Tracy, CA ............................ $800,000

2056 MN Corridor Preservation Studies and Right-ofWay acquisition, St. Cloud Metro Area ......... $2,400,000

2057 NY Improve CR 39 from NY 27 to NY 27A, Suffolk

County .............................................................. $3,000,000

2058 PA Street improvements, Borough of Ambler ........ $520,000

2059 KY Reconstruction of KY 61 from Greensburg in

Green County to Columbia in Adair County $800,000

2060 TX Construct Loop 12–IH 35E and SH 183 west

extension to MacArthur, Irving, Texas .......... $800,000

2061 NC To plan, design, and construct the segment of

Berkeley Blvd. from Royal Avenue to Hew

Hope Rd. (SR 1003) in Goldsboro, NC ........... $236,800

2062 OH Upgrade Manchester Rd. in Akron .................... $3,200,000

2063 IL St. Charles Road, The Village of Bellwood ....... $800,000

2064 TN Engineer, design and construction of connector

road from I–75 interchange across Enterprise South Industrial Park to Hwy 58 in

Hamilton County ............................................. $7,200,000

2065 TX Construct 4 lane divided roadway along SH 71

from the Perdernales River to Bee Creek ..... $1,600,000

2066 CT I–84 Danbury Exits I–11 Upgrade Interchanges ............................................................. $2,720,000

2067 CA Complete the engineering design and acquire

the right-of-way needed for the Arch-Sperry

project in San Joaquin County ....................... $4,000,000

2068 UT Increase lane capacity on bridge over Virgin

River on Washington Fields Road in Washington ............................................................... $3,000,000

2069 NY Installation of Utica Traffic Signal System ...... $2,400,000

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2070 NC To construct an interchange at an existing

grade separation at SR 1602 (Old

Stantonsburg Rd.) and U.S. 264 Bypass in

Wilson County, NC .......................................... $947,200

2071 WA U.S. 12 Burbank to Walla Walla: Construct

new four lane highway for portion of U.S. 12 $3,440,000

2072 ............................................................................... $0

2073 OH Structural improvements to two bridges over

the Zimber Ditch between 38th St. and

Whipple Ave. in Canton, Ohio ........................ $400,000

2074 OK U.S. 281, Widen U.S. 281 from the new U.S.

281 Spur North to Geary Canadian County,

OK .................................................................... $800,000

2075 MI City of Negaunee, Croix Street reconstructionStreetscape and resurfacing from U.S. 41 to

Maas Street ...................................................... $900,000

2076 KS Construct I–35 and Lone Elm Road interchange and widen I–35 from 151st St. to

159th St., Olathe ............................................. $4,000,000

2077 MI Integrated highway realignment and grade

separations at Port Huron, MI to eliminate

road blockages from NAFTA rail traffic ........ $400,000

2078 OK U.S. 60, Widen U.S. 60 between Bartlesville

and Pawhuska, Osage County, OK ................ $2,400,000

2079 WA Construct an off-ramp from I–5 to the intersection of Alderwood Mall Blvd. and

Alderwood Mall Pkwy ..................................... $400,000

2080 CA Reduce congestion and boost economies

through safer access to the coast by realigning Hwy 299 between Trinity and Shasta

Counties ........................................................... $5,600,000

2081 IL Pre-construction and construction activities on

U.S. 45/LaGrange Road from 131st Street to

179th Street ..................................................... $800,000

2082 AR Van Buren, Arkansas—Widen and reconstruct

Rena Road ........................................................ $3,000,000

2083 GA Construction of infrastructure for inter-parcel

access, median upgrades, lighting, and beautification along Highway 78 corridor ............. $4,800,000

2084 CA Construct Alviso Bay Trail from Gold Street in

historic Alviso to San Tomas Aquino Creek

in San Jose ....................................................... $800,000

2085 MS Construct bicycle and trolley path, Hattiesburg .................................................................. $680,000

2086 WI Construct a bike and pedestrian bridge across

SH 100 at the 1800 block of S. 108th Street,

West Allis ......................................................... $240,000

2087 IL Increasing the height on the IL Rt. 82 Railroad Underpass in Geneseo, IL ...................... $2,400,000

2088 NC U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass .................................. $800,000

2089 CA Vasco Road Safety Improvements, Contra

Costa Transportation Authority and the

County of Alameda Public Works, California $800,000

2090 NY Downtown Flushing Multimodal Connection

Project, Queens ................................................ $880,000

2091 MD Construct Safety and Operations Improvements at Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. and

W. Baltimore Street in Baltimore .................. $2,000,000

2092 NY Rehabilitate Riis Park Boardwalk ..................... $300,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

2093 TX Construct 25 mile stretch of the 177-mile loop,

between IH–45 south and SH 288 ................. $9,200,000

2094 UT Construction of Midvalley Highway, Tooele

County, Utah ................................................... $800,000

2095 WA Improve Willapa Hills bicycle and pedestrian

trail between Chehalis and Pacific County ... $700,000

2096 PA Design and construct interchange and related

improvements at I–83 Exit 18 ........................ $4,800,000

2097 VA Northern Virginia Potomac Heritage National

Scenic Trail ...................................................... $800,000

2098 NC Wilmington Area Port Access Improvements ... $2,400,000

2099 OK Construction of Midwest City Pedestrian

Walkway ........................................................... $800,000

2100 ............................................................................... $0

2101 GA Construct access roads on Airport Loop road in

Hapeville .......................................................... $1,600,000

2102 TN Construct 2nd Creek Greenway, Knoxville,

Tennessee ......................................................... $548,560

2103 NE Design, right-of-way and construction for the

Louisville Bypass, Nebraska .......................... $2,000,000

2104 HI Construct Honoapiilani Highway Realignment $2,400,000

2105 TN Hamblen County, Tennessee U.S. 25E interchange improvements ..................................... $800,000

2106 IL Construction of a new bicycle-pedestrian

bridge in Wayne, IL ........................................ $960,000

2107 PA David Lawrence Convention Center Phase IVreconstruction of roadways assoc. with HQ

hotel project ..................................................... $960,000

2108 CO I–70 and SH 58 Interchange: Reconstruction of

existing ramps, building of missing ramps

and ROW acquisition ...................................... $5,976,000

2109 OH Reconstruct U.S. Route 6 (Lake Road). Rocky

River ................................................................. $2,640,000

2110 WA Construct 6 mile span over I–5 in Thurston

County to connect Chehalis Western Trail ... $4,108,000

2111 IL Extend Frank Scott Parkway East Road to

Scott AFB, St. Clair County ........................... $2,240,000

2112 OH Reconfigure I–480 and Transportation Blvd.

Interchange, Garfield Heights ........................ $800,000

2113 NY Rehabilitation of Route 100 from Virginia

Road to Westchester Community College ..... $880,000

2114 TN Restoration of historic L&N Depot, McMinn

County, Tennessee .......................................... $16,000

2115 SD Resurface 10 miles of U.S. 18 from Okreek to

Carter on the Rosebud Indian Reservation ... $1,840,000

2116 CA Route 198 Expansion, from SR 99 to SR 43 ..... $2,400,000

2117 WA SR 543 Interstate 5 to International Boundary

Enhancement in Blaine .................................. $3,000,000

2118 MD Rockville, MD Construction of Maryland Avenue and Market Street Intermodal Access

Project .............................................................. $3,200,000

2119 MN U.S. Highway 212 expansion from Carver

Cnty Rd. 147 to Cologne and from Cologne

to Norwood Young America ............................ $800,000

2120 VA Vienna, VA Maple Avenue improvement

project ............................................................... $1,320,000

2121 IL Village of South Jacksonville—West Vandalia

Road upgrades ................................................. $762,058

2122 ............................................................................... $0

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No. State Project Description Amount

2123 ............................................................................... $0

2124 FL Destiny Rd. Reconstruction, Eatonville ............ $800,000

2125 KY Construct New Technology Triangle Access

Road, Campbell County, Kentucky ................ $1,600,000

2126 NY Town of Wawayanda reconstruction of

McVeigh Road .................................................. $400,000

2127 VA Virginia Creeper Trail—Trail needs, including

construction of restroom facilities at

Watauga and Alvarado and parking expansion at Watauga .............................................. $680,000

2128 CA Construct grade separation on State College

Blvd. at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe

railroad, Fullerton ........................................... $12,800,000

2129 MA Warren Street—Blue Hill Avenue ..................... $2,400,000

2130 FL Design and construct Dunn Avenue Extension,

Volusia County ................................................ $1,600,000

2131 CA Construct operational and safety improvements to I–880 N at 29th Ave. in Oakland ... $2,000,000

2132 WA U.S. 395, North Spokane Corridor Improvements ................................................................ $4,640,000

2133 NY Route 531 Expansion Spencerport-Brockport,

4-lane Highway is a project to extend Rt.

531 .................................................................... $5,920,000

2134 OR Columbia Intermodal Corridor for rail congestion relief, improved intersections and access

to Interstate-5 for trucks, and grade-separate road from rail, Portland .......................... $11,000,000

2135 OH Interchange and related road improvements to

SR 44 in Painesville, OH ................................ $2,000,000

2136 GA Greene County, Georgia conversion of I–20

and Carey Station Road overpass to full

interchange ...................................................... $960,000

2137 IL Pioneer Parkway upgrade in Peoria—Extension from Allen Road to Route 91 .................. $1,600,000

2138 MS Construct historic bicycle path, Pascagoula ..... $120,000

2139 PA Crows Run Relocation from SR 65 to Freedom

Crider Road ...................................................... $3,080,000

2140 OH Replace the Edward N. Waldvogel Viaduct in

Cincinnati ........................................................ $8,000,000

2141 NC Construct I–540 from NC 55 South to NC 55

North ................................................................ $8,800,000

2142 NY Roadway, streetscape, pedestrian, and parking

improvements to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Buffalo ....................................... $3,200,000

2143 VA Upgrade DOT crossing #470515H to constant

warning devices in Halifax ............................. $35,520

2144 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Avoca Borough,

Luzerne County ............................................... $160,000

2145 WA Bridge Modification and Interstate Highway

Protection Project, Skagit River, in Skagit

County .............................................................. $3,000,000

2146 TN Construct welcome center, Macon County ........ $160,000

2147 CA Construction of new roadway lighting on

major transportation corridors in the Northwest San Fernando Valley .............................. $800,000

119 STAT. 1340 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2148 MO Interchange design and construction for the

Main Street Extension at I–55, Cape

Girardeau County ............................................ $800,000

2149 CA Replace SR 22 interchanges, construct HOV

lanes, and lengthen bridges in Garden Grove $5,200,000

2150 IL Construction of CAP I–290 Village of Oak

Park .................................................................. $800,000

2151 RI Rehabilitation of Bridge Number 550 in Pawtucket ................................................................ $4,400,000

2152 WA Complete analysis, permitting and right-ofway procurement for I–5/SR 501 Interchange replacement in Ridgefield .................. $600,000

2153 CA Design and construct new interchange at

Potrero Blvd. and State Route 60 in Beaumont ................................................................. $1,600,000

2154 TN Construction of a pedestrian bridge in Alcoa,

TN ..................................................................... $800,000

2155 WV Construct 4 lane improvements on U.S. Route

35 in Mason County ........................................ $35,400,000

2156 OH Construct Grade Separation at Front Street,

Berea ................................................................ $400,000

2157 CA Crenshaw Blvd. Rehabilitation, 182nd St.

190th St.; and Crenshaw Blvd. at 182nd St.

Fwy on-off Ramp Capacity Enhancement,

City of Torrance ............................................... $640,000

2158 CA Construct Interchange at Intersection of SR 44

and Stillwater Road ........................................ $4,000,000

2159 MN CSAH 61 improvements, City of Coleraine ...... $392,000

2160 KY Expansion to four lanes of Hwy 55 and Hwy

555 Heartland Parkway in Taylor County .... $8,000,000

2161 KS Interchange improvement at K–7 and 55th St.

in Johnson Co .................................................. $4,000,000

2162 CA Construct truck lane on Baughman Road from

State Route 78/86 to Forrester Road,

Westmorland .................................................... $440,000

2163 AZ Construct bridges at Aspen St., at Birch St., at

Cherry St., at Bonito St., at Thorpe St ......... $3,000,000

2164 CT Construct Putnam curb cuts .............................. $80,000

2165 OH Canton, OH Cleveland Ave. bridge replacement over the Nimishilen Creek .................... $320,000

2166 MN Design and right-of-way acquisition for I–35

and CSAH 2 interchange in Forest Lake,

MN .................................................................... $2,400,000

2167 PA Complete the connection of the American

Parkway between the east and west sides of

the Lehigh River with bridge and interchanges ............................................................. $8,000,000

2168 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of street improvements, parking and safety enhancements Main and Parsonage Streets in Pittston .............................. $200,000

2169 TX Grade separation bridges at Wintergreen Rd.

and Millers Ferry Rd. in Hutchins and

Pleasant Run Rd. and Millers Ferry Rd. in

Wilmer .............................................................. $6,560,000

2170 GA I–20 HOV lanes from Evans Mill Road to

Salem Road, Dekalb and Rockdale Counties $1,200,000

2171 NV Improve Las Vegas Beltway-Airport Connector

Interchange ...................................................... $3,200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1341

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2172 CA Oregon-Page Mill expressway Improvements

between U.S. 101 and SR 82, Palo Alto ........ $3,200,000

2173 MA Design and construct the Quinebaug River

Rail Trail Bikeway .......................................... $800,000

2174 CA Park Boulevard-Harbor Drive Rail Grade Separation, San Diego ........................................... $800,000

2175 MN Paul Bunyan Trail, Walker to Bemidji segment ................................................................. $560,000

2176 CA Construct road surface improvements, and improve road safety from Brawley Water plant

to Hwy 86 to 9th Street to 18th Street,

Brawley ............................................................ $1,120,000

2177 TX Improvements to FM 1017 in Hebbronville ...... $400,000

2178 CA Alameda Corridor East Gateway to America

Trade Corridor Project, Highway-Railgrade

separation along 35 mile corridor from Alameda Corridor (Hobart Junction) to Los Angeles/San Bernardino County Line ................ $12,400,000

2179 GA Phase III Streetscape-Columbus ....................... $800,000

2180 IL Pre-construction and construction IL 15 over

Wabash River at Mount Carmel .................... $5,568,000

2181 NY Queens, Bronx, and Kings, and Richmond

County Graffiti Elimination Program including Kings Highway from Ocean Parkway to

McDonald Avenue ........................................... $4,750,000

2182 IA Improvements at the IA 146 and I–80 interchange, Grinnell .............................................. $800,000

2183 TX Construct Grade separation at U.S. 277 in

Eagle Pass ........................................................ $4,000,000

2184 LA Plan, design, and construct the internal roadway at Port of South Louisiana, Saint John

the Baptist Parish and LA 22 in Ascension

Parish ............................................................... $2,200,000

2185 KS Construction of a 2-lane on a 4-lane right-ofway bypass with controlled access on U,S,

400 at Dodge City ............................................ $10,240,000

2186 MN Reconstruct CR 203 between U.S. 10 and

CSAH 1, Morrison County .............................. $268,800

2187 NY Reconstruction of York Street Industrial Corridor Project, Auburn, NY .............................. $2,800,000

2188 NY Construction of and improvements to Route 62

in the Village of Hamburg .............................. $800,000

2189 IN Convention Center Area Redevelopment

Project includes street resurfacing, pedestrian walkway and streetscape improvements, signalization, safety enhancements,

plaza and pedestrian area upgrades, and pedestrian bridges on South Street, Capitol

Street, West Street, Missouri Street, and

McCarty Street, Indianapolis ......................... $12,280,000

2190 AL Construct pedestrian urban-edge riverwalk in

Montgomery, AL .............................................. $1,200,000

2191 PA Johnstown, Pennsylvania, West End bypass

safety improvements ....................................... $4,000,000

2192 CA Construction of traffic and pedestrian safety

improvements in Yucca Valley ....................... $1,600,000

2193 CA 710 Freeway Study to Evaluate Technical Feasibility and Impacts of a Tunnel Alternative

to Close 710 Freeway Gap .............................. $2,400,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

2194 CA Greenleaf right-of-way Community Enhancement Project-design and construct bikeways,

pedestrian walkways and upgrade signalization, Compton .................................................. $3,200,000

2195 KY Improve Prospect Street Pedestrian Access,

Berea ................................................................ $2,200,000

2196 OH Construct Crocker Stearns Connection, North

Olmsted and Westlake .................................... $880,000

2197 NY Construction of and improvements to Seneca

Street in Buffalo .............................................. $480,000

2198 CA Avalon Boulevard/I–405 Interchange modification project, Carson ......................................... $4,800,000

2199 IL Construct Illinois Route 336 from Macomb to

Peoria ............................................................... $1,600,000

2200 NC North Carolina. Pack Square Pedestrian and

Roadway Improvements, Asheville ................ $3,840,000

2201 PA Provide pedestrian and water access to Convention Center from surrounding neighborhoods ................................................................. $880,000

2202 NY Reconstruction of Times and Duffy Squares in

New York City ................................................. $1,200,000

2203 LA Construction of I–10 Access Road (Crowley) .... $880,000

2204 NY Repaving of I–86 in towns of Coldspring, Randolph, Allegany, and Olean; City of Olean;

Village of Randolph in Cattaraugus County $6,000,000

2205 PA Replace Bridge, SR 106, Tunkhannock Creek

Bridge 2, Clifford Township, Susquehanna

County .............................................................. $640,000

2206 NJ Replace Route 7-Wittpen Bridge, Hudson

County .............................................................. $800,000

2207 MN Right-of-Way acquisition for 8th Street North

and Pinecone Road .......................................... $3,200,000

2208 IL For Village of Lemont to modernize and improve the intersection of McCarthy Road,

Derby Road, and Archer Avenue .................... $280,000

2209 CA Construct I–80 HOV lanes and interchange in

Vallejo ............................................................... $800,000

2210 PA Rail Crossing signalization upgrade, East

Wesner Road, Maidencreek Twp, Berks

County .............................................................. $165,040

2211 OH Construct road projects and transportation enhancements as part of RiverScape Phase III,

Montgomery County, Ohio .............................. $5,184,000

2212 TN Riverside Drive Cobblestone Restoration and

Walkway, Memphis ......................................... $800,000

2213 TX Reconstruction of West Airport between U.S.

59 and Kirkwood in the City of Meadows

Place, Texas ..................................................... $320,000

2214 PA Construct additional northbound lane on Rt.

28 between Harmar and Creighton Interchange .............................................................. $1,320,000

2215 NJ Roadway and intersection modifications on

New Jersey Route 82 ...................................... $800,000

2216 OH Jackson Township, Ohio. Intersection improvements at Fulton Drive and Wales .................. $1,600,000

2217 GA Rockdale County Veteran’s Park—Create park

trails ................................................................. $400,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1343

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2218 MA Construct the Blackstone River Bikeway and

Worcester Bikeway Pavilion between Providence, RI and Worcester, MA ......................... $1,600,000

2219 OH Improvements to SR 91 in City of Twinsburg,

OH .................................................................... $1,560,000

2220 TX Completion of U.S. 77 relief route around City

of Robstown ...................................................... $2,400,000

2221 NY Improve Maple Avenue, Smithtown .................. $1,000,000

2222 HI Replace and Rehabilitate Kamehameha Highway Bridges, Island of Oahu .......................... $800,000

2223 TX SH 71 from W of FM 20 to Loop 150, Bastrop

County .............................................................. $1,600,000

2224 IN Construct U.S. 31 Plymouth to South Bend

Freeway Project in Marshall and St. Joseph

Counties, Indiana ............................................ $8,800,000

2225 LA Plan and develop a 4-lane roadway, Jeanerette

to U.S. 90 connection ...................................... $160,000

2226 LA Construct I–12 and LA 1088 Interchange ........ $2,400,000

2227 CA 4 lane widening/safety improvements on State

Route 25 from Hollister to Gilroy .................. $2,928,000

2228 NY Comprehensive traffic congestion mitigation

study of Hauppauge Industrial Park and

surrounding area ............................................. $600,000

2229 NY Develop an identity and signage program for

the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor .................................................................. $800,000

2230 CO Dillon Drive Overpass at Interstate 25 in

Pueblo ............................................................... $3,200,000

2231 NY Improvements at highway-rail crossings along

the Southern Tier Extension Railroad in Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Steuben Counties $900,000

2232 FL Depot Ave. Enhancements, Gainesville ............ $4,800,000

2233 CA Interstate 15 and Winchester Road Interchange Project ................................................. $1,600,000

2234 PA Construct the Eastern Inner Loop in Centre

County around State College, PA .................. $4,000,000

2235 NJ Streetscape Improvements along Berlin Road

between Gibbsboro Road and White Horse

Road in Lindenwold Borough ......................... $800,000

2236 FL SR 70 improvements in Highland, DeSoto and

Okeechobee Counties ...................................... $1,600,000

2237 GA Streetscape-Albany ............................................. $400,000

2238 GA Streetscape-Richland .......................................... $160,000

2239 MO Construct four lanes for Route 5 in Camden

County .............................................................. $8,000,000

2240 IL Improve Cottage Grove intersection, South

Chicago Avenue and 71st Street .................... $800,000

2241 NY Study, design, and reconstruction of pedestrian walkways, the Bronx ............................. $750,000

2242 MS Upgrade roads in Anguilla and Rolling Fork,

Sharkey County ............................................... $600,000

2243 TX For center to center communication link between highway traffic transportation management centers .............................................. $800,000

2244 OH Upgrade the interchange of Interstates 270

and 71 in Franklin County, Ohio ................... $2,105,600

2245 CA U.S. 101 Corridor Improvements—Route 280

to the Capitol-Yerba Buena Interchange ...... $4,000,000

2246 CA Rancho Vista Blvd. Widening Project ............... $2,800,000

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2247 NJ Newark Access Variable Message Signage System .................................................................... $400,000

2248 IA Construct SW Connector, West Des Moines ..... $1,600,000

2249 IA U.S. 30 reconstruction, near Tama ................... $3,200,000

2250 GA Construction of interchange on I–985 north of

SR 13, Hall County, Georgia .......................... $3,200,000

2251 MI Marquette County, Realignment of 3200 feet

of County Road 492 from U.S. 41 north to

County Road HD ............................................. $400,000

2252 WI Realign U.S. 8 near Cameron, Barron County $1,600,000

2253 PA Restoration of PA422, in Berks County, including slab repair and diamond grinding ........... $800,000

2254 CA Monte Vista Avenue Grade Separation,

Montclair, California ....................................... $1,600,000

2255 NY Deploy intermodal chassis ITS project in New

York .................................................................. $1,600,000

2256 NY Reconstruction of Route 590 in the Town of

Irondequoit, NY ............................................... $6,000,000

2257 NY Design and Construction of Downtown Jamestown Connector Trail ...................................... $1,600,000

2258 LA Further construction to improve draining at

Clearview Parkway (LA 3152) and Earhart

Expressway (LA 3139) .................................... $2,640,000

2259 MI Houghton County, Rehabilitate 2 piers and remove old bridge caissons for Sturgeon River

Bridge ............................................................... $216,000

2260 AK Make necessary improvements to Indian River

Road in City and Borough of Sitka ................ $2,000,000

2261 MN Reconstruct CSAH 61 from Barnum to TH 210

at Carlton, and improve Munger Trail .......... $1,680,000

2262 TX Build I–30 Trinity River Bridge, Dallas, Texas $800,000

2263 AK Realign rail track to eliminate highway-rail

crossings and improve highway safety and

transit times .................................................... $5,000,000

2264 MS Relocate SR 44 from SR 198 to Pierce Road,

Columbia .......................................................... $3,200,000

2265 AL Interstate 565 west extension towards Decatur $1,600,000

2266 MO Roadway Improvements on Rt. 21 from Hayden Road to Lake Lorraine ............................. $4,000,000

2267 IL Halsted Bridge over North Branch Canal Reconstruction, City of Chicago .......................... $480,000

2268 VA Town of Pound Riverwalk—Construction of pedestrian riverwalk in Town of Pound ............ $80,000

2269 IL U.S. 67 west of Jacksonville, IL Bypass to east

of IL 100 ........................................................... $1,600,000

2270 NY Village of Wappingers Falls North Mesier Ave $600,000

2271 AR War Eagle Bridge Rehabilitation—Benton

County, Arkansas ............................................ $640,000

2272 WI Build additional staircases, landscape, and

other improvements to the marsupial bridge

at the Holton St. Viaduct in Milwaukee ....... $640,000

2273 TN Washington County, Tennessee SR 36 widening ................................................................. $800,000

2274 MI Westland, Ann Arbor Trail between Farmington and Merriman ...................................... $2,520,000

2275 MI White Lake and Commerce, pave Cooley Lake

Road Between Ripple Way and Havenwood $400,000

2276 GA Bridge replacement on County Road 183–FAS

Route 1509, Peach County .............................. $450,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1345

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2277 NC I40 I–77 Interchange in Iredell County, NC .... $4,000,000

2278 CA Construct safe routes to school in Cherryland

and Ashland ..................................................... $800,000

2279 CA Install Central Ave. Historic Corridor comprehensive streetscape improvements thus

improving traffic, ped safety, and economic

development, Los Angeles .............................. $1,656,000

2280 VA Whitetop Station—Completion of renovation of

Whitetop Station (which serves as trailhead

facility) including construction of trail .......... $80,000

2281 CT Make Improvements to Montville-Preston Mohegan Bridge .................................................... $1,600,000

2282 IL Widen and improve Pulaski Road, Alsip .......... $560,000

2283 AK For completion of the Shotgun Cove Road,

from Whittier, Alaska to the area of Decision Point, Alaska ........................................... $4,000,000

2284 NY Study and Implement Intelligent Transportation System Sensor Technology to Improve

Safety at Bridges and Tunnels in Metropolitan New York City .......................................... $1,000,000

2285 NY Warburton Avenue Bridge over Factory Lane,

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York ..................... $500,000

2286 NY Improve intersection of Old Dock and Church

Street, Kings Park ........................................... $400,000

2287 TN Widen and improve State Route 33, Knox

County, Tennessee .......................................... $6,500,000

2288 CA Reconstruct Paramount Blvd. with medians

and improve drainage from north border to

south border of city in Lakewood ................... $1,080,000

2289 NY Upgrade Metro North stations in the Bronx

and construct station at Yankee Stadium ..... $2,400,000

2290 OH Construct the existing industrial park road

from local to State standards near Cadiz ...... $4,100,000

2291 LA Upgrade LA 28 to four lanes from LA 121 to

LA 465 .............................................................. $1,600,000

2292 NY Reconstruction of Historic Eastern Parkway ... $1,920,000

2293 CA Widen and make ITS improvements on Paramount Blvd. between Telegraph Rd. and

Gardendale St. in Downey .............................. $800,000

2294 VA Conduct planning and engineering for Hampton Roads Third Crossing and Interconnected Roadways ........................................ $2,400,000

2295 IL Widen Annie Glidden Road to five lanes with

intersection improvements. DeKalb, IL ......... $6,400,000

2296 CA Widen California State Route 132 from California State Route 99 west to Dakota Avenue .................................................................... $14,400,000

2297 NC Widen Derita Road from Poplar Tent Road in

Concord to the Cabarrus Mecklenburg County line ............................................................... $1,600,000

2298 TX Widen from 4 to 6 lanes Interstate 35 East

from Lake Lewisville to Loop 288 .................. $5,600,000

2299 CA Widen Haskell Avenue between Chase St. and

Roscoe Blvd ...................................................... $160,000

2300 TX Widen Hempstead Highway from 12th Street

to Washington Avenue from four lanes to six

lanes ................................................................. $800,000

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2301 NH Reconstruction and relocation of the intersection of Maple Avenue and Charleston Road

in Claremont .................................................... $400,000

2302 OH Construct highway-rail crossing safety upgrades at 3 grade crossings in Madison Village, OH ........................................................... $240,000

2303 WA Cultural and Interpretive Center (Hanford

Reach National Monument) facility, Richland, WA .......................................................... $1,280,000

2304 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in New York County ................................... $600,000

2305 NY Construction of and improvements to Main

Street in the Town of Eden ............................ $320,000

2306 GA SR 85 widening from Adams DR to I–75 and

reconstruct the Forest Parkway interchange,

Clayton County ................................................ $1,200,000

2307 GA Jogging and Bicycle Trails around CSU, Columbus .............................................................. $400,000

2308 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Throop Borough, Lackawanna County ............................. $160,000

2309 IL Reconstruct Winter Ave, existing 1 lane RR

subway, and 1 lane bridge to provide access

to Winter Park in Danville ............................. $4,320,000

2310 OR Construct highway and pedestrian access to

Macadam Ave. and street improvements as

part of the South Waterfront development,

Portland ........................................................... $7,200,000

2311 TX Relocation of 10th Street near McAllen-Miller

International Airport ...................................... $600,000

2312 IL Construct pedestrian tunnel at railroad crossing in Winfield, IL ........................................... $800,000

2313 IN Construct Margaret Avenue Safety and Capacity Enhancement Project ................................ $2,400,000

2314 TX Construct Loop 574 from BU 77 to I–35 in

McLennan Co ................................................... $1,600,000

2315 NY Construction of a bicycle/pedestrian off road

scenic pathway from the Niagara Falls City

Line to the southerly Lewiston Town/Village

Line along the Niagara Gorge, Town of

Lewiston, Village of Lewiston, Niagara

County .............................................................. $1,840,000

2316 FL Construct new bridge from West-Florida Turnpike to CR 714 to 36th Street—Cross S.

Fork of St. Lucie River—Indian Street to

U.S. 1 on east side ........................................... $4,000,000

2317 WI Recondition SH 16 from Columbus to SH 26

(Dodge County, Wisconsin) ............................. $4,000,000

2318 ............................................................................... $0

2319 NY Riverwalk in Irvington development ................. $200,000

2320 OH Road resurfacing and improvements in the Village of Bentleyville, OH .................................. $560,000

2321 PA Improvements to Stella Street rail-highway

crossing in Wormleysburg, PA ....................... $600,000

2322 CT Construct Entrance Ramp at Route 8 Exit 11,

Shelton, CT ...................................................... $800,000

2323 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Leeds, AL .......... $160,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1347

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2324 WA Federal Way Triangle—Conduct final engineering work for the reconstruction of the I–

5—SR 18 interchange ..................................... $1,600,000

2325 MI Garden City, Reconstruct Maplewood between

Inkster and Merriman .................................... $980,000

2326 OR Lake Road Reconstruction and Safety Improvements, Milwaukie ................................... $4,000,000

2327 NY Resurface Grade Crossing at Old State Road .. $200,000

2328 MN Construction of Cedar Avenue Busway, MN .... $4,800,000

2329 IL Upgrade streets and implement traffic and pedestrian safety signalization improvements,

Oak Lawn ......................................................... $3,920,000

2330 GA Streetscape-Thomasville ..................................... $240,000

2331 AZ State Route 77/Project funds for the Ore Trail

in the Copper Corridor on SR 77 ................... $240,000

2332 PA To enhance existing directional markers and

increase wayfinding signage infrastructure

in Monroe County ............................................ $400,000

2333 CA Construct and repair lining in four tunnels on

Kanan, Kanan Dume, and Malibu Canyon

Roads between U.S. 1 and U.S. 101 .............. $2,400,000

2334 GA Sidewalk revitalization project in downtown

Eastman ........................................................... $400,000

2335 TX Port of Corpus Christi Up River Road for upgrade of roadway to and from docks and IH

37 ...................................................................... $400,000

2336 GA Construct U.S. 411 Connector from U.S. 41 to

I–75, Bartow County, Georgia ........................ $16,000,000

2337 NY Construction of U.S. Route 219 Expressway:

Sections V and VI ............................................ $4,800,000

2338 PA Engineering, design and construction of an extension of Park Avenue north to Lakemont

Park in Altoona ............................................... $1,600,000

2339 MN Reconstruct I–35E from I–94 to Maryland Avenue in St. Paul ................................................. $2,800,000

2340 CA Construct truck ramp linking Interstate 5 to

the National City Marine Cargo Terminal,

National City ................................................... $2,400,000

2341 GA Reconstruct the interchange at Interstate 185

and Victory Drive (SR 520), Columbus, GA

Victory Drive (SR 520), Columbus, GA ......... $1,444,800

2342 OH Streetscaping, bicycle trails, and related improvements to the I–90—SR 615 Interchange in Mentor, OH .................................... $2,800,000

2343 IN Preliminary engineering, right-of-way, and

construction for Perimeter Parkway-West

Lafayette/Purdue University, Indiana ........... $4,480,000

2344 TN Reconstruct Interchange 55 at Mallory Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County ....................... $800,000

2345 CA Upgrade first responders signal pre-emption

hardware, Culver City .................................... $25,600

2346 IN Construction of Maplecrest Rd. Extension—

Allen County, Indiana ..................................... $8,800,000

2347 MS Upgrade roads in Arcola, Leland, Greenville,

and Hollandale (U.S. Highway 61 and 18),

Washington County ......................................... $1,400,000

2348 MS Canal Road Intermodal Connector, Gulfport .... $6,400,000

2349 NY Long Pong Road: Larkins Creek to Lake Ontario State Parkway, Town of Greece ............ $1,152,000

119 STAT. 1348 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2350 NY Construct the Auburn Connector Road Corridor, Auburn, NY ........................................... $800,000

2351 MA Engineering and construction of Blackstone

Valley Visitors Center at intersection of

State Route 146 and Millbury Street,

Worcester ......................................................... $6,400,000

2352 CA Improve I–8 off ramp to the Desert Farming

Institute, Imperial County ............................. $800,000

2353 KS Construct bike and pedestrian path along K–

10 between Douglas and Johnson Counties .. $400,000

2354 HI Construct Bike Lanes on Kalanianaole Highway, vicinity of Makapuu to Keolu Drive ...... $240,000

2355 TX Donna/Rio Bravo International Bridge ............. $1,600,000

2356 IL Improve Sheridan Road, Evanston .................... $1,600,000

2357 MD Intercounty Connector ........................................ $3,200,000

2358 MI Resurfacing of Ten Mile Road in St. Clair

Shores ............................................................... $716,800

2359 NY Conduct studies to consider transportation

planning and community involvement for infrastructure projects that address congestion

relief in New York City ................................... $1,200,000

2360 MO Construct an extension of MO 740 from U.S.

63 to the I–70 Lake of the Woods Interchange .............................................................. $2,000,000

2361 LA Construct improvements to Enterprise Blvd. in

Iberville Parish; and LA 1/I–10 Connector

Study; and improvements to LA 10/Zachary

Taylor Parkway ............................................... $3,200,000

2362 NY Monroe County ITS project ................................ $720,000

2363 MO Roadway improvement on I–44 in Phelps

County, Missouri ............................................. $800,000

2364 MA Rt. 128/95 ramp Northbound to Kendrick

Street, Needham .............................................. $1,400,000

2365 IN Realign State Road 312, Hammond .................. $3,330,313

2366 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of surface improvements to the

area adjacent to Exit 168 of Interstate 81 at

the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township ................................................................... $200,000

2367 GA SR 92 relocation from Durelee Road to SR 92

at Malone, including grade separation,

Douglas County, Georgia ................................ $6,400,000

2368 IN Construct I–69 Evansville to Indianapolis, Indiana ................................................................. $11,200,000

2369 CA Construct fourth bore of Caldecott Tunnel on

SR 24, California ............................................. $1,600,000

2370 TN Construct interchange on I–40 in Wilson

County .............................................................. $800,000

2371 IN Construct service road parallel to I–69 in the

City of Anderson, Indiana .............................. $3,200,000

2372 NY Croton-on-Hudson, NY Restoration of Van

Cortlandt Manor entrance road ..................... $2,000,000

2373 OH Construction and repair of pedestrian walkways along Lake Shore Blvd. in Lakeline

Village, OH ...................................................... $231,200

2374 MD Reconstruct MD 32 from MD 108 to I–70 in

Howard County ............................................... $3,040,000

2375 NY Repair and Improve Streets in Astoria damaged by water main breaks ............................ $1,400,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1349

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2376 MI Reconstruct two bridges over Black Creek

Drain in Sanilac County ................................. $570,000

2377 FL Construction of Little Venice Road, Marathon,

FL ..................................................................... $800,000

2378 CA Make traffic and safety improvements to Atlantic Blvd. in Maywood ................................. $400,000

2379 MN Stearns County Bridge No. 73501 Improvements ................................................................ $320,000

2380 LA Construct LA 16 Interchange at I–12 and improvements, and Cook Road improvements .. $10,400,000

2381 MO Reconstruct Highway 60 and Highway 65

Interchange ...................................................... $1,600,000

2382 CO I–70, Havana, Yosemite Street Interchange

Reconstruction Project, Denver ...................... $1,200,000

2383 CO Reconstruct C 470–US 85 Interchange ............. $3,200,000

2384 VA Reconstruction of the entranceway to Montpelier on Orange County, Virginia .................... $800,000

2385 TN Construct and widen underpass at intersection

of Boydstation, Harvey, and McFee Roads,

Knox County, TN ............................................ $395,440

2386 GA Extend sidewalks, upgrade landscaping in

downtown Hawkinsville .................................. $400,000

2387 OH Conduct Sarah St. along SR 18 and 101 enhancement project to calm traffic in the City

of Tiffin ............................................................. $2,080,000

2388 LA Improvements to Zachary Taylor Parkway ...... $1,600,000

2389 CA Las Tunas Drive Pedestrian Enhancement,

San Gabriel ...................................................... $120,000

2390 OH Reconstruction, widening, and bicycle improvements to Pettibone Road in the City of

Solon, OH ......................................................... $2,400,000

2391 NH Replacement of Ash Street and Pillsbury Road

Bridge ............................................................... $1,520,000

2392 PA Swamp Road Corridor Safety and Roadway

Improvements, Bucks County ........................ $2,400,000

2393 FL Construct St. Augustine to Palatka Rail Trail,

Florida .............................................................. $2,320,000

2394 IL Construction of a traffic circle to reduce traffic

congestion, Museum Campus Chicago ........... $1,600,000

2395 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Gardendale, AL $533,334

2396 PA Extension of Second Street from Race to the

intersection of Lehigh and Poplar Street in

the Borough of Catasauqua ............................ $880,000

2397 NE Cuming Street Transportation Improvement

Project, Omaha, Nebraska .............................. $3,600,000

2398 TN Construct State Route 1 (U.S. 70) to a four

lane divided highway on new alignment

from Centertown to McMinnville in Warren

County .............................................................. $9,200,000

2399 CA Improve access to I–80 at Eureka Road Interchange .............................................................. $1,600,000

2400 LA Expand existing South Central Planning and

Development Commission Intelligent Transportation System program in HoumaThibodaux area by installing signals, sensors and systems ............................................. $1,440,000

2401 IL Install traffic control devices on traffic signals

in Village of Oak Lawn ................................... $192,000

119 STAT. 1350 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2402 CA Interstate 15, California Oaks Road Interchange Project ................................................. $1,600,000

2403 TX Choate Road overpass to eliminate at-grade

intersection between Choate Rd. and SH 146 $7,840,000

2404 OH Construction of I–75 Austin Road Interchange,

Montgomery County, Ohio .............................. $6,000,000

2405 CA Acquire lands for mitigation adjacent to U.S.

101 as part of Southern Santa Clara County

Wildlife Corridor Protection and Scenic Enhancement Project ........................................... $400,000

2406 TX Construct U.S. Business 287 through the Trinity Uptown Project from 7th St. NE to 11th

St. NE in Fort Worth ...................................... $6,400,000

2407 KS Construct K–10 and Lone Elm Road interchange, Lenexa ................................................ $4,000,000

2408 OH Construct connector road between SR 79 and

Thornwood Drive in Licking County ............. $5,000,000

2409 NH Construct Pedestrian, Bicycle bridge in Keene $640,000

2410 FL Coral Way, SR 972 Highway Beautification,

Phase One, Miami, Florida ............................. $1,200,000

2411 TN Develop historic preservation transportation

enhancement project, Sumner Co. and surrounding counties ............................................ $108,000

2412 NY Develop terminal facilities for water taxi

projects in New York City .............................. $4,400,000

2413 WI Expand U.S. 151 between Dickeyville and Belmont ................................................................. $1,600,000

2414 NY Improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, NY 25,

Jamesport ......................................................... $240,000

2415 PA PA Route 183 widening and ramp enhancement, Bern Township ...................................... $1,600,000

2416 IN Reconstruct Hoosier Heartland Highway, Wabash, Huntington and Miami County Indiana segments ................................................... $800,000

2417 GA Replace sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and install landscaping, Soperton ............................ $400,000

2418 LA Lafayette, LA Implementation of Intelligent

Transportation System ................................... $8,800,000

2419 NY Conduct improvements to I–87—Exit 18 Interchange .............................................................. $2,000,000

2420 IL To construct an extension of U.S. 51 from 9

miles south of Moweaqua to 4.6 miles south

of Moweaqua .................................................... $1,600,000

2421 IL Upgrade roads, The Village of Hillside ............. $800,000

2422 MS Upgrade safety devices at Front Street rail

crossing, Ellisville ........................................... $40,000

2423 CO U.S. 287—Ports-to-Plains Corridor in Colorado $6,133,333

2424 AZ Many Farms, Apache County—For the Construction of N8086 and N8084 on the Navajo

Nation ............................................................... $480,000

2425 VA Construct I–95 Interchange at Temple Ave,

Colonial Heights .............................................. $1,600,000

2426 KS Route designation, environmental clearance,

final design and right-of-way acquisition for

Crawford County, KS corridor of U.S. Highway 69 .............................................................. $3,200,000

2427 CA U.S. 395 Realignment and Widening Project ... $400,000

2428 IL To connect about a 2-mile segment through

Collinsville at two or three lanes ................... $1,600,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1351

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2429 IL Construct Parking Facility and pedestrian

walkways at 94th and S. Oak Park Ave,

Oak Lawn ......................................................... $192,000

2430 UT I–15 Freeway Reconstruction—Springville 200

South Interchange ........................................... $3,600,000

2431 MA Washington St. from High St. to Water St.,

Walpole ............................................................. $1,400,000

2432 VA White’s Mill Trail and Renovation—Design

and construction of recreational trail and

preservation of watermill for use as visitors

center ................................................................ $400,000

2433 CA Implement San Francisco Street Improvements Program ................................................ $6,400,000

2434 MA Design, engineering, and construction of

Methuen Rotary alternative at I–93 and

Routes 110 and 113, Methuen ........................ $600,000

2435 IL Improve Mill Street, Rock Island ...................... $400,000

2436 PA For the Nanticoke City Redevelopment Authority to design, acquire land, and construct a parking garage, streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting and safety improvements, and roadway redesign in Nanticoke ................................................................ $5,600,000

2437 MI Widen and reconstruct Walton Boulevard

Bridge in Auburn Hills between Opdyke and

Squirrel Road ................................................... $4,000,000

2438 OR Widen Delaura Beach Lane and add a bike

lane both directions, Warrenton .................... $148,800

2439 MA Design and construct the 3-mile long Grand

Trunk Trail bikeway from Sturbridge to

Southbridge ...................................................... $560,000

2440 TN Develop trails, bike paths and recreational facilities on the Crest of Black Mountain,

Cumberland County for Cumberland Trail

State Park ........................................................ $200,000

2441 NY Study and Improve Traffic Flow Improvement

at Atlantic Yard Arena Development ............ $2,000,000

2442 MD Upgrade and widen MD 237 from Pegg Road

to MD 235 ........................................................ $12,000,000

2443 PA Main Street improvements from Broad Street

to Richardson Avenue and Main Street to

Madison Avenue, Borough of Lansdale ......... $640,000

2444 CA Widen Highway 101 in Marin and Sonoma

Counties from Hwy 37 in Novato to Old

Redwood Highway in Petaluma ..................... $12,000,000

2445 NY Road and pedestrian safety improvements

Main Street, Village of Patchogue ................. $1,500,000

2446 UT Widen Highway 92 from Lehi to Highland ....... $2,500,000

2447 AZ Widen I–10 to 3 lanes in each direction north

of Tucson from Marana Interchange to

Cortato Interchange ........................................ $1,360,000

2448 CA Widen I–238 between I–580 and I–880 in Alameda County .................................................... $800,000

2449 VA Widen I–66 westbound inside the Capital Beltway from the Rosslyn Tunnel to the Dulles

Connector Road ............................................... $5,600,000

2450 NC Construction of I–74 between I–40 and U.S.

220, High Point, North Carolina .................... $4,000,000

2451 MD Widen I–695, Baltimore Beltway, Southwest ... $3,440,000

119 STAT. 1352 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2452 GA Replace sidewalks, upgrade lighting in downtown Vidalia ..................................................... $400,000

2453 MN Construct bicycle and pedestrian trails in

Cuyuna Recreation Area ................................. $700,000

2454 HI Construct Kapaa Bypass .................................... $2,400,000

2455 FL Temple Terrace Highway Modification ............. $1,600,000

2456 TN Widen Interstate 240 from Poplar Avenue (SR

57) to near Walnut Grove Road (SR 23) East

of Memphis, Shelby County ............................ $800,000

2457 IL For the Village of Woodridge to resurface

Internationale Parkway .................................. $86,400

2458 OR I–5 Trade Corridor, Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, Washington segment .......................... $4,220,000

2459 GA Streetscape, Pedestrian Improvements in City

Center, City of Clarkston ............................... $4,000,000

2460 KY Widen KY 1991 from Maysville Road to Midland Trail Industrial Park, Montgomery

County .............................................................. $1,000,000

2461 NC Construct new Route from Beach Drive (SR

1104) to NC 211 in Brunswick County .......... $3,200,000

2462 NJ International Trade and Logistics Center

Roadway Improvements at Exit 12 of the

New Jersey Turnpike, Carteret ..................... $1,200,000

2463 IL Interstate 41 and Route 176 Interchange replacement ......................................................... $600,000

2464 MA Northern Avenue Bridge rehabilitation, Boston $2,400,000

2465 AK Planning, design, and construction of Knik

Arm Bridge ...................................................... $151,000,000

2466 IN North Calumet Avenue Improvements,

Valparaiso ........................................................ $960,000

2467 OR I–205/Highway 213 interchange improvements $800,000

2468 TN Improving Vehicle Efficiencies at highway AtGrade Railroad Crossing in Loudon, TN ....... $45,600

2469 AZ Design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction I–10 Collector Distributor Roadway

from 40th Street to Baseline Maricopa

County, Arizona ............................................... $3,200,000

2470 LA Improvements to LA 42 in Ascension Parish;

and LA 73 improvements in Ascension Parish ..................................................................... $8,000,000

2471 MN Construct Paul Bunyan trail from Mississippi

River Bridge Trail to Crow Wing State Park $775,000

2472 MN Construct Mesabi Trail from Grand Rapids to

City of Ely ........................................................ $2,700,000

2473 GA Install sidewalks on Highway 23 from Dykes

Street to Sarah Street, Cochran ..................... $300,000

2474 AK Kodiak, AK Construction of AMHW ferry terminal and approach ........................................ $7,500,000

2475 OK Reconstruction of SH 66 from Craig and Rogers Counties to SH 66 and U.S. 60 intersection .................................................................... $800,000

2476 CA Enhance pedestrian environment and increase

safety along Olympic Blvd. between

Vermont and Western Avenues, Los Angeles $1,600,000

2477 NY Enhancement of the Michigan Avenue Corridor, Buffalo .................................................... $1,600,000

2478 NJ Kapkowski Road Area Improvements in Elizabeth ................................................................... $4,560,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1353

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2479 CA Construct landscape medians along Skyline

Drive from Sears Avenue to 58th Street, San

Diego ................................................................. $800,000

2480 NY Jamaica Air Train Station Area Infrastructure

Improvements .................................................. $4,000,000

2481 MO Construct Highway 465 to Highway 376 south

from Hwy 76 to Hwy 376 ................................ $4,800,000

2482 WA New Country Road on Whidbey Island ............. $960,000

2483 NM Chaco Wash Bridge and Road Improvements

on Navajo Route 46 ......................................... $1,600,000

2484 CA Reconstruct Interstate 880-Route 92 interchange in Hayward ......................................... $1,400,000

2485 MA Relocate Rt. 79 in Fall River to create 4-lane

urban boulevard with landscaped median

and developable waterfront ............................ $1,800,000

2486 IL Road extension for Highway 22 in Macon

County, IL ........................................................ $534,400

2487 NY Portageville Bridge—Purchase existing bridge

to convert to pedestrian bridge ...................... $1,464,000

2488 PA Rt. 422 complete preliminary engineering and

four lane expansion from Ebensburg to

Kittanning ........................................................ $2,400,000

2489 CA Upgrade essential road arterials, connectors,

bridges and other road infrastructure improvements in the Town of Desert Hot

Springs, CA ...................................................... $1,600,000

2490 KY Construct the Heartland Parkway in Adair

County .............................................................. $960,000

2491 NV Horse-US-95 Interchange Project ...................... $4,800,000

2492 CT Make Improvements to Plainfield Moosup

Pond Road ........................................................ $200,000

2493 FL Construction design ROW U.S. 27 from SR

540 to SR 544 and from I–4 to U.S. 192 in

Polk County, FL .............................................. $8,000,000

2494 IA Construction of approaches and viaduct on

Edgewood Rd. SW over the UP Railroad,

Prairie Creek, and the CRANDIC railroad ... $1,280,000

2495 NJ Construct Hackensack River Walkway in Bergen County ....................................................... $1,600,000

2496 TX Hwy 80/123 Overpass at Hwy 181 in Karnes

County .............................................................. $240,000

2497 NM Improvements to U.S. Highway 87 from Clayton, NM to Raton, NM .................................... $1,600,000

2498 VA Route 11 Interchange improvements in Lexington, Virginia ............................................... $800,000

2499 CA Improvements to Ben Maddox Way Bridge ...... $1,600,000

2500 WA SR 18 Widening, Maple Valley to I–90 ............. $6,000,000

2501 NY City of Beacon construction of pedestrian and

Bicycle trail ...................................................... $252,000

2502 TX FM 544, widen 2-lane roadway to 6-lane roadway from SH 121 to Dozier-Parker Road ...... $1,600,000

2503 TX Construct an alternate truck route to Interstate 35 in Buda .............................................. $500,000

2504 NY Improvements on the Cross Island Bridge

Overpass/212th Street and vicinity, Queens $3,376,000

2505 MI Novi, Reconstruct Grand River between Novi

and Haggerty ................................................... $800,000

119 STAT. 1354 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2506 SD Resurface U.S. Highway 18 from Lake Andes

to U.S. Highway 50 on Yankton Sioux Reservation ............................................................ $960,000

2507 TX Lajitas Relief Route ............................................ $1,200,000

2508 WY U.S. 85 Passing Lanes ........................................ $1,600,000

2509 MA Design and Construct Blackstone River Bikeway and Worcester Bikeway Pavilion between Providence, RI and Worcester ............. $2,000,000

2510 NY Little Falls Access: Repair and reconstruct

High School and Lower School Road ............. $192,000

2511 FL Replace Columbus Drive Bridge ........................ $3,200,000

2512 ............................................................................... $0

2513 MI Construction of two railroad-highway grade

separations on Farm Lane north of Mount

Hope Road ........................................................ $1,840,000

2514 CA Widen Atlantic Bl bridge over the Los Angeles

River in Vernon ............................................... $800,000

2515 CA Widen Bundy Drive between Wilshire and

Santa Monica Boulevards in the City of Los

Angeles ............................................................. $3,400,000

2516 AL To provide four lanes on U.S. 80, Perry County, Marengo County, and Sumter County ..... $11,200,000

2517 CA Widen Maine Avenue in Baldwin Park ............. $300,000

2518 NM Ease traffic congestion and improve intersection safety by identifying alternative alignment to U.S. 84/285 and NM 68 through

Espanola ........................................................... $1,600,000

2519 MS Widen MS Hwy 19 between Philadelphia and

Collinsville, MS ............................................... $10,000,000

2520 NY Construct the Fire Island ferry terminal facility, Patchogue .................................................. $1,600,000

2521 IL IL 8 from East Peoria to Washington, IL ......... $762,056

2522 NJ Preliminary engineering for missing connections of NJ 23 and I–80 .................................. $1,200,000

2523 ME Penobscot Riverfront Development for bicycle

trails, amenities, and traffic circulation improvements, Bangor and Brewer ................... $2,800,000

2524 IL Restoration and reconstruction of the central

business district street. Cambridge, IL ......... $960,000

2525 NC Widen NC 150 from Cherryville to Lincolnton $800,000

2526 NY Second phase of the Grand Concourse improvements from East 166th St. to East

171st St ............................................................ $8,000,000

2527 VT U.S. Route 7 and U.S. Route 4 road improvements for the City of Rutland ........................ $2,848,000

2528 IL Improve 63rd Street, Chicago ............................ $1,600,000

2529 MI Alcona County, Reconstruction of Ritchie Road

from Village of Lincoln to Hubbard Lake

road ................................................................... $650,400

2530 SC Construct roadway btwn I–26 and U/S/ 1 in

Lexington County. Intermodal connector

from U.S. 1 to I–26 and I–77. SC 302 and

SC 602 improvements ..................................... $1,600,000

2531 OR Agness Road, Curry County ............................... $2,000,000

2532 NY Rehabilitation of Sharon Drive in the Town of

Poughkeepsie ................................................... $260,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1355

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2533 TX Conduct study of I–10 and U.S. 190 with a

focus on congestion relief and the need for a

military and emergency relief transportation

corridor ............................................................. $160,000

2534 MD MD 85 at I270 ..................................................... $4,000,000

2535 GA SR 36 passing lanes north of Jackson to Newton County line, Butts County, Georgia ........ $2,440,000

2536 VA I–66 and Route 29 Gainesville Interchange

Project .............................................................. $8,000,000

2537 NY Construct and extend existing pedestrian

streetscape areas in Lynbrook ....................... $800,000

2538 CA Construct traffic intersection island improvements on North side of Olympic Blvd. where

Irolo St. and Normandie Ave. split in

Koreatown, Los Angeles ................................. $200,000

2539 WA Improvements in the SR 9 corridor in Snohomish County ..................................................... $1,200,000

2540 PA Replace a highway railcrossing in Osborne

Borough, PA ..................................................... $1,720,000

2541 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Centerpoint, AL $533,334

2542 CA Replace twin 2 lane bridge with single 4 lane

bridge on SR 138 over Big Rock Wash .......... $400,000

2543 CA State Route 86S and Ave. 50 highway safety

grade separation .............................................. $800,000

2544 TX Construct Fredericksburg Road-Medical Drive

grade separation in San Antonio ................... $3,040,000

2545 PA For design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of a connector road between the

Valmont Industrial Park and Pennsylvania

Rt. 924 at Cranberry Creek ............................ $400,000

2546 AR Interstates 30/440/530 Interchanges/For interchange improvements, Little Rock ................. $1,200,000

2547 NJ Rehabilitation of Benigno Boulevard from I295

to Route 168 in Bellmawr ............................... $320,000

2548 PA Preconstruction studies for improvement to

U.S. 22 from Irving Street to Mickley Road $800,000

2549 IL Establish transportation museum on Navy

Pier, Chicago .................................................... $432,000

2550 WA Continuing construction of I–90, Spokane to

Idaho State Line .............................................. $2,640,000

2551 VA Improve transportation infrastructure for visitors to Jamestown 2007 .................................. $425,520

2552 AR Highway 67: Kiehl Avenue—Vandenberg Boulevard: rehabilitating and widening Highway 67 from four to six lanes from Kiehl

Ave. to Vandenberg Blvd ................................ $2,960,000

2553 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety including in the vicinity of PS X81 ................... $250,000

2554 GA Memorial Drive Corridor .................................... $1,600,000

2555 VA Route 11 improvements in Maurertown, Virginia .................................................................. $800,000

2556 PA Street improvements, Whitemarsh Township .. $1,200,000

2557 VT Construction of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail

for the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers .................................................................. $5,814,789

2558 CO I–76: Colorados Northeast Gateway .................. $6,133,334

2559 VA Construct Maersk Terminal interchange in

Portsmouth ...................................................... $1,600,000

2560 GA I–75 Welcom Project ........................................... $200,000

119 STAT. 1356 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2561 PA Improve handicapped accessibility and provide

pedestrian overpass in Villanova ................... $2,400,000

2562 NY Install Two Permanent Variable Message

Signs (VMS) on Belt Parkway ........................ $500,000

2563 MI Re-surfacing Sebewaing Road in Huron County ....................................................................... $332,800

2564 IN Complete construction of paths at Hamilton

County Riverwalk, Noblesville, Indiana ........ $300,000

2565 NY Study and Implement Traffic and Pedestrian

Safety Enhancements to Gerritsen Beach,

Brooklyn ........................................................... $250,000

2566 PA Upgrade circuit for gates and lights at Sixth

Street in Emmaus, PA USDOT crossing

number 592402P to constant warning time

devices .............................................................. $220,000

2567 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, Eagleville ................................................ $160,000

2568 NY Improvements for pedestrian and vehicular access to Baychester Avenue and Bartow Avenue .................................................................... $600,000

2569 GA SR 400 reconstruction from I–285 to McFarland Road, Fulton and Forsyth Counties ...... $800,000

2570 MI Construct pedestrian and bicycle pathway at

Chippewa Landing River Park in the Village

of Caro .............................................................. $64,000

2571 GA Upgrade sidewalks, replace street lights, and

landscaping, Metter ........................................ $400,000

2572 AR Highway 412: Baxter Co. to Ash Flat ............... $1,600,000

2573 NY Town of North Salem improvements and repaving to Hawley Road ................................... $160,000

2574 IA U.S. 20 Mississippi River Bridge and approaches, Dubuque Co, IA .............................. $20,000,000

2575 NY Construct access road and exit lanes for Center for Advanced Medicine: North Shore LIJ

Health System ................................................. $2,000,000

2576 NY Improve key intersections and highway segments along Rt. 32 between Route 17–6–

NYS Thruway interchange in Harriman and

Highland Mills ................................................. $600,000

2577 CA Widen I–5 to 10 Lanes and Improve Corridor

Arterials, SR 91 to I–710 ................................ $4,160,000

2578 IL For the construction of the Grand Avenue Underpass, Village of Franklin Park .................. $928,000

2579 NY Rehabilitation of North and South Ridge

Street and Wappanocca Avenue in the Village of Rye Brook and City of Rye ................. $1,728,000

2580 NY NYSDOT Route 55 construction over Fishkill

Creek and left turn lane construction ........... $1,200,000

2581 AL Alabama Hwy 36 Extension and WideningPhase II ............................................................ $800,000

2582 OH Construct Eagle Avenue Viaduct-Demolition

bridge, realignment of roadway to replace

bridge and reconstruction of two other

bridges, Cleveland ........................................... $400,000

2583 NV Construct U.S. 93 Corridor—Boulder City ....... $8,000,000

2584 NY Reconstruction of NYS 5, 8, 12. Viaduct and

Rt. 5A and 5S: City of Utica ........................... $800,000

2585 CT Street and streetscape improvements along

Campbell Ave., West Haven ........................... $1,200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1357

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2586 MA Reconstruct North Washington Street Bridge

to connect Boston and Charlestown ............... $4,000,000

2587 MS Upgrade roads in Fayette (U.S. Highway 61

and 33), Jefferson County ............................... $320,000

2588 MN Heritage Center at the Grand Portage National Monument ............................................. $1,400,000

2589 NY Redesign and reconstruction of the Putnam

Rail-Trail, Bronx ............................................. $500,000

2590 OR Highway 34/Corvallis Bypass Intersection ....... $2,100,000

2591 CA Install traffic signal on Balboa Blvd. at

Knollwood Shopping Center ........................... $96,000

2592 MA Chelsea Street Bridge Reconstruction ............... $9,000,000

2593 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Northport, AL ... $213,334

2594 NV Construct widening of U.S. 50A from Fernley

to Leeteville Junction ...................................... $4,000,000

2595 WA Rebuild and widen Cemetery Road bridge over

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation canal near

Othello, WA ..................................................... $160,000

2596 FL Roadway construction of SW 62—SW 24 Avenue in Gainesville ........................................... $1,600,000

2597 WA SR 2/Kelsey Street Intersection Improvements

in Monroe ......................................................... $832,000

2598 NY Town of Southeast construction and repaving

of town roads ................................................... $240,000

2599 MI Reconstruct Third Ave. from Saginaw St. to

Flint River, City of Flint ................................. $2,400,000

2600 PA Upgrade circuit for gates and lights at 31st

Street in Allentown, PA USDOT crossing

number 592410G to constant warning time

devices .............................................................. $220,000

2601 NV Construct U.S. 95 Widening from Rainbow

Blvd. to Kyle Canyon ...................................... $6,400,000

2602 IN Improve campus streets to increase pedestrian

safety and ease vehicular congestion in the

City of Anderson, Indiana .............................. $1,600,000

2603 PA Schaefferstown Bypass, PA Route 501, Lebanon .................................................................. $1,600,000

2604 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Dupont Borough, Luzerne County ..................................... $160,000

2605 GA Intersection improvement at Lake Dow Road

and SR 81 Harris Drive at SR 42 .................. $480,000

2606 CA Replace South Access to the Golden Gate

Bridge—Doyle Drive ....................................... $8,000,000

2607 IL Resurface Yellow Banks Road, Franklin County ....................................................................... $320,000

2608 AL CR 52 from U.S. 31 (Pelham) and continuation

of CR 52 in Jefferson County, known as

Morgan Road, to I–459, including proposed

Highway 261 bypass around old town Helena .................................................................... $8,000,000

2609 IL Intersection Reconstruction at U.S. 12–IL 31

Tryon Grove Road ........................................... $720,000

2610 NY Streetscape of Herald and Greeley Squares in

New York City ................................................. $400,000

119 STAT. 1358 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2611 NJ Construct Cape May and Supawna Meadows

National Wildlife Refuges Roadway and

Parking Improvements ................................... $600,000

2612 TX Del Rio-Laughlin Air Force Base Relief Route $11,600,000

2613 NC Study feasibility of widening U.S. 221/NC 226

from Woodlawn to Spruce Pine, start planning and design, and make upgrades to improve safety ...................................................... $2,800,000

2614 NY Transportation improvements to the Far Rockaway Business District, Queens, New York .. $1,920,000

2615 AL Construction of Patton Island Bridge Corridor $4,000,000

2616 NH Hampton Bridge Rehabilitation—Hampton,

NH .................................................................... $1,200,000

2617 CA Gale Avenue widening between Fullerton Road

and Nogales Street, and Nogales Street widening at Gale Avenue ...................................... $80,000

2618 CA Grade Separation at Cesar Chavez Parkway

and Harbor Drive, San Diego ......................... $400,000

2619 MO Improve access to I–55 at River Des Peres ...... $8,000,000

2620 PA PA Route 61 enhancements, Schuylkill Haven $8,000,000

2621 MO Kansas City SmartPort ITS for highways ........ $4,000,000

2622 PA City of Philadelphia in conjunction with American Cities Foundation for neighborhood

transportation enhancement and pedestrian

safety projects .................................................. $3,200,000

2623 DE Reconstructing I–95/SR 1 interchange, adding

a fifth lane, and replacing toll plaza on

Delaware’s portion of I–95 corridor ............... $4,400,000

2624 OH Study possible road upgrades in Tuscarawas

County due to flood issues based on dams in

Muskingum Watershed District ..................... $100,000

2625 OR Sunrise Corridor, Clackamas County ................ $3,000,000

2626 CA Construct Cabot-Camino Capistrano Bridge

Project and related roadway improvements

in Cities of Mission Viejo and Laguna

Niguel, California ............................................ $670,952

2627 TX Construction of mainlanes and interchanges

on SH 121 from Hillcrest to U.S. 75 .............. $12,800,000

2628 WA Enumclaw, WA Welcome Center ....................... $1,200,000

2629 PA Upgrade narrow existing roads, Plank, Otts,

Meyers, Seitz Roads, along 1 mile corridor to

2 lane road with shoulders, improve intersections ............................................................. $800,000

2630 GA Widen Old Petersburg Road-Old Evans Road

from Baston Road to Washington Road, Columbia County, Georgia .................................. $3,200,000

2631 CA Widen Peyton Drive from Grand Ave. to Chino

Hills Pky., construct Eucalyptus Ave. from

Peyton Drive to Galloping Hills, improve

English Channel .............................................. $5,628,888

2632 TX New construction for the SH 349 Reliever

Route beginning at the SH 191 intersection

in Midland ........................................................ $2,000,000

2633 PA Widen Route 22 between Export and Delmont $1,160,000

2634 CA Construction of a traffic signal at the intersection of Hamlin St. and Corbin Ave ................ $100,000

2635 NY Design/Environmental work on the Inner Loop

from Clinton Avenue to East Main Street,

Rochester .......................................................... $1,920,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1359

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2636 MO I–35 access modification planning, City of

Kearney ............................................................ $1,200,000

2637 OH Construction and road improvements to Hubbard Road in Burton Township, OH .............. $400,000

2638 MN North-South Corridor with Railroad Overpass,

City of Staples ................................................. $1,200,000

2639 CA Port of Hueneme Intermodal Access Improvement Project, including grade separation at

Rice Avenue and State Route 34; widen

Hueneme Road ................................................ $3,760,000

2640 CA Reconstruct and deep-lift asphalt on various

roads throughout the district in Ventura

County .............................................................. $4,800,000

2641 GA Upgrade sidewalks, parking, street lighting,

and landscaping, Claxton ............................... $400,000

2642 MS Upgrade roads in Itta Bena (U.S. Highway 82

and 7) and in vicinity of Viking Range Corp.

(U.S. Highway 7 and 49), Leflore County ..... $1,200,000

2643 VA Widen Route 262 in Augusta County ................ $800,000

2644 CA Forest Highway 171 Upper Skyway Improvement ................................................................. $5,800,000

2645 NV Construct overpass and exit lane improvements on Lake Mead Parkway to Lake Las

Vegas entrance ................................................ $2,400,000

2646 IL Construct Bridge Overpass, DuSable MuseumChicago ............................................................. $800,000

2647 WA Expand size and improve safety Lewis and

Clark Discovery Trailhead and Scenic Overlook ................................................................... $146,000

2648 PA Construction of access improvement at the I–

79 SR 228 interchange in vicinity of Cranberry Town Center .......................................... $520,000

2649 PA Development of bicycle and pedestrian trails

and access links along North Delaware

Riverfront ......................................................... $8,000,000

2650 OH Highway—RR grade separation over the Norfolk Southern Rail Line for the Hines Hill

Road—Milford Connector project in Hudson,

Ohio .................................................................. $240,000

2651 CA Construct crosswalk bump-outs and related

streetscape improvements on Temple St. between Hoover St. and Glendale Blvd., Los

Angeles ............................................................. $400,000

2652 NC Improve SR 1923 from U.S. 70 Business to

U.S. 301 Smithfield ......................................... $4,000,000

2653 MA Improvements to Mass. Ave, Andover Street,

Osgood Street, Salem Street, and Johnson

Street in the Old Town Center of North Andover ................................................................. $800,000

2654 KY Reconstruct U.S. 127 at U.S. 127 South, Mercer County ........................................................ $480,000

2655 CA Construct truck lane from Britannia Blvd. to

the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, San Diego

County .............................................................. $1,200,000

2656 PA Beford, PA Relocation of Old Route 220 and

Sweet Road. Complete preliminary engineering, purchase right-of-way, construction ....... $12,228,000

119 STAT. 1360 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2657 GA Design and construction of 2.2 miles of

multiuse trail in the City of Douglas, Georgia ..................................................................... $160,000

2658 IL Entry Road to Southern Illinois University Research Park, Carbondale ................................ $1,000,000

2659 NY Kingston, Construct pedestrian waterfront

walkway ........................................................... $1,040,000

2660 MN Reconstruction of Airport Road from TH 53 to

CR 296, Cirrus Drive from Airport Road to

TH 53 and TH 53 from Airport Road to

Stebner Road ................................................... $1,700,000

2661 KS Replacement of U.S. 169 bridge in Kansas

City ................................................................... $6,800,000

2662 PA Route 313 Turning Lanes and Truck Climbing

Lanes, Bucks County ...................................... $1,600,000

2663 CA Purchase of Rosemead Blvd. ROW, Temple

City ................................................................... $800,000

2664 NJ Reconfiguration of Bay Avenue and Polaris

Street in Newark, NJ ...................................... $6,400,000

2665 MI Reconstruct highway under a railroad bridge,

Wyoming Ave. from Eagle Pass to Michigan

Avenue, Wayne County ................................... $800,000

2666 OK Construct vehicular bridge over the Burlington

Northern RR at War Bonnet Crossing,

Mannford, OK .................................................. $800,000

2667 UT Construction and Rehabilitation of 13th East

in Sandy City ................................................... $7,000,000

2668 VA Construct 3.6 miles of Interstate 73 near

Martinsville ...................................................... $615,680

2669 WA Maple Valley SR 169 and SR 516 improvements ................................................................ $800,000

2670 FL Construct access road to entrances to OpaLocka Airport at Opa-Locka Airport at N.W.

135th Street and N.W. 47th Avenue, including improvements to N.W. 47th Avenue with

median strip, City of Opa-Locka .................... $1,600,000

2671 UT Expand Redhills Parkway from 2 to 5 lanes

and improve alignment within rights-of-way

in St. George .................................................... $4,000,000

2672 OH Bethlehem Township, Ohio. Riverland Avenue

Bridge Replacement ........................................ $1,040,000

2673 MD MD 295, BWI Access Improvements ................. $3,792,000

2674 OR Connect Boeckman Road to Tooze Road,

Wilsonville ....................................................... $800,000

2675 LA Lincoln Parish, LA/I–20 Transportation Corridor Program .................................................. $4,000,000

2676 TX FM 937 from SH 164 to FM 3371, Limestone

Co ...................................................................... $1,600,000

2677 MO Construct additional exit ramp access lane

from I–44 to Kings highway and enhance

Shaw Ave. corridor .......................................... $3,856,000

2678 IN Construction of I–64 Interchange, Harrison

County, Indiana ............................................... $4,248,000

2679 OH Bridge Replacement at SR 84 and I–90 on

Bishop Road in Willougby Hills, OH ............. $400,000

2680 TN Continue Shelby Avenue—Demonbreun Street

project in Nashville ......................................... $5,200,000

2681 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path from

Waunakee to Westport .................................... $1,600,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1361

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2682 CT Construct bike and pedestrian paths along

Salem Greenway-Salem, CT ........................... $80,000

2683 TX Construct I–635/35E Interchange in Dallas,

TX ..................................................................... $3,600,000

2684 CA Hwy 199 Narrow Enhancement to reduce active slides that cause significant road closures on primary connecting route from U.S.

101 to I–5 ......................................................... $1,800,000

2685 MD Construction of New Interchange at MD5,

MD373, and Brandywine Road ...................... $12,000,000

2686 GA I–20 West from SR 5 Bill Arp to SR 6—HOV

Lanes ................................................................ $5,800,000

2687 PA Install and construct signals, calming devices

and signs in Mechanicsburg and surrounding municipalities .................................. $360,000

2688 FL 44th St. Extension to Golfair Blvd., Jacksonville ................................................................... $1,200,000

2689 NJ Passaic River-Newark Bay Restoration and

Pollution Abatement Project, Route 21,

River Road, CR 510 ......................................... $800,000

2690 CA San Gabriel Blvd. and Mission Road Intersection Improvements, San Gabriel .................... $160,000

2691 NY Rehabilitate 125th Street Corridor from Old

Broadway to Marginal Street/Waterfront ..... $2,000,000

2692 MI Repair M–10 corridor from I–696 to downtown

Detroit .............................................................. $800,000

2693 FL Capital Circle Northwest, Tallahassee ............. $8,000,000

2694 TN Installation of Intelligent Transportation System on various major routes in Memphis ..... $1,600,000

2695 MI Planning and Engineering for The American

Road, The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn ... $1,200,000

2696 TX Reconstruct Ella/Wheatley from Little York to

West Gulf Bank ............................................... $1,000,000

2697 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in Richmond County ................................... $600,000

2698 FL Palm Bay Parkway from Emerson Drive to

U.S. 192, Palm Bay, FL .................................. $800,000

2699 CA Construct the Los Angeles River bicycle and

pedestrian path in the San Fernando Valley $460,000

2700 TX Construct Santa Fe Trail DART LR overpass

from Hill St. to Commerce St. along abandoned Santa Fe Rail right-of-way in Dallas .. $800,000

2701 CA Construct Route 101 bicycle/pedestrian overpass at Millbrae Ave. for the San Francisco

Bay Trail .......................................................... $1,000,000

2702 ............................................................................... $0

2703 LA New Iberia Rail Grade Separation .................... $1,600,000

2704 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Ashley Borough, Luzerne County ..................................... $160,000

2705 MN Reconstruct Grand Avenue (from Central Ave.

to 59 Ave. W), Central Ave. (from Grand

Ave. to I–35) and Bristol Street (from Central Ave. to Grand Ave), Duluth .................... $600,000

2706 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, Cannon County ...................................... $80,000

119 STAT. 1362 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2707 TX Develop, deploy and integrate municipal ITS

in San Antonio ................................................. $2,560,000

2708 TN Jefferson, Hamblen Counties, Tennessee SR

66 relocation .................................................... $1,600,000

2709 MD Rehabilitate Pennington Avenue Drawbridge

in Baltimore ..................................................... $1,200,000

2710 PA Construction of I–79 to Mon-Fayette Section of

Southern Beltway, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $1,200,000

2711 FL Springfield Rd. Improvements, Jacksonville .... $1,200,000

2712 LA Elimination of highway-rail grade crossings

along Louisiana and Delta railroad ............... $800,000

2713 CA Conduct necessary planning and engineering

and implement comprehensive Corridor

Management Plan for Arroyo Seco Historic

Parkway, Los Angeles ..................................... $1,120,000

2714 FL Plant City Traffic Management System ........... $2,400,000

2715 GA SR 347 widen-new construction from I–985 to

SR 211, Hall County, Georgia ........................ $8,000,000

2716 WA SR 28 and SR 285 Sellar Bridge Improvements: ramp and roadway network improvements at the west end and a new lane on

the Sellar Bridge ............................................. $4,000,000

2717 NY Stabilize Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge and

construct a pedestrian walkway linking the

two sides of the Hudson River, Poughkeepsie $874,000

2718 WA International Mobility and Trade Corridor

Project for Whatcom County .......................... $1,040,000

2719 CA State Route 76 Road Widening, Melrose Drive

to Interstate 15 ................................................ $4,000,000

2720 NJ Streetscape Improvements to Clements Bridge

Road from Newton Avenue to New Jersey

Turnpike, Barrington ...................................... $400,000

2721 FL Construct Eastern Connector from SR 417 to

I–95, Volusia and Seminole Counties Florida $800,000

2722 GA Construction of the McIntosh Path on SR 99,

7.15 miles between Darien, Georgia and the

Sapelo Island Visitor Center .......................... $160,000

2723 AL Construction of Sulphur Springs Road Bypass

in City of Hoover, Alabama ............................ $4,000,000

2724 AZ Pliocene Cliffs reconstruction between Wikieup

and the Santa Maria River ............................. $800,000

2725 MN Construct roadway improvements to CSAH 76,

Little Falls ....................................................... $851,200

2726 IN Study alternatives along 2 miles of railroad to

eliminate in-town highway-rail crossings to

improve safety and reduce congestion in

Delaware County ............................................. $120,000

2727 NV Design and construct separation of rail-highway crossings in downtown Reno ................... $800,000

2728 NJ Maple Shade Township Streetscape Improvements of Mill Road, Rudderow Ave., North

and South Coles Ave. and Schoolhouse Lane $800,000

2729 WA Conduct study for I–5 and SR 503 interchange $300,000

2730 WA Implement Red Mountain Area Vision transportation plan, includes Webber Canyon

Road realignment at existing I–82 KionaBenton interchange and new Red Mountain

I–82 interchange at SR 224 ............................ $2,800,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1363

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2731 TX Downtown Streetscape Improvements in Beaumont, Texas ..................................................... $512,000

2732 NY Improve Traffic Flow on Lefferts Boulevard by

Rehabilitating Facilities Surrounding LIRR/

Kew Gardens Eastbound Station ................... $500,000

2733 FL Construct reliever road to SR A–1–A in the

City of Deerfield Beach beginning at A–1–A/

Hillsboro Blvd. and ending at A–1–A/NE

2nd Street ........................................................ $800,000

2734 ............................................................................... $0

2735 CA SR 52 East Improvements (San Diego) ............. $6,000,000

2736 OR Study to evaluate alternatives in support of an

eventual Astoria bypass, Astoria ................... $248,000

2737 GA Commission a study and report regarding the

construction and designation of a new Interstate linking Savannah, Augusta, and Knoxville ................................................................... $80,000

2738 VT Construction of the St. Albans, Vermont intermodal connector roadway with I–89 for the

City of St. Albans ............................................ $960,000

2739 OR I–5/Highway 214 interchange improvements,

Woodburn ......................................................... $800,000

2740 OR Construction of transportation facilities at the

Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge ...................... $793,600

2741 WY I–80 Rock Springs Marginal .............................. $1,520,000

2742 ............................................................................... $0

2743 IL Improve safety of a horizontal curve on

Clarksville St. .25 mile north of 275th Road

in Grandview Township, Edgar County, Illinois ................................................................... $70,400

2744 UT Provo Reservoir Canal Trail, Utah .................... $6,750,000

2745 MO South County Riverfront Access and Trails

Project, Lemay ................................................. $3,200,000

2746 AK Road improvements in the City of Fairbanks .. $5,000,000

2747 MD Construct Ferry Terminal, Somerset County,

Maryland .......................................................... $800,000

2748 MS Plan and Construct two lanes to SR 6 from SR

342 to Alabama State line .............................. $2,400,000

2749 CA Construct bypass along Hwy 101 around

Willits, CA to reduce congestion, improve air

quality and enhance economic lifeline of No.

Coast ................................................................. $5,600,000

2750 CA Engineering support to I–5 Joint Powers Authority to widen I–5 freeway and improve

corridor arterials from I–710 to Orange

County line ...................................................... $120,000

2751 LA Kerner Ferry Bridge, Jefferson Parish Bayou

Barataria .......................................................... $1,680,000

2752 WA Renton, WA SR 167 HOV, Strander Boulevard

Connection ....................................................... $800,000

2753 NJ Sussex County, NJ, Vernon Township, Mountain Creek Rt. 94 Traffic Calming, Ped.

Safety and Traffic Congestion, Circulation

Improvement .................................................... $2,800,000

2754 PA Linglestown Square, roadway and intersection

improvements, Lower Paxton Township ....... $2,400,000

2755 MD Rehabilitate road including bridges over CSX

tracks in Baltimore ......................................... $2,320,000

119 STAT. 1364 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2756 WA Extend 18th Street between 87th Avenue and

NE 192nd Avenue in Vancouver .................... $3,200,000

2757 TX Implement repairs on Old Pleasanton Road

Bridge in Atascosa County ............................. $403,000

2758 CA Hazel Avenue Improvements, U.S. Highway

50 to Madison Avenue .................................... $2,400,000

2759 MI Menominee County, County Road 557 Bridge

Replacement over the Big Cedar River ......... $224,000

2760 OH Massillon, Ohio. Tremont Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation ....................................................... $1,216,000

2761 MI Montmorency County, Reconstruction of County Road 612 from W. County Line to County

Road 491 .......................................................... $640,000

2762 ............................................................................... $0

2763 NM Planning, design and construction of bikeways

and walkway at the City of Santa Fe’s

downtown railyard redevelopment project .... $1,600,000

2764 GA Streetscape-Bainbridge ....................................... $200,000

2765 PA Construct SR 706 Corridor, Susquehanna

County, Pennsylvania ..................................... $1,600,000

2766 NY Town of North Salem reconstruction and repaving of Keeler Lane ..................................... $120,000

2767 FL Conduct planning and engineering for U.S. 17

widening and improvements in Hardee

County, Florida ................................................ $3,200,000

2768 IL Traffic Signalization, Matteson ......................... $726,000

2769 MS Upgrade Poe Road in Kilmichael, Montgomery

County .............................................................. $160,000

2770 NC Upgrade U.S. 220 to I–73/74 interstate standards in Montgomery County ........................... $1,600,000

2771 WA U.S. 2/Sultan Basin Road Improvements in

Sultan ............................................................... $480,000

2772 ............................................................................... $0

2773 FL A–1–A Transportation Enhancements, Daytona Beach ....................................................... $800,000

2774 MI City of Menominee, Resurface Hattie Street

Bridge deck 250 feet from 9th avenue in Menominee to Riverside Avenue in Marinette,

WI ..................................................................... $180,000

2775 TN Construct streetscape improvements near TN

Theater in Knoxville, TN ................................ $1,600,000

2776 MI Emmet County, Ultra thin demonstration

project resurfacing of Mitchell Road from

the City of Petoskey limits east to Division .. $48,000

2777 NY Gowanus Expressway Project ............................ $400,000

2778 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Moosic Borough, Lackawanna County ............................. $160,000

2779 AL Expand to 4 lanes on U.S. 278 from I–65 to

U.S. 231 ............................................................ $2,800,000

2780 IL Preconstruction and construction McCarthy

Road, Bell Road to U.S. 45 and 123rd Street

U.S. 45 to 86th Avenue in Palos Park ........... $713,600

2781 WY Riverton: Reconstruct Hwy 26—Main St .......... $880,000

2782 MA Somerville Bicycle Path Improvements—Cedar

Street to Central Street .................................. $900,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1365

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2783 MI U.S. 31 improvements and relocation between

Holland and Grand Haven ............................. $7,200,000

2784 PA Replace Messinger Street Bridge in the Borough of Bangor ................................................ $800,000

2785 NY Owego, Construct pedestrian waterfront walkway ................................................................... $1,000,000

2786 KY Reconstruct U.S. 127 from Hustonville Road to

the Mercer County Line, Boyle County ......... $1,200,000

2787 ............................................................................... $0

2788 CA Design and construct access improvements in

North Central Business District, Sacramento ............................................................ $6,400,000

2789 NC Construction of the southbound lane of U.S.

321 bridge replacement over the Catawba

River ................................................................. $5,440,000

2790 FL Grand Lagoon Bridge Replacement Project.

The replacement of a two lane bridge with a

four lane bridge ............................................... $5,200,000

2791 FL Construct SR 9B Extension, St. Johns County,

Florida .............................................................. $3,520,000

2792 AL Design and construct a 4-lane highway from

Muscle Shoals, AL to I–10 .............................. $800,000

2793 IN Improve SR 9 Greenfield Corridor, Indiana ..... $400,000

2794 NJ Interstate 280 Interchange Improvements,

Harrison ........................................................... $8,000,000

2795 KY Construct Northern Bypass of Somerset, KY

and I–66 from the Cumberland Parkway

west of Somerset, Kentucky to I–75 south of

London, Kentucky ........................................... $28,000,000

2796 VA Preliminary Engineer, Design, and Construct

improvements to Virginia Beach Blvd. in

Virginia Beach and Norfolk ............................ $1,200,000

2797 PA Fayette County, Pennsylvania, State Road 21

Improvements .................................................. $1,600,000

2798 ME Replacement of Waldo-Hancock Bridge ............ $11,000,000

2799 CT Reconstruct and widen Homer St. and Chase

Ave. in Waterbury from Waterville Ave. to

Nottingham Terrace ........................................ $1,600,000

2800 FL Construct new east-west road from the intersection of Beeline Highway and PGA Boulevard west to Seminole Pratt Whitney Road .. $800,000

2801 WI Enhance West Silver Spring Ave. with lighting

enhancement, crosswalk improvements,

sign-age, landscaping, Milwaukee ................. $320,000

2802 NY Completion of 1.6 mile trail network in the

Utica Marsh, NY ............................................. $99,200

2803 TX Construct I–635/I–30 Interchange, Dallas,

Texas ................................................................ $12,000,000

2804 IL Establish transportation museum on Navy

Pier, Chicago .................................................... $400,000

2805 CA Establish I–15 Interchange at Nisqualli and

Mojave River crossing in San Bernardino

County .............................................................. $1,200,000

2806 MA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Secure Station, Boston .................................... $1,000,000

2807 FL Construct bridges on SR 710 in Palm Beach

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

2808 PA Reconstruct intersection of SR 51 and Franklin Ave, Beaver County ................................... $1,720,000

119 STAT. 1366 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2809 NJ Rehabilitation existing structure at the Bridge

Street bridge over the CSX Railroad Trenton

Line in Manville, NJ ....................................... $800,000

2810 OR Repair and recoat logging bridge over Highway 99 E, Canby ............................................. $120,000

2811 CA San Gabriel Blvd. Rehabilitation Project—

Broadway to Las Tunas, San Gabriel ............ $160,000

2812 CA Signal upgrades on Avenida de las Flores,

Melinda Road, Avenida de las Banderas,

and Alma Aldea, Rancho Santa Margarita,

California ......................................................... $100,160

2813 CA Construct State Route 905 to connect the Otay

Mesa Port of Entry to Interstate 805, San

Diego ................................................................. $12,000,000

2814 MA Crosby Drive Improvement Project ................... $800,000

2815 WI Construct North Shore Extension of Friendship State Trail, Calumet and Winnebago

Counties, Wisconsin ........................................ $350,000

2816 AR Construct and rehabilitate Fayetteville Expressway Economic Development Corridor ... $5,000,000

2817 PA Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, construction

of the Freeport Bridge .................................... $1,600,000

2818 IL Road extension for Redco Drive to Skyline

Drive, Williamson County .............................. $800,000

2819 CA Rosecrans Avenue and Bridge Arterial Reconstruction Project, Compton ............................. $3,200,000

2820 MA Canalside Rail Trail Construction of the

Canalside Rail Trail, Deerfield and Montague ................................................................. $800,000

2821 CA Conduct study and construct Daggett Road,

Port of Stockton, CA, Access Project .............. $7,200,000

2822 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path, and two

bridges across Starkweather Creek, Madison $1,600,000

2823 GA Construct City of Fayetteville, Ga. School Access Bike Ped Project ...................................... $500,000

2824 TN Sevier County, Tennessee SR 449 extension .... $800,000

2825 GA SR 133 south bound lane bridge replacement

over the Georgia Florida Railnet line,

Dougherty County ........................................... $800,000

2826 CA Construct grade separation on State Street

and Cajon Boulevard along BNSF tracks in

San Bernardino ............................................... $1,600,000

2827 WA Construct SR 9 Pedestrian Overpass in Arlington ..................................................................... $880,000

2828 CA Implement streetscape improvements along

Wilbur Avenue to enhance traffic and pedestrian safety ....................................................... $80,000

2829 MD I–95, I–495, MD5 Branch Avenue Metro Access ................................................................... $3,200,000

2830 TN Improving Vehicle Efficiencies at At-Grade

highway-Railroad Crossing in Loudon, TN ... $45,600

2831 MO I–470, I–435 and Rt. 71 Completion of Interstate realignment ............................................ $2,400,000

2832 PA Ridge Avenue Revitalization project in conjunction with Roxborough Dev. Corp. for scenic enhancements and pedestrian safety improvements along a heavily traveled thoroughfare ........................................................... $800,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1367

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2833 PA Corridor improvements for PA 72 from PA 283

to PA Turnpike ................................................ $800,000

2834 AR Construction of I–49, Highway 71: Highway 22

to Highway 71 near Jenny Lind .................... $6,000,000

2835 CA Provide landscape enhancement of an existing

open culvert on Atherton Street, Long Beach $1,200,000

2836 NY Rehabilitate Guy Lombardo Avenue and construct drainage improvements and new sidewalks and curb cuts in Freeport, NY ............ $956,000

2837 IA I–35 interchange improvements, Ankeny ......... $4,000,000

2838 PA Improve Freemansburg Avenue and its intersections at Route 33 ........................................ $1,600,000

2839 NJ Pedestrian facilities and street lighting on

Route 551 from Route 130 to Chestnut

Street, Brooklawn ............................................ $320,000

2840 IL I–57 and I–294 Interchange ............................... $2,400,000

2841 FL New Kings Rd. Pedestrian Overpass and Enhancements, Jacksonville ............................... $1,600,000

2842 TX Grimes Co., TX Bridge Improvement Project ... $400,000

2843 CA Crenshaw Blvd. Rehabilitation, Maricopa St.

to Sepulveda Blvd., City of Torrance ............. $800,000

2844 VA Engineering and Right-of-Way for Interstate

73 in Roanoke County ..................................... $1,200,000

2845 GA Johnson Ferry Road Glenridge Drive Widening, Abernathy Road to Hammond Drive .. $2,000,000

2846 GA Install walkways, bridges, lighting, landscaping in Water Works Park and south

along river through Ocmulgee Monument

and Central City Park .................................... $6,160,000

2847 OH Intersection improvements and related road

improvements in the City of Chardon, OH ... $489,600

2848 WV Construct Coalfields Expressway ...................... $5,760,000

2849 CA Improve pedestrian and biking trails within

East Bay Regional Park District, Contra

Costa County ................................................... $800,000

2850 MA Berkshire County Bike Paths, Design and

Construction .................................................... $4,000,000

2851 MI Ogemaw County, Overlay of Fairview Road to

improve network of all-season truck routes .. $295,680

2852 VA Old Mill Road Extension .................................... $800,000

2853 PA Construct Campbelltown Connector, Lebanon

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

2854 NJ Construct Rt. 40 Reconstruction from Rt. 77 to

Elmer Lake, Elmer, Salem County ................ $2,400,000

2855 OH Design and Construct Riverwalk and adjacent

facilities, Warren, Trumbull Co ..................... $1,200,000

2856 CA Realign SR 4 within the City of Oakley ............ $1,600,000

2857 IL Construct recreational trail from Spring Creek

Forest Preserve to Greene Valley Forest

Preserve in DuPage County, IL ..................... $320,000

2858 MN Construct trail link between Bruce Vento Regional Trail and Mississippi River Corridor

in St. Paul ........................................................ $1,200,000

2859 FL Construct Interstate-4/Crosstown Connector ... $800,000

2860 UT Add lights to road from Halchita to Mexican

Hat on the Navajo Nation .............................. $200,000

2861 CA Construct off ramp at Interstate 8/Imperial

Avenue Interchange, El Centro ...................... $2,400,000

119 STAT. 1368 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2862 VA Cranesnest Trail—Construction of hiking,

biking, horse trail from Route 83 to

Cranesnest Campground ................................ $520,000

2863 NC Durham and Chatham Counties, NC Completion of American Tobacco Trail ...................... $1,600,000

2864 TX Austin to Manor Rail Trail, Texas .................... $1,600,000

2865 PA Eliminate existing rail line in Indian, PA to

eliminate 37 at grade crossings and reconstruct the line outside the town from Glenn

Lock to Middletown ......................................... $3,200,000

2866 MN Extend Cuyuna Range and Great River Road

Trails, Aitkin ................................................... $320,000

2867 NY Conduct planning, engineering, and eventual

construction of Rt. 5 in City of Oneida, from

Seneca St. to county line ................................ $400,000

2868 NY Great Neck Road Traffic Calming Project ........ $320,000

2869 NJ Design and construct new streetscape through

Irvington Center .............................................. $800,000

2870 IL Construct connector road between Collinsville

Rd. to IL 3/North 1st St, St. Clair County .... $4,800,000

2871 NJ Carteret, NJ Ferry Service Terminal ................ $1,680,000

2872 AL Construct I–10/U.S. 231 Connector from

Dothan, AL to Florida ..................................... $2,400,000

2873 OH Bicycle Paths for the Magic Mile in Willougby,

OH .................................................................... $640,000

2874 NC Construct I–73/I–74 in Montgomery County

and Richmond County, North Carolina ......... $14,400,000

2875 NY Construct Phase II I–90 Connector ITS Laboratory in Rensselaer County ......................... $4,800,000

2876 NC Design and Construction of the Airport Area

Roadway Network, High Point ....................... $2,240,000

2877 WA Engineering and Construction of the Centennial Trail in Snohomish .................................. $800,000

2878 OR I–5 Beltline Interchange .................................... $20,000,000

2879 IL Extension North from Rt. 30 to Wheeler Road

and Galena Boulevard extension west of Rt.

47 in Sugar Grove, IL ..................................... $3,808,000

2880 NY Newburgh, Improve East End Roads ................ $1,490,800

2881 ME Construction of the Kennebec River Rail Trail $400,000

2882 CA Construct Bristol Street multimodal corridor

in Santa Ana .................................................... $2,800,000

2883 CA Construct pedestrian sidewalk enhancements

in Bellflower ..................................................... $400,000

2884 KS Improvement and expansion for 2.7 miles of

K18 in Geary County ...................................... $11,600,000

2885 CA I–110/SR 47/Harbor Blvd. Interchange Improvements, San Pedro ................................... $4,000,000

2886 MA Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Design and

construction of a Visitor Contact Station ...... $1,500,000

2887 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Pell City, AL ..... $266,666

2888 WI Rehabilitate Highway 51 between CTH S and

U.S. 8 in Lincoln County ................................ $1,600,000

2889 OH Rehabilitate tunnel and bridge on National

Road Bikeway in St. Clairsville ..................... $700,000

2890 MD Pennington Ave. Drawbridge, Baltimore .......... $800,000

2891 MA Rehabilitation and paving of Parker River

Road .................................................................. $200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1369

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2892 MN Reconstruct CSAH 7 between Itasca CR 341

and the Scenic State Park entrance to improve safety and structural integrity ............. $2,560,000

2893 OH Grading, paving, roads for the transfer of rail

to truck for the intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport .............................................. $5,200,000

2894 PA Relocation of PA 52 at Longwood Gardens ....... $960,000

2895 TX Construct Interstate 35 improvements in Buda $1,000,000

2896 TN Improve streetscape and signage, McMinn

County, TN ...................................................... $240,000

2897 OR Culvert Replacement, Sweet Home ................... $130,000

2898 AL AL 5 Widening in Bibb County .......................... $2,400,000

2899 CO Design and build a multimodal corridor on

U.S. 36 .............................................................. $4,000,000

2900 WA Development of highway-rail crossings in Spokane County, WA and Kootenai County, ID $800,000

2901 OH Acquire right-of-way land along U.S. 24, Lucas

County .............................................................. $800,000

2902 IL Improve Streets, Westchester ............................ $224,000

2903 NY Enhance road and transportation facilities in

the vicinity of W. 65th St. and Broadway,

New York City ................................................. $2,000,000

2904 TN Construction of Knob Creek Road in Washington County, Tennessee ............................... $400,000

2905 TN Improve streetscape and pavement repair,

Loudon County, TN ......................................... $240,000

2906 CA Improvement of intersection at Inglewood Ave.

and Marine Ave. to reduce congestion, City

of Lawndale ..................................................... $2,600,000

2907 HI Interstate Route H1 rehabilitation,

Kaahumanu Street to Kaimakani Street ...... $5,944,000

2908 ID Construct Interchange on I–84 at Ten Mile

Rd., Meridian, Idaho ....................................... $1,600,000

2909 NJ Pedestrian facilities and street lighting on

Haddon Avenue from Voorhees Township

Line to Bate Avenue, Berlin Township ......... $277,696

2910 WA 267th Street NW Pedestrian Path in Stanwood $480,000

2911 KY Replace U.S. 68 and U.S. 150 Bridge over

Chaplin River, Perryville ................................ $600,000

2912 UT Geveva Rd-Provo Center Street, Orem 1600

North to I–15 FWY, Provo-widen from 2 to 4

lanes ................................................................. $6,000,000

2913 IL Construction of a new roadway and grade separation of the UP West Line east of Elburn $7,600,000

2914 VA Haymarket, VA. Washington Street improvements ................................................................ $400,000

2915 NJ Improvements to implement the Readington

Tewksbury Transportation Improvement

District ............................................................. $400,000

2916 IL Allow IDOT to proceed with engineering and

construction of Airport-Lockport Rd. and Illinois Route 126 interchanges on I–55 ............. $1,600,000

2917 AR Caraway Bridge Overpass .................................. $7,200,000

2918 OH Construction of an Intermodal Facility at University Circle in the City of Cleveland .......... $400,000

2919 PA Jeannette Truck Route ....................................... $400,000

2920 MD MD45, Cavan to Ridgley Roads ......................... $4,416,000

2921 MD MD 30 Hampstead Bypass ................................. $800,000

119 STAT. 1370 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2922 MI Monroe Area Highway-Railway Crossing Improvements, City of Monroe ........................... $5,120,000

2923 OH Conduct study of new interchange at Routes

161/37 and Cherry Valley Road in Licking

County, Ohio .................................................... $2,000,000

2924 CT Enfield, Connecticut make improvements to

South Maple Street Bridge ............................. $2,328,000

2925 NY Conduct studies, if necessary, and construct

infrastructure projects for Governor’s Island $3,200,000

2926 NY Harlem River Park and Bikeway ...................... $800,000

2927 CT Make Improvements to Plainfield Cemetery

Road .................................................................. $160,000

2928 SC Construct grade separation and interchange

improvements at U.S. 521, Lancaster County ....................................................................... $800,000

2929 NJ Replacement of the Magnolia Avenue Bridge

over Routes 1 and 9 ........................................ $800,000

2930 ............................................................................... $0

2931 MI Resurfacing of Frazho Road in Roseville .......... $1,024,000

2932 CA Construct 213th Street pedestrian bridge to

provide safe passage for pedestrians and

wheelchairs, Carson ........................................ $800,000

2933 MO Conduct impact studies for Missouri River

Bridge siting in Kansas City, MO .................. $4,000,000

2934 CA Construction of Lenwood Road Grade Separation in Barstow, CA ......................................... $1,200,000

2935 PA Improvements to Frankford Avenue from

Cottman Avenue to Harbison Avenue ........... $1,000,000

2936 IN Revelop Hazeldell Road, Hamilton County, Indiana ................................................................. $800,000

2937 AK Road Improvements and upgrades to service

road areas and miscellaneous projects within Northstar Borough ...................................... $5,000,000

2938 OH Rehabilitation or replacement of highway-rail

grade separations along the West Central

Ohio Port Authority route in Champaign

and Clark Counties ......................................... $288,000

2939 MI Otsego County, Resurfacing and widening of

Parmater Rd .................................................... $294,400

2940 WA Realign West Main Street through Kelso ......... $2,000,000

2941 TN Reconstruct State Route 109 from I–40 in Wilson County to Portland in Sumner County ... $800,000

2942 PA Redesigning the intersection of U.S. 322/High

Street and Rosedale Ave ................................. $1,200,000

2943 DE Replacement of the Indian River Inlet Bridge,

Sussex County, Delaware ............................... $4,800,000

2944 FL Construct link from I–95 to I–10 through Clay

County with terminus points SR 23 to CAR

739B ................................................................. $4,000,000

2945 MN Construct ramps and new bridge over Interstate 35 at CSAH 17, and reconstruct CSAH

17 from west County Line to CSAH 30,

Chisago County ............................................... $5,616,595

2946 CT Conduct multimodal study of Route 8 corridor

between Beacon Falls-Seymour town line

and Exit 40 ...................................................... $800,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1371

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2947 AR Hwy 65 improvements in Van Buren County,

including construction of passing lanes,

bridge improvements, intersection improvements and other roadway improvements ...... $1,200,000

2948 AZ Scott Ranch Road. Navajo County—Connect

White Mountain Road (SR 260) and Penrod

Road (SR 77) .................................................... $1,000,000

2949 NY Construction of Pedestrian and Bike Trail

campus access and improvements, St.

Bonaventure, NY ............................................. $500,000

2950 NY Eastern Laurelton Area Improvements,

Queens, New York ........................................... $6,880,000

2951 NY Bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements,

Main Street, Riverhead ................................... $1,200,000

2952 AL Construct County Road 83 corridor from Foley

Beach Express to I–10 .................................... $8,000,000

2953 PA Design and construct improvements to PA 465

from Walnut Bottom Rd. to PA 641 and at

I–81 Exit 44 ..................................................... $3,096,400

2954 IL Reconstruct and Widen Route 60 Bridge over

I–94 in Lake Forest ......................................... $9,000,000

2955 VA Improve Downtown Staunton, Virginia,

Streetscape ....................................................... $1,200,000

2956 PA Route 322 Halls Run Upgrades from the intersection of Horsecreek Road to Mapleshade

Road—Venango County .................................. $1,360,000

2957 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Wilkes-Barre ... $2,000,000

2958 IN SR 56 Reconstruction, Aurora, Indiana ............ $4,096,000

2959 MI Study and implement transportation system

alternatives in the vicinity of U.S. 31/M 46 .. $2,800,000

2960 MA Longfellow Bridge Rehabilitation ...................... $3,000,000

2961 IL For Village of Bolingbrook to construct Remington Blvd. extension .................................... $400,000

2962 AZ Design and Construction of Rio Salado Pedestrian Bridge in Tempe, AZ ............................. $2,400,000

2963 MI Study to determine replacement options for

obsolete and structurally deteriorating

bridge (Trenton-Grosse Isle Bridge) including approach roadways, Charter County of

Wayne ............................................................... $3,200,000

2964 PA Mount Joy Bridge Replacement on Route 230 $360,000

2965 CA Modifies 9 traffic signals between Willow Road

and Middlefield Road and Hamilton Avenue,

Menlo Park ...................................................... $240,000

2966 OH Summit County Engineer Reconstruct Access

Roads to Cuyahoga Valley National Park ..... $400,000

2967 OR To study the feasibility of widening Hwy 26

from the Hwy 217 interchange to the

Cornelius Pass exit .......................................... $992,000

2968 GA Athens-Clarke County Greenway Enhancement Project ..................................................... $1,856,000

2969 WA Improve Wahkiakum County Ferry landing .... $250,000

2970 IL Irving Park Bridge over the Chicago River ...... $3,200,000

2971 MI Design, right-of-way and construction of passing relief lanes and improvements necessary

on M–55, between M–37 and M–115 ............. $1,760,000

119 STAT. 1372 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2972 NE Design, right-of-way and construction of South

and West Beltway in Lincoln, Nebraska ....... $3,200,000

2973 TX Tower 55 CMAQ Congestion and Preliminary

Engineering Study .......................................... $1,600,000

2974 NY Town of Chester, Lake Hill Farms subdivision

road improvements .......................................... $120,000

2975 MN Improvements on TH 169 east and west of

East Two Rivers Crossing and TH 135 from

Enterprise Drive to TH 169 ............................ $1,772,800

2976 IN Reconstruct Standard Avenue, Whiting ............ $1,040,000

2977 TX Barron Rd. Interchange at SH 6 (Earl Rudder

Freeway) College Station ................................ $2,400,000

2978 CA Develop conceptual master plan to improve

the efficiency of transportation facilities, Covina ................................................................... $172,000

2979 PA Transportation enhancements along the Delaware Canal between Yardley, PA and Bristol, PA ............................................................... $2,400,000

2980 VA Upgrade DOT crossing #467661K to constant

warning time devices ...................................... $137,360

2981 UT Add lighting on Highway 262 on the Navajo

Nation in Aneth ............................................... $175,000

2982 VA Chestnut Mountain Road—Feasibility study,

design, and construction start for road improvement on National Forest lands ............. $400,000

2983 MI Construction of roads and trails Humbug

Marsh Unit Linked Greenways System, Detroit International Wildlife Refuge ................ $880,000

2984 TX Construct access road connecting Port of Beaumont property on east bank of Neches River

to I–10 access road east of the Neches River $1,440,000

2985 ............................................................................... $0

2986 SC Lexington County, widen U.S. 1 and SC 6, and

improve U.S. 1, SC 6, and U.S. 378 ............... $1,600,000

2987 IL Midlothian Road Signalization, Lake Zurich .... $480,000

2988 VA Glen Alton—Design and construction of recreation trails, access and visitor information

center ................................................................ $800,000

2989 MI Expansion of Cass Avenue in Clinton Township ................................................................... $7,355,200

2990 CO Bromley Lane and U.S. 85 interchange feasibility study and construction of needed improvements ....................................................... $664,000

2991 MD Constructing Chestertown Trail, Chestertown,

MD .................................................................... $240,000

2992 IL Eastern Peoria Bypass and (Ring Road) study

and land acquisition ........................................ $2,400,000

2993 VA Conduct planning and engineering for Mayo

Bridge in Richmond ........................................ $1,600,000

2994 NY Elevation of road and construction of drainage

improvements on Sequams Lane Center and

Sequams Lane West in the Town of Islip,

NY ..................................................................... $556,000

2995 NM Improvements to San Juan County Road 7950 $800,000

2996 WA 116th St/Interstate 5 Interchange Reconstruction in Marysville ............................................ $1,400,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1373

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

2997 SC Construction of public roads at the International Center for Automotive Research

and reconstruction of Fairforest Way in

Greenville, South Carolina ............................. $4,800,000

2998 PA Provide 4 through-lanes on PA 100 by constructing two thru lanes to the east of Ludwigs Corner ...................................................... $4,000,000

2999 PA Completion of construction of final 2 ramps of

I–79 interchange with Parkway West; widening of 1 mile of Parkway West leading to

ramps ................................................................ $1,600,000

3000 CA Diamond Bar, CA Grand Avenue Rehabilitation .................................................................... $1,280,000

3001 NY Reconfigure intersection of Ridge Street and

Hallocks Mill Road and install new traffic

signal ................................................................ $600,000

3002 WA Guard Street Reconstruction Project in Friday

Harbor .............................................................. $640,000

3003 CO Roadway widening and interchange rebuilding

on I–225 from I–70 to Parker Road ............... $5,976,000

3004 PA Roosevelt Boulevard improvements by the

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation $3,200,000

3005 MN Construct Paul Bunyan Trail Walker to

Bemidji Segment ............................................. $560,000

3006 HI Upgrades to Farrington Highway ...................... $800,000

3007 KY U.S. 41A Phase II Design and Right-of-Way .... $3,200,000

3008 NM U.S. 54 Corona, Tularosa, and Vaughn Bridges

Replacement and Rehabilitation .................... $800,000

3009 OH Construction of access road along east side of

SR 8 in Summit County, OH .......................... $800,000

3010 TX U.S. 281 from Brooks County Line to FM

3066, Brooks County ....................................... $1,600,000

3011 FL Construction of an interchange at Florida’s

Turnpike and Stirling Rd. in Broward County ....................................................................... $4,431,167

3012 NY Construction of the City of Watertown

Streetscape Enhancement Project ................. $2,400,000

3013 IL Improve Streets, Merrionette Park ................... $480,000

3014 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in

the vicinity of St. Roberts Bellarmine ........... $250,000

3015 NY Rebuild Queens Plaza, a 250-foot wide roadway on the eastern end of the

Queensborough Bridge .................................... $6,400,000

3016 PA Upgrade circuit for gates and lights at Seventh Street in Emmaus, PA USDOT crossing number 592401H to constant warning

time devices ..................................................... $220,000

3017 UT SR 158 Improvements, Pine View Dam, Weber

County, Utah ................................................... $1,680,000

3018 CA Valley Boulevard Capacity Improvement between 710 Freeway and Marguerita Avenue,

Alhambra ......................................................... $1,600,000

3019 IL Offramp and overpass from I–57 outside of

Marion and necessary connector roads .......... $4,000,000

3020 AK Construction of and improvements to roads at

Alaska Pacific University ............................... $3,000,000

3021 SC Upgrade of the I–95/SC 327 Interchange near

Florence ............................................................ $6,000,000

119 STAT. 1374 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3022 CA Valley View/Stage Grade Separation Project,

La Mirada and Santa Fe Springs, California $720,000

3023 OR Renewal of Wooden Bridge West of Albany ...... $7,500,000

3024 MI Northville, Taft Road from 8 Mile North to

city limits ......................................................... $400,000

3025 NY Village of Pawling Rehabilitation of Grandview Ave. from Lakeside to end ..................... $80,000

3026 SD Pave and curb Cheyenne River Tribe Route

900, ‘‘Chinatown’’ in Eagle Butte ................... $1,200,000

3027 FL Church Street Improvements, Orlando ............. $11,200,000

3028 MI Walled Lake, Widen Maple Road, west of

Decker to Welch .............................................. $100,000

3029 AR Washington County, Arkansas—Replace and

rebuild Tilly Willy Bridge ............................... $800,000

3030 AR Russellville Intermodal Facility construct access roads from AR Hwy 247, purchase

Right-of-Way .................................................... $2,000,000

3031 TX Construct IH 30 Monty Stratton Parkway

Interchange in Greenville, TX ........................ $1,200,000

3032 PA Design and Construction of Portzer Road Connector, Bucks County ...................................... $1,600,000

3033 IL For Plainfield Township Park District to construct DuPage River Bike and Pedestrian

Trail linking Grand Illinois, Midewin, and

I&M Canal Trails ............................................ $80,000

3034 TX Pedestrian Path and Sidewalk Improvements

along U.S. 83 in Rio Grande City .................. $400,000

3035 MS Upgrade roads at Tougaloo College ................... $400,000

3036 IL Washington Street Widening, Gurnee .............. $2,688,000

3037 LA Replacement Bridge for Tunnel, Belle Chasse $400,000

3038 FL Implement Busch Boulevard corridor improvements to improve safety in Tampa ................ $2,000,000

3039 MI Construction of Pittsfield Greenways Bridge—

Non-motorized bridge enhancement onto existing Bemis Road Bridge, Pittsfield Charter

Township .......................................................... $160,800

3040 NC North Carolina. Repair and improve safety

features on U.S. Highway 19 from Maggie

Valley to Cherokee .......................................... $11,360,000

3041 NC Northern Loop Project, City of Wilson .............. $800,000

3042 OR Weaver Road Extension and Bridge Project,

Douglas County ............................................... $17,000,000

3043 MI Complete 58 miles of White Pine Trail from

Grand Rapids to Cadillac ............................... $2,240,000

3044 NY Elmira Congestion Mitigation ............................ $1,800,000

3045 IL Improve Roads and Bridges, Cicero .................. $1,200,000

3046 MI Carlysle Road Reconstruction, Inkster .............. $2,000,000

3047 UT Construct pedestrian safety project on the

Navajo Nation in Montezuma Creek ............. $325,000

3048 MD Construct MD5, Hughesville Bypass ................. $8,000,000

3049 OH Repair and Construct Rock Spring Bridge,

Portage County ................................................ $500,000

3050 RI Replace I–195 Washington Bridge Eastbound $1,600,000

3051 UT Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access Road

Improvements, Box Elder County, UT .......... $3,600,000

3052 MA Reconstruction of Union St. and Rt. 138W,

Holbrook ........................................................... $1,220,000

3053 MI Replacement of the interchange at 44th Street

and U.S. 131 in Grand Rapids ....................... $7,200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1375

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3054 OH Construct interchange improvements at SR 46

and 82 in Howland Township, Trumbull Co $450,000

3055 GA Widen and construct U.S. 84 Connector Bypass from west of U.S. 84 SR 119 west of

Hinesville to U.S. 84 SR 196 south of

Flemington, Liberty County, Georgia ............ $2,400,000

3056 IL Project is a stand-alone roadway improvement

consisting of the complete reconstruction of

the roadway, The Village of Forest Park ...... $800,000

3057 MI Jackson Freeway Modernization Project. I–94

Modernization Project from Michigan State

Route 60 [M60] easterly to Sargent Road ..... $12,800,000

3058 VA Smart Travel and Traffic Management Systems in Salem and Staunton District, Virginia .................................................................. $400,000

3059 OH Construct Great Miami River Multi-Use Trail,

Miami County, Ohio ........................................ $1,016,000

3060 DC Rock Creek Recreational Trail study to assess

feasibility of constructing recreation trail ..... $800,000

3061 MI Study road runoff in Little Black Creek between U.S. 31 and Seaway Drive ................... $320,000

3062 CA Conducts environmental review of proposed

improvements related to the connection of

Dumbarton Bridge to Highway 101 ............... $400,000

3063 NY Construction of and improvements to Union

Road in West Seneca ....................................... $800,000

3064 WI Upgrade I–43 between State Highway 140 and

East County Line in Rock County, Wisconsin ............................................................... $2,400,000

3065 NJ Separation of the intersection of 13th Street

and the Lehigh Rail Line through bridge or

tunnel in Manville, NJ .................................... $844,000

3066 CA Construct parking facility and improve access

to Imperial Valley Expo .................................. $302,000

3067 CA Develop bicycle paths and pedestrian access to

Third Avenue, Chula Vista ............................. $240,000

3068 IL Upgrade County Highways 18 and 22 in conjunction with State I–57 interchange plan

north of Mattoon ............................................. $1,600,000

3069 CA Widen and Reconfigure Sepulveda and Culver

Boulevards, Culver City .................................. $2,192,000

3070 OH Construct interchange or other appropriate access on IR 70 west of existing mall road exit

in Belmont County .......................................... $6,935,000

3071 AZ Widen and expand the existing roadway and

railroad overpass in the Houghton Road

Corridor ............................................................ $4,000,000

3072 OK Construction of Duncan Bypass Grade Separation .................................................................... $2,400,000

3073 SC Pine Needles Widening and Bridge Replacement ................................................................. $1,600,000

3074 CA Olsen Road widening and roadway improvements in Simi Valley, California .................... $1,680,000

3075 GA Streetscape project to upgrade sidewalks,

lighting and streets, Jeffersonville ................ $500,000

3076 NY Implement Diamond Grinding Measures on I–

95, I–278, Mosholu Parkway, I–495, Grand

Central Parkway, and Richmond Parkway ... $700,000

119 STAT. 1376 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3077 MD Upgrade Conduit System for Traffic Signal

Systems, Street Lighting, and Traffic-related

Video Cameras for Baltimore ......................... $960,000

3078 WA 5th Street/US 2 Signalization Improvements

in Sultan .......................................................... $80,000

3079 WI Implementation of recommendations contained

in 2005 Safe Routes to School in Superior

plan ................................................................... $480,000

3080 LA Widen and improve LaPalco Boulevard from

Westwood Drive to U.S. 90, Jefferson Parish $3,200,000

3081 NY Realign Kirk Lake Drive in Carmel .................. $88,000

3082 NY Town of Somers road reconstruction ................. $400,000

3083 OH Upgrade grade crossing safety devices in Elyria and North Ridgeville .................................. $761,600

3084 MS Widen and improve Martin Bluff Road,

Gautier ............................................................. $2,400,000

3085 CA Widen and reconstruct Washington Blvd. from

westerly city boundary at Vernon to I–5 Fwy

at Telegraph Rd. in Commerce ...................... $2,400,000

3086 CA San Diego, CA Interstate 5, Sorrento Valley

Road and Genesee Avenue Interchange

Project .............................................................. $1,600,000

3087 OR Widen I–5 between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington ......................................... $3,200,000

3088 LA North-South Corridor from Houma/Thibodaux

to I–10 .............................................................. $4,000,000

3089 GA Warren County I–20 Frontage Road ................. $4,000,000

3090 KY Widen KY 11 from U.S. 460 to the Mount

Sterling Bypass, Montgomery County ........... $2,000,000

3091 OH Traffic and safety improvements to county

roadways in Geauga County, OH .................. $456,000

3092 CA Develop bicycle paths and public park space

adjacent to the New River, Calexico .............. $4,000,000

3093 TN Construction of the Foothills Parkway in the

Great Smoky Mountains National Park ........ $7,500,000

3094 PA Improvements to Torresdale Avenue from

Harbison Avenue to Cottman Avenue ........... $1,000,000

3095 GA Butner Road and Stonewall Tell Road, Fulton

County .............................................................. $800,000

3096 OH Construction of highway-rail grade separations

at intersections in Lima to improve motorist

and pedestrian safety ...................................... $2,600,000

3097 OR Siuslaw River Bridge, Florence ......................... $4,250,000

3098 CA Construct Cypress Avenue over-pass to separate Interstate 10 and Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Fontana ................................... $2,400,000

3099 CA Modify and reconfigure Kanan Road interchange along U.S. 101 in Agoura Hills ......... $4,000,000

3100 OH Upgrade and widen intersection for SR 14 in

Washingtonville ............................................... $800,000

3101 NM Upgrade NM 434 from Mora north to Black

Lake .................................................................. $1,200,000

3102 NJ Upgrade of Turnpike/Route 440 Interchange in

Bayonne ............................................................ $3,200,000

3103 LA Widen LA 18 from Northrup Grumman/

Avondale Shipyards to U.S. 90, Jefferson

Parish ............................................................... $2,000,000

3104 PA Widen PA 896 between Strasburg Borough

and U.S. 30 ...................................................... $960,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1377

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3105 MI Eliminate major roadway on Cleary University

campus and establish a new roadway ........... $400,000

3106 PA Reconstruction of 11 mile segment of the

Lower Trail between Williamsport and Mt

Edna, Blair County, Pa ................................... $400,000

3107 KY Construction of interchange connecting

US31W to I–65 at mile marker 32 in Warren County ....................................................... $1,600,000

3108 ............................................................................... $0

3109 NC Install Sugar Creek Road Grade Separation,

Charlotte .......................................................... $2,400,000

3110 LA Improvements to LA 46 in St. Bernard Parish $320,000

3111 IN Construct Hoham Drive Extension in Plymouth, Indiana ................................................... $400,000

3112 OR Construct turn lane on Gateway Boulevard,

Cottage Grove .................................................. $90,000

3113 TN Replace Unitia Bridge in Loudon County, TN $720,000

3114 VA Replacement of Robertson Bridge in Danville .. $1,456,320

3115 MA Public Improvements to Springfield Symphony

Hall ................................................................... $240,000

3116 NY Realign Union Valley Road in Town of Carmel $440,000

3117 NY Village of Pawling Improvements to Reservoir

Road from State Rt. 22 to Prospect St .......... $100,000

3118 MS Build connector between SR 609 and State

Highway 15 near I–10, Jackson and Harrison Counties .................................................. $2,400,000

3119 CO I–70 West Mountain Corridor, Denver to Garfield County ..................................................... $3,200,000

3120 CA Completion of Interstate 5 and Interstate 8

Connectors, San Diego .................................... $4,800,000

3121 FL Construct U.S. 1 interchange at CR 210, St.

Johns County, Florida ..................................... $5,280,000

3122 OH Construct roadway improvement project along

State Routes 37 and 78 through Fairfield,

Perry, Morgan, Noble, Monroe Counties ....... $250,000

3123 IL Construct I–57 Bridge Overpass, City of Markham ................................................................... $480,000

3124 NJ Design, plan and build a permanent pedestrian/bicycle path along the banks of the

Elizabeth River ................................................ $400,000

3125 NJ Improve the U.S. Interstate 78 Interchange at

Exit 15 in Franklin Township, Union Township, and Town of Clinton .............................. $800,000

3126 CA Reconstruct Rosecrans Ave. and construct bus

pads from Garfield Ave. to Century Blvd. in

Paramount ....................................................... $320,000

3127 TN Bristol, Tennessee highway-RR crossing grade

improvement—USDOT#731120J ................... $80,000

3128 CO Glenwood Springs South Bridge (new, off-system bridge) ....................................................... $5,200,000

3129 NJ Improvements of Newark and First Streets in

Hoboken ........................................................... $240,000

3130 OH Feasibility Study to construct a bridge over

the Muskingum River in the vicinity of

McConnelsville ................................................. $200,000

3131 MN Construction of Gitchi-Gami State Trail from

Silver Bay to Tettegouche State Park ........... $1,500,000

3132 CA Improvements/Widening of SR 99 from Goshen

to Kingsburg in Tulare County, California ... $6,560,000

119 STAT. 1378 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3133 CA Design and implement Harbor Boulevard ITS

in Garden Grove .............................................. $800,000

3134 WI Complete the Glacial Drumlin Trail, from

Madison to Waukesha ..................................... $240,000

3135 PA Design and construct turn lanes, signal upgrades and improvements at PA 34 and 174

intersection ...................................................... $464,000

3136 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and

construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Wright Township, Luzerne County ...................................... $160,000

3137 PA I–70/I–79 South Interchange Redesign and

Upgrade ............................................................ $1,600,000

3138 KS Elimination of highway-railway crossings at

the City of Pittsburg Port Authority to increase safety and reduce congestion .............. $4,584,000

3139 CA Improve Access Road to Beale Air Force Base

(Smartville Road) ............................................ $3,000,000

3140 CA Interstate 215, Los Alamos Road Interchange

Project .............................................................. $1,600,000

3141 NE Missouri River Bridges between U.S. 34, I–29

in Iowa and U.S. 75 in Nebraska ................... $2,800,000

3142 AL Huntsville Southern Bypass planning and engineering .......................................................... $2,400,000

3143 MO Redesign and reconstruct I–170 interchange at

Ladue Rd .......................................................... $320,000

3144 NY Construct Interstate 87 Exit 3 Airport Connector in Albany .............................................. $2,400,000

3145 CA Citywide traffic signal upgrades requiring the

installation of hardware and software at 9

major intersections, Palo Alto ........................ $400,000

3146 OH Construct replacement of Morgan Township

Road 209 between SR 60 and SR 78 in Morgan County ....................................................... $3,300,000

3147 ............................................................................... $0

3148 NY Construct the Setauket/Port Jefferson Greenway Trail Project ............................................. $5,000,000

3149 AR Develop a railroad overpass connecting U.S.

Highway 67 and U.S. Highway 371 in Prescott .................................................................... $2,640,000

3150 FL Construct SR 312 Extension Bypass, St. Johns

County, Florida ................................................ $5,300,000

3151 GA Construct Welcome Center, and pedestrian

trail, Abbeville ................................................. $300,000

3152 VA Improve Erickson Avenue and Stone Spring

Road connection ............................................... $600,000

3153 TX Reconstruct Loop 12 IH 35E and SH 183 west

extension to MacArthur, Irving, Texas .......... $4,000,000

3154 OR Completion of the first of three phases of trails

in the Regional Trails Program ..................... $5,000,000

3155 MN Construct bridge for Paul Bunyan Trail over

Excelsior Road, Baxter .................................... $1,500,000

3156 KY Reconstruct U.S. 127 at the U.S. 127 and U.S.

127 North Bypass, Mercer County ................ $480,000

3157 CA Rehabilitate street surface of Addison St. between Kester Ave. and Lemona Ave .............. $37,600

3158 IL City of Springfield, IL for improvements to

Cockrell Lane ................................................... $762,058

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1379

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3159 OH Repair/Construct Mill Street Bridge, Akron ..... $1,240,000

3160 MI Resurface Caseville Road in Huron County ..... $153,600

3161 PA River Trail and Esplanade Development at the

Southside Riverfront Park .............................. $600,000

3162 IL Construct access roads to National Great Rivers Research Center ........................................ $1,000,000

3163 IL Construct Roadway from Mississippi River

Barge Dock to IL Rt. 3–IL Rt. 157, Cahokia $1,600,000

3164 PA Context Sensitive Design Elements for the

Market Street Bridge, Lycoming County, PA $1,200,000

3165 NY Implement Pedestrian Safety Improvements

on Queens Boulevard ...................................... $500,000

3166 NV Design and construct interchange on I–15 in

Mesquite ........................................................... $800,000

3167 CA Construct grade separations at Washington

Ave. and UPRR crossing east and Washington Ave. and La Cadena Drive in Colton $400,000

3168 MD Intercounty Connector ........................................ $4,800,000

3169 MA Charlemont Bridge, Route 2, Charlemont ........ $3,840,000

3170 MN CSAH 47 rehabilitation from 165th Ave. to TH

25, Morrison County ....................................... $352,000

3171 MS Improve Old Augusta Road and construct Kaiser Road, Perry County .................................. $2,800,000

3172 PA Reconstruction of U.S. 30 from PA 10 to Business U.S. 30 including travel lanes, shoulders, etc ............................................................ $4,000,000

3173 NY Route 78 (Transit Road), Genesee Street to

Main Street, Towns of Amherst,

Cheektowaga and Clarence in Erie County .. $2,400,000

3174 NY Planning and design, construction, and relocations for Southtowns Connector—NY Route

5 from Coast Guard Base to Ohio Street, including Fuhrmann Boulevard ........................ $8,560,000

3175 CA SR 91 I–605 Needs Assessment Study, Whittier, CA ............................................................. $12,800

3176 GA SR 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard widening

from Camp Creek Parkway to the SCL RR,

Fulton County .................................................. $1,200,000

3177 MO Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri Rt. 61 bridge replacement over Establishment Creek ............ $1,200,000

3178 MN Construction of intersection at County Road 5

and TH 13 in City of Burnsville .................... $2,400,000

3179 GA SR 307 overpass over Georgia Port Authority

rail line, Savannah .......................................... $4,000,000

3180 MO Study railroad reconfiguration to eliminate

highway crossings in and around Springfield, MO .......................................................... $800,000

3181 NC Construct relocated NC 16 in Lincoln and Catawba Counties, NC ........................................ $1,360,000

3182 IL Construction of highway approaches to the

Sullivan Road bridge in Aurora, IL ............... $1,280,000

3183 IL Engineering and construction of 15.1 mile Alliance trail between Lock 14 in LaSalle and

Lock 2 in Bureau Junction ............................. $800,000

3184 CA Construct parking facility and improve museum pedestrian access from trolley station,

San Diego ......................................................... $800,000

3185 PA Relocation and upgrade of Beaner Hallow Rd.,

Beaver County, PA .......................................... $1,320,000

119 STAT. 1380 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3186 MN TH 36-Stillwater Bridge, ROW acquisition and

Utility Relocation ............................................ $4,000,000

3187 IL To construct Veterans Memorial Drive Extension. Will link Mount Vernon on the east

side of I–57 with incorporated area lying

west .................................................................. $800,000

3188 MN I–494 U.S. 169 Interchange Reconstruction,

Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota ... $4,000,000

3189 AL Jackson County Industrial Park Access Road,

Hollywood ......................................................... $800,000

3190 FL North-South Corridor between Archer Road

and Newberry Road ........................................ $2,400,000

3191 AK Construct access road and a bridge crossing

the Naknek River terminus points in South

Naknek-King Salmon Highway ...................... $3,000,000

3192 NY Route 303 Orangeburg Road and Route 340

and Erie Street intersection ........................... $800,000

3193 MS Upgrade roads in Port Gibson (U.S. Highway

61), Claiborne County ..................................... $320,000

3194 GA Construct Horsestamp Road Interchange on I–

95 in Camden County, Georgia ...................... $800,000

3195 MO Upgrade Route 94 in St. Charles County from

East of Harvester road to West of Mid-Rivers Drive ........................................................... $9,600,000

3196 OH Upgrade the I–71 interchange with SR 665

and widen SR 665 from Hoover Road on the

east to a relocated Haughn Road on the

west, in Grove City, OH ................................. $11,200,000

3197 NY Village of Highland Falls repaving and sidewalk construction of Berry Hill Road ............ $60,000

3198 PA Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, four

lane limited access facility connecting State

Road 119 to the Pennsylvania Turnpike

(Sony Connector) ............................................. $3,200,000

3199 NJ Edison National Historic Site Traffic Improvement Project to improve traffic flow and promote safety ....................................................... $192,000

3200 IL Construction of Eldamain Road over the Fox

River ................................................................. $4,000,000

3201 CA Construction of a traffic signal at the intersection of Oso Ave. and Vanowen St .................. $100,000

3202 OR Reroute U.S. 97 at Redmond, OR and improve

the intersection of U.S. 97 and Oregon 126 .. $5,600,000

3203 CA Widen and realign Cherry Avenue from 19th

Street to one block south of Pacific Coast

Highway, Signal Hill ....................................... $3,200,000

3204 AR Fort Smith, Arkansas: Improvements to Jenny

Lind Rd. and Ingersoll Rd .............................. $6,000,000

3205 OH Widen Pearl Road in Strongsville ..................... $800,000

3206 CA Interstate 5 and State Route 78 Interchange

Improvements .................................................. $4,000,000

3207 OK Improvements to SH 3 from Antlers to Broken

Bow ................................................................... $5,000,000

3208 KY Construct the Albany Bypass in Clinton County ....................................................................... $4,800,000

3209 CA Highway 74 and Interstate 215 Interchange

Project .............................................................. $800,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1381

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3210 SC Improve intersection and corridor on U.S. 278

to improve safety. Poss build frontage roads

widen road and change traffic controls ......... $9,600,000

3211 WA Port of Bellingham Transportation Enhancement Projects ................................................... $7,280,000

3212 OH Rehabilitation of SR 53 from Miami St. to

North city limits including approaches to the

CSX railroad bridge, City of Tiffin ................ $800,000

3213 OH Upgrade U.S. Route 30 between State Route

235 and Upper Sandusky in Hancock and

Wyandot Counties ........................................... $8,072,000

3214 MN Main Street streetscape reconstruction, 2nd

Street from Ash Ave. to State Hwy 2, and

Grand Utley Ave. from 2nd Street to 6th

Street N. across State Hwy 2, Cass Lake ..... $1,520,000

3215 NJ Warren County, NJ Route 57 and County

Route 519 Intersection Improvements ........... $2,160,000

3216 HI Widen Queen Kaahumanu Highway ................. $2,400,000

3217 CT Widen Route 34, Derby ...................................... $2,400,000

3218 IN Construction of County Road 17—Elkhart, IN $4,000,000

3219 PA Widen Route 666 in Forest County ................... $1,200,000

3220 CA Upgrade Jepson Parkway at North and South

Gates of Travis Air Force Base and widen

Vanden Road segment, Solano County .......... $3,200,000

3221 CT Widen Route 67, Seymour .................................. $800,000

3222 ............................................................................... $0

3223 CT Widen Canal Street, Shelton, CT ...................... $400,000

3224 NJ Construct CR 521/Ocean Drive and Middle

Thoroughfare Bridge Replacement, Cape

May County ..................................................... $1,600,000

3225 OR I–205 widening, Clackamas County .................. $1,600,000

3226 OK Construct interchange south of I–40 along Indian Nation Turnpike near Henryetta .......... $200,000

3227 MO Complete upgrade of U.S. 40–61 to interstate

status on two section, from I–70 to Lake St.

Louis exit and Highway K to Highway DD .. $1,600,000

3228 TX Abilene, TX, Dyess Air Force Base North

Entry Access Project with related improvements ................................................................ $11,120,000

3229 CA Construction and enhancements of trails in

the Santa Monica Mountains National

Recreation Area ............................................... $800,000

3230 KY Construct South Airfield Road, Boone County,

Kentucky .......................................................... $2,400,000

3231 LA Construction of pedestrian and bike path adjacent to Tammany Trace Rails-to-Trails Corridor .................................................................. $160,000

3232 NY Construction of pedestrian walkways in Village of Northport ............................................. $80,000

3233 NV Design and Construction of I–80 interchange

in Fernley ......................................................... $1,600,000

3234 OH Eastgate Area Improvements, I–275 and SR

32, Clermont County ....................................... $3,360,000

3235 PA Pennsylvania Turnpike-Interstate 95 Interchange Project, Bucks County, PA ................. $8,000,000

3236 GA Commission a study and report regarding construction and designation of a new Interstate linking Augusta, Macon, Columbus,

Montgomery, and Natchez .............................. $80,000

119 STAT. 1382 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3237 CT Construct Shoreline Greenway Trail, Madison $800,000

3238 NE New roads and overpasses to relieve congestion and improve traffic flow Antelope Valley—Lincoln, NE ............................................. $7,200,000

3239 CA Reconstruct Atlantic Ave. and improve drainage from Ardmore St. to Imperial Hwy in

South Gate ....................................................... $2,600,000

3240 SD Construct Railroad Underpass on Hwy 34 in

Pierre ................................................................ $880,000

3241 AR I40-Highway 89 Interchange ............................. $2,400,000

3242 WA Kent, WA Willis Street UP Railroad Grade

Separation Project ........................................... $400,000

3243 IL Replace Interstate 74 Bridge, Moline ................ $3,200,000

3244 CA Implement SFgo Van Ness Corridor Improvements ................................................................ $5,600,000

3245 NC Battleground Avenue Rail to Trail Project,

Guilford County, NC ....................................... $800,000

3246 IL Construction of an Extension of Atkinson Road

to Intersect with IL 120 and IL 137 .............. $4,800,000

3247 OH I–70, I–71 Split reconfiguration, Columbus ...... $6,400,000

3248 MI Delta County, CR 186 from M–35 at Brampton

to U.S. 2 and U.S. 41—Bituminous overlay

with super elevation, correction, curb, and

gutter ................................................................ $192,000

3249 TN Niota, TN Improving Vehicle Effiecies at AtGrade highway-Railroad Crossings ............... $79,200

3250 NY Construct access to the NYS Thruway—Montezuma National Wildlife Reserve ................. $1,200,000

3251 MN Corridor design work, I–94 and Radio Drive,

Woodbury, MN ................................................. $400,000

3252 TN Develop trails, bike paths and recreational facilities on Brady Mountain, Cumberland

County for Cumberland Trail State Park ..... $200,000

3253 WA Access Downtown Phase II: I–405 Downtown

Bellevue Circulation Improvements .............. $9,200,000

3254 PA Reconstruct PA Route 274, at PA Route 11/15,

Duncannon ....................................................... $800,000

3255 PA Road and pedestrian improvements and realignment, through construction, in York

City NW Triangle ............................................ $1,200,000

3256 NY Rockland County highway railroad grade

crossing safety improvements ........................ $1,400,000

3257 OH Calm traffic on Greenfield St. in City of Tiffin

and improve intersection of Greenfield St.

with Routes 18 and 101 .................................. $1,360,000

3258 IA Construction of NW 26th St. interchange on I–

35, Polk Co ....................................................... $800,000

3259 NY To conduct design and environmental studies

along proposed Northern Tier Expressway ... $4,800,000

3260 IL Undertake Traffic Mitigation and Circulation

Enhancements on 57th and Lake Shore

Drive, Chicago ................................................. $1,600,000

3261 IL For the construction of a highway on new

alignment to create a cross town route

across Godfrey ................................................. $1,400,000

3262 MI Construct Industrial Park Service Road and

Caine Road Bridge Replacement. Village of

Millington, Tuscola County ............................ $395,200

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1383

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3263 TX Loop 281 Mobility and Safety Improvements,

Longview, TX ................................................... $2,736,000

3264 TX Upgrade Fulghum Road Bridge on I–45 in

Dallas County (TX) to provide safety and access for expanded intermodal traffic .............. $2,480,000

3265 MN Edge of Wilderness Discovery Center, Marcell $471,000

3266 IN Construction of Star Hill Road, Clark County,

Indiana ............................................................. $1,772,000

3267 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian

trail, Shelbyville .............................................. $320,000

3268 TX Construct Park Row bypass from Texas State

Highway 6 to the Eldridge Parkway in

Houston, TX ..................................................... $1,600,000

3269 CA Implement Northwest San Fernando Valley

Road and Safety Improvements ..................... $2,444,800

3270 KY Construct two bridges across the Ohio River

from Louisville to southern Indiana .............. $28,000,000

3271 ME Construction of the Gorham Village Bypass,

Gorham ............................................................ $11,220,000

3272 OK Reconstruction of the I–40 Crosstown Expressway from I–44 to I–35 in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ..................................... $16,000,000

3273 MD I–695, MD147 to I–695 ....................................... $3,792,000

3274 SC Upgrade Hwy 21 Bypass Grade Crossings ....... $560,000

3275 MD Upgrade MD 175 in Anne Arundel County between MD 170 and the Baltimore Washington Parkway ............................................... $800,000

3276 OK Construct and widen six lanes on Interstate 44

from the Arkansas River extending east approximately 3.7 miles to Yale Avenue in

Tulsa, OK ......................................................... $8,800,000

3277 OR North Bend Waterfront District Boardwalk

Construction .................................................... $992,000

3278 CT Make Improvements to North Stonington, CT

Westerly, R.I. Pawcatuck River Bridge ......... $240,000

3279 VA Construct improvements at I–264 interchange

in Virginia Beach ............................................ $9,400,000

3280 CA Construct Western Placerville Interchanges on

State Route 50 ................................................. $2,400,000

3281 CT Construction of Housatonic River Walk,

Shelton, CT ...................................................... $800,000

3282 NY NYS Route 5, 8, 12 Interchange reconstruction: Town of New Hartford ........................... $800,000

3283 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in Bronx County .......................................... $600,000

3284 CA Improve West Adams Blvd. Streetscape in

West Adams Historic District, Los Angeles .. $200,000

3285 CA Improve access from I–8 and construct parking

lot for the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation

Area Visitor’s Center, Imperial Valley .......... $800,000

3286 PA Construction of low-impact, spine roadway

serving the North Delaware Riverfront corridor, City of Philadelphia .............................. $8,000,000

3287 AL Construct interchange on I–59 between I–59

and 49th Street in Fort Payne, AL ................ $2,400,000

3288 FL Coordinated Regional Transportation Study of

U.S. 98 from Pensacola Bay Bridge,

Escambia County, to Hathaway Bridge, Bay

County, Florida ................................................ $1,200,000

119 STAT. 1384 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3289 GA Leesburg North Bypass from U.S. 19 to SR

195, Lee County ............................................... $400,000

3290 LA Peters Road improvements in Plaquemines

Parish ............................................................... $800,000

3291 GA Upgrade sidewalks, lighting, landscaping from

Cherry Street to Hampton Street, Industrial

Park to Dooly Street, Montezuma .................. $400,000

3292 ............................................................................... $0

3293 GA U.S. 27 Reconstruction from Colquit to CR 279 $800,000

3294 TX Loop 180 (Project code 1190–01–035) in Whitney, TX from FM 933/FM 1713 to FM 933S

of Whitney ........................................................ $800,000

3295 IA U.S. 30 widening, reconstruction in Story and

Marshall Counties, Iowa ................................. $1,840,000

3296 TX U.S. 377 from SH 144 to the eastern intersection of BUS 377H, Hood Co ............................ $3,000,000

3297 NY Construct and improve pedestrian streetscapes

along Sunrise Highway in Freeport ............... $400,000

3298 IA Construct Principal Riverwalk, Des Moines ..... $4,000,000

3299 NY Construct access ramps to Rt. 32–6/17–CR 105

in Orange County ............................................ $6,400,000

3300 IL Resurface Shawnee College Road, Pulaski

County .............................................................. $1,261,000

3301 MI Canton, Pave Cherry Hill Rd. between Canton

Ctr., and Haggerty .......................................... $1,600,000

3302 AR Springdale, AR—Improvements to Johnson

Road from Hwy 412 to I–540 through

Springdale and Johnson ................................. $9,000,000

3303 NC Environmental studies and construction of

Garden Parkway .............................................. $4,800,000

3304 AZ U.S. 60 and U.S. 93 connection on the eastern

edge of central Wickenburg ............................ $1,600,000

3305 GA Construction of I–575 HOV Lanes from Sixes

Road to SR 20, Cherokee County, Georgia ... $800,000

3306 WA I–405–SR 167 interchange—Rebuild the interchange and add additional lanes to relieve

congestion ......................................................... $1,600,000

3307 MN U.S. 10 corridor improvement between Blaine

and St. Cloud: design and ROW acquisition $2,000,000

3308 CA Walnut Grove at Broadway Intersection Capacity Enhancements, San Gabriel ................ $200,000

3309 KY Widen and Reconstruct KY 698 at Mason Gap

Road, Lincoln County ...................................... $960,000

3310 OR Medford, OR to construct sidewalks and improve storm drainage and gutters for the

Citys Safe Walk Plan ...................................... $800,000

3311 MN Construct a pedestrian and bicycle bridge

across TH 169, Onamia .................................. $878,080

3312 NY Improve Montauk Highway from CR 46 to

Barnes Road, Suffolk County ......................... $6,400,000

3313 ............................................................................... $0

3314 AR Study and construction of 8th Street, in

Bentonville, AR from Interstate 540, (including direct access to I–540) to SW Elm Tree

Road .................................................................. $35,000,000

3315 MN Cedar Lake Regional Trail, Minneapolis .......... $3,000,000

3316 TX Reconstruct Union Pacific Railroad bridge over

widened Business U.S. 287 ............................ $800,000

3317 AK Anchorage Traffic Congestion Relief ................. $5,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1385

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3318 VA Expansion of Battlefield Parkway from East

Market Street at Route 7 to Sycolin Road,

SE ..................................................................... $1,600,000

3319 OR Construction of the I–84, U.S. 395 Stanfield

Interchange Improvement Project ................. $1,600,000

3320 IN Design and reconstruct residential streets in

the City of Muncie, Indiana ........................... $744,000

3321 CA Improvement of Main Street—Shenandoah

Road/SR 49 Intersection, Plymouth ............... $800,000

3322 SD Design and construct new Meridian Bridge

across the Missouri River south of Yankton,

South Dakota ................................................... $3,200,000

3323 AK Earthwork and roadway construction Gravina

Access Project .................................................. $48,000,000

3324 GA Improvement and construction of SR 40 from

east of St. Marys cutoff at mile post 5.0,

Charlton County to County Route 61, Camden County, Georgia ....................................... $800,000

3325 NJ Route 22 Sustainable Corridor Plan ................. $3,000,000

3326 OR Hood River, OR, Frontage Road Crossing

Project .............................................................. $400,000

3327 GA Construct and Improve Westside Parkway,

Northern Section, in Fulton County .............. $1,600,000

3328 ............................................................................... $0

3329 GA Widen SR 133 from Spence Field to SR 35 in

Colquitt County, Georgia ................................ $800,000

3330 FL West Palm Beach, Florida, Flagler Drive Reconfiguration .................................................... $800,000

3331 FL Implement Snake Road (BIA Route 1281) Widening and Improvements ................................ $800,000

3332 NY Reconstruction of Portland Ave. from Rochester City line to Titus Ave. in Irondequoit,

NY ..................................................................... $2,400,000

3333 FL Alleviate congestion at Atlantic Corridor

Greenway Network, City of Miami Beach,

FL ..................................................................... $400,000

3334 ............................................................................... $0

3335 WA SR 704 Cross-Base Highway, Spanaway Loop

Road to SR 7 .................................................... $4,000,000

3336 CA Restoration of Victoria Avenue in the City of

Riverside, CA ................................................... $400,000

3337 MN I–494 Lane Addition ........................................... $1,600,000

3338 GA Uptown Jogging, Bicycle, Trolley Trail, Columbus, Georgia ..................................................... $400,000

3339 CA Study and construct highway alternatives between Orange and Riverside Counties, directed by the Riverside Orange Corridor Authority working with local government agencies, local transp. authorities, and guided by

the current MIS ............................................... $12,600,000

3340 OH Rehabilitation or replacement of highway-rail

grade separations along the West Central

Ohio Port Authority route in Champaign

and Clark Counties ......................................... $240,000

3341 FL Improvements to I–75 in the City of Pembroke

Pines, Florida ................................................... $1,800,000

3342 LA Construction of new interchange Causeway at

Earhart-LA 3139 ............................................. $1,440,000

119 STAT. 1386 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3343 GA Construction of infrastructure for inter-parcel

access, median upgrades, lighting, and beautification along Highway 78 corridor ............. $400,000

3344 MI Design, Right-of-Way and Construction of the

I–196 Chicago Drive (Baldwin Street) Interchange Modification, Michigan ...................... $2,400,000

3345 VA I–66 and Route 29 Gainesville Interchange

Project .............................................................. $5,600,000

3346 FL SR 688 Ulmerton Road Widening (Lake Seminole Bypass Canal to El Centro Ranchero) ... $8,000,000

3347 OK Navajoe Gateway Improvements Project, U.S.

62 in Altus, OK ................................................ $800,000

3348 NV Construction of Carson City Freeway ............... $800,000

3349 TN Upgrade lights and gates and motion sensor

controlling circuitry at the highway rail

grade crossing located on Wenasoga Road/

FAS 8224, Middleton, TN ............................... $160,000

3350 WV Construct connector road from north end of

RHL Boulevard to State Route 601 (Jefferson Road) .......................................................... $600,000

3351 NY Construct Siena College campus perimeter

road, Loudonville, NY ..................................... $800,000

3352 AL Construct additional lanes on SR 77 from

Southside, Alabama to Green Valley Road ... $1,360,000

3353 TX Environmental mitigation related to the SH

195 project and related improvements in

Williamson County that had adverse effects

on the Karst cave system ............................... $1,600,000

3354 AL The City of Calera, Alabama—Northern Bypass Segment (U.S. Highway 31 to Alabama

State Highway 25) ........................................... $5,440,000

3355 WA Construct a single point urban interchange

(SPUI) under I–5 at South 272nd St ............. $1,080,000

3356 IN Reconstruct bridges at County Roads 200E

and 300E in LaPorte County, Indiana .......... $400,000

3357 MI Widen and Reconstruct Walton Blvd. in Auburn Hills from Opdyke to Squirrel Rd ......... $5,920,000

3358 GA Commission a study and report regarding the

construction and designation of a new Interstate linking Savannah, Augusta, and Knoxville ................................................................... $240,000

3359 ............................................................................... $0

3360 CA Pedestrian Beach Trail in San Clemente, CA .. $800,000

3361 TX U.S. 90—Construct 6 mainlanes from east of

Mercury to east of Wallisville ........................ $1,600,000

3362 PA Construct highway safety and capacity improvements to improve the access to the

KidsPeace Broadway Campus ........................ $720,000

3363 GA GA 400 and McGinnis Ferry Road Interchange, Forsyth County, GA .......................... $720,000

3364 GA Construction of bypass around town of Hiram,

from SR 92 to U.S. 278, Paulding County,

Georgia ............................................................. $400,000

3365 GA Construct U.S. 411 Connector from U.S. 41 to

I–75, Bartow County, Georgia ........................ $800,000

3366 TX Construct access road connecting Port of Beaumont property on east bank of Neches River

to I–10 access road east of the Neches River $1,056,000

3367 MD U.S. 220/MD 53 North-South Corridor ............. $800,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1387

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3368 FL Acquire Right-of-Way for Ludlam Trail,

Miami, Florida ................................................. $200,000

3369 NY Construct Northern State Parkway and LIE

access at Marcus Ave. and Lakeville Rd. and

associated Park and Ride ............................... $1,360,000

3370 PA Construct interim U.S. 422 improvements at

Valley Forge river crossing ............................. $800,000

3371 NY Design and construction of Renaissance

Square in Rochester, NY ................................ $1,600,000

3372 AL Alabama Hwy 36 Extension and Widening—

Phase II ............................................................ $240,000

3373 PA Northfield site roadway extension from Rt. 60

to Industrial Park near the Pittsburgh

International Airport ...................................... $400,000

3374 OH Plan and construct pedestrian trail along the

Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail in

downtown Akron, OH ..................................... $760,000

3375 TX Reconstruct I–30 Trinity River Bridge—Dallas,

TX ..................................................................... $27,200,000

3376 TX Reconstruct I–30 Trinity River Bridge—Dallas,

TX ..................................................................... $800,000

3377 GA Construction of interchange on I–985 north of

SR 13, Hall County, Georgia .......................... $800,000

3378 ............................................................................... $0

3379 FL Temple Terrace Highway Modification ............. $800,000

3380 WY Burma Rd: Extension from I–90 to Lakeway

Rd ..................................................................... $1,600,000

3381 NJ Construct Western Blvd. extension from

Northern Blvd. to S.H. Rt. 9, Ocean County,

NJ ..................................................................... $3,200,000

3382 FL Powerline Rearvision motor carrier backover

motor carrier safety research ......................... $800,000

3383 NH Environmental mitigation at Sybiak Farm in

Londonderry to offset effects of I–93 improvements ....................................................... $1,200,000

3384 MI East Grand River Improvements, Brighton

Township, Michigan ........................................ $1,600,000

3385 KY Replace Brent Spence Bridge, Kenton County,

Kentucky .......................................................... $1,600,000

3386 TX Construction of projects that relieve congestion

in and around the Texas Medical Center

complex ............................................................. $9,600,000

3387 CA Hazel Avenue ITS Improvements, Folsom

Blvd. to Placer County .................................... $400,000

3388 FL SR 688 Ulmerton Road widening (west of 38th

street to west of I275) ..................................... $8,000,000

3389 NH Environmental mitigation at Crystal Lake in

Manchester to offset effects of I–93 improvements ................................................................ $1,520,000

3390 VA Widening I–95 between Rt. 123 and Fairfax

County Parkway .............................................. $800,000

3391 PA Armstrong County, PA Slatelick Interchange

for PA 28 at SR 3017 ...................................... $1,920,000

3392 OK Reconstruct the I–44—Fort Still Key Gate

Interchange ...................................................... $800,000

3393 GA Greene County, Georgia conversion of I–20

and Carey Station Road overpass to full

interchange ...................................................... $1,600,000

119 STAT. 1388 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3394 OH Upgrade overpass and interchange at U.S. 24

and SR 66 in the City of Defiance ................. $800,000

3395 NE I–80 Interchange at Pflug Road, Sarpy County, Nebraska .................................................... $800,000

3396 FL SR 70 improvements in Highland, DeSoto and

Okeechobee Counties ...................................... $400,000

3397 VA Cathodic Bridge Protection for Veterans Memorial Bridge and the Berkely Bridge in the

Commonwealth of Virginia ............................. $560,000

3398 IN Reconstruct McClung Road from State Road

39 to Park Street in LaPorte, Indiana ........... $600,000

3399 OH Riversouth Street Network Improvements in

Columbus ......................................................... $2,400,000

3400 GA National Infantry Museum Transportation

Network, Georgia ............................................ $3,000,000

3401 AK Wideband multimedia mobile emergency communications pilot project Wasilla, Alaska ..... $5,000,000

3402 MD Widen road and improve interchanges of I–81

from south of I–70 to north of Halfway Boulevard ................................................................ $800,000

3403 TX Expansion of U.S. 385 4-lane divide south of

Crane to McCarney ......................................... $1,600,000

3404 VA Old Mill Road Extension .................................... $1,280,000

3405 GA Commission a study and report regarding construction and designation of a new Interstate linking Augusta, Macon, Columbus,

Montgomery, and Natchez .............................. $240,000

3406 CO Improvements on U.S. 36 corridor from I–25 to

Boulder. Improvements include interchange

and overpass reconstruction ........................... $1,120,000

3407 AZ Design and construct bridge and roadway approaches across Tonto Creek at Sheeps

Crossing south of Payson, AZ ......................... $2,960,000

3408 NE Missouri River Bridges between U.S. 34, I–29

in Iowa and U.S. 75 in Nebraska ................... $2,000,000

3409 NY Reconstruct—Orangeport Road from NYS Rt.

31 to Slayton Settlement Road—Niagara

County, NY ...................................................... $680,000

3410 TN Construct sound-walls between I–65 and Harding Place in Davidson County ...................... $664,000

3411 ID Reconstruct and Realign SH 55 in Idaho between Mileposts 94 and 102 ........................... $1,600,000

3412 FL Pinellas Countywide Intelligent Transportation System—Phase 2 .................................. $8,000,000

3413 OK Realignment of U.S. 287 around Boise City,

OK .................................................................... $800,000

3414 FL Replace Heckscher Drive (SR 105) Bridge

across Broward River ...................................... $1,600,000

3415 TX FM 156 Road Relocation at Alliance Airport,

Texas ................................................................ $6,500,000

3416 TX Upgrade Caesar Chavez Boulevard from San

Antonio Street to Brazos Street ..................... $2,400,000

3417 FL Coral Way, SR 972 Highway Beautification,

Phase One, Miami, Florida ............................. $400,000

3418 OR Cascade Locks Marine Park Underpass to address necessary improvements ....................... $400,000

3419 NY Reconstruction of East Genesee Street connective corridor to Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY ........................................................... $3,360,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1389

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3420 IL For Cook County to reconstruct and widen

127th Street between Smith Road and State

Street in Lemont ............................................. $360,000

3421 TN Widen I–65 from SR 840 to SR 96, including

interchange modification at Goose Creek Bypass, Williamson County ................................ $776,000

3422 CA Auburn Boulevard Improvements, City of Citrus Heights ...................................................... $400,000

3423 LA Bossier Parish Congestion Relief ....................... $2,400,000

3424 LA Fund the 8.28 miles of the El Camino EastWest Corridor along LA 6 from LA 485 near

Robeline, LA to I–49 ....................................... $1,600,000

3425 FL Bryan Dairy Road improvements from Starkey

Road to 72nd Street ........................................ $3,200,000

3426 GA Buckhead Community Improvements to rehabilitate State Road 141, including lane

straightening, addition of median, installation of left turn bays at two intersections,

addition of bicycle lanes, sidewalks, clear

zones and landscape buffers ........................... $800,000

3427 VA Purchase specialized tunnel fire safety equipment, Hampton Roads .................................... $640,000

3428 MI Holmes Road Reconstruction—From Prospect

Road to Michigan Avenue, Charter Township of Ypsilanti .............................................. $1,600,000

3429 TN Construct a system of greenways in Nashville—Davidson County .................................. $800,000

3430 UT Improve pedestrian and traffic safety in Holladay .................................................................... $2,000,000

3431 OH Construction of road improvements from Richmond Road to Cuyahoga Community College, Warrensville Heights ............................. $1,080,000

3432 OH Construct road with access to memorial

Shoreway, Cleveland ....................................... $800,000

3433 TX North Cameron County East-West Railroad

Relocation Project ............................................ $80,000

3434 OR Construct Pathway From Multimodal Transit

Station to Swanson Park, Albany .................. $520,000

3435 NY Transportation Initiative to provide for a parking facility, in the vicinity of the Manhattan

College Community ......................................... $500,000

3436 NY Phase II Corning Preserve Transportation Enhancement Project ........................................... $4,800,000

3437 NY Study of goods movement through I–278 in

New York City and New Jersey ..................... $1,200,000

3438 NY Study and Implement Traffic Improvements to

the area surrounding the Stillwell Avenue

train station ..................................................... $1,000,000

3439 CA Expand Diesel Emission Reduction Program of

Gateway Cities COG ....................................... $2,480,000

3440 TX Construct pedestrian walkway on Houston

Texas’ Main Street Corridor ........................... $1,000,000

3441 CA Sacramento County, California—Watt Avenue

Multimodal Mobility Improvements, Kiefer

Boulevard to Fair Oaks Boulevard ................ $3,200,000

3442 NJ Passaic River—Newark Bay Restoration and

Pollution Abatement Project, Route 21 ......... $400,000

3443 NJ Downtown West Orange streetscape and traffic improvement program ............................... $1,440,000

119 STAT. 1390 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3444 NY High-Speed EZ pass at the New Rochelle Toll

Plaza, New Rochelle ........................................ $800,000

3445 TX Access to Regional Multimodal Center—FM

1016 and SH 115 ............................................. $1,600,000

3446 AR For acquisition and construction of an alternate transportation (pedestrian/bicycle) trail

from East Little Rock to Pinnacle Mountain

State Park ........................................................ $160,000

3447 MN Construct 4th Street overpass grade separation crossing a BNSF Rail Road, City of

Carlton ............................................................. $159,835

3448 TX North Rail Relocation Project, Harlingen ......... $1,600,000

3449 MN Construct Pfeifer Road, remove 10 foot raised

crossing, Twin Lakes Township ..................... $201,374

3450 MS Safety improvements and to widen Hardy

Street at the intersection of U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg ............................................................ $640,000

3451 ............................................................................... $0

3452 MN Safety improvements to TH 169 between Virginia and Winton ............................................. $20,464,331

3453 LA U.S. 190 (LA 22 to Little Bayou Castine) Widening ................................................................. $800,000

3454 NC Construct bicycle and pedestrian trails, Durham and Durham County ............................... $1,600,000

3455 MN TH 61 Reconstruction from 2.7 miles to 6.2

miles north of Tofte ......................................... $8,053,600

3456 MN Phase II/part II—CSAH 15 to East of Scenic

Highway 7 (1.2 miles) ..................................... $2,272,000

3457 MN Reconstruction with some rehabilitation of

roadway with storm water sewer system

construction from eastern boundary of the

Bois Forte Indian Reservation and ending at

‘‘T’’ intersection of roadway (3.5 miles) .......... $800,000

3458 MS Widen 4th Street in Hattiesburg ....................... $2,560,000

3459 NJ Study of safe and efficient commercial

multimodal transportation systems serving

the East Coast Port Complex ......................... $400,000

3460 IL Construct bike/pedestrian paths, Chicago ........ $2,480,000

3461 IL Construct Leon Pass overpass, Hodgkins ......... $768,000

3462 IL Undertake Streetscaping project on Harlem

Avenue initiating from 71st Street to I–80,

Cook County .................................................... $3,280,000

3463 IL Construct bike path, parking facility, and related transportation enhancement projects,

North Riverside ............................................... $1,920,000

3464 IL Upgrade Roads, Summit .................................... $768,000

3465 IL Undertake streetscaping on Ridgeland Avenue, Oak Park Avenue, and 26th Street,

Berwyn ............................................................. $768,000

3466 IL Construct bike/pedestrian paths, facilities and

infrastructure improvements in Spring Rock

Park, Western Springs Park District ............ $576,000

3467 SD Extend the Sioux Falls Bike Trail to the Great

Bear Recreation Area ...................................... $960,000

3468 SD Redesign T corner on BIA #2 5 miles SW of

Kyle on the Pine Ridge Reservation .............. $600,000

3469 SD Extend bike trail in Pine Ridge to the SuAnne

Big Crow Boys and Girls Center .................... $200,000

3470 SD Extend bicycle trail system in Aberdeen .......... $640,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1391

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3471 GA City of Moultrie Streetscape Improvements,

Phase III .......................................................... $750,000

3472 GA Restore and renovate for historic preservation

and museum the 1906 AB&A Railroad

Building, Fitzgerald ........................................ $500,000

3473 GA Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add

landscaping, Ocilla .......................................... $500,000

3474 GA Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add

landscaping, Newton County .......................... $750,000

3475 GA Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add

landscaping, Monticello .................................. $500,000

3476 GA City of Sylvester Bicycle and Pedestrian

Project .............................................................. $400,000

3477 GA Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add

landscaping, Tifton .......................................... $750,000

3478 GA Improve sidewalks and curbs on Wheeler Avenue and Carlos Avenues, Ashburn ................ $500,000

3479 GA Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and add

landscaping, Jackson ...................................... $500,000

3480 CA Construct traffic circle in San Ysidro at the

intersection of Via de San Ysidro and West

San Ysidro Boulevard, San Diego .................. $240,000

3481 CA Construct and resurface unimproved roads in

the Children’s Village Ranch and improve

access from Children’s Village Ranch to

Lake Morena Drive, San Diego County ......... $800,000

3482 CA Project design and environmental assessment

of widening and improving the interchange

at ‘‘H’’ Street and I–5, Chula Vista, Chula

Vista ................................................................. $2,160,000

3483 FL Jacksonville International Airport Access Rd.

to I–95, Jacksonville ....................................... $1,600,000

3484 FL Mathews Bridge Replacement, Jacksonville ..... $800,000

3485 FL Hecksher Bridge Replacement, Jacksonville .... $800,000

3486 FL NE 3 Ave. to NE 8th Ave. Rd. Reconstruction,

Gainesville ....................................................... $800,000

3487 FL University Ave. to NE 8 Avenue Rd. Reconstruction, Gainesville ...................................... $1,600,000

3488 KY Central Kentucky Multi-Highway Preservation

Project .............................................................. $1,840,000

3489 WV Construct East Beckley Bypass, including

$500,000 for preliminary engineering and

design of the Shady Spring connector (Route

3/Airport Road) ................................................ $4,000,000

3490 WV Construct I–73/I–74 High Priority Corridor,

Wayne County ................................................. $4,000,000

3491 KY Construct Kidville Road (KY 974) Interchange

at the Mountain Parkway, Clark County ...... $1,360,000

3492 NY Construction and improvements to Ridge

Road, Lackawanna .......................................... $400,000

3493 CA Construction at I–580 and California SR 84

(Isabel Avenue) Interchange .......................... $2,000,000

3494 NY Construction of and improvements to Amherst

Street, Buffalo ................................................. $160,000

3495 NY Construction of and improvements to Grant

Street, Buffalo ................................................. $160,000

3496 NY Construction of and improvements to Hertel

Avenue, Buffalo ............................................... $160,000

119 STAT. 1392 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3497 NY Construction of and improvements to Hopkins

Street, Buffalo ................................................. $160,000

3498 NY Construction of and improvements to Main

Street in the Town of Aurora ......................... $400,000

3499 NY Construction of and improvements to McKinley Parkway, Buffalo ....................................... $400,000

3500 NY Construction of and improvements to Route 5

in the Town of Hamburg ................................ $400,000

3501 NY Construction of and improvements to South

Park Avenue and Lake Avenue in the Village of Blasdell ................................................ $400,000

3502 NY Construction of and improvements to South

Park Avenue, Buffalo ...................................... $160,000

3503 NY Construction of Bicycle Path and Pedestrian

Trail in City of Buffalo ................................... $640,000

3504 NY Construction, redesign, and improvements to

Fargo Street in Buffalo ................................... $1,600,000

3505 TN Improve existing two lane highway to a five

lane facility on State Route 53 from South of

I–24 to Near Parks Creek Road, Coffee

County .............................................................. $4,400,000

3506 ME Improve portions of Route 116 between Lincoln and Medway to bring road up to modern standard .................................................... $3,500,000

3507 ME Improve portions of Route 26 between Bethel

and Oxford ....................................................... $1,000,000

3508 NY Road improvements and signage in City of

Lackawanna ..................................................... $400,000

3509 NJ Belmont Ave. Gateway Community Enhancement Project, Haledon .................................... $400,000

3510 TX Conduct feasibility study for an off ramp on I–

30 on to Hall Street for direct access to

Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas $800,000

3511 NJ Livingston Pedestrian Streetscape Project

along Mount Pleasant and Livingston Avenues .................................................................. $720,000

3512 MD MD4 at Suitland Parkway ................................. $4,000,000

3513 NJ Pompton Lakes Downtown Streetscape ............ $800,000

3514 PA Street improvements along North Broad

Street, Hatfield Borough ................................. $100,000

3515 PA Street improvements to Old York Road,

Jenkintown Borough ....................................... $800,000

3516 PA Street improvements to Ridge Pike and Joshua Road, Whitemarsh Township .................... $640,000

3517 PA Street improvements to Skippack Pike (Rt.

73), Whitpain Township .................................. $480,000

3518 PA Street Improvements, Upper Dublin Township $1,200,000

3519 PA Street Improvements, Upper Gwynedd Township ................................................................... $300,000

3520 VA Construct access road and roadway improvements to Chessie development site, Clifton

Forge ................................................................. $1,040,000

3521 WA Fruitdale and McGarigle Arterial Improvements Project in Sedro Woolley, Washington $760,000

3522 MS Improve Ridge Road, Pearl River County ......... $800,000

3523 MS Port Bienville Intermodal Connector, Hancock

County .............................................................. $2,400,000

3524 WA Realign Airport Road/Springhetti Ave./Marsh

Road in Snohomish County, Washington ...... $250,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1393

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3525 LA U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) Improvements, Orleans and Jefferson Parishes .......................... $2,240,000

3526 UT Widen Redwood Road from Bangerter Highway in Salt Lake County through Saratoga

Springs in Utah County .................................. $1,000,000

3527 VA Widen Rolfe Highway from near the intersection of Rolfe Highway and Point Pleasant

Road to the Surry ferry landing approach

bridge ................................................................ $400,000

3528 MI Bristol Road improvement project from Interstate 69 to North Torrey road ........................ $1,600,000

3529 NJ Construct parking facility at the Robert Wood

Johnson University Hospital and UMDNJ

with access to the intermodal train station,

New Brunswick ............................................... $1,600,000

3530 WA Olympia Infrastructure Enhancement Project $684,000

3531 IN Downtown Road Improvements, Indianapolis .. $5,720,000

3532 TX Continuation of item number 92 of the table

contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) ............................................. $1,120,000

3533 IL Upgrade roads, Plainfield ................................... $240,000

3534 CA Acquisition of land along CA 86 at the Desert

Cahuilla Prehistoric Site, Imperial County

for environmental mitigation related to reducing wildlife mortality while maintaining

habitat connectivity ......................................... $800,000

3535 NY Queens and Bronx Counties Graffiti Elimination Program ................................................ $200,000

3536 MA Cambridge Bicycle Path Improvements ............ $1,000,000

3537 CA Conduct preliminary engineering and design

analysis for a dedicated intermodal right-ofway link between San Diego and the proposed Regional International Airport in Imperial Valley including a feasibility study

and cost benefit analysis evaluating the

comparative options of dedicated highway or

highway lanes, Maglev and conventional

high speed rail or any combination thereof .. $800,000

3538 MA Chelsea Roadway Improvements ....................... $2,000,000

3539 NY Congestion reduction measures in Richmond

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

3540 NJ Construct Hudson River Waterfront Walkway

over Long Slip Canal—Hoboken and Jersey

City ................................................................... $800,000

3541 CA Construct Illinois Street Bridge/Amador Street

Connection and Improvements, San Francisco .................................................................. $3,200,000

3542 NY Construct multi-modal facility in the vicinity

of Brooklyn Childrens Museum ..................... $240,000

3543 NJ Construct Parking Facility at McGinley

Square in Jersey City ..................................... $840,000

3544 OR Construction of access road including sidewalks, bike lanes and railroad crossing from

Highway 99W to industrial zoned property,

Corvallis ........................................................... $814,000

119 STAT. 1394 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3545 NY Continuation of the public awareness program

to the subcontracting entity which was funded under Section 1212(b) of Public Law 105–

178 about infrastructure in Lower Manhattan .................................................................... $400,000

3546 OR Continue bridge repair project authorized

under Public Law 105–178, Coos Bay ........... $8,000,000

3547 NJ Expand TRANSCOM Regional ITS System in

NJ, NY, and CT ............................................... $800,000

3548 CA Construct new sidewalks in the City of Heber,

CA ..................................................................... $400,000

3549 NY Graffiti Elimination Program in Riverdale

neighborhood of Bronx County ....................... $500,000

3550 NY Graffiti Elimination Program on Smith Street

in Kings County .............................................. $500,000

3551 ............................................................................... $0

3552 NJ Hudson County Fire and Rescue Department,

North Bergen: Transportation Critical Incident Mobile Data Collection Device ............... $960,000

3553 NJ Hudson County Pedestrian Safety Improvements ................................................................ $800,000

3554 OR Hwy 199 Safety Improvements, Josephine

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

3555 OR Hwy 99E/Geary Street Safety Improvements,

Albany .............................................................. $1,002,000

3556 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian Safety in Riverdale neighborhood of Bronx County ....................................................................... $500,000

3557 WA Improve Mill Plain Blvd. between SE 172nd

and SE 192nd in Vancouver ........................... $1,250,000

3558 WA Improve signage along scenic highways in

Clark, Skamania and Pacific counties ........... $60,000

3559 ............................................................................... $0

3560 NJ Jersey City 6th Street Viaduct Pedestrian and

Bicycle Pathway Project ................................. $1,600,000

3561 OR Middle Fork Willamette River Path, Springfield ................................................................... $3,000,000

3562 ............................................................................... $0

3563 OR Pedestrian improvements including boardwalk

extension and sidewalk construction, Port of

Brookings Harbor ............................................ $600,000

3564 NJ Port Reading—Improvements to air quality

through reduction of engine idling behind

Rosewood Lane ................................................ $640,000

3565 OR Purchase communications equipment related

to traffic incident management in Linn, Benton, Lane, Douglas, Coos, Curry, and Josephine Counties ................................................. $9,000,000

3566 MA Reconstruction of the I–95/Rt. 20 Interchange

in Waltham ...................................................... $1,040,000

3567 NJ Route 440 Rehabilitation and Boulevard Creation Project in Jersey City ............................ $1,000,000

3568 MA Rutherford Avenue Improvements, Boston ....... $1,000,000

3569 GA SR 10/Peters Street/Olympic Drive interchange, Athens ................................................ $1,600,000

3570 ............................................................................... $0

3571 OR To construct and enhance bikeway between

Hood River and McCord Creek ...................... $500,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1395

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3572 NY To construct greenway along East River waterfront between East River Park (ERP) and

Brooklyn Bridge, and reconstruct South entrance to ERP, in Manhattan ......................... $1,200,000

3573 OR Transportation enhancements at Eugene

Depot, Eugene ................................................. $1,000,000

3574 OR U.S. 101 Slide Repair, Curry County ................ $2,895,200

3575 OR U.S. Highway 20 and Airport Road Intersection Improvements, Lebanon .......................... $837,000

3576 IL Upgrade 31st Street and Golfview Rd. intersection and construct parking facilities,

Brookfield ......................................................... $1,200,000

3577 NJ Weehawken Baldwin Avenue Improvements ... $1,600,000

3578 WA Widen SR 503 through Woodland ..................... $1,000,000

3579 ............................................................................... $0

3580 NC Expand Derita Road ........................................... $1,600,000

3581 IL Construct Rt. 3 Loop Hog Hollow Road to

Monsanto Road, St. Clair County .................. $600,000

3582 NY Planning and design, construction, and relocations for Southtowns Connector—NY Route

5 from Coast Guard Base to Ohio Street, including Fuhrmann Boulevard ........................ $800,000

3583 ............................................................................... $0

3584 NY Implement a roadway evacuation study for the

South Shore of Long Island, Mastic ............... $800,000

3585 NY Improve Brooksite Drive from NY 25/25A to

Rt. 347, Smithtown ......................................... $720,000

3586 NY Improve Clover Ln. from Bay Ave. to Bay Rd.,

Hamlet of Brookhaven .................................... $216,000

3587 ............................................................................... $0

3588 NY Improve Dare Rd. from Old Town Rd. to Rt.

25, Selden ......................................................... $352,000

3589 ............................................................................... $0

3590 NY Improve intersection of Old Dock and Church

Street, Kings Park ........................................... $100,000

3591 ............................................................................... $0

3592 NY Improve Old Town Rd. from Rt. 347 to Slattery Rd., Setauket ........................................... $336,000

3593 NY Improve Old Willets Path from NY 454 to

Rabro Dr., Smithtown ..................................... $812,000

3594 NY Improve Pipe Stave Hollow Rd. to Harbor

Beach Rd., Miller Place .................................. $200,000

3595 IL Reconstruction and Improvement of North

Lincoln Ave, O’Fallon ...................................... $1,339,996

3596 IL Reconstruction of 20th Street, Granite City ..... $1,200,000

3597 IL Road Alignment from Caseyville Road to Sullivan Drive, Swansea ...................................... $900,000

3598 NY Road Improvements Hamlet of Medford, Town

of Brookhaven .................................................. $400,000

3599 NY Road improvements, Hamlet of Gordon

Heights, Town of Brookhaven ........................ $344,000

3600 NY Road improvements, Village of Patchogue ........ $1,200,000

3601 NY Roadway improvements, Hamlet of Mastic

Beach ................................................................ $320,000

3602 ............................................................................... $0

3603 NY WLIU Public Radio Emergency and Evacuation Transportation Information Initiative,

Southampton .................................................... $900,000

119 STAT. 1396 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3604 UT Reconstruct 500 West, including pedestrian

and bicycle access, in Moab ............................ $250,000

3605 PA Construct improvements to Chambers Hill

Road and Lindle Road (SR 441) at its intersections with Interstate 283 and Eisenhower

Boulevard ......................................................... $800,000

3606 PA Construct Regional Trail, Muhlenberg Township ................................................................... $600,000

3607 PA Rail Crossing signalization upgrade, Main

Street, Lyons Station, Berks County ............. $165,040

3608 PA Rail Crossing signalization upgrade at Hill

Road, Township of Blandon, County of Berks $165,040

3609 PA Safety improvements at Liberty Street intersection with PA Route 61 in W. Brunswick

and N. Manheim Twp., Schuylkill County .... $1,524,560

3610 PA Replace Stossertown Bridge (Main Street) over

West Creek in Branch Township, Schuylkill

County .............................................................. $400,000

3611 PA Replace bridge over Little Mahantongo Creek

at intersection of Hepler and Valley Roads

in Upper Mahantongo Twp., Schuylkill

County .............................................................. $200,000

3612 PA Replace Union Street Bridge over Middle

Creek in the borough of Tremont, Schuylkill

County .............................................................. $400,000

3613 PA Replace Burd St. Bridge over Amtrak and

Norfolk Southern railroad tracks in the Borough of Royalton, Dauphin County ................ $400,000

3614 PA Hummelstown Borough, PA for intersection

and pedestrian realignment and drainage .... $1,600,000

3615 MN City of Moorhead Southeast Main GSI 34th

Street and I–94 interchange ........................... $1,600,000

3616 MN Paynesville Highway 23 Bypass ........................ $1,600,000

3617 AR Construction of I–530 between Pine Bluff and

Wilmer .............................................................. $32,000,000

3618 NY Conduct study to develop regional transit

strategy in Herkimer and Oneida counties ... $80,000

3619 NY Improve town weatherization capabilities on

Tucker Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY ................... $200,000

3620 NY Bedell Road improvements, Poughkeepsie, NY $104,000

3621 NY Land acquisition and improvements on Main

Street, Beacon, NY .......................................... $400,000

3622 NY Construction of sidewalks in Sugar Loaf .......... $80,000

3623 CT I–84 Expressway Reconstruction from Waterbury to Southbury ........................................... $1,200,000

3624 DC Road and trail reconstruction and drainage

improvements (APHCC) ................................. $480,000

3625 GA Central Hall Recreation and Multi-Use Trail,

Hall County, GA .............................................. $1,600,000

3626 OH Land acquisition for construction of pedestrian

and bicycle trails at Mentor Marsh in Ohio .. $560,000

3627 OH Design and construct road enhancements Andrews Road and Lakeshore Blvd. in Mentoron-the-Lake, OH .............................................. $240,000

3628 OH Design and construct road enhancements

Cleveland Port Authority in Cleveland, Ohio $2,500,000

3629 LA Red River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor

Center ............................................................... $2,400,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1397

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3630 TN For the advancement of project development

activities for SR 33 from Knox County Line

to SR 61 at Maynardville, TN ........................ $1,600,000

3631 CA To convert a railroad bridge into a highway

bridge spanning over the Feather River between Yuba City and Marysville ................... $4,000,000

3632 ............................................................................... $0

3633 GA Construction of interchange on I–985 north of

SR 13, Hall County, Georgia .......................... $800,000

3634 ............................................................................... $0

3635 ............................................................................... $0

3636 ............................................................................... $0

3637 CA Planning design and construction to widen SR

in Kern, CA between San Luis Obispo County Line and I–5 ................................................ $92,000,000

3638 ............................................................................... $0

3639 ............................................................................... $0

3640 GA Design and Construct Railroad Grade Crossing

Gates in Acworth, GA ..................................... $300,000

3641 ............................................................................... $0

3642 KS Northwest Bypass between K96 and 119th

Street West ...................................................... $1,600,000

3643 ............................................................................... $0

3644 IL State Rt. 78 to Lathrop Street to 2900 E

(Township Road)—A 1.5 mile village street

extension, bridges, and upgrading of existing

street ................................................................ $1,840,000

3645 ............................................................................... $0

3646 ............................................................................... $0

3647 ............................................................................... $0

3648 ............................................................................... $0

3649 CA Increase Capacity on I–80 between Sacramento/Placer County Line and SR 65 ........ $21,600,000

3650 IL Bloomington-Normal East Side Highway Corridor .................................................................. $800,000

3651 ............................................................................... $0

3652 OH Morse Road Corridor Improvements, Phase II,

Columbus ......................................................... $800,000

3653 ............................................................................... $0

3654 ............................................................................... $0

3655 ............................................................................... $0

3656 ............................................................................... $0

3657 ............................................................................... $0

3658 ............................................................................... $0

3659 ............................................................................... $0

3660 MI Holland, Michigan, Construct River Avenue

Corridor Improvements ................................... $2,320,000

3661 ............................................................................... $0

3662 ............................................................................... $0

3663 ............................................................................... $0

3664 ............................................................................... $0

3665 ............................................................................... $0

3666 ............................................................................... $0

3667 ............................................................................... $0

3668 ............................................................................... $0

3669 ............................................................................... $0

3670 KY Central Kentucky Multi-Highway Preservation

Project (plus-up) .............................................. $460,000

119 STAT. 1398 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3671 KY The Kentucky Multi-Highway Preservation

Project (plus-up) .............................................. $320,000

3672 AZ Pave remaining stretch of the Turquoise Trail,

BIA Route 4, which is a north-south road

that joins AZ HW 160 in the north to AZ

HW 264 in the south portion of BIA Route 4 $1,600,000

3673 AK Improve marine intermodal facilities in Ketchikan ................................................................... $14,000,000

3674 DC Highway improvements to improve access to

the Kennedy Center ........................................ $4,000,000

3675 KY Construct two bridges across the Ohio River

from Louisville to southern Indiana (plusup) ..................................................................... $10,000,000

3676 OR TransPacific Parkway Realignment Project,

Coos County ..................................................... $350,000

3677 AK Planning, Design, and Construction of Knik

Arm Bridge ...................................................... $28,425,000

3678 AK Intermodel facility improvements at the Port

of Anchorage .................................................... $25,000,000

3679 AK Upgrade city roads and construct a road and

acquire a hovercraft to transit the bay between King Cove and Cold Bay in King Cove $3,700,000

3680 AK Municipal Road Paving—Kotzebue ................... $2,000,000

3681 AK Various Road Improvements in Petersburg ...... $2,000,000

3682 AK Construction and Improvements at Alaska Pacific University ................................................ $3,000,000

3683 AK Various road improvements in the City of

Kenai ................................................................ $1,000,000

3684 AK Float Plane Road in Aleknagik .......................... $1,000,000

3685 AK Olympic Circle road paving in Gridwood .......... $500,000

3686 AK Coffman Cove road paving in Coffman Cove .... $375,000

3687 AK Port Saint Nicholas road improvements in

Craig ................................................................. $3,000,000

3688 AK Construction of a road between Lake Lucille

and Big Lake in Matanuska-Sustina Borough .................................................................. $2,000,000

3689 AK Hatcher Pass Ski Development Road in

Matanuska-Sustina Borough .......................... $1,000,000

3690 AK Access roads for the Barrow Arctic Research

Center in Barrow ............................................. $3,000,000

3691 AK Intermodal ferry dock in Hoonah ...................... $2,000,000

3692 AK Construction of relocation road in Shishmaref $5,000,000

3693 AK Improvements to Lake Camp Road in Bristol

Bay Borough .................................................... $3,000,000

3694 AK Study on the feasibility of constructing a natural gas pipeline from the North Star Borough to South Central Alaska along the existing transportation corridors ....................... $2,000,000

3695 AK Soldotna: Keystone Drive Road improvements

in Soldotna ....................................................... $3,000,000

3696 AK Metlakatla: Walden Point Road ......................... $5,000,000

3697 AK Anchorage: Traffic Congestion Relief ................ $5,000,000

3698 AK Bristol Bay: Transportation improvements to

the access road and a bridge crossing at the

Naknek River ................................................... $3,000,000

3699 AK Statewide: Road culvert replacement and repair to improve fish habitat ........................... $5,000,000

3700 AK Construction of a ferry between Anchorage

and Port MacKenzie ........................................ $5,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1399

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3701 AK Aleknagik: Wood River Bridge, or design, engineering, permitting, and construction ........... $3,000,000

3702 AK Chignik: Inter-Village Road, for design, engineering, permitting, and construction ........... $5,000,000

3703 AK Kotzebue: Cape Blossom Road, for design, engineering, permitting, and construction ........ $5,000,000

3704 AK Fairbanks: Tanana River Bridge replacement,

for design, engineering, permitting, and construction ........................................................... $5,000,000

3705 AK Transportation Improvements in Cook Inlet

for the Westside development/WilliamsportPile Bay Road .................................................. $2,000,000

3706 AK Fairbanks/North Star Borough: Road improvements to service roads and other misc .......... $5,000,000

3707 AK Upgrades for road access to McCarthy, AK, for

design, engineering, permitting, and construction ........................................................... $5,000,000

3708 AK Upgrades on the Dalton Highway, for design,

engineering, permitting, and construction .... $4,500,000

3709 AK Kotzebue: Municipal Road Paving Project ........ $2,000,000

3710 AK Crooked Creek: Road to Donlin Mine, for design, engineering, permitting, and construction .................................................................... $2,000,000

3711 AK Kenai: Borough road improvements .................. $2,500,000

3712 AK Wrangell: Road improvements ........................... $4,000,000

3713 AK Petersburg: Road improvements, including but

not limited to design, engineering, permitting, and construction ..................................... $1,500,000

3714 AK Ketchikan: Improve marine dry-dock and facilities ............................................................... $2,000,000

3715 AK Southeast: Planning, design, and EIS of

Bradfield Canal Road ...................................... $2,000,000

3716 AK Gustavus: Dock replacement for the Alaska

Marine Highway .............................................. $3,000,000

3717 AK Upgrades on the Richardson Highway, including but not limited to design, engineering,

permitting, and construction .......................... $4,500,000

3718 AK Bethel: Dust Control Mitigation for Rural

Roads ................................................................ $1,500,000

3719 AK Nome: Dust Control Mitigation for Rural

Roads ................................................................ $1,500,000

3720 AK Sitka: Improvements to Indian River Road, including but not limited to design, engineering, permitting, and construction ................... $500,000

3721 AK Anchorage: handicapped and pedestrian access

construction, surfacing and other improvements for 2006 National Veterans’ Wheelchair Games ..................................................... $2,000,000

3722 AK Statewide: Mobility coalition—Job access

transportation .................................................. $250,000

3723 AK AK-North Pole: Homestead Road/North Pole

High School Boulevard Extension Project ..... $500,000

3724 AK Fairbanks: O’Connor Road Bridge Replacement ................................................................. $250,000

3725 AK Anchorage: Transportation Improvements to

the Creekside development ............................ $3,000,000

3726 AK Anchorage: Dimond Center Intermodal Facility, including but not limited to design, engineering, permitting, and construction ........... $2,500,000

119 STAT. 1400 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3727 AK Anchorage: Transportation needs for Glacier/

Winner Creek Development ........................... $1,000,000

3728 AL Preliminary Engineering, Design, ROW Acquisition and Construction of the Tuscaloosa

Bypass .............................................................. $25,000,000

3729 AL Preliminary Engineering, Design, ROW Acquisition and Construction of the I–10 Connector ................................................................ $15,000,000

3730 AL Preliminary Engineering, Design, ROW Acquisition and Construction of the I–85 Extension ................................................................... $50,000,000

3731 AL To construct approximately 13 mile four lane

thoroughfare to connect the Foley Beach Express to I–10/Highway 83 Baldwin County ... $18,000,000

3732 AL To construct a new interchange on I–85 at

Beehive Road in Auburn, AL ......................... $18,000,000

3733 AL To widen Highway 84 to 4 lanes west of I–65

from Evergreen to Monroeville and beyond

to the Alabama State line ............................... $4,000,000

3734 AL I–65 Widening from U.S. 31 in Alabaster (Exit

238) to AL 25 in Calera (Exit 228) ................ $5,000,000

3735 AR Northeast Arkansas Connector (relocation of

Highway 226) ................................................... $10,600,000

3736 AR Interchange Modification to I–430/I–630 .......... $15,000,000

3737 AR Hot Springs Extension, East-West Arterial:

Highway 70 to Highways 5/7 ......................... $10,000,000

3738 AR Caraway Bridge Overpass .................................. $1,800,000

3739 AR Highway 67: Kiehl Avenue—Vandenberg Boulevard: rehabilitating and widening Highway 67 from four to six lanes from Kiehl

Ave. to Vandenberg Blvd ................................ $4,000,000

3740 AR Improve State Hwy 88 (Higdon Ferry Road) in

Hot Springs ...................................................... $3,000,000

3741 AR I–40/Highway 89 Interchange Planning and

Construction .................................................... $3,000,000

3742 AR Conway, AR Western Loop—For engineering,

rights-of-way, relocations, and continued

planning and design ........................................ $2,000,000

3743 AR Develop a railroad overpass connecting U.S.

Highway 67 and U.S. Highway 371 in Prescott .................................................................... $528,000

3744 AR Highway 77 Rail Grade Separation in Marion $3,000,000

3745 AR Maumelle Interchange—For third entrance

into Maumelle .................................................. $1,500,000

3746 AR Rogers—Construct new interchange on I–540

near the existing Perry Road overpass .......... $3,372,000

3747 AR Construction of I–49, Highway 71: Highway 22

to Highway 71 near Jenny Lind .................... $1,000,000

3748 AR Highway 165: Railroad Overpass Construction $2,000,000

3749 AR Improve Highway 412: Baxter Co. to Ash Flat $1,000,000

3750 AR Highway 412 Relocation: Paragould South Bypass ................................................................... $1,000,000

3751 AR Widening of Highway 65/82: Pine Bluff-Greenville Bridge ....................................................... $2,000,000

3752 AR Highway 167 Widening: Fordyce to Sheridan

Bypass .............................................................. $2,000,000

3753 AR Fort Smith: Improvements to Jenny Lind Rd.

and Ingersoll .................................................... $1,200,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1401

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3754 AR Van Buren—Widen and reconstruct Rena

Road .................................................................. $600,000

3755 AR Russellville Intermodal Facility: construct access roads from AR Hwy 247, purchase

Right-of-Way .................................................... $400,000

3756 AR Springdale—Improvements to Johnson Road

from Hwy 412 to I–540 through Springdale

and Johnson ..................................................... $7,000,000

3757 AR Construct and rehabilitate Fayetteville Expressway Economic Development Corridor ... $4,000,000

3758 AR Construct and rehabilitate University of Arkansas Technology Corridor Enhancement

Project .............................................................. $2,000,000

3759 AR Develop U.S. Highway 71 (I–49) to Interstate

standards on new location between Mena,

AR and LA State line ...................................... $3,000,000

3760 AZ Arizona Department of Transportation; for

those projects it has identified as its highest

priorities ........................................................... $41,335,473

3761 AZ Replacement of Safford Bridge which crosses

the Gila River directly north of Safford, AZ

on North 8th Avenue ...................................... $3,664,527

3762 CA Widen Highway 101 in Marin and Sonoma

Counties from Hwy 37 in Novato to Old

Redwood Highway in Petaluma ..................... $15,000,000

3763 CA Construct Hwy 101 bicycle-pedestrian project

in Marin and Sonoma Counties from north

of Atherton Ave. to south of Petaluma River

bridge ................................................................ $500,000

3764 CA ITS and Intersection Improvements, LAX ........ $1,000,000

3765 CA Complete Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic

Trail between Monterey and Santa Cruz

counties ............................................................ $1,000,000

3766 CA Airport Boulevard Interchange Improvements,

Salinas and Vicinity, Monterey County ........ $4,000,000

3767 CA Improvements to Bay Road and Northern Access (City of East Palo Alto) ........................... $6,000,000

3768 CA Compton Arterial Reconstruction and Improvement Program, Compton ....................... $2,500,000

3769 CA University Avenue Overpass: Construction of

bicycle and pedestrian lanes—East Palo Alto $2,000,000

3770 CA Sealing unpaved roads in Calaveras County .... $1,000,000

3771 CA Mission Boulevard/State Route 71 Interchange—Corridor Improvements in Pomona $3,000,000

3772 CA Construct Bristol Street multimodal corridor

in Santa Ana .................................................... $1,000,000

3773 CA Reconstruct I–710 Interchanges at I–405, at

SR 91, and at I–105 ........................................ $5,500,000

3774 CA Riverside Highway Grade Separation ............... $5,000,000

3775 CA Hunts Lane Rail Grade Separation, San

Bernardino ....................................................... $5,000,000

3776 CA Construct truck lane from Britannia Blvd. to

the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, San Diego

County .............................................................. $3,000,000

3777 CA Park Boulevard-Harbor Drive Rail Grade Separation, San Diego ........................................... $2,000,000

119 STAT. 1402 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3778 CA Virginia Corridor Rails to Trails: Reconstruct

Union Pacific Right-of-Way to bicycle and

pedestrian trail, City of Modesto, Stanislaus

County .............................................................. $3,000,000

3779 CA Construct bicycle and pedestrian trail between

Port Costa and Martinez as part of the San

Francisco Bay Trail, Contra Costa County ... $1,000,000

3780 CA Improve air quality in the Sacramento region,

Sacramento Area Council of Governments ... $5,000,000

3781 CA Builds a pedestrian bridge from Hiller Street

to the Bay Trail, Belmont ............................... $1,000,000

3782 CA Plan and improve Orange County’s transportation system to reduce congestion, Orange

County Council of Governments .................... $1,000,000

3783 CA Construct 20 mile managed lanes on Interstate 15 between State Route 163 and State

Route 78 (San Diego) ...................................... $5,000,000

3784 CA Design and construct access improvements in

North Central Business District, Sacramento ............................................................ $2,000,000

3785 CA Modify I–880 and Stevens Creek Boulevard

Interchange to ease traffic congestion in San

Jose ................................................................... $3,000,000

3786 CA Construction of Cross Valley Connector between I–5 and SR 14 ....................................... $5,000,000

3787 CA I–680: Construct High Occupancy Toll Lanes

in Alameda County ......................................... $2,000,000

3788 CA Interchange Improvements: Laval and I–5,

City of Lebec .................................................... $4,000,000

3789 CA Planning, design, engineering, and construction of Naval Air Station, North Island access tunnel on SR 75–282 corridor, San

Diego ................................................................. $5,000,000

3790 CA ITS Improvements—City of Pasadena .............. $2,000,000

3791 CA Construct Interchange at Harbor Blvd. and I–

80 in West Sacramento ................................... $1,000,000

3792 CA Road and signage improvements, Southeast

corner of Tahquitz Canyon Way and

Hermosa Drive, Agua Caliente Museum,

Palm Springs ................................................... $500,000

3793 CA To improve California Avenue between Willow

and Spring Streets, Long Beach .................... $1,000,000

3794 CA For Environmental Review Process at I–5

Interchanges, Stockton, North Grove, Eight

Mile Road, Otto Drive, and Hammer Lane ... $500,000

3795 CA Folsom Boulevard Corridor Transportation Enhancements, between Rod Beaudry Drive

and Sunrise Boulevard, City of Rancho Cordova .................................................................. $1,000,000

3796 CA Construct I–80 HOV lanes and interchange in

Vallejo ............................................................... $2,000,000

3797 CA Alameda Corridor SR 47 Port Access Expressway design ....................................................... $2,000,000

3798 CA Rehabilitation, repair and/or reconstruction of

deficient 2-lane roads that connect to Interstate 5, SR 180, SR 41 and SR 99 countywide, Fresno County ....................................... $1,500,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1403

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3799 CA Improvement of intersection at Aviation Blvd.

and Rosecrans Ave. to reduce congestion (El

Segundo) ........................................................... $2,000,000

3800 CA Improvements/Widening of SR 99 from Goshen

to Kingsbury in Tulare County, California ... $8,000,000

3801 CA Modesto, Riverbank and Oakdale, CA Improve

SR 219 to 4 lanes ............................................ $4,000,000

3802 CA Improvements of State Route 4 in Calaveras

County between Stockton and Angels Camp $1,000,000

3803 CA Expansion of Kelseyville/Lower Lake Expressway in Lake County ........................................ $5,000,000

3804 CA Widening of State Route 156 in Monterey between Castroville and U.S. 101 ...................... $5,000,000

3805 CA Planning, design, and preliminary engineering

of on/off ramp system at intersection of I–10

and Robertson/National Boulevards in Culver City ............................................................ $2,000,000

3806 CA Construct eastern loop of Campus Parkway in

Merced .............................................................. $2,000,000

3807 CA Diesel Emission Reduction Program of South

Coast Air Quality Management District ....... $2,000,000

3808 CA Replace South Access to the Golden Gate

Bridge—Doyle Drive ....................................... $6,000,000

3809 CO Transportation Improvements to I–70/Havana/

Yosemite Interchange ..................................... $3,000,000

3810 CO Transportation Improvements to Wadsworth

and U.S. 36 Interchange in Broomfield ......... $2,000,000

3811 CO Transportation Improvements to Wadworth

Bypass (Grandview Grade Separation) ......... $3,000,000

3812 CO Transportation Improvements to U.S. 287,

Ports-to-Plains Corridor .................................. $2,000,000

3813 CO Transportation Improvements to I–70 and SH

58 Interchange ................................................. $5,000,000

3814 CO Transportation Improvements to Powers Blvd.

and Woodman Road Interchange ................... $8,000,000

3815 CO Transportation Improvements to I–25 South,

Douglas/Arapahoe Co. line to El Paso Co ..... $5,000,000

3816 CO Transportation Improvements to U.S. 36 Corridor .................................................................. $4,000,000

3817 CO Transportation Improvements to U.S. 24—

Tennessee Pass ................................................ $2,000,000

3818 CO Transportation Improvements to Bromley

Lane and U.S. 85 Interchange ....................... $1,000,000

3819 CO Transportation Improvements to 104th and

U.S. 85 Intersection ........................................ $1,000,000

3820 CO Transportation Improvements to I–25 North,

Denver to Fort Collins .................................... $4,000,000

3821 CO Transportation Improvements to I–70 East

Multimodal Corridor (Highway Portion) ....... $2,000,000

3822 CO Transportation Improvements to Parker and

Arapahoe Road Interchange ........................... $2,000,000

3823 CO Transportation Improvements to I–225, Parker

Road to I–70 ..................................................... $6,000,000

3824 CO Transportation Improvements to I–70 West

Mountain Corridor, Denver to Garfield Co ... $3,000,000

3825 CO Transportation Improvements to I–76—Northeast Gateway ................................................... $3,000,000

3826 CO Transportation Improvements to C 470 and

U.S. 85 Interchange ........................................ $2,000,000

119 STAT. 1404 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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No. State Project Description Amount

3827 CO Transportation Improvements to Wadsworth

and Bowles Intersection .................................. $2,000,000

3828 CO Transportation Improvements to U.S. 160—

SH 3 to the Florida River ............................... $2,000,000

3829 CO Transportation Improvements to U.S. 160,

Wolf Creek Pass .............................................. $4,000,000

3830 CO Transportation Improvements to 56th Avenue

and Quebec Street ........................................... $4,000,000

3831 CO U.S. 287/Ports to Plains/Reconstruction of Existing Roadways/Expansion to Four Lanes/

Concrete ........................................................... $5,000,000

3832 CO U.S. 160/Wolf Creek Pass: widen lanes and

shoulders .......................................................... $5,000,000

3833 CO U.S. 36/Widen lanes and construct new interchanges ............................................................. $5,000,000

3834 CO Fort Carson: I–25 and Highway 12/Improvements and upgrades of interchange and renovation to handle increased capacity ............. $5,000,000

3835 CO U.S. 50 East/Pueblo to Kansas Border/Road

widening and improvements .......................... $5,000,000

3836 CO Heartland Expressway improvements .............. $5,000,000

3837 CO I–25 North Denver to Fort Collins/Improved

interchanges and road construction ............... $5,000,000

3838 CO Pueblo Dillon Drive at I–25 overpass and

ramp—Construction of a Dillon Drive overpass and ramp connections to I–25 ................ $2,000,000

3839 CO Denver Union Station/Renovations ................... $3,000,000

3840 CO Improvements to 56th Avenue from Quebec St.

to Havana St. and to Quebec St. from I–70

to 56th Ave. in Denver .................................... $5,000,000

3841 CT Undertake road improvements associated with

Coltsville Area Redevelopment, Hartford ...... $7,000,000

3842 CT Upgrade Mark Twain Drive, Hartford .............. $1,750,000

3843 CT Realign, widen, and reconstruct Arch Street

and connect pedestrian walkways to Constitution Plaza in Hartford ............................. $2,000,000

3844 CT Construct Farmington Canal Greenway enhancements in New Haven, Connecticut and

connect Greenway to waterfront at

Longwharf Pier ................................................ $3,500,000

3845 CT Land acquisition, remediation, improvements

and construction for ferry-highway-rail terminal at junction of Interstates 91 and 95

adjacent to East Street and Forbes Avenue

in New Haven .................................................. $5,000,000

3846 CT Planning, design, engineering, and improvements converting Route 34 highway between

I–95 and Park Street with corresponding

site recovery in New Haven ........................... $5,000,000

3847 CT Construct terminal facilities in Bridgeport for

high-speed ferry ............................................... $3,000,000

3848 CT Restructure and widen Seaview Avenue in

Bridgeport, to accommodate future developments ................................................................ $2,000,000

3849 CT Construction of Intermodal Transportation facility in Bridgeport .......................................... $5,000,000

3850 CT Design and widen Route 34 in Derby ............... $2,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1405

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3851 CT Streetscape and pedestrian-oriented improvements to and around Campbell Avenue in

West Haven ...................................................... $2,000,000

3852 CT Construct high-speed ferry terminal in Stamford, Connecticut to facilitate transportation

between Connecticut and New York .............. $2,000,000

3853 CT Construct walking bridge and trail connecting

Mill River Revitalization Project with west

side of river in Stamford ................................. $1,500,000

3854 CT Relocate Route 72 in Bristol .............................. $3,800,000

3855 CT Reconfigure four rail underpasses in Stamford,

Connecticut to accommodate commuter and

commercial traffic ............................................ $7,000,000

3856 CT Upgrade Storrs Road in Mansfield, Connecticut and accompanying streetscape to

improve safety and mitigate congestion ........ $2,500,000

3857 CT Improve roads for Norwalk-Center—West Avenue Corridor Municipal Development Plan

area and the Academy Street Extension

Project in Norwalk .......................................... $2,000,000

3858 CT Construct improvements and upgrades to

riverwalk in Ansonia ....................................... $2,000,000

3859 CT Replace existing parking garage in Middletown, with 4-story, handicapped accessible

parking garage ................................................. $8,000,000

3860 CT Acquire and develop Rails-to-Trails project in

park next to Willimantic River in Windham $2,000,000

3861 CT Construct access drive to Reidsville Industrial

Park in Waterbury .......................................... $4,000,000

3862 CT Design and construct Quinnipiac River Linear

Trail in Meriden .............................................. $1,000,000

3863 CT Fund University of Connecticut for improving

air quality and reducing emissions ................ $1,000,000

3864 CT Construct Farmington Canal Greenway, City

of New Haven and City of Hamden ............... $3,750,000

3865 CT Refurbish and upgrade Powder Hollow Bridge

connecting State Route 190 and Interstate

91 in Enfield .................................................... $200,000

3866 CT Construct and expand roads to relieve congestion on Route 6 between Commerce Road

and I–84 in Newtown ...................................... $2,000,000

3867 CT Construct pedestrian and vehicular access

road to Riverfront Park in Glastonbury ........ $250,000

3868 CT Widen Route 82 in Norwich ............................... $1,000,000

3869 CT Extend Rails-to-Trails project from Southington to Chesire ............................................. $250,000

3870 CT Reconstruct Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge,

New Haven ...................................................... $10,000,000

3871 CT Widen Interstate 95 between Branford and

North Stonington ............................................. $7,500,000

3872 CT Widen Interstate 84 between Danbury and

Waterbury ........................................................ $7,500,000

3873 CT Make improvements to South Maple Street

Bridge in Enfield ............................................. $1,000,000

3874 CT Widen Route 34, Derby ...................................... $1,000,000

3875 CT Construct and Widen Stamford Rail Underpass and Road Realignment Project .............. $1,000,000

119 STAT. 1406 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3876 CT Reconstruct and widen Homer St. and Chase

Ave. in Waterbury from Waterville Avenue

to Nottingham Terrace ................................... $1,000,000

3877 CT Make improvements to Groton Bicycle and Pedestrian Trails and Facilities ......................... $750,000

3878 CT Street and streetscape improvements along

Campbell Ave., West Haven ........................... $750,000

3879 CT Construct New Arterial Roadway from Boston

Avenue North to proposed Lake Success

Business Park in Bridgeport .......................... $750,000

3880 CT Make improvements to Plainfield Moosup

Pond Road ........................................................ $500,000

3881 CT Construct UCONN Storrs Campus-Hillside

Road .................................................................. $500,000

3882 CT Construct Shoreline Greenway Trail, Guilford,

Banford, East Haven ....................................... $250,000

3883 DE Improve Access to the Wilmington Riverfront

from I–95 including design and construction

of an interchange and street grid redesign ... $20,000,000

3884 DE Replacement of the Indian River Inlet Bridge,

Sussex County ................................................. $41,400,000

3885 DE Reconstructing I–95/SR 1 interchange, adding

a fifth lane, and replacing toll plaza on

Delaware’s portion of I–95 corridor ............... $20,000,000

3886 DE City of Dover Transportation and Community

and System Preservation ................................ $1,000,000

3887 DE Wilmington Train Station Restoration ............. $6,500,000

3888 DE Replacement of the Lake Gerar Bridge in Rehoboth Beach ................................................... $1,600,000

3889 DE Wyoming Mill Road Realignment, Dover .......... $1,500,000

3890 DE Replacement of the Woodland Ferry on the

Naticoke River between Seaford and Laurel $2,500,000

3891 DE Hydrogen Storage Research at Delaware State

University in Dover ......................................... $2,000,000

3892 DE Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project

from Wilmington to Newark ........................... $5,000,000

3893 DE Replacement of Railroad Crossings in Wilmington and Marshallton ............................... $1,500,000

3894 DE Rehabilitate Auto Tour Route at the Bombay

Hook National Wildlife Refuge ...................... $5,000,000

3895 DE Improve pedestrian and bicycle access at the

University of Delaware in Newark ................ $1,000,000

3896 DE Replacement of Fixed Route Transit Buses ...... $3,000,000

3897 DE Enhance and expand the DelTrac Integrated

Transportation Management System ............ $3,000,000

3898 FL I–75 Widening and improvements in Collier

and Lee County, Florida ................................. $15,000,000

3899 FL Sand Lake Road improvements between President’s Drive and I–4 ........................................ $9,000,000

3900 FL Construction of Gulf Coast Parkway, Gulf

County/Port St. Joe with Bay County/Panama City ........................................................... $10,000,000

3901 FL Improvements to Jacksonville International

Airport Access Road to I–95, Jacksonville .... $1,000,000

3902 FL New systems interchange ramps at SR 417

and Boggy Creek Road in Orange County,

Florida .............................................................. $2,000,000

3903 FL Widening (four lanes) of SR 87 North from

Whiting Field to the Alabama border ............ $4,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1407

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3904 FL Widen SR 710 by two lanes from Congress Avenue to U.S. 1 .................................................. $600,000

3905 FL Widen Palm Coast Parkway and I–95 Interchange and overpass, Flagler County, Florida ..................................................................... $1,000,000

3906 FL Construction of new multi-lane tunnel below

the channel to link the Port of Miami on

Dodge Island with I–395 on Watson Island

and I–95 in Downtown Miami ........................ $1,000,000

3907 FL Construct Flagler Avenue improvements, City

of Key West, Florida ....................................... $500,000

3908 FL Improvements to SR 52 in Pasco County, FL .. $800,000

3909 FL Four-Laning SR 281 (Avalon Boulevard) in

Santa Rosa County from I–10 to north of

CSX RR Bridge ................................................ $3,000,000

3910 FL Widen SR 80, Hendry County ............................ $3,000,000

3911 FL Construct new bridge from West Florida Turnpike to CR 714 to 36th Street—Cross S.

Fork of St. Lucie River—Indian Street to

U.S. 1 on east side ........................................... $1,000,000

3912 FL Construction of four lane highway around

Jacksonville connecting U.S. 1 to Route 9A .. $2,000,000

3913 FL Expansion of Capital Circle, NW/SW (SR 263)

from Tallahassee Regional Airport to Interstate 10 ............................................................. $1,100,000

3914 FL Construct I–4 crosstown connector in

Hillsborough from I–4 to Port of Tampa ....... $8,200,000

3915 FL Gulf Coast Parkway—Design, engineering,

and construction of a 2-lane Gulf Coast/US

98 bypass .......................................................... $8,000,000

3916 FL City of Hollywood, U.S. Rt. 1 Young Circle

Safety improvements ...................................... $1,000,000

3917 FL City of Miami Greenway Roadway, construction and design of Miami Greenway Road

improvements and 5th St. improvements ..... $1,000,000

3918 FL Orlando, Lake County, widen to four lanes

State Road 50 from U.S. 27 to Orange County Line, with interchange U.S. 27 .................. $5,000,000

3919 FL Gainesville, Alachua County, Improve NorthSouth corridor between Archer Rd. and

Newberry Rd. to provide congestion relief to

I–75 corridor, SR 21, SR 24, SR 26 ............... $1,500,000

3920 FL I–75 improvements, widen to six lanes I–75

from Golden Gate Parkway in Collier County to Daniels Parkway in Lee County ........... $8,500,000

3921 FL Orlando, Church Street, design and re-construction of the segment of Church Street

from Terry Avenue to Westmoreland in

Parramore Neighborhood ................................ $5,800,000

3922 FL West Palm Beach, Construction of U.S. 1,

Flagler Drive Waterfront Redevelopment

and Traffic Calming Project ........................... $2,000,000

3923 FL Leon County FL: Capital Circle, NW/SW,

widen Capital Circle, NW/SW to 4 lanes

from I–10 to West U.S. 90 .............................. $7,000,000

3924 FL Snake Road, improvements, widen and improve Snake Road (BIA 1281) in Hendry and

Broward Counties ............................................ $2,000,000

119 STAT. 1408 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3925 GA Hwy 78 Corridor Improvement Gwinnett

County .............................................................. $4,000,000

3926 GA Transportation improvements to I–285 interchange at Atlanta Rd. Cobb Co ...................... $18,000,000

3927 GA Queens Road widening and reconstruction

Cobb Co ............................................................ $1,500,000

3928 GA Widening Cedarcrest Rd. from Paulding Co. to

Governor’s Towne ............................................ $500,000

3929 GA City of Duluth sidewalk and streetscape improvements ....................................................... $300,000

3930 GA East Hiram Parkway, from SR 92 to U.S. 278,

Paulding County new location ....................... $1,000,000

3931 GA Transportation improvements to U.S. 84 Connector/Bypass from west of U.S. 84/SR 119

west of Hinesville to U.S. 84/SR 196 south of

Flemington, Liberty County ........................... $1,000,000

3932 GA Transportation improvements to SR 746/SE

Rome Bypass from SR 101 U.S. 411 Floyd

Co ...................................................................... $1,000,000

3933 GA Transportation improvements to I–575 from I–

75/Cobb north to Sixes Rd/Cherokee for

HOV .................................................................. $1,000,000

3934 GA Upgrade SR 316 from I–85 to SR 10 Loop,

Gwinnett, Barrow, Oconee Counties new

interchanges and HOV lanes .......................... $1,000,000

3935 GA SR 204/Abercorn Street from King George

Boulevard to Rio Road widening .................... $1,000,000

3936 GA SR 96 from I–75 to old Hawkinsville Road

widening and reconstruction .......................... $1,000,000

3937 GA SR 40 from west of CR 61 to SR 25/US 17 widening ................................................................. $1,000,000

3938 GA SR 247 Connector Improvements from SR 11/

US 41 to SR 247, Warner Robbins widening

and intersection ............................................... $2,000,000

3939 GA I–285/I–20 West—Reconstruct interchange ...... $2,000,000

3940 GA Johnson Ferry Road/Glenridge Drive widening

from Abernathy Road to Hammond Drive,

Fulton County .................................................. $2,500,000

3941 GA SR 15 From Clayton City limits to North

Carolina lane widening ................................... $2,000,000

3942 GA SR 105 from Cannon Bridge Road to Walnut

Street widening ............................................... $2,000,000

3943 GA SR 369 from Cherokee Circle to CR 267/Hightower Circle Truck Lanes, Forsyth County

passing lanes ................................................... $1,500,000

3944 GA SR 369 widening from SR 9 to SR 306 and

interchange at SR 400, Forsyth County ........ $1,900,000

3945 GA Widen SR 20 from CR 293 to CS 5231, Forsyth

County .............................................................. $1,600,000

3946 GA Transportation improvements to SR 306 at CR

65/Waldrip Road, Forsyth County ................. $2,200,000

3947 GA Transportation improvements to U.S. 411 Connector from U.S. 41 to I–75, Bartow County $2,000,000

3948 GA Construct access roads on Airport Loop road in

Hapeville .......................................................... $3,000,000

3949 GA Warren County I–20 Frontage Road ................. $5,000,000

3950 GA Kennesaw National Battlefield Park for land

acquisition in carrying out viewshed protection and wildlife abatement ........................... $3,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1409

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3951 GA State of Georgia road infrastructure improvements associated with capacity increases at

statewide military installations ..................... $10,000,000

3952 GA State Road 133, widening and improvements

from Moultrie to Valdosta .............................. $2,000,000

3953 GA Highway 78, improvements to 7 mile corridor,

Snellville, GA, Gwinnett County .................... $500,000

3954 GA Greene County, Conversion of I–20 and Carey

Station Road to a full interchange ................. $800,000

3955 GA Southeastern Economic Alliance, Next Generation High Speed Rail Development ................ $2,000,000

3956 GA Commission a study and report regarding the

construction and designation of a new route

linking Savannah, Augusta, and Knoxville ... $1,000,000

3957 GA Commission a study and report regarding construction and designation of a new Interstate linking Augusta, Macon, Columbus,

Montgomery, and Natchez .............................. $1,000,000

3958 GA Dekalb County, Northlake Streetscape ............. $800,000

3959 GA Dekalb County Schools bicycle and pedestrian

upgrades ........................................................... $1,000,000

3960 GA Dekalb County, Buford Highway pedestrian

safety improvements ....................................... $1,000,000

3961 GA Transportation improvements to Dekalb County, Stone Mountain Side/Bike Lanes ............. $1,000,000

3962 GA Dekalb County, Rockbridge Road Corridor improvements ....................................................... $2,000,000

3963 GA Transportation improvements to Dekalb County, Southeast DeKalb Arterial Analysis ........ $500,000

3964 GA City of Macon, Second Street Bridge Replacement, Reconstruction of ROW ........................ $3,000,000

3965 GA Middle Georgia Clean Air Coalition for congestion mitigation transportation projects ......... $4,500,000

3966 GA Transportation improvements to Chattahoochee Hill Country Regional Greenway Trail

Master Plan ..................................................... $2,000,000

3967 GA City of East Point, Semmes Street Construction .................................................................... $1,000,000

3968 GA Transportation Improvements to Broad Avenue Bridge, Albany, GA .................................. $500,000

3969 GA Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia, right-of-way

acquisition to complete a multimodal corridor on SR 1019 by closing property ownership gap ............................................................ $2,000,000

3970 GA Tift County Bypass U.S. 82/SR 520 W to U.S.

319/SR 35 E Truck Route U.S. Highway 82 $4,500,000

3971 GA Cherokee County, SR 20 Widening from I–575

to SR 369 .......................................................... $2,000,000

3972 GA Transportation improvements to Paulding

County, East Hiram Parkway from SR 92 to

U.S. 278 ............................................................ $2,500,000

3973 GA Columbia County, SR 104, improvements from

SR 383 to CR 515 ............................................ $2,000,000

3974 GA Columbia County, Old Petersburg Road/Old

Evans Road improvements from Baston Way

to Washington Road ........................................ $1,000,000

3975 GA Transportation improvements to White County, West Cleveland Bypass from U.S. 129 to

SR 75 ................................................................ $2,000,000

119 STAT. 1410 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

3976 GA Transportation improvements to Stephens

County, Toccoa Bypass Extension from SR

17 to SR 365 .................................................... $2,000,000

3977 GA Hall County, Widen SR 53 from Duckett Mill

Rd. to Lake Ranch Court and Old Sardis

Road from SR 53 to Chestatee Road ............. $5,000,000

3978 GA Bartow County, U.S. 411 Connector from U.S.

41 to I–75 ......................................................... $3,000,000

3979 GA Coffee County, Broxton Rocks Restoration

Project, Coffee, and Jeff Davis Counties ....... $2,200,000

3980 GA City of Smyrna, Railroad Quiet Zone ................ $1,000,000

3981 GA City of Smyrna, Brawner Park development

and construction .............................................. $1,000,000

3982 GA City of Smyrna, Railroad Pedestrian Bridge .... $1,000,000

3983 GA City of Duluth, intersection realignment and

road extension of Davenport Rd. at Buford

Hwy .................................................................. $800,000

3984 GA City of Duluth, sidewalks along Davenport

Road .................................................................. $500,000

3985 GA Pickens County, Repair of Steve Tate Road ..... $500,000

3986 GA Gwinnett County, Extension of Sugarloaf

Parkway, Hwy 120 .......................................... $5,000,000

3987 GA City of Macon, Bloomfield Road, purchase of

right-of-way and engineering ......................... $1,500,000

3988 GA City of Macon, Wimbish Road, widening and

striping for bike lanes ..................................... $500,000

3989 GA Pierce Avenue, widening/striping to create

bike lanes from Ingelside Ave. to Riverside

Drive ................................................................. $500,000

3990 GA City of Macon, Rivoli Drive, widening, striping

to create bike lanes ......................................... $900,000

3991 GA Rockdale County, Georgia Veterans Memorial

Park pedestrian walkway ............................... $500,000

3992 GA City of Macon, Riverside Drive Streetscapes

and Bike Pedestrian Amenities ...................... $500,000

3993 HI Kapolei transportation improvements, Island

of Oahu ............................................................. $35,000,000

3994 HI Widen Queen Kaahumanu Highway ................. $15,000,000

3995 HI Construct Honoapiilani Highway Realignment $10,000,000

3996 HI Improvements to Saddle Road on the Island of

Hawaii .............................................................. $40,000,000

3997 IA Transportation improvements to U.S. 20, 4-

lane in Webster, Sac, Calhoun, and Webster

Counties ........................................................... $11,000,000

3998 IA Transportation improvements to U.S. 30, 4-

lane in Marshall, Story, and Boone Counties $12,000,000

3999 IA Transportation improvements to U.S. 34 Missouri River Bridges, Mills County ................. $12,000,000

4000 IA Transportation improvements to I–74, including Mississippi River preliminary work, in

Scott County, Iowa .......................................... $6,000,000

4001 IA U.S. 63 improvements, Chickasaw, Bremer,

and Black Hawk Counties, ............................. $5,000,000

4002 IA Transportation improvements to Hoven Corridor/Outer Drive Project, Sioux City ............ $8,000,000

4003 IA Transportation improvements to East Beltway,

Pottawattamie County .................................... $6,000,000

4004 IA Transportation improvements to U.S. 30 ‘‘Liberty Square’’, Clinton ...................................... $6,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1411

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4005 IA Transportation improvements to Edgewood

Road Viaduct, Cedar Rapids .......................... $5,000,000

4006 IA Transportation improvements to I–80 Interchange at Alice’s Road/105th Street, Waukee $3,000,000

4007 IA Transportation improvements to U.S. 61 Bypass, Fort Madison .......................................... $2,000,000

4008 IA Transportation improvements to U.S. 61 and

Hershey Avenue Interchange, Muscatine ..... $2,000,000

4009 IA Transportation improvements to U.S. 63, Waterloo ................................................................. $3,000,000

4010 IA Transportation improvements to Grand Avenue, Ames ........................................................ $4,000,000

4011 IA Transportation improvements to SE Connector/Martin Luther King, Jr., Parkway,

Des Moines ....................................................... $3,000,000

4012 IA Transportation improvements to Highland

Acres Road, Marshalltown .............................. $3,000,000

4013 IA Transportation improvements to 65th/67th

Street, Davenport ............................................ $2,000,000

4014 IA Transportation improvements to Highway 4

underpass in Jefferson .................................... $1,000,000

4015 IA Transportation improvements to I–235 reconstruction, Des Moines ..................................... $1,000,000

4016 IA Transportation improvements to Lake Belva

Deer Transportation Project, Sigourney ........ $2,000,000

4017 IA Construct SE Connector/Martin Luther King,

Jr., Pkwy, Des Moines .................................... $5,000,000

4018 IA I–35 interchange improvements, Ankeny ......... $2,000,000

4019 IA City of Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie

County East Beltway Roadway and Connectors Project ....................................................... $3,000,000

4020 IA Trail Planning in the Des Moines MPO area ... $100,000

4021 IA Highway 63 in Waterloo, Iowa improvements $3,000,000

4022 IA Cedar Falls recreational trails including Highway 58 intersection ......................................... $2,000,000

4023 IA Rail extension to the Eastern Iowa Industrial

Center, Davenport, IA ..................................... $3,000,000

4024 IA Design and construct trails, Carlisle to Des

Moines .............................................................. $650,000

4025 IA Improve Great Western Trail, Warren County $25,000

4026 IA Highway 61 improvements, Muscatine ............. $1,500,000

4027 IA Improve, construct, and land acquisition, Central Iowa Loop Trail, Ankeny to Woodward

including the Des Moines River High Bridge $3,000,000

4028 IA Collins Road Improvements, Cedar Rapids ...... $2,000,000

4029 IA I–74 improvements in Scott County Iowa including Mississippi River bridge design ........ $2,000,000

4030 IA Access and transportation enhancements to

access Lake Belva Deer, Sigourney ............... $400,000

4031 IA Widening of Hwy 44, Grimes ............................. $200,000

4032 IA Highway 92 improvements including Design in

Warren County ................................................ $200,000

4033 IA Construction of approaches and viaduct on

Edgewood Rd. SW over the UP Railroad,

Prairie Creek, and the CRANDIC railroad ... $1,500,000

4034 IA NW 70th Ave. reconstruction, Johnston ........... $1,000,000

4035 IA Construction of Sioux City, Iowa Hoeven Corridor—Outer Drive Project ............................. $3,000,000

119 STAT. 1412 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4036 IA U.S. 34 Missouri River bridge relocation and

replacement ..................................................... $1,425,000

4037 ID Transportation improvements to Widen U.S.

95, Worley to Mica Creek ............................... $20,000,000

4038 ID Transportation improvements to Improve SH

75, Timmerman to Ketchum .......................... $16,000,000

4039 ID Transportation improvements to U.S. 20,

Menan-Lorenzo Interchange ........................... $12,000,000

4040 ID Construct interchange on I–84 at Ten-Mile

Road, Meridian, Idaho .................................... $16,000,000

4041 ID Transportation improvements to U.S. 93, Twin

Falls Alternate Route, Stages II and III ....... $13,000,000

4042 ID Transportation improvements to U.S. 30,

McCammon to Lava East ............................... $11,000,000

4043 ID Reconstruct Grangemont Road (ID Forest Hwy

67) from Orofino to MP 9.3, Segment I, II,

and III .............................................................. $7,000,000

4044 ID Widen Amity Road from Chestnut St. to Robinson Road, Nampa, Idaho ............................. $3,000,000

4045 ID Construct Washington St. North From

Addison Ave. to Pole Line Road, Twin Falls,

Idaho ................................................................. $1,000,000

4046 ID Transportation improvements to Bridging the

Valley, Kootenai County ................................. $5,000,000

4047 ID Transportation improvements to Three Cities

River Crossing, Eagle ...................................... $3,000,000

4048 ID Transportation improvements to SH 55, Between Miles Posts 94 and 102 ........................ $4,000,000

4049 ID Transportation improvements to Amity Road

Widening to Kings Overpass, Nampa ............ $4,000,000

4050 IL Construct extension of U.S. 51 from .9 miles

south of Moweaqua to 4.6 miles south of

Moweaqua ........................................................ $5,000,000

4051 IL Construction of Galena and Freeport bypasses,

U.S. 20 .............................................................. $5,000,000

4052 IL Widen U.S. 30, Fulton-Rock Falls (Morrison),

Whiteside County ............................................ $2,250,000

4053 IL Construction of 11th Street Extension, Springfield ................................................................... $6,000,000

4054 IL Construction of Capital Avenue Project, 7th—

11th Streets, Springfield ................................. $4,000,000

4055 IL Design, land acquisition, and construction of

West State St. (US Business 20) from Meridian Rd. to Rockton Ave. in Rockford .............. $5,000,000

4056 IL To conduct study of U.S. 67 bridge over Illinois

River, Beardstown ........................................... $4,000,000

4057 IL Construction to improve access of Interstate

57/64, Mount Vernon ...................................... $2,000,000

4058 IL Expand U.S. 67, Brighton to Bunker Hill

Road, Macoupin County .................................. $1,000,000

4059 IL Improvements to Harrison Street, Quincy ....... $1,500,000

4060 IL Construction of Joliet Arsenal Road improvements, Will County ......................................... $2,000,000

4061 IL Continue expansion of IL 336, Macomb-Peoria $2,000,000

4062 IL Construct I–290, The Village of Oak Park ....... $2,000,000

4063 IL Improve U.S. Route 34 from Kewanee to

Kentville Road ................................................. $500,000

4064 IL Construction of IL Route 31—Algonquin Bypass to Rakow Road ........................................ $3,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1413

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4065 IL Road improvements in Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Northlake, Oak Park, River Forest,

River Grove, and Stone Park ......................... $1,000,000

4066 IL Bourbonnais road improvements, Bourbonnais $1,500,000

4067 IL Bayview Bridge improvements, Adams County $250,000

4068 IL Improvements to Maple/Manteno Lake Road,

Manteno ........................................................... $1,000,000

4069 IL Replace Interstate 74 Bridge, Moline ................ $1,500,000

4070 IL Constitution Trail Extension—Grove Street

south to Lafayette Street, Bloomington ........ $750,000

4071 IL Improve transportation accessibility at Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe ........................ $1,500,000

4072 IL Loyola University-Chicago vehicular-pedestrian right-of-way, Chicago ............................. $750,000

4073 IL Construct extension of Route 3 from Loop Hog

Hollow Road to Monsanto Road, Cahokia/

Sauget .............................................................. $1,500,000

4074 IL Engineering, Preconstruction and Construction

of North-South Wacker Drive, Chicago ......... $10,000,000

4075 IL Upgrade Roads, Summit .................................... $750,000

4076 IL Widen U.S. Highway 30 in Whiteside County $2,200,000

4077 IL For the construction of the Grand Avenue Underpass, Village of Franklin Park .................. $1,000,000

4078 IL Illinois 31 Roadway improvements, Algonquin

Bypass—Rakow Road ...................................... $7,000,000

4079 IL Road improvements associated with

Diversatech Campus, Manteno ...................... $700,000

4080 IL Upgrade Veterans Drive in Pekin Illinois ........ $4,000,000

4081 IL Street Resurfacing, City of Centreville ............. $500,000

4082 IL Design, land acquisition, and construction of

South Main Street (IL 2) Corridor from Beltline Road to Cedar Street in Rockford ........... $5,000,000

4083 IL Preconstruction and construction activities for

U.S. 51 .............................................................. $7,500,000

4084 IL Construct I–290, The Village of Oak Park ....... $2,000,000

4085 IL Mitchell Road to Farnsworth Avenue improvements, Aurora .................................................. $2,500,000

4086 IL Preconstruction and construction, East New

York Street, Aurora ......................................... $3,000,000

4087 IL Improve Great River Road, Mercer County ...... $500,000

4088 IL Improve Great River Road, Warsaw ................. $250,000

4089 IL Undertake traffic mitigation and circulation

enhancements on 57th and Lakeshore Drive,

Chicago ............................................................. $1,200,000

4090 IL Upgrade 31st Street and Golfview Road intersection and construct parking facilities,

Brookfield ......................................................... $1,000,000

4091 IL Phase II Road Construction, Outer Belt West,

Effingham ........................................................ $1,500,000

4092 IL Construct four lane extension of IL Rt. 29

from Rochester to Taylorville ......................... $1,000,000

4093 IL Preconstruction and construction activities on

U.S. 67 from Macomb to Alton ....................... $7,000,000

4094 IL Preconstruction and construction activities on

U.S. 34 from Monmouth to Plano .................. $5,000,000

4095 IL Improve Lightfoot Road, City of Farmington ... $500,000

4096 IL Pioneer Parkway improvements, Peoria ........... $1,000,000

119 STAT. 1414 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4097 IL Transportation enhancements and road improvements necessary for Downtown Plaza

improvements in Jacksonville ........................ $1,000,000

4098 IL City of Havana, Illinois upgrades to Broadway

Street ................................................................ $500,000

4099 IL Improvements to County Highway One, Calhoun County .................................................... $1,000,000

4100 IL Resurfacing of East Main Street in Staunton,

Macoupin County ............................................ $500,000

4101 IL Bike trail extension for the Kankakee River

Trail Project, Kankakee .................................. $400,000

4102 IL Improve Highway-Railroad Crossings, Galesburg .................................................................. $500,000

4103 IL Improvements to township roads in Shawnee

National Forest, Pope County ........................ $500,000

4104 IL Associated improvements for the Intersection

of IL 13 and 37, Marion .................................. $500,000

4105 IL Construction of 11th Street Extension in

Springfield ........................................................ $800,000

4106 IL Widen U.S. 30 in Whiteside County .................. $550,000

4107 IL Upgrade 31st Street and Golfview Road and

construct parking facilities in Brookfield ...... $1,000,000

4108 IL Bayview Bridge improvements in Adams

County .............................................................. $250,000

4109 IL Preconstruction and construction of IL 13 connector in Harrisburg ....................................... $2,000,000

4110 IL Expansion of U.S. 67 from Brighton to Bunker

Hill Road in Macoupin County ....................... $1,000,000

4111 IL Loyola University-Chicago vehicular-pedestrian right-of-way in Chicago ......................... $250,000

4112 IL Constitution Trail Extension (Grove Street

south to Lafayette Street) in Bloomington .... $250,000

4113 IL Improvements to 11th Avenue streetscape,

campus trails and bridges at Augustana College in Rock Island .......................................... $1,500,000

4114 IL Improvements to Oakland, Main Street,

Elderado and Fairview, streetscape in the

vicinity of Millikin University, Decatur ........ $1,500,000

4115 IL The extension of MacArthur Boulevard from

Wabash to Iron Bridge Road in Springfield .. $2,000,000

4116 IL Restoration of the historic railroad depot and

intermodal in Mattoon .................................... $1,200,000

4117 IL Construct overpass, U.S. 40 to Southwest Andrews Drive in Greenville ............................... $1,000,000

4118 IL Improvements to Cockrell Lane in the City of

Springfield ........................................................ $1,200,000

4119 IL Construct extension of Route 3 from Loop Hog

Hollow Road to Monsanto Road in Cahokia/

Sauget .............................................................. $500,000

4120 IN Construct interchange for 146th and I–69,

Hamilton County, Indiana .............................. $600,000

4121 IN Construction of Dixon Road from Markland

Avenue to Judson Road in Kokomo, Indiana $100,000

4122 IN Widening road (along Gordon Road, 6th

Street, and West Shafer Drive) to three-lane

street, with sidewalk and improvements to

existing bridge, White County/Monticello,

Indiana ............................................................. $2,880,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1415

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4123 IN Cyntheanne Road Interchange and corridor

improvements, Town of Fishers ..................... $200,000

4124 IN Construct interchange at I–65 and 109th Avenue, Crown Point, Indiana ............................. $1,490,844

4125 IN Transportation improvements to 126th Street

Project, Town of Fishers ................................. $250,000

4126 IN Reconstruct 45th Avenue from Colfax Street to

Grant Street, Lake County ............................. $540,000

4127 IN Construct grade separation underpass on

Main Street in Mishawaka ............................. $400,000

4128 IN Widen Old Meridian Street from two to four

lanes, City of Carmel ...................................... $225,000

4129 IN Upgrade traffic signals Phase III in the City of

Muncie, Indiana .............................................. $128,000

4130 IN Transportation improvements to 100 South,

Porter County .................................................. $200,000

4131 IN Widen U.S. 31 Hamilton County ....................... $200,000

4132 IN Resurface and widen Shelby County, Indiana

400 North Phases IV–V .................................. $200,000

4133 IN Reconstruct and widen Shelby County, Indiana 500 East from 1200 North to U.S. 52 .... $200,000

4134 IN Extend Everbrooke Drive from SR 332 to

Bethel Avenue in the City of Muncie ............ $128,000

4135 IN Construct U.S. 231 in Spencer and Dubois

Counties ........................................................... $1,200,000

4136 IN Widening Wheeling Avenue from Centennial

to McGailliard Road in the City of Muncie ... $192,000

4137 IN Upgrade rail crossing at 93rd Avenue, St.

John .................................................................. $40,000

4138 IN Study traffic on Muncie bypass from Centennial Avenue to McGailliard Road in the City

of Muncie and Delaware County .................... $24,000

4139 IN Design and construct Tanner Creek Bridge on

U.S. 50, Dearborn County .............................. $248,000

4140 IN Reconstruct Boston Street, from State Road 2

to Bach Street, Larson-Whirlpool Street in

LaPorte, Indiana ............................................. $150,000

4141 IN 45th Street improvements, Munster, Indiana .. $100,000

4142 IN Redevelop and complete the Cardinal Greenway and Starr-Genett Area in the City of

Richmond ......................................................... $600,000

4143 IN Improve Intersection at Jackson Street and

Morrison Road in the City of Muncie, Delaware County ..................................................... $112,000

4144 IN Replace Samuelson Road Underpass, Portage $632,578

4145 IN Design and construct Indiana Ohio River

Bridges Project on I–65 and 265 .................... $4,000,000

4146 IN Construct Shelby County, Indiana Shelbyville

Parkway ........................................................... $100,000

4147 IN Construct Hoosier Heartland Highway in Cass

and Carroll County ......................................... $600,000

4148 IN Improve State Road 332 and Nebo Road Intersection in Delaware County ........................... $600,000

4149 IN Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition,

and construction for the Grant County Economic Corridor ................................................. $400,000

4150 IN Construction of multi-use paths, Town of Fishers ..................................................................... $50,000

119 STAT. 1416 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4151 IN Acquire right-of-way for and construct University Parkway from Upper Mount Vernon

Road to SR 66 .................................................. $600,000

4152 IN Conduct study for U.S. 50 Corridor improvements, Dearborn County ................................ $60,000

4153 IN Construct U.S. 31 Kokomo Corridor Project for

Kokomo and Howard County ......................... $200,000

4154 IN Improve Bailie Street, Kentland ........................ $64,000

4155 IN Downtown road improvements, Indianapolis ... $4,500,000

4156 IN Construct U.S. 31 Plymouth to South Bend

Freeway Project in Marshall and St. Joseph

Counties ........................................................... $2,200,000

4157 IN Construct Margaret Avenue Safety and Capacity Enhancement Project ................................ $600,000

4158 IN Preliminary engineering, right-of-way and construction for Perimeter Parkway—West Lafayette/Purdue University .............................. $1,120,000

4159 IN Construction of Maplecrest Road Extension,

Allen County .................................................... $2,200,000

4160 IN Realign State Road 312, Hammond .................. $832,578

4161 IN Construct I–69 Evansville to Indianapolis ....... $2,800,000

4162 IN Construct service road parallel in the City of

Anderson .......................................................... $800,000

4163 IN Reconstruct Hoosier Heartland Highway, Wabash, Huntington and Miami County Indiana segments ................................................... $200,000

4164 IN North Calumet Avenue improvements,

Valparaiso ........................................................ $240,000

4165 IN Complete construction of paths at Hamilton

County Riverwalk, Noblesville ....................... $75,000

4166 IN Improve campus streets to increase pedestrian

safety and ease vehicular congestion in the

City of Anderson .............................................. $400,000

4167 IN Construction of I–64 interchange, Harrison

County, Indiana ............................................... $1,062,000

4168 IN Study alternatives along 2 miles of railroad to

eliminate in-town highway-rail crossings to

improve safety and reduce congestion in

Delaware County ............................................. $30,000

4169 IN Improve SR 9 Greenfield Corridor .................... $100,000

4170 IN Redevelop Hazeldell Road, Hamilton County ... $200,000

4171 IN SR 56 Reconstruction, Aurora ........................... $1,024,000

4172 IN Reconstruct Standard Avenue, Whiting ............ $260,000

4173 IN Construct Hoham Drive Extension in Plymouth .................................................................. $100,000

4174 IN Construction of County Road 17-Elkhart ......... $1,000,000

4175 IN Construction of Star Hill Road, Clark County $443,000

4176 IN Design and reconstruct residential streets in

the City of Muncie ........................................... $186,000

4177 IN Reconstruct bridges at County Roads 200 East

and 300 East in LaPorte County ................... $100,000

4178 IN Reconstruct McClung Road from State Road

39 to Park Street in LaPorte .......................... $150,000

4179 IN Highway-rail crossing safety related improvements on Route 37 between U.S. 35 and

U.S. 50 .............................................................. $1,400,000

4180 IN Maintain full funding of TEA–LU HPPs as

necessary, with balance for other eligible

INDOT projects ............................................... $20,263,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1417

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4181 IN Removal of I–65/I–70 Market Street Ramp and

Streetscaping, Indianapolis ............................ $5,000,000

4182 IN Downtown Indianapolis road improvements,

transportation enhancements, streetscaping,

bicycle paths and pedestrian walkways ........ $6,000,000

4183 IN Relocation of railroad lines at Gary/Chicago

Airport in Gary ................................................ $7,000,000

4184 IN Design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition,

and construction for the Grant County Economic Corridor ................................................. $2,000,000

4185 IN Improve Clinton Street Corridor and Replace

Clinton Street Bridge spanning St. Mary’s

River in downtown Fort Wayne ..................... $4,000,000

4186 IN Widen unsafe U.S. 24 between Fort Wayne

and Defiance, OH ............................................ $3,000,000

4187 IN Construct and Improve ISR 62 (Lloyd Expressway) in Evansville ........................................... $4,000,000

4188 IN Margaret Avenue Safety and Capacity Enhancement—Construct a 4-lane roadway extending from SR 63 on Terre Haute’s west

side to SR 46 .................................................... $4,000,000

4189 KS Construction of 4-lane improvement on K–18

in Riley County ................................................ $20,000,000

4190 KS Reconstruction of I–235/U.S.-54 and I–235/

Central interchanges and expansion of I–235

to a 6-lane facility between the interchanges

in Wichita ......................................................... $10,000,000

4191 KS Replacement or rehabilitation of the Amelia

Earhart U.S.–59 Bridge in Atchison County $5,000,000

4192 KS Debt retirement for Dodge City Depot project,

Dodge City ....................................................... $2,000,000

4193 KS Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the intersection of K–18 and 12th Street interchange

in Riley County, KS ........................................ $10,000,000

4194 KS Reconstruction of an interchange at U.S. 73

and 20th Street in the City of Leavenworth $2,500,000

4195 KS Replacement of the Spring Creek Bridge on

U.S. 160 in Cowley County ............................. $1,200,000

4196 KS Construction, improvements, and

streetscaping for Wyatt Earp Boulevard/U.S.

Business 50 in Dodge City .............................. $3,500,000

4197 KS Construction of an interchange at K–7 and

55th Street/Johnson Drive, an overpass

structure for Clear Creek Parkway, and

other access improvements to K–7 in the

City of Shawnee ............................................... $3,000,000

4198 KS Reconstruction of K–27 in Sherman County .... $5,000,000

4199 KS Street and sidewalk replacement in downtown

Fort Scott ......................................................... $1,000,000

4200 KS Reconstruction or widening of 135th Street

from Metcalf to Nall in Overland Park ......... $3,000,000

4201 KS Reconstruction of Desoto Road in the City of

Lansing ............................................................. $2,000,000

4202 KS Construct I–35 and Lone Elm Road interchange and widen I–35 from 51st St. to 59th

St. in the City of Olathe ................................. $3,000,000

4203 KS Reconstruction of I–70 in Saline County .......... $2,000,000

4204 KS Construction of the Prairie State Parkway (KS

Hwy 7 to Mize Blvd.) in the City of Lenexa $3,000,000

119 STAT. 1418 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4205 KS Rehabilitation and reconstruction of U.S. 169

and interchange with U.S. 166 in Montgomery County ................................................ $4,000,000

4206 KS Rehabilitation of U.S. 54 in Kingman County $2,550,000

4207 KS Replacement of K–39 bridge over SKO Railroad in the City of Chanute ........................... $1,189,000

4208 KS Reconstruction and relocation of interchanges

on U.S. 156 near RS 255 and the Horse

Thief Canyon Reservoir entrance in

Hodgeman County ........................................... $561,000

4209 KS U.S. Highway 50 Shoulder widening between

Dodge City and Garden City .......................... $4,500,000

4210 KS Research and development of advanced vehicle

technology concepts at the University of

Kansas Transportation Research Institute,

Lawrence .......................................................... $4,500,000

4211 KS Research and development of rural transportation infrastructure at Kansas State University, Manhattan .......................................... $1,500,000

4212 KY Owensboro Riverfront Development Project in

Owensboro ........................................................ $30,000,000

4213 KY Construction of new I–65 Interchange in Warren County ....................................................... $23,000,000

4214 KY Oregon Road Bridge Replacement Project in

Mercer County ................................................. $1,000,000

4215 KY Ashland Riverfront Development Project in

Ashland ............................................................ $10,220,000

4216 KY Henderson Riverfront Development Project in

Henderson ........................................................ $10,000,000

4217 KY Transportation improvements to Brent Spence

Bridge ............................................................... $34,000,000

4218 KY Transportation improvements to AA—I–275

Connector, Campbell County .......................... $6,000,000

4219 KY Abraham Lincoln Project, LaRue County ......... $3,500,000

4220 KY Breathitt-Pennyrile Extension, Christian

County .............................................................. $2,500,000

4221 KY Transportation improvements to U.S. 60

Owensboro, Daviess County ........................... $5,500,000

4222 KY Transportation improvements to Hwy 163

from Hwy 90 to Tompkinsville, Monroe

County .............................................................. $4,000,000

4223 KY Feasibility study of construction on U.S. 27 to

I–75 connector road, Jessamine County ........ $500,000

4224 KY Reconstruction of KY 61 from U.S. 68 in

Greensburg to Columbia (the national highway system truck route) 16.1 miles, Green

County .............................................................. $3,000,000

4225 KY Southern Connector from KY 139 to KY 9,

Caldwell County .............................................. $1,000,000

4226 LA Transportation improvements to I–49 North ... $22,500,000

4227 LA Transportation improvements to I–49 South ... $16,000,000

4228 LA Improvements to Louisiana Highway 1 between the Caminada Bridge and the intersection of Louisiana Highway 1 and U.S. 90 $20,000,000

4229 LA Upgrade LA 28 to four lanes from LA 121 to

LA 465 .............................................................. $17,400,000

4230 LA Construct Kansas-Garrett Connector and I–20

interchange improvements ............................. $8,350,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1419

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4231 LA Further construction to improve draining at

Clearview Parkway (LA 3152) and Earhart

Expressway (LA3139) ..................................... $3,585,000

4232 LA Study of Baton Rouge Loop Project ................... $500,000

4233 LA Water Well Road Gateway Corridor (LA

478)—design, right-of-way, and construction

of 3.6 miles from I–49 to LA 1 ....................... $831,000

4234 LA Widen LA 18 from Northrup Grumman/

Avondale Shipyards to U.S. 90, Jefferson

Parish ............................................................... $1,325,000

4235 LA Red River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor

Center ............................................................... $850,000

4236 LA Construct ROW improvements from Third St.

at James St. to LA Hwy One at Broadway

St. Acquire property at Third St. and Winn

St ...................................................................... $400,000

4237 LA West Lake Overpass—To make grade separation interchange improvements at Sampson

Street ................................................................ $2,200,000

4238 LA Improve by widening, realigning, and resurface 3.2 miles of LA Hwy 820 between LA

Hwy 145 and LA Hwy 821 ............................. $400,000

4239 LA Connection between Highway 51 By-Pass and

Old Baton Rouge Highway 1040—Hammond $100,000

4240 LA LA 3224—Hemlock Street at U.S. 61 improvements—St. John the Baptist Parish .............. $519,000

4241 LA Louisiana Interstate 49 South Corridor ............ $7,500,000

4242 LA Design and acquire right-of-way, Louisiana I–

69, Louisiana Segment, SIU 15 ..................... $2,500,000

4243 LA Construction to improve drainage at Clearview

Parkway (LA 3152) and Earhart Expressway (LA 3139) .................................................. $900,000

4244 LA Shreveport Intelligent Transportation System

in Northwest, LA ............................................. $1,500,000

4245 LA Widen I–10 in New Orleans ............................... $2,000,000

4246 LA St. Tammany U.S. 11 bicycle path and sidewalk improvements ......................................... $2,000,000

4247 LA Bossier Parish Congestion Relief Program ....... $1,500,000

4248 LA I–10 Ryan Street exit ramp and relocation/realignments ....................................................... $1,500,000

4249 LA Improve Zachary Taylor Parkway ..................... $2,000,000

4250 LA LA-1 drainage and sidewalk improvements in

Grande Isle ...................................................... $1,500,000

4251 LA Construct I–20 interchanges at U.S. 167 at

Tarbutton Rd. Construct East West Frontage Roads along I–20 ...................................... $1,500,000

4252 LA Louisiana University Consortium for Smart

Growth Study and Educational Outreach ..... $2,000,000

4253 LA Upgrade El Camino East-West Corridor along

LA 6 .................................................................. $1,500,000

4254 LA Develop and construct St. Martinville Bypass,

LA 31 North to LA 96 ..................................... $1,000,000

4255 LA Construct Leeville Bridge from Port Fouchon

to Golden Meadow ........................................... $1,000,000

4256 LA Improve Natchitoches Johnson Chute and

Posey Road connection to I–49 to LA 1 ......... $500,000

4257 LA LA 50 (Almedia) widening and I–310/U.S. 90

interchange improvements, St. Charles Parish ..................................................................... $500,000

119 STAT. 1420 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4258 LA Upgrade LA 28 to four lanes from LA 121 to

LA 465 .............................................................. $1,000,000

4259 LA Rehabilitation of Street Routes Project in Bogalusa ............................................................... $500,000

4260 LA Construction of I–10 Access Rd., Crowley, LA $500,000

4261 LA Replace Kerner Ferry Bridge Jefferson Parish

Bayou Barataria .............................................. $500,000

4262 LA Peters Road improvements in Plaquemines

Parish ............................................................... $500,000

4263 LA Improvements to LA 46 in St. Bernard Parish $100,000

4264 LA Baton Rouge Intelligent Transportation System .................................................................... $1,000,000

4265 MA Reconstruct Chelsea Street Bridge in Boston .. $6,000,000

4266 MA Design and construct downtown roadway and

streetscape enhancements in Worcester ........ $4,500,000

4267 MA Design and construct Rt. 24 Interchange in

Fall River and Freetown ................................. $5,500,000

4268 MA Design and construct multimodal improvements and facilities in New Bedford ............. $5,500,000

4269 MA Construct access improvements to the Lawrence Gateway Project, Lawrence .................. $2,500,000

4270 MA Construct pedestrian and vehicular access improvements on the existing Brightman

Street Bridge in Fall River ............................. $500,000

4271 MA Northern Avenue Bridge rehabilitation in Boston ..................................................................... $6,000,000

4272 MA Construct Phase II of the Quincy Center Concourse Extension in Quincy ............................ $6,000,000

4273 MA Design and construct downtown roadway and

streetscape improvements in North Adams .. $2,000,000

4274 MA Construct Holyoke Canalwalk and streetscape

improvements in Holyoke ............................... $3,500,000

4275 MA Road improvements between Museum Road

and Forsyth Way in Boston ............................ $3,000,000

4276 MA Design and construct access improvements

and intermodal facilities at the former

South Weymouth Naval Air Station in

South Weymouth ............................................. $8,000,000

4277 MA Design and construct Boston National Park

traveler information system and visitor center in Boston .................................................... $7,000,000

4278 MA Construct Haverhill intermodal center access

and vehicle capacity improvements in Haverhill ............................................................... $3,000,000

4279 MA Design and construct roadway and streetscape

improvements in Franklin .............................. $5,000,000

4280 MA Construct Lechmere Station area roadway and

access improvements in Cambridge ............... $5,000,000

4281 MA Design and construct Assembly Square

multimodal access improvements in Somerville ................................................................... $5,000,000

4282 MA Construct downtown roadway and corridor improvements in Gloucester ............................... $3,000,000

4283 MA Construct the Blackstone River Bikeway and

Worcester Bikeway Pavilion between Providence, RI and Worcester ................................. $2,000,000

4284 MA Construct Melnea Cass Corridor improvements in Boston ............................................... $4,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1421

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4285 MA Construct Southeastern Massachusetts freight

rail corridor improvements in Bristol County $5,000,000

4286 MA Reconstruct Rt. 24/Rt. 140 Interchange, replace bridge and ramps, widen and extend

acceleration and deceleration lanes ............... $4,000,000

4287 MA Design and construct Rt. 20 access road in

Westfield .......................................................... $2,000,000

4288 MA Reconfigure Kilby-Gardner-Hammond area

road network in Worcester ............................. $2,000,000

4289 MD I–70 Improvement Project: Frederick, MD ....... $13,400,000

4290 MD Construction and dualization of MD 404 in

Queen Anne’s, Talbot and Caroline Counties $11,000,000

4291 MD Construct U.S. 220 MD 53 North/South Corridor .................................................................. $9,200,000

4292 MD Upgrade MD 175 in Anne Arundel county between MD 170 and BW Parkway ................... $6,700,000

4293 MD Construct a visitor center and related roads,

and parking serving Fort McHenry ............... $5,300,000

4294 MD Construct Assateague Island National Seashore visitors center and related road improvements ....................................................... $6,300,000

4295 MD Construction of new interchange at MD 5, MD

373 and Brandywine Rd ................................. $4,000,000

4296 MD Rehabilitate Pennington Avenue Drawbridge,

Baltimore ......................................................... $5,500,000

4297 MD Construction and dualization of U.S. 113 ......... $3,200,000

4298 MD Construct MD 5 Hughesville Bypass ................ $3,000,000

4299 MD Construct U.S. 40, MD 715 interchange at Aberdeen Proving Ground ................................... $3,000,000

4300 MD Construct MD 4 at Suitland Parkway .............. $2,800,000

4301 MD Baltimore Rail Tunnel improvement study ...... $3,000,000

4302 MD Construct Allegheny Highlands pedestrian/bicycle trail .......................................................... $2,000,000

4303 MD Upgrade MD 210 from MD 228 to I–495 .......... $2,000,000

4304 MD Patuxent Research Refuge Road improvements $3,000,000

4305 MD Rehabilitate roadways around East Baltimore

Life Science Park ............................................. $2,200,000

4306 MD Construction of new Baltimore water taxi terminals ............................................................... $2,000,000

4307 MD Upgrade I–95, I–495, MD 5/Branch Avenue

Metro Access .................................................... $1,800,000

4308 MD Construct Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge visitors center, trails and road improvements ................................................................ $1,500,000

4309 MD Edgewood, MD train station streetscaping and

parking improvements .................................... $1,500,000

4310 MD Roadway improvements from intersection of

U.S. 29 in Montgomery Co. along Industrial

Parkway thru to FDA access/Cherry Hill

Road .................................................................. $2,000,000

4311 MD Roadway access improvements, boardwalks,

and pier construction at Hanover Street and

West Cromwell, Baltimore .............................. $1,500,000

4312 MD MD 295 BWI access improvements ................... $1,200,000

4313 MD Construction of Maryland Ave. and Market St.

intermodal access project, including pedestrian safety improvements and Baltimore

Rd. corridor, Rockville ..................................... $800,000

119 STAT. 1422 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4314 MD Construct Woodrow Wilson Bridge Anacostia

River wetlands mitigation project .................. $1,600,000

4315 MD Construct Potomac River Gorge stormwater

mitigation project ............................................ $500,000

4316 ME I–295 improvements in Portland ....................... $15,000,000

4317 ME Construction of Calais/St. Stephan Border

Crossing Project, Calais .................................. $4,000,000

4318 ME Improvements and construction of the Lewiston-Auburn Highway, Lewiston ..................... $2,000,000

4319 ME Replacement of Waldo-Hancock bridge and

construction of related pedestrian walkways $18,000,000

4320 ME Transportation improvements for Maine EastWest Corridor Project ..................................... $18,000,000

4321 ME Augusta Memorial Bridge improvements, Augusta ................................................................. $6,000,000

4322 ME Plan and construct North-South Aroostook

highways, to improve access to St. John Valley, including Presque Isle Bypass and other

improvements .................................................. $5,000,000

4323 ME Construction of an Intermodal Center in Acadia Park, Bar Harbor ...................................... $4,000,000

4324 ME Replacement of the Route 201–A ‘‘covered’’

bridge, Norridgewock ...................................... $6,000,000

4325 ME Repair and improvements of Richmond-Dresden Bridge, Richmond-Dresden ...................... $3,750,000

4326 ME Access and traffic improvements to Route 15

in Brewer ......................................................... $1,250,000

4327 ME State of Maine Pedestrian and Bicycle Trail

Project .............................................................. $1,000,000

4328 ME Plan and construct North-South Aroostook

highways, to improve access to St. John Valley, including Presque Isle Bypass and other

improvements .................................................. $20,000,000

4329 ME Construction of the Gorham Village Bypass,

Gorham ............................................................ $2,000,000

4330 ME Improvements for statewide bike and pedestrian projects .................................................... $1,000,000

4331 ME Repair and improvement of Harpswell

Cribstone Bridge, Harpswell .......................... $3,000,000

4332 ME Repair and improvement of Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge, Deer Isle-Sedgwick .................... $10,000,000

4333 MI Plan and construct, land acquisition, Detroit

West Riverfront Greenway ............................. $9,000,000

4334 MI Reconstruct and widen I–94 in Kalamazoo ...... $8,000,000

4335 MI Construct Interchange at I–675 and M–13

(Washington Avenue), Northbound exit, in

Saginaw ............................................................ $8,000,000

4336 MI Rehabilitate bridge lift over Black River on

7th Street Bridge in Port Huron .................... $5,000,000

4337 MI Reconstruct I–75 from North of U.S.–2 to

Sault Ste. Marie and reconstruct the existing roadway, Sault Ste. Marie ....................... $6,000,000

4338 MI Construct at-grade crossing and I–75 interchange to reconnect Milbocker and McCoy

Roads and construct overpass to reconnect

Van Tyle to South Wisconsin Road in Gaylord ................................................................... $5,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1423

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4339 MI Improvements to Trowbridge Road Extension

to Farm Lane, Ingham County, Farm Lane

between Mount Hope Road and Trowbridge

Road with underpasses for CN and CSX

railroad crossings ............................................ $9,000,000

4340 MI Allen Road under the CN Railroad Grade Separation, Woodhaven ........................................ $6,000,000

4341 MI Blue Water Bridge Plaza improvements and

relocation of segments of I–94 and I–69 ........ $5,000,000

4342 MI West Portage Avenue realignment, Sault Ste.

Marie ................................................................ $2,000,000

4343 MI Construct road improvements to Van Dyke

Road, from I–696 to Red Run Drain, City of

Warren ............................................................. $8,000,000

4344 MI Construction of the I–696 and Northwestern

Highway Interchange Freeway ramps at

Franklin Road in Southfield ........................... $3,000,000

4345 MI Construct road improvements to Miller Road

from I–75 to Linden Road, Flint Township ... $2,500,000

4346 MI University of Michigan Health Systems auto

crash notification system ................................ $1,500,000

4347 MI Alger County, repaving a portion of H–58 between Sullivan Creek towards Little Beaver

Road .................................................................. $1,000,000

4348 MI Jackson Road Boulevard Extension, utilizing

fly ash and recycled concrete in road surface $1,000,000

4349 MN Transportation improvements for City of

Moorhead SE Main GSI, 34th St. and I–94

Interchange and Moorhead Comprehensive

Rail Safety Program in Moorhead ................. $5,000,000

4350 MN Reconstruct I–35E from University Avenue to

Maryland Avenue in St. Paul ......................... $5,000,000

4351 MN Construct last segment of the Victory Drive

project to link Victory Drive with Highway

14 in Blue Earth County ................................ $2,000,000

4352 MN Phase III construction of Trunk Highway 610–

10 ...................................................................... $9,000,000

4353 MN U.S. Trunk Highway 14 from One Mile West

of Waseca to Owatonna .................................. $4,000,000

4354 MN Construction of 8th Street North: Stearns CR

120 to TH 15 in St. Cloud .............................. $2,000,000

4355 MN Design, engineering, and ROW acquisition to

reconstruct Trunk Highway 95 bridge in

North Branch ................................................... $750,000

4356 MN Construction and right-of-way acquisition for

interchange at TH 65 and TH 242 in Blaine $2,000,000

4357 MN Design, construct, and expand TH 241 in the

City of St. Michael .......................................... $2,500,000

4358 MN Design, construct, and acquire right-of-way for

St. Croix River Crossing in Stillwater ........... $9,000,000

4359 MN Design and construction of Cedar Avenue

Busway in Dakota County .............................. $5,000,000

4360 MN Planning and Pre-Design for Twin Cities Bioscience Corridor in St. Paul ............................ $3,000,000

4361 MN TH 23—Construction of 4-Lane Bypass in

Paynesville ....................................................... $2,500,000

4362 MN I–494 U.S. 169 interchange reconstruction,

Twin Cities Metropolitan Area ...................... $2,000,000

119 STAT. 1424 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4363 MN Replace three at-grade highway-railroad crossings with grade-separated crossings adjacent

to Winona State University ............................ $3,000,000

4364 MN Reconstruct County Highway 42 Interchange

at U.S. Highway 52 in Dakota County .......... $3,250,000

4365 MN 34th Street realignment and interchange at

34th Street and I–94 in Moorhead ................ $4,000,000

4366 MN Construct last segment of the Victory Drive

project to link Victory Drive with Highway

14 in Blue Earth County ................................ $2,000,000

4367 MN Phase III Construction of Trunk Highway

610–10 .............................................................. $8,000,000

4368 MN Construction of U.S. Highway 14 from Waseca

to Owatonna .................................................... $4,000,000

4369 MN Reimbursement of 8th Street North in St.

Cloud ................................................................ $2,000,000

4370 MN Construction and right-of-way acquisition for

interchange at TH 65 and TH 242 in Blaine $2,000,000

4371 MN Construction and widening of TH 241 in the

City of St. Michael .......................................... $2,500,000

4372 MN Program for replacement and upgrade of deficient township signs, statewide ..................... $3,000,000

4373 MN Improvement of State Highway 11 to 10 tonstatus ................................................................ $3,500,000

4374 MN Reconstruct I–35E from I–94 to Maryland Avenue in St. Paul ................................................. $3,000,000

4375 MN Right-of-way acquisition for TH 23 Paynesville

Bypass .............................................................. $1,000,000

4376 MO Construct four lanes for Hwy 60 from Willow

Springs to Van Buren, Missouri .................... $25,000,000

4377 MO Construct four lanes for Hwy 65 North of I–44

from I–44 N to Route EE ................................ $20,000,000

4378 MO Construct fours lanes on Hwy 50 west of Jefferson City to west of California, Missouri

(From St. Martens to California, Missouri) .. $20,000,000

4379 MO Construct Hwy 13 Bypass in Warrensburg ...... $5,000,000

4380 MO Improvements to Hwy 60/65 Interchange ......... $10,000,000

4381 MO Improve Highway 13 from Springfield, MO to

Bolivar .............................................................. $5,000,000

4382 MO I–470/Strother Road Interchange in Lee’s

Summit ............................................................. $5,000,000

4383 MO Improve U.S. 36 to divided four lane expressway from Macon to Route 24 .......................... $30,000,000

4384 MO Improve Highway 291 from Harrisonville to

Lee’s Summit in Cass County ........................ $4,000,000

4385 MO Route 364, Phase II Page Avenue Extension,

St. Charles County .......................................... $5,000,000

4386 MO Transportation Improvements for U.S. 63

Interchange at Gans Road, Boone County .... $4,000,000

4387 MO Improve Highway 67 from Fredericktown, MO

to Poplar Bluff ................................................. $5,000,000

4388 MO Upgrade to 4 lanes MO 66 from Duquesne

Road to Rt. 249 in Jasper County .................. $2,000,000

4389 MO Interchange design and construction for the

Main Street Extension at I–55, Cape

Girardeau County ............................................ $5,000,000

4390 MO Relocation and reconstruction of Rt. MM from

Rt. 21 to Rt. 30 ................................................ $2,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1425

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4391 MO Upgrade Route 59 at rail crossing in St. Joseph, MO .......................................................... $3,000,000

4392 MO Realignment and bridge replacement over

First Creek from east of 2nd Street to Route

169 on MO 92, Clay County ........................... $2,000,000

4393 MO Roadway improvements on Rt. 21 from Hayden Road to Lake Lorraine ............................. $2,000,000

4394 MO Construct Interstate flyover at Hughes Road

and Liberty Drive to 76th Street. Part of

Liberty Parkway Project, Liberty .................. $4,000,000

4395 MO I–55 Redesign, Cape Girardeau County ........... $2,000,000

4396 MS Widening of I–55 from Highway 304 in DeSoto

County to TN State line ................................. $20,240,000

4397 MS Upgrade U.S. 78 to Interstate standards from

the MS/TN State line to the MS/AL State

line .................................................................... $8,000,000

4398 MS For construction and ROW acquisition U.S. 49

from South of Florence to I–20 ...................... $26,400,000

4399 MS To upgrade Old Fannin Road connecting Highway 25 to Spillway Road in Rankin County $6,400,000

4400 MS Plan and construct an intermodal connector

linking I–20 to Hwy 49, Pearl-Richland ........ $10,000,000

4401 MS Airport Parkway/Pearl River Bridge for ROW

acquisition and construction of west segment

between I–55 and Highway 475 at Jackson

International Airport, with connector to

Highway 25 ...................................................... $8,960,000

4402 MS Byram-Clinton/Norrell Corridor—Connects the

Norrell Road Interchange on I–20 to the

Byram-Clinton Multimodal Corridor on I–55 $15,000,000

4403 MS Lake Harbour Drive Extension, Ridgeland—

Connects U.S. Highway 51 to Highland Colony Parkway .................................................... $10,000,000

4404 MS Transportation Improvements for Greenville

Bypass—Highway 82—U.S. Highway 82 bypass between Greenville and Leland ............. $10,000,000

4405 MS Transportation Improvements for Port Connector Road, Claiborne County ...................... $10,000,000

4406 MS Transportation Improvements for South Entrance Loop—Mississippi State University ... $10,000,000

4407 MS Lynch Street Extension to Metro Parkway,

Jackson—An extension of the Metro Parkway that connects intermodal traffic between the Metro Center Area and Jackson

State University .............................................. $5,000,000

4408 MS Transportation improvements for Highway 7

and Highway 49 Connector, Greenwood ....... $5,000,000

4409 MS Transportation improvements for Pearl-Pirates

Cove Interchange, Pearl ................................. $5,000,000

4410 MS Transportation improvements for Washington

Street/Old U.S. Highway 61, Vicksburg ........ $5,000,000

4411 MS Star Landing Corridor, Southaven .................... $5,000,000

4412 MT Transportation improvements for MT 78 Corridor Development ........................................... $10,000,000

4413 MT Transportation improvements for Bench Boulevard Connection and Corridor Project, Billings .................................................................. $17,000,000

4414 MT Transportation improvements for Babcock to

Kagy Project, Bozeman ................................... $5,000,000

119 STAT. 1426 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4415 MT Transportation improvements for Townsend—

South Project, U.S. 287 ................................... $10,000,000

4416 MT Transportation improvements for Cutbank

Railroad Overpass, Cutbank .......................... $6,000,000

4417 MT Transportation improvements for Havre—East

Project, including Glasgow to Poplar, U.S. 2 $10,000,000

4418 MT Transportation improvements for Lonepine

North and East Project, MT 28 ...................... $7,000,000

4419 MT U.S. 93 transportation improvement projects

between Lolo and Hamilton ........................... $15,000,000

4420 MT U.S. 2 transportation improvement projects

between North Dakota State Line and

Browning .......................................................... $20,000,000

4421 MT MT 3 transportation improvement projects between Billings and Great Falls ...................... $15,000,000

4422 MT MT 16, reconstruction of roadway and structures northeast of Glendive ............................ $7,000,000

4423 MT Develop and reconstruct Two Medicine Bridge,

U.S. 2, East of Glacier National Park ........... $25,000,000

4424 MT U.S. 93 Ninepipe to Ronan transportation improvement projects .......................................... $8,000,000

4425 NC Construction of the southbound lane of U.S.

321 bridge replacement over the Catawba

River in Caldwell and Catawba Counties ..... $2,160,000

4426 NC Construction and expansion of Little Sugar

Creek Greenway Charlotte ............................. $3,155,000

4427 NC Falls of Neuse Road Widening and Improvement, Raleigh .................................................. $3,000,000

4428 NC Interstate 20 Extension study ........................... $5,000,000

4429 NC Transportation improvements at Piedmont

Triad Research Park, Winston Salem ........... $2,000,000

4430 NC Plan, design, and construct the 10th street

Connector Project in Greenville ..................... $1,500,000

4431 NC Randall Parkway Widening and Improvement,

Wilmington ...................................................... $3,000,000

4432 NC Widen Derita Road from Poplar Tent Road in

Concord to the Cabarrus Mecklenburg County line, Concord ............................................... $3,400,000

4433 NC Construction improvements to Highway 10 in

Newton ............................................................. $1,020,000

4434 NC U.S. 64 upgrade and improvement between

Raleigh, NC and Rocky Mount ....................... $5,000,000

4435 NC Construction and improvement of I–73, I–74,

U.S. 220, in Montgomery and Randolph

Counties ........................................................... $2,200,000

4436 NC U.S. 1 Bypass and improvements around

Rockingham ..................................................... $1,000,000

4437 NC Norfolk Southern Intermodal System, Charlotte ................................................................... $4,000,000

4438 NC Design and construction of the Airport Area

Roadway Network, High Point ....................... $1,000,000

4439 NC Independence Boulevard Extension, Wilmington ............................................................ $3,000,000

4440 NC Design, engineering, and construction of I–77/

Catawba Avenue Interchange Cornelius ....... $5,000,000

4441 NC Eliminate highway-railway crossings in City of

Fayetteville ...................................................... $4,000,000

4442 NC Construction of I–74 between I–40 and U.S.

220, High Point ............................................... $6,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1427

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4443 NC Environmental studies and construction of

U.S. 74 Bypass Extension, Monroe ................ $4,200,000

4444 NC Greenways Expansion and Improvement

Project, Greenville ........................................... $1,600,000

4445 NC Northern Loop Project, Wilson .......................... $3,000,000

4446 NC Rail Track Replacement, Spencer ...................... $565,000

4447 NC Construction of Interstate 73 and Interstate

74 ...................................................................... $10,000,000

4448 NC Construction of Charlotte Douglas International Airport Freight Intermodal Distribution Center ............................................... $7,500,000

4449 NC Rehabilitate existing roadway, make safety

improvements and add lanes to Interstate

95 in North Carolina ....................................... $2,500,000

4450 NC Construction of the southbound lane of U.S.

321 bridge replacement over the Catawba

River in North Carolina .................................. $2,000,000

4451 NC Widening of Beckford Drive, City of Henderson $192,000

4452 NC Transportation improvements for Peters Creek

Pkwy, 1st St., 2nd St., and Brookstown Ave.

in Winston-Salem ............................................ $2,000,000

4453 NC Environmental studies and construction of

U.S. 74 Monroe Bypass Extension ................. $5,000,000

4454 NC To plan, design and construct the 10th Street

connector project in Greenville ....................... $2,500,000

4455 NC Transportation improvementsat Piedmont

Triad Research Park, Winston-Salem ........... $2,500,000

4456 NC Acquisition of rail corridors for use as bicycle

and pedestrian trails, Durham ....................... $2,000,000

4457 NC Northern Loop Project, City of Wilson .............. $2,933,000

4458 NC Widen Derita Road from Poplar Tent Road in

Concord to the Cabarrus Mecklenburg County line ............................................................... $3,350,000

4459 NC Winston-Salem Northern Beltway, Eastern

Section and Extension .................................... $1,300,000

4460 NC To perform a study to be performed by East

Carolina University to find the feasibility of

constructing a mid-Currituck Sound bridge $2,000,000

4461 NC Transportation improvements at the Marion

Diehl Center, Charlotte .................................. $725,000

4462 NC Pack Square pedestrian and roadway improvements, Asheville .............................................. $700,000

4463 NC Study feasibility of widening U.S. 221/NC 226

from Woodlawn to Spruce Pine, start planning and design, and make upgrades to improve safety ...................................................... $700,000

4464 NC Continued development of Cary, NC pedestrian bike paths ............................................... $400,000

4465 NC Extend M. L. King, Jr., Boulevard in Monroe .. $1,000,000

4466 NC Design and Construction of the Airport Area

Roadway Network, High Point ....................... $900,000

4467 ND I–29 Reconstruction from Main Avenue N. to

County Road 20 in Fargo ................................ $10,000,000

4468 ND Reconstruct U.S. 281 in Jamestown—South

Corporate limits to 17th St., SW ................... $6,000,000

4469 ND Reconstruction of U.S. 2 from Towner to

Rugby—WB ...................................................... $7,000,000

4470 ND Reconstruct ND 1804 from University of Mary

to 48th St. South of Bismarck ........................ $5,900,000

119 STAT. 1428 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4471 ND Reconstruction of U.S. 85 north of Grassy

Butte to Long-X Bridge near Teddy Roosevelt National Park North Unit ................... $6,500,000

4472 ND ND 22 Reconstruction from 15th St. to North

Corporate Limits in Dickinson ....................... $2,000,000

4473 ND ND 200 Reconstruction from Jct. ND 49 at

Beulah to Hazen .............................................. $3,500,000

4474 ND North Bound I–29 Reconstruction from south

of ND 15 to Near Grand Forks ...................... $8,000,000

4475 ND East Bound I–94 Reconstruction from Near

South Heart to Dickinson ............................... $7,000,000

4476 ND ND 294/12th Avenue N Reconstruction and

Bridge Widening in Fargo .............................. $11,000,000

4477 ND Replace Red River Valley Bridge at Drayton,

ND .................................................................... $3,100,000

4478 ND U.S. 12 improvements between Bowman and

Hettinger .......................................................... $10,000,000

4479 ND U.S. 83/North Broadway Reconstruction in

Minot ................................................................ $10,000,000

4480 ND Mandan Avenue Reconstruction in Mandan .... $2,000,000

4481 ND ND 127 Reconstruction from ND 11 N. to

Wahpeton ......................................................... $3,000,000

4482 ND U.S. 83 Reconstruction from Max to ND 23 SB $6,000,000

4483 ND U.S. 281 Reconstruction from Carrington to

Jct. ND 15 ........................................................ $4,000,000

4484 NE Construction of the Columbus, Nebraska

North Arterial Road ........................................ $1,400,000

4485 NE U.S. 34 Missouri River Bridge relocation and

replacement ..................................................... $500,000

4486 NE Missouri River Bridges between U.S. 34, I–29

in Iowa and U.S. 75 in Nebraska ................... $1,200,000

4487 NE Design, right-of-way and construction of Nebraska Highway 35 between Norfolk to

South Sioux City ............................................. $4,000,000

4488 NE Transportation improvements for U.S. 81 Meridian Bridge, Yankton ................................... $1,800,000

4489 NE Railroad Grade Separation Structures, Statewide .................................................................. $6,000,000

4490 NE Engineering, right-of-way and construction of

the 23rd Street Viaduct in Fremont, Nebraska ............................................................... $700,000

4491 NE Design, right-of-way and construction of the

Louisville bypass, Nebraska ........................... $400,000

4492 NE Construction of I–80/Cherry Avenue Interchange and East bypass, Kearney, Nebraska $1,000,000

4493 NE Interstate 80 Interchange at Pflug Road,

Sarpy County, Nebraska ................................. $600,000

4494 NE Construction of Heartland Expressway between Alliance and Minatare, NE ................. $8,000,000

4495 NE New roads and overpass to relieve congestion

and improve traffic flow for Antelope Valley—Lincoln, NE ............................................. $3,000,000

4496 NE Design of right-of-way and construction of

South and West beltway in Lincoln, NE ....... $2,000,000

4497 NE Cuming Street Transportation improvement

project in Omaha, NE ..................................... $900,000

4498 NE Nebraska Intelligent Transportation Systems

Statewide ......................................................... $1,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1429

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4499 NE Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, UNL—Lincoln, NE ............................................................ $1,000,000

4500 NE U.S. Highway 75 expressway, Plattsmouth to

Bellevue, Nebraska ......................................... $5,000,000

4501 NE U.S. 275 So. Omaha Veterans Memorial

Bridge ............................................................... $3,000,000

4502 NE Lincoln East Beltway, NE .................................. $500,000

4503 NE I–80 six lane (I–80 to 56th Street) Lincoln, NE $3,000,000

4504 NE Antelope Valley Transportation Improvement

Project in Lincoln ............................................ $10,000,000

4505 NE Design and construction of the South and

West Beltway in Lincoln ................................. $5,000,000

4506 NE Cuming Street Transportation Improvement

Project in Omaha ............................................ $5,500,000

4507 NE Design and construction of Highway 35 between Norfolk and South Sioux City ............. $9,500,000

4508 NE I–80/Cherry Avenue Interchange and East Bypass in Kearney ............................................... $8,000,000

4509 NE Construction of the Heartland Expressway between Alliance and Minatare ......................... $5,000,000

4510 NE Plan and design I–80 Interchange at Pflug

Road .................................................................. $1,000,000

4511 NE Design and construction of Missouri River

Bridges between U.S. 34, I–29 in Iowa and

U.S. 75 in Nebraska ........................................ $3,000,000

4512 NE Construction of the North Arterial Road in Columbus .............................................................. $2,000,000

4513 NE Design and construction of Meridian Bridge

between Nebraska and Yankton, South Dakota ................................................................... $1,000,000

4514 NH Construction, including widening and structural improvements, of Little Bay Bridge to

eliminate congestion—Portsmouth, NH ........ $20,000,000

4515 NH I–93 water quality study project ....................... $4,000,000

4516 NH Reconfiguration of Pelham Intersection to Improve Safety ..................................................... $2,000,000

4517 NH Reconstruction of NH 11 and NH 28 Intersection in Alton ..................................................... $1,400,000

4518 NH Construct and upgrade intersection of Route 3

and Franklin Industrial Drive in Franklin ... $2,000,000

4519 NH Design and construction of intersection of Rt.

101A and Rt. 13 in Milford ............................. $2,000,000

4520 NH Relocation and reconstruction of intersection

at Route 103 and North Street in Claremont $2,600,000

4521 NH Improve Meredith Village Traffic Rotary ......... $1,600,000

4522 NH Construct intersection at U.S. 3 and Pembroke

Hill Road in Pembroke .................................... $1,400,000

4523 NH Reconstruction and improvements to NH

Route 110 in Berlin ......................................... $3,600,000

4524 NH South Road Mitigation in Londonderry ............ $2,000,000

4525 NH Construct Park and Ride, Exit 5 on I–93—

Londonderry, NH ............................................ $2,000,000

4526 NH Reconstruction and relocation of the intersection of Maple Avenue and Charleston Road

in Claremont .................................................... $1,000,000

4527 NH Replacement of Ash Street and Pillsbury Road

Bridge ............................................................... $1,400,000

4528 NH Hampton Bridge Rehabilitation—Hampton ..... $3,000,000

119 STAT. 1430 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4529 NJ PATCO Rolling Stock acquisition and/or renovation for use on line between Lindenwold

and Locust Street in Philadelphia ................. $40,000,000

4530 NJ Construct new ramps between I–295 and

Route 42 ........................................................... $15,000,000

4531 NJ Route 46 Corridor upgrades ............................... $9,500,000

4532 NJ Route 18 Reconstruction in downtown New

Brunswick ........................................................ $7,500,000

4533 NJ Interstate 280 Interchange improvements,

Harrison ........................................................... $2,000,000

4534 NJ Construct Waterfront Walkway from North Sinatra Drive and 12th St. south to Sinatra

Drive in Hoboken ............................................ $8,000,000

4535 NJ Widening of Route 1 and intersection improvements in South Brunswick ............................. $3,500,000

4536 NJ Route 29 conversion project to a full access

freeway ............................................................. $4,000,000

4537 NJ Improvements to River Road in Camden .......... $4,000,000

4538 NJ Design and Construct Newark Waterfront Pedestrian and Bicycle Access ............................ $2,000,000

4539 NJ Route 9W operational and safety improvements, including I–95 Southbound entrance

alterations ........................................................ $4,000,000

4540 NJ New Jersey Underground Railroad for preservation, enhancement and promotion of sites

in New Jersey .................................................. $100,000

4541 NJ International Trade and Logistics Center roadway improvements at Exit 12 of the New

Jersey Turnpike, Carteret .............................. $1,000,000

4542 NJ Kapkowski road area improvements in Elizabeth ................................................................... $1,000,000

4543 NJ Expand TRANSCOM Regional ITS System in

NJ, NY, and CT ............................................... $1,900,000

4544 NJ Construct Rt. 49 Cohansey River Bridge Replacement, Cumberland County ..................... $1,500,000

4545 NM Double Eagle II aviation facility for road construction ........................................................... $8,000,000

4546 NM Double Eagle II aviation facility for interchange construction ......................................... $12,000,000

4547 NM Extension of University Blvd. in Albuquerque $5,000,000

4548 NM For construction work on NM–176 in Lea

County .............................................................. $5,000,000

4549 NM Rio Rancho, Iris Rd. to U.S. Highway 550 ....... $14,600,000

4550 NM For U.S. 62/180 in Carlsbad .............................. $5,000,000

4551 NM Transportation improvements for I–10 reconstruction in Las Cruces ................................... $2,000,000

4552 NM I–10/I–25 bridge reconstruction in Las Cruces $7,000,000

4553 NM Transportation improvements to FS 235 and

access to Magdalena Ridge Observatory ....... $1,400,000

4554 NM Reconstruction of I–25/Paseo del Norte and

Jefferson Interchange, Albuquerque .............. $20,000,000

4555 NM Reconstruction of NM 524 South Truck Bypass

in Carlsbad ...................................................... $5,000,000

4556 NM Reconstruction of I–10 and I–25 Interchange,

Las Cruces ....................................................... $7,000,000

4557 NM Extend College Blvd., Roswell ........................... $2,000,000

4558 NM Widen U.S. 64 between Farmington and

Bloomfield ........................................................ $7,000,000

4559 NM Rehabilitate Espanola Main Street, Espanola $4,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1431

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4560 NV Blue Diamond Hwy/SR 160 Widening .............. $20,000,000

4561 NV I–15 Widening and Interchanges, Las Vegas

Valley ............................................................... $8,000,000

4562 NV Transportation improvements to I–80 at

Fernley Interchange ........................................ $6,000,000

4563 NV Transportation improvements to Pyramid

Highway Corridor, Sparks .............................. $12,000,000

4564 NV U.S. 95 Widening and interchanges, Las Vegas $7,000,000

4565 NV Railroad Reconstruction, Ely and White Pine

County .............................................................. $2,000,000

4566 NV I–15 Widening northbound from Primm to

Sloan Interchange, Clark County .................. $25,000,000

4567 NV I–580/U.S. 395 Capacity improvements,

Washoe County ................................................ $25,000,000

4568 NV Construct I–15/Las Vegas Beltway Interchange .............................................................. $3,000,000

4569 NV Construct U.S. 95/Las Vegas Beltway Interchange .............................................................. $3,000,000

4570 NV Construct Las Vegas Beltway/Airport Connector Interchange .......................................... $3,000,000

4571 NV Transportation improvements on Henderson

Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, Nevada .... $2,000,000

4572 NV Transportation improvements on LaughlinBullhead City Colorado Bridge ...................... $3,000,000

4573 NV Transportation improvements for Mesquite

Airport Access .................................................. $8,000,000

4574 NV U.S. 395 Design ................................................... $3,000,000

4575 NY I–86/Route 17 Upgrade for Broome, Delaware,

Chemung, Orange, Sullivan, and

Cattaraugus Counties ..................................... $9,000,000

4576 NY Roadway and intermodal improvements to the

Nassau County Hub ........................................ $5,000,000

4577 NY For Studies, Design, and Construction of the

High Line Trail Project, New York City ........ $9,000,000

4578 NY Improvements to the Harlem River Bridges .... $7,000,000

4579 NY Road improvements for the Village of Kyrias

Joel ................................................................... $2,000,000

4580 NY I–86/Route 17 Upgrade for Tioga County ......... $1,000,000

4581 NY Reconstruction of Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers ................................................................... $4,000,000

4582 NY To Conduct Scoping and Planning Studies for

the Northern Tier Expressway ....................... $1,500,000

4583 NY Improvements to Route 12 in Broome and

Oneida Counties .............................................. $9,000,000

4584 NY Improvements for West 125th Street in West

Harlem ............................................................. $2,500,000

4585 NY Enhance Road and Transportation Facilities

Near W. 65th Street and Broadway, New

York City .......................................................... $5,000,000

4586 NY Design and Construction of the Short Clove

Crossing in Haverstraw .................................. $6,000,000

4587 NY Planning and Construction of Fort Drum Connector Road ...................................................... $1,000,000

4588 NY Design and Construction for a Syracuse University Transportation Facility in Syracuse $4,000,000

4589 NY Road and transportation improvements near

the Brooklyn Children’s Museum .................. $5,000,000

4590 NY Construction and improvements to U.S. Route

219 Expressway ............................................... $5,000,000

119 STAT. 1432 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4591 NY For research at the Rochester Institute of

Technology Alternative Fuels and Life-Cycle

Engineering ...................................................... $4,000,000

4592 NY Improve Bronx Zoo Intermodal Facility ............ $4,000,000

4593 NY Conversion of NY Route 15 to I–99 Road improvements ....................................................... $3,000,000

4594 NY University of Buffalo Multidisciplinary Center

for Earthquake Engineering Research

(MCEER) .......................................................... $3,000,000

4595 NY Tappan Zee Bridge to I–287 Transportation

Corridor Study, Assessments, and Design .... $1,500,000

4596 NY Corning Preserve improvements Phase II ........ $2,000,000

4597 NY Siena College Perimeter Road improvements

and construction .............................................. $500,000

4598 NY Southtown connector improvements on NY

Route 5 from the Coast Guard Base to Ohio

Street, Buffalo, NY/Buffalo Outer Harbor

Road improvements ......................................... $8,000,000

4599 NY Miller Highway improvements .......................... $4,000,000

4600 NY Roadway, pedestrian, and streetscape Improvements for the New Cassel Revitalization Project in North Hempstead ................... $2,000,000

4601 NY Farm to Fork Transportation Distribution Network Study and Support in Upstate .............. $200,000

4602 NY Reconstruction of East Avenue from Main

Street to Henry Street in Hornell .................. $2,000,000

4603 NY Improvements to Widmer Road in the Town of

Wappinger ........................................................ $500,000

4604 NY Improvements to Erie Boulevard in Schenectady ................................................................... $2,000,000

4605 NY Construction of highway noise suppression

barriers bordering I–84 in Newburgh ........... $1,500,000

4606 NY Improve Traffic Flow on Noel Road between

Church and Crossbay Boulevard Including

Work Necessary to Demolish and Reconstruct the Firehouse Facility in Broad Channel ..................................................................... $1,000,000

4607 NY Design, Planning, and Construction of a Community Transportation Center from Broadway to Manhattan College Parkway ............. $5,000,000

4608 NY Construction of Pedestrian and Bike Trail

Campus Improvements at St. Bonaventure .. $1,500,000

4609 NY For the CargoWatch Transportation Management Project for Study and Implementation $3,500,000

4610 NY Design and Construction of an Access Road to

Plattsburgh International Airport ................. $500,000

4611 NY Improvements and Enhancements for Oak

Beach Road in the Town of Babylon .............. $2,000,000

4612 NY Design and Construction of Downtown Jamestown Connector Trail ...................................... $1,000,000

4613 NY Restoration of the Van Cortlandt Manor Entrance near Croton .......................................... $1,000,000

4614 NY Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester

Intermodal Facility Improvements ................ $1,000,000

4615 NY Route 17 Widening Study and Design .............. $1,000,000

4616 NY Erie Community College Transportation Improvements ....................................................... $1,000,000

4617 NY Roadway and Traffic Improvements for Suffolk

County .............................................................. $1,500,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1433

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4618 NY Construction and Improvements to Soundview

Connection Greenway from Bruckner Boulevard to Soundview Park ................................. $800,000

4619 OH Reconstruction of Cleveland Inner Belt and rehabilitation of the Central Viaduct Bridge,

Cleveland, OH ................................................. $21,970,000

4620 OH Grading, paving, roads, and the transfer of

rail-to-truck for the intermodal facility at

Rickenbacker Airport Columbus, OH ............ $8,200,000

4621 OH Ramp and Roadway approaches on I–75 toward Brent Spence Bridge. Cincinnati, OH .. $10,000,000

4622 OH Rehabilitation of the Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Bridge. Toledo, OH .......................................... $2,000,000

4623 OH Reconstruction, widening, and interchange upgrades to I–75 between Cincinnati and Dayton. Dayton, OH .............................................. $5,000,000

4624 OH Replace the Edward N. Waldvogel Viaduct.

Cincinnati, OH ................................................ $6,000,000

4625 OH SR 8 safety improvement and road expansion

project in Northern Summit County. OH ...... $2,600,000

4626 OH Reconstruction of the 70/71 split in downtown

Columbus, OH ................................................. $8,000,000

4627 OH Widen U.S. 35 to three contiguous lanes from

I–75 to I–675 in Montgomery County, OH ... $4,000,000

4628 OH Construct pedestrian bridge from east of Dock

32 to park. Cleveland, OH .............................. $3,300,000

4629 OH South Connector in Waverly from U.S. 23 to

SR 104 to SR 220 for new development

areas in a depressed Appalachian region.

Waverly, OH .................................................... $4,100,000

4630 OH Construct full movement interchange on I–75

at Austin/Miamisburg-Springboro Rd. and

widen Miamisburg-Springboro Rd. from

Wood Rd. to SR 741, Dayton, OH .................. $750,000

4631 OH Reconstruct I–75/I–475 Interchange. Toledo,

OH .................................................................... $5,000,000

4632 OH Construct 1,100 foot bulkhead/riverwalk connecting Front and Maine Ave. public rightsof-way. Cleveland, OH .................................... $1,280,000

4633 OH Construction of new bridges that will replace

two unsafe spans that carry U.S. Route 62

across the Scioto River. Columbus, OH ......... $3,300,000

4634 OH Construction of a full 4-way interchange at SR

44 and Shamrock Boulevard to replace current 2-way interchange of SR 44 and Jackson St. Painesville, OH ................................... $400,000

4635 OH Construction of interchange at SR 8 and Season Road, Cuyahoga Falls, OH ...................... $2,800,000

4636 OH Eliminate at-grade signalized intersections between North Fairfield Road and the Xenia

Bypass on U.S. 35 in Greene County, OH .... $3,000,000

4637 OH Design and construct a Towpath Trail from

southern Cuyahoga County through downtown Cleveland to Lake Erie. Cleveland, OH $1,800,000

4638 OH Reconstruct and widen SR 82, North Royalton,

OH .................................................................... $1,000,000

4639 OH Construct connector between Crocker and

Stearns County Highways. Westlake and

North Olmsted, OH ......................................... $500,000

119 STAT. 1434 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4640 OH Construct I–75/SR 122 interchange and related improvements. Middletown, OH ........... $2,000,000

4641 OH NW Butler County TID U.S. 27 widening, bypass, intersection improvements, and safety

projects ............................................................. $14,000,000

4642 OH Allen County SR 309 road reconstruction and

safety improvements ....................................... $5,000,000

4643 OH Licking County SR 79 service road construction, safety improvements, and congestion

relief ................................................................. $4,090,000

4644 OH Clermont County SR 125 turn lane additions

and related safety improvements ................... $2,400,000

4645 OH Portage County SR 14 turn lane addition, signalization, and related safety improvements $500,000

4646 OH Mahoning County U.S. 224 turn lane addition,

widening, signage, and safety improvements $4,000,000

4647 OH I–75 at Austin/Miamisburg-Springboro interchange construction, Miamisburg-Springboro

Rd. from Wood Rd. to SR 741 widening ........ $750,000

4648 OH Delaware County U.S. 23 turn lane addition,

realignment, and related safety improvements ................................................................ $935,000

4649 OH Fairfield County U.S. 33 safety improvements

and signalization, including section 13.2 to

15.01 ................................................................. $2,000,000

4650 OH City of Springfield North Street relocation,

land acquisition, utility replacement, and repaving ............................................................... $3,715,000

4651 OH Grading, paving, roads for the transfer of rail

to truck for the intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport .............................................. $5,000,000

4652 OH Knox County SR 13 rail-grade crossing improvements, realignment, and related safety

measures .......................................................... $480,000

4653 OH Jackson County SR 93 widening, turn-lane addition, and related safety improvements ....... $730,000

4654 OH Stark County SR 172 safety construction and

related improvements ..................................... $2,500,000

4655 OH City of Cincinnati Waldvogel Viaduct reconstruction project ............................................... $2,500,000

4656 OH Delaware County SR 750 realignment and

safety improvements (PID 79367) .................. $1,300,000

4657 OH Highway rail crossing safety upgrades at three

locations in Madison Village, OH .................. $110,000

4658 OH Highway rail grade separation over NS rail

line for Hines Hill Road/Milford Connector .. $60,000

4659 OH Mill Street Bridge reconstruction and related

improvements, Akron OH ............................... $3,500,000

4660 OH Columbiana County Port Authority construct

intermodal facility, transportation safety improvements ....................................................... $1,000,000

4661 OH Transportation Improvements to downtown

Columb RiverSouth Bridge ............................. $2,000,000

4662 OH Transportation Improvements for Ohio River

Trail from Salem to Downtown ...................... $1,000,000

4663 OH Transportation Improvements for Montgomery

County I–75 at South Dixie Drive/Central

Avenue Interchange, W. Carrolton ................ $2,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1435

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4664 OH Medina County U.S. 224 turn lane addition,

resurfacing, signage, and other improvements ................................................................ $2,200,000

4665 OH Washington County SR 7 safety improvements, widening, and signage ........................ $3,230,000

4666 OH Establish a Trans-Erie Ferry line from Cleveland, Ohio to Port Stanley, Ontario ............... $1,000,000

4667 OK To the University of OK to conduct research

on global tracking methods for intermodal

containerized freight ....................................... $5,000,000

4668 OK Improving the I–35 Interchange at Milepost 1

Near Thackerville ............................................ $400,000

4669 OK Construction of Norman highway-rail Grade

Separation ........................................................ $8,400,000

4670 OK Transportation Improvements for SH 33

Widen SH 33 from the Cimarron River East

to U.S. 177 Payne County .............................. $1,600,000

4671 OK Reconstruct the Interstate 44 193rd Street

Interchange ...................................................... $600,000

4672 OK Widen U.S. 60 from approximately 2 miles

east of U.S. 60/U.S. 75 interchange east approximately 5.5 miles ...................................... $400,000

4673 OK Widen U.S. 54 from North of Optima Northeast to Kansas State Line, Texas County,

OK .................................................................... $200,000

4674 OK Improvement to Hereford Lane and U.S. 69

Interchange, McAlester ................................... $200,000

4675 OK Construction of rail crossing in Claremore at

Blue State Drive and SH 66 ........................... $400,000

4676 OK Complete Reconstruction of the I–35-SH 9

West Interchange ............................................ $800,000

4677 OK Texanna Road improvements around Lake

Eufaula ............................................................. $200,000

4678 OK Improvements to SH 412P at 412 Interchange $10,900,000

4679 OK Widen U.S. 281 from the new U.S. 281 Spur

North to Geary Canadian County .................. $200,000

4680 OK Widen U.S. 60 between, Bartlesville and

Pawhuska, Osage County ............................... $600,000

4681 OK Construction of Midwest City Pedestrian

Walkway ........................................................... $200,000

4682 OK Reconstruction SH 66 from Craig and Rogers

Counties to SH 66 and U.S. 60 intersection $200,000

4683 OK Construct vehicular bridge over the Burlington

Northern RR at War Bonnet Crossing,

Mannford .......................................................... $200,000

4684 OK Construction of Duncan Bypass Grade Separation .................................................................... $600,000

4685 OK Improvements to SH 3 from Antlers to Broken

Bow ................................................................... $1,250,000

4686 OK Reconstruction of the I–40 Cross-town Expressway from I–44 to I–35 in downtown

Oklahoma City ................................................. $4,000,000

4687 OK Construct and widen six-lanes on Interstate 44

from the Arkansas River extending east approximately 3.7 miles to Yale Avenue in

Tulsa, OK ......................................................... $2,200,000

4688 OK Navajoe Gateway Improvements Projects, U.S.

62 in Altus, OK ................................................ $200,000

119 STAT. 1436 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4689 OK Reconstruct the I–44—Fort Sill Key Gate

Interchange ...................................................... $200,000

4690 OK Realignment of U.S. 287 around Boise City ..... $200,000

4691 OK To study the feasibility of creating a by-pass

around the City of Durant to accommodate

the traffic needs of the International Trade

Assistance Center ............................................ $300,000

4692 OK To construct a viaduct on U.S. Highway 70

over the railroad tracks in Durant ................ $6,400,000

4693 OK Enhancement projects for Woodward ................ $1,000,000

4694 OK Improvements to highways and bridges in the

State of Oklahoma, divided equally among

the eight field divisions ................................... $53,150,000

4695 OK For improvements to the State maintained

interstate system in the State of Oklahoma $45,000,000

4696 OR Highway 20 Improvements from Pioneer

Mountain to Eddyville, Lincoln County ........ $5,000,000

4697 OR For purchase of right-of-way, planning, design

and construction of a highway, Newberg ...... $15,000,000

4698 OR Upgrade, to add a southbound lane to a section of I–5 through Portland, between Delta

Park and Lombard, Portland ......................... $7,000,000

4699 OR Widening of Oregon Highway 217 between

Tualatin Valley Highway and the U.S. 26

Interchange, Beaverton ................................... $1,000,000

4700 OR Improve Highway 22, Polk County ................... $1,700,000

4701 OR Improve I–5/99W Connecter, Washington

County .............................................................. $10,000,000

4702 OR Improvements to U.S 97 from Modoc Point to

Algoma ............................................................. $3,500,000

4703 OR Construct Barber Street Extension, Wilsonville $700,000

4704 OR For Interstate 5 interchange, City of Coburg ... $1,000,000

4705 OR Upgrade the I–5 Fern Valley Interchange at

Exit 24, Medford .............................................. $5,000,000

4706 OR Construction of highway and pedestrian access

to Macadam Ave. and street improvements

as part of South Waterfront Development,

Portland ........................................................... $2,000,000

4707 OR Plan, design, and acquire, Sunrise Corridor,

Clackamas County .......................................... $15,000,000

4708 OR Relocate and improve Cascade Locks

Southbank Enhancements, Cascade Locks ... $1,000,000

4709 OR Reroute U.S. 97 at Redmond, and improve

intersection of U.S. 97 and Oregon 126 ......... $7,000,000

4710 OR Construction of I–84, U.S. 395 Stanfield Interchange Improvement Project .......................... $3,400,000

4711 OR Plan, design, and construct Frontage Road

Crossing Project, Hood River .......................... $500,000

4712 OR Improve Marine Park Underpass to address

necessary transportation improvements,

Cascade Locks .................................................. $400,000

4713 OR Improve Barnhart Road, Umatilla County ....... $3,900,000

4714 OR P&W Rehabilitation Project, Yamhill County .. $700,000

4715 OR Transportation Improvements Around the Eugene, Oregon Federal Courthouse .................. $1,000,000

4716 OR Plan, design, and construct the Dalles, Oregon

Riverfront Access ............................................. $1,800,000

4717 OR Troutdale Interchange enhancements at I–84

and 257th St, Troutdale .................................. $1,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1437

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4718 OR Interchange Improvements to I–205 at Airport

Way ................................................................... $1,000,000

4719 OR Beaverton Hillsdale/Scholls Ferry/Oleson Rd.

Intersection Reconfiguration, Washington

County .............................................................. $3,000,000

4720 OR Rehabilitate Sellwood Bridge, Multnomah

County, Oregon ................................................ $3,000,000

4721 OR I–5 Franklin-Glenwood Interchange Study ...... $400,000

4722 PA Road improvements for North Shore Transportation Connection, HOV modification, Pittsburgh ................................................................ $1,500,000

4723 PA Planning, environment and preliminary engineering for East-West Corridor Rapid Transit, Pittsburgh .................................................. $1,000,000

4724 PA Warrendale-Bayne Road improvements from

I–79 to SR 19, in Allegheny County .............. $2,000,000

4725 PA New interchange off Route 60 into proposed

industrial park in Neshannock Township ..... $200,000

4726 PA Upgrade of Route 60 Interchange with Route

22/30, Allegheny County ................................. $1,000,000

4727 PA Streetscape improvements, Geneva College ..... $1,345,000

4728 PA Construct the Alle-Kiski Bridge and Connector, Pennsylvania ....................................... $1,000,000

4729 PA Relocation of existing two lane road, Rose

Street, Indiana County ................................... $1,000,000

4730 PA I–70/I–79 South Interchange Redesign and

Upgrade ............................................................ $2,000,000

4731 PA Construct 2 flyover ramps and S Linden St.

extension for access to industrial sites in the

cities of McKeesport and Duquesne ............... $3,000,000

4732 PA Crows Run Relocation from SR 65 to Freedom

Crider Road, Beaver County .......................... $400,000

4733 PA Transportation Improvements to Jeannette

Truck Route, Westmoreland County ............. $100,000

4734 PA Construction of Central Susquehanna Valley

Thruway ........................................................... $5,000,000

4735 PA Construction of ramps on I–95 and U.S. 322

widening of streets and intersections ............ $5,000,000

4736 PA Construct parking facility in Upper Darby ....... $2,000,000

4737 PA Improve Freemansburg Avenue and its intersections at Route 33 ........................................ $1,000,000

4738 PA For design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of the third phase of the Marshalls Creek Bypass Project in Monroe

County, Pennsylvania ..................................... $2,000,000

4739 PA Construct Campbelltown Connector, Lebanon

County .............................................................. $1,000,000

4740 PA Widen the Route 412 corridor from I–78 into

the City of Bethlehem ..................................... $5,000,000

4741 PA Asbury Road and associated intersection improvement projects, Erie ................................. $3,700,000

4742 PA ROW acquisition and construction for the

South Valley Parkway, Luzerne County ....... $1,000,000

4743 PA Widening of SR 68 S. of I–80 interchange,

Clarion County ................................................ $1,000,000

4744 PA State Street Bridge Replacement, Sharon ........ $1,000,000

4745 PA Intersection improvements and upgrades of SR

62/257 in Cranberry Township ....................... $1,000,000

119 STAT. 1438 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

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No. State Project Description Amount

4746 PA Design-build in-house, bridge rehabilitation of

six bridges in Warren County ........................ $1,000,000

4747 PA Engineering, design and construction of an extension of Park Avenue north to Lakemont

Park in Altoona ............................................... $2,000,000

4748 PA Widening of Rt. 22 and SR 26 in Huntingdon,

upgrades to the interchange at U.S. Rt. 22

and SR 26 ......................................................... $1,000,000

4749 PA Road impact study along Potomac River tributaries, Pennsylvania ........................................ $250,000

4750 PA Construct Dubois Regional Medical Center Access Road, Clearfield County .......................... $600,000

4751 PA Road Improvements and upgrades related to

the Pennsylvania State Baseball Stadium .... $750,000

4752 PA Construction of turn lanes, increase curve radius at the intersection of SR 3041 and Industrial Park Road, Somerset ........................ $425,000

4753 PA Construct Johnsonburg Bypass, Elk County .... $2,000,000

4754 PA DuBois-Jefferson County Airport Access Road

Construction .................................................... $2,000,000

4755 PA Replacement of existing bypass on U.S. 219,

McKean County ............................................... $1,000,000

4756 PA Complete heritage tourism work plans for

communities along SR 6, Pennsylvania ........ $300,000

4757 PA Improvements and resurfacing on U.S. 6

through the Borough of Mansfield ................. $1,000,000

4758 PA Construction of a road to join Route 247 and

Salem Road, Lackawanna County ................. $3,000,000

4759 PA PA Route 61 enhancements, Schuylkill Haven $1,600,000

4760 PA PA Route 309 roadway construction and signalization improvements in Tamaqua Borough .................................................................. $400,000

4761 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition construction of streetscaping enhancements,

paving, lighting, safety improvements, parking and roadway redesign in Wilkes-Barre ... $1,000,000

4762 PA Construct Valley Business Park Access Road

C, Bradford County ......................................... $400,000

4763 PA Construct PA 706 Wyalusing Bypass Bradford

County, Pennsylvania ..................................... $200,000

4764 PA Construct SR 29 to River Betterment, Eaton

Tunkhannock, Wyoming County .................... $340,000

4765 PA Modernize traffic signals, complete minor

roadway realignment, and improve channelization at U.S. 322 and PA 10 intersection ... $100,000

4766 PA Replace Bridge, SR 106, Tunkhannock Creek

Bridge 2, Clifford Township, Susquehanna

County .............................................................. $160,000

4767 PA Construction SR 3024, Middle Creek Bridge II,

South Canaan, Wayne County ....................... $140,000

4768 PA Restore Route 222 in Maxatawny and Richmond Townships, Berks County .................... $280,000

4769 PA Widening and improvements to SR 10, New

Morgan Borough, Berks County ..................... $1,000,000

4770 PA Construct parking facility in Norristown,

Montgomery County ........................................ $2,000,000

4771 PA Design and construct French Creek Parkway

and connector roads in Phoenixville .............. $1,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1439

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4772 PA Design and Construction of Portzer Road Connector, Bucks County ...................................... $1,600,000

4773 PA Construction of pedestrian tunnel under Cherry Street in Philadelphia ................................ $2,000,000

4774 PA U.S. Route 13 Corridor Reconstruction, Redevelopment and Beautification, Bucks County $1,000,000

4775 PA Two-lane Extension of Bristol Road, Bucks

County .............................................................. $400,000

4776 PA Relocation of PA 52 at Longwood Gardens,

Chester County ................................................ $200,000

4777 PA Improvements to SR 39/I–81, West Hanover

Township .......................................................... $500,000

4778 PA Construction of alternate truck route for SR

441, Columbia Borough .................................. $1,000,000

4779 PA Concord Road Extension, Springettsbury

Township .......................................................... $500,000

4780 PA Widen PA 896 between Strasburg Borough

and U.S. 30 ...................................................... $500,000

4781 PA Design and construct relocation of U.S. 11 between Ridge Hill and Hempt Roads .............. $750,000

4782 PA Construct and widen PA 94 from the Adams

and York County line north to Appler Road $300,000

4783 PA Construct a turning lane off Route 16 in

McConnellsburg, Fulton County .................... $500,000

4784 PA Improvements from U.S. 11 to southbound

ramp to I–81 in Antrim Township ................. $250,000

4785 PA Construction of the Montour Trail, Great Allegheny Passage ................................................. $200,000

4786 PA Transportation Improvements for Armstrong

County, PA Slatelick Interchange for PA 28

at SR 3017 ....................................................... $500,000

4787 PA Widening of Route 40 in Wharton Township,

Fayette County ................................................ $750,000

4788 PA Completion of I–79-Kirwin Heights Interchange and construction of retaining walls,

bridge and new ramps .................................... $400,000

4789 PA Construction of U.S. 22 to I–79 Section of

Southern Beltway, Pittsburgh ........................ $300,000

4790 PA Reconstruct intersection of SR 51 and Franklin Ave, Beaver County ................................... $400,000

4791 PA South Phila. Access Rd. Design and construction of port access road from South Phila

Port and intermodal facilities, Philadelphia $500,000

4792 PA Widen Route 22 between Export and Delmont $260,000

4793 PA Construct a new highway interchange between

the PA Turnpike and I–95 and widen both

routes to six lanes ........................................... $4,000,000

4794 PA Construct a highway connecting U.S. 119 near

Uniontown with SR 88 near Brownsville ...... $4,000,000

4795 PA Construct a road along the North Delaware

Riverfront Corridor from Buckius Street to

Poquessing Creek ............................................ $4,000,000

4796 PA Construct an intermodal center at the Philadelphia Zoo ....................................................... $2,000,000

4797 PA Widen Route 412 corridor from I–78 into the

City of Bethlehem ........................................... $2,000,000

4798 PA Improvements to the Erie Airport corridor ...... $1,000,000

4799 PA Widen I–81 from four to six lanes in the

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton corridor ..................... $2,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

4800 PA Construct the South Valley Parkway, Pennsylvania ................................................................. $1,500,000

4801 PA Complete the connection of the American

Parkway between the east and west sides of

the Lehigh River with bridges and interchanges ............................................................. $2,000,000

4802 PA Construct safety and capacity improvements

to Route 309 and Old Packhouse Road ......... $2,500,000

4803 PA Flyover ramps and improvements to I–79 and

SR 228, Cranberry Township ......................... $2,500,000

4804 PA Construct the Valley View Business Park Access Road .......................................................... $1,500,000

4805 PA Construct the North Delaware River East

Coast Greenway Trail ..................................... $3,000,000

4806 PA Improvements to the Pleasant Valley and

Sandy Hill Roads intersection with SR 130

in Penn Township ........................................... $2,000,000

4807 PA Construct an intermodal facility servicing

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh .................. $1,000,000

4808 PA Widening and construction of grade-separated

interchanges along SR 28 from Pittsburgh to

Millvale, Pennsylvania .................................... $1,000,000

4809 PA Lafayette Street extension and interchange

improvements .................................................. $500,000

4810 PA Construct the Church Street Transportation

Center in Williamsport ................................... $2,000,000

4811 PA For the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Partners for Child Passenger Safety program ................................................................. $1,000,000

4812 PA Construct improvements to SR 29 and SR 113

in Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania ................................................................. $2,400,000

4813 PA Construct ramps off of I–95 and U.S. 322 and

access improvements to Chester, Pennsylvania ................................................................. $1,000,000

4814 PA Improvements to access roads at the Please

Touch Museum, Philadelphia ......................... $1,000,000

4815 PA Construction of the Schuylkill Gateway Project

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ....................... $1,000,000

4816 PA Security improvements to the Commodore

Barry Bridge, Pennsylvania ........................... $1,000,000

4817 PA Improve Freemansburg Avenue and its intersections at Route 33, Pennsylvania ............... $1,000,000

4818 PA Study and construct improvements to the

intersection of the Bucknell University main

campus entrance road and SR 15, Pennsylvania ................................................................. $1,000,000

4819 PA Improvements to rural corridors in Erie, Pennsylvania ............................................................ $450,000

4820 PA Widen the ramp at the intersection of Peach

Street and I–90, Pennsylvania ....................... $500,000

4821 PA Implement the Clearfield Cluster Pennsylvania highway grade crossing project,

Clearfield and Clinton Counties .................... $1,000,000

4822 PA Rail traffic safety improvements, Homer City,

Pennsylvania ................................................... $500,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1441

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No. State Project Description Amount

4823 PA Design and construct interchange improvements including sound barriers at I–83, Exit

19, or other projects designated by York

County, MPO ................................................... $1,000,000

4824 PA Construct the Alle-Kiski Bridge and Connector $1,000,000

4825 PA Reconfiguration of the Rochester Riverfront

ramp ................................................................. $1,000,000

4826 PA Expand U.S. 422 between Indiana and

Kittaning .......................................................... $1,000,000

4827 PA PATCO high-speed line fleet upgrade ............... $1,000,000

4828 PA For interpretive signage and trails in Pittsburgh urban park land ................................... $300,000

4829 PA Construct rail crossings to access Schuylkill

River Park, Philadelphia ................................ $600,000

4830 PA Repair and upgrade Cresheim Valley Drive,

Philadelphia ..................................................... $450,000

4831 PA Improvements to Penn’s Landing Ferry Terminal, Philadelphia ......................................... $400,000

4832 PA Shippensburg University campus circulation

improvements .................................................. $250,000

4833 PA To incorporate a portion of Old Delaware Avenue as the South Philadelphia Port Access

Road .................................................................. $400,000

4834 PA Construct a new interchange and additional

northbound lane along SR 28 near

Tarentum ......................................................... $400,000

4835 PA Linglestown Square, Lower Paxton Township $250,000

4836 PA Study the future needs of east-west road infrastructure in Adams County ............................ $500,000

4837 PA Completion and enhancements to the Pittsburgh Riverfront trail system ........................ $500,000

4838 PA Road impact study along Potomac River tributaries ................................................................ $200,000

4839 PA Da Vinci Center hydrogen fuel-celled transit

vehicles ............................................................. $200,000

4840 PA Complete heritage tourism work plans for

communities along SR 6 ................................. $100,000

4841 PA Relocation of East Lake Road in Pyamatuning

Township .......................................................... $100,000

4842 RI Transportation Improvements for the

Apponaug Bypass ............................................ $22,000,000

4843 RI Transportation Improvements for the Washington Secondary Bicycle Facility/Coventry

Greenway/Trestle Trail (Coventry) ................ $4,000,000

4844 RI Transportation Improvements for the Northwest Biketrail/Woonasquatucket River

Greenway (Providence, Johnston) .................. $6,000,000

4845 RI New Interchange constructed from I–195 to

Taunton and Warren Avenue in East Providence ................................................................. $7,000,000

4846 RI Transportation Improvements for the Blackstone River Bikeway (Providence,

Woonsocket) ..................................................... $10,000,000

4847 RI Transportation Improvements for the Jamestown Bridge Demolition—Bicycle Access/

Trestle Span Demolition/Fishing Pier (N.

Kingstown) ....................................................... $4,000,000

4848 RI Weybosset Street (200 Block) Streetscape and

Drop-off Lane Improvement—Providence ..... $750,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

4849 RI Acquisition of fee or easement, construction of

a trail, and site improvements in Foster ....... $1,000,000

4850 RI Open space acquisition to mitigate growth associated with SR 4 and Interstate 95, by

non-profit land conservation agencies

through acquisition of fee or easement, with

a match requirement of 50% of the total

purchase price .................................................. $8,000,000

4851 RI Replace Sakonnet Bridge ................................... $7,000,000

4852 RI Transportation Enhancements at Blackstone

Valley Heritage Corridor ................................ $500,000

4853 RI Bury the Power Lines at India Point ................ $2,500,000

4854 RI Restore and Expand Maritime Heritage site in

Bristol ............................................................... $500,000

4855 RI Transportation Improvements for the Colt

State Park Bike Path ...................................... $2,000,000

4856 RI Construct trails and facility improvements

within the Rhode Island National Wildlife

Refuge complex ................................................ $1,000,000

4857 RI Improvements for the Commuter rail in Rhode

Island ................................................................ $5,000,000

4858 RI Transportation Improvements for the East

Main Road in Middletown .............................. $5,000,000

4859 RI Downtown Circulation Improvements Providence ................................................................. $2,000,000

4860 RI Transportation Improvements for the Route

138 (South Kingstown) ................................... $4,000,000

4861 RI Transportation Improvements for the Route 1

Gilbert Stuart Turnaround (N. Kingstown) .. $2,750,000

4862 RI Rehabilitate and improve Rt. 138 from Rt. 108

to Rt. 2 ............................................................. $12,000,000

4863 RI Improve traffic circulation and road surfacing

in downtown Providence ................................. $5,000,000

4864 RI Improve access to Pell Bridge in Newport ........ $5,000,000

4865 RI Completion of Washington Secondary Bike

Path from Coventry to Connecticut Border .. $7,000,000

4866 RI Replace Warren Bridge in Warren .................... $11,000,000

4867 RI Rehabilitation of Stillwater Viaduct in Smithfield ................................................................... $5,000,000

4868 RI Completion of Woonasquatucket River Greenway from Johnston to Providence .................. $5,000,000

4869 RI Replace Natick Bridge in Warwick and West

Warwick ........................................................... $5,000,000

4870 SC Construction of I–73 from Myrtle Beach, SC to

I–95, ending at the NC State line .................. $10,000,000

4871 SC Widening of U.S. 278 to six lanes in Beaufort

County, SC between Hilton Head Island and

SC 170 .............................................................. $15,000,000

4872 SC Engineering, design and construction of a Port

Access Road connecting to I–26 in North

Charleston, SC ................................................. $10,000,000

4873 SC Improvements to U.S. 17 in Beaufort and

Colleton Counties to improve safety between

U.S. 21 and SC 64 ........................................... $10,000,000

4874 SC Widening of SC 9 in Spartanburg County from

SC 292 to Rainbow Lake Road ....................... $2,000,000

4875 SC Complete Construction of Palmetto Parkway

Extension (I–520) Phase II to I–20 ................ $3,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1443

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4876 SC Complete a multi-lane widening project on SC

Hwy 5 Bypass in York County, SC between

I–77 and I–85 .................................................. $4,000,000

4877 SC Re-construction of an existing interchange at

I–385 and SC 14, in Laurens County ............ $2,000,000

4878 SC Construction of the Lexington Connector in

Lexington County, to alleviate traffic congestion .................................................................... $2,000,000

4879 SC Widening of 4.4 miles of West Georgia Road in

Greenville County ........................................... $2,000,000

4880 SC Extension of Wells Highway in Oconee County $2,000,000

4881 SC Demolition of the old Cooper River Bridges in

Charleston ........................................................ $5,000,000

4882 SC Transportation Improvements for the I–73 in

South Carolina-Proposed interstate corridor

beginning at NC State line continuing to the

Grand Strand area of SC ................................ $5,000,000

4883 SC Transportation Improvements for the U.S. 278

in Beaufort/Jasper County to alleviate roadway capacity constraints and improve safety

and operations ................................................. $2,000,000

4884 SC ICAR Roads, Greenville, reconstruction of

roads around Fairforest Way for better flow

into ICAR ......................................................... $2,000,000

4885 SC Harden Street Improvements in Columbia.

Specific improvements will include: modern

traffic control signals, intersections, improved street lighting, driveways etc ............. $5,000,000

4886 SC Palmetto Parkway, Phase 2 is approximately 6

miles long and begins at U.S. 1/78 and terminates at I–20 ............................................... $3,000,000

4887 SC Lexington Connector in South Carolina, to alleviate traffic congestion along three major

thoroughfares in Lexington County: U.S. 1,

U.S. 378, and SC 6 .......................................... $1,000,000

4888 SC I–77/Peach Road Interchange in Fairfield

County, SC, project would create interchange to encourage development at industrial park .......................................................... $3,000,000

4889 SC I–95/SC 327 in Florence, SC, to construct

northbound ramp and expand existing

ramps ................................................................ $3,000,000

4890 SC Transportation Improvements for Highway

901, York County, SC ..................................... $1,000,000

4891 SC The Extension of the Mark Clark Expressway

in Charleston County ...................................... $3,000,000

4892 SD Construction of 4-lane highway on U.S. 79 between Maverick Junction, and the Nebraska

border ............................................................... $27,000,000

4893 SD Reconstruct, S. Rochford Road from Rochford

to Deerfield Rd ................................................ $9,000,000

4894 SD Reconstruct SD–50 Cherry Street in

Vermillion ........................................................ $3,000,000

4895 SD Construct Rush Lake Crossing U.S. 12 near

Webster ............................................................ $8,000,000

4896 SD Construct Phase I/South Connector Broadway

to 29th Street, Watertown .............................. $3,600,000

4897 SD Construct Intersection of State Hwy 212 and

U.S. 81, Watertown ......................................... $2,500,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

4898 SD Reconstruction of U.S. 14/Medary Ave. to 22nd

Ave., Brookings ................................................ $3,000,000

4899 SD Extension of Main Street and replacement of

rail crossing, Mobridge ................................... $1,500,000

4900 SD Reconstruction and paving of BIA Route 27,

Wounded Knee-Porcupine Butte .................... $6,000,000

4901 SD Purchase critical conservation easements

along the Heartland Expressway (Highway

79) adjacent to Custer State Park and Wind

Cave National Park ......................................... $2,000,000

4902 SD Reconstruction and paving of streets on the

Flandreau Indian Reservation ....................... $2,000,000

4903 SD Construct Exit 61 I–90 Rapid City (Heartland

Expressway) ..................................................... $15,116,000

4904 SD Construct SD 1806 from U.S. 83 East/15.6

miles toward Lower Brule .............................. $862,000

4905 SD Construct Wagner Community Streets,

Yankton Reservation ....................................... $200,000

4906 SD Construct Marty Community Streets, Yankton

Reservation ...................................................... $200,000

4907 SD Construct Riverfront Walking trail between

4th Ave. and Main Street, Mobridge ............. $300,000

4908 SD Reconstruct Exit 79—I–29 in Sioux Falls (12th

Street) ............................................................... $12,323,000

4909 SD East Anamosa St. extension to east/north and

lacrosse St. road and bridge ........................... $6,127,000

4910 SD To replace bridge over Missouri River, I–90 in

Chamberlain .................................................... $15,000,000

4911 SD Winter Maintenance Decision Support System/

SD DOT ............................................................ $1,000,000

4912 SD Reconstruct U.S. 14 to U.S. 83 junction, Pierre

East .................................................................. $2,000,000

4913 SD Resurface U.S. 12 from McLaughlin east 14.2

miles in Standing Rock Reservation .............. $2,472,000

4914 SD Reconstruct I–90 loop in Mitchell (Burr to

Sanborn) ........................................................... $3,000,000

4915 SD Road Construction Activities Turner County ... $1,000,000

4916 SD Pavement restoration U.S. 12 2.1 miles from

west of Penn St. to east of Melgaard in Aberdeen ............................................................... $1,000,000

4917 SD BIA route 3/ Tribal Farm Rd. reconstruction

and paving ....................................................... $6,000,000

4918 SD BIA route 15 resurfacing between red scaffold

and cherry creek to Ziebach county Rd. 33 ... $5,000,000

4919 SD For Okreek to Carter grading and resurfacing

U.S. 18 west of Okreek to Carter ................... $2,250,000

4920 SD Acquisition of road maintenance equipment for

Oglala, Rosebud and Cheyenne River Sioux

Tribes ............................................................... $3,000,000

4921 SD Construct bike path in Vermillion ..................... $750,000

4922 SD Construct Rail Spur in Brookings ..................... $750,000

4923 SD Asphalt overlay to extend Lewis and Clark

Highway 1804 in Charles Mix County leading to Platte Creek Recreation Area .............. $600,000

4924 SD South Dakota Department of Transportation;

for those projects it has identified as its

highest priorities ............................................. $3,450,000

4925 TN University of Tennessee Joint Institute for Advanced Materials in Knoxville ........................ $20,000,000

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High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

4926 TN Center for Advanced Intermodal Transportation Technologies at the University of

Memphis ........................................................... $5,000,000

4927 TN College Street Corridor, Phase II, Great

Smoky Mountain Heritage Highway Cultural and Visitors Center, Maryville ............. $8,000,000

4928 TN Plan and construct N. Tennessee Boulevard

enhancements, Murfreesboro ......................... $6,000,000

4929 TN North Second Street Corridor Upgrade, Memphis ................................................................... $10,000,000

4930 TN Engineer, design and construction of connector

road from I–75 interchange across Enterprise South Industrial Park to Hwy 58 in

Hamilton County ............................................. $10,000,000

4931 TN Construct force protection barriers along U.S.

Highway 41–A at Fort Campbell ................... $4,000,000

4932 TN Upgrade roads for Slack Water Port facility

and industrial park, Lake County, TN .......... $1,500,000

4933 TN Plan and construct Rutherford County visitor’s

center/transportation information hub, City

of Murfreesboro ............................................... $2,000,000

4934 TN Reconstruct connection with Hermitage Avenue to Cumberland River Bluff in Nashville $5,000,000

4935 TN Six lane extension from Airways Boulevard to

South Highland Avenue in Jackson ............... $4,000,000

4936 TN Plough Boulevard Interchange with Winchester Road in Memphis ............................... $2,500,000

4937 TN Construction of a pedestrian bridge in Alcoa ... $200,000

4938 TN Construct visitor interpretive center at the

Gray Fossil Site in Gray ................................. $1,800,000

4939 TN Expansion of SR 11W from Rutledge to Bean

Station in Grainger County ............................ $5,000,000

4940 TN Construction of Knob Creek Road in Washington County, Tennessee ............................... $2,500,000

4941 TN Riverside Drive Cobblestone Restoration and

Walkway, Memphis ......................................... $2,500,000

4942 TN Reconstruction of sidewalks, curbs, and

streetscape improvements within the Memphis Central Biomedical District, Memphis,

Tennessee ......................................................... $5,000,000

4943 TN Develop intelligent transportation signage for

access points at Fort Campbell, Tennessee ... $2,200,000

4944 TN Construction of SR 32/U.S. 321 from SR 73 at

Wilton Springs road to near I–40 in Cocke

County, Tennessee .......................................... $5,000,000

4945 TN Improvements to I–40 interchange at I–240

East of Memphis (Phase II) ............................ $5,000,000

4946 TN Warren County Mountain View Industrial

Park access road, Warren County, TN .......... $1,500,000

4947 TN Widen U.S. Highway 127 to 4 lanes between

Jamestown, Tennessee and I–40 .................... $2,000,000

4948 TN Widen a railroad underpass and make access

improvements to the I–275 industrial business park in Knoxville .................................... $5,000,000

4949 TN Construct Interpretive Visitor Center for the

Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Trail of

Tears site in Meigs County ............................ $500,000

4950 TN Construct overpass at Highway 321 and Highway 11 Loudon County ................................... $1,300,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

4951 TN Construction of an Interchange on Highway 64

(APD 40) adjacent to I–75 Exit 20 in the

City of Cleveland, TN for increased safety ... $1,250,000

4952 TN Construct trails and recreational facilities at

the Warriors Path State Park in Kingsport .. $500,000

4953 TN Construct the Melton Lake greenway in Oak

Ridge ................................................................. $650,000

4954 TN Access road improvements for regional hospital in Morristown ......................................... $1,000,000

4955 TN Johnson County, Tennessee for a trails system $500,000

4956 TN Access road from the James H. Quillen VA

Medical Center to U.S. 11–E in Mountain

Home ................................................................ $1,000,000

4957 TN Widen I–65 from SR 840 to SR 96, including

interchange modification at Goose Creek bypass, Williamson County ............................... $2,000,000

4958 TN Acquire and construct trail and bikeway along

S. Chickamauga Creek in Chattanooga ........ $500,000

4959 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Carter County .................................................. $500,000

4960 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

McMinn County ............................................... $500,000

4961 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Maury County .................................................. $500,000

4962 TN Improve, Streetscape and pavement repair,

Lincoln County ................................................ $500,000

4963 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Dyer County ..................................................... $500,000

4964 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Smith County ................................................... $500,000

4965 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Henry County .................................................. $500,000

4966 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Obion County ................................................... $500,000

4967 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Sumner County ............................................... $500,000

4968 TN Replace Unitia Bridge in Loudon County ......... $200,000

4969 TN Sullivan, Washington Counties, Tennessee SR

75 widening ...................................................... $500,000

4970 TN Sevier County, TN SR 66 widening ................... $500,000

4971 TN Develop the East Hickman County and Oak

Hill Community Greenway Projects, Hickman County ..................................................... $200,000

4972 TN SR 397 extension from SR 96W to U.S. 431N

to Franklin ....................................................... $500,000

4973 TN U.S. 412 from the Madison County Line to

Parsons TN in Henderson and Decatur

Counties ........................................................... $500,000

4974 TN Construction of the Foothills Parkway in

Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier

County .............................................................. $10,000,000

4975 TN Construct Transportation and Heritage museum, Townsend .............................................. $400,000

4976 TN Plan and construct access road for the Overton

County Industrial Park, Overton County ...... $300,000

4977 TN Construct system of greenways in Nashville—

Davidson County ............................................. $500,000

4978 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Roane County .................................................. $500,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

4979 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Scott County .................................................... $500,000

4980 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Morgan County ................................................ $500,000

4981 TN Improve Streetscape and pavement repair,

Fentress County .............................................. $500,000

4982 TN Street improvements, streetscape features, signals and signage along 3rd Avenue North

and Union Street in downtown Nashville,

Tennessee ......................................................... $6,000,000

4983 TN Improvements to the Blount/Sevier Corridor in

Knoxville, Tennessee to support the South

Waterfront Redevelopment project ................ $6,000,000

4984 TX Replacement of the I–30 Bridge over the Trinity River in Dallas ........................................... $17,000,000

4985 TX Replacement of the Galveston Causeway Railroad Bridge in Galveston ................................ $15,000,000

4986 TX Construction of a new international rail bridge

and rail track west of Brownsville ................. $4,000,000

4987 TX Construction of a three mile bypass around

central San Marcos ......................................... $10,000,000

4988 TX Construction of a railroad grade separation at

Calton Rd. in Laredo, TX (part of the West

Laredo Multimodal Trade Corridor) .............. $6,000,000

4989 TX Transportation Improvements for the San Angelo Ports to Plains Route 306 at FM 388 .... $5,000,000

4990 TX Reconstruct Mile 6 West from U.S. 83 to SH

107 Hidalgo County ........................................ $2,000,000

4991 TX Tyler Outer Loop 49 Construction ..................... $3,000,000

4992 TX Transportation Improvements to Cotton Flat

Road Overpass @ Interstate 20 ...................... $3,000,000

4993 TX Construction of a parking facility at the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio,

Texas ................................................................ $2,000,000

4994 TX Research and construction, Southwest Center

for Transportation Research and Testing,

Pecos, TX .......................................................... $1,000,000

4995 TX Construct a reliever route on U.S. 287 south of

Dumas to U.S. 287 north of Dumas ............... $3,000,000

4996 TX Widen FM 60 (University Drive) from SH 6 to

FM 158, College Station ................................. $2,000,000

4997 TX Complete U.S. 77 relief route around City of

Robstown .......................................................... $4,000,000

4998 TX North Rail Relocation Harlingen ....................... $4,000,000

4999 TX Improvements to KellyUSA 36th Street ........... $2,000,000

5000 TX Beaumont, TX Washington Blvd. Improvements ................................................................ $1,000,000

5001 TX Improvements to Cottonwood Trail ................... $1,000,000

5002 TX Improvements to FM 110 in San Marcos .......... $1,000,000

5003 TX Improvements to SH 71 from W of FM 20 to

Loop 150 Bastrop County ............................... $2,000,000

5004 TX Construct 6 mainlines from east of Mercury to

east of Wallsville ............................................. $2,000,000

5005 UT Geneva Rd-Provo Center Street, Orem 1600

North to I–15 FWY, Provo-widen from 2 to 4

lanes, Provo ...................................................... $2,000,000

5006 UT Construction of Midvalley Highway, Tooele

County .............................................................. $3,000,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

5007 UT Provo, Utah Westside Connector from I–15 to

Provo Municipal Airport, Provo ..................... $1,000,000

5008 UT Reconstruct 500 West, including pedestrian

and bicycle access, in Moab ............................ $1,500,000

5009 UT Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access Road

Improvements, Box Elder County .................. $3,000,000

5010 UT Widen Highway 92 from Lehi to Alpine/Highland ................................................................... $2,500,000

5011 UT I–15 Freeway Reconstruction-Springville 200

South Interchange, Springville ...................... $6,000,000

5012 UT Construct 2-lane divided highway from the

Atkinville Interchange to the new airport access road in St. George ................................... $7,000,000

5013 UT I–15 Reconstruction; Salt Lake County ............ $3,500,000

5014 UT I–15 North and Commuter Rail Coordination,

Davis County ................................................... $2,500,000

5015 UT Streetscape a 2-lane road and add turning

lanes at key intersections on Santa Clara

Drive in Santa Clara ....................................... $3,000,000

5016 UT Widen Redwood Road from Saratoga Springs

to Bangerter Highway in Utah County ......... $2,500,000

5017 UT Grant Tower Reconfiguration, Salt Lake City .. $5,000,000

5018 UT 200 East Minor Arterial, Logan City ................ $3,000,000

5019 UT 3200 South Project, Nibley/Cache County ........ $3,000,000

5020 UT Construct Parley’s Creek Trail, Salt Lake City $5,500,000

5021 UT SR 158 Improvements, Pine View Dam, Weber

County .............................................................. $2,100,000

5022 UT Provo Reservoir Canal Trail, Provo ................... $5,000,000

5023 UT Improve pedestrian and traffic safety in Holladay .................................................................... $2,000,000

5024 UT Forest Street Improvements, Brigham City ..... $3,500,000

5025 UT Reconstruct South Moore Cut-off Road in

Emery County, UT .......................................... $8,000,000

5026 UT Increase lane capacity on bridge over Virgin

River on Washington Fields Road in Washington ............................................................... $4,000,000

5027 UT Construct pedestrian safety project on the

Navajo Nation in Montezuma Creek ............. $500,000

5028 UT Add lighting on Highway 262 on the Navajo

Nation in Aneth ............................................... $500,000

5029 UT Add lights to road from Halchita to Mexican

Hat in the Navajo Nation ............................... $400,000

5030 UT Geneva Rd-Provo Center Street, Orem 1600

North to I–15 FWY, Provo-widen from 2 to 4

lanes ................................................................. $10,000,000

5031 UT Transportation Improvements for the Widen

Highway 92 from Lehi to Highland ............... $5,500,000

5032 UT Expand Redhills Parkway from 2 to 5 lanes

and improve alignment within rights-of-way

in St. George .................................................... $8,000,000

5033 UT I–15 Freeway Reconstruction-Springville 200

South Interchange ........................................... $4,500,000

5034 UT Construct 2-lane divided highway from the

Atkinville Interchange to the new replacement airport access road in St. George ......... $6,000,000

5035 UT Widen Redwood Road from Bangerter Highway in Salt Lake County through Saratoga

Springs in Utah County .................................. $4,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1449

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

5036 UT Construction of 200 North Street highway-rail

graded crossing separation, Kaysville ........... $5,000,000

5037 UT Forest Street Improvements, Brigham City ..... $2,500,000

5038 UT Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access Road

Improvements, Box Elder County .................. $5,500,000

5039 UT Construction and Rehabilitation of 13th East

in Sandy City ................................................... $5,000,000

5040 UT Transportation Improvements to 200 East

Minor Arterial, Logan City ............................. $1,000,000

5041 UT Provo, Utah Westside Connector from I–15 to

Provo Municipal Airport ................................. $1,000,000

5042 UT Improve pedestrian and traffic safety in Holladay .................................................................... $2,000,000

5043 VA I–66 Improvements and Route 29 Interchange

at Gainesville ................................................... $20,000,000

5044 VA Construct Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange,

Charlottesville ................................................. $25,000,000

5045 VA Construct South Airport Connector Road,

Richmond International Airport .................... $2,000,000

5046 VA I–264/Lynnhaven Parkway/Great Neck Road

Interchange ...................................................... $2,000,000

5047 VA Improvements to Coalfields Connector, Route

460, Buchanan County .................................... $12,000,000

5048 VA Rt. 460 Improvements ........................................ $5,000,000

5049 VA National Park Service transportation improvements to Historic Jamestowne in FY 2006 ... $2,000,000

5050 VA Manage freight movement and safety improvements to I–81 ................................................... $3,500,000

5051 VA Route 50 Traffic Calming, Gilberts Corner ...... $8,000,000

5052 VA Smart Road Research and Operations,

Blacksburg ....................................................... $6,000,000

5053 VA Replacement of Robertson Bridge, Danville ..... $5,000,000

5054 VA I–64/City Line Road Interchange ...................... $5,000,000

5055 VA Dominion Boulevard Improvements, Route 17,

Chesapeake ...................................................... $8,000,000

5056 VA National Park Service, Appalachian Trail,

High Top Mountain land acquisition, FY

2006 .................................................................. $500,000

5057 VA Widen I–66 westbound inside the Capital Beltway ................................................................... $22,000,000

5058 VA Construct I–73 near Martinsville, ..................... $7,000,000

5059 VA The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Rt. 15

scenic corridor management planning and

implementation, FY 2006 ............................... $1,000,000

5060 VA Widening I–95 between Rt. 123 and Fairfax

County Parkway .............................................. $10,000,000

5061 VA Widen Route 17 in Stafford ............................... $1,000,000

5062 VA Construct Old Mill Road extension ................... $2,000,000

5063 VA Improvements to public roadways within the

campus boundaries of the Virginia Biotechnology Park, Richmond ............................ $1,000,000

5064 VA Widen Route 262 in Augusta County ................ $2,000,000

5065 VA Bristol Train Station—Historic preservation

and rehabilitation of former Bristol, VA

train station ..................................................... $1,000,000

5066 VA Interstate 81 ITS message signs ....................... $500,000

5067 VA Improvements to Route 15, Farmville .............. $1,000,000

5068 VA Route 11 improvements in Maurertown (Shenandoah County) ............................................... $500,000

119 STAT. 1450 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

5069 VA Improve Route 42 (Main Street) in Bridgewater ................................................................ $500,000

5070 VA Widen Rolfe Highway to the Surry Ferry landing approach bridge in FY 2006 ..................... $1,000,000

5071 VA Engineering and right-of-way for Interstate 73

in Roanoke County .......................................... $1,000,000

5072 VA Double stack clearance of tunnels on the Norfolk and Western Mainline in Virginia located on the Heartland Corridor .................... $5,000,000

5073 VA Construction and improvements from Route 60

to Mariners Museum and USS Monitor Center ..................................................................... $1,000,000

5074 VA Route 221 improvements in Forest ................... $500,000

5075 VT U.S. Route 2 Improvements in Danville ........... $5,000,000

5076 VT Vermont Statewide Rural Advanced Traveller

System and Fiber Construction ..................... $10,000,000

5077 VT Main Street Bridge, Johnson ............................. $3,600,000

5078 VT Pearl Street Bridge, Johnson ............................. $1,400,000

5079 VT Church Street Improvements in Burlington ..... $6,000,000

5080 VT Burlington Waterfront Transportation Improvements ....................................................... $3,500,000

5081 VT Colchester Campus Road Project ....................... $1,000,000

5082 VT Essex Junction Downtown Transportation Improvements ....................................................... $1,000,000

5083 VT U.S. Route 2/I–89 Interchange Improvements

in South Burlington ........................................ $3,000,000

5084 VT I–91 Reconstruction at Derby Line, VT Port of

Entry ................................................................ $6,000,000

5085 VT Design and Construction of Montpelier Downtown Redevelopment Project .......................... $4,000,000

5086 VT Design and construction of dry span bridge in

Swanton ........................................................... $5,000,000

5087 VT Vermont Transportation Coordinated Use Facility in Berlin .................................................. $2,000,000

5088 VT St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Upgrades

in Northeastern Vermont ............................... $5,000,000

5089 VT Vermont I–89 Exit 14 Upgrades ........................ $4,000,000

5090 VT Construct Bennington Bypass (North Leg) ....... $20,000,000

5091 VT Improve Federal Street, St. Albans ................... $1,500,000

5092 VT Improvements to U.S. Rt. 7 from Brandon to

Pittsford ........................................................... $15,000,000

5093 VT Improvements to U.S. Rt. 7 in Charlotte .......... $4,000,000

5094 VT Design and construction of roundabouts/traffic

circles at U.S. Rt. 7/Rt. 7A in Manchester

and U.S. Rt. 7/VT Rt. 103 in Clarendon ....... $2,500,000

5095 VT Improvements to I–91 between Hartford, VT

and Derby line ................................................. $15,000,000

5096 VT Transportation Improvements to Vermont

Park and Ride .................................................. $2,500,000

5097 VT Transportation Improvements to Bellows Falls

Tunnel .............................................................. $2,000,000

5098 VT Improvements to River Rd/U.S. Rt. 2 in

Lunenberg ........................................................ $2,000,000

5099 WA SR 518 corridor—Improvements to SR 518–

509 interchange and addition of eastbound

travel lane on a portion of the corridor ......... $4,000,000

5100 WA Design and construct pedestrian land bridge

spanning SR 14 ............................................... $2,500,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1451

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

5101 WA Riverside Avenue Improvements, Phases 2 and

3, Spokane ........................................................ $2,500,000

5102 WA Hanford Reach National Monument Road Improvement ........................................................ $1,500,000

5103 WA Town Square Roadway and Pedestrian Improvements, Burien ......................................... $2,500,000

5104 WA SR 704 Cross-Base Highway Improvements,

Spanaway Loop Road to SR 7 ........................ $2,000,000

5105 WA Tukwila Southcenter Parkway Improvements,

Tukwila ............................................................ $3,000,000

5106 WA Federal Way Triangle—Conduct final engineering work for the reconstruction of the I–

5—SR 18 interchange ..................................... $4,000,000

5107 WA U.S. 12 Burbank to Walla Walla: Construct

new four lane highway for portion of U.S. 12 $2,500,000

5108 WA Reconstruction of SR 99 (Aurora Ave. N) between N 145th St. and N 205th St ................ $1,000,000

5109 WA Access Downtown Phase II: I–405 Downtown

Bellevue Circulation Improvements .............. $1,500,000

5110 WA Seattle Ferry Terminal Redevelopment and

Expansion ........................................................ $2,000,000

5111 WA Port of Bellingham Transportation Enhancement Projects ................................................... $2,500,000

5112 WA Toroda Creek Road Improvements, Ferry

County .............................................................. $1,650,000

5113 WA Toroda Creek Road Improvements, Okanogan

County .............................................................. $850,000

5114 WA Conduct preliminary engineering and EIS for

Columbia River Crossing in WA and OR ...... $1,000,000

5115 WA U.S. 395, North Spokane Corridor Improvements ................................................................ $2,000,000

5116 WA 116th St/Interstate 5 Interchange Reconstruction in Marysville ............................................ $1,000,000

5117 WA SR 167—Right-of-way acquisition for a new

freeway connecting SR 509 to SR 161 ........... $7,500,000

5118 WA Roadway and Pedestrian Improvements at

Burien Town Square, Burien ......................... $1,500,000

5119 WA Complete analysis, permitting and right-ofway procurement for I–5/SR 501 Interchange Replacement in Ridgefield ................. $8,400,000

5120 WA Construct improvements to Multimodal Terminal, Bainbridge Island ................................ $2,500,000

5121 WA Construct Intermodal Transit Facility, City of

University Place .............................................. $3,250,000

5122 WA Streetscape University Place Downtown, City

of University Place .......................................... $2,800,000

5123 WA Plan and Improve freight and goods transport—The West Cost Corridor Coalition in

Washington State ............................................ $500,000

5124 WA Continuing construction of I–90, Spokane to

Idaho State Line .............................................. $7,300,000

5125 WA Tukwila Urban Access Improvement—Address

necessary improvements to Southcenter

Parkway in Tukwila to relieve congestion .... $1,750,000

5126 WA Takoma—Lincoln Ave. Grade Separation ......... $1,500,000

5127 WA Widen SR 202/SR 520 to Sahalee Way, King

County .............................................................. $1,750,000

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Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

5128 WA Improve Vancouver traffic management—Vancouver Advanced Traffic Management System, Vancouver ................................................ $500,000

5129 WA SR 240/Stevens Drive Corridor Improvements,

interchange construction and graded rail

crossing separation at intersection of SR 240

and Van Giesen Street, Richland ................... $2,750,000

5130 WI Reconstruct Interstate 94/43/794 (Marquette

Interchange) in Milwaukee ............................. $20,800,000

5131 WI Rehabilitate existing bridge and construct new

bridge on Michigan Street in Sturgeon Bay $7,500,000

5132 WI Reconstruct and rebuild St. Croix River Crossing, connecting Wisconsin State Highway 64

in Houlton, Wisconsin to Minnesota State

Highway in Stillwater, Minnesota ................. $7,500,000

5133 WI Reconstruct U.S. Highway 151 (East Washington Ave.) in Madison .................................. $4,000,000

5134 WI Expand SH 57 between Dyckesville and Sturgeon Bay ........................................................... $3,000,000

5135 WI Rehabilitate Highway 53 between Chippewa

Falls and New Auburn .................................... $2,000,000

5136 WI Expand U.S. Highway 151 between Dickeyville

and Belmont .................................................... $2,500,000

5137 WI Develop pedestrian and bike connections that

link to Hank Aaron State Trail in Milwaukee ............................................................. $400,000

5138 WI Reconstruct SH 78 between Prairie du Sac and

Merrimac, WI, including reuse of rubble

from Badger Ammunition Plant building

demolition ........................................................ $500,000

5139 WI Upgrade Interstate 94 between Wilson Creek

and Red Cedar River in Dunn County .......... $2,000,000

5140 WI City of Glendale, WI. Develop and rehabilitate

exit ramps on I–43, and improvements at

West Silver Spring Drive and North Port

Washington Rd ................................................ $2,000,000

5141 WI Expand U.S. 51 and SH 29 in Marathon County ....................................................................... $2,500,000

5142 WI Upgrade U.S. 2 in Ashland County ................... $2,100,000

5143 WI Widen Wisconsin State Highway 64 between

Houlton and New Richmond .......................... $1,500,000

5144 WI Upgrade U.S. 41 from DePere to Suamico,

Brown County .................................................. $2,000,000

5145 WI Reconstruct and widen CTH AAA/Oneida St.

between Hansen Road and Cormier Road including reconstruction of SH 172 overpasses,

Brown County .................................................. $2,000,000

5146 WI Reconstruct SH 33, including the planned bicycle/pedestrian component, between Port

Washington and Saukville, Ozaukee County $1,000,000

5147 WI Reconstruct U.S. 41/SH 144 interchange near

Slinger .............................................................. $1,000,000

5148 WI Reconstruct Wisconsin State Highway 21 at I–

94 Interchange, Monroe County ..................... $1,000,000

5149 WI Construct bicycle/pedestrian path and facilities

in the Central park area of Madison ............. $700,000

5150 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path, Wisconsin

Dells .................................................................. $500,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1453

Highway Projects

High Priority Projects—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

5151 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path from

Waunakee to Westport .................................... $500,000

5152 WI Construct an alternative connection to divert

local traffic from I–90, a major highway, and

allow movement through the Gateway commercial development project ........................... $1,000,000

5153 WI Reconstruct Highway 151 from American

Parkway to Main Street, Sun Prairie ............ $2,000,000

5154 WI Replace Highway 10 bridge over the Chippewa

River near Durand .......................................... $2,000,000

5155 WI Construct Eau Claire bypass on U.S. 53 in

Eau Claire ........................................................ $2,000,000

5156 WI Replace the 17th Street Lift Bridge, Two Rivers ..................................................................... $2,000,000

5157 WI Pioneer Road Rail Grade Separation (Fond du

Lac, Wisconsin) ................................................ $1,000,000

5158 WI Upgrade Highway 26 between Janesville and

Watertown ........................................................ $3,000,000

5159 WV Construct King Coal Highway-Red Jacket Segment, Mingo County ....................................... $38,000,000

5160 WV Plan, design, and construct New Ohio River

Bridge, South of Wellsburg, Brooke County $18,000,000

5161 WV Plan, design, and construct Route 9 Martinsburg Bypass ..................................................... $13,000,000

5162 WV Upgrade Route 10 Logan Co .............................. $7,000,000

5163 WV Construct Coalfields Expressway ...................... $11,000,000

5164 WV Widen and reconstruct U.S. Rt. 35, Putnam

County .............................................................. $27,000,000

5165 WV Construct Shawnee Parkway ............................. $1,000,000

5166 WY Burma Rd: Extension from I–90 to Lakeway ... $2,500,000

5167 WY U.S. 26–287: repair road from Dubois to

Moran Junction, Wyoming to improve access

to Yellowstone National Park (Togwotee

Pass Reconstruction) ....................................... $25,000,000

5168 WY WYO 59: add lanes between Gillette and

Douglas, Wyoming for improved safety and

access ................................................................ $10,000,000

5169 WY Casper West Belt Loop: connect three National

Highway System routes (WYO 220, U.S. 20–

26 and I–25) ..................................................... $21,000,000

5170 WY I–80: reconstruct section of I–80 near Rock

Springs, Wyoming for improved safety .......... $19,000,000

5171 WY I–25: Widen and resurface approximately

eight miles of I–25 in Johnson County, Wyoming between Buffalo and Kaycee ................. $5,000,000

5172 WY I–90: create I–90/Burma Road overpass to increase community and emergency access in

Gillette, Wyoming ............................................ $2,500,000

5173 WY U.S. 85: add passing lanes on U.S. 85 between

Newcastle and Lusk, Wyoming to increase

safety ................................................................ $5,000,000

SEC. 1703. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION

PROJECTS.

(a) TEA–21.—The table contained in section 1602 of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 257)

is amended—

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(1) in item number 35 by inserting ‘‘and for other related

purposes’’ after ‘‘Yard’’;

(2) in item number 78 by striking ‘‘Third’’ and all that

follows through ‘‘Bridge’’ and inserting ‘‘Bayview Transportation

Improvements Project’’;

(3) in item number 312 by inserting ‘‘through construction’’

after ‘‘engineering’’;

(4) in item number 566 by striking ‘‘Prunedale Bypass’’

and inserting ‘‘improvements to Prunedale’’;

(5) in item number 732 by striking ‘‘reviews and other

preliminary work’’ and inserting ‘‘reviews, other preliminary

work, and transitional construction’’;

(6) in item number 744 by striking ‘‘Preliminary’’ and all

that follows through ‘‘Fitchburg’’ and inserting ‘‘Design,

construction or reconstruction, and right-of-way acquisition for

roadway improvements along the Route 12 corridor in Leominster and Fitchburg to enhance access from Route 2 to North

Leominster and downtown Fitchburg’’;

(7) in item number 800 by striking ‘‘Fairview Township’’

and inserting ‘‘or other projects selected by the York County,

Pennsylvania MPO’’;

(8) in item number 820 by striking ‘‘Conduct’’ and all

that follows through ‘‘interchange’’ and inserting ‘‘Conduct a

transportation needs study and make improvements to I–75

interchanges in the Grayling area’’;

(9) in item number 863, by adding at the end the following:

‘‘, including the Cuyahoga-Woodland Avenue Bridge’’;

(10) in item number 897 by striking ‘‘Road upgrade’’ and

all that follows through ‘‘Hills’’ and inserting ‘‘Engineering and

construction of a new access road to a development near Interstate Route 57 and 167th Street in Country Club Hills’’;

(11) in item 1096 by striking ‘‘Construct’’ and all that

follows through ‘‘Independence’’ and inserting ‘‘Construction

and improvements in Reminderville, Ohio (43 percent);

streetscaping, bicycle trails, and related improvements to the

I–90/SR 615 Interchange in Mentor, Ohio (20 percent); planning

and construction of a bicycle trail adjacent to such Interchange

(14 percent); Eastlake Stadium transit intermodal facility (16

percent); and purchase of right-of-way for transportation

enhancement activities in Bainbridge Township, Ohio (7 percent)’’;

(12) in item number 1121 by striking ‘‘Construct’’ and all

that follows through ‘‘Douglaston Parkway’’ and inserting ‘‘Provide landscaping along both sides of the Grand Central Parkway

from 188th Street to 172nd Street’’;

(13) in item number 1225 by striking ‘‘Construct SR 9

bypass’’ and inserting ‘‘Study, design, and construct transportation solutions for SR 9 corridor’’;

(14) in item number 1349 by inserting ‘‘, and improvements

to streets and roads providing access to,’’ after ‘‘along’’;

(15) in item number 1375 by striking ‘‘Preliminary’’ and

all that follows through ‘‘Emmet County’’ and inserting

‘‘Petoskey area transportation needs study and trunkline

preservation and safety in the Petoskey area’’;

(16) in item number 1392 by striking ‘‘Construct’’ and all

that follows through ‘‘multimodal center’’ and inserting

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‘‘Improve the ramp configuration at the I–476 PA Turnpike

Landsdale Interchange’’;

(17) in item number 1447 by striking ‘‘Extend’’ and all

that follows through ‘‘Valparaiso’’ and inserting ‘‘Design and

construction of interchange at I–65 and 109th Avenue, Crown

Point’’; and

(18) in item number 1474 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘, widen Cuyahoga SR 87, and $4,000,000 of the amount

authorized to construct grading separation at Front Street,

Berea’’.

(b) ISTEA.—Item number 32 in the table contained in section

1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

of 1991 (105 Stat. 2038) is amended by striking ‘‘Extension of

34th Street from IL Rt. 15 to County Road 10’’ and inserting

‘‘Extension and improvements of 34th Street’’.

Subtitle H—Environment

SEC. 1801. CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL

FACILITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 147 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 147. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a program

for construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities in accordance with section 129(c).

‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of construction of ferry boats, ferry terminals, and ferry maintenance facilities

under this section shall be 80 percent.

‘‘(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall give priority

in the allocation of funds under this section to those ferry systems,

and public entities responsible for developing ferries, that—

‘‘(1) provide critical access to areas that are not well-served

by other modes of surface transportation;

‘‘(2) carry the greatest number of passengers and vehicles;

or

‘‘(3) carry the greatest number of passengers in passengeronly service.

‘‘(d) SET-ASIDE FOR PROJECTS ON NHS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—$20,000,000 of the amount made available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009 shall be obligated for the construction or

refurbishment of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities and

approaches to such facilities within marine highway systems

that are part of the National Highway System.

‘‘(2) ALASKA.—$10,000,000 of the $20,000,000 for a fiscal

year made available under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the State of Alaska.

‘‘(3) NEW JERSEY.—$5,000,000 of the $20,000,000 for a fiscal

year made available under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the State of New Jersey.

‘‘(4) WASHINGTON.—$5,000,000 of the $20,000,000 for a

fiscal year made available under paragraph (1) shall be made

available to the State of Washington.

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‘‘(e) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding section 118(b),

funds made available to carry out this section shall remain available

until expended.

‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY.—All provisions of this chapter that are

applicable to the National Highway System, other than provisions

relating to apportionment formula and Federal share, shall apply

to funds made available to carry out this section, except as determined by the Secretary to be inconsistent with this section.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such subchapter

is amended by striking the item relating to section 147 and inserting

the following:

‘‘147. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.’’.

(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1064 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2005) is

repealed.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to

amounts made available to carry out section 147 of title 23, United

States Code, by section 1101 of this Act, there are authorized

to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out

such section 147 for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Such funds shall remain available until expended.

(e) NATIONAL FERRY DATABASE.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting through the

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shall establish and maintain a national ferry database.

(2) CONTENTS.—The database shall contain current

information regarding ferry systems, including information

regarding routes, vessels, passengers and vehicles carried,

funding sources and such other information as the Secretary

considers useful.

(3) UPDATE REPORT.—Using information collected through

the database, the Secretary shall periodically modify as appropriate the report submitted under section 1207(c) of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C.

129 note; 112 Stat. 185–186).

(4) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall—

(A) compile the database not later than 1 year after

the date of enactment of this Act and update the database

every 2 years thereafter;

(B) ensure that the database is easily accessible to

the public; and

(C) make available, from the amounts made available

for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by section 5101

of this Act, not more than $500,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009 to establish and maintain the

database.

(f) TERRITORY FERRIES.—Section 129(c)(5) of title 23, United

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘any territory of the

United States’’.

SEC. 1802. NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 162(a) of title 23, United States Code,

is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the roads as’’ and all

that follows and inserting ‘‘the roads as—

‘‘(A) National Scenic Byways;

Public

information.

Deadline.

23 USC 129 note.

23 USC 147 note.

23 USC 129 note.

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‘‘(B) All-American Roads; or

‘‘(C) America’s Byways.’’; and

(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

‘‘(3) NOMINATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be considered for a designation,

a road must be nominated by a State, an Indian tribe,

or a Federal land management agency and must first be

designated as a State scenic byway, an Indian tribe scenic

byway, or, in the case of a road on Federal land, as a

Federal land management agency byway.

‘‘(B) NOMINATION BY INDIAN TRIBES.—An Indian tribe

may nominate a road as a National Scenic Byway under

subparagraph (A) only if a Federal land management

agency (other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs), a State,

or a political subdivision of a State does not have—

‘‘(i) jurisdiction over the road; or

‘‘(ii) responsibility for managing the road.

‘‘(C) SAFETY.—An Indian tribe shall maintain the safety

and quality of roads nominated by the Indian tribe under

subparagraph (A).

‘‘(4) RECIPROCAL NOTIFICATION.—States, Indian tribes, and

Federal land management agencies shall notify each other

regarding nominations made under this subsection for roads

that—

‘‘(A) are within the jurisdictional boundary of the State,

Federal land management agency, or Indian tribe; or

‘‘(B) directly connect to roads for which the State, Federal land management agency, or Indian tribe is responsible.’’.

(b) GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 162(b) of such

title is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘and Indian tribes’’ after

‘‘provide technical assistance to States’’;

(2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘designated as’’ and

all that follows through ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘designated as—

‘‘(i) National Scenic Byways;

‘‘(ii) All-American Roads;

‘‘(iii) America’s Byways;

‘‘(iv) State scenic byways; or

‘‘(v) Indian tribe scenic byways; and’’; and

(3) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘or Indian tribe’’ after

‘‘State’’;

(4) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘Byway or All-American

Road’’ and inserting ‘‘Byway, All-American Road, or 1 of America’s Byways’’;

(5) in paragraph (2)(B)—

(A) by striking ‘‘State-designated’’ and inserting ‘‘State

or Indian tribe’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘designation as a’’ and all that follows

through ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘designation as—

‘‘(i) a National Scenic Byway;

‘‘(ii) an All-American Road; or

‘‘(iii) 1 of America’s Byways; and’’; and

(6) in paragraph (2)(C) by inserting ‘‘or Indian tribe’’ after

‘‘State’’.

(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Section 162(c) of such title is

amended—

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(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or Indian tribe’’ after

‘‘State’’;

(2) in paragraph (3)—

(A) by inserting ‘‘Indian tribe scenic byway,’’ after

‘‘improvements to a State scenic byway,’’; and

(B) by inserting ‘‘Indian tribe scenic byway,’’ after ‘‘designation as a State scenic byway,’’; and

(3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘passing lane,’’.

(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 162(e) of such title is

amended by inserting ‘‘or Indian tribe’’ after ‘‘State’’.

SEC. 1803. AMERICA’S BYWAYS RESOURCE CENTER.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate funds made

available to carry out this section to the America’s Byways Resource

Center established pursuant to section 1215(b)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 209).

(b) TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND EDUCATION.— (1) USE OF FUNDS.—The Center shall use funds allocated

to the Center under this section to continue to provide technical

support and conduct educational activities for the national

scenic byways program established under section 162 of title

23, United States Code.

(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Technical support and educational activities carried out under this subsection shall provide local officials and organizations associated with National

Scenic Byways, All-American Roads, and America’s Byways

with proactive, technical, and on-site customized assistance,

including training, communications (including a public awareness series), publications, conferences, on-site meetings, and

other assistance considered appropriate to develop and sustain

such byways and roads.

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than

the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $1,500,000

for fiscal year 2005 and $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009.

(d) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized by this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if

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

States Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of any

project or activity carried out under this section shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended and

shall not be transferable.

SEC. 1804. NATIONAL HISTORIC COVERED BRIDGE PRESERVATION.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

(1) HISTORIC COVERED BRIDGE.—The term ‘‘historic covered

bridge’’ means a covered bridge that is listed or eligible for

listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning such term

has in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.

(b) HISTORIC COVERED BRIDGE PRESERVATION.—The Secretary

shall—

(1) collect and disseminate information on historic covered

bridges;

(2) conduct educational programs relating to the history

and construction techniques of historic covered bridges;

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(3) conduct research on the history of historic covered

bridges; and

(4) conduct research on, and study techniques for, protecting historic covered bridges from rot, fire, natural disasters,

or weight-related damage.

(c) GRANTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a grant to

a State that submits an application to the Secretary that demonstrates a need for assistance in carrying out one or more

historic covered bridge projects described in paragraph (2).

(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A grant under paragraph (1) may

be made for a project—

(A) to rehabilitate or repair a historic covered bridge;

or

(B) to preserve a historic covered bridge, including

through—

(i) installation of a fire protection system, including

a fireproofing or fire detection system and sprinklers;

(ii) installation of a system to prevent vandalism

and arson; or

(iii) relocation of a bridge to a preservation site.

(3) AUTHENTICITY REQUIREMENTS.—A grant under paragraph (1) may be made for a project only if—

(A) to the maximum extent practicable, the project—

(i) is carried out in the most historically appropriate manner; and

(ii) preserves the existing structure of the historic

covered bridge; and

(B) the project provides for the replacement of wooden

components with wooden components, unless the use of

wood is impracticable for safety reasons.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated to carry out this section, out of the Highway

Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), $10,000,000

for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

(e) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available to carry

out this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

States Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of any

project or activity carried out under this section shall be determined

in accordance with section 120 of such title, and such funds shall

remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.

SEC. 1805. USE OF DEBRIS FROM DEMOLISHED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Any State that demolishes a bridge or an

overpass that is eligible for Federal assistance under the highway

bridge replacement and rehabilitation program under section 144

of title 23, United States Code, is directed to first make the debris

from the demolition of such bridge or overpass available for beneficial use by a Federal, State, or local government, unless such

use obstructs navigation.

(b) RECIPIENT RESPONSIBILITIES.—A recipient of the debris

described in subsection (a) shall—

(1) bear the additional cost associated with having the

debris made available;

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(2) ensure that placement of the debris complies with

applicable law; and

(3) assume all future legal responsibility arising from the

placement of the debris, which may include entering into an

agreement to hold the owner of the demolished bridge or overpass harmless in any liability action.

(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘beneficial use’’ means

the application of the debris for purposes of shore erosion control

or stabilization, ecosystem restoration, and marine habitat creation.

SEC. 1806. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY

FOR STATES WITH INDIAN RESERVATIONS.

Section 1214(d)(5)(A) of the Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century (23 U.S.C. 202 note; 112 Stat. 206) is amended by

striking ‘‘$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003’’

and inserting ‘‘$1,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through

2009’’.

SEC. 1807. NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish and carry

out a nonmotorized transportation pilot program to construct, in

the following 4 communities selected by the Secretary, a network

of nonmotorized transportation infrastructure facilities, including

sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and pedestrian and bicycle trails, that

connect directly with transit stations, schools, residences,

businesses, recreation areas, and other community activity centers:

(1) Columbia, Missouri.

(2) Marin County, California.

(3) Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

(4) Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program shall be to demonstrate the extent to which bicycling and walking can carry a

significant part of the transportation load, and represent a major

portion of the transportation solution, within selected communities.

(c) GRANTS.—In carrying out the program, the Secretary may make a grant of $6,250,000 per fiscal year for each of the communities set forth in subsection (a) to State, local, and regional agencies

that the Secretary determines are suitably equipped and organized

to carry out the objectives and requirements of this section. An

agency that receives a grant under this section may suballocate

grant funds to a nonprofit organization to carry out the program

under this section.

(d) STATISTICAL INFORMATION.—In carrying out the program,

the Secretary shall develop statistical information on changes in

motor vehicle, nonmotorized transportation, and public transportation usage in communities participating in the program and assess

how such changes decrease congestion and energy usage, increase

the frequency of bicycling and walking, and promote better health

and a cleaner environment.

(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress an

interim report not later than September 30, 2007, and a final

report not later than September 30, 2010, on the results of the

program.

(f) FUNDING.—

(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, out of the

Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account),

$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

Missouri.

California.

Minnesota.

Wisconsin.

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(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by this section shall be available for obligation in the

same manner and to the same extent as if the funds were

apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code;

except that the Federal share of the cost of the project shall

be 100 percent, and the funds shall remain available until

expended and shall not be transferable.

(g) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, projects assisted under this subsection shall be

treated as projects on a Federal-aid system under chapter 1 of

title 23, United States Code.

SEC. 1808. ADDITION TO CMAQ-ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.

(a) FORMER 1-HOUR MAINTENANCE AREAS.—Section 149(b) of

title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding

paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘or is required to prepare, and file

with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,

maintenance plans under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et

seq.)’’ after ‘‘1997,’’.

(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Section 149(b) of such title is

amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

‘‘(1)(A)(i) if the Secretary, after consultation with the

Administrator determines, on the basis of information published

by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section

108(f)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act (other than clause (xvi)) that

the project or program is likely to contribute to—

‘‘(I) the attainment of a national ambient air

quality standard; or

‘‘(II) the maintenance of a national ambient air

quality standard in a maintenance area; and

‘‘(ii) a high level of effectiveness in reducing air pollution,

in cases of projects or programs where sufficient information

is available in the database established pursuant to subsection

(h) to determine the relative effectiveness of such projects or

programs; or,

‘‘(B) in any case in which such information is not available,

if the Secretary, after such consultation, determines that the

project or program is part of a program, method, or strategy

described in such section 108(f)(1)(A);’’.

(2) in paragraph (4)—

(A) by inserting ‘‘, including advanced truck stop electrification systems,’’ after ‘‘facility or program’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;

(3) in paragraph (5)—

(A) by inserting ‘‘improve transportation systems

management and operations that mitigate congestion and

improve air quality,’’ after ‘‘intersections,’’; and

(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting

a semicolon; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(6) if the project or program involves the purchase of

integrated, interoperable emergency communications equipment; or

‘‘(7) if the project or program is for—

‘‘(A) the purchase of diesel retrofits that are—

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‘‘(i) for motor vehicles (as defined in section 216

of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550)); or

‘‘(ii) published in the list under subsection (f)(2)

for non-road vehicles and non-road engines (as defined

in section 216 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550))

that are used in construction projects that are—

‘‘(I) located in nonattainment or maintenance

areas for ozone, PM10, or PM2.5 (as defined under

the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)); and

‘‘(II) funded, in whole or in part, under this

title; or

‘‘(B) the conduct of outreach activities that are designed

to provide information and technical assistance to the

owners and operators of diesel equipment and vehicles

regarding the purchase and installation of diesel retrofits.’’.

(c) STATES RECEIVING MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT.—Section

149(c) of such title is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘for any project eligible

under the surface transportation program under section 133.’’

and inserting the following: ‘‘for any project in the State that—

‘‘(A) would otherwise be eligible under this section

as if the project were carried out in a nonattainment or

maintenance area; or

‘‘(B) is eligible under the surface transportation program under section 133.’’; and

(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘for any project in the

State eligible under section 133.’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘for any project in the State that—

‘‘(A) would otherwise be eligible under this section

as if the project were carried out in a nonattainment or

maintenance area; or

‘‘(B) is eligible under the surface transportation program under section 133.’’.

(d) COST-EFFECTIVE EMISSION REDUCTION GUIDANCE.—Section

149 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(f) COST-EFFECTIVE EMISSION REDUCTION GUIDANCE.—

‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following definitions apply:

‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Administrator’ means

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

‘‘(B) DIESEL RETROFIT.—The term ‘diesel retrofit’ means

a replacement, repowering, rebuilding, after treatment, or

other technology, as determined by the Administrator.

‘‘(2) EMISSION REDUCTION GUIDANCE.—The Administrator,

in consultation with the Secretary, shall publish a list of diesel

retrofit technologies and supporting technical information for—

‘‘(A) diesel emission reduction technologies certified or

verified by the Administrator, the California Air Resources

Board, or any other entity recognized by the Administrator

for the same purpose;

‘‘(B) diesel emission reduction technologies identified

by the Administrator as having an application and approvable test plan for verification by the Administrator or the

California Air Resources Board that is submitted not later

that 18 months of the date of enactment of this subsection;

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‘‘(C) available information regarding the emission

reduction effectiveness and cost effectiveness of technologies identified in this paragraph, taking into consideration air quality and health effects.

‘‘(3) PRIORITY.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—States and metropolitan planning

organizations shall give priority in distributing funds

received for congestion mitigation and air quality projects

and programs from apportionments derived from application of sections 104(b)(2)(B) and 104(b)(2)(C) to—

‘‘(i) diesel retrofits, particularly where necessary

to facilitate contract compliance, and other cost-effective emission reduction activities, taking into consideration air quality and health effects; and

‘‘(ii) cost-effective congestion mitigation activities

that provide air quality benefits.

‘‘(B) SAVINGS.—This paragraph is not intended to disturb the existing authorities and roles of governmental

agencies in making final project selections.

‘‘(4) NO EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OR RESTRICTIONS.—Nothing

in this subsection modifies or otherwise affects any authority

or restriction established under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

7401 et seq.) or any other law (other than provisions of this

title relating to congestion mitigation and air quality).’’.

(e) IMPROVED INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION.—Section 149 of

such title (as amended by subsection (d)) is amended by adding

at the end the following:

‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall encourage States and metropolitan planning organizations to consult with

State and local air quality agencies in nonattainment and maintenance areas on the estimated emission reductions from proposed

congestion mitigation and air quality improvement programs and

projects.’’.

(f) EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF CMAQ PROJECTS.—Section

149 of such title (as amended by subsection (e)) is amended by

adding at the end the following:

‘‘(h) EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF PROJECTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall

evaluate and assess a representative sample of projects funded

under the congestion mitigation and air quality program to—

‘‘(A) determine the direct and indirect impact of the

projects on air quality and congestion levels; and

‘‘(B) ensure the effective implementation of the program.

‘‘(2) DATABASE.—Using appropriate assessments of projects

funded under the congestion mitigation and air quality program

and results from other research, the Secretary shall maintain

and disseminate a cumulative database describing the impacts

of the projects.

‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary, in consultation with

the Administrator, shall consider the recommendations and

findings of the report submitted to Congress under section

1110(e) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(112 Stat. 144), including recommendations and findings that

would improve the operation and evaluation of the congestion

mitigation and air quality improvement program.’’.

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(g) FLEXIBILITY IN THE STATE OF MONTANA.—The State of Montana may use funds apportioned under section 104(b)(2) of title

23, United States Code, for the operation of public transit activities

that serve a nonattainment or maintenance area.

(h) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR STATE OF MICHIGAN.—The

State of Michigan may use funds apportioned under section

104(b)(2) of such title for the operation and maintenance of intelligent transportation system strategies that serve a nonattainment

or maintenance area.

(i) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE STATE OF MAINE.—The

State of Maine may use funds apportioned under section 104(b)(2)

of such title to support, through September 30, 2009, the operation

of passenger rail service between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.

(j) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR OREGON.—The State of Oregon

may use funds apportioned on or before September 30, 2009, under

section 104(b)(2) of such title to support the operation of additional

passenger rail service between Eugene and Portland.

(k) AVAILABILTY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN OTHER STATES.—The

States of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,

and Ohio may use funds apportioned under section 104(b)(2) of

such title to purchase alternative fuel (as defined in section 301

of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211)) or biodiesel.

Subtitle I—Miscellaneous

SEC. 1901. INCLUSION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS IDENTIFYING

FUNDING SOURCES IN TITLE 23.

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

is amended by inserting after section 320—

(1) the following:

‘‘§ 321. Signs identifying funding sources’’;

and

(2) the text of section 154 of the Federal-Aid Highway

Act of 1987 (23 U.S.C. 101 note).

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is

amended by inserting after the item relating to section 320 the

following:

‘‘321. Signs identifying funding sources.’’.

(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 154 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 101 Stat. 209) is repealed.

SEC. 1902. DONATIONS AND CREDITS.

Section 323 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the first sentence of subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘,

or a local government from offering to donate funds, materials,

or services performed by local government employees,’’ after

‘‘services’’; and

(2) by striking subsection (e).

SEC. 1903. INCLUSION OF BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS IN TITLE

23.

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

is amended by inserting after section 312—

(1) the following:

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‘‘§ 313. Buy America’’;

and

(2) the text of section 165 of the Highway Improvement

Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 96 Stat. 2136).

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 3 of such

title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section

312 the following:

‘‘313. Buy America.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 313 of such title (as

added by subsection (a)) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘by this Act’’ the first

place it appears and all that follows through ‘‘of 1978’’ and

inserting ‘‘to carry out the Surface Transportation Assistance

Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2097) or this title’’;

(2) in subsection (b) by redesignating paragraph (4) as

paragraph (3);

(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘this Act,’’ and all that

follows through ‘‘Code, which’’ and inserting ‘‘the Surface

Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2097) or this

title that’’;

(4) by striking subsection (e); and

(5) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections

(e) and (f), respectively.

(d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 165 of the Highway Improvement Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 96 Stat. 2136) is repealed.

SEC. 1904. STEWARDSHIP AND OVERSIGHT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:

‘‘(e) VALUE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS.—

‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF VALUE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘value

engineering analysis’ means a systematic process of review

and analysis of a project, during the concept and design

phases, by a multidisciplined team of persons not involved

in the project, that is conducted to provide recommendations such as those described in subparagraph (B) for—

‘‘(i) providing the needed functions safely, reliably,

and at the lowest overall cost;

‘‘(ii) improving the value and quality of the project;

and

‘‘(iii) reducing the time to complete the project.

‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The recommendations referred to in

subparagraph (A) include, with respect to a project—

‘‘(i) combining or eliminating otherwise inefficient

use of costly parts of the original proposed design

for the project; and

‘‘(ii) completely redesigning the project using different technologies, materials, or methods so as to

accomplish the original purpose of the project.

‘‘(2) ANALYSIS.—The State shall provide a value engineering

analysis or other cost-reduction analysis for—

‘‘(A) each project on the Federal-aid system with an

estimated total cost of $25,000,000 or more;

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‘‘(B) a bridge project with an estimated total cost of $20,000,000 or more; and

‘‘(C) any other project the Secretary determines to be

appropriate.

‘‘(3) MAJOR PROJECTS.—The Secretary may require more

than 1 analysis described in paragraph (2) for a major project

described in subsection (h).

‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS.—Analyses described in paragraph (1)

for a bridge project shall—

‘‘(A) include bridge substructure requirements based

on construction material; and

‘‘(B) be evaluated—

‘‘(i) on engineering and economic bases, taking into

consideration acceptable designs for bridges; and

‘‘(ii) using an analysis of life-cycle costs and duration of project construction.’’; and

(2) by striking subsections (g) and (h) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(g) OVERSIGHT PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish an

oversight program to monitor the effective and efficient

use of funds authorized to carry out this title.

‘‘(B) MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.—At a minimum, the program shall be responsive to all areas relating to financial

integrity and project delivery.

‘‘(2) FINANCIAL INTEGRITY.—

‘‘(A) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.—The Secretary

shall perform annual reviews that address elements of

the State transportation departments’ financial management systems that affect projects approved under subsection (a).

‘‘(B) PROJECT COSTS.—The Secretary shall develop minimum standards for estimating project costs and shall

periodically evaluate the practices of States for estimating

project costs, awarding contracts, and reducing project

costs.

‘‘(3) PROJECT DELIVERY.—The Secretary shall perform

annual reviews that address elements of the project delivery

system of a State, which elements include one or more activities

that are involved in the life cycle of a project from conception

to completion of the project.

‘‘(4) RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The States shall be responsible for

determining that subrecipients of Federal funds under this

title have—

‘‘(i) adequate project delivery systems for projects

approved under this section; and

‘‘(ii) sufficient accounting controls to properly manage such Federal funds.

‘‘(B) PERIODIC REVIEW.—The Secretary shall periodically review the monitoring of subrecipients by the States.

‘‘(5) SPECIFIC OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES.—

‘‘(A) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section shall

affect or discharge any oversight responsibility of the Secretary specifically provided for under this title or other

Federal law.

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‘‘(B) APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAYS.—The Secretary shall retain full oversight responsibilities for the

design and construction of all Appalachian development

highways under section 14501 of title 40.

‘‘(h) MAJOR PROJECTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

this section, a recipient of Federal financial assistance for a

project under this title with an estimated total cost of

$500,000,000 or more, and recipients for such other projects

as may be identified by the Secretary, shall submit to the

Secretary for each project—

‘‘(A) a project management plan; and

‘‘(B) an annual financial plan.

‘‘(2) PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN.—A project management

plan shall document—

‘‘(A) the procedures and processes that are in effect

to provide timely information to the project decisionmakers

to effectively manage the scope, costs, schedules, and

quality of, and the Federal requirements applicable to,

the project; and

‘‘(B) the role of the agency leadership and management

team in the delivery of the project.

‘‘(3) FINANCIAL PLAN.—A financial plan shall—

‘‘(A) be based on detailed estimates of the cost to complete the project; and

‘‘(B) provide for the annual submission of updates to

the Secretary that are based on reasonable assumptions,

as determined by the Secretary, of future increases in

the cost to complete the project.

‘‘(i) OTHER PROJECTS.—A recipient of Federal financial assistance for a project under this title with an estimated total cost

of $100,000,000 or more that is not covered by subsection (h) shall

prepare an annual financial plan. Annual financial plans prepared

under this subsection shall be made available to the Secretary

for review upon the request of the Secretary.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 114(a) of title 23,

United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘highways or portions

of highways located on a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting

‘‘Federal-aid highway or a portion of a Federal-aid highway’’;

and

(2) by striking the second sentence and inserting ‘‘The

Secretary shall have the right to conduct such inspections and

take such corrective action as the Secretary determines to

be appropriate.’’.

SEC. 1905. TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS.

Section 120(j)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘A State’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State’’; and

(2) by striking the last sentence and inserting the following:

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—If

the public, quasi-public, or private agency has built,

improved, or maintained the facility using Federal funds,

the credit under this paragraph shall be reduced by a

percentage equal to the percentage of the total cost of

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building, improving, or maintaining the facility that was

derived from Federal funds.

‘‘(C) FEDERAL FUNDS DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the

term ‘Federal funds’ does not include loans of Federal funds

or other financial assistance that must be repaid to the

Government.’’.

SEC. 1906. GRANT PROGRAM TO PROHIBIT RACIAL PROFILING.

(a) GRANTS.—Subject to the requirements of this section, the

Secretary shall make grants to a State that—

(1)(A) has enacted and is enforcing a law that prohibits

the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of State laws

regulating the use of Federal-aid highways; and

(B) is maintaining and allows public inspection of statistical

information for each motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a Federal-aid highway in the State regarding

the race and ethnicity of the driver and any passengers; or

(2) provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that

the State is undertaking activities to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1).

(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A grant received by a State under

subsection (a) shall be used by the State—

(1) in the case of a State eligible under subsection (a)(1),

for costs of—

(A) collecting and maintaining of data on traffic stops;

(B) evaluating the results of the data; and

(C) developing and implementing programs to reduce

the occurrence of racial profiling, including programs to

train law enforcement officers; and

(2) in the case of a State eligible under subsection (a)(2),

for costs of—

(A) activities to comply with the requirements of subsection (a)(1); and

(B) any eligible activity under paragraph (1).

(c) RACIAL PROFILING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—To meet the requirement of subsection

(a)(1), a State law shall prohibit, in the enforcement of State

laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways, a State or

local law enforcement officer from using the race or ethnicity

of the driver or passengers to any degree in making routine

or spontaneous law enforcement decisions, such as ordinary

traffic stops on Federal-aid highways.

(2) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this subsection shall alter the

manner in which a State or local law enforcement officer considers race or ethnicity whenever there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality or time frame, that links persons

of a particular race or ethnicity to an identified criminal

incident, scheme, or organization.

(d) LIMITATIONS.—

(1) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The total amount of

grants made to a State under this section in a fiscal year

may not exceed 5 percent of the amount made available to

carry out this section in the fiscal year.

(2) ELIGIBILITY.—A State may not receive a grant under

subsection (a)(2) in more than 2 fiscal years.

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this section $7,500,000 for each of fiscal

years 2005 through 2009.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code, except the Federal share of the cost of

activities carried out using such funds shall be 80 percent,

and such funds shall remain available until expended and

shall not be transferable.

SEC. 1907. PAVEMENT MARKING SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATION

PROJECTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a demonstration

project in the State of Alaska, and a demonstration project in

the State of Tennessee, to study the safety impacts, environmental

impacts, and cost effectiveness of different pavement marking systems and the effect of State bidding and procurement processes

on the quality of pavement marking material employed in highway

projects. The demonstration projects shall each include an evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of increasing the width of

pavement marking edge lines from 4 inches to 6 inches and an

evaluation of advanced acrylic water-borne pavement markings.

(b) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2009, the Secretary shall

submit to Congress a report on the results of the demonstration

projects, together with findings and recommendations on methods

that will optimize the cost-benefit ratio of the use of Federal funds

on pavement marking.

(c) FUNDING.—

(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, out of the

Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account),

$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by this section shall be available for obligation in the

same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were

apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code;

expect that the Federal share of the cost of the demonstration

projects shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain

available until expended and shall not be transferable.

SEC. 1908. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ROUTE SEGMENTS ON INTERSTATE

SYSTEM AND NHS.

(a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—

(1) CREEK TURNPIKE, OKLAHOMA.—The Secretary shall designate as part of the Interstate System (as defined in section

101 of title 23, United States Code) in accordance with section

103(c)(4) of such title the portion of the Creek Turnpike connecting Interstate Route 44 east and west of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

(2) CERTAIN SECTION OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 181.—The Secretary shall designate as part of Interstate Route 26 the 11-

mile section of Interstate Route 181 lying northwest of the

intersection with Interstate Route 81, Tennessee.

(3) TREATMENT.—The designations under paragraph (2)

shall be treated, for purposes of title 23, United States Code,

as being made under section 103(c)(4) of such title.

Tennessee.

Alaska.

Tennessee.

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(b) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall designate

as a component of the National Highway System in accordance

with section 103(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, the portion

of United States Route 271 from the Arkansas State line, west

to the intersection with United States Route 59, and northwest

to the intersection with Interstate Route 40, Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

SEC. 1909. FUTURE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 101(b) of title 23, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘(b) It is hereby declared’’ and all that

follows through the first undesignated paragraph and inserting

the following:

‘‘(b) DECLARATION OF POLICY.— ‘‘(1) ACCELERATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF FEDERAL-AID HIGH- WAY SYSTEMS.—Congress declares that it is in the national

interest to accelerate the construction of Federal-aid highway

systems, including the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System

of Interstate and Defense, because many of the highways (or

portions of the highways) are inadequate to meet the needs

of local and interstate commerce for the national and civil

defense.’’;

(2) in the second undesignated paragraph by striking ‘‘It

is hereby declared’’ and all that follows through ‘‘objectives

of this Act’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Congress

declares that the prompt and early completion of the Dwight

D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (referred to in this section as the ‘Interstate System’),

so named because of its primary importance to the national

defense, is essential to the national interest’’; and

(3) by striking the third undesignated paragraph and

inserting the following:

‘‘(3) TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF 21ST CENTURY.—Congress

declares that—

‘‘(A) it is in the national interest to preserve and

enhance the surface transportation system to meet the

needs of the United States for the 21st Century;

‘‘(B) the current urban and long distance personal

travel and freight movement demands have surpassed the

original forecasts and travel demand patterns are expected

to continue to change;

‘‘(C) continued planning for and investment in surface

transportation is critical to ensure the surface transportation system adequately meets the changing travel

demands of the future;

‘‘(D) among the foremost needs that the surface

transportation system must meet to provide for a strong

and vigorous national economy are safe, efficient, and

reliable—

‘‘(i) national and interregional personal mobility

(including personal mobility in rural and urban areas)

and reduced congestion;

‘‘(ii) flow of interstate and international commerce

and freight transportation; and

‘‘(iii) travel movements essential for national security;

Arkansas.

Oklahoma.

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‘‘(E) special emphasis should be devoted to providing

safe and efficient access for the type and size of commercial

and military vehicles that access designated National Highway System intermodal freight terminals;

‘‘(F) the connection between land use and infrastructure is significant;

‘‘(G) transportation should play a significant role in

promoting economic growth, improving the environment,

and sustaining the quality of life; and

‘‘(H) the Secretary should take appropriate actions to

preserve and enhance the Interstate System to meet the

needs of the 21st Century.’’.

(b) NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND REVENUE

STUDY COMMISSION.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a commission

to be known as the ‘‘National Surface Transportation Policy

and Revenue Study Commission’’ (in this subsection referred

to as the ‘‘Commission’’).

(2) MEMBERSHIP.—

(A) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be composed

of 12 members, of whom—

(i) 1 member shall be the Secretary, who shall

serve as Chairperson;

(ii) 3 members shall be appointed by the President;

(iii) 2 members shall be appointed by the Speaker

of the House of Representatives;

(iv) 2 members shall be appointed by the minority

leader of the House of Representatives;

(v) 2 members shall be appointed by the majority

leader of the Senate; and

(vi) 2 members shall be appointed by the minority

leader of the Senate.

(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members appointed under

subparagraph (A)—

(i) shall include—

(I) individuals representing State and local

governments, metropolitan planning organizations,

transportation-related industries, and public

interest organizations involved with scientific,

regulatory, economic, and environmental activities

relating to transportation;

(II) individuals with a background in public

finance, including experience in developing State

and local revenue resources;

(III) individuals involved in surface transportation program administration;

(IV) individuals that have conducted academic

research into related issues; and

(V) individuals that provide unique perspectives on current and future requirements for revenue sources to support the Highway Trust Fund

and policies impacting those revenues; and

(ii) shall be balanced geographically to the extent

consistent with maintaining the highest level of expertise on the Commission.

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(C) DATE OF APPOINTMENTS.—The appointment of a

member of the Commission shall be made not later than

120 days after the date of establishment of the Commission.

(D) TERMS.—A member shall be appointed for the life

of the Commission.

(E) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission—

(i) shall not affect the powers of the Commission;

and

(ii) shall be filled in the same manner as the

original appointment was made.

(F) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days after

the date on which all members of the Commission have

been appointed, the Commission shall hold the initial

meeting of the Commission.

(G) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the

call of the Chairperson.

(H) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the

Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number

of members may hold hearings.

(I) VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The Commission shall select

a Vice Chairperson from among the appointed members

of the Commission.

(3) DUTIES.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall—

(i) conduct a comprehensive study of—

(I) the current condition and future needs of

the surface transportation system;

(II) short-term sources of Highway Trust Fund

revenues;

(III) long-term alternatives to replace or

supplement the fuel tax as the principal revenue

source to support the Highway Trust Fund,

including new or alternate sources of revenue;

(IV) revenue sources to fund the needs of the

surface transportation system over at least the

30-year period beginning on the date of enactment

of this Act, including new or alternate sources

of revenue;

(V) revenues flowing into the Highway Trust

Fund under laws in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, including individual components

of the overall flow of the revenues; and

(VI) whether the amount of revenues described

in subclause (V) is likely to increase, decrease,

or remain constant absent any change in law,

taking into consideration the impact of possible

changes in public vehicular choice, fuel use, and

travel alternatives that could be expected to reduce

or increase revenues into the Highway Trust Fund;

(B) develop a conceptual plan, with alternative

approaches, to ensure that the surface transportation

system will continue to serve the needs of the United

States, including specific recommendations regarding

design and operational standards, Federal policies, and

legislative changes;

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concerning essential attributes of Highway Trust Fund revenue alternatives are considered;

(D) consult with representatives of State departments

of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations

and other key interested stakeholders in conducting the

study to ensure that—

(i) the views of the stakeholders on alternative

revenue sources to support State transportation

improvement programs are considered; and

(ii) any recommended Federal financing strategy

takes into account State financial requirements; and

(E) based on the study, make specific recommendations

regarding—

(i) actions that should be taken to develop alternative revenue sources to support the Highway Trust

Fund; and

(ii) the time frame for taking those actions.

(4) RELATED WORK.—To the maximum extent practicable,

the study shall build on related work that has been completed

by—

(A) the Secretary;

(B) the Secretary of Energy;

(C) the Transportation Research Board, including the

findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the recent

study conducted by the Transportation Research Board

on alternatives to the fuel tax to support highway program

financing; and

(D) other entities and persons.

(5) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.—With respect to surface transportation needs, the investigation and study shall

specifically address—

(A) the current condition and performance of the Interstate System (including the physical condition of bridges

and pavements and operational characteristics and

performance), relying primarily on existing data sources;

(B) the future of the Interstate System, based on a

range of legislative and policy approaches for 15-, 30-,

and 50-year time periods;

(C) the expected demographics and business uses that

impact the surface transportation system;

(D) the expected use of the surface transportation

system, including the effects of changing vehicle types,

modes of transportation, fleet size and weights, and traffic

volumes;

(E) desirable design policies and standards for future

improvements of the surface transportation system,

including additional access points;

(F) the identification of urban, rural, national, and

interregional needs for the surface transportation system;

(G) the potential for expansion, upgrades, or other

changes to the surface transportation system, including—

(i) deployment of advanced materials and intelligent technologies;

(ii) critical multistate, urban, and rural corridors

needing capacity, safety, and operational enhancements;

(iii) improvements to intermodal linkages;

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(iv) security and military deployment enhancements;

(v) strategies to enhance asset preservation; and

(vi) implementation strategies;

(H) the improvement of emergency preparedness and

evacuation using the surface transportation system,

including—

(i) examination of the potential use of all modes

of the surface transportation system in the safe and

efficient evacuation of citizens during times of emergency;

(ii) identification of the location of critical bottlenecks; and

(iii) development of strategies to improve system

redundancy, especially in areas with a high potential

for terrorist attacks;

(I) alternatives for addressing environmental concerns

associated with the future development of the surface

transportation system;

(J) the assessment of the current and future capabilities for conducting system-wide real-time performance data

collection and analysis, traffic monitoring, and transportation systems operations and management; and

(K) policy and legislative alternatives for addressing

future needs for the surface transportation system.

(6) FINANCING.—With respect to financing, the study shall

address specifically—

(A) the advantages and disadvantages of alternative

revenue sources to meet anticipated Federal surface

transportation financial requirements;

(B) recommendations concerning the most promising

revenue sources to support long-term Federal surface

transportation financing requirements;

(C) development of a broad transition strategy to move

from the current tax base to new funding mechanisms,

including the time frame for various components of the

transition strategy;

(D) recommendations for additional research that may

be needed to implement recommended alternatives; and

(E) the extent to which revenues should reflect the

relative use of the highway system.

(7) FINANCING RECOMMENDATIONS.—

(A) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In developing

financing recommendations under this subsection, the

Commission shall consider—

(i) the ability to generate sufficient revenues from

all modes to meet anticipated long-term surface

transportation financing needs;

(ii) the roles of the various levels of government

and the private sector in meeting future surface

transportation financing needs;

(iii) administrative costs (including enforcement

costs) to implement each option;

(iv) the expected increase in nontaxed fuels and

the impact of taxing those fuels;

(v) the likely technological advances that could

ease implementation of each option;

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(vi) the equity and economic efficiency of each

option;

(vii) the flexibility of different options to allow

various pricing alternatives to be implemented; and

(viii) potential compatibility issues with State and

local tax mechanisms under each alternative.

(B) NEED AND REVENUE ANALYSIS.—In developing

financing recommendations under this subsection, the

Commission shall distinguish between—

(i) the needs of, and revenues for, the surface

transportation system that are eligible to receive funds

from the Highway Trust Fund; and

(ii) the needs for projects and programs that are

not eligible to receive funds from the Highway Trust

Fund.

(8) TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall

establish a technical advisory committee, in a manner consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.

App.), to collect and evaluate technical input from—

(A) appropriate Federal, State, and local officials with

responsibility for transportation;

(B) appropriate State and local elected officials;

(C) transportation and trade associations;

(D) emergency management officials;

(E) freight providers;

(F) the general public; and

(G) other entities and persons determined to be appropriate by the Secretary to ensure a diverse range of views.

(9) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than July

1, 2007, the Commission shall submit to Congress—

(A) a final report that contains a detailed statement

of the findings and conclusions of the Commission; and

(B) the recommendations of the Commission for such

legislation and administrative actions as the Commission

considers to be appropriate.

(10) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—

(A) HEARINGS.—The Commission may hold such

hearings, meet and act at such times and places, take

such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission considers advisable to carry out this section.

(B) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may secure

directly from a Federal agency such information as

the Commission considers necessary to carry out this

section.

(ii) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—On request of the

Chairperson of the Commission, the head of a Federal

agency shall provide the requested information to the

Commission.

(C) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use the

United States mails in the same manner and under the

same conditions as other agencies of the Federal Government.

(D) DONATIONS.—The Commission may accept, use,

and dispose of donations of services or property.

(11) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.—

Establishment.

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(A) MEMBERS.—A member of the Commission shall

serve without pay but shall be allowed travel expenses,

including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I

of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away

from the home or regular place of business of the member

in the performance of the duties of the Commission.

(B) CONTRACTORS.—The Commission may enter into

agreements with appropriate organizations, agencies, and

entities to conduct the study required under this section,

under the strategic guidance of the Commission.

(C) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—On the request of the

Commission, the Administrator of the Federal Highway

Administration shall provide to the Commission, on a

reimbursable basis, the administrative support and services

necessary for the Commission to carry out the duties of

the Commission under this section.

(D) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—On the request of the Commission, the Secretary may detail, on a reimbursable basis,

any of the personnel of the Department to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out the duties

of the Commission under this section.

(ii) CIVIL SERVICE STATUS.—The detail of the

employee shall be without interruption or loss of civil

service status or privilege.

(12) COOPERATION.—The staff of the Secretary shall

cooperate with the Commission in the study required under

this section, including providing such nonconfidential data and

information as are necessary to conduct the study.

(13) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraphs

(B) and (C), funds made available to carry out this section

shall be available for obligation in the same manner as

if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title

23, United States Code.

(B) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

of the study and the Commission under this section shall

be 100 percent.

(C) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available to carry out

this section shall remain available until expended.

(14) DEFINITION OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.—

In this subsection, the term ‘‘surface transportation system’’

includes—

(A) the National Highway System, as defined in section

103(b) of title 23, United States Code;

(B) congressional high priority corridors;

(C) intermodal connectors;

(D) intermodal freight facilities;

(E) public transportation infrastructure and facilities;

and

(F) freight and intercity passenger bus and rail infrastructure and facilities.

(15) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other

than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section

$1,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007.

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(16) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available

to carry out this section shall be available for obligation in

the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under

chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that such

funds shall remain available until expended, and the Federal

share of the cost of a project under this section shall be as

provided in this section.

(17) TERMINATION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall terminate on

the date that is 180 days after the date on which the

Commission submits the report of the Commission under

paragraph (9).

(B) RECORDS.—Not later than the date of termination

of the Commission under subparagraph (A), all records

and papers of the Commission shall be delivered to the

Archivist of the United States for deposit in the National

Archives.

SEC. 1910. MOTORIST INFORMATION CONCERNING FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this

Act, the Secretary may initiate a rulemaking to determine

whether—

(1) full service restaurants should be given priority on

not more than 2 panels of the camping or attractions logospecific service signs in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control

Devices of the Department of Transportation when the food

logo-specific service sign is fully used; and

(2) full service restaurants should be given priority on

not more than 2 panels of the food logo-specific service signs

in such Manual when the camping or attractions logo-specific

service signs are fully used.

SEC. 1911. APPROVAL AND FUNDING FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION

PROJECTS.

(a) PROJECT APPROVAL.—If the Secretary finds that the project

number STP–189–1(15)CT 3 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, was

not listed in the current regional transportation plan because of

a clerical error, such failure to be listed shall not be a basis

for not approving the project. The Secretary shall make a final

decision on the approval of the project within 30 days after the

date of receipt by the Secretary of a construction authorization

request from the department of transportation for the State of

Georgia.

(b) CONFORMITY DETERMINATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Approval, funding, and implementation

of the project referred to in subsection (a) shall not be subject

to the requirements of part 93 of title 40, Code of Federal

Regulations (or successor regulations).

(2) REGIONAL EMISSIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1),

all subsequent regional emission analyses required by section

93.118 or 93.119 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or

successor regulations), shall include the project.

SEC. 1912. LEAD AGENCY DESIGNATION.

The public entity established under California law in 1989

to acquire rights-of-way in northwestern California to maintain

surface transportation infrastructure is designated as the lead

Deadline.

Georgia.

Deadline.

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agency for the purpose of accepting Federal funds authorized under

item 13 of the table contained in section 1108(b) of the Intermodal

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2061).

SEC. 1913. BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, NORTH DAKOTA.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and regardless

of the source of Federal funds, the Federal share of the eligible

costs of construction of a bridge between Bismarck, North Dakota,

and Mandan, North Dakota, shall be 90 percent.

SEC. 1914. MOTORCYCLIST ADVISORY COUNCIL.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in consultation with

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House

of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public

Works of the Senate, shall appoint a Motorcyclist Advisory Council

to coordinate with and advise the Administrator on infrastructure

issues of concern to motorcyclists, including—

(1) barrier design;

(2) road design, construction, and maintenance practices;

and

(3) the architecture and implementation of intelligent

transportation system technologies.

(b) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall consist of not more than

10 members of the motorcycling community with professional expertise in national motorcyclist safety advocacy, including—

(1) at least—

(A) one member recommended by a national motorcyclist association;

(B) one member recommended by a national motorcycle

riders foundation;

(C) one representative of the National Association of

State Motorcycle Safety Administrators;

(D) two members of State motorcyclists’ organizations;

(E) one member recommended by a national organization that represents the builders of highway infrastructure;

(F) one member recommended by a national association

that represents the traffic safety systems industry; and

(G) one member of a national safety organization; and

(2) at least one, and not more than two, motorcyclists

who are traffic system design engineers or State transportation

department officials.

SEC. 1915. LOAN FORGIVENESS.

Debt outstanding as of the date of enactment of this Act for

project number Q–DPM–0013(001) carried out under section 108(c)

of title 23, United States Code, is deemed satisfied.

SEC. 1916. TREATMENT OF OFF RAMP.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the New Harbor

Boulevard North off-ramp project along the Interstate Route 405

Collector-Distributor Road in Costa Mesa, California (Susan Street

Slip-Ramp), shall be treated for purposes of title 23, United States

Code, as satisfying all Federal requirements, and the California

State department of transportation shall authorize any final

environmental, engineering, or design analyses necessary to

approve, as expeditiously as possible, construction of the project

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consistent with applicable California State operational and safety

standards.

SEC. 1917. OPENING OF INTERSTATE RAMPS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Maryland State highway administration

and the Federal Highway Administration shall work cooperatively—

(1) to expedite the project being developed as of the date

of enactment of this Act to improve Interstate Route 495

through the area of the Arena Drive interchange to allow

for safe exit, including improvements to the adjacent interchanges upstream and downstream along Interstate Route 495;

and

(2) to expedite action on the Interstate access request so

that the Interstate Route 495/Arena Drive interchange can

be opened safely to all vehicles 24 hours per day, 7 days

per week.

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on

the status of opening the Interstate Route 495/Arena Drive interchange to full-time use.

SEC. 1918. CREDIT TO STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR STATE MATCHING

FUNDS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide a credit to the

State of Louisiana in an amount equal to non-Federal Share of

the cost of any planning, engineering, design, or construction work

carried out by the State on any project that the Secretary determines is integral to the project authorized by item number 202

in the table contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 264).

(b) ELIGIBILITY OF CREDIT.—The credit may be used for any

future payment relating to the completion of the project referred

to in subsection (a) that is required by the State under title 23,

United States Code.

SEC. 1919. ROAD USER FEES.

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with

the Public Policy Center of the University of Iowa for an analysis

and report to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury

on a long-term field test of an approach to assessing highway

use fees based upon actual mileage driven by a specific vehicle

on specific types of highways by use of an onboard computer—

(1) which is linked to satellites to calculate highway mileage

traversed;

(2) which computes the appropriate highway use fees for

each of the Federal, State, and local governments as the vehicle

makes use of the highways;

(3) the data from which is periodically downloaded by the

vehicle owner to a collection center for an assessment of highway use fees due in each jurisdiction traversed; and

(4) which includes methods of ensuring privacy of road

users.

(b) COMPONENTS OF FIELD TEST.—The components of the field

test shall include 2 years for preparation, including selection of

vendors and test participants, and a 3-year testing period.

(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit annual reports on

the status of the analysis and, not later than July 1, 2009, a

final report on the results of the analysis, together with findings

Contracts.

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and recommendations. The reports shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House

of Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public

Works and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—

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

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this section $2,000,000 fiscal year 2006

and $3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized under this

subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code; except the Federal share of the cost of

the analysis and report shall be 100 percent, and such funds

shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.

SEC. 1920. TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

(1) Federal-aid highway programs provide State and local

governments and other recipients substantial funds for projects

that produce significant employment and job-training

opportunities.

(2) Every $1,000,000,000 in Federal infrastructure investment creates an estimated 47,500 jobs.

(3) Jobs in transportation construction, including

apprenticeship positions, typically pay more than twice the

minimum wage, and include health and other benefits.

(4) Transportation projects provide the impetus for job

training and employment opportunities for low income individuals residing in the area in which a transportation project

is planned.

(5) Transportation projects can offer young people, particularly those who are economically disadvantaged, the opportunity to gain productive employment.

(6) The Alameda Corridor, a $2,400,000,000 transportation

project, is an example of a transportation project that included

a local hiring provision resulting in a full 30 percent of the

project jobs being filled by locally hired and trained men and

women.

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that

Federal transportation projects should facilitate and encourage the

collaboration between interested persons, including Federal, State,

and local governments, community colleges, apprentice programs,

local high schools, and other community-based organizations that

have an interest in improving the job skills of low-income individuals, to help leverage scarce training and community resources

and to help ensure local participation in the building of transportation projects.

SEC. 1921. UPDATE OF OBSOLETE TEXT.

Section 137(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

in the first sentence by striking ‘‘on the Federal-aid urban system’’

and inserting ‘‘on a Federal-aid highway’’.

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SEC. 1922. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO NONDISCRIMINATION SECTION.

(a) STATE ASSURANCES.—Section 140(a) of title 23, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘subsection (a) of section

105 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 135’’;

(2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘He’’ and inserting

‘‘The Secretary’’;

(3) in the third sentence—

(A) by striking ‘‘shall, where he considers it necessary

to assure’’ and inserting ‘‘if necessary to ensure’’; and

(B) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after ‘‘opportunity,’’; and

(4) in the last sentence—

(A) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’;

and

(B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of

Transportation’’.

(b) HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.—Section 140(b) of such title is amended—

(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘highway construction’’

and inserting ‘‘surface transportation’’; and

(2) in the second sentence—

(A) by striking ‘‘he may deem’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘not to exceed $2,500,000 for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, and’’.

(c) MINORITY BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 140(c)

of such title is amended in the second sentence—

(1) by striking ‘‘subsection 104(b)(3) of this title’’ and

inserting ‘‘section 104(b)(3)’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘he may deem’’.

(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 140(d) of such title is

amended in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AND CONTRACTING’’.

SEC. 1923. TRANSPORTATION ASSETS AND NEEDS OF DELTA REGION.

(a) AGREEMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of

enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement

with the Delta Regional Authority (in this section referred to as

the ‘‘DRA’’) to conduct a comprehensive study of transportation

assets and needs for all modes of transportation (including passenger and freight transportation) in the 8 States comprising the

Delta region (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana,

Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee).

(b) CONSULTATION.—Under the agreement, the DRA, in conducting the study, shall consult with the Department, State

transportation departments, local planning and development districts, local and regional governments, and metropolitan planning

organizations.

(c) REPORT.—Under the agreement, the DRA, not later than

2 years after the date of entry into the agreement, shall submit

to the Secretary and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on

Environment and Public Works of the Senate a final report on

the results of the study, together with such recommendations as

the DRA considers to be appropriate.

(d) PLAN.—Under the agreement, the DRA, upon completion

of the report, shall establish a regional strategic plan to implement

the recommendations of the report.

Deadline.

State listing.

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(e) FUNDING.— (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other

than the Mass Transit Account), to carry out this section

$500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 and 2006.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized by this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner and

to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under

chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that such

funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be

transferable.

SEC. 1924. ALASKA WAY VIADUCT STUDY.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

(1) in 2001, the Alaska Way Viaduct, a critical segment

of the National Highway System in Seattle, Washington, was

seriously damaged by the Nisqually earthquake;

(2) an effort to address the possible repair, retrofit, or

replacement of the Viaduct that conforms with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)

is underway; and

(3) as a result of the efforts referred to in paragraph

(2), a locally preferred alternative for the Viaduct is being

developed.

(b) STUDY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with

the Washington State department of transportation and the

City of Seattle, Washington, shall conduct a comprehensive

study to determine the specific damage to the Alaska Way

Viaduct from the Nisqually earthquake of 2001 that contribute

to the ongoing degradation of the Viaduct.

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The study under paragraph (1) shall—

(A) identify any repair, retrofit, and replacement costs

for the Viaduct that are eligible for additional assistance

from the emergency fund authorized under section 125

of title 23, United States Code, consistent with the emergency relief manual governing eligible expenses from the

emergency fund; and

(B) determine the amount of assistance from the emergency fund for which the Viaduct is eligible.

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report

that describes the findings of the study.

SEC. 1925. COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT STUDY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on—

(1) the role of well-designed transportation projects in—

(A) promoting economic development;

(B) protecting public health, safety, and the environment; and

(C) enhancing the architectural design and planning

of communities; and

(2) the positive economic, cultural, aesthetic, scenic,

architectural, and environmental benefits of such projects for

communities.

(b) CONTENTS.—The study shall address the following:

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(1) The degree to which well-designed transportation

projects have positive economic, cultural, aesthetic, scenic,

architectural, and environmental benefits for communities.

(2) The degree to which such projects protect and contribute

to improvements in public health and safety.

(3) The degree to which such projects use inclusive public

participation processes to achieve quicker, more certain, and

better results.

(4) The degree to which positive results are achieved by

linking transportation, design, and the implementation of

community visions for the future.

(5) Facilitating the use of successful models or best practices in transportation investment or development to accomplish

each of the following:

(A) Enhancement of community identity.

(B) Protection of public health and safety.

(C) Provision of a variety of choices in housing, shopping, transportation, employment, and recreation.

(D) Preservation and enhancement of existing infrastructure.

(E) Creation of a greater sense of community through

public involvement.

(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 20, 2007, the Secretary

shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment

and Public Works of the Senate a report on the results of the

study.

(d) ADMINISTRATION.—To carry out this section, the Secretary

shall make a grant to, or enter into a cooperative agreement or

contract with, a national organization representing architects who

have expertise in the design of a wide range of transportation

and infrastructure projects, which include the design of buildings,

public facilities, and surrounding communities.

(e) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amounts made available to carry

out the transportation, community, and system preservation program by section 1117 of this Act $1,000,000 shall be available

for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out this section;

except that, notwithstanding section 1117(g) of this Act, the Federal

share of the cost of the study shall be 100 percent.

SEC. 1926. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.

The Department of Transportation and each agency in the

Department shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee

on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a budget justification concurrently with the President’s annual budget submission

to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 1927. 14TH AMENDMENT HIGHWAY AND 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION

HIGHWAY.

Not later than December 31, 2005, any funds made available

to commission studies and reports regarding construction of a route

linking Augusta, Georgia, Macon, Georgia, Columbus, Georgia,

Montgomery, Alabama, and Natchez, Mississippi and a route

linking through Savannah, Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, and Knoxville, Tennessee, shall be provided to the Secretary to—

(1) carry out a study and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the steps and estimatedReports.

State listing.

49 USC 301 note.

Grants.

Contracts.

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funding necessary to construct a route for the 14th Amendment

Highway, from Augusta, Georgia, to Natchez, Mississippi (formerly designated the Fall Line Freeway in the State of

Georgia); and

(2) carry out a study and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the steps and estimated

funding necessary to designate and construct a route for the

3rd Infantry Division Highway, extending from Savannah,

Georgia, to Knoxville, Tennessee, by way of Augusta, Georgia

(formerly the Savannah River Parkway in the State of Georgia).

SEC. 1928. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BUY AMERICA.

It is the sense of Congress that—

(1) the Buy America test required by section 165 of the

Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 101

note) needs to be applied to an entire bridge project and not

only to component parts of such project;

(2) the law clearly states that domestic materials must

be used in Federal highway projects unless there is a finding

that the inclusion of domestic materials will increase the cost

of the overall project by more than 25 percent;

(3) uncertainty regarding how to apply Buy America laws

for major bridge projects threatens the domestic bridge

industry;

(4) because the Nation’s unemployment rate continues to

hover around 5.6 percent, steps are needed to protect American

workers and the domestic bridge building industry; and

(5) the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) was

designed to ensure that, when taxpayer money is spent on

direct Federal Government procurement and infrastructure

projects, these expenditures stimulate United States production

and job creation.

SEC. 1929. DESIGNATION OF DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN INTERSTATE

HIGHWAY.

(a) DESIGNATION.—The portion of Interstate Route 86 in the

State of New York, extending from the Pennsylvania border near

Lake Erie through Orange County, New York, shall be known

and designated as the ‘‘Daniel Patrick Moynihan Interstate Highway’’.

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation,

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the highway portion referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be

a reference to the ‘‘Daniel Patrick Moynihan Interstate Highway’’.

SEC. 1930. DESIGNATION OF THOMAS P. ‘‘TIP’’ O’NEILL, JR. TUNNEL.

(a) DESIGNATION.—In honor of his service to the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts and the United States, and in recognition of

his contributions toward the construction of the Central Artery

project in Boston, the northbound and southbound tunnel of Interstate Route 93, located in the City of Boston, which extends north

of the intersection of Interstate Route 90 and Interstate Route

93 to the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, shall be known

and designated as the ‘‘Thomas P. ‘Tip’ O’Neill, Jr. Tunnel’’.

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the tunnel

referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference

to the ‘‘Thomas P. ‘Tip’ O’Neill, Jr. Tunnel’’.

Massachusetts.

New York.

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SEC. 1931. RICHARD NIXON PARKWAY, CALIFORNIA.

(a) DESIGNATION.—The segment of the Imperial Highway

located between California State Route 91 and Esperanza Road

in the State of California shall be known and designated as the

‘‘Richard Nixon Parkway’’.

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation,

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the highway segment referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be

a reference to the ‘‘Richard Nixon Parkway’’.

SEC. 1932. AMO HOUGHTON BYPASS.

(a) DESIGNATION.—The 3-mile segment of Interstate Route 86

between its interchange with New York State Route 15 in the

vicinity of Painted Post, New York, and its interchange with New

York State Route 352 in the vicinity of Corning, New York, shall

be known and designated as the ‘‘Amo Houghton Bypass’’.

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation,

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the highway segment referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be

a reference to the ‘‘Amo Houghton Bypass’’.

SEC. 1933. BILLY TAUZIN ENERGY CORRIDOR.

(a) DESIGNATION.—Louisiana Route 1 shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Billy Tauzin Energy Corridor’’.

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation,

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the highway segment referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be

a reference to the ‘‘Billy Tauzin Energy Corridor’’.

SEC. 1934. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2005 through

2009, there are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway

Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) such sums

as are necessary to make allocations in accordance with paragraph (2) to carry out each project described in the table contained in subsection (c), at the amount specified for each such

project in that table.

(2) ALLOCATION PERCENTAGES.—Of the total amount specified for each project described in the table contained in subsection (c), 10 percent for fiscal year 2005, 20 percent for

fiscal year 2006, 25 percent for fiscal year 2007, 25 percent

for fiscal year 2008, and 20 percent for fiscal year 2009 shall

be allocated to carry out each such project in that table.

(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds authorized to be appropriated to

carry out this subsection shall be available for obligation in

the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under

chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the

funds shall remain available until expended.

(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a

project under this section shall be determined in accordance

with section 120 of such title.

(c) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsections (a) and (b)

is as follows:

Louisiana.

New York.

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Transportation Improvements

No. State Project Description Amount

1. AK Denali Commission for docks, waterfront development projects and related transportation infrastructure .................................................................. $20,000,000

2. AK Improvements to the Knik Arm Bridge ................... $20,000,000

3. AK Upgrades on the Dalton Highway, including but

not limited to design, engineering, permitting,

and construction ..................................................... $500,000

4. AK Upgrades on the Richardson Highway, including

but not limited to design, engineering, permitting, and construction ............................................ $500,000

5. AK Anchorage: Intermodal facility improvements at

the Port of Anchorage ............................................ $7,000,000

6. AK Petersburg: Road improvements, including but not

limited to design, engineering, permitting, and

construction ............................................................. $500,000

7. AK Tanana: Dust Control Mitigation ............................. $500,000

8. AK Anchorage: Dimond Center Intermodal Facility, including but not limited to design, engineering,

permitting, and construction ................................. $500,000

9. AK Homer: Intermodal deep-water dock facility improvements .............................................................. $2,000,000

10. AK Anchorage: Study, design, and engineering of Knik

crossing approach routes to minimize traffic congestion ..................................................................... $2,000,000

11. AK Sitka: World War II Causeway Trail and Multi-use

Pathway projects .................................................... $1,000,000

12. AK McGrath: Road erosion control along the Yukon

River ........................................................................ $500,000

13. AK Ketchikan: Improve marine dry-dock and facilities $20,000,000

14. AL Preliminary Engineering, Design, Right-Of-Way

Acquisition and Construction of the Tuscaloosa

Bypass, Alabama .................................................... $5,000,000

15. AL Preliminary Engineering, Design, Right-Of-Way

Acquisition and Construction of the I–10 Connector, Alabama ...................................................... $5,000,000

16. AL Preliminary Engineering, Design, Right-Of-Way

Acquisition and Construction of the I–85 Extension, Alabama ......................................................... $50,000,000

17. CA Century Boulevard Pedestrian Safety and Transportation Improvements in City of Inglewood ..... $3,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

18. CA Hilmar/Turlock California Highway 99 Interchange Engineering and Construction in Merced

County ..................................................................... $1,000,000

19. CA Port of Hueneme Intermodal Access Improvement

Access Improvement Project, including grade

separation at Rice Avenue and State Route 34;

widen Hueneme Road ............................................ $1,000,000

20. CA Widen Northbound I–405 between I–10 and U.S.

101 for HOV Lane .................................................. $30,000,000

21. CA Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority ...... $30,000,000

22. CO Improvements to I–70/Havana/Yosemite Interchange ...................................................................... $3,000,000

23. CO Improvements to Wadsworth and U.S. 36 Interchange in Broomfield ............................................. $2,000,000

24. CO Improvements to Bromley Lane and U.S. 85 Interchange ...................................................................... $1,000,000

25. CO Improvements to C470 and U.S. 85 Interchange .... $4,000,000

26. CO Improvements to Hwy 34 and I–25 Interchange

(Loveland/Greeley exit) .......................................... $2,000,000

27. CO Improvements to Hwy 16 and I–25 Interchange

(Fort Carson—Phase I) .......................................... $3,000,000

28. CO Improvements to Hwy 50 from Las Animas to

Lamar ...................................................................... $12,000,000

29. CO Improvements to Hwy 395 and I–25 (at Windsor

exit) .......................................................................... $2,000,000

30. CO Improvements to Pecos Street Overpass (Adams

County) .................................................................... $3,000,000

31. CO Improvements to U.S. 285 and Deer Creek Interchange ...................................................................... $1,000,000

32. CO Improvements to U.S. 50 and Hwy 115 (safety improvements) ............................................................. $2,000,000

33. CO Improvements to Glenwood Springs Bridge ............ $1,000,000

34. CO Improvements to 104th and U.S. 85 Intersection ... $1,000,000

35. CT Development and demonstration in Connecticut of

fuel cell technologies for buses in urban areas .... $5,000,000

36. CT Improvements to I–95 in Connecticut, including

the Pearl Harbor Memorial/Q Bridge, from the

State border with New York to the State border

with Rhode Island .................................................. $50,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

37. DE Planning, Design, and Construction of the Energy

Exploration Center at Destination Station in Rehoboth Beach .......................................................... $1,000,000

38. DE Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Analysis of the Middletown to Newark Rail Connection ........................................................................... $4,000,000

39. DE Develop and construct an alternative route for

truck traffic in the core downtown area of Harrington ..................................................................... $8,500,000

40. DE Build the Pomeroy Line Pedestrian/Bicycle Trail

and Facility in Newark .......................................... $4,771,000

41. DE Infrastructure and Streetscape Improvements on

Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth .............................. $6,750,000

42. DE University of Delaware’s Automotive Based Fuel

Cell Hybrid Bus Program in Newark ................... $4,979,000

43. DE Design and Construct the Indian River Inlet

Bridge on SR 1 in Sussex County ......................... $5,000,000

44. FL Tamiami Trail Skyway Transportation Study ......... $1,000,000

45. FL Sand Lake Road Improvements between President’s Drive and I–4 ............................................... $3,000,000

46. FL New systems interchange ramps at SR 417 and

Boggy Creek Road in Orange County, Florida ..... $2,000,000

47. FL Florida SIS projects in Miami-Dade County ............ $5,000,000

48. FL Hillsborough County I–4 Crosstown Connector—

Construction of I–4 crosstown connector from I–4

to Port of Tampa ..................................................... $7,000,000

49. FL Sand Lake Road Improvements between Presidents Drive and I–4 ................................................ $6,000,000

50. FL Gulf Coast Parkway, Final design, engineering,

and construction for a 2-lane Gulf Coast/U.S. 98

bypass ...................................................................... $7,000,000

51. GA Queens Road widening and reconstruction Cobb

County ..................................................................... $1,000,000

52. GA Widening Cedarcrest Rd. from Paulding County to

Governor’s Towne ................................................... $1,000,000

53. GA U.S. 84 Connector/Bypass from west of U.S. 84/SR

119 west of Hinesville to U.S. 84/SR 196 south of

Flemington, Liberty County .................................. $1,000,000

54. GA SR 746/SE Rome Bypass from SR 101 U.S. 411

Floyd County ........................................................... $4,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

55. GA SR 204/Abercorn Street from King George Boulevard to Rio Road widening .................................... $4,000,000

56. GA SR 96 from I–75 to old Hawkinsville Road widening and reconstruction ....................................... $4,000,000

57. GA SR 40 from west of CR 61 to SR 25/U.S. 17 widening ........................................................................ $4,000,000

58. GA SR 40 from east of St. Mary’s cut off at mile post

5.0, Charlton County, to County Route 61, Camden County Widening ............................................. $2,000,000

59. GA I–75 interchanges from north of Tifton to Turner

County line interchange reconstruction ............... $4,000,000

60. GA I–75/Windy Hill Road interchange reconstruction,

Cobb County ............................................................ $5,000,000

61. GA Interchange capacity improvements at I–285 and

Ashford-Dunwoody Road ........................................ $3,000,000

62. GA I–75/CR 65/Union Grove Road—New interchange,

Gordon County ........................................................ $3,500,000

63. GA SR 85 widening from Adams Drive to I–75 and reconstruct the Forest Parkway interchange .......... $3,500,000

64. GA City of Jesup, Georgia for transportation improvements ....................................................................... $2,500,000

65. GA Walker County, Georgia for transportation improvements .............................................................. $2,500,000

66. GA Catoosa County, Georgia for transportation improvements .............................................................. $2,500,000

67. GA I–75/CR 665/Carbondale Road interchange reconstruction, Whitfield County ................................... $4,000,000

68. GA U.S. 411/SR 20 Access Rights from Floyd County

to U.S. 41/SR 3 for transportation improvements $3,500,000

69. HI Saddle Road traffic improvements on the Island of

Hawaii ..................................................................... $10,000,000

70. HI Kapolei traffic improvements on the Island of

Oahu ........................................................................ $5,000,000

71. HI Queen Kaahumanu Highway traffic improvements

on the Island of Hawaii ......................................... $5,000,000

72. IA Iowa State University, National Center for Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Technology ...... $10,000,000

73. IA University of Northern Iowa, Native Roadside

Vegetation Enhancement Center, construction

and equipment ........................................................ $1,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

74. IA University of Iowa, Public Policy Center—Field

Test of Onboard Computer Assessment of Highway User Fees ........................................................ $4,000,000

75. IA Drake University, 28th and Carpenter Streets Improvements, Des Moines ........................................ $1,500,000

76. IA Loess Hills Scenic Byways/Resource Protection,

Western Iowa .......................................................... $330,000

77. IA Great River Road National Scenic Byway, Rivers

to the Sea, Dubuque County ................................. $5,000,000

78. IA Great River Road National Scenic Byway, Mud

Lake Road, Dubuque County ................................. $600,000

79. IA Great River Road National Scenic Byway, Renovating Old Fort Madision ..................................... $37,445

80. IA Great River Road National Scenic Byway, Louisa

County ..................................................................... $1,700,000

81. IA Great River Road National Scenic Byway,

Montrose .................................................................. $73,500

82. IA Wapsi-Great Western Trail System, Mitchell and

Howard Counties .................................................... $2,300,000

83. IA Lewis and Clark Trail Study .................................... $250,000

84. IA Recreation Trail, Comanche to Clinton .................... $2,100,000

85. IA Mississippi River Trail, Heritage Trail, Dubuque

County ..................................................................... $1,680,000

86. IA Mississippi River Trail, Bridge at Credit Island,

Davenport ................................................................ $2,000,000

87. IA Mississippi River Trail, Leach Park in Bettendorf

to Riverdale ............................................................. $2,165,000

88. IA American Discovery Trail, Hoover Nature Trail

connect to Ely ......................................................... $200,000

89. IA American Discovery Trail, connection to Clear

Creek Trail, Coralville ........................................... $450,000

90. IA Downtown Improvement Project, DeWitt ................ $1,700,000

91. IA 19th Avenue North Connector, Clinton .................... $1,500,000

92. IA McCollister Boulevard, Iowa City (HP: 830) ............ $3,000,000

93. IA County Home Road, Linn County ............................. $1,200,000

94. IA Collins Road, Cedar Rapids ....................................... $6,000,000

95. IA I–80/Middle Road Interchange Justification Report

with Environmental Assessment, Bettendorf ...... $500,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

96. IA Highway K–35, Woodbury County ........................... $1,000,000

97. IA National Transportation Heroes Center and Regional Transportation Archival, Research, and

Library Center, Grinnell ........................................ $3,600,000

98. IA Highway 4 Underpass, Jefferson .............................. $3,000,000

99. IA IA 92 Project, Indianola ............................................. $2,000,000

100. IA Rehabilitation and Retrofit of Historic Boone

County Wagon Bridge ............................................ $800,000

101. IA Lincoln Highway Rehabilitation and Restoration

Project, Woodbine ................................................... $203,870

102. IA IA 57/West 1st Street Reconstruction, Cedar Falls $3,000,000

103. IA Scotch Ridge Project, Carlisle ................................... $2,022,000

104. IA U.S. 63 Improvements, Chickasaw, Bremer, and

Black Hawk Counties (HP: 858) ........................... $1,486,185

105. IA Study of Direct Link to I–80, Pella (HP: 54) ........... $110,000

106. IA Construction of 100th Street Interchange on I–35/

80, Urbandale (HP: 86) .......................................... $220,000

107. IA Central Iowa Trail Loop, Ankeny to Woodward

(HP: 146) ................................................................. $720,000

108. IA Study for NE Beltway, Polk County (HP: 209) ....... $110,000

109. IA Widening University Boulevard, Clive (HP: 275) .... $220,000

110. IA Reconstruction of NW Madrid Drive, Polk County

(HP: 396) ................................................................. $220,000

111. IA Widening of Highway 44, Grimes (HP: 834) ............ $2,020,000

112. IA NW 70th Avenue Reconstruction, Johnston (HP:

848) .......................................................................... $2,100,000

113. IA U.S. 6 Final Phase of Safety Improvements,

Coralville (HP: 1098) .............................................. $440,000

114. IA Construct IA–32 Arterial from U.S. 20 to U.S. 61

and 151, Dubuque (HP: 1145) ............................... $4,180,000

115. IA Construct Trail from Musser Park to Weggens

Road, Muscatine (HP: 1243) .................................. $110,000

116. IA Reconstruction of Neal Smith Trail, Polk County

(HP: 1284) ............................................................... $792,000

117. IA Reconstruction of NE 56th Street, Eastern Polk

County (HP: 1540) .................................................. $220,000

118. IA Hoeven Corridor/Outer Drive Project, Sioux City

(HP: 1581) ............................................................... $440,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

119. IA Phase III of Main Street Project, Amana (HP:

1791) ........................................................................ $220,000

120. IA Improvements at IA 146 and I–80 Interchange,

Grinnell (HP: 2182) ................................................ $220,000

121. IA Construct SW Connector, West Des Moines (HP:

2248) ........................................................................ $3,440,000

122. IA U.S. 20 Mississippi River Bridges and Approaches,

Dubuque (HP: 2574) ............................................... $5,500,000

123. IA I–35 Interchange Improvements, Ankeny (HP:

2837) ........................................................................ $1,100,000

124. IA Construction of NW 26th Street Interchange I–35,

Polk County (HP: 3258) ......................................... $220,000

125. IA Construct Principal Riverwalk, Des Moines (HP:

3298) ........................................................................ $1,100,000

126. IA Design, rehabilitation and construction of Clear

Creek Greenway and associated trails in Johnson County .............................................................. $800,000

127. IA Design and construction of Central IA Trail Loop

from Ankeny to Woodward .................................... $1,000,000

128. IA Design, ROW and construction of Ely Connector

Trail in Linn County .............................................. $400,000

129. IA Reconstruction of rail line from Oelwein to DeWar $1,000,000

130. IA Purchase and rehabilitation of 9 mile Rail spur to

Bondurant ............................................................... $1,000,000

131. IA ROW and construction of Mississippi River Trail

and related trails in Dubuque County .................. $1,000,000

132. IA ROW and construction of Mississippi River Trail

and related trails in Scott-Muscatine Counties ... $1,000,000

133. IA Construction of SW Arterial, IA–32 Dubuque ......... $6,800,000

134. IA Construction of Cedar Falls trails ............................ $1,000,000

135. IA Construction of Hwy 63 in Waterloo ........................ $3,000,000

136. IA Kimberly Road improvements and construction in

Davenport ................................................................ $3,000,000

137. IA Mississippi River Trail, Allamakee County ............. $4,900,000

138. IA U.S. 71 Bypass, Spencer ............................................ $5,000,000

139. ID Transportation improvements to widen U.S. 95,

Worley to Mica Creek ............................................. $5,000,000

140. ID Transportation Improvements to Improve SH 75,

Timmerman to Ketchum ........................................ $2,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

141. ID Construct Interchange on I–84 at Ten-Mile Road,

Meridian, Idaho ...................................................... $2,000,000

142. ID Reconstruct Grangemont Road (ID Forest Hwy 67)

from Orofino to MP 9.3, Segment I, II, and III .... $1,000,000

143. IL Preconstruction and construction activities of U.S.

51 between Decatur and Vandalia ........................ $7,500,000

144. IL Preconstruction and construction of North-South

Wacker Drive in Chicago ....................................... $15,000,000

145. IL Construct new Mississippi River Bridge and related roads in the vicinity of East St. Louis ........ $14,000,000

146. IL Replace I–74 Bridge in Quad Cities (Moline) .......... $3,500,000

147. IL Conduct study of U.S. 67 bridge over Illinois River

in Beardstown ......................................................... $2,000,000

148. IL Improvements to the intersection of IL 13 and 37

in Marion ................................................................. $1,000,000

149. IL Construction to improve access of Interstate 57/64

in Mount Vernon .................................................... $2,000,000

150. IL Construction of Joliet Arsenal Road Improvements

in Will County ........................................................ $1,000,000

151. IL Continue expansion of IL 336 in Macomb-Peoria ... $2,000,000

152. IL Preconstruction and construction of IL 13 Connector in Harrisburg .............................................. $2,000,000

153. IN Improvements to existing roadway/railroad crossings, City of Vincennes, Indiana ........................... $5,000,000

154. IN Improvements to existing rail-highway crossings,

City of Elkhart, Indiana ........................................ $5,000,000

155. KS Widen South Meridian Street from 47th Street

South to 71st Street South in Sedgwick County,

KS ............................................................................ $3,000,000

156. KS Widen 21st Street North, eastward from Hwy K–

96 to the Butler County line in Sedgwick County $2,600,000

157. KS Reconstruction of railroad and road grade separation project eliminating four high volume at

grade crossings on Ridgeview Street, Santa Fe

Street, Loula Street, and Park Street in Olathe,

KS ............................................................................ $2,000,000

158. KS Construction of South Bypass for Highway 56 in

Great Bend .............................................................. $2,000,000

159. KS Street and sidewalk replacement in downtown Fort

Scott ......................................................................... $400,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

160. KS Construction and improvements to RS 255 south of

U.S. Highway 156 associated with the Horse

Thief Reservoir in Hodgeman County .................. $3,600,000

161. KS Bridge replacement on Johnson Drive and Nall

Ave. associated with the Rock Creek Project in

Mission .................................................................... $1,200,000

162. KS Reconstruction of the box under U.S. Highway 56

on Windsor Lane associated with the Rock Creek

Project in Fairway .................................................. $200,000

163. KS Reconstruction of the Mission Road Bridge associated with the Rock Creek Project in Fairway, KS $1,000,000

164. KS Rehabilitation and reconstruction of U.S. 169 and

interchange with U.S. 166 in Montgomery County .............................................................................. $2,000,000

165. KS U.S. Highway 50 Shoulder widening between

Dodge City and Garden City, KS .......................... $2,000,000

166. KY 21st Century Parks Project in Louisville, Kentucky $38,000,000

167. KY Construction of new I–65 Interchange in Warren

County, Kentucky ................................................... $12,000,000

168. KY Owensboro Riverfront Development Project in

Owensboro, Kentucky ............................................. $10,000,000

169. KY Transportation Improvements to AA–I–275 Connector, Campbell County ....................................... $8,000,000

170. KY Transportation Improvements to U.S. 60

Owensboro, Daviess County .................................. $2,000,000

171. LA Construction of the Leeville Bridge from Port

Fouchon to Golden Meadow ................................... $10,000,000

172. MA Construct rail freight corridor improvements between Boston and Worcester ................................. $9,000,000

173. MA Design and construct bicycle and pedestrian trails

in Barnstable County ............................................. $3,000,000

174. MA Rutherford Avenue Improvements in Boston .......... $9,000,000

175. MA Design and construct roadway and streetscape improvements along State Street in Springfield ...... $5,000,000

176. MA Construct I–91 Corridor Intelligent Transportation

System Communications Network, Hampden,

Hampshire, and Franklin Counties ...................... $4,000,000

177. MA Design and construct roadway and streetscape improvements along Main Street and Maywood

Street, Worcester, MA ............................................ $2,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

178. MA Design and construct downtown roadway and

streetscape improvements in Brockton ................. $2,000,000

179. MA Design, engineering, and construction at I–93 The

Junction Interchange, Andover, Tewksbury, and

Wilmington .............................................................. $4,000,000

180. MA Gainsborough St. and St. Botolph Street Improvements in Boston ...................................................... $2,000,000

181. MD Upgrade MD 175 in Anne Arundel County between

MD 170 and BW Parkway ..................................... $5,000,000

182. MD Improve U.S. 40, MD 715 interchange at Aberdeen

Proving Ground ...................................................... $5,000,000

183. MD Upgrade MD 4 at Suitland Parkway ........................ $5,000,000

184. MD Construct Fort McHenry Visitors Center and related parking facilities ........................................... $2,000,000

185. ME Plan and construct North-South Aroostook highways to improve access to the St. John Valley,

including Presque Isle Bypass and other improvements .............................................................. $5,000,000

186. ME Repair and improvement of Deer Isle-Sedgwick

Bridge ...................................................................... $3,000,000

187. ME Construction of Calais/St. Stephen Border Crossing

Project ...................................................................... $1,000,000

188. ME Replacement of Waldo-Hancock Bridge .................... $1,000,000

189. ME Improvements and construction of U.S. Route 1A

and State Route 9 in Bangor, Maine .................... $1,500,000

190. ME Planning and construction of the Gorham Bypass,

Gorham, Maine ....................................................... $2,500,000

191. ME Access and Traffic Improvements to Route 15 in

Brewer, Maine ........................................................ $500,000

192. ME Sedgewick—Deer Isle Bridge, Sedgewick, Maine .... $3,000,000

193. ME Augusta Memorial Bridge improvements, Augusta,

Maine ....................................................................... $1,000,000

194. ME Replacement of Waldo-Hancock and construction of

related pedestrian walkways ................................. $1,000,000

195. ME Research development of Cathodic Bridge Protection to extend the life of concrete bridges and

Marine structures within varied climates ............ $500,000

196. MI Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, West Riverfront

Walkway, Greenway and Adjacent Land Acquisition, from Riverfront Towers to Ambassador

Bridge, Detroit ........................................................ $20,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

197. MI Reconstruct and widen I–94 in Kalamazoo ............. $20,000,000

198. MI Construction of a new at-grade crossing and I–75

interchange to reconnect Milbocker and McCoy

Roads and a new overpass to reconnect Van Tyle

to South Wisconsin Road in Gaylord .................... $7,000,000

199. MI The Trowbridge Road Extension to Farm Lane,

Ingham County, MI, Farm Lane between Mount

Hope Road and Trowbridge Road with underpasses for CN and CSX railroad crossings ........... $6,000,000

200. MI East Riverfront, completion of Detroit Riverfront

East Walkway, Detroit ........................................... $3,000,000

201. MI Alger County, Repaving a portion of H–58 between

Sullivan Creek towards Little Beaver Road ......... $11,000,000

202. MI Jackson Road Boulevard Project, Scio Township .... $5,000,000

203. MI Blue Water Bridge Plaza Expansion, Improve

Highway connections along I–94 and I–69 Port

Huron ...................................................................... $18,000,000

204. MI Midtown Detroit Greenway Loop, Detroit Cultural

Center in Detroit .................................................... $2,000,000

205. MI Pinnacle Aeropark Access Project in Wayne County .............................................................................. $2,000,000

206. MI Washington Ave. Streetscape and rail relocation in

Saginaw ................................................................... $1,000,000

207. MI U.S. 131 widening from the Manistee River to

north of M–113 in Grand Traverse County .......... $3,000,000

208. MI 11 Mile Road Reconstruction—Berkley, Huntington Woods, Oak Park ....................................... $2,000,000

209. MN Phase III construction of Trunk Highway 610–10 .. $8,000,000

210. MN Polk, Pennington, Marshall County 10-Ton Corridor in Northwestern Minnesota ......................... $2,000,000

211. MO Mississippi River Bridge St. Louis, Missouri ........... $25,000,000

212. MO I–29 Paseo Bridge Kansas City, Missouri ................ $50,000,000

213. MO Page Ave. Extension, Phase 2, St. Charles County,

Missouri ................................................................... $20,000,000

214. MO U.S. 67 Corridor from Butler to St. Francois County, Missouri line ...................................................... $15,000,000

215. MO Lewis and Clark Expressway, 39th Street to Hwy

24, Jackson County, Missouri ................................ $30,000,000

216. MO Hwy 54 Lake Ozark Bypass, Miller and Camden

Counties, Missouri .................................................. $3,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1497

Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

217. MO Hwy 13 Warrensburg Bypass, Johnson County,

Missouri ................................................................... $10,000,000

218. MO I–55 Interchange at Main Street, Cape Girardeau,

Missouri ................................................................... $5,000,000

219. MO Rt. 13 in Polk County, Missouri CR 490 to Pinewood Drive .............................................................. $20,000,000

220. MO Widen Rt. 66 Duquesne Rd. to Rt. 249, Jasper

County, Missouri .................................................... $10,000,000

221. MO Grand Ave. Bridge Replacement, St. Louis City,

Missouri ................................................................... $15,000,000

222. MO Hwy 36 Macon to Rt. 24, Marion, Ralls, Monroe,

Shelby and Macon Counties .................................. $7,000,000

223. MO Ramsey Creek Bridge, Scott County, Missouri ....... $5,000,000

224. MO Upgrades to MO Route 14 between U.S. 160 and

U.S. 65 in Christian County .................................. $6,000,000

225. MO Upgrades to Scott Road (MO Route TT) between

Rollins Road and Brookview Terrace in Boone

County ..................................................................... $3,500,000

226. MO Construction of riverfront trails in the City of Warsaw ........................................................................... $500,000

227. MS Widen State Highway 57 from I–10 through

Vancleave ................................................................ $32,000,000

228. MS Widening of I–55 from Highway 304 in DeSoto

County to TN State line ......................................... $8,000,000

229. MS Byram-Clinton/Norrell Corridor—Connects the

Norrell Road Interchange on I–20 to the ByramClinton Multimodal Corridor on I–55 ................... $5,000,000

230. MS South Entrance Loop—Mississippi State University ........................................................................... $5,000,000

231. MS Highway 44 Extension/Pearl River Bridge Project,

Lawrence and Marion Counties ............................ $5,000,000

232. MS U.S. Highway 78, New Albany Interchange ............ $5,000,000

233. MS Interstate 69, Unfinished Sections, Mississippi ...... $35,000,000

234. MT Zimmerman Trail Project, Billings, Montana .......... $7,000,000

235. MT Taylor Hill Road reconstruction, Secondary 234,

Montana .................................................................. $3,000,000

236. MT Develop and construct Shiloh Road reconstruction

project, Billings ....................................................... $10,000,000

237. MT Develop and construct U.S. 93 Kalispell Bypass

project ...................................................................... $30,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

238. MT Develop and construct St. Mary water project road

and bridge infrastructure including: New bridge

and approaches across St. Mary River, stabilization and improvements to U.S. 89, and road/

canal from Siphon Bridge to Spider Lake ............ $8,000,000

239. MT U.S. 2, corridor feasibility study, environmental review and construction, which may include construction of a 4-lane highway, for roadway sections from Glasgow east to the North Dakota

State line, provided that all currently programmed highway improvement projects move

forward .................................................................... $10,000,000

240. MT Develop East Belgrade Interchange and connecting

roadways to include environmental review .......... $8,000,000

241. MT Reconstruct Marysville Road consistent with final

environmental document, Lewis and Clark

County ..................................................................... $5,000,000

242. MT Develop and construct transportation enhancements including bicycle/pedestrian trails, landscaping, footbridges, parks, and river access on

and in the vicinity of the Milltown Dam Site,

Missoula County and Deer Lodge County ............ $5,000,000

243. MT Develop Billings bypass, Yellowstone County ......... $7,000,000

244. MT Develop Great Falls South Arterial, including environmental review .................................................... $4,500,000

245. MT Develop and construct Helena I–15 corridor consistent with final environmental document and

record of decision .................................................... $10,000,000

246. MT Develop and construct U.S. 212 Red Lodge North .. $22,000,000

247. MT Develop and construct Whitefish pedestrian and

bicycle trails ............................................................ $3,000,000

248. MT Develop and construct parking lot and transportation enhancements including bicycle/pedestrian trails and urban plaza, serving the City of

Bozeman Public Library ........................................ $1,125,000

249. MT U.S. 2, Swamp Creek East roadway and bridge reconstruction, Lincoln County ................................. $6,000,000

250. MT Russell Street reconstruction and bridge expansion

over the Clark Fork River, Missoula .................... $6,000,000

251. MT Conrad I–15 North Interchange modifications to

provide access east of the current interchange,

Pondera County ...................................................... $4,000,000

252. MT Develop and improve access road and structure

serving the Port of Montana and Silicon Mountain Technology Park ............................................. $4,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1499

Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

253. NC Construction and expansion of Little Sugar Creek

Greenway, Charlotte .............................................. $2,000,000

254. NC Falls of Neuse Road Widening and Improvement,

Raleigh .................................................................... $1,000,000

255. NC Transportation Improvements at Piedmont Triad

Research Park, Winston Salem ............................. $1,000,000

256. NC Plan, design, and construct the 10th street Connector Project in Greenville ................................... $1,000,000

257. NC Randall Parkway Widening and Improvement,

Wilmington .............................................................. $1,000,000

258. NC Construction and improvement of I–73, I–74, U.S.

220, in Montgomery and Randolph Counties ....... $1,000,000

259. NC U.S. 1 Bypass and improvements around Rockingham .......................................................................... $1,000,000

260. NC Design, engineering, and construction of I–77/Catawba Avenue Interchange, Cornelius .................. $1,000,000

261. NC Eliminate highway-railway crossings in City of

Fayetteville ............................................................. $1,000,000

262. NC Right-of-way acquisition and construction of U.S.

74 bypass, Monroe .................................................. $3,000,000

263. NC Transportation improvements for the Piedmont

Triad Research Park, Winston-Salem ................... $2,000,000

264. NC Acquire right-of-way and construct a new highway

that will begin at NC 58 and follow east to U.S.

301, Wilson .............................................................. $2,000,000

265. NC Transfer of the Williams Street railroad switching

operation to the Milan Yard switching operation

site, Fayetteville ..................................................... $3,000,000

266. ND Reconstruction of the Bismarck-Mandan Liberty

Memorial Bridge over Missouri River ................... $16,000,000

267. ND Develop and construct freight intermodal project in

North Dakota, including access road construction ........................................................................... $2,000,000

268. ND Rural transportation safety and security research

at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University ................ $2,000,000

269. ND U.S. 12 Improvements between Bowman and

Hettinger ................................................................. $3,000,000

270. ND Replace Red River Valley Bridge at Drayton, ND .. $3,000,000

271. ND U.S. 83 Reconstruction from Max to ND 23 Southbound ....................................................................... $500,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

272. ND U.S. 83 Rehabilitation from Linton to Hazelton ..... $4,500,000

273. ND I–29 Vertical Clearance Improvements from

Bowesmont to the Canadian Border ..................... $2,000,000

274. ND U.S. 281 Reconstruction from Edgely to the junction of ND 46 .......................................................... $7,000,000

275. NE Construction of the Antelope Valley Transportation Improvement Project in Lincoln ................. $3,800,000

276. NE Design and construction of the Cuming Street

Transportation Improvement Project in Omaha .. $5,700,000

277. NE Design and construction of the I–80-Cherry Avenue Interchange and East Bypass in Kearney .... $2,000,000

278. NE Construction of the Heartland Expressway between Alliance and Minatare ................................ $2,500,000

279. NE Design, right-of-way and construction of the North

Arterial Road in Columbus .................................... $2,500,000

280. NE Research at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility

at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska ...................................................................... $3,500,000

281. NJ PATCO Rolling Stock acquisition and/or renovation for use on line between Lindenwold and Locust Street in Philadelphia .................................... $10,000,000

282. NJ Construct new ramps between I–295 and Route 42 $10,000,000

283. NJ Route 46 Corridor upgrades ...................................... $500,000

284. NJ Route 18 Reconstruction in downtown New Brunswick .......................................................................... $2,500,000

285. NJ Interstate 280 Interchange Improvements, Harrison ......................................................................... $3,000,000

286. NJ Widening of Rt. 1 and intersection improvements

in South Brunswick ................................................ $2,500,000

287. NJ Route 29 conversion project to a full access freeway ........................................................................... $2,500,000

288. NJ Improvements to River Road in Camden ................. $1,000,000

289. NJ Design and construct Newark Waterfront Pedestrian and Bicycle Access project ............................ $1,500,000

290. NJ Route 9W operational and safety improvements,

including I–95 Southbound entrance alterations $1,000,000

291. NJ Expand TRANSCOM Regional ITS System in NJ,

NY, and CT ............................................................. $500,000

292. NM I–25/U.S. 64 Interchange rehabilitation in Raton ... $2,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

293. NM Reconstruction of NM18 in Lea County ................... $3,000,000

294. NM Reconstruction of U.S. 180 in Grant County ........... $3,000,000

295. NM Reconstruction of U.S. 491 from Tohatchi to

Shiprock .................................................................. $2,000,000

296. NV Hoover Dam Bypass—Boulder City Extension ........ $26,500,000

297. NV California Trail Interpretive Center roadside improvements and access infrastructure .................. $2,000,000

298. NV I–15 Widening north from U.S. 95 to Apex Road in

Clark County .......................................................... $26,500,000

299. NV V and T Railroad Reconstruction Project in Carson

City .......................................................................... $10,000,000

300. NV Carson City Bypass Enhancement Project (Phase

II), Carson City (GROW and NDOT) .................... $2,000,000

301. NV Laughlin-Bullhead City Colorado River Bridge ....... $18,000,000

302. NV Rail Access Corridor Enhancement in Reno ............ $15,000,000

303. NY Peace Bridge Redevelopment Project, Road Improvements, and Construction, Buffalo ................ $17,000,000

304. NY Improvements to Moynihan Station ......................... $10,000,000

305. NY Design and Construction of Renaissance Square

Intermodal Facility in Rochester .......................... $4,000,000

306. NY Repair and Restoration of the Outdoor Area on

82nd Street and 5th Avenue .................................. $3,000,000

307. NY Improvements to the New York Public Library vicinity ........................................................................ $3,000,000

308. NY Construction and Improvements to York Street in

Auburn .................................................................... $2,000,000

309. NY Streetscape, Roadway, and Improvements for the

College of New Rochelle ......................................... $1,000,000

310. NY South Lexington and Post Road Streetscape Expansion in White Plains ......................................... $1,000,000

311. NY Planning and Interim Improvements for the Manhattan, Bronx, Yonkers Hudson River Greenway

Link ......................................................................... $1,000,000

312. NY DestiNY USA Design, Research, Construction and

Improvements ......................................................... $5,000,000

313. NY Restoration of Vehicle Traffic to Main Street in

Downtown Buffalo .................................................. $2,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

314. NY Roadway, Streetscape, Pedestrian, and Parking

Improvements to the Buffalo Niagara Medical

Campus in Buffalo .................................................. $6,000,000

315. OH Reconstruction of Cleveland Inner Belt and replacement of the Central Viaduct Bridge. Cleveland, OH .................................................................. $85,000,000

316. OH SR 3 intersection/interchange improvements and

signalization, Franklin County, OH (PID 76279) $2,500,000

317. OH SR 81 widening, turn lane addition, and safety improvements, Allen County, OH (PID 75928) ........ $1,100,000

318. OH U.S. 422 turn lane addition and traffic flow improvements at SR 88/SR 528, Geauga County

OH (PID 78343) ...................................................... $600,000

319. OH SR 39 add 2-way left turn lane, signalization, and

safety improvements, Tuscarawas County OH

(PID 19598) ............................................................. $1,600,000

320. OH U.S. 36 signal relocation and related safety improvements, Delaware County, OH (PID 76276) $2,000,000

321. OH SR 39 2-way turn lane addition, signalization, and

safety improvements, Holmes County, OH (PID

23913) ...................................................................... $600,000

322. OH Evans Avenue/CSX RR Grade Separation Improvements, Akron, OH .................................................. $1,600,000

323. OK State of Oklahoma I–40 Crosstown Realignment in

Oklahoma City ........................................................ $110,000,000

324. OK The University of Oklahoma to conduct research in

global tracking methods for intermodal containerized freight ........................................................... $7,000,000

325. OK State of Oklahoma for control of outdoor advertising ........................................................................ $1,000,000

326. OK Reconstruction of SH 20 in Owasso, Oklahoma ...... $2,000,000

327. OK Widen Hwy 60 between Ponca City and

Bartletsville ............................................................. $10,800,000

328. OK Trails in Tulsa, Mingo Creek, NCOG—Complete

and extend Mingo trail from 41st to 81st St.,

from 11th St. to Mohawk Park .............................. $2,000,000

329. OK Signalization, Complete update of traffic signals

with LED illumination technology ........................ $2,200,000

330. OR To add a southbound lane to a section of I–5

through Portland, OR between Delta Park and

Lombard, Portland, Oregon ................................... $2,000,000

331. OR Sunrise Corridor, Clackamas County, Oregon ........ $1,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

332. OR Reroute U.S. 97 at Redmond, Oregon and improvements to intersection of U.S. 97 and Oregon 126 $1,400,000

333. OR Construct Barber Street extension, Wilsonville, Oregon .......................................................................... $600,000

334. OR Construct highway and pedestrian access to Macadam Ave. and street improvements as part of

South waterfront development, Portland, Oregon $1,800,000

335. OR Sellwood Bridge, Multnomah County, Oregon ........ $2,000,000

336. OR Highway 22-Cascade Highway interchange improvements, Marion County, Oregon .................... $1,600,000

337. OR I–5 Trade Corridor, Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, Washington Segment ................................ $2,000,000

338. OR Highway 101 Improvements, Oregon ....................... $500,000

339. OR I–205 Widening, Clackamas County, Oregon .......... $1,400,000

340. OR Phase 1 I–205/Highway 213 Interchange Improvements, Oregon ......................................................... $1,500,000

341. OR Kuebler Boulevard Improvements, Salem, Oregon $500,000

342. OR To construct sidewalks and improve storm drainage and gutters for the City’s Safe Walk Plan,

Medford, Oregon ..................................................... $2,000,000

343. OR Highway 140 Transportation Improvements, Lake

County, Oregon ....................................................... $1,700,000

344. PA Warrendale-Bayne Road improvements from I–79

to SR 19, in Allegheny County .............................. $2,800,000

345. PA For design, engineering, ROW acquisition, and

construction of the third phase of the Marshalls

Creek Bypass Project in Monroe County, Pennsylvania ................................................................... $1,000,000

346. PA Construction of Central Susquehanna Valley

Thruway .................................................................. $600,000

347. PA Improvements to SR 130 and the College Avenue

Underpass, Greensburg, PA .................................. $500,000

348. PA Mifflin County Industrial Park Access Road ........... $500,000

349. PA Improvements to Section 114 of State Route 150,

Centre County, PA ................................................. $2,500,000

350. PA Upgrade to SR 228, Cranberry Township, PA ......... $1,500,000

351. PA Purchase of right-of-way, utilities and construction

for Northern Access to Altoona from Interstate

99, Blair County, PA .............................................. $600,000

352. PA Reconfiguration of the Rochester Riverfront ramp $500,000

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No. State Project Description Amount

353. PA Construct the Alle-Kiski Bridge and Connector ...... $1,500,000

354. PA Construct an intermodal center at the Philadelphia Zoo ................................................................... $1,000,000

355. PA For interpretive signage and trails in Pittsburgh

urban park land ...................................................... $2,000,000

356. PA Construct an intermodal facility in Derry Township .......................................................................... $1,000,000

357. PA Construction of the Schuylkill Gateway Project ...... $700,000

358. PA Da Vinci Center hydrogen fuel-celled transit vehicles ........................................................................... $200,000

359. PA Construct a road along the North Delaware Riverfront Corridor from Buckius Street to

Poquessing Creek ................................................... $1,000,000

360. PA Widen I–81 from four to six lanes in the WilkesBarre/Scranton corridor ......................................... $1,000,000

361. PA Improvements to the Pleasant Valley and Sandy

Hill Roads intersection with SR 130 in Penn

Township ................................................................. $300,000

362. PA Improvements to access roads at the Please Touch

Museum ................................................................... $300,000

363. PA Construct the North Delaware River East Coast

Greenway Trail ....................................................... $500,000

364. RI To enhance the infrastructure surrounding and for

transportation improvements relative to the

intermodal station at Warwick .............................. $20,000,000

365. RI Improvements to Warren Bridge (Warren) .............. $11,000,000

366. RI Open space acquisition to mitigate growth associated with SR 4 and Interstate 95, by non-profit

land conservation agencies through acquisition

of fee or easement, with a match requirement of

50% of the total purchase price ............................. $2,000,000

367. RI Ten Mile River Greenway (Pawtucket, E. Providence) ....................................................................... $3,000,000

368. RI Washington Secondary Bicycle Facility/Coventry

Greenway/Trestle Trail (Coventry) ....................... $4,000,000

369. RI South County Bike Path (South Kingstown, Narragansett) .................................................................... $2,000,000

370. RI New Interchange constructed from I–195 to Taunton and Warren Avenue in East Providence ........ $1,500,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1505

Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

371. RI Jamestown Bridge Demolition—Bicycle Access/

Trestle Span Demolition/Fishing Pier (N.

Kingstown) .............................................................. $11,500,000

372. RI Sakonnet River Bridge Replacement ........................ $15,000,000

373. RI Rt. 146 Safety Improvements in North Smithfield $5,000,000

374. SD Construction of 4-lane highway on U.S. 79 between

Maverick Junction, and the Nebraska border ...... $19,000,000

375. SD Rosebud community streets reconstruction and

paving ...................................................................... $6,000,000

376. SD Aberdeen bike trail extension ................................... $1,000,000

377. SD Whether or not otherwise eligible in title 23, construct Phase II and III of Phillips to the Falls

Project. Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, with respect to costs for Phase II and III of

this project paid for from this $40 million, the

Federal share of project costs shall be 100 percent .......................................................................... $40,000,000

378. SD Rapid City Greenway Pedestrian and bike path expansion .................................................................... $2,000,000

379. SD Brookings bike path ................................................... $100,000

380. SD Sioux Falls Bike Path—Dunham Park, Skunk

Creek, 12th St., and I–29 to Sertoma Park .......... $1,170,000

381. SD For bike paths and pedestrian walkways within

Yankton, Pierre, Huron, Watertown, and Madison. Allocation for such paths will be determined

by the State ............................................................. $2,500,000

382. SD Directed to SD DOT for projects it determines to

be of high priority ................................................... $3,230,000

383. TN North Second Street Corridor Upgrade, Memphis .. $2,000,000

384. TN Upgrade roads for Slack Water Port facility and

industrial park, Lake County, TN ........................ $2,000,000

385. TN Plan and construct Rutherford County visitor’s

center/transportation information hub, Rutherford County, Tennessee .......................................... $1,000,000

386. TN Warren County Mountain View Industrial Park access road, Warren County, TN .............................. $1,000,000

387. TN Construction of an Interchange on Highway 64

(APD 40) adjacent to I–75 Exit 20 in the City of

Cleveland, TN for increased safety ....................... $2,000,000

388. TN Sullivan, Washington Counties, Tennessee SR 75

widening .................................................................. $1,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

389. TN Sevier County, TN SR 66 widening .......................... $500,000

390. TN Reconstruct U.S. 79 between Milan and McKenzie $5,000,000

391. TN Construct Transportation and Heritage museum,

Townsend ................................................................ $500,000

392. UT Widen Highway 92 from Lehi to Highland .............. $3,000,000

393. UT Widen Redwood Road from Bangerter Highway in

Salt Lake County through Saratoga Springs in

Utah County ........................................................... $2,000,000

394. UT Construction of 200 North Street highway-rail

graded crossing separation, Kaysville, Utah ........ $2,000,000

395. UT Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access Road Improvements, Box Elder County, Utah ................... $500,000

396. UT State Street Reconstruction Project—10600 South

to 9400 South, Sandy, Utah .................................. $2,500,000

397. UT Geneva Rd./Provo Center Street, Orem 1600 North

to I–15 Fwy, Provo-widen from 2 to 4 lanes,

Provo ........................................................................ $6,000,000

398. UT Provo, Utah Westside Connector from I–15 to

Provo Municipal Airport, Provo ............................. $4,000,000

399. UT Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access Road Improvements, Box Elder County .............................. $3,000,000

400. UT Widen Highway 92 from Lehi to Alpine/Highland .. $5,000,000

401. UT Construction of 200 North Street highway-rail

graded crossing separation, Kaysville .................. $7,000,000

402. UT Expand Redhills Parkway from 2 to 5 lanes and

improve alignment within rights-of-way in St.

George ...................................................................... $8,000,000

403. UT Construction and Rehabilitation of 13th East in

Sandy City ............................................................... $7,000,000

404. VA Hampton Roads Third Crossing-Segment 1 ............. $37,000,000

405. VA Manage Freight movement and safety improvements to I–81 .......................................................... $38,000,000

406. VA Construct Old Mill Road extension .......................... $3,000,000

407. VA Widen Route 262 in Augusta County ....................... $3,000,000

408. VA Construct Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange,

Charlottesville ......................................................... $2,000,000

409. VA Widening I–95 between Rt. 123 and Fairfax County Parkway .............................................................. $2,000,000

410. VT Improvements to Vermont Small Bridges ................ $30,000,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

411. VT Improvements to Vermont interstates ..................... $10,000,000

412. VT Vermont Institute of Natural Science turning lane

on U.S. Rt. 4 in Woodstock .................................... $300,000

413. VT Western Corridor Rail Improvements, ABRB&E,

Vermont ................................................................... $30,000,000

414. VT Design and Construction of the Bennington Welcome Center ............................................................ $6,500,000

415. VT Improvements to the E. Alburg Railroad Trestle

Swing Span ............................................................. $5,000,000

416. VT Rehabilitation of Hartford Northbound and Southbound rest areas ..................................................... $6,500,000

417. VT Improvements to the Island Line at South Street

in South Hero ......................................................... $2,000,000

418. VT Property acquisition and improvements for public

access and viewshed protection for the Cedar

Creek Vermont monument at the Cedar Creek

and Belle Grove National Historical Park in Virginia ......................................................................... $2,000,000

419. VT Design and construction of the South Burlington

City Center project ................................................. $5,000,000

420. VT Rehabilitation of statewide covered bridges ............ $6,200,000

421. VT Improvements to the Green Mountain Rail Line

between Rutland and Bellows Falls ...................... $2,500,000

422. VT Streetscape and road improvements in the Village

of Enosburg Falls .................................................... $1,000,000

423. VT Signalization and storm drainage improvements to

Main Street in Brattleboro .................................... $3,000,000

424. VT Streetscape, trail and road improvements in

Lamoille, Caledonia, Grand Isle and Chittenden

Counties .................................................................. $4,000,000

425. VT Vermont Statewide Transportation and

Stormwater Projects ............................................... $6,000,000

426. WV Improvements to U.S. Rt.–35 in Putnam County ... $25,000,000

427. WV Raleigh Street Extension Project in Martinsburg ... $10,000,000

428. VA I–64/City Line Road Interchange in Virginia Beach $5,000,000

429. AS Shoreline protection and drainage mitigation for

Nuuuli village roads ............................................... $1,000,000

430. AS Village road improvements for Ta’u, Ofu, and

Olosega-Sili counties in Manu’a district ............... $1,400,000

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Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

431. AS Shoreline protection and drainage mitigation for

Aua village roads .................................................... $1,000,000

432. AS Drainage mitigation in Malaeloa-Leone village

roads ........................................................................ $1,400,000

433. AS To upgrade, repair and continue construction of

Ta’u harbor/ferry terminal facility on Manu’a island .......................................................................... $1,600,000

434. AS Village road improvements for Launiusaelua and

Ituau counties in the Central district ................... $3,000,000

435. AS Village road improvements for Tualauta, Tualatai,

Aitulagi, Fofo, and Alataua counties in the Western district .............................................................. $3,000,000

436. AS Village road improvements for Sua and Vaifanua

counties in the Eastern district ............................. $2,600,000

437. AS Drainage mitigation for Pago Pago village roads .... $1,000,000

438. GU Reconstruct Haga ̊tn ̃ a River Bridges, Municipality

of Haga ̊tn ̃ a ............................................................... $6,600,000

439. GU Piti, GU Construct Cabras Island Intermodal Facility ......................................................................... $6,000,000

440. GU Guam Mass Transit Authority Acquisition of transit vehicles for disabled persons ............................ $400,000

441. GU Construct Route 3A Extension, Municipality of

Yigo .......................................................................... $3,000,000

442. MP Planning design and construction of East Coast

Highway/ Route 36, Saipan ................................... $12,000,000

443. PR Construction of 4 lane connector serving PR 9922,

PR 9939 and PR 183 .............................................. $1,950,000

444. PR Widening of PR 111 at the intersections of PR–444

through PR–423 ...................................................... $6,000,000

445. PR Replacement ferries on Culebra and Vieques

routes ....................................................................... $2,000,000

446. PR To build an extension of PR–53 between Yabucoa

and Maunabo .......................................................... $5,000,000

447. PR To build the missing central segment of PR–10, to

complete one of only two highways crossing

Puerto Rico North to South ................................... $5,000,000

448. PR To revitalize Old San Juan Historic District streets $3,000,000

449. PR Widen Route 835 to provide ready access to

Guaynado and facilitate housing, industrial,

commercial, and recreational development .......... $6,000,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1509

Transportation Improvements—Continued

No. State Project Description Amount

450. PR Construct sidewalks, curbs and gutters in the Municipality of Loiza. (PR 187 from Mediania Baja

to Puente Herrera; Community La Torre,

Pinones) ................................................................... $500,000

451. PR Extension of PR 833, between the PR–177 and the

PR 2. The extension is approximately of 0.8km .. $1,000,000

452. PR Reconstruct various roads throughout the Municipality of Bayamon, including pavings and cold

millings as well as construction of gutters. (PR

2; PR 829; PR 830; PR 861; PR 862; PR 840; PR

29) ............................................................................ $2,000,000

453. PR Construct extension of 1.04 km to the ‘‘Caridad del

Cobre’’ Avenue in Bayamon between the PR 199

and Urb. Canaa ...................................................... $3,000,000

454. PR Roadway improvements for municipal roads in

Orocovis ................................................................... $661,000

455. VI Christiansted By-Pass Highway, St. Croix .............. $8,000,000

456. VI Upgrade West-East Corridor through Charlotte

Amalie, St. Thomas ................................................ $8,000,000

457. MN Lake Street Access to I–35W, Minneapolis .............. $6,000,000

458. OH Construction, including design and engineering, of

an approximately 30,000 sq. ft. terminal building

to accommodate the Trans-Erie ferry service

which departs the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County

Port Authority, Cleveland, Ohio ............................ $6,000,000

459. NY Various transportation projects related to the DestiNY USA project .................................................... $5,000,000

460. CA Construction at Lammers Road and I–205 .............. $5,000,000

461. CA Feasibility study for constructing SR 130 Realignment project connecting the central valley and

San Joaquin County and Santa Clara county ...... $6,000,000

462. FL Coconut Rd. interchange I–75/Lee County .............. $10,000,000

463. AR Improvements to U.S. 412 in Northwest Arkansas $6,500,000

464. CA Construction of and improvements to State Route

239 from State Route 4 in Brentwood area to I–

205 in the area of Tracy ......................................... $10,000,000

465. CA Design and construction of Camino Tassajara

Crown Canyon to East Town Project .................... $5,000,000

466. CA Engineering right-of-way and construction of I–580

in the Livermore Valley ......................................... $6,000,000

SEC. 1935. PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

funds allocated for a project described in subsection (b) in a State

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may be obligated for any other project in the State for which

funds are so allocated, except that the total amount of funds authorized for any project for which funds are so allocated shall not

be reduced.

(b) PROJECTS.—The projects described in this subsection are—

(1) the projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the

table contained in section 1702 of this Act;

(2) the projects numbered greater than 18 listed in the

table contained in section 1301 of this Act;

(3) the projects numbered greater than 27 listed in the

table contained in section 1302 of this Act; and

(4) the projects listed in the table contained in section

1934 of this Act.

SEC. 1936. ADVANCES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds apportioned

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

may be obligated to carry out a project designated in any of sections

1301, 1302, 1306, and 1934 of this Act and sections 117 and 144(g)

of title 23, United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the

amount authorized for that project, only from a program under

which the project would be eligible, except that any amounts obligated to carry out the project shall be restored from funds allocated

for the project.

SEC. 1937. ROADS IN CLOSED BASINS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use funds made available

to carry out section 125 of title 23, United States Code, through

advancement or reimbursement, without further emergency declaration, to construct such measures as the Secretary determines to

be necessary for the continuation of roadway services, or the

impoundment of water to protect roads, or both, at Devils Lake

in the State of North Dakota, as the Secretary determines to be

appropriate.

(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall carry out construction

under subsection (a) in accordance with—

(1) the options and needs identified in the report of the

Devils Lake Surface Transportation Task Force of the Federal

Highway Administration dated May 4, 2000, and entitled

‘‘Roadways Serving as Water Barriers’’;

(2) any needs relating to Devils Lake identified after May

4, 2000; and

(3) any monitoring, study, or design or preliminary

engineering associated with evaluating or constructing the

measures.

(c) AFFECTED AREAS.—The Secretary shall carry out construction under this section in an area that has been the subject of

an emergency declaration issued during the period beginning on

January 1, 1993, and ending on the date of enactment of this

Act.

(d) FUNDING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), to

the extent that expenditures relating to construction under

this section could not be made pursuant to any other authority

under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, the expenditures shall not exceed—

(A) $10,000,000 during any fiscal year; and

(B) a total amount of $70,000,000.

North Dakota.

23 USC 104 note.

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(2) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in paragraph (1) limits any

expenditure with respect to—

(A) emergency relief in response to a development

occurring after the date of enactment of this Act; or

(B) an authority under any other provision of law

(including section 125 of such title).

(e) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section authorizes

or provides funding for the construction, operation, or maintenance

of an outlet at Devils Lake in the State of North Dakota.

SEC. 1938. TECHNOLOGY.

States are encouraged to consider using a nondestructive technology able to detect cracks including sub-surface flaws as small

as 0.005 inches in length or depth in steel bridges.

SEC. 1939. BIA INDIAN ROAD PROGRAM.

(a) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULE.—The final

rule effective October 1, 2004, published in the Federal Register,

July 19, 2004, at pages 43089, relating to the Indian reservation

road program administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of

the Department of the Interior, shall not apply to the following

Alaska villages with respect to the following projects:

(1) Craig, Alaska, Craig Community Association, Point St.

Nicholas Road improvements.

(2) Cordova, Alaska, Native Village of Eyak, Shepard’s

Point Road improvements.

(3) Hydaburg, Alaska, Hydaburg Community Association,

Hydaburg community street improvements.

(4) Healy Lake, Alaska, Healy Lake Traditional, Cummings Road improvements.

(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For the villages listed in subsection (a),

the Indian reservation road program shall be administered by the

Bureau of Indian Affairs under the rules and regulations in effect

before the adoption of the final rule referred to in subsection (a),

and the Secretary shall pay, from amounts made available to carry

out section 202(d) of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year

2006 each of the tribal organizations referred to in subsection

(a) for the Federal share of the costs of the projects listed in

subsection (a).

SEC. 1940. GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA.

(a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary from the Highway Trust Fund (other than

the Mass Transit Account) to resurface, repair, rehabilitate, and

reconstruct the Going-to-the-Sun Road at Glacier National Park,

Montana, in accordance with the framework identified in Alternative 3 (shared use alternative) of the environmental impact statement and record of decision dated 2003 and relating to the Goingto-the-Sun Road, to remain available until expended—

(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(3) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(4) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(5) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs of the

project described in subsection (a) shall be 100 percent.

Alaska.

Bridges.

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SEC. 1941. BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY, MONTANA.

(a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—Of funds made available for the

State of Montana for the project for development and construction

of United States Route 212, Red Lodge North, Montana, as

described in the table contained in section 1934 (including amounts

transferred to the project under section 1935), on request of the

State of Montana, the Secretary shall obligate such sums as are

necessary to reconstruct the Beartooth Highway in the State of

Montana.

(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—The amounts used for reconstruction

under subsection (a) shall be reimbursed to the project relating

to United States Route 212 described in subsection (a) on the

date or dates on which funding is allocated for the Beartooth

Highway under section 125 of title 23, United States Code.

(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable for funds allocated for the Beartooth Highway under section 125 of such title

shall be 100 percent.

SEC. 1943. GREAT LAKES ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants to the State

of Wisconsin to continue intelligent transportation system activities

in the corridor serving the Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chicago,

Illinois, and Gary, Indiana, areas initiated under the Intermodal

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–

240) and other areas of the State of Wisconsin.

(b) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appropriated from

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008 and $3,000,000

for fiscal year 2009 to carry out this section.

(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available to carry out

this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

States Code.

SEC. 1944. TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION AND REMEDIATION,

OTTAWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate to the State

of Oklahoma amounts made available to carry out this section

for the activities described in subsection (b).

(b) OKLAHOMA PLAN FOR TAR CREEK.—The activities referred

to in subsection (a) are all activities described in the Oklahoma

Plan for Tar Creek, including activities under that Plan that are

to be carried out by involved Federal and State entities.

(c) FUNDING.—

(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the

Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $10,000,000

for fiscal year 2006.

(B) AVAILABILITY.—Funds authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A) shall remain available

until expended.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Except as otherwise provided

in this section, funds authorized to be appropriated under this

section shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code.

State listing.

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(3) TITLE 23 ELIGIBILITY.—Activities described in subsection

(b) shall be considered to be eligible for funding under any

program for which funds are apportioned under section 104(b)

of such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment

of this section.

SEC. 1945. INFRASTRUCTURE AWARENESS PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with the subcontracting

production entity that received funds under section 1212(b) of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 193),

the Secretary shall fund the production of a documentary about

infrastructure that demonstrates advancements in Alaska, the last

frontier.

(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of production of the documentary under subsection (a) shall be 100 percent.

(c) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appropriated out of

the Highway Trust fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

to carry out this section $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2005 and

$1,450,000 for fiscal year 2006. Such fund shall remain available

until expended.

(d) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized by this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if

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

State Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of production

of the documentary under this section shall be determined in accordance with this section.

SEC. 1946. GATEWAY RURAL IMPROVEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a pilot program

in the State of Vermont to be known as the ‘‘Gateway Rural

Improvement Pilot Program’’ (referred to in this section as the

‘‘program’’) to demonstrate the benefits to a rural rail corridor

of a freight transportation gateway program.

(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Under the program—

(1) funding preference shall be given to selecting a corridor

in the State of Vermont that includes a border crossing; and

(2) individual projects shall provide community and highway benefits by addressing economic, congestion, security,

safety, and environmental issues.

(c) COST SHARING.—

(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a

project under this section shall be determined in accordance

with section 120 of title 23, United States Code.

(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Project user fees may be used

to provide all or part of the non-Federal share of the cost

of a project funded under this section.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to such

amounts as are otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the

Department, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums

as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 1947. ELIGIBLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

Section 120(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘traffic circles (also known as

‘roundabouts’),’’ after ‘‘traffic control signalization,’’.

Vermont.

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SEC. 1948. EMERGENCY SERVICE ROUTE.

Notwithstanding any Federal law, regulation, or policy to the

contrary, no Federal funds shall be obligated or expended for the

demolition of the existing Brightman Street Bridge connecting Fall

River and Somerset, Massachusetts, and the existing Brightman

Street Bridge shall be maintained for pedestrian and bicycle access,

and as an emergency service route.

SEC. 1949. KNIK ARM BRIDGE FUNDING CLARIFICATION.

The Secretary shall provide to the public entity known as

the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority, established by the State

of Alaska, funds provided in items 2465 and 3677 in the table

contained in section 1702, item 2 in the table contained in section

1934, and item 14 in the table contained in section 1302.

SEC. 1950. LINCOLN PARISH, LA/I–20 TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR

PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall credit non-Federal

expenditures paid on or after October 23, 2000, by project sponsors

of the Lincoln Parish transportation and community and system

preservation project funded by the Department of Transportation

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–

346), and the United States Route 167/I–20 interchange Interstate

maintenance discretionary project funded by the Department of

Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002

(Public Law 107–87), that are in excess of the non-Federal matching

requirements for such projects as non-Federal contributions toward

the non-Federal matching requirements for all LA/I–20 Transportation Corridor Program elements between Louisiana Route 149

and Louisiana Route 33.

(b) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to provide credit

under subsection (a) expires on September 30, 2009.

SEC. 1951. BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Section 332 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by

inserting at the end the following:

‘‘(e) BONDING ASSISTANCE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the

Minority Resource Center established under subsection (b),

shall provide assistance in obtaining bid, payment, and performance bonds by disadvantaged business enterprises pursuant

to subsection (b)(4).

‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for

each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out activities

under this subsection.’’.

SEC. 1952. CONGESTION RELIEF.

The Secretary shall conduct a design and feasibility analysis

to alleviate southbound traffic congestion along the George Washington Parkway, Virginia, between Interstate Route 495 and the

14th Street Bridge and shall take appropriate action in response

to the results of that analysis.

SEC. 1953. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out, in accordance with title 23, United States Code, projects under section 1301

and 1302 of this Act.

Virginia.

Louisiana.

Alaska.

Massachusetts.

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SEC. 1954. BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS.

Section 217(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

by striking ‘‘in conjunction with such trails, roads, highways, and

parkways’’.

SEC. 1955. CONVEYANCE TO THE CITY OF ELY, NEVADA.

Notwithstanding sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711, 1712), the

Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau

of Land Management, shall convey within 45 days after the date

of enactment of this Act to the City of Ely, Nevada, subject to

valid existing rights, without consideration, all right, title, and

interest of the United States in the land located within the railroad

corridor described in rights-of-way numbered Nev–043230, Nev–

043231, Nev–043232, Nev–43240, Nev–043234, ELKO–03009,

ELKO–03514, and CC–05887.

SEC. 1956. BROWNFIELDS GRANTS.

Section 104(k)(4)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C.

9604(k)(4)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding clause (i)(IV),

the Administrator may use up to 25 percent of the

funds made available to carry out this subsection to

make a grant or loan under this subsection to eligible

entities that satisfy all of the elements set forth in

section 101(40) to qualify as a bona fide prospective

purchaser, except that the date of acquisition of the

property was on or before January 11, 2002.’’.

SEC. 1957. TRAFFIC CIRCLE CONSTRUCTION, CLARENDON, VERMONT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The State of Vermont agency of transportation shall—

(1) not later than August 1, 2005, commence planning

for a traffic circle at the intersection of United States Route

7 and Vermont Route 103 in Clarendon, Vermont; and

(2) not later than August 1, 2007, complete construction

of that traffic circle.

(b) FUNDING.—From amounts made available to the State of

Vermont by this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the State

of Vermont agency of transportation $1,000,000 for use in carrying

out this section.

SEC. 1958. LIMITATION ON PROJECT APPROVAL.

Notwithstanding any provision of title 23, United States Code,

the Secretary is prohibited from approving any Federal-aid highway

project in Orange and Seminole Counties, Florida, which provides

access from Interstate Route 4 to the right-of-way or median of

Interstate Route 4 if tolls or toll facilities are used for the access

to the right-of-way or median.

SEC. 1959. CROSS HARBOR FREIGHT MOVEMENT PROJECT.

The Secretary shall provide to the public entity known as

the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, established by

the States of New York and New Jersey, funds provided for project

numbered 12 in section 1301 of this Act.

New York.

New Jersey.

Florida.

Deadlines.

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SEC. 1960. DENALI ACCESS SYSTEM PROGRAM.

The Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note)

is amended—

(1) by redesignating section 309 as section 310; and

(2) by inserting after section 308 the following:

‘‘SEC. 309. DENALI ACCESS SYSTEM PROGRAM.

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DENALI ACCESS SYSTEM PRO- GRAM.—Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of

the SAFETEA–LU, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish

a program to pay the costs of planning, designing, engineering,

and constructing road and other surface transportation infrastructure identified for the Denali access system program under this

section.

‘‘(b) DENALI ACCESS SYSTEM PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 3 months after the

date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Denali Commission

shall establish a Denali Access System Program Advisory Committee (referred to in this section as the ‘advisory committee’).

‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory committee shall be composed of nine members to be appointed by the Governor of

the State of Alaska as follows:

‘‘(A) The chairman of the Denali Commission.

‘‘(B) Four members who represent existing regional

native corporations, native nonprofit entities, or tribal

governments, including one member who is a civil engineer.

‘‘(C) Four members who represent rural Alaska regions

or villages, including one member who is a civil engineer.

‘‘(3) TERMS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except for the chairman of the

Commission who shall remain a member of the advisory

committee, members shall be appointed to serve a term

of 4 years.

‘‘(B) INITIAL MEMBERS.—Except for the chairman of

the Commission, of the eight initial members appointed

to the advisory committee, two shall be appointed for a

term of 1 year, two shall be appointed for a term of 2

years, two shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, and

two shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. All subsequent

appointments shall be for 4 years.

‘‘(4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The advisory committee shall be

responsible for the following activities:

‘‘(A) Advising the Commission on the surface transportation needs of Alaska Native villages and rural communities, including projects for the construction of essential

access routes within remote Alaska Native villages and

rural communities and for the construction of roads and

facilities necessary to connect isolated rural communities

to a road system.

‘‘(B) Advising the Commission on considerations for

coordinatedtransportation planning among the Alaska

Native villages, Alaska rural villages, the State of Alaska,

and other government entities.

‘‘(C) Establishing a list of transportation priorities for

Alaska Native village and rural community transportation

projects on an annual basis, including funding recommendations.

Deadline.

Deadline.

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‘‘(D) Facilitate the Commission’s work on transportation projects involving more than one region.

‘‘(5) FACA EXEMPTION.—The provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to

the advisory committee.

‘‘(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate funding

authorized and made available for the Denali access system

program to the Commission to carry out this section.

‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING.—In distributing funds for

surface transportation projects funded under the program, the

Commission shall consult the list of transportation priorities

developed by the advisory committee.

‘‘(d) PREFERENCE TO ALASKA MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS.—To

construct a project under this section, the Commission shall encourage, to the maximum extent practicable, the use of employees

and businesses that are residents of Alaska.

‘‘(e) DESIGN STANDARDS.—Each project carried out under this

section shall use technology and design standards determined by

the Commission to be appropriate given the location and the

functionality of the project.

‘‘(f) MAINTENANCE.—Funding for a construction project under

this section may include an additional amount equal to not more

than 10 percent of the total cost of construction, to be retained

for future maintenance of the project. All such retained funds

shall be dedicated for maintenance of the project and may not

be used for other purposes.

‘‘(g) LEAD AGENCY DESIGNATION.—For purposes of projects carried out under this section, the Commission shall be designated

as the lead agency for purposes of accepting Federal funds and

for purposes of carrying out this project.

‘‘(h) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available to carry out this section may

be used to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of projects

under title 23, United States Code.

‘‘(i) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM TRANSFERABILITY.—

‘‘(1) TRANSFERABILITY.—In any fiscal year, up to 15 percent

of the amounts made available to the State of Alaska for

surface transportation by section 133 of title 23, United States

Code, may be transferred to the Denali access system program.

‘‘(2) NO EFFECT ON SET-ASIDE.—Paragraph (2) of section

133(d), United States Code, shall not apply to funds transferred

under paragraph (1).

‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009.

‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available to

carry out this section shall be available for obligation in the

same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter

1 of title 23, United States Code; except that such funds shall

not be transferable and shall remain available until expended,

and the Federal share of the cost of any project carried out

using such funds shall be determined in accordance with section

120(b).’’.

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SEC. 1961. I–95/CONTEE ROAD INTERCHANGE STUDY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on the

I–95/Contee Road relocated interchange project located in Prince

George’s County, Maryland. The study shall assess how the proposed interchange will—

(1) leverage Federal investment in the I–95/Contee Road

relocated interchange project by encouraging a public-private

partnership between the State of Maryland and the private

financial interests supporting the project;

(2) improve overall transportation efficiency in the area

and enhance fire, rescue, and emergency response in the area;

(3) complement planned development in the area by providing sufficient access to the Interstate System; and

(4) otherwise provide public benefits and revenues.

(b) DATA COLLECTION.—As part of the study, the Secretary

shall collect data regarding the economic impact of the project,

including new jobs and State and county revenues in the form

of real estate property taxes, retail sales taxes, and income and

hotel sales and occupancy taxes.

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of

the Senate a report on the results of the study, including any

recommendations of the Secretary.

(d) FUNDING.—

(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, out of the

Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account),

$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.

(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by this section shall be available for obligation in the

same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were

apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code;

except that the Federal share of the cost of the project shall

be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until

expended and shall not be transferable.

SEC. 1962. MULTIMODAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The Secretary shall

make available from funds in the Highway Trust Fund (other

than the Mass Transit Account) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009 for multimodal facility improvements, construction, and ferry acquisition by North Bay Ferry Service, Inc., located

at Port Sonoma in Petaluma, California.

(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated to carry out

this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

States Code, except that such funds shall remain available until

expended.

(c) LIMITATION.—Not more than 50 percent of funds appropriated to carry out this section shall be used for facility improvements and construction.

(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal Share of the cost of a facility

improvement or construction project under this section shall be

80 percent.

California.

Maryland.

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(e) REQUIREMENT.—Ferries to which assistance is provided

under this section shall be purchased by a United States company

that designs and builds vessels in the United States.

SEC. 1963. APOLLO THEATER LEASES.

Notwithstanding the Public Works and Economic Development

Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.), or any other provision of

law, the Economic Development Administration shall, in order to

facilitate the further financing of the project, approve, without

compensation to the agency, a series of leases of the Apollo Theater,

located in Harlem, New York, to be improved by Economic Development Administration project numbers 01–01–7308 and 01–01–

07552.

SEC. 1964. PROJECT FEDERAL SHARE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

only for the States of Alaska, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota,

Oregon, and South Dakota, the Federal share of the cost of a

project described in subsection (b) shall be determined in accordance

with section 120(b) of title 23, United States Code.

(b) PROJECTS.—The projects described in this subsection are—

(1) the projects listed in section 1702;

(2) the projects listed in section 1301; and

(3) the projects listed in section 1934.

TITLE II—HIGHWAY SAFETY

SEC. 2001. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are authorized to be

appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

Transit Account):

(1) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—For carrying out section 402 of title 23, United States Code, $163,680,000 for fiscal

year 2005, $217,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $220,000,000 for

fiscal year 2007, $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and

$235,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(2) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—For

carrying out section 403 of title 23, United States Code,

$71,424,000 for fiscal year 2005, $110,000,000 for fiscal year

2006, $107,750,000 for fiscal year 2007, $107,750,000 for fiscal

year 2008, and $105,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(3) OCCUPANT PROTECTION INCENTIVE GRANTS.—For carrying out section 405 of title 23, United States Code,

$19,840,000 for fiscal year 2005, $25,000,000 for fiscal year

2006, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $25,000,000 for fiscal

year 2008, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(4) SAFETY BELT PERFORMANCE GRANTS.—For carrying out

section 406 of title 23, United States Code, $124,500,000 for

fiscal year 2006, $124,500,000 for fiscal year 2007, $124,500,000

for fiscal year 2008, and $124,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(5) STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM IMPROVE- MENTS.—For carrying out section 408 of title 23, United States

Code, $34,500,000 for fiscal year 2006, $34,500,000 for fiscal

year 2007, $34,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $34,500,000

for fiscal year 2009.

(6) ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES INCEN- TIVE GRANT PROGRAM.—For carrying out section 410 of title

State listing.

New York.

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23, United States Code, $39,680,000 for fiscal year 2005,

$120,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $125,000,000 for fiscal year

2007, $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $139,000,000 for

fiscal year 2009.

(7) NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.—For the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration to carry out chapter 303 of title

49, United States Code, $3,968,000 for fiscal year 2005,

$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,

$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $4,000,000 for fiscal year

2009.

(8) HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.—For carrying out section 2009 of this title $29,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,

$29,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $29,000,000 for fiscal year

2008, and $29,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(9) MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY.—For carrying out section 2010 of this title $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $6,000,000 for

fiscal year 2007, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $7,000,000

for fiscal year 2009.

(10) CHILD SAFETY AND CHILD BOOSTER SEAT SAFETY INCENTIVE GRANTS.—For carrying out section 2011 of this title

$6,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,

$6,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year

2009.

(11) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For administrative and

related operating expenses of the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration in carrying out chapter 4 of title 23,

United States Code, and this title $17,500,000 for fiscal year

2006, $17,750,000 for fiscal year 2007, $18,250,000 for fiscal

year 2008, and $18,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(b) PROHIBITION ON OTHER USES.—Except as otherwise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and this title,

(including the amendments made by this title), the amounts made

available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

Transit Account) for a program under such chapter shall only

be used to carry out such program and may not be used by States

or local governments for construction purposes.

(c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Except as otherwise provided

in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and this title, amounts

made available under subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009 shall be available for obligation in the same manner

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

United States Code.

(d) TRANSFERS.—In each fiscal year, the Secretary may transfer

any amounts remaining available under paragraph (3), (5), or (6)

of subsection (a) to the amounts made available under any other

of such paragraphs in order to ensure, to the maximum extent

possible, that each State receives the maximum incentive funding

for which the State is eligible under sections 405, 408, and 410

of title 23, United States Code.

(e) CLARIFICATIONS.—The amounts made available by each of

subsections (a)(1) through (a)(7) shall be less any amounts made

available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

Transit Account) by laws enacted before the date of enactment

of this Act for the respective programs referred to in each of such

subsections for fiscal year 2005. Amounts authorized by such subsections are post-rescission and shall not be subject to any rescission

after the date of enactment of this Act.

23 USC 401 note.

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SEC. 2002. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

(a) PROGRAMS TO BE INCLUDED.—Section 402(a) of title 23,

United States Code, is amended—

(1) in clause (2) by striking ‘‘and to increase public awareness of the benefit of motor vehicles equipped with airbags’’;

(2) by redesignating clause (6) as clause (7);

(3) by inserting after clause (5) the following: ‘‘(6) to reduce

accidents resulting from unsafe driving behavior (including

aggressive or fatigued driving and distracted driving arising

from the use of electronic devices in vehicles)’’; and

(4) in the 10th sentence by inserting ‘‘aggressive driving,

fatigued driving, distracted driving,’’ after ‘‘school bus

accidents,’’

(b) ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PROGRAMS.—Section 402(b)(1)

of such title is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

(2) by redesignating clause (6) as clause (7);

(3) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘State.’’ and inserting

‘‘State; and’’; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(E) provide satisfactory assurances that the State will

implement activities in support of national highway safety

goals to reduce motor vehicle related fatalities that also

reflect the primary data-related crash factors within a State

as identified by the State highway safety planning process,

including—

‘‘(i) national law enforcement mobilizations;

‘‘(ii) sustained enforcement of statutes addressing

impaired driving, occupant protection, and driving in

excess of posted speed limits;

‘‘(iii) an annual statewide safety belt use survey

in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary

for the measurement of State safety belt use rates

to ensure that the measurements are accurate and

representative; and

‘‘(iv) development of statewide data systems to provide timely and effective data analysis to support

allocation of highway safety resources.’’.

(c) DEDUCTION DELETION.—Section 402(c) of such title is

amended—

(1) by striking the second sentence; and

(2) in the sixth sentence by striking ‘‘three-fourths of 1

percent’’ and inserting ‘‘2 percent’’.

(d) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONSOLIDATION OF APPLICATIONS.—

Section 402 of such title is further amended by adding at the

end the following:

‘‘(l) LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICULAR PURSUIT TRAINING.—A

State shall actively encourage all relevant law enforcement agencies

in such State to follow the guidelines established for vehicular

pursuits issued by the International Association of Chiefs of Police

that are in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection

or as revised and in effect after such date as determined by the

Secretary.

‘‘(m) CONSOLIDATION OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary

shall establish an approval process by which a State may apply

for all grants under this chapter through a single application process

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with one annual deadline. The Bureau of Indian Affairs shall establish a similar simplified process for applications for grants from

Indian tribes under this chapter.’’.

(e) CONFORMING REPEAL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 405(d) of such title is repealed.

SEC. 2003. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.

(a) REVISED AUTHORITY AND REQUIREMENTS.—Section 403(a)

of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary is authorized to use funds appropriated to carry out this section to—

‘‘(1) conduct research on all phases of highway safety and

traffic conditions, including accident causation, highway or

driver characteristics, communications, and emergency care;

‘‘(2) conduct ongoing research into driver behavior and its

effect on traffic safety;

‘‘(3) conduct research on, launch initiatives to counter, and

conduct demonstration projects on fatigued driving by drivers

of motor vehicles and distracted driving in such vehicles,

including the effect that the use of electronic devices and other

factors deemed relevant by the Secretary have on driving;

‘‘(4) conduct training or education programs in cooperation

with other Federal departments and agencies, States, private

sector persons, highway safety personnel, and law enforcement

personnel;

‘‘(5) conduct research on, and evaluate the effectiveness

of, traffic safety countermeasures, including seat belts and

impaired driving initiatives;

‘‘(6) conduct research on, evaluate, and develop best practices related to driver education programs (including driver

education curricula, instructor training and certification, program administration and delivery mechanisms) and make recommendations for harmonizing driver education and multistage

graduated licensing systems;

‘‘(7) conduct research, training, and education programs

related to older drivers;

‘‘(8) conduct demonstration projects; and

‘‘(9) conduct research, training, and programs relating to

motorcycle safety, including impaired driving.’’

(b) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.—Section 403 of such title

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(g) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.—The Administrator of the

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may participate

and cooperate in international activities to enhance highway

safety.’’.

(c) ON-SCENE MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION CAUSATION.—

(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct under section 403

of title 23, United States Code, a nationally representative

study to collect on-scene motor vehicle collision data and to

determine crash causation. The Secretary shall enter into a

contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct

a review of the research, design, methodology, and implementation of the study.

(2) CONSULTATION.—The study under this subsection may

be conducted in consultation with other Federal departments

and agencies with relevant expertise.

Contracts.

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(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report

on the results of the study conducted under this subsection

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.

(d) RESEARCH ON DISTRACTED, INATTENTIVE, AND FATIGUED

DRIVERS.—In conducting research under section 403(a)(3) of title

23, United States Code, the Secretary shall carry out not less

than 2 demonstration projects to evaluate new and innovative

means of combating traffic system problems caused by distracted,

inattentive, or fatigued drivers. The demonstration projects shall

be in addition to any other research carried out under such section.

(e) PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—

(A) produce a comprehensive report on pedestrian

safety that builds on the current level of knowledge of

pedestrian safety countermeasures by identifying the most

effective advanced technology and intelligent transportation

systems, such as automated pedestrian detection and

warning systems (infrastructure-based and vehicle-based),

road design, and vehicle structural design that could potentially mitigate the crash forces on pedestrians in the event

of a crash; and

(B) include in the report recommendations on how

new technological developments could be incorporated into

educational and enforcement efforts and how they could

be integrated into national design guidelines developed

by the American Association of State Highway and

Transportation Officials.

(2) DUE DATE.—The Secretary shall complete the report

under this subsection not less than 2 years after the date

of enactment of this Act and submit a copy of the report

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.

(f) REFUSAL OF INTOXICATION TESTING.—

(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall carry out under section

403 of title 23, United States Code, a study of the frequency

with which persons arrested for the offense of operating a

motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and persons

arrested for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while

intoxicated refuse to take a test to determine blood alcohol

concentration levels and the effect such refusals have on the

ability of States to prosecute such persons for those offenses.

(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study under this

subsection, the Secretary shall consult with the Governors of

the States, the States’ Attorneys General, and the United States

Sentencing Commission.

(3) REPORT.—

(A) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 2 years

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

shall submit a report on the results of the study to the

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of

the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.

Reports.

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(B) CONTENT.—The report shall include any recommendation for legislation, including any recommended

model State legislation, and any other recommendations

that the Secretary considers appropriate for implementing

a program designed to decrease the occurrence of refusals

by arrested persons to submit to a test to determine blood

alcohol concentration levels.

(g) IMPAIRED MOTORCYCLE DRIVING.— (1) STUDY.—In conducting research under section 403(a)(9)

of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall conduct

a study on educational, public information and other activities

targeted at reducing motorcycle accidents and resulting fatalities and injuries, where the operator of the motorcycle is

impaired.

(2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the

study, including the data collected and statistics compiled and

recommendations to reduce the number of motorcycle accidents

described in paragraph (1) and the resulting fatalities and

injuries.

(h) REDUCING IMPAIRED DRIVING RECIDIVISM.— (1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on

reducing the incidence of alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes

and fatalities through research of advanced vehicle-based

alcohol detection systems, including an assessment of the practicability and cost effectiveness of such systems.

(2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the

study.

SEC. 2004. OCCUPANT PROTECTION INCENTIVE GRANTS.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 405(a) of title 23, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century’’ and inserting ‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’;

(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘2003’’;

and

(3) in each of paragraphs (4)(A), (4)(B), and (4)(C) by

inserting after ‘‘years’’ the following: ‘‘beginning after September 30, 2003,’’.

(c) GRANT AMOUNTS.—Section 405(c) of such title is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘100 percent’’;

and

(2) by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘2003’’.

SEC. 2005. GRANTS FOR PRIMARY SAFETY BELT USE LAWS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 406 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 406. Safety belt performance grants

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants to States

in accordance with the provisions of this section to encourage the

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enactment and enforcement of laws requiring the use of safety

belts in passenger motor vehicles.

‘‘(b) GRANTS FOR ENACTING PRIMARY SAFETY BELT USE LAWS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a single grant

to each State that either—

‘‘(A) enacts for the first time after December 31, 2002,

and has in effect and is enforcing a conforming primary

safety belt use law for all passenger motor vehicles; or

‘‘(B) in the case of a State that does not have such

a primary safety belt use law, has after December 31,

2005, a State safety belt use rate of 85 percent or more

for each of the 2 calendar years immediately preceding

the fiscal year of a grant, as measured under criteria

determined by the Secretary.

‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant available to a State

in fiscal year 2006 or in a subsequent fiscal year under paragraph (1) shall equal 475 percent of the amount apportioned

to the State under section 402(c) for fiscal year 2003.

‘‘(3) JULY 1 CUT-OFF.—For the purpose of determining the

eligibility of a State for a grant under paragraph (1)(A), a

conforming primary safety belt use law enacted after June

30th of any year shall—

‘‘(A) not be considered to have been enacted in the

Federal fiscal year in which that June 30th falls; but

‘‘(B) be considered as if it were enacted after October

1 of the next Federal fiscal year.

‘‘(4) SHORTFALL.—If the total amount of grants provided

for by this subsection for a fiscal year exceeds the amount

of funds available for such grants for that fiscal year, the

Secretary shall make grants under this subsection to States

in the order in which—

‘‘(A) the conforming primary safety belt use law came

into effect; or

‘‘(B) the State’s safety belt use rate was 85 percent

or more for 2 consecutive calendar years (as measured

under by criteria determined by the Secretary), whichever

first occurs.

‘‘(5) CATCH-UP GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant

to any State eligible for a grant under this subsection that

did not receive a grant for a fiscal year because of the application of paragraph (4), in the next fiscal year if the State’s

conforming primary safety belt use law remains in effect or

its safety belt use rate is 85 percent or more for the 2 consecutive calendar years preceding such next fiscal year (subject

to the condition in paragraph (4)).

‘‘(c) GRANTS FOR PRE-2003 LAWS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that amounts made available for grants under this section for any of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 exceed the total amount of grants to be awarded

under subsection (b) for the fiscal year, including amounts

to be awarded for catch-up grants under subsection (b)(5), the

Secretary shall make a single grant to each State that enacted,

has in effect, and is enforcing a conforming primary safety

belt use law for all passenger motor vehicles that was in effect

before January 1, 2003.

‘‘(2) AMOUNT; INSTALLMENTS.—The amount of a grant available to a State under this subsection shall be equal to 200

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percent of the amount of funds apportioned to the State under

section 402(c) for fiscal year 2003. The Secretary may award

the grant in annual installments.

‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF UNALLOCATED FUNDS.—

‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make additional grants under this section of any amounts made available

for grants under this section that, on July 1, 2009, have not

been allocated to States under this section.

‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—The additional grants made under this

subsection shall be allocated among all States that, as of that

date, have enacted, have in effect, and are enforcing conforming

primary safety belt laws for all passenger motor vehicles. The

allocations shall be made in accordance with the formula for

apportioning funds among the States under section 402(c).

‘‘(e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a State may

use a grant under this section for any safety purpose under

this title or for any project that corrects or improves a hazardous roadway location or feature or proactively addresses

highway safety problems, including—

‘‘(A) intersection improvements;

‘‘(B) pavement and shoulder widening;

‘‘(C) installation of rumble strips and other warning

devices;

‘‘(D) improving skid resistance;

‘‘(E) improvements for pedestrian or bicyclist safety;

‘‘(F) railway-highway crossing safety;

‘‘(G) traffic calming;

‘‘(H) the elimination of roadside obstacles;

‘‘(I) improving highway signage and pavement

marking;

‘‘(J) installing priority control systems for emergency

vehicles at signalized intersections;

‘‘(K) installing traffic control or warning devices at

locations with high accident potential;

‘‘(L) safety-conscious planning; and

‘‘(M) improving crash data collection and analysis.

‘‘(2) SAFETY ACTIVITY REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding

paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that at least

$1,000,000 of amounts received by States under this section

are obligated for safety activities under this chapter.

‘‘(3) SUPPORT ACTIVITY.—The Secretary or his designee may

engage in activities with States and State legislators to consider

proposals related to safety belt use laws.

‘‘(f) CARRY-FORWARD OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If the amount available for grants under this section for any fiscal year exceeds the

sum of the grants made under this section for that fiscal year,

the excess amount and obligational authority shall be carried forward and made available for grants under this section in the

succeeding fiscal year.

‘‘(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable for grants

under this section shall be 100 percent.

‘‘(h) PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED.—In this section,

the term ‘passenger motor vehicle’ means—

‘‘(1) a passenger car;

‘‘(2) a pickup truck; and

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‘‘(3) a van, minivan, or sport utility vehicle with a gross

vehicle weight rating of less than 10,000 pounds.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 4 of such

title is amended by striking the item relating to section 406 and

inserting the following:

‘‘406. Safety belt performance grants.’’.

SEC. 2006. STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 408 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 408. State traffic safety information system improvements

‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Subject to the requirements of this

section, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible States to support

the development and implementation of effective programs by such

States to—

‘‘(1) improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, and accessibility of the safety data of the

State that is needed to identify priorities for national, State,

and local highway and traffic safety programs;

‘‘(2) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to make such

improvements;

‘‘(3) link the State data systems, including traffic records,

with other data systems within the State, such as systems

that contain medical, roadway, and economic data; and

‘‘(4) improve the compatibility and interoperability of the

data systems of the State with national data systems and

data systems of other States and enhance the ability of the

Secretary to observe and analyze national trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and circumstances.

‘‘(b) FIRST-YEAR GRANTS.—To be eligible for a first-year grant

under this section in a fiscal year, a State shall demonstrate to

the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State has—

‘‘(1) established a highway safety data and traffic records

coordinating committee with a multidisciplinary membership

that includes, among others, managers, collectors, and users

of traffic records and public health and injury control data

systems; and

‘‘(2) developed a multiyear highway safety data and traffic

records system strategic plan—

‘‘(A) that addresses existing deficiencies in the State’s

highway safety data and traffic records system;

‘‘(B) that is approved by the highway safety data and

traffic records coordinating committee;

‘‘(C) that specifies how existing deficiencies in the

State’s highway safety data and traffic records system were

identified;

‘‘(D) that prioritizes, on the basis of the identified

highway safety data and traffic records system deficiencies

of the State, the highway safety data and traffic records

system needs and goals of the State, including the activities

under subsection (a);

‘‘(E) that identifies performance-based measures by

which progress toward those goals will be determined; and

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‘‘(F) that specifies how the grant funds and any other

funds of the State are to be used to address needs and

goals identified in the multiyear plan.

‘‘(c) SUCCESSIVE YEAR GRANTS.—A State shall be eligible for

a grant under this subsection in a fiscal year succeeding the first

fiscal year in which the State receives a grant under subsection

(b) if the State—

‘‘(1) certifies to the Secretary that an assessment or audit

of the State’s highway safety data and traffic records system

has been conducted or updated within the preceding 5 years;

‘‘(2) certifies to the Secretary that its highway safety data

and traffic records coordinating committee continues to operate

and supports the multiyear plan;

‘‘(3) specifies how the grant funds and any other funds

of the State are to be used to address needs and goals identified

in the multiyear plan;

‘‘(4) demonstrates to the Secretary measurable progress

toward achieving the goals and objectives identified in the

multiyear plan; and

‘‘(5) submits to the Secretary a current report on the

progress in implementing the multiyear plan.

‘‘(d) GRANT AMOUNT.—Subject to subsection (e)(3), the amount

of a year grant made to a State for a fiscal year under this section

shall equal the higher of—

‘‘(1) the amount determined by multiplying—

‘‘(A) the amount appropriated to carry out this section

for such fiscal year, by

‘‘(B) the ratio that the funds apportioned to the State

under section 402 for fiscal year 2003 bears to the funds

apportioned to all States under such section for fiscal year

2003; or

‘‘(2)(A) $300,000 in the case of the first fiscal year a grant

is made to a State under this section after the date of enactment

of this subparagraph; or

‘‘(B) $500,000 in the case of a succeeding fiscal year a

grant is made to the State under this section after such date

of enactment.

‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.—

‘‘(1) MODEL DATA ELEMENTS.—The Secretary, in consultation with States and other appropriate parties, shall determine

the model data elements that are useful for the observation

and analysis of State and national trends in occurrences, rates,

outcomes, and circumstances of motor vehicle traffic accidents.

In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a State

shall submit to the Secretary a certification that the State

has adopted and uses such model data elements, or a certification that the State will use grant funds provided under

this section toward adopting and using the maximum number

of such model data elements as soon as practicable.

‘‘(2) DATA ON USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES.—The model

data elements required under paragraph (1) shall include data

elements, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, in consultation with the States and appropriate elements of the law

enforcement community, on the impact on traffic safety of the

use of electronic devices while driving.

‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be made

to a State under this section in any fiscal year unless the

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State enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the

Secretary may require to ensure that the State will maintain

its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for highway

safety data programs at or above the average level of such

expenditures maintained by such State in the 2 fiscal years

preceding the date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU.

‘‘(4) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of

adopting and implementing in a fiscal year a State program

described in subsection (a) may not exceed 80 percent.

‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON USE OF GRANT PROCEEDS.—A State may

use the proceeds of a grant received under this section only

to implement the program described in subsection (a) for which

the grant is made.

‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—Section 402(d) of this title

shall apply in the administration of this section.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 4 of such

title is amended by striking the item relating to section 408 and

inserting the following:

‘‘408. State traffic safety information system improvements.’’.

SEC. 2007. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.

(a) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Section 410(a)(2) of title 23,

United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘under

this subsection’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘Transportation Equity Act for the 21st

Century’’ and inserting ‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’.

(b) REVISED GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 410 of such title is

amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking paragraph (3);

(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3);

and

(C) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) by striking

the second comma following ‘‘sixth’’;

(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections

(h) and (i), respectively;

(3) by striking subsections (b) through (d) and inserting

the following:

‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible for a grant

under subsection (a), a State shall—

‘‘(1) have an alcohol related fatality rate of 0.5 or less

per 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled as of the date of the

grant, as determined by the Secretary using the most recent

Fatality Analysis Reporting System of the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration; or

‘‘(2)(A) for fiscal year 2006 by carrying out 3 of the programs

and activities under subsection (c);

‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2007 by carrying out 4 of the programs

and activities under subsection (c); or

‘‘(C) for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 by carrying out 5

of the programs and activities under subsection (c).

‘‘(c) STATE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—The programs and

activities referred to in subsection (b) are the following:

‘‘(1) CHECK POINT, SATURATION PATROL PROGRAM.—A State

program to conduct a series of high visibility, statewide law

enforcement campaigns in which law enforcement personnel

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monitor for impaired driving, either through the use of sobriety

check points or saturation patrols, on a nondiscriminatory,

lawful basis for the purpose of determining whether the operators of the motor vehicles are driving while under the influence

of alcohol—

‘‘(A) if the State organizes the campaigns in cooperation

with related periodic national campaigns organized by the

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, except

that this subparagraph does not preclude a State from

initiating sustained high visibility, Statewide law enforcement campaigns independently of the cooperative efforts;

and

‘‘(B) if, for each fiscal year, the State demonstrates

to the Secretary that the State and the political subdivisions of the State that receive funds under this section

have increased, in the aggregate, the total number of

impaired driving law enforcement activities at high incident

locations (or any other similar activity approved by the

Secretary) initiated in such State during the preceding

fiscal year by a factor that the Secretary determines meaningful for the State over the number of such activities

initiated in such State during the preceding fiscal year.

‘‘(2) PROSECUTION AND ADJUDICATION OUTREACH PROGRAM.—A State prosecution and adjudication program under

which—

‘‘(A) the State works to reduce the use of diversion

programs by educating and informing prosecutors and

judges through various outreach methods about the benefits

and merits of prosecuting and adjudicating defendants who

repeatedly commit impaired driving offenses;

‘‘(B) the courts in a majority of the judicial jurisdictions

of the State are monitored on the courts’ adjudication of

cases of impaired driving offenses; or

‘‘(C) annual statewide outreach is provided for judges

and prosecutors on innovative approaches to the prosecution and adjudication of cases of impaired driving offenses

that have the potential for significantly improving the

prosecution and adjudication of such cases.

‘‘(3) TESTING OF BAC.—An effective system for increasing

from the previous year the rate of blood alcohol concentration

testing of motor vehicle drivers involved in fatal accidents.

‘‘(4) HIGH RISK DRIVERS.—A law that establishes stronger

sanctions or additional penalties for individuals convicted of

operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol

whose blood alcohol concentration is 0.15 percent or more than

for individuals convicted of the same offense but with a lower

blood alcohol concentration. For purposes of this paragraph,

‘additional penalties’ includes—

‘‘(A) a 1-year suspension of a driver’s license, but with

the individual whose license is suspended becoming eligible

after 45 days of such suspension to obtain a provisional

driver’s license that would permit the individual to drive—

‘‘(i) only to and from the individual’s place of

employment or school; and

‘‘(ii) only in an automobile equipped with a certified

alcohol ignition interlock device; and

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‘‘(B) a mandatory assessment by a certified substance

abuse official of whether the individual has an alcohol

abuse problem with possible referral to counseling if the

official determines that such a referral is appropriate.

‘‘(5) PROGRAMS FOR EFFECTIVE ALCOHOL REHABILITATION

AND DWI COURTS.—A program for effective inpatient and outpatient alcohol rehabilitation based on mandatory assessment

and appropriate treatment for repeat offenders or a program

to refer impaired driving cases to courts that specialize in

driving while impaired cases that emphasize the close supervision of high-risk offenders.

‘‘(6) UNDERAGE DRINKING PROGRAM.—An effective strategy,

as determined by the Secretary, for preventing operators of

motor vehicles under age 21 from obtaining alcoholic beverages

and for preventing persons from making alcoholic beverages

available to individuals under age 21. Such a strategy may

include—

‘‘(A) the issuance of tamper-resistant drivers’ licenses

to individuals under age 21 that are easily distinguishable

in appearance from drivers’ licenses issued to individuals

age 21 or older; and

‘‘(B) a program provided by a nonprofit organization

for training point of sale personnel concerning, at a

minimum—

‘‘(i) the clinical effects of alcohol;

‘‘(ii) methods of preventing second party sales of

alcohol;

‘‘(iii) recognizing signs of intoxication;

‘‘(iv) methods to prevent underage drinking; and

‘‘(v) Federal, State, and local laws that are relevant

to such personnel; and

‘‘(C) having a law in effect that creates a 0.02 percent

blood alcohol content limit for drivers under 21 years old.

‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION.—An administrative driver’s license suspension or revocation system for individuals who operate motor vehicles while under the influence

of alcohol that requires that—

‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who, in any 5-year

period beginning after the date of enactment of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, is determined on the basis of a chemical test to have been operating

a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or

is determined to have refused to submit to such a test

as proposed by a law enforcement officer, the State agency

responsible for administering drivers’ licenses, upon receipt

of the report of the law enforcement officer—

‘‘(i) suspend the driver’s license of such individual

for a period of not less than 90 days if such individual

is a first offender in such 5-year period; except that

under such suspension an individual may operate a

motor vehicle, after the 15-day period beginning on

the date of the suspension, to and from employment,

school, or an alcohol treatment program if an ignition

interlock device is installed on each of the motor

vehicles owned or operated, or both, by the individual;

and

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‘‘(ii) suspend the driver’s license of such individual

for a period of not less than 1 year, or revoke such

license, if such individual is a repeat offender in such

5–year period; except that such individual to operate

a motor vehicle, after the 45-day period beginning on

the date of the suspension or revocation, to and from

employment, school, or an alcohol treatment program

if an ignition interlock device is installed on each of

the motor vehicles owned or operated, or both, by the

individual; and

‘‘(B) the suspension and revocation referred to under

clause (i) take effect not later than 30 days after the

date on which the individual refused to submit to a chemical test or received notice of having been determined to

be driving under the influence of alcohol, in accordance

with the procedures of the State.

‘‘(8) SELF SUSTAINING IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION PROGRAM.—A program under which a significant portion of the

fines or surcharges collected from individuals who are fined

for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of

alcohol are returned to communities for comprehensive programs for the prevention of impaired driving.

‘‘(d) USES OF GRANTS.—Subject to subsection (g)(2), grants made

under this section may be used for all programs and activities

described in subsection (c), and to defray the following costs:

‘‘(1) Labor costs, management costs, and equipment

procurement costs for the high visibility, Statewide law enforcement campaigns under subsection (c)(1).

‘‘(2) The costs of the training of law enforcement personnel

and the procurement of technology and equipment, including

video equipment and passive alcohol sensors, to counter directly

impaired operation of motor vehicles.

‘‘(3) The costs of public awareness, advertising, and educational campaigns that publicize use of sobriety check points

or increased law enforcement efforts to counter impaired operation of motor vehicles.

‘‘(4) The costs of public awareness, advertising, and educational campaigns that target impaired operation of motor

vehicles by persons under 34 years of age.

‘‘(5) The costs of the development and implementation of

a State impaired operator information system.

‘‘(6) The costs of operating programs that result in vehicle

forfeiture or impoundment or license plate impoundment.

‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

USES.—

‘‘(1) COMBINATION OF GRANT PROCEEDS.—Grant funds used

for a campaign under subsection (d)(3) may be combined, or

expended in coordination, with proceeds of grants under section

402.

‘‘(2) COORDINATION OF USES.—Grant funds used for a campaign under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (d) may be

expended—

‘‘(A) in coordination with employers, schools, entities

in the hospitality industry, and nonprofit traffic safety

groups; and

‘‘(B) in coordination with sporting events and concerts

and other entertainment events.

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‘‘(f) ALLOCATION.—Subject to subsection (g), funds made available to carry out this section shall be allocated among States

that meet the eligibility criteria in subsection (b) on the basis

of the apportionment formula under section 402(c).

‘‘(g) GRANTS TO HIGH FATALITY RATE STATES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a separate

grant under this section to each State that—

‘‘(A) is among the 10 States with the highest impaired

driving related fatalities as determined by the Secretary

using the most recent Fatality Analysis Reporting System

of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;

and

‘‘(B) prepares a plan for grant expenditures under this

subsection that is approved by the Administrator of the

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

‘‘(2) REQUIRED USES.—At least one-half of the amounts

allocated to States under this subsection may only be used

for the program described in subsection (c)(1).

‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—Funds made available under this subsection shall be allocated among States described in paragraph

(1) on the basis of the apportionment formula under section

402(c), except that no State shall be allocated more than 30

percent of the funds made available to carry out this subsection

for a fiscal year.

‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Not more than 15 percent per fiscal year

of amounts made available to carry out this section for a

fiscal year shall be made available by the Secretary for making

grants under this subsection.’’; and

(4) by adding at the end of subsection (i) (as redesignated

by paragraph (2)) the following:

‘‘(4) IMPAIRED OPERATOR.—The term ‘impaired operator’

means a person who, while operating a motor vehicle—

‘‘(A) has a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or

higher; or

‘‘(B) is under the influence of a controlled substance.

‘‘(5) IMPAIRED DRIVING RELATED FATALITY RATE.—The term

‘impaired driving related fatality rate’ means the rate of alcohol

related fatalities, as calculated in accordance with regulations

which the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration shall prescribe.’’.

(c) NHTSA TO ISSUE REGULATIONS.—Not later than 12 months

after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration shall issue guidelines to the States

specifying the types and formats of data that States should collect

relating to drivers who are arrested or convicted for violation of

laws prohibiting the impaired operation of motor vehicles.

SEC. 2008. NHTSA ACCOUNTABILITY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 412. Agency accountability

‘‘(a) TRIENNIAL STATE MANAGEMENT REVIEWS.—At least once

every 3 years the Secretary shall conduct a review of each State

highway safety program. The review shall include a management

evaluation of all grant programs funded under this chapter. The

Secretary shall provide review-based recommendations on how each

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State could improve the management and oversight of its grant

activities and may provide a management and oversight plan for

such grant programs.

‘‘(b) RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE SUBMISSION.—In order to provide guidance to State highway safety agencies on matters that

should be addressed in the goals and initiatives of the State highway

safety program before the program is submitted for review, the

Secretary shall provide data-based recommendations to each State

at least 90 days before the date on which the program is to be

submitted for approval.

‘‘(c) STATE PROGRAM REVIEW.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(1) conduct a program improvement review of a highway

safety program under this chapter of a State that does not

make substantial progress over a 3-year period in meeting

its priority program goals; and

‘‘(2) provide technical assistance and safety program

requirements to be incorporated in the State highway safety

program for any goal not achieved.

‘‘(d) REGIONAL HARMONIZATION.—The Secretary and the

Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall undertake an administrative review of the practices and procedures of

the management reviews and program reviews of State highway

safety programs under this chapter conducted by the regional offices

of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and prepare

a written report of best practices and procedures for use by the

regional offices in conducting such reviews. The report shall be

completed within 180 days after the date of enactment of this

section.

‘‘(e) BEST PRACTICES GUIDELINES.—

‘‘(1) UNIFORM GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall issue uniform management review guidelines and program review guidelines based on the report under subsection (d). Each regional

office shall use the guidelines in executing its State administrative review duties under this section.

‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make publicly

available on the Web site (or successor electronic facility) of

the Administration the following documents upon their completion:

‘‘(A) The Secretary’s management review guidelines

and program review guidelines.

‘‘(B) All State highway safety programs submitted

under this chapter.

‘‘(C) State annual accomplishment reports.

‘‘(D) The Administration’s Summary Report of findings

from Management Reviews and Improvement Plans.

‘‘(3) REPORTS TO STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY AGENCIES.—The

Secretary may not make publicly available a program, report,

or review under paragraph (2) that is directed to a State

highway safety agency until after the date on which the program, report, or review is submitted to that agency under

this chapter.

‘‘(f) GAO REVIEW.—

‘‘(1) ANALYSIS.—The Comptroller General shall analyze the

effectiveness of the Administration’s oversight of traffic safety

grants under this chapter by determining the usefulness of

the Administration’s advice to the States regarding administration and State activities under this chapter, the extent to

Public

information.

Internet.

Deadline.

Reports.

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which the States incorporate the Administration’s recommendations into their highway safety programs, and the improvements

that result in a State’s highway safety program that may

be attributable to the Administration’s recommendations.

‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2008, the

Comptroller General shall submit a report on the results of

the analysis to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 4 of such

title is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘412. Agency accountability.’’.

SEC. 2009. HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration shall establish and administer a program under which at least 2 high-visibility traffic safety law enforcement campaigns will be carried out for the purposes specified in

subsection (b) in each of years 2006 through 2009.

(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of each law enforcement campaign

under this section shall be to achieve either or both of the following

objectives:

(1) Reduce alcohol-impaired or drug-impaired operation of

motor vehicles.

(2) Increase use of seat belts by occupants of motor vehicles.

(c) ADVERTISING.—The Administrator may use, or authorize

the use of, funds available to carry out this section to pay for

the development, production, and use of broadcast and print media

advertising in carrying out traffic safety law enforcement campaigns

under this section. Consideration shall be given to advertising

directed at non-English speaking populations, including those who

listen, read, or watch nontraditional media.

(d) COORDINATION WITH STATES.—The Administrator shall

coordinate with the States in carrying out the traffic safety law

enforcement campaigns under this section, including advertising

funded under subsection (c), with a view to—

(1) relying on States to provide the law enforcement

resources for the campaigns out of funding available under

this section and sections 402, 405, 406, and 410 of title 23,

United States Code; and

(2) providing out of National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration resources most of the means necessary for

national advertising and education efforts associated with the

law enforcement campaigns.

(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available to carry out this

section may only be used for activities described in subsections

(a), (c), and (f).

(f) ANNUAL EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct an

annual evaluation of the effectiveness of campaigns referred to

in subsection (a).

(g) STATE DEFINED.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning such

term has under section 401 of title 23, United States Code.

SEC. 2010. MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY.

(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—Subject to the requirements

of this section, the Secretary shall make grants to States that

Grants.

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adopt and implement effective programs to reduce the number

of single- and multi-vehicle crashes involving motorcyclists.

(b) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be made to a

State under this section in a fiscal year unless the State enters

into such agreements with the Secretary as the Secretary may

require to ensure that the State will maintain its aggregate expenditures from all the other sources for motorcyclist safety training

programs and motorcyclist awareness programs at or above the

average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding

the date of enactment of this Act.

(c) ALLOCATION.—The amount of a grant made to a State for

a fiscal year under this section may not be less than $100,000

and may not exceed 25 percent of the amount apportioned to the

State for fiscal year 2003 under section 402 of title 23, United

States Code.

(d) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—A State becomes eligible for a grant under

this section by adopting or demonstrating to the satisfaction

of the Secretary—

(A) for the first fiscal year for which the State will

receive a grant under this section, at least 1 of the 6

criteria listed in paragraph (2); and

(B) for the second, third, and fourth fiscal years for

which the State will receive a grant under this section,

at least 2 of the 6 criteria listed in paragraph (2).

(2) CRITERIA.—The criteria for eligibility for a grant under

this section are the following:

(A) MOTORCYCLE RIDER TRAINING COURSES.—An effective motorcycle rider training course that is offered

throughout the State, provides a formal program of instruction in accident avoidance and other safety-oriented operational skills to motorcyclists and that may include innovative training opportunities to meet unique regional needs.

(B) MOTORCYCLISTS AWARENESS PROGRAM.—An effective statewide program to enhance motorist awareness of

the presence of motorcyclists on or near roadways and

safe driving practices that avoid injuries to motorcyclists.

(C) REDUCTION OF FATALITIES AND CRASHES INVOLVING

MOTORCYCLES.—A reduction for the preceding calendar year

in the number of motorcycle fatalities and the rate of

motor vehicle crashes involving motorcycles in the State

(expressed as a function of 10,000 motorcycle registrations).

(D) IMPAIRED DRIVING PROGRAM.—Implementation of

a statewide program to reduce impaired driving, including

specific measures to reduce impaired motorcycle operation.

(E) REDUCTION OF FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS

INVOLVING IMPAIRED MOTORCYCLISTS.—A reduction for the

preceding calendar year in the number of fatalities and

the rate of reported crashes involving alcohol- or drugimpaired motorcycle operators (expressed as a function of

10,000 motorcycle registrations).

(F) FEES COLLECTED FROM MOTORCYCLISTS.—All fees

collected by the State from motorcyclists for the purposes

of funding motorcycle training and safety programs will

be used for motorcycle training and safety programs.

(e) ELIGIBLE USES.—

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(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may use funds from a grant

under this section only for motorcyclist safety training and

motorcyclist awareness programs, including—

(A) improvements to motorcyclist safety training curricula;

(B) improvements in program delivery of motorcycle

training to both urban and rural areas, including—

(i) procurement or repair of practice motorcycles;

(ii) instructional materials;

(iii) mobile training units; and

(iv) leasing or purchasing facilities for closedcourse motorcycle skill training;

(C) measures designed to increase the recruitment or

retention of motorcyclist safety training instructors; and

(D) public awareness, public service announcements,

and other outreach programs to enhance driver awareness

of motorcyclists, such as the ‘‘share-the-road’’ safety messages developed under subsection (g).

(2) SUBALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS.—An agency of a State that

receives a grant under this section may suballocate funds from

the grant to a nonprofit organization incorporated in that State

to carry out under this section.

(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY TRAINING.—The term ‘‘motorcyclist safety training’’ means a formal program of instruction

that is approved for use in a State by the designated State

authority having jurisdiction over motorcyclist safety issues,

which may include the State motorcycle safety administrator

or a motorcycle advisory council appointed by the Governor

of the State.

(2) MOTORCYCLIST AWARENESS.—The term ‘‘motorcyclist

awareness’’ means individual or collective awareness of—

(A) the presence of motorcycles on or near roadways;

and

(B) safe driving practices that avoid injury to motorcyclists.

(3) MOTORCYCLIST AWARENESS PROGRAM.—The term

‘‘motorcyclist awareness program’’ means an informational or

public awareness program designed to enhance motorcyclist

awareness that is developed by or in coordination with the

designated State authority having jurisdiction over motorcyclist

safety issues, which may include the State motorcycle safety

administrator or a motorcycle advisory council appointed by

the Governor of the State.

(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the same meaning such

term has in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.

(g) SHARE-THE-ROAD MODEL LANGUAGE.—Not later than 1 year

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation

with the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, shall develop and provide to the States model language for use in traffic safety education courses, driver’s manuals,

and other driver’s training materials instructing the drivers of

motor vehicles on the importance of sharing the roads safely with

motorcyclists.

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SEC. 2011. CHILD SAFETY AND CHILD BOOSTER SEAT INCENTIVE

GRANTS.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the requirements of this

section, the Secretary shall make grants to States that are enforcing

a law requiring that any child riding in a passenger motor vehicle

in the State who is too large to be secured in a child safety

seat be secured in a child restraint that meets the requirements

prescribed by the Secretary under section 3 of Anton’s Law (49

U.S.C. 30127 note; 116 Stat. 2772).

(b) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be made to a

State under this section in a fiscal year unless the State enters

into such agreements with the Secretary as the Secretary may

require to ensure that the State will maintain its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for child safety seat and child restraint

programs at or above the average level of such expenditures in

its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this Act.

(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs of activities

funded using amounts from grants under this section shall not

exceed—

(1) for the first 3 fiscal years for which a State receives

a grant under this section, 75 percent; and

(2) for the fourth fiscal year for which a State receives

a grant under this section, 50 percent.

(d) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—

(1) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amounts received by a State

in grants under this section for a fiscal year not more than

50 percent shall be used to fund programs for purchasing

and distributing child safety seats and child restraints to lowincome families.

(2) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Amounts received by a State

in grants under this section, other than amounts subject to

paragraph (1), shall be used to carry out child safety seat

and child restraint programs, including the following:

(A) A program to support enforcement of child restraint

laws.

(B) A program to train child passenger safety professionals, police officers, fire and emergency medical personnel, educators, and parents concerning all aspects of

the use of child safety seats and child restraints.

(C) A program to educate the public concerning the

proper use and installation of child safety seats and child

restraints.

(e) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant to a State for

a fiscal year under this section may not exceed 25 percent of

the amount apportioned to the State for fiscal year 2003 under

section 402 of title 23, United States Code.

(f) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—The provisions contained

in section 402(d) of such title shall apply to this section.

(g) REPORT.—A State that receives a grant under this section

shall transmit to the Secretary a report documenting the manner

in which the grant amounts were obligated and expended and

identifying the specific programs carried out using the grant funds.

The report shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary and

may be combined with other State grant reporting requirements

under of chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code.

(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

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(1) CHILD RESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘child restraint’’ means

any product designed to provide restraint to a child (including

booster seats and other products used with a lap and shoulder

belt assembly) that meets applicable Federal motor vehicle

safety standards prescribed by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration.

(2) CHILD SAFETY SEAT.—The term ‘‘child safety seat’’ has

the meaning such term has in section 405(f) of title 23, United

States Code.

(3) PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘passenger

motor vehicle’’ has the meaning such term has in section 405(f)

of such title.

(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning such term

has in section 101(a) of such title.

SEC. 2012. SAFETY DATA.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Using funds made available to carry out

section 403 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal years 2005

through 2009, the Secretary shall collect data and compile statistics

on accidents involving motor vehicles being backed up that result

in fatalities and injuries and that occur on public and nonpublic

roads and residential and commercial driveways and parking facilities.

(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2009, the Secretary

shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on

accidents described in subsection (a), including the data collected

and statistics compiled under subsection (a) and any recommendations regarding measures to be taken to reduce the number of

such accidents and the resulting fatalities and injuries.

SEC. 2013. DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT.

(a) ILLICIT DRUG.—In this section, the term ‘‘illicit drug’’

includes substances listed in schedules I through V of section 112(e)

of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) not obtained

by a legal and valid prescription.

(b) DUTIES.—The Secretary shall—

(1) advise and coordinate with other Federal agencies on

how to address the problem of driving under the influence

of an illegal drug; and

(2) conduct research on the prevention, detection, and

prosecution of driving under the influence of an illegal drug.

(c) REPORT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with

the National Institutes of Health, shall submit to Congress

a report on the problem of drug-impaired driving.

(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include, at a minimum,

the following:

(A) An assessment of methodologies and technologies

for measuring driver impairment resulting from use of

the most common illicit drugs (including the use of such

drugs in combination with alcohol).

(B) Effective and efficient methods for training law

enforcement personnel, including drug recognition experts,

to detect or measure the level of impairment of a driver

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who is under the influence of an illicit drug by the use

of technology or otherwise.

(C) A description of the role of drugs as causal factor

in traffic crashes and the extent of the problem of drugimpaired driving.

(D) A description and assessment of current State and

Federal laws relating to drug-impaired driving.

(E) Recommendations for addressing the problem of

drug-impaired driving, including recommendations on

levels of impairment.

(F) Recommendations for developing a model statute

relating to drug-impaired driving.

(d) MODEL STATUTE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop a model

statute for States relating to drug-impaired driving.

(2) CONTENTS.—Based on recommendations and findings

contained in the report submitted under subsection (c), the

model statute may include—

(A) threshold levels of impairment for illicit drugs;

(B) practicable methods for detecting the presence of

illicit drugs; and

(C) penalties for drug impaired driving.

(3) DATE.—The model statute shall be provided to States

not later than 1 year after date of submission of the report

under subsection (c).

(e) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 403(b) of title 23,

United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(5) Technology to detect drug use and enable States to

efficiently process toxicology evidence.

‘‘(6) Research on the effects of illicit drugs and the compound effects of alcohol and illicit drugs on impairment.’’.

(f) FUNDING.—Out of amounts made available to carry out

section 403 of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009, the Secretary shall make available $1,200,000

for such fiscal year to carry out this section.

SEC. 2014. FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLE SAFETY PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

should—

(1) develop and implement a comprehensive program to

promote compliance with State and local laws intended to

increase the safe and efficient operation of first responder

vehicles;

(2) compile a list of best practices by State and local governments to promote compliance with the laws described in paragraph (1);

(3) analyze State and local laws intended to increase the

safe and efficient operation of first responder vehicles; and

(4) develop model legislation to increase the safe and efficient operation of first responder vehicles.

(b) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary may enter into partnerships

with qualified organizations to carry out this section.

(c) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall use a variety of

public outreach strategies to carry out this section, including public

Deadline.

23 USC 402 note.

Drugs and drug

abuse.

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service announcements, publication of informational materials, and

posting information on the Internet.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary

to carry out this section for fiscal year 2006.

SEC. 2015. DRIVER PERFORMANCE STUDY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Using funds made available to carry out

section 403 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2005,

the Secretary shall make $1,000,000 available to conduct a study

on the risks associated with glare to oncoming drivers, including

increased risks to drivers on 2-lane highways, increased risks to

drivers over the age of 50, and the overall effects of glare on

driver performance.

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

of the Senate a report on the results of the study and any recommendations regarding measures to reduce the risks associated

with glare to oncoming drivers.

SEC. 2016. RURAL STATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPTIMIZATION PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available to carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2006,

the Secretary shall make $1,000,000 available to conduct a pilot

program for optimizing emergency medical services in a rural State.

(b) COLLECTING DATA.—The pilot program shall focus on collecting geo-coded data for highway accidents and resulting injuries,

analyzing data to develop injury patterns and distributions, and

improving placement and management of emergency medical services resources and personnel.

(c) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall enter into an agreement

with the State of Alaska to conduct the pilot program.

(d) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the completion

of the pilot program, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

of the Senate a report on the results of the pilot program and

recommendations for application to other rural States.

SEC. 2017. OLDER DRIVER SAFETY; LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.

(a) IMPROVING OLDER DRIVER SAFETY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available to carry

out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary

shall allocate $1,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through

2009 to conduct a comprehensive research and demonstration

program to improve traffic safety pertaining to older drivers.

(2) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program shall—

(A) provide information and guidelines to assist older

drivers, physicians, and other related medical personnel,

families, licensing agencies, enforcement officers, and various public and transit agencies in enhancing the safety

of older drivers;

(B) improve the scientific basis of medical standards

and screenings strategies used in the licensing of all drivers

in a non-discriminatory manner;

Contracts.

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(C) conduct field tests to assess the safety benefits

and mobility impacts of different driver licensing strategies

and driver assessment and rehabilitation methods;

(D) assess the value and improve the safety potential

of driver retraining courses of particular benefit to older

drivers; and

(E) conduct other activities to accomplish the objectives

of this section.

(3) FORMULATION OF PLAN.—After consultation with

affected parties, the Secretary shall formulate an older driver

traffic safety plan to guide the design and implementation

of the program.

(4) SUBMISION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1

year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

shall submit the plan to the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.—

(1) REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry

out a program to provide guidance and support to law enforcement agencies in police chase techniques that are consistent

with the police chase guidelines issued by the International

Association of Chiefs of Police.

(2) AMOUNT FOR PROGRAM.—Of the funds made available

to carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, the

Secretary shall allocate $500,000 in each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 to carry out this subsection.

SEC. 2018. SAFE INTERSECTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 39. Traffic signal preemption transmitters

‘‘(a) OFFENSES.—

‘‘(1) SALE.—Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign

commerce, knowingly sells a traffic signal preemption transmitter to a nonqualifying user shall be fined under this title,

or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.

‘‘(2) USE.—Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign

commerce, being a nonqualifying user makes unauthorized use

of a traffic signal preemption transmitter shall be fined under

this title, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.

‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION TRANSMITTER.—The term

‘traffic signal preemption transmitter’ means any mechanism

that can change or alter a traffic signal’s phase time or

sequence.

‘‘(2) NONQUALIFYING USER.—The term ‘nonqualifying user’

means a person who uses a traffic signal preemption transmitter and is not acting on behalf of a public agency or private

corporation authorized by law to provide fire protection, law

enforcement, emergency medical services, transit services,

maintenance, or other services for a Federal, State, or local

government entity, but does not include a person using a traffic

signal preemption transmitter for classroom or instructional

purposes.’’.

23 USC 402 note.

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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘39. Traffic signal preemption transmitters.’’.

SEC. 2019. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

Section 404(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

by striking ‘‘Commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation’’.

SEC. 2020. PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED

DRIVING.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

(1) there has been considerable progress over the past

25 years in reducing the number and rate of alcohol-related

highway facilities;

(2) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

projects that fatalities in alcohol-related crashes declined in

2003 for the 2nd year in a row;

(3) in spite of this progress, an estimated 17,013 Americans

died in 2003, in alcohol-related crashes;

(4) these fatalities comprise 40 percent of the annual total

highway fatalities;

(5) about 250,000 are injured each year in alcohol-related

crashes;

(6) the past 2 years of decreasing alcohol-related fatalities

follows a 3-year increase;

(7) alcohol-impaired driving is the Nation’s most frequently

committed violent crime;

(8) the annual cost of alcohol-related crashes is over

$100,000,000,000, including $9,000,000,000 in costs to

employers;

(9) a Presidential Commission on Alcohol Impaired Driving

in 1982 and 1983 helped to lead to substantial progress on

this issue; and

(10) these facts point to the need to renew the national

commitment to preventing these deaths and injuries.

(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that,

in an effort to further change the culture of alcohol-impaired driving

on our Nation’s highways, the President should consider establishing a Presidential Commission on Alcohol-Impaired Driving—

(1) comprised of representatives of—

(A) State and local governments, including State legislators;

(B) law enforcement;

(C) traffic safety experts, including researchers;

(D) victims of alcohol-related crashes;

(E) affected industries, including the alcohol, insurance, motorcycle, and auto industries;

(F) the business community;

(G) labor;

(H) the medical community;

(I) public health; and

(J) Members of Congress; and

(2) that not later than September 30, 2006, would—

(A) conduct a full examination of alcohol-impaired

driving issues; and

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(B) make recommendations for a broad range of policy

and program changes that would serve to further reduce

the level of deaths and injuries caused by alcohol impaired

driving.

SEC. 2021. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF INCREASED

PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION LEVELS AND DANGERS OF ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED

DRIVING.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

(1) in 2003—

(A) 17,013 Americans died in alcohol-related traffic

crashes;

(B) 40 percent of the persons killed in traffic crashes

died in alcohol-related crashes; and

(C) drivers with blood alcohol concentration levels over

0.15 were involved in 58 percent of alcohol-related traffic

fatalities;

(2) research shows that 77 percent of Americans think

they have received enough information about alcohol-impaired

driving and the way in which alcohol affects individual blood

alcohol levels; and

(3) only 28 percent of the American public can correctly

identify the legal limit of blood alcohol concentration of the

State in which they reside.

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should work

with State and local governments and independent organizations

to increase public awareness of—

(1) State legal limits on blood alcohol concentration levels;

and

(2) the dangers of alcohol-impaired driving.

SEC. 2022. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Sections 2002 through 2007 of this title (and the amendments

and repeals made by such sections) shall take effect October 1,

2005.

TITLE III—PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Public Transportation

Act of 2005’’.

SEC. 3002. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE; UPDATED

TERMINOLOGY.

(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49.—Except as otherwise specifically

provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is

expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section

or other provision of law, the reference shall be considered to

be made to a section or other provision of title 49, United States

Code.

(b) UPDATED TERMINOLOGY.—Chapter 53 is amended—

(1) in the chapter heading by striking ‘‘MASS’’ and

inserting ‘‘PUBLIC’’;

(2) in section 5310(h) by striking ‘‘Mass’’ and inserting

‘‘Public’’;

49 USC 5301.

Federal Public

Transportation

Act of 2005.

49 USC 5101

note.

23 USC 402 note.

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(3) in the subsection heading for section 5331(b) by striking

‘‘MASS’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC’’; and

(4) by striking ‘‘mass’’ each place the term appears before

‘‘transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘public’’, except in sections

5301(f), 5302(a)(7), 5315, and 5323(a)(1).

(c) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chapters for subtitle

III is amended in the item relating to chapter 53 by striking

‘‘Mass’’ and inserting ‘‘Public’’.

SEC. 3003. POLICIES, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5301(a) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPOR- TATION SYSTEMS.—It is in the interest of the United States,

including its economic interest, to foster the development and

revitalization of public transportation systems that—

‘‘(1) maximize the safe, secure, and efficient mobility of

individuals;

‘‘(2) minimize environmental impacts; and

‘‘(3) minimize transportation-related fuel consumption and

reliance on foreign oil.’’.

(b) GENERAL FINDINGS.—Section 5301(b)(1) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘70 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘two-thirds’’;

and

(2) by striking ‘‘urban areas’’ and inserting ‘‘urbanized

areas’’.

(c) PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT.—Section 5301(e) is

amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘an urban’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘under sections 5309 and 5310 of this title’’.

(d) GENERAL PURPOSES.—Section 5301(f) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking ‘‘mass’’ the first place it appears and

inserting ‘‘public’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘public and private mass transportation

companies’’ and inserting ‘‘both public transportation

companies and private companies engaged in public

transportation’’;

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by striking ‘‘urban mass’’ and inserting ‘‘public’’;

and

(B) by striking ‘‘public and private mass transportation

companies’’ and inserting ‘‘both public transportation

companies and private companies engaged in public

transportation’’;

(3) in paragraph (3)—

(A) by striking ‘‘urban mass’’ and inserting ‘‘public’’;

and

(B) by striking ‘‘public or private mass transportation

companies’’ and inserting ‘‘public transportation companies

or private companies engaged in public transportation’’;

and

(4) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘urban mass’’ and inserting

‘‘public’’.

SEC. 3004. DEFINITIONS.

(a) LEAD-IN.—Section 5302(a) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘In this chapter’’ and inserting

‘‘Except as otherwise specifically provided, in this chapter’’.

49 USC 5301,

5302, 5307,

5311–5314, 5318,

5319, 5321–5323,

5330, 5331,

5333–5336.

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(b) CAPITAL PROJECT.—Section 5302(a)(1) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ‘‘construction, renovation, and improvement of intercity bus and intercity rail stations and terminals,’’ before ‘‘and the renovation and improvement of historic transportation facilities,’’;

(2) in subparagraph (G)(ii) by inserting ‘‘(other than an

intercity bus station or terminal)’’ after ‘‘commercial revenueproducing facility’’;

(3) in subparagraph (H) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;

(4) in subparagraph (I) by striking the period at the end

and inserting a semicolon; and

(5) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(J) crime prevention and security—

‘‘(i) including—

‘‘(I) projects to refine and develop security and

emergency response plans;

‘‘(II) projects aimed at detecting chemical and

biological agents in public transportation;

‘‘(III) the conduct of emergency response drills

with public transportation agencies and local first

response agencies; and

‘‘(IV) security training for public transportation employees; but

‘‘(ii) excluding all expenses related to operations,

other than such expenses incurred in conducting activities described in clauses (i)(III) and (i)(IV);

‘‘(K) establishing a debt service reserve, made up

of deposits with a bondholder’s trustee, to ensure the

timely payment of principal and interest on bonds

issued by a grant recipient to finance an eligible project

under this chapter; or

‘‘(L) mobility management—

‘‘(i) consisting of short-range planning and management activities and projects for improving coordination

among public transportation and other transportation

service providers carried out by a recipient or subrecipient through an agreement entered into with a

person, including a governmental entity, under this

chapter (other than section 5309); but

‘‘(ii) excluding operating public transportation services.’’.

(c) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—Section 5302(a)(5) is

amended—

(1) in the paragraph heading by striking ‘‘HANDICAPPED

INDIVIDUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘handicapped individual’’ and inserting

‘‘individual with a disability’’.

(d) MASS TRANSPORTATION.—Section 5302(a)(7) is amended to

read as follows:

‘‘(7) MASS TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘mass transportation’ means public transportation.’’.

(e) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.—Section 5302(a)(10) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(10) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘public transportation’ means transportation by a conveyance that provides

regular and continuing general or special transportation to

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bus transportation or intercity passenger rail transportation

provided by the entity described in chapter 243 (or a successor

to such entity).’’.

(f) URBANIZED AREA.—Section 5302(a)(17) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(17) URBANIZED AREA.—The term ‘urbanized area’ means

an area encompassing a population of not less than 50,000

people that has been defined and designated in the most recent

decennial census as an ‘urbanized area’ by the Secretary of

Commerce.’’.

(g) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY DEFINITION.—Section 5302(b) is

amended—

(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘HANDICAPPED

INDIVIDUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY’’;

and

(2) by striking ‘‘handicapped individual’’ and inserting

‘‘individual with a disability’’.

SEC. 3005. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5303 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5303. Metropolitan transportation planning

‘‘(a) POLICY.—It is in the national interest to—

‘‘(1) encourage and promote the safe and efficient management, operation, and development of surface transportation

systems that will serve the mobility needs of people and freight

and foster economic growth and development within and

between States and urbanized areas, while minimizing

transportation-related fuel consumption and air pollution

through metropolitan and statewide transportation planning

processes identified in this chapter; and

‘‘(2) encourage the continued improvement and evolution

of the metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes by metropolitan planning organizations, State departments of transportation, and public transit operators as guided

by the planning factors identified in subsection (h) and section

5304(d).

‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 5304, the following definitions apply:

‘‘(1) METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA.—The term ‘metropolitan planning area’ means the geographic area determined by

agreement between the metropolitan planning organization for

the area and the Governor under subsection (e).

‘‘(2) METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.—The term

‘metropolitan planning organization’ means the policy board

of an organization created as a result of the designation process

in subsection (d).

‘‘(3) NONMETROPOLITAN AREA.—The term ‘nonmetropolitan

area’ means a geographic area outside a designated metropolitan planning area.

‘‘(4) NONMETROPOLITAN LOCAL OFFICIAL.—The term ‘nonmetropolitan local official’ means elected and appointed officials

of general purpose local government in a nonmetropolitan area

with responsibility for transportation.

‘‘(5) TIP.—The term ‘TIP’ means a transportation improvement program developed by a metropolitan planning organization under subsection (j).

Applicability.

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‘‘(6) URBANIZED AREA.—The term ‘urbanized area’ means

a geographic area with a population of 50,000 or more, as

designated by the Bureau of the Census.

‘‘(c) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE PLANS AND TIPS.—To

accomplish the objectives in subsection (a), metropolitan planning organizations designated under subsection (d), in cooperation with the State and public transportation operators, shall

develop long-range transportation plans and transportation

improvement programs for metropolitan planning areas of the

State.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The plans and TIPs for each metropolitan

area shall provide for the development and integrated management and operation of transportation systems and facilities

(including accessible pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities) that will function as an intermodal transportation system for the metropolitan planning area and as an

integral part of an intermodal transportation system for the

State and the United States.

‘‘(3) PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.—The process for developing

the plans and TIPs shall provide for consideration of all modes

of transportation and shall be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree appropriate, based on the complexity

of the transportation problems to be addressed.

‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the transportation planning

process required by this section, a metropolitan planning

organization shall be designated for each urbanized area with

a population of more than 50,000 individuals—

‘‘(A) by agreement between the Governor and units

of general purpose local government that together represent

at least 75 percent of the affected population (including

the largest incorporated city (based on population) as

named by the Bureau of the Census); or

‘‘(B) in accordance with procedures established by

applicable State or local law.

‘‘(2) STRUCTURE.—Each metropolitan planning organization

that serves an area designated as a transportation management

area, when designated or redesignated under this subsection,

shall consist of—

‘‘(A) local elected officials;

‘‘(B) officials of public agencies that administer or

operate major modes of transportation in the metropolitan

area; and

‘‘(C) appropriate State officials.

‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing

in this subsection shall be construed to interfere with the

authority, under any State law in effect on December 18, 1991,

of a public agency with multimodal transportation responsibilities to—

‘‘(A) develop the plans and TIPs for adoption by a

metropolitan planning organization; and

‘‘(B) develop long-range capital plans, coordinate

transit services and projects, and carry out other activities

pursuant to State law.

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‘‘(4) CONTINUING DESIGNATION.—A designation of a metropolitan planning organization under this subsection or any

other provision of law shall remain in effect until the metropolitan planning organization is redesignated under paragraph (5).

‘‘(5) REDESIGNATION PROCEDURES.—A metropolitan planning organization may be redesignated by agreement between

the Governor and units of general purpose local government

that together represent at least 75 percent of the existing

planning area population (including the largest incorporated

city (based on population) as named by the Bureau of the

Census) as appropriate to carry out this section.

‘‘(6) DESIGNATION OF MORE THAN ONE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.—More than one metropolitan planning

organization may be designated within an existing metropolitan

planning area only if the Governor and the existing metropolitan planning organization determine that the size and complexity of the existing metropolitan planning area make designation of more than one metropolitan planning organization

for the area appropriate.

‘‘(e) METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA BOUNDARIES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this section, the

boundaries of a metropolitan planning area shall be determined

by agreement between the metropolitan planning organization

and the Governor.

‘‘(2) INCLUDED AREA.—Each metropolitan planning area—

‘‘(A) shall encompass at least the existing urbanized

area and the contiguous area expected to become urbanized

within a 20-year forecast period for the transportation plan;

and

‘‘(B) may encompass the entire metropolitan statistical

area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as

defined by the Bureau of the Census.

‘‘(3) IDENTIFICATION OF NEW URBANIZED AREAS WITHIN

EXISTING PLANNING AREA BOUNDARIES.—The designation by the

Bureau of the Census of new urbanized areas within an existing

metropolitan planning area shall not require the redesignation

of the existing metropolitan planning organization.

‘‘(4) EXISTING METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREAS IN NONATTAINMENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), in the case of

an urbanized area designated as a nonattainment area for

ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

7401 et seq.) as of the date of enactment of the Federal Public

Transportation Act of 2005, the boundaries of the metropolitan

planning area in existence as of such date of enactment shall

be retained; except that the boundaries may be adjusted by

agreement of the Governor and affected metropolitan planning

organizations in the manner described in subsection (d)(5).

‘‘(5) NEW METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREAS IN NONATTAINMENT.—In the case of an urbanized area designated after the

date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act

of 2005 as a nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide,

the boundaries of the metropolitan planning area—

‘‘(A) shall be established in the manner described in

subsection (d)(1);

‘‘(B) shall encompass the areas described in paragraph

(2)(A);

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‘‘(C) may encompass the areas described in paragraph

(2)(B); and

‘‘(D) may address any nonattainment area identified

under the Clean Air Act for ozone or carbon monoxide.

‘‘(f) COORDINATION IN MULTISTATE AREAS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall encourage each Governor with responsibility for a portion of a multistate metropolitan area and the appropriate metropolitan planning organizations to provide coordinated transportation planning for the

entire metropolitan area.

‘‘(2) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—The consent of Congress is

granted to any two or more States—

‘‘(A) to enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative

efforts and mutual assistance in support of activities

authorized under this section as the activities pertain to

interstate areas and localities within the States; and

‘‘(B) to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as

the States may determine desirable for making the agreements and compacts effective.

‘‘(3) LAKE TAHOE REGION.—

‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘Lake

Tahoe region’ has the meaning given the term ‘region’

in subdivision (a) of article II of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, as set forth in the first section of Public

Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3234).

‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(i) establish with the Federal land management

agencies that have jurisdiction over land in the Lake

Tahoe region a transportation planning process for the

region; and

‘‘(ii) coordinate the transportation planning process

with the planning process required of State and local

governments under this section and section 5304.

‘‘(C) INTERSTATE COMPACT.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), and notwithstanding subsection (b), to carry out the transportation planning process required by this section, the

consent of Congress is granted to the States of California and Nevada to designate a metropolitan planning organization for the Lake Tahoe region, by agreement between the Governors of the States of California

and Nevada and units of general purpose local government that together represent at least 75 percent of

the affected population (including the central city or

cities (as defined by the Bureau of the Census)), or

in accordance with procedures established by

applicable State or local law.

‘‘(ii) INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT

AGENCIES.—

‘‘(I) REPRESENTATION.—The policy board of a

metropolitan planning organization designated

under clause (i) shall include a representative of

each Federal land management agency that has

jurisdiction over land in the Lake Tahoe region.

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‘‘(II) FUNDING.—In addition to funds made

available to the metropolitan planning organization for the Lake Tahoe region under other provisions of this chapter and title 23, 1 percent of

the funds allocated under section 202 of title 23

shall be used to carry out the transportation planning process for the Lake Tahoe region under this

subparagraph.

‘‘(D) ACTIVITIES.—Highway projects included in

transportation plans developed under this paragraph—

‘‘(i) shall be selected for funding in a manner that

facilitates the participation of the Federal land

management agencies that have jurisdiction over land

in the Lake Tahoe region; and

‘‘(ii) may, in accordance with chapter 2 of title

23, be funded using funds allocated under section 202

of such title.

‘‘(4) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—The right to alter, amend,

or repeal interstate compacts entered into under this subsection

is expressly reserved.

‘‘(g) MPO CONSULTATION IN PLAN AND TIP COORDINATION.—

‘‘(1) NONATTAINMENT AREAS.—If more than one metropolitan planning organization has authority within a metropolitan

area or an area which is designated as a nonattainment area

for ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act, each

metropolitan planning organization shall consult with the other

metropolitan planning organizations designated for such area

and the State in the coordination of plans and TIPs required

by this section.

‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED IN MULTIPLE

MPOS.—If a transportation improvement, funded from the Highway Trust Fund or authorized under this chapter, is located

within the boundaries of more than one metropolitan planning

area, the metropolitan planning organizations shall coordinate

plans and TIPs regarding the transportation improvement.

‘‘(3) RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PLANNING OFFICIALS.—The

Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan planning organization to consult with officials responsible for other types of

planning activities that are affected by transportation in the

area (including State and local planned growth, economic

development, environmental protection, airport operations, and

freight movements) or to coordinate its planning process, to

the maximum extent practicable, with such planning activities.

Under the metropolitan planning process, transportation plans

and TIPs shall be developed with due consideration of other

related planning activities within the metropolitan area, and

the process shall provide for the design and delivery of transportation services within the metropolitan area that are provided

by—

‘‘(A) recipients of assistance under this chapter;

‘‘(B) governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations

(including representatives of the agencies and organizations) that receive Federal assistance from a source other

than the Department of Transportation to provide nonemergency transportation services; and

‘‘(C) recipients of assistance under section 204 of title

23.

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‘‘(h) SCOPE OF PLANNING PROCESS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The metropolitan planning process for

a metropolitan planning area under this section shall provide

for consideration of projects and strategies that will—

‘‘(A) support the economic vitality of the metropolitan

area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency;

‘‘(B) increase the safety of the transportation system

for motorized and nonmotorized users;

‘‘(C) increase the security of the transportation system

for motorized and nonmotorized users;

‘‘(D) increase the accessibility and mobility of people

and for freight;

‘‘(E) protect and enhance the environment, promote

energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements

and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns;

‘‘(F) enhance the integration and connectivity of the

transportation system, across and between modes, for

people and freight;

‘‘(G) promote efficient system management and operation; and

‘‘(H) emphasize the preservation of the existing

transportation system.

‘‘(2) FAILURE TO CONSIDER FACTORS.—The failure to consider any factor specified in paragraph (1) shall not be reviewable by any court under this chapter, title 23, subchapter

II of chapter 5 of title 5, or chapter 7 of title 5 in any matter

affecting a transportation plan, a TIP, a project or strategy,

or the certification of a planning process.

‘‘(i) DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each metropolitan planning organization

shall prepare a transportation plan for its metropolitan planning area in accordance with the requirements of this subsection. The metropolitan planning organization shall prepare

and update such plan every 4 years (or more frequently, if

the metropolitan planning organization elects to update more

frequently) in the case of each of the following:

‘‘(A) Any area designated as nonattainment, as defined

in section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)).

‘‘(B) Any area that was nonattainment and subsequently designated to attainment in accordance with section 107(d)(3) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(3)) and that

is subject to a maintenance plan under section 175A of

that Act (42 U.S.C. 7505a).

In the case of any other area required to have a transportation

plan in accordance with the requirements of this subsection,

the metropolitan planning organization shall prepare and

update such plan every 5 years unless the metropolitan planning organization elects to update more frequently.

‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—A transportation plan under

this section shall be in a form that the Secretary determines

to be appropriate and shall contain, at a minimum, the following:

‘‘(A) IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.— An identification of transportation facilities (including

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major roadways, transit, multimodal and intermodal facilities, and intermodal connectors) that should function as

an integrated metropolitan transportation system, giving

emphasis to those facilities that serve important national

and regional transportation functions. In formulating the

transportation plan, the metropolitan planning organization shall consider factors described in subsection (h) as

such factors relate to a 20-year forecast period.

‘‘(B) MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A long-range transportation plan

shall include a discussion of types of potential environmental mitigation activities and potential areas to

carry out these activities, including activities that may

have the greatest potential to restore and maintain

the environmental functions affected by the plan.

‘‘(ii) CONSULTATION.—The discussion shall be

developed in consultation with Federal, State, and

tribal wildlife, land management, and regulatory agencies.

‘‘(C) FINANCIAL PLAN.—A financial plan that demonstrates how the adopted transportation plan can be

implemented, indicates resources from public and private

sources that are reasonably expected to be made available

to carry out the plan, and recommends any additional

financing strategies for needed projects and programs. The

financial plan may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the adopted

transportation plan if reasonable additional resources

beyond those identified in the financial plan were available.

For the purpose of developing the transportation plan, the

metropolitan planning organization, transit operator, and

State shall cooperatively develop estimates of funds that

will be available to support plan implementation.

‘‘(D) OPERATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.—

Operational and management strategies to improve the

performance of existing transportation facilities to relieve

vehicular congestion and maximize the safety and mobility

of people and goods.

‘‘(E) CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND OTHER STRATEGIES.—

Capital investment and other strategies to preserve the

existing and projected future metropolitan transportation

infrastructure and provide for multimodal capacity

increases based on regional priorities and needs.

‘‘(F) TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT

ACTIVITIES.—Proposed transportation and transit enhancement activities.

‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH CLEAN AIR ACT AGENCIES.—In

metropolitan areas which are in nonattainment for ozone or

carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act, the metropolitan

planning organization shall coordinate the development of a

transportation plan with the process for development of the

transportation control measures of the State implementation

plan required by the Clean Air Act.

‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In each metropolitan area, the

metropolitan planning organization shall consult, as appropriate, with State and local agencies responsible for land

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use management, natural resources, environmental protection, conservation, and historic preservation concerning the

development of a long-range transportation plan.

‘‘(B) ISSUES.—The consultation shall involve, as

appropriate—

‘‘(i) comparison of transportation plans with State

conservation plans or maps, if available; or

‘‘(ii) comparison of transportation plans to inventories of natural or historic resources, if available.

‘‘(5) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each metropolitan planning

organization shall provide citizens, affected public agencies,

representatives of public transportation employees, freight

shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private providers of transportation, representatives of users

of public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives of the disabled, and other interested parties

with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the transportation plan.

‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF PARTICIPATION PLAN.—A participation plan—

‘‘(i) shall be developed in consultation with all

interested parties; and

‘‘(ii) shall provide that all interested parties have

reasonable opportunities to comment on the contents

of the transportation plan.

‘‘(C) METHODS.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the

metropolitan planning organization shall, to the maximum

extent practicable—

‘‘(i) hold any public meetings at convenient and

accessible locations and times;

‘‘(ii) employ visualization techniques to describe

plans; and

‘‘(iii) make public information available in electronically accessible format and means, such as the

World Wide Web, as appropriate to afford reasonable

opportunity for consideration of public information

under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(6) PUBLICATION.—A transportation plan involving Federal

participation shall be published or otherwise made readily

available by the metropolitan planning organization for public

review, including (to the maximum extent practicable) in electronically accessible formats and means, such as the World

Wide Web, approved by the metropolitan planning organization

and submitted for information purposes to the Governor at

such times and in such manner as the Secretary shall establish.

‘‘(7) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.—

Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(C), a State or metropolitan

planning organization shall not be required to select any project

from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the

financial plan under paragraph (2)(C).

‘‘(j) METROPOLITAN TIP.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with the State and

any affected public transportation operator, the metropolitan planning organization designated for a metropolitan

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area shall develop a TIP for the area for which the

organization is designated.

‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT.—In developing the

TIP, the metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation

with the State and any affected public transportation operator, shall provide an opportunity for participation by

interested parties in the development of the program, in

accordance with subsection (i)(5).

‘‘(C) FUNDING ESTIMATES.—For the purpose of developing the TIP, the metropolitan planning organization,

public transportation agency, and State shall cooperatively

develop estimates of funds that are reasonably expected

to be available to support program implementation.

‘‘(D) UPDATING AND APPROVAL.—The TIP shall be

updated at least once every 4 years and shall be approved

by the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—

‘‘(A) PRIORITY LIST.—The TIP shall include a priority

list of proposed federally supported projects and strategies

to be carried out within each 4-year period after the initial

adoption of the TIP.

‘‘(B) FINANCIAL PLAN.—The TIP shall include a financial plan that—

‘‘(i) demonstrates how the TIP can be implemented;

‘‘(ii) indicates resources from public and private

sources that are reasonably expected to be available

to carry out the program;

‘‘(iii) identifies innovative financing techniques to

finance projects, programs, and strategies; and

‘‘(iv) may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the approved

TIP if reasonable additional resources beyond those

identified in the financial plan were available.

‘‘(C) DESCRIPTIONS.—Each project in the TIP shall

include sufficient descriptive material (such as type of work,

termini, length, and other similar factors) to identify the

project or phase of the project.

‘‘(3) INCLUDED PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) PROJECTS UNDER THIS CHAPTER AND TITLE 23.—

A TIP developed under this subsection for a metropolitan

area shall include the projects within the area that are

proposed for funding under this chapter and chapter 1

of title 23.

‘‘(B) PROJECTS UNDER CHAPTER 2 OF TITLE 23.—

‘‘(i) REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.—Regionally significant projects proposed for funding under

chapter 2 of title 23 shall be identified individually

in the transportation improvement program.

‘‘(ii) OTHER PROJECTS.—Projects proposed for

funding under chapter 2 of title 23 that are not determined to be regionally significant shall be grouped

in one line item or identified individually in the

transportation improvement program.

‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY WITH LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION

PLAN.—Each project shall be consistent with the long-range

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transportation plan developed under subsection (i) for the

area.

‘‘(D) REQUIREMENT OF ANTICIPATED FULL FUNDING.—

The program shall include a project, or an identified phase

of a project, only if full funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available for the project within the time period

contemplated for completion of the project.

‘‘(4) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—Before approving a TIP, a

metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation with the

State and any affected public transportation operator, shall

provide an opportunity for participation by interested parties

in the development of the program, in accordance with subsection (i)(5).

‘‘(5) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in

subsection (k)(4) and in addition to the TIP development

required under paragraph (1), the selection of federally

funded projects in metropolitan areas shall be carried out,

from the approved TIP—

‘‘(i) by—

‘‘(I) in the case of projects under title 23, the

State; and

‘‘(II) in the case of projects under this chapter,

the designated recipients of public transportation

funding; and

‘‘(ii) in cooperation with the metropolitan planning

organization.

‘‘(B) MODIFICATIONS TO PROJECT PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action by the Secretary

shall not be required to advance a project included in

the approved TIP in place of another project in the program.

‘‘(6) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.—

‘‘(A) NO REQUIRED SELECTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B)(iv), a State or metropolitan planning organization shall not be required to select any project from the

illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan under paragraph (2)(B)(iv).

‘‘(B) REQUIRED ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.—Action by

the Secretary shall be required for a State or metropolitan

planning organization to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial

plan under paragraph (2)(B)(iv) for inclusion in an approved

TIP.

‘‘(7) PUBLICATION.—

‘‘(A) PUBLICATION OF TIPS.—A TIP involving Federal

participation shall be published or otherwise made readily

available by the metropolitan planning organization for

public review.

‘‘(B) PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL LISTINGS OF PROJECTS.—

An annual listing of projects, including investments in

pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities,

for which Federal funds have been obligated in the preceding year shall be published or otherwise made available

by the cooperative effort of the State, transit operator,

and metropolitan planning organization for public review.

The listing shall be consistent with the categories identified

in the TIP.

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‘‘(C) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the

date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation

Act of 2005, the Secretary shall issue regulations setting

standards for the listing required by subparagraph (B)

and specifying the types of data to be included in such

list, including sufficient information about each project to

identify its type, location, and amount obligated.

‘‘(k) TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREAS.— ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION.— ‘‘(A) REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall

identify as a transportation management area each urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) with

a population of over 200,000 individuals.

‘‘(B) DESIGNATIONS ON REQUEST.—The Secretary shall

designate any additional area as a transportation management area on the request of the Governor and the metropolitan planning organization designated for the area.

‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION PLANS.—In a metropolitan planning

area serving a transportation management area, transportation

plans shall be based on a continuing and comprehensive

transportation planning process carried out by the metropolitan

planning organization in cooperation with the State and public

transportation operators.

‘‘(3) CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS.—Within a metropolitan planning area serving a transportation management

area, the transportation planning process under this section

shall address congestion management through a process that

provides for effective management and operation, based on

a cooperatively developed and implemented metropolitan-wide

strategy, of new and existing transportation facilities eligible

for funding under this chapter and title 23 through the use

of travel demand reduction and operational management strategies. The Secretary shall establish an appropriate phase-in

schedule for compliance with the requirements of this section

but no sooner than one year after the identification of a

transportation management area.

‘‘(4) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All federally funded projects carried

out within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning area

serving a transportation management area under title 23

(excluding projects carried out on the National Highway

System and projects carried out under the bridge program

or the Interstate maintenance program) or under this

chapter shall be selected for implementation from the

approved TIP by the metropolitan planning organization

designated for the area in consultation with the State

and any affected public transportation operator.

‘‘(B) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM PROJECTS.—Projects

carried out within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning area serving a transportation management area on

the National Highway System and projects carried out

within such boundaries under the bridge program or the

Interstate maintenance program under title 23 shall be

selected for implementation from the approved TIP by the

State in cooperation with the metropolitan planning

organization designated for the area.

‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—

Deadline.

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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(i) ensure that the metropolitan planning process

of a metropolitan planning organization serving a

transportation management area is being carried out

in accordance with applicable provisions of Federal

law; and

‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), certify, not less

often than once every 4 years, that the requirements

of this paragraph are met with respect to the metropolitan planning process.

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary may make the certification under subparagraph (A)

if—

‘‘(i) the transportation planning process complies

with the requirements of this section and other

applicable requirements of Federal law; and

‘‘(ii) there is a TIP for the metropolitan planning

area that has been approved by the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor.

‘‘(C) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO CERTIFY.—

‘‘(i) WITHHOLDING OF PROJECT FUNDS.—If a metropolitan planning process of a metropolitan planning

organization serving a transportation management

area is not certified, the Secretary may withhold up

to 20 percent of the funds attributable to the metropolitan planning area of the metropolitan planning

organization for projects funded under this chapter

and title 23.

‘‘(ii) RESTORATION OF WITHHELD FUNDS.—The withheld funds shall be restored to the metropolitan planning area at such time as the metropolitan planning

process is certified by the Secretary.

‘‘(D) REVIEW OF CERTIFICATION.—In making certification determinations under this paragraph, the Secretary

shall provide for public involvement appropriate to the

metropolitan area under review.

‘‘(l) ABBREVIATED PLANS FOR CERTAIN AREAS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in the case

of a metropolitan area not designated as a transportation

management area under this section, the Secretary may provide

for the development of an abbreviated transportation plan and

TIP for the metropolitan planning area that the Secretary

determines is appropriate to achieve the purposes of this section, taking into account the complexity of transportation problems in the area.

‘‘(2) NONATTAINMENT AREAS.—The Secretary may not

permit abbreviated plans or TIPs for a metropolitan area that

is in nonattainment for ozone or carbon monoxide under the

Clean Air Act.

‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN NONATTAINMENT

AREAS.—‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provisions

of this chapter or title 23, for transportation management areas

classified as nonattainment for ozone or carbon monoxide pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Federal funds may not be advanced

in such area for any highway project that will result in a

significant increase in the carrying capacity for single-occupant

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vehicles unless the project is addressed through a congestion

management process.

‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection applies to a nonattainment area within the metropolitan planning area boundaries

determined under subsection (e).

‘‘(n) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in

this section shall be construed to confer on a metropolitan planning

organization the authority to impose legal requirements on any

transportation facility, provider, or project not eligible under this

chapter or title 23.

‘‘(o) FUNDING.—Funds set aside under section 5305(g) of this

title or section 104(f) of title 23 shall be available to carry out

this section.

‘‘(p) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT REVIEW PRACTICE.—Since

plans and TIPs described in this section are subject to a reasonable

opportunity for public comment, since individual projects included

in plans and TIPs are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and since

decisions by the Secretary concerning plans and TIPs described

in this section have not been reviewed under such Act as of January

1, 1997, any decision by the Secretary concerning a plan or TIP

described in this section shall not be considered to be a Federal

action subject to review under such Act.’’.

(b) SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall issue

guidance on a schedule for implementation of the changes made

by this section, taking into consideration the established planning

update cycle for States and metropolitan planning organizations.

The Secretary shall not require a State or metropolitan planning

organization to deviate from its established planning update cycle

to implement changes made by this section. Beginning July 1,

2007, State or metropolitan planning organization plan or program

updates shall reflect changes made by this section.

(c) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5303 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5303. Metropolitan transportation planning.’’.

SEC. 3006. STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5304 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5304. Statewide transportation planning

‘‘(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS AND PROGRAMS.—To accomplish the objectives stated in section 5303(a), each State shall

develop a statewide transportation plan and a statewide

transportation improvement program for all areas of the State,

subject to section 5303.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The statewide transportation plan and the

transportation improvement program developed for each State

shall provide for the development and integrated management

and operation of transportation systems and facilities (including

accessible pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation

facilities) that will function as an intermodal transportation

system for the State and an integral part of an intermodal

transportation system for the United States.

49 USC 5301.

Guidelines.

49 USC 5303

note.

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‘‘(3) PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.—The process for developing

the statewide plan and the transportation improvement program shall provide for consideration of all modes of transportation and the policies stated in section 5303(a), and shall

be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree

appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation problems to be addressed.

‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH METROPOLITAN PLANNING; STATE

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—A State shall—

‘‘(1) coordinate planning carried out under this section with

the transportation planning activities carried out under section

5303 for metropolitan areas of the State and with statewide

trade and economic development planning activities and related

multistate planning efforts; and

‘‘(2) develop the transportation portion of the State

implementation plan as required by the Clean Air Act (42

U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).

‘‘(c) INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The consent of Congress is granted to

2 or more States entering into agreements or compacts, not

in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative

efforts and mutual assistance in support of activities authorized

under this section related to interstate areas and localities

in the States and establishing authorities the States consider

desirable for making the agreements and compacts effective.

‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—The right to alter, amend,

or repeal interstate compacts entered into under this subsection

is expressly reserved.

‘‘(d) SCOPE OF PLANNING PROCESS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall carry out a statewide

transportation planning process that provides for consideration

and implementation of projects, strategies, and services that

will—

‘‘(A) support the economic vitality of the United States,

the States, nonmetropolitan areas, and metropolitan areas,

especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity,

and efficiency;

‘‘(B) increase the safety of the transportation system

for motorized and nonmotorized users;

‘‘(C) increase the security of the transportation system

for motorized and nonmotorized users;

‘‘(D) increase the accessibility and mobility of people

and freight;

‘‘(E) protect and enhance the environment, promote

energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements

and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns;

‘‘(F) enhance the integration and connectivity of the

transportation system, across and between modes throughout the State, for people and freight;

‘‘(G) promote efficient system management and operation; and

‘‘(H) emphasize the preservation of the existing

transportation system.

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‘‘(2) FAILURE TO CONSIDER FACTORS.—The failure to consider any factor specified in paragraph (1) shall not be reviewable by any court under this chapter, title 23, subchapter

II of chapter 5 of title 5, or chapter 7 of title 5 in any matter

affecting a statewide transportation plan, the transportation

improvement program, a project or strategy, or the certification

of a planning process.

‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out planning

under this section, each State shall consider, at a minimum—

‘‘(1) with respect to nonmetropolitan areas, the concerns

of affected local officials with responsibility for transportation;

‘‘(2) the concerns of Indian tribal governments and Federal

land management agencies that have jurisdiction over land

within the boundaries of the State; and

‘‘(3) coordination of transportation plans, the transportation

improvement program, and planning activities with related

planning activities being carried out outside of metropolitan

planning areas and between States.

‘‘(f) LONG-RANGE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop a long-range

statewide transportation plan, with a minimum 20-year forecast

period for all areas of the State, that provides for the development and implementation of the intermodal transportation

system of the State.

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH GOVERNMENTS.—

‘‘(A) METROPOLITAN AREAS.—The statewide transportation plan shall be developed for each metropolitan area

in the State in cooperation with the metropolitan planning

organization designated for the metropolitan area under

section 5303.

‘‘(B) NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS.—With respect to nonmetropolitan areas, the statewide transportation plan shall

be developed in consultation with affected nonmetropolitan

officials with responsibility for transportation. The Secretary shall not review or approve the consultation process

in each State.

‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBAL AREAS.—With respect to each area

of the State under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribal

government, the statewide transportation plan shall be

developed in consultation with the tribal government and

the Secretary of the Interior.

‘‘(D) CONSULTATION, COMPARISON, AND CONSIDERATION.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The long-range transportation

plan shall be developed, as appropriate, in consultation

with State, tribal, and local agencies responsible for

land use management, natural resources, environmental protection, conservation, and historic preservation.

‘‘(ii) COMPARISON AND CONSIDERATION.—Consultation under clause (i) shall involve comparison of

transportation plans to State and tribal conservation

plans or maps, if available, and comparison of transportation plans to inventories of natural or historic

resources, if available.

‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.—

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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In developing the statewide

transportation plan, the State shall provide citizens,

affected public agencies, representatives of public transportation employees, freight shippers, private providers of

transportation, representatives of users of public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways

and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives of the

disabled, providers of freight transportation services, and

other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to

comment on the proposed plan.

‘‘(B) METHODS.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the

State shall, to the maximum extent practicable—

‘‘(i) hold any public meetings at convenient and

accessible locations and times;

‘‘(ii) employ visualization techniques to describe

plans; and

‘‘(iii) make public information available in electronically accessible format and means, such as the

World Wide Web, as appropriate to afford reasonable

opportunity for consideration of public information

under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(4) MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A long-range transportation plan

shall include a discussion of potential environmental mitigation activities and potential areas to carry out these

activities, including activities that may have the greatest

potential to restore and maintain the environmental functions affected by the plan.

‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The discussion shall be developed in consultation with Federal, State, and tribal wildlife,

land management, and regulatory agencies.

‘‘(5) FINANCIAL PLAN.—The statewide transportation plan

may include a financial plan that demonstrates how the adopted

statewide transportation plan can be implemented, indicates

resources from public and private sources that are reasonably

expected to be made available to carry out the plan, and recommends any additional financing strategies for needed projects

and programs. The financial plan may include, for illustrative

purposes, additional projects that would be included in the

adopted statewide transportation plan if reasonable additional

resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were

available.

‘‘(6) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.—

A State shall not be required to select any project from the

illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial

plan described in paragraph (5).

‘‘(7) EXISTING SYSTEM.—The statewide transportation plan

should include capital, operations and management strategies,

investments, procedures, and other measures to ensure the

preservation and most efficient use of the existing transportation system.

‘‘(8) PUBLICATION OF LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION

PLANS.—Each long-range transportation plan prepared by a

State shall be published or otherwise made available, including

(to the maximum extent practicable) in electronically accessible

formats and means, such as the World Wide Web.

‘‘(g) STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—

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‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop a statewide

transportation improvement program for all areas of the State.

Such program shall cover a period of 4 years and be updated

every 4 years or more frequently if the Governor elects to

update more frequently.

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH GOVERNMENTS.—

‘‘(A) METROPOLITAN AREAS.—With respect to each

metropolitan area in the State, the program shall be developed in cooperation with the metropolitan planning

organization designated for the metropolitan area under

section 5303.

‘‘(B) NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS.—With respect to each

nonmetropolitan area in the State, the program shall be

developed in consultation with affected nonmetropolitan

local officials with responsibility for transportation. The

Secretary shall not review or approve the specific consultation process in the State.

‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBAL AREAS.—With respect to each area

of the State under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribal

government, the program shall be developed in consultation

with the tribal government and the Secretary of the

Interior.

‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.—In developing

the program, the State shall provide citizens, affected public

agencies, representatives of public transportation employees,

freight shippers, private providers of transportation, providers

of freight transportation services, representatives of users of

public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian

walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives

of the disabled, and other interested parties with a reasonable

opportunity to comment on the proposed program.

‘‘(4) INCLUDED PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A transportation improvement program developed under this subsection for a State shall

include federally supported surface transportation expenditures within the boundaries of the State.

‘‘(B) LISTING OF PROJECTS.—An annual listing of

projects for which funds have been obligated in the preceding year in each metropolitan planning area shall be

published or otherwise made available by the cooperative

effort of the State, transit operator, and the metropolitan

planning organization for public review. The listing shall

be consistent with the funding categories identified in each

metropolitan transportation improvement program.

‘‘(C) PROJECTS UNDER CHAPTER 2 OF TITLE 23.—

‘‘(i) REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.—Regionally significant projects proposed for funding under

chapter 2 of title 23 shall be identified individually

in the transportation improvement program.

‘‘(ii) OTHER PROJECTS.—Projects proposed for

funding under chapter 2 of title 23 that are not determined to be regionally significant shall be grouped

in 1 line item or identified individually in the transportation improvement program.

‘‘(D) CONSISTENCY WITH STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION

PLAN.—Each project shall be—

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‘‘(i) consistent with the statewide transportation

plan developed under this section for the State;

‘‘(ii) identical to the project or phase of the project

as described in an approved metropolitan transportation plan; and

‘‘(iii) in conformance with the applicable State air

quality implementation plan developed under the

Clean Air Act, if the project is carried out in an area

designated as nonattainment for ozone, particulate

matter, or carbon monoxide under that Act.

‘‘(E) REQUIREMENT OF ANTICIPATED FULL FUNDING.—

The transportation improvement program shall include a

project, or an identified phase of a project, only if full

funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available for

the project within the time period contemplated for completion of the project.

‘‘(F) FINANCIAL PLAN.—The transportation improvement program may include a financial plan that demonstrates how the approved transportation improvement

program can be implemented, indicates resources from

public and private sources that are reasonably expected

to be made available to carry out the transportation

improvement program, and recommends any additional

financing strategies for needed projects and programs. The

financial plan may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the adopted

transportation plan if reasonable additional resources

beyond those identified in the financial plan were available.

‘‘(G) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE

LIST.—

‘‘(i) NO REQUIRED SELECTION.—Notwithstanding

subparagraph (F), a State shall not be required to

select any project from the illustrative list of additional

projects included in the financial plan under subparagraph (F).

‘‘(ii) REQUIRED ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.—Action

by the Secretary shall be required for a State to select

any project from the illustrative list of additional

projects included in the financial plan under subparagraph (F) for inclusion in an approved transportation

improvement program.

‘‘(H) PRIORITIES.—The transportation improvement

program shall reflect the priorities for programming and

expenditures of funds, including transportation enhancement activities, required by this chapter and title 23.

‘‘(5) PROJECT SELECTION FOR AREAS OF LESS THAN 50,000

POPULATION.—Projects carried out in areas with populations

of less than 50,000 individuals shall be selected, from the

approved transportation improvement program (excluding

projects carried out on the National Highway System and

projects carried out under the bridge program or the Interstate

maintenance program under title 23 or sections 5310, 5311,

5316, and 5317 of this title) by the State in cooperation with

the affected nonmetropolitan local officials with responsibility

for transportation. Projects carried out in areas with populations of less than 50,000 individuals on the National Highway

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System or under the bridge program or the Interstate maintenance program under title 23 or sections 5310, 5311, 5316,

and 5317 of this title shall be selected, from the approved

statewide transportation improvement program, by the State

in consultation with the affected nonmetropolitan local officials

with responsibility for transportation.

‘‘(6) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM APPROVAL.—

Every 4 years, a transportation improvement program developed under this subsection shall be reviewed and approved

by the Secretary if based on a current planning finding.

‘‘(7) PLANNING FINDING.—A finding shall be made by the

Secretary at least every 4 years that the transportation planning process through which statewide transportation plans and

programs are developed is consistent with this section and

section 5303.

‘‘(8) MODIFICATIONS TO PROJECT PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action by the Secretary

shall not be required to advance a project included in the

approved transportation improvement program in place of

another project in the program.

‘‘(h) FUNDING.—Funds set aside pursuant to section 5305(g)

of this title and section 104(i) of title 23 shall be available to

carry out this section.

‘‘(i) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS AS CONGESTION

MANAGEMENT PROCESSES.—For purposes of this section and section

5303, and sections 134 and 135 of title 23, State laws, rules,

or regulations pertaining to congestion management systems or

programs may constitute the congestion management process under

this section and section 5303, and sections 134 and 135 of title

23, if the Secretary finds that the State laws, rules, or regulations

are consistent with, and fulfill the intent of, the purposes of this

section, section 5303, and sections 134 and 135 of title 23, as

appropriate.

‘‘(j) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT REVIEW PRACTICE.—Since the

statewide transportation plan and the transportation improvement

program described in this section are subject to a reasonable opportunity for public comment, since individual projects included in

the statewide transportation plans and the transportation improvement program are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and since

decisions by the Secretary concerning statewide transportation

plans or the transportation improvement program described in this

section have not been reviewed under such Act as of January

1, 1997, any decision by the Secretary concerning a metropolitan

or statewide transportation plan or the transportation improvement

program described in this section shall not be considered to be

a Federal action subject to review under such Act.’’.

(b) SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall issue

guidance on a schedule for implementation of the changes made

by this section, taking into consideration the established planning

update cycle for States and metropolitan planning organizations.

The Secretary shall not require a State or metropolitan planning

organization to deviate from its established planning update cycle

to implement changes made by this section. Beginning July 1,

2007, State or metropolitan planning organization plan or program

updates shall reflect changes made by this section.

Effective date.

Guidelines.

49 USC 5304

note.

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(c) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5304 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5304. Statewide transportation planning.’’.

SEC. 3007. PLANNING PROGRAMS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5305 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5305. Planning programs

‘‘(a) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘State’ means

a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto

Rico.

‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—

‘‘(1) GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS.—Under criteria established

by the Secretary, the Secretary may award grants to States,

authorities of the States, metropolitan planning organizations,

and local governmental authorities, and make agreements with

other departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the Government to—

‘‘(A) develop transportation plans and programs;

‘‘(B) plan, engineer, design, and evaluate a public

transportation project; and

‘‘(C) conduct technical studies relating to public

transportation.

‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Activities eligible under paragraph (1) include the following:

‘‘(A) Studies related to management, planning, operations, capital requirements, and economic feasibility.

‘‘(B) Evaluating previously financed projects.

‘‘(C) Peer reviews and exchanges of technical data,

information, assistance, and related activities in support

of planning and environmental analyses among metropolitan planning organizations and other transportation planners.

‘‘(D) Other similar and related activities preliminary

to and in preparation for constructing, acquiring, or

improving the operation of facilities and equipment.

‘‘(c) PURPOSE.—To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall

ensure that amounts appropriated or made available under section

5338 to carry out this section and sections 5303, 5304, and 5306

are used to support balanced and comprehensive transportation

planning that considers the relationships among land use and all

transportation modes, without regard to the programmatic source

of the planning amounts.

‘‘(d) METROPOLITAN PLANNING PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) APPORTIONMENT TO STATES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall apportion 80

percent of the amounts made available under subsection

(g)(1) among the States to carry out sections 5303 and

5306 in the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the population of urbanized areas in each State,

as shown by the latest available decennial census of

population; bears to

‘‘(ii) the total population of urbanized areas in

all States, as shown by that census.

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‘‘(B) MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT.—Notwithstanding

subparagraph (A), a State may not receive less than 0.5

percent of the amount apportioned under this paragraph.

‘‘(2) ALLOCATION TO MPO’S.—Amounts apportioned to a

State under paragraph (1) shall be made available, not later

than 30 days after the date of apportionment, to metropolitan

planning organizations in the State designated under this section under a formula that—

‘‘(A) considers population of urbanized areas;

‘‘(B) provides an appropriate distribution for urbanized

areas to carry out the cooperative processes described in

this section;

‘‘(C) the State develops in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organizations; and

‘‘(D) the Secretary approves.

‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall apportion 20

percent of the amounts made available under subsection

(g)(1) among the States to supplement allocations made

under paragraph (1) for metropolitan planning organizations.

‘‘(B) FORMULA.—The Secretary shall apportion amounts

referred to in subparagraph (A) under a formula that

reflects the additional cost of carrying out planning,

programming, and project selection responsibilities under

sections 5303 and 5306 in certain urbanized areas.

‘‘(e) STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) APPORTIONMENT TO STATES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall apportion the

amounts made available under subsection (g)(2) among

the States for grants and contracts to carry out this section

and sections 5304, 5306, 5315, and 5322 in the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the population of urbanized areas in each State,

as shown by the latest available decennial census;

bears to

‘‘(ii) the population of urbanized areas in all States,

as shown by that census.

‘‘(B) MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT.—Notwithstanding

subparagraph (A), a State may not receive less than 0.5

percent of the amount apportioned under this paragraph.

‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNTS.—A State, as the State considers appropriate, may authorize part of the amount made

available under this subsection to be used to supplement

amounts made available under subsection (d).

‘‘(f) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—The Government’s share

of the cost of an activity funded using amounts made available

under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the

activity unless the Secretary determines that it is in the interests

of the Government not to require a State or local match.

‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made available by

or appropriated to carry out this section under section 5338(c)

for fiscal years 2005 through 2009—

‘‘(1) 82.72 percent shall be available for the metropolitan

planning program under subsection (d); and

‘‘(2) 17.28 percent shall be available to carry out subsection

(e).

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‘‘(h) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds apportioned under this

section to a State that have not been obligated in the 3-year period

beginning after the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds

are authorized shall be reapportioned among the States.’’.

(b) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5305 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5305. Planning programs.’’.

SEC. 3008. PRIVATE ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION.

Section 5306(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘, as determined by

local policies, criteria, and decisionmaking,’’ after ‘‘feasible’’.

SEC. 3009. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.

(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 5307 is amended—

(1) by striking subsections (h), (j) and (k); and

(2) by redesignating subsections (i), (l), (m), and (n) as

subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k), respectively.

(b) DEFINITIONS.—

(1) ASSOCIATED CAPITAL MAINTENANCE ITEMS.—Section

5307(a)(1) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘means equipment, tires,’’ and inserting

‘‘means—

‘‘(A) equipment, tires,’’;

(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated) by striking

the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(B) reconstruction of equipment and material, each

of which after reconstruction will have a fair market value

of at least .5 percent of the current fair market value

of rolling stock comparable to the rolling stock for which

the equipment and material will be used.’’.

(2) DESIGNATED RECIPIENT.—Section 5307(a)(2)(A) is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(A) an entity designated, in accordance with the planning process under sections 5303, 5304, and 5306, by the

chief executive officer of a State, responsible local officials,

and publicly owned operators of public transportation, to

receive and apportion amounts under section 5336 that

are attributable to transportation management areas

identified under section 5303; or’’.

(c) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 5307(b) is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants under this

section for—

‘‘(A) capital projects and associated capital maintenance items;

‘‘(B) planning;

‘‘(C) transit enhancements;

‘‘(D) operating costs of equipment and facilities for

use in public transportation in an urbanized area with

a population of less than 200,000;

‘‘(E) operating costs of equipment and facilities for

use in public transportation in a portion or portions of

an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000,

but not more than 225,000, if—

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‘‘(i) the urbanized area includes parts of more than

one State;

‘‘(ii) the portion of the urbanized area includes

only one State;

‘‘(iii) the population of the portion of the urbanized

area is less than 30,000; and

‘‘(iv) the grants will not be used to provide public

transportation outside of the portion of the urbanized

area; and

‘‘(F) operating costs of equipment and facilities for use

in public transportation for local governmental authorities

in areas which adopted transit operating and financing

plans that became a part of the Houston, Texas, urbanized

area as a result of the 2000 decennial census of population,

but lie outside the service area of the principal public

transportation agency that serves the Houston urbanized

area.’’;

(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEARS 2005 THROUGH 2007.—

‘‘(A) INCREASED FLEXIBILITY.—The Secretary may

award grants under this section, from funds made available

to carry out this section for each of the fiscal years 2005

through 2007, to finance the operating cost of equipment

and facilities for use in mass transportation in an urbanized

area with a population of at least 200,000, as determined

by the 2000 decennial census of population, if—

‘‘(i) the urbanized area had a population of less

than 200,000, as determined by the 1990 decennial

census of population;

‘‘(ii) a portion of the urbanized area was a separate

urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000,

as determined by the 1990 decennial census of population;

‘‘(iii) the area was not designated as an urbanized

area, as determined by the 1990 decennial census of

population; or

‘‘(iv) a portion of the area was not designated as

an urbanized area, as determined by the 1990 decennial census, and received assistance under section 5311

in fiscal year 2002.

‘‘(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2005.—In fiscal

year 2005—

‘‘(i) amounts made available to any urbanized area

under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be

not more than the amount apportioned in fiscal year

2002 to the urbanized area with a population of less

than 200,000, as determined in the 1990 decennial

census of population;

‘‘(ii) amounts made available to any urbanized area

under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be not more than

the amount apportioned to the urbanized area under

this section for fiscal year 2003; and

‘‘(iii) each portion of any area not designated as

an urbanized area, as determined by the 1990 decennial census, and eligible to receive funds under

subparagraph (A)(iv), shall receive an amount of funds

to carry out this section that is not less than the

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amount the portion of the area received under section

5311 for fiscal year 2002.

‘‘(C) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2006.—In fiscal

year 2006—

‘‘(i) amounts made available to any urbanized area

under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be

not more than 50 percent of the amount apportioned

in fiscal year 2002 to the urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000, as determined in the 1990

decennial census of population;

‘‘(ii) amounts made available to any urbanized area

under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be not more than

50 percent of the amount apportioned to the urbanized

area under this section for fiscal year 2003; and

‘‘(iii) each portion of any area not designated as

an urbanized area, as determined by the 1990 decennial census, and eligible to receive funds under

subparagraph (A)(iv), shall receive an amount of funds

to carry out this section that is not less than 50 percent

of the amount the portion of the area received under

section 5311 for fiscal year 2002.

‘‘(D) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2007.—In fiscal

year 2007—

‘‘(i) amounts made available to any urbanized area

under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be

not more than 25 percent of the amount apportioned

in fiscal year 2002 to the urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000, as determined in the 1990

decennial census of population;

‘‘(ii) amounts made available to any urbanized area

under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be not more than

25 percent of the amount apportioned to the urbanized

area under this section for fiscal year 2003; and

‘‘(iii) each portion of any area not designated as

an urbanized area, as determined by the 1990 decennial census, and eligible to receive funds under

subparagraph (A)(iv), shall receive an amount of funds

to carry out this section that is not less than 25 percent

of the amount the portion of the area received under

section 5311 in fiscal year 2002.’’; and

(3) by striking paragraph (4).

(d) GRANT RECIPIENT REQUIREMENTS.—Section 5307(d)(1) is

amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, including safety

and security aspects of the program’’ after ‘‘program’’;

(2) in subparagraph (E)—

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii);

(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii); and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(iv) will comply with sections 5323 and 5325;’’;

(3) in subparagraph (H) by striking ‘‘sections 5301(a) and

(d), 5303–5306, and 5310(a)–(d) of this title’’ and inserting

‘‘section 5301(a), section 5301(d), and sections 5303 through

5306’’;

(4) in subparagraph (I) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

(5) by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘(K) in the case of a recipient for an urbanized area

with a population of at least 200,000—

‘‘(i) will expend not less than 1 percent of the

amount the recipient receives each fiscal year under

this section for transit enhancements, as defined in

section 5302(a); and

‘‘(ii) will submit an annual report listing projects

carried out in the preceding fiscal year with those

funds; and’’.

(e) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—Section 5307(e) is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(e) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.— ‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—A grant for a capital project

(including associated capital maintenance items) under this

section shall be for 80 percent of the net project cost of the

project. The recipient may provide additional local matching

amounts.

‘‘(2) OPERATING EXPENSES.—A grant for operating expenses

under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the net project

cost of the project.

‘‘(3) REMAINING COSTS.—Subject to paragraph (4), the

remainder of the net project cost shall be provided—

‘‘(A) in cash from non-Government sources other than

revenues from providing public transportation services;

‘‘(B) from revenues derived from the sale of advertising

and concessions;

‘‘(C) from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement

or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital; and

‘‘(D) from amounts received under a service agreement

with a State or local social service agency or private social

service organization.

‘‘(4) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—The prohibitions on the use

of funds for matching requirements under section

403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to the remainder.’’.

(f) UNDERTAKING PROJECTS IN ADVANCE.—Section 5307(g) is

amended by striking paragraph (4).

(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 5307(k) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) of this section) is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘(k) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—

‘‘(1) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—Sections 5301, 5302, 5303,

5304, 5306, 5315(c), 5318, 5319, 5323, 5325, 5327, 5329, 5330,

5331, 5332, 5333, and 5335 apply to this section and to any

grant made under this section.

‘‘(2) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by this section,

no other provision of this chapter applies to this section

or to a grant made under this section.

‘‘(B) TITLE 5.—The provision of assistance under this

chapter shall not be construed as bringing within the

application of chapter 15 of title 5 any nonsupervisory

employee of a public transportation system (or any other

agency or entity performing related functions) to which

such chapter is otherwise inapplicable.’’.

(h) TREATMENT.—Section 5307 is amended by adding at the

end the following:

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‘‘(l) TREATMENT.—For the purposes of this section, the United

States Virgin Islands shall be treated as an urbanized area, as

defined in section 5302.’’.

(i) CONTRACTED PARATRANSIT PILOT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 5302(a)(1)(I) of

title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 2005 through

2009, a recipient of assistance under section 5307 of such

title in urbanized areas with a population of 558,329 or 747,003

according to the 2000 decennial census of population may use

not more than 20 percent of such recipient’s annual formula

apportionment under section 5307 of such title for the provision

of nonfixed route paratransit services in accordance with section

223 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

12143), but only if the grant recipient is in compliance with

applicable requirements of that Act, including both fixed route

and demand responsive service and the service is acquired

by contract.

(2) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2009, the Secretary

shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report

on the implementation of this subsection and any recommendations of the Secretary regarding the application of this subsection.

SEC. 3010. CLEAN FUELS GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5308 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5308. Clean fuels grant program

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) CLEAN FUEL BUS.—The term ‘clean fuel bus’ means

a passenger vehicle used to provide public transportation that—

‘‘(A) is powered by—

‘‘(i) compressed natural gas;

‘‘(ii) liquefied natural gas;

‘‘(iii) biodiesel fuels;

‘‘(iv) batteries;

‘‘(v) alcohol-based fuels;

‘‘(vi) hybrid electric;

‘‘(vii) fuel cell;

‘‘(viii) clean diesel, to the extent allowed under

this section; or

‘‘(ix) other low or zero emissions technology; and

‘‘(B) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection

Agency has certified sufficiently reduces harmful emissions.

‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECT.—The term ‘eligible project’—

‘‘(A) means a project in a nonattainment or maintenance area described in paragraph (4)(A) for—

‘‘(i) purchasing or leasing clean fuel buses,

including buses that employ a lightweight composite

primary structure;

‘‘(ii) constructing or leasing clean fuel buses or

electrical recharging facilities and related equipment

for such buses; or

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‘‘(iii) constructing new or improving existing public

transportation facilities to accommodate clean fuel

buses; and

‘‘(B) at the discretion of the Secretary, may include

a project located in a nonattainment or maintenance area

described in paragraph (4)(A) relating to clean fuel, biodiesel, hybrid electric, or zero emissions technology buses

that exhibit equivalent or superior emissions reductions

to existing clean fuel or hybrid electric technologies.

‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE AREA.—The term ‘maintenance area’ has

the meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23.

‘‘(4) RECIPIENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘recipient’ means a designated recipient (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) for an

area that, and a recipient for an urbanized area with

a population of less than 200,000 that—

‘‘(i) is designated as a nonattainment area for ozone

or carbon monoxide under section 107(d) of the Clean

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

‘‘(ii) is a maintenance area for ozone or carbon

monoxide.

‘‘(B) SMALLER URBANIZED AREAS.—In the case of an

urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000,

the State in which the area is located shall act as the

recipient for the area under this section.

‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall make grants in accordance with this section to recipients to finance eligible projects.

‘‘(c) CLEAN DIESEL BUSES.—Not more than 25 percent of the

amount made available by or appropriated under section 5338 in

each fiscal year to carry out this section may be made available

to fund clean diesel buses.

‘‘(d) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section shall be subject to the requirements of section 5307.

‘‘(2) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS FOR CERTAIN

PROJECTS.—Section 5323(i) applies to projects carried out under

this section.

‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any amount made available or

appropriated under this section—

‘‘(1) shall remain available to a project for 2 years after

the fiscal year for which the amount is made available or

appropriated; and

‘‘(2) that remains unobligated at the end of the period

described in paragraph (1) shall be added to the amount made

available in the following fiscal year.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53

is amended by striking the item relating to section 5308 and

inserting the following:

‘‘5308. Clean fuels grant program.’’.

SEC. 3011. CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5309 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5309. Capital investment grants

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

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‘‘(1) ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS.—The term ‘alternatives analysis’ means a study conducted as part of the transportation

planning process required under sections 5303 and 5304, which

includes—

‘‘(A) an assessment of a wide range of public transportation alternatives designed to address a transportation

problem in a corridor or subarea;

‘‘(B) sufficient information to enable the Secretary to

make the findings of project justification and local financial

commitment required under this section;

‘‘(C) the selection of a locally preferred alternative;

and

‘‘(D) the adoption of the locally preferred alternative

as part of the long-range transportation plan required

under section 5303.

‘‘(2) MAJOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL PROJECT.—The

term ‘major new fixed guideway capital project’ means a new

fixed guideway capital project for which the Federal assistance

provided or to be provided under this section is $75,000,000

or more.

‘‘(3) NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL PROJECT.—The term

‘new fixed guideway capital project’ means a minimum operable

segment of a capital project for a new fixed guideway system

or extension to an existing fixed guideway system.

‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may make grants

under this section to assist State and local governmental authorities

in financing—

‘‘(1) new fixed guideway capital projects under subsections

(d) and (e), including the acquisition of real property, the initial

acquisition of rolling stock for the systems, the acquisition

of rights-of-way, and relocation, for fixed guideway corridor

development for projects in the advanced stages of alternatives

analysis or preliminary engineering;

‘‘(2) capital projects to modernize existing fixed guideway

systems;

‘‘(3) capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase

buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities, including programs of bus and bus-related projects for

assistance to subrecipients that are public agencies, private

companies engaged in public transportation, or private nonprofit organizations; and

‘‘(4) the development of corridors to support new fixed

guideway capital projects under subsections (d) and (e),

including protecting rights-of-way through acquisition,

construction of dedicated bus and high occupancy vehicle lanes

and park and ride lots, and other nonvehicular capital improvements that the Secretary may decide would result in increased

public transportation usage in the corridor.

‘‘(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not approve a grant

for a project under this section unless the Secretary determines

that—

‘‘(A) the project is part of an approved transportation

plan and program of projects required under sections 5303,

5304, and 5306; and

‘‘(B) the applicant has, or will have—

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‘‘(i) the legal, financial, and technical capacity to

carry out the project, including safety and security

aspects of the project;

‘‘(ii) satisfactory continuing control over the use

of the equipment or facilities; and

‘‘(iii) the capability and willingness to maintain

the equipment or facilities.

‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—An applicant that has submitted the

certifications required under subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and

(H) of section 5307(d)(1) shall be deemed to have provided

sufficient information upon which the Secretary may make

the determinations required under this subsection.

‘‘(3) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall require

that any grant awarded under this section to a recipient be

subject to all terms, conditions, requirements, and provisions

that the Secretary determines to be necessary or appropriate

for the purposes of this section, including requirements for

the disposition of net increases in the value of real property

resulting from the project assisted under this section.

‘‘(d) MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS OF $75,000,000 OR

MORE.—

‘‘(1) FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A major new fixed guideway capital

project shall be carried out through a full funding grant

agreement.

‘‘(B) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall enter into a full

funding grant agreement, based on the evaluations and

ratings required under this subsection, with each grantee

receiving assistance for a major new fixed guideway capital

project that—

‘‘(i) is authorized for final design and construction;

and

‘‘(ii) has been rated as medium, medium-high, or

high, in accordance with paragraph (5)(B).

‘‘(2) APPROVAL OF GRANTS.—The Secretary may approve

a grant under this section for a major new fixed guideway

capital project only if the Secretary, based upon evaluations

and considerations set forth in paragraph (3), determines that

the project is—

‘‘(A) based on the results of an alternatives analysis

and preliminary engineering;

‘‘(B) justified based on a comprehensive review of its

mobility improvements, environmental benefits, cost

effectiveness, operating efficiencies, economic development

effects, and public transportation supportive land use policies and future patterns; and

‘‘(C) supported by an acceptable degree of local financial

commitment (including evidence of stable and dependable

financing sources) to construct, maintain, and operate the

system or extension, and maintain and operate the entire

public transportation system without requiring a reduction

in existing public transportation services or level of service

to operate the proposed project.

‘‘(3) EVALUATION OF PROJECT JUSTIFICATION.—In making

the determinations under paragraph (2)(B) for a major capital

investment grant, the Secretary shall analyze, evaluate, and

consider—

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‘‘(A) the results of the alternatives analysis and

preliminary engineering for the proposed project;

‘‘(B) the reliability of the forecasting methods used

to estimate costs and utilization made by the recipient

and the contractors to the recipient;

‘‘(C) the direct and indirect costs of relevant alternatives;

‘‘(D) factors such as—

‘‘(i) congestion relief;

‘‘(ii) improved mobility;

‘‘(iii) air pollution;

‘‘(iv) noise pollution;

‘‘(v) energy consumption; and

‘‘(vi) all associated ancillary and mitigation costs

necessary to carry out each alternative analyzed;

‘‘(E) reductions in local infrastructure costs and other

benefits achieved through compact land use development,

such as positive impacts on the capacity, utilization, or

longevity of other surface transportation assets and facilities;

‘‘(F) the cost of suburban sprawl;

‘‘(G) the degree to which the project increases the

mobility of the public transportation dependent population

or promotes economic development;

‘‘(H) population density and current transit ridership

in the transportation corridor;

‘‘(I) the technical capability of the grant recipient to

construct the project;

‘‘(J) any adjustment to the project justification necessary to reflect differences in local land, construction, and

operating costs; and

‘‘(K) other factors that the Secretary determines to

be appropriate to carry out this subsection.

‘‘(4) EVALUATION OF LOCAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating a project under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall require that—

‘‘(i) the proposed project plan provides for the availability of contingency amounts that the Secretary

determines to be reasonable to cover unanticipated

cost increases;

‘‘(ii) each proposed local source of capital and operating financing is stable, reliable, and available within

the proposed project timetable; and

‘‘(iii) local resources are available to recapitalize

and operate the overall proposed public transportation

system, including essential feeder bus and other services necessary to achieve the projected ridership levels

without requiring a reduction in existing public

transportation services or level of service to operate

the proposed project.

‘‘(B) EVALUATION CRITERIA.—In assessing the stability,

reliability, and availability of proposed sources of local

financing under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall

consider—

‘‘(i) the reliability of the forecasting methods used

to estimate costs and utilization made by the recipient

and the contractors to the recipient;

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‘‘(ii) existing grant commitments;

‘‘(iii) the degree to which financing sources are

dedicated to the proposed purposes;

‘‘(iv) any debt obligation that exists, or is proposed

by the recipient, for the proposed project or other public

transportation purpose; and

‘‘(v) the extent to which the project has a local

financial commitment that exceeds the required nonFederal share of the cost of the project.

‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION OF FISCAL CAPACITY OF STATE AND

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—If the Secretary gives priority to

financing projects under this subsection that include more

than the non-Federal share required under subsection (h),

the Secretary shall give equal consideration to differences

in the fiscal capacity of State and local governments.

‘‘(5) PROJECT ADVANCEMENT AND RATINGS.— ‘‘(A) PROJECT ADVANCEMENT.—A proposed project

under this subsection shall not advance from alternatives

analysis to preliminary engineering or from preliminary

engineering to final design and construction unless the

Secretary determines that the project meets the requirements of this section and there is a reasonable likelihood

that the project will continue to meet such requirements.

‘‘(B) RATINGS.—In making a determination under

subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall evaluate and rate

the project on a 5-point scale (high, medium-high, medium,

medium-low, or low) based on the results of the alternatives

analysis, the project justification criteria, and the degree

of local financial commitment, as required under this subsection. In rating the projects, the Secretary shall provide,

in addition to the overall project rating, individual ratings

for each of the criteria established by regulation.

‘‘(6) POLICY GUIDANCE.—

‘‘(A) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall publish policy

guidance regarding the new fixed guideway capital project

review and evaluation process and criteria—

‘‘(i) not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005;

and

‘‘(ii) each time significant changes are made by

the Secretary to the process and criteria, but not less

frequently than once every 2 years.

‘‘(B) PUBLIC COMMENT AND RESPONSE.—The Secretary

shall—

‘‘(i) invite public comment to the policy guidance

published under subparagraph (A); and

‘‘(ii) publish a response to the comments received

under clause (i).

‘‘(e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS LESS THAN $75,000,000.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

‘‘(A) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided by subparagraph (B), a new fixed guideway capital

project shall be subject to the requirements of this subsection if the Federal assistance provided or to be provided

under this section for the project is less than $75,000,000

and the total estimated net capital cost of the project

is less than $250,000,000.

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‘‘(B) PROJECTS RECEIVING LESS THAN $25,000,000 IN FED- ERAL ASSISTANCE.—If the assistance provided under this

section with respect to a new fixed guideway capital project

is less than $25,000,000, the requirements of this subsection shall not apply to the project until such date as

the final regulation to be issued under paragraph (9) takes

effect.

‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary may provide Federal assistance under this subsection with respect to a proposed

project only if the Secretary finds that the project is—

‘‘(A) based on the results of planning and alternatives

analysis;

‘‘(B) justified based on a review of its public transportation supportive land use policies, cost effectiveness, and

effect on local economic development; and

‘‘(C) supported by an acceptable degree of local financial

commitment.

‘‘(3) PLANNING AND ALTERNATIVES.—In evaluating a project

under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall analyze and consider the results of planning and alternatives analysis for the

project.

‘‘(4) PROJECT JUSTIFICATION.—For purposes of making the

finding under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall—

‘‘(A) determine the degree to which the project is consistent with local land use policies and is likely to achieve

local developmental goals;

‘‘(B) determine the cost effectiveness of the project

at the time of the initiation of revenue service;

‘‘(C) determine the degree to which the project will

have a positive effect on local economic development;

‘‘(D) consider the reliability of the forecasting methods

used to estimate costs and ridership associated with the

project; and

‘‘(E) consider other factors that the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out this subsection.

‘‘(5) LOCAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph (2)(C),

the Secretary shall require that each proposed local source

of capital and operating financing is stable, reliable, and

available within the proposed project timetable.

‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION OF FISCAL CAPACITY OF STATE AND

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—If the Secretary gives priority to

financing projects under this subsection that include more

than the non-Federal share required under subsection (h),

the Secretary shall give equal consideration to differences

in the fiscal capacity of State and local governments.

‘‘(6) ADVANCEMENT OF PROJECT TO DEVELOPMENT AND

CONSTRUCTION.—

‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—A proposed project under this

subsection may advance from planning and alternatives

analysis to project development and construction only if

the Secretary finds that the project meets the requirements

of this subsection and there is a reasonable likelihood that

the project will continue to meet such requirements.

‘‘(B) EVALUATION.—In making the findings under

subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall evaluate and rate

the project as high, medium-high, medium, medium-low,

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or low based on the results of the analysis of the project

justification criteria and the degree of local financial

commitment, as required by this subsection.

‘‘(7) CONTENTS OF PROJECT CONSTRUCTION GRANT AGREE- MENT.—A project construction grant agreement under this subsection shall specify the scope of the project to be constructed,

the estimated net project cost of the project, the schedule under

which the project shall be constructed, the maximum amount

of funding to be obtained under this subsection, the proposed

schedule for obligation of future Federal grants, and the sources

of funding from other than the Government. The agreement

may include a commitment on the part of the Secretary to

provide funding for the project in future fiscal years.

‘‘(8) LIMITATION ON ENTRY INTO CONSTRUCTION GRANT

AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may enter into a project construction grant agreement for a project under this subsection only

if the project is authorized for construction and has been rated

as high, medium-high, or medium under this subsection.

‘‘(9) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 240 days after the date

of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005,

the Secretary shall issue regulations establishing an evaluation

and rating process for proposed projects under this subsection

that is based on the results of project justification and local

financial commitment, as required under this subsection.

‘‘(10) FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL PROJECT.—In this subsection, the term ‘fixed guideway capital project’ includes a

corridor-based bus capital project if—

‘‘(A) a substantial portion of the project operates in

a separate right-of-way dedicated for public transit use

during peak hour operations; or

‘‘(B) the project represents a substantial investment

in a defined corridor as demonstrated by features such

as park-and-ride lots, transit stations, bus arrival and

departure signage, intelligent transportation systems technology, traffic signal priority, off-board fare collection,

advanced bus technology, and other features that support

the long-term corridor investment.

‘‘(11) IMPACT REPORT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the

date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation

Act of 2005, the Federal Transit Administration shall

submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban

Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report

on the methodology to be used in evaluating the land

use and economic development impacts of non-fixed guideway or partial fixed guideway projects.

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall address any qualitative and quantitative

differences between fixed guideway and non-fixed guideway

projects with respect to land use and economic development

impacts.

‘‘(f) PREVIOUSLY ISSUED LETTER OF INTENT OR FULL FUNDING

GRANT AGREEMENT.—Subsections (d) and (e) do not apply to projects

for which the Secretary has issued a letter of intent or entered

into a full funding grant agreement before the date of enactment

of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005. Subsection (e)

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also does not apply to projects for which the Secretary has received

an application for final design before such date of enactment.

‘‘(g) LETTERS OF INTENT, FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENTS,

AND EARLY SYSTEMS WORK AGREEMENTS.— ‘‘(1) LETTERS OF INTENT.— ‘‘(A) AMOUNTS INTENDED TO BE OBLIGATED.—The Secretary may issue a letter of intent to an applicant

announcing an intention to obligate, for a capital project

under this section, an amount from future available budget

authority specified in law that is not more than the amount

stipulated as the financial participation of the Secretary

in the project. When a letter is issued for fixed guideway

projects, the amount shall be sufficient to complete at least

an operable segment.

‘‘(B) TREATMENT.—The issuance of a letter under

subparagraph (A) is deemed not to be an obligation under

sections 1108(c), 1108(d), 1501, and 1502(a) of title 31

or an administrative commitment.

‘‘(2) FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENTS.—

‘‘(A) TERMS.—The Secretary may make a full funding

grant agreement with an applicant. The agreement shall—

‘‘(i) establish the terms of participation by the

Government in a project under this section;

‘‘(ii) establish the maximum amount of Government financial assistance for the project;

‘‘(iii) cover the period of time for completing the

project, including a period extending beyond the period

of an authorization; and

‘‘(iv) make timely and efficient management of the

project easier according to the law of the United States.

‘‘(B) SPECIAL FINANCIAL RULES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A full funding grant agreement

under this paragraph obligates an amount of available

budget authority specified in law and may include

a commitment, contingent on amounts to be specified

in law in advance for commitments under this paragraph, to obligate an additional amount from future

available budget authority specified in law.

‘‘(ii) STATEMENT OF CONTINGENT COMMITMENT.—

The agreement shall state that the contingent commitment is not an obligation of the Government.

‘‘(iii) INTEREST AND OTHER FINANCING COSTS.—

Interest and other financing costs of efficiently carrying

out a part of the project within a reasonable time

are a cost of carrying out the project under a full

funding grant agreement, except that eligible costs may

not be more than the cost of the most favorable

financing terms reasonably available for the project

at the time of borrowing. The applicant shall certify,

in a way satisfactory to the Secretary, that the

applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking

the most favorable financing terms.

‘‘(iv) COMPLETION OF OPERABLE SEGMENT.—The

amount stipulated in an agreement under this paragraph for a fixed guideway project shall be sufficient

to complete at least an operable segment.

‘‘(C) BEFORE AND AFTER STUDY.—

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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A full funding grant agreement

under this paragraph shall require the applicant to

conduct a study that—

‘‘(I) describes and analyzes the impacts of the

new fixed guideway capital project on transit services and transit ridership;

‘‘(II) evaluates the consistency of predicted and

actual project characteristics and performance; and

‘‘(III) identifies sources of differences between

predicted and actual outcomes.

‘‘(ii) INFORMATION COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

PLAN.—

‘‘(I) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—Applicants seeking

an agreement under this paragraph shall submit

a complete plan for the collection and analysis

of information to identify the impacts of the new

fixed guideway capital project and the accuracy

of the forecasts prepared during the development

of the project. Preparation of this plan shall be

included in the full funding grant agreement as

an eligible activity.

‘‘(II) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan submitted

under subclause (I) shall provide for—

‘‘(aa) the collection of data on the current

transit system regarding transit service levels

and ridership patterns, including origins and

destinations, access modes, trip purposes, and

rider characteristics;

‘‘(bb) documentation of the predicted

scope, service levels, capital costs, operating

costs, and ridership of the project;

‘‘(cc) collection of data on the transit

system 2 years after the opening of the new

fixed guideway capital project, including

analogous information on transit service levels

and ridership patterns and information on the

as-built scope and capital costs of the project;

and

‘‘(dd) analysis of the consistency of predicted project characteristics with the after

data.

‘‘(D) COLLECTION OF DATA ON CURRENT SYSTEM.—To

be eligible for a full funding grant agreement under this

paragraph, recipients shall have collected data on the current system, according to the plan required, before the

beginning of construction of the proposed new start project.

Collection of this data shall be included in the full funding

grant agreement as an eligible activity.

‘‘(3) EARLY SYSTEM WORK AGREEMENTS.—

‘‘(A) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may make an early

systems work agreement with an applicant if a record

of decision under the National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) has been issued on the

project and the Secretary finds there is reason to believe—

‘‘(i) a full funding grant agreement for the project

will be made; and

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‘‘(ii) the terms of the work agreement will promote

ultimate completion of the project more rapidly and

at less cost.

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A work agreement under this

paragraph obligates an amount of available budget

authority specified in law and shall provide for

reimbursement of preliminary costs of carrying out

the project, including land acquisition, timely procurement of system elements for which specifications are

decided, and other activities the Secretary decides are

appropriate to make efficient, long-term project

management easier.

‘‘(ii) PERIOD COVERED.—A work agreement under

this paragraph shall cover the period of time the Secretary considers appropriate. The period may extend

beyond the period of current authorization.

‘‘(iii) INTEREST AND OTHER FINANCING COSTS.—

Interest and other financing costs of efficiently carrying

out the work agreement within a reasonable time are

a cost of carrying out the agreement, except that

eligible costs may not be more than the cost of the

most favorable financing terms reasonably available

for the project at the time of borrowing. The applicant

shall certify, in a way satisfactory to the Secretary,

that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in

seeking the most favorable financing terms.

‘‘(iv) FAILURE TO CARRY OUT PROJECT.—If an

applicant does not carry out the project for reasons

within the control of the applicant, the applicant shall

repay all Government payments made under the work

agreement plus reasonable interest and penalty

charges the Secretary establishes in the agreement.

‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—

‘‘(A) MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS CONTINGENT

COMMITMENT AUTHORITY.—The total estimated amount of

future obligations of the Government and contingent

commitments to incur obligations covered by all outstanding letters of intent, full funding grant agreements,

and early systems work agreements under this subsection

for major new fixed guideway capital projects may be not

more than the greater of the amount authorized under

sections 5338(a)(3) and 5338(c) for such projects or an

amount equivalent to the last 3 fiscal years of funding

allocated under subsections (m)(1)(A) and (m)(2)(A)(ii) for

such projects, less an amount the Secretary reasonably

estimates is necessary for grants under this section for

those of such projects that are not covered by a letter

or agreement. The total amount covered by new letters

and contingent commitments included in full funding grant

agreements and early systems work agreements for such

projects may be not more than a limitation specified in

law.

‘‘(B) OTHER CONTINGENT COMMITMENT AUTHORITY.—

The total estimated amount of future obligations of the

Government and contingent commitments to incur obligations covered by all project construction grant agreements

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and early system work agreements under this subsection

for small capital projects described in subsection (e) may

be not more than the greater of the amount allocated

under subsection (m)(2)(A)(i) for such projects or an amount

equivalent to the last fiscal year of funding allocated under

such subsection for such projects, less an amount the Secretary reasonably estimates is necessary for grants under

this section for those of such projects that are not covered

by an agreement. The total amount covered by new contingent commitments included in project construction grant

agreements and early systems work agreements for such

projects may be not more than a limitation specified in

law.

‘‘(C) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN COMMITMENTS.—Future

obligations of the Government and contingent commitments

made against the contingent commitment authority under

section 3032(g)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

Efficiency Act of 1991 (106 Stat. 2125) for the San Francisco

BART to the Airport project for fiscal years 2002, 2003,

2004, 2005, and 2006 shall be charged against section

3032(g)(2) of that Act.

‘‘(D) APPROPRIATION REQUIRED.—An obligation may be

made under this subsection only when amounts are appropriated for the obligation.

‘‘(5) NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.—At least 60 days before

issuing a letter of intent or entering into a full funding grant

agreement or project construction grant agreement under this

section, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Committees

on Transportation and Infrastructure and Appropriations of

the House of Representatives and the Committees on Banking,

Housing, and Urban Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate

of the proposed letter or agreement. The Secretary shall include

with the notification a copy of the proposed letter or agreement

as well as the evaluations and ratings for the project.

‘‘(h) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF NET PROJECT COST.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Based on engineering studies, studies

of economic feasibility, and information on the expected use

of equipment or facilities, the Secretary shall estimate the

net project cost. A grant for the project shall be for 80 percent

of the net capital project cost, unless the grant recipient

requests a lower grant percentage.

‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENT FOR COMPLETION UNDER BUDGET.—The

Secretary may adjust the final net project cost of a new fixed

guideway capital project evaluated under subsections (d) and

(e) to include the cost of eligible activities not included in

the originally defined project if the Secretary determines that

the originally defined project has been completed at a cost

that is significantly below the original estimate.

‘‘(3) MAXIMUM GOVERNMENT SHARE.—The Secretary may

provide a higher grant percentage than requested by the grant

recipient if—

‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that the net project cost

of the project is not more than 10 percent higher than

the net project cost estimated at the time the project was

approved for advancement into preliminary engineering;

and

Deadline.

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‘‘(B) the ridership estimated for the project is not less

than 90 percent of the ridership estimated for the project

at the time the project was approved for advancement

into preliminary engineering.

‘‘(4) REMAINDER OF NET PROJECT COST.—The remainder

of net project costs shall be provided from an undistributed

cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or

reserve, or new capital.

‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing

in this section, including paragraph (1) and subsections

(d)(4)(B)(v) and (e)(5), shall be construed as authorizing the

Secretary to require a non-Federal financial commitment for

a project that is more than 20 percent of the net capital project

cost.

‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR ROLLING STOCK COSTS.—In addition

to amounts allowed pursuant to paragraph (1), a planned extension to a fixed guideway system may include the cost of rolling

stock previously purchased if the applicant satisfies the Secretary that only amounts other than amounts of the Government were used and that the purchase was made for use

on the extension. A refund or reduction of the remainder may

be made only if a refund of a proportional amount of the

grant of the Government is made at the same time.

‘‘(7) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does

not apply to projects for which the Secretary has entered into

a full funding grant agreement before the date of enactment

of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005.

‘‘(i) UNDERTAKING PROJECTS IN ADVANCE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may pay the Government’s

share of the net capital project cost to a State or local governmental authority that carries out any part of a project described

in this section without the aid of amounts of the Government

and according to all applicable procedures and requirements

if—

‘‘(A) the State or local governmental authority applies

for the payment;

‘‘(B) the Secretary approves the payment; and

‘‘(C) before carrying out the part of the project, the

Secretary approves the plans and specifications for the

part in the same way as other projects under this section.

‘‘(2) FINANCING COSTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The cost of carrying out part of

a project includes the amount of interest earned and payable on bonds issued by the State or local governmental

authority to the extent proceeds of the bonds are expended

in carrying out the part.

‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF INTEREST.—The

amount of interest under this paragraph may not be more

than the most favorable interest terms reasonably available

for the project at the time of borrowing.

‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION.—The applicant shall certify, in

a manner satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant

has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financial terms.

‘‘(j) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An amount made available or appropriated under section 5338(a)(3)(C)(iii), 5338(a)(3)(C)(iv),

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5338(b)(2)(E), or 5338(c) for replacement, rehabilitation, and

purchase of buses and related equipment and construction of

bus-related facilities or for new fixed guideway capital projects

shall remain available for 3 fiscal years, including the fiscal

year in which the amount is made available or appropriated.

Any of such amounts that are unobligated at the end of the

3-fiscal-year period may be used by the Secretary for any purpose under this section.

‘‘(2) USE OF DEOBLIGATED AMOUNTS.—An amount available

under this section that is deobligated may be used for any

purpose under this section.

‘‘(k) REPORTS ON NEW STARTS.— ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT ON FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not

later than the first Monday in February of each year, the

Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Transportation

and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and

Urban Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate a report that

includes—

‘‘(A) a proposal of allocations of amounts to be available

to finance grants for new fixed guideway capital projects

among applicants for these amounts;

‘‘(B) evaluations and ratings, as required under subsections (d) and (e), for each such project that is authorized

by the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005; and

‘‘(C) recommendations of such projects for funding

based on the evaluations and ratings and on existing

commitments and anticipated funding levels for the next

3 fiscal years based on information currently available

to the Secretary.

‘‘(2) ANNUAL GAO REVIEW.—The Comptroller General

shall—

‘‘(A) conduct an annual review of—

‘‘(i) the processes and procedures for evaluating,

rating, and recommending new fixed guideway capital

projects; and

‘‘(ii) the Secretary’s implementation of such processes and procedures; and

‘‘(B) report to Congress on the results of such review

by May 31 of each year.

‘‘(l) OTHER REPORTS.—

‘‘(1) BEFORE AND AFTER STUDY REPORTS.—Not later than

the first Monday of August of each year, the Secretary shall

submit to the committees referred to in subsection (k)(1) a

report containing a summary of the results of the studies conducted under subsection (g)(2)(C).

‘‘(2) CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the

enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005,

and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to

the committees referred to in subsection (k)(1) a report

analyzing the consistency and accuracy of cost and ridership estimates made by each contractor to public transportation agencies developing new fixed guideway capital

projects.

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall compare the cost and ridership estimates

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made at the time projects are approved for entrance into

preliminary engineering with—

‘‘(i) estimates made at the time projects are

approved for entrance into final design;

‘‘(ii) costs and ridership when the project commences revenue operation; and

‘‘(iii) costs and ridership when the project has been

in operation for 2 years.

‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making comparisons under

subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall consider factors

having an impact on costs and ridership not under the

control of the contractor. The Secretary shall also consider

the role taken by each contractor in the development of

the project.

‘‘(3) CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE REPORT.—Not

later than 180 days after the enactment of the Federal Public

Transportation Act of 2005, the Secretary shall submit to the

committees referred to in subsection (k)(1) a report on the

suitability of allowing contractors to public transportation agencies that undertake new fixed guideway capital projects under

this section to receive performance incentive awards if a project

is completed for less than the original estimated cost.

‘‘(m) ALLOCATING AMOUNTS.—

‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2005.—Of the amounts made available

or appropriated for fiscal year 2005 under section 5338(a)(3)—

‘‘(A) $1,437,829,600 shall be allocated for new fixed

capital projects under subsection (d);

‘‘(B) $1,204,684,800 shall be allocated for capital

projects for fixed guideway modernization; and

‘‘(C) $669,600,000 shall be allocated for capital projects

for buses and bus-related equipment and facilities.

‘‘(2) FISCAL YEARS 2006 THROUGH 2009.—The amounts made

available or appropriated for fiscal years 2006 through 2009

under sections 5338(b) and 5338(c) shall be allocated as follows:

‘‘(A) MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.—Of the

amounts appropriated under section 5338(c)—

‘‘(i) $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007

through 2009 shall be allocated for projects for new

fixed guideway capital projects of less than $75,000,000

in accordance with subsection (e); and

‘‘(ii) the remainder shall be allocated for major

new fixed guideway capital projects in accordance with

subsection (d).

‘‘(B) FIXED GUIDEWAY MODERNIZATION.—The amounts

made available under section 5338(b)(2)(D) shall be allocated for capital projects for fixed guideway modernization.

‘‘(C) BUSES AND BUS-RELATED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES.—The amounts made available under section

5338(b)(2)(E) shall be allocated for capital projects for buses

and bus-related equipment and facilities.

‘‘(3) FIXED GUIDEWAY MODERNIZATION.—The amounts made

available for fixed guideway modernization under section

5338(b)(2)(D) for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter

shall be allocated in accordance with section 5337.

‘‘(4) PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS.—Not more that 8 percent of the allocation described in

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paragraph (1)(A) may be expended on alternatives analysis

and preliminary engineering.

‘‘(5) PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.—Not more than 8 percent

of the allocation described in paragraph (2)(A) may be expended

on preliminary engineering.

‘‘(6) FUNDING FOR FERRY BOATS.—Of the amounts described

in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A)—

‘‘(A) $10,400,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2005

for capital projects in Alaska and Hawaii for new fixed

guideway systems and extension projects utilizing ferry

boats, ferry boat terminals, or approaches to ferry boat

terminals;

‘‘(B) $15,000,000 shall be available in each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009 for capital projects in Alaska

and Hawaii for new fixed guideway ferry systems and

extension projects utilizing ferry boats, ferry boat terminals, or approaches to ferry boat terminals; and

‘‘(C) $5,000,000 shall be available for each of fiscal

years 2006 though 2009 for payments to the Denali

Commission under the terms of section 307(e) of the Denali

Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note) for docks,

waterfront development projects, and related transportation infrastructure.

‘‘(7) BUS AND BUS FACILITY GRANTS.—The amounts made

available under paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(C) shall be allocated

as follows:

‘‘(A) FERRY BOAT SYSTEMS.—$10,000,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for ferry

boats or ferry terminal facilities. Of such funds, the following amounts shall be set aside for each fiscal year:

‘‘(i) $2,500,000 for the San Francisco Water Transit

Authority.

‘‘(ii) $2,500,000 for the Massachusetts Bay

Transportation Authority Ferry System.

‘‘(iii) $1,000,000 for the Camden, New Jersey Ferry

System.

‘‘(iv) $1,000,000 for the Governor’s Island, New

York Ferry System

‘‘(v) $1,000,000 for the Philadelphia Penn’s

Landing Ferry Terminal.

‘‘(vi) $1,000,000 for the Staten Island Ferry.

‘‘(vii) $650,000 for the Maine State Ferry Service,

Rockland.

‘‘(viii) $350,000 for the Swans Island, Maine Ferry

Service.

‘‘(B) FUEL CELL BUS PROGRAM.—The following amounts

shall be set aside for the national fuel cell bus technology

development program under section 3039 of the Federal

Public Transportation Act of 2005:

‘‘(i) $11,250,000 for fiscal year 2006.

‘‘(ii) $11,500,000 for fiscal year 2007.

‘‘(iii) $12,750,000 for fiscal year 2008.

‘‘(iv) $13,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.

‘‘(C) PROJECTS NOT IN URBANIZED AREAS.—Not less than

5.5 percent shall be available in each fiscal year for projects

that are not in urbanized areas.

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‘‘(D) INTERMODAL TERMINALS.—Not less than

$35,000,000 shall be available in each fiscal year for intermodal terminal projects, including the intercity bus portion

of such projects.

‘‘(E) BUS TESTING.—$3,000,000 shall be available in

each fiscal year for bus testing under section 5318.

‘‘(8) BUS AND BUS FACILITY GRANT CONSIDERATIONS.—In

making grants under paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(C), the Secretary shall consider the age and condition of buses, bus fleets,

related equipment, and bus-related facilities.’’.

(b) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5309 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5309. Capital investment grants.’’.

(c) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may establish and

implement a pilot program to demonstrate the advantages and

disadvantages of public-private partnerships for certain new

fixed guideway capital projects.

(2) LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary may permit the establishment of 3 public-private partnerships for new fixed guideway capital projects.

(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the publicprivate partnership program, a recipient shall submit to the

Secretary an application that contains, at a minimum, the

following:

(A) An identification of the new fixed guideway capital

project that has not entered into a full funding grant agreement or project construction grant agreement with the

Federal Transit Administration.

(B) A schedule and finance plan for the construction

of and operation of the proposed project.

(C) An analysis of the costs, benefits, and efficiencies

of the proposed public-private partnership agreement.

(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary may approve the

application of a recipient under this subsection if the Secretary

determines that—

(A) State and local laws permit public-private agreements for all phases of project development, construction,

and operation of the project;

(B) the recipient is unable to advance the project due

to fiscal constraints; and

(C) the plan implementing the public-private partnership is justified.

(5) PROGRAM TERM.—The Secretary may approve an

application of a recipient for a public-private partnership for

fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after

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

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking,

Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, a report containing

an assessment of the costs, benefits, and efficiencies of a publicprivate partnership program for new fixed guideway capital

projects.

49 USC 5309

note.

49 USC 5301.

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(d) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF BUS CATEGORY FUNDS FOR FIXED

GUIDEWAY PROJECTS.—Funds provided to grantees under the bus

and bus facility category for fixed guideway ferry and gondola

projects in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies

Appropriations Acts for any of fiscal years 1998 through 2005,

or accompanying committee reports, that remain available and

unobligated may be used for new fixed guideway capital projects

under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. Funds made

available to the same grantees for similar projects under the bus

and bus facility category of section 5309 of title 49, United States

Code, in fiscal years 2006 through 2009 may be used for fixed

guideway projects under that section.

(e) MIAMI METRORAIL.—The Secretary shall credit funds provided by the Florida department of transportation for the extension

of the Miami Metrorail System from Earlington Heights to the

Miami Intermodal Center to satisfy the matching requirements

of section 5309(h)(4) of title 49, United Stated Code, for the Miami

North Corridor and Miami East-West Corridor projects.

(f) ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustments made in the Federal

Transit Administrator’s Dear Colleague letter of April 29, 2005,

to require a ‘‘medium’’ for the cost-effectiveness rating, in order

for fixed guideway projects to be recommended for funding by

the Federal Transit Administration, shall not apply to the following:

(1) San Francisco Muni—Third Street LRT Phase I/II.

(2) Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority—Silicon Valley

Rapid Transit Corridor.

(3) Washington County, Oregon—Wilsonville to Beaverton

Commuter Rail.

(4) Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project—Extension to Wiehle

Avenue.

SEC. 3012. FORMULA GRANTS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF ELDERLY

INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5310 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5310. Formula grants for special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities

‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—

‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants to States

and local governmental authorities under this section for public

transportation capital projects planned, designed, and carried

out to meet the special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.

‘‘(2) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A State that receives a grant under

this section may allocate the amounts provided under the grant

to—

‘‘(A) a private nonprofit organization, if the public

transportation service provided under paragraph (1) is

unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate; or

‘‘(B) a governmental authority that—

‘‘(i) is approved by the State to coordinate services

for elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities;

or

‘‘(ii) certifies that there are not any nonprofit

organizations readily available in the area to provide

the services described under paragraph (1).

Certification.

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‘‘(3) ACQUIRING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.—A

public transportation capital project under this section may

include acquisition of public transportation services as an

eligible capital expense.

‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State or local governmental authority may use not more than 10 percent of the

amounts apportioned to the State under this section to administer, plan, and provide technical assistance for a project funded

under this section.

‘‘(b) APPORTIONMENT AND TRANSFERS.—

‘‘(1) FORMULA.—The Secretary shall apportion amounts

made available to carry out this section under a formula the

Secretary administers that considers the number of elderly

individuals and individuals with disabilities in each State.

‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Any funds apportioned to a State

under paragraph (1) may be transferred by the State to the

apportionments made under sections 5311(c) and 5336 if such

funds are only used for eligible projects selected under this

section.

‘‘(c) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—

‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant for a capital project under

this section shall be for 80 percent of the net capital costs

of the project, as determined by the Secretary.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—A State described in section 120(b)

of title 23 shall receive an increased Government share

in accordance with the formula under that section.

‘‘(2) REMAINDER.—The remainder of the net project costs—

‘‘(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve,

a service agreement with a State or local social service

agency or a private social service organization, or new

capital;

‘‘(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated or

otherwise made available to a department or agency of

the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation;

and

‘‘(C) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), may be derived

from amounts made available to carry out the Federal

lands highway program established by section 204 of title

23.

‘‘(3) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—For purposes of paragraph

(2)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act

(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State

funds to be used for transportation purposes.

‘‘(d) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section shall be subject to all requirements of a grant under section 5307 to the

extent the Secretary determines appropriate.

‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(A) FUND TRANSFERS.—A grant recipient under this

section that transfers funds to a project funded under section 5336 in accordance with subsection (b)(2) shall certify

that the project for which the funds are requested has

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been coordinated with private nonprofit providers of services under this section.

‘‘(B) PROJECT SELECTION AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—

Beginning in fiscal year 2007, each grant recipient under

this section shall certify that—

‘‘(i) the projects selected were derived from a locally

developed, coordinated public transit-human services

transportation plan; and

‘‘(ii) the plan was developed through a process

that included representatives of public, private, and

nonprofit transportation and human services providers

and participation by the public.

‘‘(C) ALLOCATIONS TO SUBRECIPIENTS.—Each grant

recipient under this section shall certify that allocations

of the grant to subrecipients, if any, are distributed on

a fair and equitable basis.

‘‘(e) STATE PROGRAM OF PROJECTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to carry out

this section may be used for transportation projects to assist

in providing transportation services for elderly individuals and

individuals with disabilities that are included in a State program of projects.

‘‘(2) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL.—A State shall submit to

the Secretary annually for approval a program of projects.

The program shall contain an assurance that the program

provides for maximum feasible coordination of transportation

services assisted under this section with transportation services

assisted by other Government sources.

‘‘(f) LEASING VEHICLES.—Vehicles acquired under this section

may be leased to local governmental authorities to improve

transportation services designed to meet the special needs of elderly

individuals and individuals with disabilities.

‘‘(g) MEAL DELIVERY FOR HOMEBOUND INDIVIDUALS.—Public

transportation service providers receiving assistance under this section or section 5311(c) may coordinate and assist in regularly providing meal delivery service for homebound individuals if the

delivery service does not conflict with providing public transportation service or reduce service to public transportation passengers.

‘‘(h) TRANSFERS OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.—With the consent of the recipient in possession of a facility or equipment acquired

with a grant under this section, a State may transfer the facility

or equipment to any recipient eligible to receive assistance under

this chapter if the facility or equipment will continue to be used

as required under this section.’’.

(b) ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

PILOT PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal year 2006, the Secretary shall

establish a pilot program that will allow Wisconsin, Alaska,

Minnesota, Oregon, and 3 other States selected by the Secretary

to use not more than 33 percent of the funds apportioned

to each State to carry out section 5310 of title 49, United

States Code, for operating costs associated with public transportation projects planned, designed, and carried out to meet the

special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities under such section. The Secretary may base the selection

of participating States on a State’s exemplary coordination

of public transit-human services transportation. The Secretary

Establishment.

49 USC 5310

note.

Certification.

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may require participants to collect data necessary to support

the report to Congress required by paragraph (7).

(2) PLANNING COORDINATION.—Recipients of funds made

available consistent with this subsection shall certify that—

(A) the projects selected were derived from a locally

developed, coordinated public transit-human services

transportation plan; and

(B) the plan was developed through a process that

included representatives of public, private, and nonprofit

transportation and human services providers and participation by the public.

(3) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—Operating assistance

under this subsection may not exceed 50 percent of the net

operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.

The credit for any non-Federal share provided under this subsection shall not reduce nor replace State funds required to

match Federal funds for formula grants for the special needs

of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities program

authorized under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code.

(4) REMAINDER.—The remainder of the net project costs—

(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve,

a service agreement with a State or local social service

agency or a private social service organization, or new

capital; and

(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated to or

made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that

are eligible to be expended for transportation.

(5) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—For purposes of paragraph

(4)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act

(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State

funds to be used for transportation purposes.

(6) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Projects eligible under the pilot

program may include the collection of data necessary to support

the report to Congress required by paragraph (7).

(7) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and

Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the pilot program,

which may include—

(A) the extent to which funds were used to subsidize

existing paratransit service provided in compliance with

the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990;

(B) whether States participating in the pilot program

use the funds to provide services to persons with disabilities

that exceed those services required by the Americans with

Disabilities Act of 1990 differently than States not in the

pilot program;

(C) whether States participating in this pilot program

use the funds to provide services to individuals with disabilities that exceed those services required by the Americans

with Disabilities Act of 1990 to the detriment of other

eligible projects;

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(D) the percentage of funds used to assist elderly

individuals;

(E) the percentage of funds used to assist individuals

with disabilities;

(F) the extent to which States participating in this

pilot program serve a wider range of elderly, low income,

and persons with disabilities populations;

(G) whether the pilot program improves services to

elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities;

(H) the extent to which States participating in the

pilot program were able to expand the range of transportation alternatives available to elderly individuals and

individuals with disabilities; and

(I) whether the pilot program facilitates or discourages

coordination with or integration of other funding sources.

(8) SUNSET.—This subsection shall cease to be effective

on September 30, 2009.

(c) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5310 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5310. Formula grants for special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with

disabilities.’’.

SEC. 3013. FORMULA GRANTS FOR OTHER THAN URBANIZED AREAS.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5311(a) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:

‘‘(1) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘recipient’ means a State or

Indian tribe that receives a Federal transit program grant

directly from the Federal Government.

‘‘(2) SUBRECIPIENT.—The term ‘subrecipient’ means a State

or local governmental authority, a nonprofit organization, or

an operator of public transportation or intercity bus service

that receives Federal transit program grant funds indirectly

through a recipient.’’.

(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 5311(b) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—

‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Except as provided by paragraph (2), the Secretary may award grants under this section

to recipients located in areas other than urbanized areas for—

‘‘(A) public transportation capital projects;

‘‘(B) operating costs of equipment and facilities for

use in public transportation; and

‘‘(C) the acquisition of public transportation services,

including service agreements with private providers of

public transportation services.

‘‘(2) STATE PROGRAM.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A project eligible for a grant under

this section shall be included in a State program for public

transportation service projects, including agreements with

private providers of public transportation service.

‘‘(B) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY.—Each State shall

submit to the Secretary annually the program described

in subparagraph (A).

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‘‘(C) APPROVAL.—The Secretary may not approve the

program unless the Secretary determines that—

‘‘(i) the program provides a fair distribution of

amounts in the State, including Indian reservations;

and

‘‘(ii) the program provides the maximum feasible

coordination of public transportation service assisted

under this section with transportation service assisted

by other Federal sources.

‘‘(3) RURAL TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a

rural transportation assistance program in other than

urbanized areas.

‘‘(B) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—In carrying out this

paragraph, the Secretary may use not more than 2 percent

of the amount made available to carry out this section

to make grants and contracts for transportation research,

technical assistance, training, and related support services

in other than urbanized areas.

‘‘(C) PROJECTS OF A NATIONAL SCOPE.—Not more than

15 percent of the amounts available under subparagraph

(B) may be used by the Secretary to carry out projects

of a national scope, with the remaining balance provided

to the States.

‘‘(4) DATA COLLECTION.—Each recipient under this section

shall submit an annual report to the Secretary containing

information on capital investment, operations, and service provided with funds received under this section, including—

‘‘(A) total annual revenue;

‘‘(B) sources of revenue;

‘‘(C) total annual operating costs;

‘‘(D) total annual capital costs;

‘‘(E) fleet size and type, and related facilities;

‘‘(F) revenue vehicle miles; and

‘‘(G) ridership.’’.

(c) APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 5311(c) is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘(c) APPORTIONMENTS.—

‘‘(1) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.—

Of the amounts made available or appropriated for each fiscal

year pursuant to subsections (a)(1)(C)(v) and (b)(2)(G) of section

5338, the following amounts shall be apportioned for grants

to Indian tribes for any purpose eligible under this section,

under such terms and conditions as may be established by

the Secretary:

‘‘(A) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.

‘‘(B) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

‘‘(C) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.

‘‘(D) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

‘‘(2) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Of the amounts made available

or appropriated for each fiscal year pursuant to subsections

(a)(1)(C)(v) and (b)(2)(G) of section 5338 that are not apportioned under paragraph (1)—

‘‘(A) 20 percent shall be apportioned to the States

in accordance with paragraph (3); and

‘‘(B) 80 percent shall be apportioned to the States

in accordance with paragraph (4).

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‘‘(3) APPORTIONMENTS BASED ON LAND AREA IN NONURBANIZED AREAS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), each

State shall receive an amount that is equal to the amount

apportioned under paragraph (2)(A) multiplied by the ratio

of the land area in areas other than urbanized areas in

that State and divided by the land area in all areas other

than urbanized areas in the United States, as shown by

the most recent decennial census of population.

‘‘(B) MAXIMUM APPORTIONMENT.—No State shall receive

more than 5 percent of the amount apportioned under

this paragraph.

‘‘(4) APPORTIONMENTS BASED ON POPULATION IN NONURBANIZED AREAS.—Each State shall receive an amount equal to

the amount apportioned under paragraph (2)(B) multiplied by

the ratio of the population of areas other than urbanized areas

in that State divided by the population of all areas other

than urbanized areas in the United States, as shown by the

most recent decennial census of population.’’.

(d) USE FOR ADMINISTRATION, PLANNING, AND TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE.—Section 5311(e) is amended—

(1) in the subsection heading by inserting ‘‘, PLANNING,’’

after ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’;

(3) by striking paragraph (2); and

(4) by striking ‘‘recipient’’ and inserting ‘‘subrecipient’’.

(e) INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION.—Section 5311(f) is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking ‘‘(1) A State’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘after September 30, 1993,’’; and

(C) by moving subparagraphs (A) through (D) 2 ems

to the right; and

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by striking ‘‘(2) A State’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—A State’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ and

inserting ‘‘Secretary, after consultation with affected intercity bus service providers,’’.

(f) GOVERNMENT SHARE OF COSTS.—Section 5311(g) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(g) GOVERNMENT SHARE OF COSTS.—

‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subparagraph

(B), a grant awarded under this section for any purpose

other than operating assistance shall be for 80 percent

of the net capital costs of the project, as determined by

the Secretary.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—A State described in section 120(b)

of title 23 shall receive a Government share of the net

capital costs in accordance with the formula under that

section.

‘‘(2) OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—

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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subparagraph

(B), a grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs

of the project, as determined by the Secretary.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—A State described in section 120(b)

of title 23 shall receive a Government share of the net

operating costs equal to 62.5 percent of the Government

share provided for under paragraph (1)(B).

‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The remainder of net project costs—

‘‘(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve,

a service agreement with a State or local social service

agency or a private social service organization, or new

capital;

‘‘(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated or

otherwise made available to a department or agency of

the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation;

and

‘‘(C) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), may be derived

from amounts made available to carry out the Federal

lands highway program established by section 204 of title

23.

‘‘(4) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—For purposes of paragraph

(3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act

(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State

funds to be used for transportation purposes.

‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—A State carrying out a program of operating assistance under this section

may not limit the level or extent of use of the Government

grant for the payment of operating expenses.’’.

(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 5311 is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (h); and

(2) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections

(h) and (i), respectively.

(h) WAIVER CONDITION.—Section 5311(j)(1) is amended by

striking ‘‘but the Secretary of Labor may waive the application

of section 5333(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Secretary of Labor utilizes

a special warranty that provides a fair and equitable arrangement

to protect the interests of employees’’.

(i) CORRECTION TO CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for

chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section

5311 and inserting the following:

‘‘5311. Formula grants for other than urbanized areas.’’.

SEC. 3014. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND

DEPLOYMENT PROJECTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5312(a) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND DEPLOYMENT PROJECTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements (including

agreements with departments, agencies, and instrumentalities

of the United States Government) for research, development,

demonstration, and deployment projects, and evaluation of technology of national significance to public transportation, that

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the Secretary determines will improve public transportation

service or help public transportation service meet the total

transportation needs at a minimum cost.

‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—The Secretary may request and receive

appropriate information from any source.

‘‘(3) SAVINGS PROVISION.—This subsection does not limit

the authority of the Secretary under any other law.’’.

(b) JOINT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF INNOVA- TION.—Section 5312 is amended by striking subsections (b) and

(c) and redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (b)

and (c), respectively.

(c) INTERNATIONAL MASS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.—Section

5312(c)(2) (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is

amended by striking ‘‘public and private’’ and inserting ‘‘public

or private’’.

(d) FUNDING.—Section 5312(c)(3) (as redesignated by subsection

(b) of this section) is amended by striking ‘‘shall be accounted

for separately within the Mass Transit Account of the Highway

Trust Fund and’’.

(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) SECTION HEADING.—Section 5312 is amended by striking

the section heading and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 5312. Research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects’’.

(2) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is

amended by striking the item relating to section 5312 and

inserting the following:

‘‘5312. Research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects.’’.

SEC. 3015. TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5313 is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (b);

(2) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(1) The amounts

made available under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C)(ii) of section 5338(c) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘The amounts made

available under subsections (a)(5)(C)(iii) and (d)(1) of section 5338’’; and

(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘(2) The Secretary’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘(b) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary’’; and

(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

‘‘(c) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE.—If there would be a clear and direct

financial benefit to an entity under a grant or contract financed

under this section, the Secretary shall establish a Government

share consistent with that benefit.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) SECTION HEADING.—Section 5313 is amended by striking

the section heading and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 5313. Transit cooperative research program’’.

(2) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is

amended by striking the item relating to section 5313 and

inserting the following:

‘‘5313. Transit cooperative research program.’’.

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SEC. 3016. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5314 is amended—

(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 5314. National research programs’’;

(2) in subsection (a)(1)—

(A) by striking ‘‘subsections (d) and (h)(7) of section

5338 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5338(d)’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘and contracts’’ and inserting ‘‘, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other agreements’’;

(C) by striking ‘‘5303–5306,’’; and

(D) by striking ‘‘5317,’’;

(3) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘Of the amounts’’ and

all that follows through ‘‘$3,000,000 to’’ and inserting ‘‘The

Secretary shall’’;

(4) by striking subsection (a)(4)(B);

(5) by redesignating subsection (a)(4)(C) as subsection

(a)(4)(B);

(6) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:

‘‘(6) MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.—

‘‘(A) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may award

demonstration grants, from funds made available under

paragraph (1), to eligible entities to provide transportation

services to individuals to access dialysis treatments and

other medical treatments for renal disease.

‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity shall be eligible

to receive a grant under this paragraph if the entity—

‘‘(i) meets the conditions described in section

501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or

‘‘(ii) is an agency of a State or unit of local government.

‘‘(C) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds received under this

paragraph may be used to provide transportation services

to individuals to access dialysis treatments and other medical treatments for renal disease.

‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desiring a

grant under this paragraph shall submit an application

to the Secretary at such time, at such place, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.

‘‘(ii) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.—In awarding grants

under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give preference to eligible entities from communities with—

‘‘(I) high incidence of renal disease; and

‘‘(II) limited access to dialysis facilities.

‘‘(E) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary shall issue regulations to implement and administer the grant program

established under this paragraph.

‘‘(F) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report on

the results of the demonstration projects funded under

this paragraph to the Committee on Banking, Housing,

and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.’’.

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(7) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘or contract’’ and all that

follows through ‘‘section,’’ and inserting ‘‘, contract, cooperative

agreement, or other agreement under subsection (a) or section

5312,’’; and

(b) NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR SENIOR

TRANSPORTATION.—Section 5314 is amended by adding at the end

the following:

‘‘(c) NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR SENIOR

TRANSPORTATION.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall award grants

to a national not-for-profit organization for the establishment

and maintenance of a national technical assistance center.

‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—An organization shall be eligible to

receive a grant under paragraph (1) if the organization—

‘‘(A) focuses significantly on serving the needs of the

elderly;

‘‘(B) has demonstrated knowledge and expertise in

senior transportation policy and planning issues;

‘‘(C) has affiliates in a majority of the States;

‘‘(D) has the capacity to convene local groups to consult

on operation and development of senior transportation programs; and

‘‘(E) has established close working relationships with

the Federal Transit Administration and the Administration

on Aging.

‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The national technical assistance

center established under this section shall—

‘‘(A) gather best practices from throughout the Nation

and provide such practices to local communities that are

implementing senior transportation programs;

‘‘(B) work with teams from local communities to identify how the communities are successfully meeting the

transportation needs of senior citizens and any gaps in

services in order to create a plan for an integrated senior

transportation program;

‘‘(C) provide resources on ways to pay for senior

transportation services;

‘‘(D) create a web site to publicize and circulate

information on senior transportation programs;

‘‘(E) establish a clearinghouse for print, video, and

audio resources on senior mobility; and

‘‘(F) administer the demonstration grant program

established under paragraph (4).

‘‘(4) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The national technical assistance

center established under this section, in consultation with

the Federal Transit Administration, shall award senior

transportation demonstration grants to—

‘‘(i) local transportation organizations;

‘‘(ii) State agencies;

‘‘(iii) units of local government; and

‘‘(iv) nonprofit organizations.

‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds received under this

paragraph may be used to—

‘‘(i) evaluate the state of transportation services

for senior citizens;

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‘‘(ii) recognize barriers to mobility that senior citizens encounter in their communities;

‘‘(iii) establish partnerships and promote coordination among community stakeholders, including public,

not-for-profit, and for-profit providers of transportation

services for senior citizens;

‘‘(iv) identify future transportation needs of senior

citizens within local communities; and

‘‘(v) establish strategies to meet the unique needs

of healthy and frail senior citizens.

‘‘(C) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.—The Secretary shall

select grantees under this paragraph based on a fair representation of various geographical locations throughout

the United States.’’.

(c) ALTERNATIVE FUELS STUDY.— (1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of the

actions necessary to facilitate the purchase of increased volumes

of alternative fuels (as defined in section 301 of the Energy

Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211)) for use in public transit

vehicles.

(2) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The study conducted under this subsection shall focus on the incentives necessary to increase the

use of alternative fuels in public transit vehicles, including

buses, fixed guideway vehicles, and ferries.

(3) CONTENTS.—The study shall consider—

(A) the environmental benefits of increased use of alternative fuels in transit vehicles;

(B) existing opportunities available to transit system

operators that encourage the purchase of alternative fuels

for transit vehicle operation;

(C) existing barriers to transit system operators that

discourage the purchase of alternative fuels for transit

vehicle operation, including situations where alternative

fuels that do not require capital improvements to transit

vehicles are disadvantaged over fuels that do require such

improvements; and

(D) the necessary levels and type of support necessary

to encourage additional use of alternative fuels for transit

vehicle operation.

(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The study shall recommend regulatory and legislative alternatives that will result in the

increased use of alternative fuels in transit vehicles.

(5) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives a report containing the results of

the study completed under this subsection.

(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53

is amended by striking the item relating to section 5314 and

inserting the following:

‘‘5314. National research programs.’’.

SEC. 3017. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES.—Section 5315 is amended by

striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:

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‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall award grants to Rutgers University to conduct a national transit institute.

‘‘(b) DUTIES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with the Federal Transit

Administration, State transportation departments, public

transportation authorities, and national and international entities, the institute established under subsection (a) shall develop

and conduct training and educational programs for Federal,

State, and local transportation employees, United States citizens, and foreign nationals engaged or to be engaged in Government-aid public transportation work.

‘‘(2) TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.—The training

and educational programs developed under paragraph (1) may

include courses in recent developments, techniques, and procedures related to—

‘‘(A) intermodal and public transportation planning;

‘‘(B) management;

‘‘(C) environmental factors;

‘‘(D) acquisition and joint use rights-of-way;

‘‘(E) engineering and architectural design;

‘‘(F) procurement strategies for public transportation

systems;

‘‘(G) turnkey approaches to delivering public transportation systems;

‘‘(H) new technologies;

‘‘(I) emission reduction technologies;

‘‘(J) ways to make public transportation accessible to

individuals with disabilities;

‘‘(K) construction, construction management, insurance, and risk management;

‘‘(L) maintenance;

‘‘(M) contract administration;

‘‘(N) inspection;

‘‘(O) innovative finance;

‘‘(P) workplace safety; and

‘‘(Q) public transportation security.’’.

(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Section 5315(d) is amended

by striking ‘‘mass’’ each place it appears.

SEC. 3018. JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE FORMULA GRANTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 is amended by inserting after

section 5315 the following:

‘‘§ 5316. Job access and reverse commute formula grants

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) ACCESS TO JOBS PROJECT.—The term ‘access to jobs

project’ means a project relating to the development and

maintenance of transportation services designed to transport

welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals to and

from jobs and activities related to their employment,

including—

‘‘(A) transportation projects to finance planning, capital, and operating costs of providing access to jobs under

this chapter;

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‘‘(B) promoting public transportation by low-income

workers, including the use of public transportation by

workers with nontraditional work schedules;

‘‘(C) promoting the use of transit vouchers for welfare

recipients and eligible low-income individuals; and

‘‘(D) promoting the use of employer-provided transportation, including the transit pass benefit program under

section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible

low-income individual’ means an individual whose family

income is at or below 150 percent of the poverty line (as

that term is defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services

Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any revision

required by that section) for a family of the size involved.

‘‘(3) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘recipient’ means a designated

recipient (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) and a State that

receives a grant under this section directly.

‘‘(4) REVERSE COMMUTE PROJECT.—The term ‘reverse commute project’ means a public transportation project designed

to transport residents of urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities, including

any projects to—

‘‘(A) subsidize the costs associated with adding reverse

commute bus, train, carpool, van routes, or service from

urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas to suburban workplaces;

‘‘(B) subsidize the purchase or lease by a nonprofit

organization or public agency of a van or bus dedicated

to shuttling employees from their residences to a suburban

workplace; or

‘‘(C) otherwise facilitate the provision of public

transportation services to suburban employment opportunities.

‘‘(5) SUBRECIPIENT.—The term ‘subrecipient’ means a State

or local governmental authority, nonprofit organization, or operator of public transportation services that receives a grant

under this section indirectly through a recipient.

‘‘(6) WELFARE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘welfare recipient’

means an individual who has received assistance under a State

or tribal program funded under part A of title IV of the Social

Security Act at any time during the 3-year period before the

date on which the applicant applies for a grant under this

section.

‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—

‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants under this

section to a recipient for access to jobs and reverse commute

projects carried out by the recipient or a subrecipient.

‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A recipient may use not

more than 10 percent of the amounts apportioned to the

recipient under this section to administer, plan, and provide

technical assistance for a project funded under this section.

‘‘(c) APPORTIONMENTS.—

‘‘(1) FORMULA.—The Secretary shall apportion amounts

made available for a fiscal year to carry out this section as

follows:

‘‘(A) 60 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among

designated recipients (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) for

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urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more in

the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the number of eligible low-income individuals

and welfare recipients in each such urbanized area;

bears to

‘‘(ii) the number of eligible low-income individuals

and welfare recipients in all such urbanized areas.

‘‘(B) 20 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among

the States in the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the number of eligible low-income individuals

and welfare recipients in urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000 in each State; bears to

‘‘(ii) the number of eligible low-income individuals

and welfare recipients in urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000 in all States.

‘‘(C) 20 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among

the States in the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the number of eligible low-income individuals

and welfare recipients in other than urbanized areas

in each State; bears to

‘‘(ii) the number of eligible low-income individuals

and welfare recipients in other than urbanized areas

in all States.

‘‘(2) USE OF APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Except as provided in

paragraph (3)—

‘‘(A) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(A) shall

be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more;

‘‘(B) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(B) shall

be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000; and

‘‘(C) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(C) shall

be used for projects serving other than urbanized areas.

‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—A State may use funds apportioned

under paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C)—

‘‘(A) for projects serving areas other than the area

specified in paragraph (2)(B) or (2)(C), as the case may

be, if the Governor of the State certifies that all of the

objectives of this section are being met in the specified

area; or

‘‘(B) for projects anywhere in the State if the State

has established a statewide program for meeting the objectives of this section.

‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR GRANTS TO SUBRECIPIENTS.—

‘‘(1) AREAWIDE SOLICITATIONS.—A recipient of funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall conduct, in cooperation

with the appropriate metropolitan planning organization, an

areawide solicitation for applications for grants to the recipient

and subrecipients under this section.

‘‘(2) STATEWIDE SOLICITATION.—A recipient of funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(B) or (c)(1)(C) shall conduct a

statewide solicitation for applications for grants to the recipient

and subrecipients under this section.

‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—Recipients and subrecipients seeking to

receive a grant from funds apportioned under subsection (c)

shall submit to the recipient an application in the form and

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in accordance with such requirements as the recipient shall

establish.

‘‘(4) GRANT AWARDS.—The recipient shall award grants

under paragraphs (1) and (2) on a competitive basis.

‘‘(e) TRANSFERS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may transfer any funds apportioned to it under subsection (c)(1)(B) or (c)(1)(C), or both,

to an apportionment under section 5311(c) or 5336, or both.

‘‘(2) LIMITED TO ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Any apportionment

transferred under this subsection shall be made available only

for eligible job access and reverse commute projects as described

in this section.

‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—A State may make a transfer of an

amount under this subsection only after consulting with responsible local officials and publicly owned operators of public

transportation in each area for which the amount originally

was awarded under subsection (d)(4).

‘‘(f) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section shall be subject to the requirements of section 5307.

‘‘(2) FAIR AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—A recipient of a

grant under this section shall certify to the Secretary that

allocations of the grant to subrecipients are distributed on

a fair and equitable basis.

‘‘(g) COORDINATION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall coordinate activities

under this section with related activities under programs of

other Federal departments and agencies.

‘‘(2) WITH NONPROFIT PROVIDERS.—A State that transfers

funds to an apportionment under section 5336 pursuant to

subsection (e) shall certify to the Secretary that any project

for which the funds are requested under this section has been

coordinated with nonprofit providers of services.

‘‘(3) PROJECT SELECTION AND PLANNING.—A recipient of

funds under this section shall certify to the Secretary that—

‘‘(A) the projects selected were derived from a locally

developed, coordinated public transit-human services

transportation plan; and

‘‘(B) the plan was developed through a process that

included representatives of public, private, and nonprofit

transportation and human services providers and participation by the public.

‘‘(h) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—

‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—A grant for a capital project under

this section may not exceed 80 percent of the net capital costs

of the project, as determined by the Secretary.

‘‘(2) OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—A grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of

the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the

Secretary.

‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The remainder of the net project costs—

‘‘(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve,

a service agreement with a State or local social service

agency or a private social service organization, or new

capital; and

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‘‘(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated to

or made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that

are eligible to be expended for transportation.

‘‘(4) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—For purposes of paragraph

(3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act

(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State

funds to be used for transportation purposes.

‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—A recipient

carrying out a program of operating assistance under this section may not limit the level or extent of use of the Government

grant for the payment of operating expenses.

‘‘(i) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— ‘‘(1) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Beginning one year after the

date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act

of 2005, and every 2 years thereafter, the Comptroller General

shall—

‘‘(A) conduct a study to evaluate the grant program

authorized by this section; and

‘‘(B) transmit to the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of

the Senate a report describing the results of the study

under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.—Not later than 3

years after the date of enactment of Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, the Secretary shall—

‘‘(A) conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of

the grant program authorized by this section and the

effectiveness of recipients making grants to subrecipients

under this section; and

‘‘(B) transmit to the committees referred to in paragraph (1)(B) a report describing the results of the study

under subparagraph (A).’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53

is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5315

the following:

‘‘5316. Job access and reverse commute formula grants.’’.

(c) REPEAL.—Effective October 1, 2005, section 3037 of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5309

note; 112 Stat. 387) is repealed.

SEC. 3019. NEW FREEDOM PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 is amended by inserting after

section 5316 the following:

‘‘§ 5317. New freedom program

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘recipient’ means a designated

recipient (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) and a State that

receives a grant under this section directly.

‘‘(2) SUBRECIPIENT.—The term ‘subrecipient’ means a State

or local governmental authority, nonprofit organization, or operator of public transportation services that receives a grant

under this section indirectly through a recipient.

49 USC 5309

note.

Reports.

Deadline.

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‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— ‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants under this

section to a recipient for new public transportation services

and public transportation alternatives beyond those required

by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

12101 et seq.) that assist individuals with disabilities with

transportation, including transportation to and from jobs and

employment support services.

‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A recipient may use not

more than 10 percent of the amounts apportioned to the

recipient under this section to administer, plan, and provide

technical assistance for a project funded under this section.

‘‘(c) APPORTIONMENTS.— ‘‘(1) FORMULA.—The Secretary shall apportion amounts

made available to carry out this section as follows:

‘‘(A) 60 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among

designated recipients (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) for

urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more in

the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the number of individuals with disabilities in

each such urbanized area; bears to

‘‘(ii) the number of individuals with disabilities

in all such urbanized areas.

‘‘(B) 20 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among

the States in the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the number of individuals with disabilities in

urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000

in each State; bears to

‘‘(ii) the number of individuals with disabilities

in urbanized areas with a population of less than

200,000 in all States.

‘‘(C) 20 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among

the States in the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the number of individuals with disabilities in

other than urbanized areas in each State; bears to

‘‘(ii) the number of individuals with disabilities

in other than urbanized areas in all States.

‘‘(2) USE OF APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Funds apportioned

under paragraph (1) shall be used for projects as follows:

‘‘(A) Funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(A) shall

be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more.

‘‘(B) Funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(B) shall

be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000.

‘‘(C) Funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(C) shall

be used for projects serving other than urbanized areas.

‘‘(3) TRANSFERS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may transfer any funds

apportioned to it under paragraph (1)(B) or (1)(C), or both,

to an apportionment under section 5311(c) or 5336, or

both.

‘‘(B) LIMITED TO ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Any funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available

only for eligible projects selected under this section.

‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—A State may make a transfer

of an amount under this subsection only after consulting

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with responsible local officials and publicly owned operators

of public transportation in each area for which the amount

originally was awarded under subsection (d)(4).

‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR GRANTS TO SUBRECIPIENTS.—

‘‘(1) AREAWIDE SOLICITATIONS.—A recipient of funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall conduct, in cooperation

with the appropriate metropolitan planning organization, an

areawide solicitation for applications for grants to the recipient

and subrecipients under this section.

‘‘(2) STATEWIDE SOLICITATION.—A recipient of funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(B) or (c)(1)(C) shall conduct a

statewide solicitation for applications for grants to the recipient

and subrecipients under this section.

‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—Recipients and subrecipients seeking to

receive a grant from funds apportioned under subsection (c)

shall submit to the recipient an application in the form and

in accordance with such requirements as the recipient shall

establish.

‘‘(4) GRANT AWARDS.—The recipient shall award grants

under paragraphs (1) and (2) on a competitive basis.

‘‘(e) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section shall be subject to all the requirements of section 5310 to the extent the

Secretary considers appropriate.

‘‘(2) FAIR AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—A recipient of a

grant under this section shall certify that allocations of the

grant to subrecipients are distributed on a fair and equitable

basis.

‘‘(f) COORDINATION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall coordinate activities

under this section with related activities under programs of

other Federal departments and agencies.

‘‘(2) WITH NONPROFIT PROVIDERS.—A recipient that transfers funds to an apportionment under section 5336 pursuant

to subsection (c)(2) shall certify that the project for which

the funds are requested under this section has been coordinated

with nonprofit providers of services.

‘‘(3) PROJECT SELECTION AND PLANNING.—Beginning in

fiscal year 2007, a recipient of funds under this section shall

certify that—

‘‘(A) the projects selected were derived from a locally

developed, coordinated public transit-human services

transportation plan; and

‘‘(B) the plan was developed through a process that

included representatives of public, private, and nonprofit

transportation and human services providers and participation by the public.

‘‘(g) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—

‘‘(1) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—A grant for a capital project under

this section may not exceed 80 percent of the net capital costs

of the project, as determined by the Secretary.

‘‘(2) OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—A grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of

the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the

Secretary.

‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The remainder of the net project costs—

Certification.

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‘‘(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve,

a service agreement with a State or local social service

agency or a private social service organization, or new

capital; and

‘‘(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated to

or made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that

are eligible to be expended for transportation.

‘‘(4) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—For purposes of paragraph

(3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act

(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State

funds to be used for transportation purposes.

‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—A recipient

carrying out a program of operating assistance under this section may not limit the level or extent of use of the Government

grant for the payment of operating expenses.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53

is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5316

the following:

‘‘5317. New freedom program.’’.

SEC. 3020. BUS TESTING FACILITY.

(a) FACILITY.—Section 5318(a) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) FACILITY.—The Secretary shall maintain one facility for

testing a new bus model for maintainability, reliability, safety,

performance (including braking performance), structural integrity,

fuel economy, emissions, and noise.’’.

(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS TO PAY FOR TESTING.—Section

5318(d) is amended by striking ‘‘under section 5309(m)(1)(C) of

this title’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out this section’’.

(c) ACQUIRING NEW BUS MODELS.—Section 5318(e) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(e) ACQUIRING NEW BUS MODELS.—Amounts appropriated or

made available under this chapter may be obligated or expended

to acquire a new bus model only if a bus of that model has been

tested at the facility maintained by the Secretary under subsection

(a).’’.

SEC. 3021. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION IN PARKS AND PUBLIC

LANDS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 is amended by striking section

5320 and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 5320. Alternative transportation in parks and public lands

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with

the Secretary of the Interior, may award a grant or enter

into a contract, cooperative agreement, interagency agreement, intra—agency agreement, or other agreement to

carry out a qualified project under this section to enhance

the protection of national parks and public lands and

increase the enjoyment of those visiting the parks and

public lands by—

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‘‘(i) ensuring access to all, including persons with

disabilities;

‘‘(ii) improving conservation and park and public

land opportunities in urban areas through partnering

with State and local governments; and

‘‘(iii) improving park and public land transportation infrastructure.

‘‘(B) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—To the

extent that projects are proposed or funded in eligible

areas that are not within the jurisdiction of the Department

of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult

with the heads of the relevant Federal land management

agencies in carrying out the responsibilities under this

section.

‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant, cooperative agreement, interagency agreement, intra—agency agreement, or other agreement for a qualified project under this section shall be available

to finance the leasing of equipment and facilities for use in

public transportation, subject to any regulation that the Secretary may prescribe limiting the grant or agreement to leasing

arrangements that are more cost-effective than purchase or

construction.

‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND SERVICES.—Projects receiving assistance under this section shall

provide alternative transportation facilities and services that

complement and enhance existing transportation services in

national parks and public lands in a manner that is consistent

with Department of Interior and other public land management

policies regarding private automobile access to and in such

parks and lands.

‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE AREA.—The term ‘eligible area’ means any

federally owned or managed park, refuge, or recreational area

that is open to the general public, including—

‘‘(A) a unit of the National Park System;

‘‘(B) a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System;

‘‘(C) a recreational area managed by the Bureau of

Land Management;

‘‘(D) a recreation area managed by the Bureau of Reclamation; and

‘‘(E) a unit of the National Forest System.

‘‘(2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal land management agency’ means a Federal agency that

manages an eligible area.

‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘alternative

transportation’ means transportation by bus, rail, or any other

publicly or privately owned conveyance that provides to the

public general or special service on a regular basis, including

sightseeing service. Such term also includes a nonmotorized

transportation system (including the provision of facilities for

pedestrians, bicycles, and nonmotorized watercraft).

‘‘(4) QUALIFIED PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘qualified participant’ means—

‘‘(A) a Federal land management agency; or

‘‘(B) a State, tribal, or local governmental authority

with jurisdiction over land in the vicinity of an eligible

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area acting with the consent of the Federal land management agency, alone or in partnership with a Federal land

management agency or other governmental or nongovernmental participant.

‘‘(5) QUALIFIED PROJECT.—The term ‘qualified project’

means a planning or capital project in or in the vicinity of

an eligible area that—

‘‘(A) is an activity described in section 5302(a)(1)(A),

5303, 5304, 5305, or 5309(b);

‘‘(B) involves—

‘‘(i) the purchase of rolling stock that incorporates

clean fuel technology or the replacement of buses of

a type in use on the date of enactment of the Federal

Public Transportation Act of 2005 with clean fuel

vehicles; or

‘‘(ii) the deployment of alternative transportation

vehicles that introduce innovative technologies or

methods;

‘‘(C) relates to the capital costs of coordinating the

Federal land management agency public transportation

systems with other public transportation systems;

‘‘(D) provides a nonmotorized transportation system

(including the provision of facilities for pedestrians,

bicycles, and nonmotorized watercraft);

‘‘(E) provides waterborne access within or in the

vicinity of an eligible area, as appropriate to and consistent

with this section; or

‘‘(F) is any other alternative transportation project

that—

‘‘(i) enhances the environment;

‘‘(ii) prevents or mitigates an adverse impact on

a natural resource;

‘‘(iii) improves Federal land management agency

resource management;

‘‘(iv) improves visitor mobility and accessibility and

the visitor experience;

‘‘(v) reduces congestion and pollution (including

noise pollution and visual pollution); or

‘‘(vi) conserves a natural, historical, or cultural

resource (excluding rehabilitation or restoration of a

non-transportation facility).

‘‘(c) FEDERAL AGENCY COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.—The Secretary shall develop cooperative arrangements with the Secretary

of the Interior that provide for—

‘‘(1) technical assistance in alternative transportation;

‘‘(2) interagency and multidisciplinary teams to develop

Federal land management agency alternative transportation

policy, procedures, and coordination; and

‘‘(3) the development of procedures and criteria relating

to the planning, selection, and funding of qualified projects

and the implementation and oversight of the program of

projects in accordance with this section.

‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the

Secretary of the Interior, may use not more than 10 percent

of the amount made available for a fiscal year under section

5338(b)(2)(J) to carry out planning, research, and technical

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assistance under this section, including the development of

technology appropriate for use in a qualified project.

‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made available under

this subsection are in addition to amounts otherwise available

to the Secretary to carry out planning, research, and technical

assistance under this chapter or any other provision of law.

‘‘(3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—No qualified project shall receive

more than 25 percent of the total amount made available to

carry out this section under section 5338(b)(2)(J) for any fiscal

year.

‘‘(e) PLANNING PROCESS.—In undertaking a qualified project

under this section—

‘‘(1) if the qualified participant is a Federal land management agency—

‘‘(A) the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary

of the Interior, shall develop transportation planning procedures that are consistent with—

‘‘(i) the metropolitan planning provisions under

section 5303;

‘‘(ii) the statewide planning provisions under section 5304; and

‘‘(iii) the public participation requirements under

section 5307(d); and

‘‘(B) in the case of a qualified project that is at a

unit of the National Park System, the planning process

shall be consistent with the general management plans

of the unit of the National Park System; and

‘‘(2) if the qualified participant is a State or local governmental authority, or more than one State or local governmental

authority in more than one State, the qualified participant

shall—

‘‘(A) comply with the metropolitan planning provisions

under section 5303;

‘‘(B) comply with the statewide planning provisions

under section 5304;

‘‘(C) comply with the public participation requirements

under section 5307(d); and

‘‘(D) consult with the appropriate Federal land management agency during the planning process.

‘‘(f) COST SHARING.—

‘‘(1) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE.—The Secretary, in cooperation

with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish the Government’s share of the net project cost to be provided to a qualified

participant under this section.

‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing the Government’s

share of the net project cost to be provided under this section,

the Secretary shall consider—

‘‘(A) visitation levels and the revenue derived from

user fees in the eligible area in which the qualified project

is carried out;

‘‘(B) the extent to which the qualified participant

coordinates with a public transportation authority or private entity engaged in public transportation;

‘‘(C) private investment in the qualified project,

including the provision of contract services, joint development activities, and the use of innovative financing mechanisms;

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‘‘(D) the clear and direct benefit to the qualified participant; and

‘‘(E) any other matters that the Secretary considers

appropriate to carry out this section.

‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, funds appropriated to any Federal land management

agency may be counted toward the remainder of the net project

cost.

‘‘(g) SELECTION OF QUALIFIED PROJECTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, after consultation with and in cooperation with the Secretary, shall

determine the final selection and funding of an annual program

of qualified projects in accordance with this section.

‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining whether to include

a project in the annual program of qualified projects, the Secretary of the Interior shall consider—

‘‘(A) the justification for the qualified project, including

the extent to which the qualified project would conserve

resources, prevent or mitigate adverse impact, and enhance

the environment;

‘‘(B) the location of the qualified project, to ensure

that the selected qualified projects—

‘‘(i) are geographically diverse nationwide; and

‘‘(ii) include qualified projects in eligible areas

located in both urban areas and rural areas;

‘‘(C) the size of the qualified project, to ensure that

there is a balanced distribution;

‘‘(D) the historical and cultural significance of a qualified project;

‘‘(E) safety;

‘‘(F) the extent to which the qualified project would—

‘‘(i) enhance livable communities;

‘‘(ii) reduce pollution (including noise pollution, air

pollution, and visual pollution);

‘‘(iii) reduce congestion; and

‘‘(iv) improve the mobility of people in the most

efficient manner; and

‘‘(G) any other matters that the Secretary of the

Interior considers appropriate to carry out this section,

including—

‘‘(i) visitation levels;

‘‘(ii) the use of innovative financing or joint

development strategies; and

‘‘(iii) coordination with gateway communities.

‘‘(h) QUALIFIED PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN ADVANCE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When a qualified participant carries out

any part of a qualified project without assistance under this

section in accordance with all applicable procedures and

requirements, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary

of the Interior, may pay the share of the net capital project

cost of a qualified project if—

‘‘(A) the qualified participant applies for the payment;

‘‘(B) the Secretary approves the payment; and

‘‘(C) before carrying out that part of the qualified

project, the Secretary approves the plans and specifications

in the same manner as plans and specifications are

approved for other projects assisted under this section.

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‘‘(2) FINANCING COSTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The cost of carrying out part of

a qualified project under paragraph (1) includes the amount

of interest earned and payable on bonds issued by a State

or local governmental authority, to the extent that proceeds

of the bond are expended in carrying out that part.

‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF INTEREST.—The rate

of interest under this paragraph may not exceed the most

favorable rate reasonably available for the qualified project

at the time of borrowing.

‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION.—The qualified participant shall

certify, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary, that

the qualified participant has exercised reasonable diligence

in seeking the most favorable interest rate.

‘‘(i) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.— ‘‘(1) SECTION 5307.—A qualified participant under this section shall be subject to the requirements of sections 5307 and

5333(a) to the extent the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

‘‘(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—A qualified participant under

this section shall be subject to any other requirements that

the Secretary determines to be appropriate to carry out this

section, including requirements for the distribution of proceeds

on disposition of real property and equipment resulting from

a qualified project assisted under this section.

‘‘(3) PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN.—If the amount of assistance anticipated to be required for a qualified project under

this section is not less than $25,000,000—

‘‘(A) the qualified project shall, to the extent the Secretary considers appropriate, be carried out through a full

funding grant agreement in accordance with section

5309(g); and

‘‘(B) the qualified participant shall prepare a project

management plan in accordance with section 5327(a).

‘‘(j) ASSET MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary, in consultation with

the Secretary of the Interior, may transfer the interest of the

Department of Transportation in, and control over, all facilities

and equipment acquired under this section to a qualified participant

for use and disposition in accordance with any property management regulations that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

‘‘(k) COORDINATION OF RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT OF NEW

TECHNOLOGIES.—

‘‘(1) GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, in

cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, may undertake,

or make grants, cooperative agreements, contracts (including

agreements with departments, agencies, and instrumentalities

of the Federal Government) or other agreements for research,

development, and deployment of new technologies in eligible

areas that will—

‘‘(A) conserve resources;

‘‘(B) prevent or mitigate adverse environmental impact;

‘‘(C) improve visitor mobility, accessibility, and enjoyment; and

‘‘(D) reduce pollution (including noise pollution and

visual pollution).

‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—The Secretary may request and receive

appropriate information from any source.

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‘‘(3) FUNDING.—Grants, cooperative agreements, contracts,

and other agreements under paragraph (1) shall be awarded

from amounts allocated under subsection (d)(1).

‘‘(l) INNOVATIVE FINANCING.—A qualified project receiving financial assistance under this section shall be eligible for funding

through a State infrastructure bank or other innovative financing

mechanism available to finance an eligible project under this

chapter.

‘‘(m) REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the

Secretary of the Interior, shall annually submit a report on

the allocation of amounts made available to assist qualified

projects under this section to—

‘‘(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban

Affairs of the Senate;

‘‘(B) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and

‘‘(C) the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources of the Senate.

‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall be included in the report submitted under

section 5309(k)(1).’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53

is amended by striking the item relating to section 5320 and

inserting the following:

‘‘5320. Alternative transportation in parks and public lands.’’.

SEC. 3022. HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAMS.

Section 5322 is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;

and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) FELLOWSHIPS.—

‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Secretary may

make grants to States, local governmental authorities, and

operators of public transportation systems to provide fellowships to train personnel employed in managerial, technical,

and professional positions in the public transportation field.

‘‘(2) TERMS.—

‘‘(A) PERIOD OF TRAINING.—A fellowship under this subsection may not be for more than 1 year of training in

an institution that offers a program applicable to the public

transportation industry.

‘‘(B) SELECTION OF INDIVIDUALS.—A recipient of a grant

for a fellowship under this subsection shall select an individual on the basis of demonstrated ability and for the

contribution the individual reasonably can be expected to

make to an efficient public transportation operation.

‘‘(C) AMOUNT.—A grant for a fellowship under this

subsection may not be more than the lesser of $65,000

or 75 percent of the sum of—

‘‘(i) tuition and other charges to the fellowship

recipient;

‘‘(ii) additional costs incurred by the training

institution and billed to the grant recipient; and

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‘‘(iii) the regular salary of the fellowship recipient

for the period of the fellowship to the extent the salary

is actually paid or reimbursed by the grant recipient.’’.

SEC. 3023. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON ASSISTANCE.

(a) INTERESTS IN PROPERTY.—Section 5323(a) is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Financial assistance provided under this

chapter to a State or a local governmental authority may be

used to acquire an interest in, or to buy property of, a private

company engaged in public transportation, for a capital project

for property acquired from a private company engaged in public

transportation after July 9, 1964, or to operate a public

transportation facility or equipment in competition with, or

in addition to, transportation service provided by an existing

public transportation company, only if—

‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that such financial

assistance is essential to a program of projects required

under sections 5303, 5304, and 5306;

‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that the program provides for the participation of private companies engaged

in public transportation to the maximum extent feasible;

and

‘‘(C) just compensation under State or local law will

be paid to the company for its franchise or property.’’;

and

(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘(2) A governmental

authority’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A governmental authority’’.

(b) NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING.—Section 5323(b) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(b) NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For a capital project that will substantially affect a community, or the public transportation service

of a community, an applicant shall—

‘‘(A) provide an adequate opportunity for public review

and comment on the project;

‘‘(B) after providing notice, hold a public hearing on

the project if the project affects significant economic, social,

or environmental interests;

‘‘(C) consider the economic, social, and environmental

effects of the project; and

‘‘(D) find that the project is consistent with official

plans for developing the community.

‘‘(2) NOTICE.—Notice of a hearing under this subsection—

‘‘(A) shall include a concise description of the proposed

project; and

‘‘(B) shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the geographic area the project will serve.

‘‘(3) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An application for a

grant under this chapter for a capital project described in

paragraph (1) shall include—

‘‘(A) a certification that the applicant has complied

with the requirements of this subsection; and

‘‘(B) in the environmental record for the project, evidence that the applicant has complied with the requirements of this subsection.’’.

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(c) FARES NOT REQUIRED.—Section 5323(c) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(c) FARES NOT REQUIRED.—This chapter does not require that

elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities be charged

a fare.’’.

(d) CONDITION ON CHARTER BUS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.— Section 5323(d) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘(1) Financial assistance’’ and inserting the

following:

‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS.—Financial assistance’’; and

(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) VIOLATIONS.— ‘‘(A) INVESTIGATIONS.—On receiving a complaint about

a violation of the agreement required under paragraph

(1), the Secretary shall investigate and decide whether

a violation has occurred.

‘‘(B) ENFORCEMENT OF AGREEMENTS.—If the Secretary

decides that a violation has occurred, the Secretary shall

correct the violation under terms of the agreement.

‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL REMEDIES.—In addition to any remedy

specified in the agreement, the Secretary shall bar a

recipient or an operator from receiving Federal transit

assistance in an amount the Secretary considers appropriate if the Secretary finds a pattern of violations of the

agreement.’’.

(e) BOND PROCEEDS ELIGIBLE FOR LOCAL SHARE.—Section

5323(e) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(e) BOND PROCEEDS ELIGIBLE FOR LOCAL SHARE.—

‘‘(1) USE AS LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, a recipient of assistance under section

5307 or 5309 may use the proceeds from the issuance of revenue

bonds as part of the local matching funds for a capital project.

‘‘(2) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—The Secretary shall

approve of the use of the proceeds from the issuance of revenue

bonds for the remainder of the net project cost only if the

Secretary finds that the aggregate amount of financial support

for public transportation in the urbanized area provided by

the State and affected local governmental authorities during

the next 3 fiscal years, as programmed in the State transportation improvement program under section 5304, is not less

than the aggregate amount provided by the State and affected

local governmental authorities in the urbanized area during

the preceding 3 fiscal years.

‘‘(3) DEBT SERVICE RESERVE.—The Secretary may reimburse

an eligible recipient for deposits of bond proceeds in a debt

service reserve that the recipient establishes pursuant to section 5302(a)(1)(K) from amounts made available to the recipient

under section 5309.

‘‘(4) PILOT PROGRAM FOR URBANIZED AREAS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a pilot

program to reimburse not to exceed 10 eligible recipients

for deposits of bond proceeds in a debt service reserve

that the recipient establishes pursuant to section

5302(a)(1)(K) from amounts made available to the recipient

under section 5307.

‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than July 31, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing,

Establishment.

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and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the status and effectiveness of

the pilot program established under subparagraph (A).’’.

(f) SCHOOLBUS TRANSPORTATION.—Section 5323(f) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘(1) Financial assistance’’ and inserting the

following:

‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS.—Financial assistance’’;

(2) in paragraph (1) by moving subparagraphs (A), (B),

and (C) 2 ems to the right; and

(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) VIOLATIONS.—If the Secretary finds that an applicant,

governmental authority, or publicly owned operator has violated

the agreement required under paragraph (1), the Secretary

shall bar a recipient or an operator from receiving Federal

transit assistance in an amount the Secretary considers appropriate.’’.

(g) BUYING BUSES UNDER OTHER LAWS.—Section 5323(g) is

amended by striking ‘‘103(e)(4) and 142(a) or (c)’’ each place it

appears and inserting ‘‘133 and 142’’.

(h) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.—

Section 5323(i) is amended—

(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘GOVERNMENT’’

and inserting ‘‘GOVERNMENT’S’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘A grant’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) EQUIPMENT FOR ADA AND CLEAN AIR ACT COMPLIANCE.—

A grant’’;

(3) by inserting ‘‘or facilities’’ after ‘‘equipment’’ each place

it appears; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) CERTAIN STATE OWNED RAILROADS.—The Government

share for financial assistance under this chapter to a Stateowned railroad (as defined in section 603 of the Rail Safety

and Service Improvement Act of 1982 (45 U.S.C. 1202)) shall

be the same as the Government share under section 120(b)

of title 23 for Federal-aid highway funds apportioned to the

State in which the railroad operates.’’.

(i) BUY AMERICA.—

(1) PUBLIC INTEREST WAIVER.—Section 5323(j) is amended—

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as

paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and

(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

‘‘(3) WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION FOR PUBLIC INTEREST

WAIVER.—When issuing a waiver based on a public interest

determination under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall issue

a detailed written justification as to why the waiver is in

the public interest. The Secretary shall publish such justification in the Federal Register and provide the public with a

reasonable period of time for notice and comment.’’.

(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR CONTRACTS.—Section 5323(j)(6) (as

so redesignated) is amended by striking ‘‘Intermodal Surface

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240,

105 Stat. 1914)’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal Public Transportation

Act of 2005’’.

(3) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—Section 5323(j) is amended

by adding at the end the following:

Federal Register,

publication.

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‘‘(9) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—A party adversely affected

by an agency action under this subsection shall have the right

to seek review under section 702 of title 5.’’.

(4) REPEAL OF GENERAL WAIVER.—Subsections (b) and (c)

of Appendix A of section 661.7 of title 49, Code of Federal

Regulations, shall cease to be in effect beginning on the date

of enactment of this Act.

(5) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final

rule on implementation of the requirements of section 5323(j)

of title 49, United States Code (in this paragraph referred

to as the ‘‘Buy America requirements’’). The purposes of the

regulations shall be as follows:

(A) MICROPROCESSOR WAIVER.—To clarify that any

waiver from the Buy America requirements issued under

section 5323(j)(2) of such title for a microprocessor, computer, or microcomputer applies only to a device used solely

for the purpose of processing or storing data and does

not extend to a product containing a microprocessor, computer, or microcomputer.

(B) DEFINITIONS.—To define the terms ‘‘end product’’,

‘‘negotiated procurement’’, and ‘‘contractor’’ for purposes

of part 661 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. In

defining the terms, the Secretary shall develop a list of

representative items that are subject to the Buy America

requirements, and shall address the procurement of systems under the definition to ensure that major system

procurements are not used to circumvent the Buy America

requirements.

(C) POST-AWARD WAIVERS.—To permit a grantee to

request a non-availability waiver from the Buy America

requirements under section 661.7c of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, after contract award in any case in which

the contractor has made a certification of compliance with

the requirements in good faith.

(D) CERTIFICATION UNDER NEGOTIATED PROCUREMENT

PROCESS.—In any case in which a negotiated procurement

process is used, compliance with the Buy America requirements shall be determined on the basis of the certification

submitted with the final offer.

(j) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 5323(l) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(l) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 1001 of title 18

applies to a certificate, submission, or statement provided under

this chapter. The Secretary may terminate financial assistance

under this chapter and seek reimbursement directly, or by offsetting

amounts, available under this chapter if the Secretary determines

that a recipient of such financial assistance has made a false

or fraudulent statement or related act in connection with a Federal

transit program.’’.

(k) PREAWARD AND POSTDELIVERY REVIEW OF ROLLING STOCK

PURCHASES.—Section 5323(m) is amended by adding at the end

the following: ‘‘Rolling stock procurements of 20 vehicles or fewer

made for the purpose of serving other than urbanized areas and

urbanized areas with populations of 200,000 or fewer shall be

subject to the same requirements as established for procurements

Applicability.

Deadline.

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of 10 or fewer buses under the post-delivery purchaser’s requirements certification process under section 663.37(c) of title 49, Code

of Federal Regulations.’’.

(l) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Section 5323(o) is amended by

striking ‘‘the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation

Act of 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 6 (other than section 609)

of title 23’’.

(m) ALTERNATIVE FUELING FACILITIES.—Section 5323 is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(p) ALTERNATIVE FUELING FACILITIES.—A recipient of assistance under this chapter may allow the incidental use of federally

funded alternative fueling facilities and equipment by nontransit

public entities and private entities if—

‘‘(1) the incidental use does not interfere with the recipient’s

public transportation operations;

‘‘(2) all costs related to the incidental use are fully recaptured by the recipient from the nontransit public entity or

private entity;

‘‘(3) the recipient uses revenues received from the incidental

use in excess of costs for planning, capital, and operating

expenses that are incurred in providing public transportation;

and

‘‘(4) private entities pay all applicable excise taxes on fuel.’’.

SEC. 3024. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5324 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5324. Special provisions for capital projects

‘‘(a) RELOCATION AND REAL PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS.—The

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) shall apply to financial

assistance for capital projects under this chapter.

‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS.—

‘‘(1) COOPERATION AND CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the

policy of section 5301(e), the Secretary shall cooperate and

consult with the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator

of the Environmental Protection Agency on each project that

may have a substantial impact on the environment.

‘‘(2) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.—

In performing environmental reviews, the Secretary shall

review each transcript of a hearing submitted under section

5323(b) to establish that an adequate opportunity to present

views was given to all parties having a significant economic,

social, or environmental interest in the project, and that the

project application includes a record of—

‘‘(A) the environmental impact of the proposal;

‘‘(B) adverse environmental effects that cannot be

avoided;

‘‘(C) alternatives to the proposal; and

‘‘(D) irreversible and irretrievable impacts on the

environment.

‘‘(3) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE.—

‘‘(A) FINDINGS BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary may

approve an application for financial assistance for a capital

project in accordance with this chapter only if the Secretary

makes written findings, after reviewing the application

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and the transcript of any hearing held before a State or

local governmental authority under section 5323(b), that—

‘‘(i) an adequate opportunity to present views was

given to all parties having a significant economic,

social, or environmental interest;

‘‘(ii) the preservation and enhancement of the

environment and the interest of the community in

which the project is located were considered; and

‘‘(iii) no adverse environmental effect is likely to

result from the project, or no feasible and prudent

alternative to the effect exists and all reasonable steps

have been taken to minimize the effect.

‘‘(B) HEARING.—If a hearing has not been conducted

or the Secretary decides that the record of the hearing

is inadequate for making the findings required by this

subsection, the Secretary shall conduct a hearing on an

environmental issue raised by the application after giving

adequate notice to interested persons.

‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY OF FINDINGS.—The Secretary’s

findings under subparagraph (A) shall be made a matter

of public record.

‘‘(c) RAILROAD CORRIDOR PRESERVATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may assist an applicant

to acquire railroad right-of-way before the completion of the

environmental reviews for any project that may use the rightof-way if the acquisition is otherwise permitted under Federal

law. The Secretary may establish restrictions on such an

acquisition as the Secretary determines to be necessary and

appropriate.

‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.—Railroad right-of-way

acquired under this subsection may not be developed in

anticipation of the project until all required environmental

reviews for the project have been completed.’’.

(b) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5324 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5324. Special provisions for capital projects.’’.

SEC. 3025. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5325 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5325. Contract requirements

‘‘(a) COMPETITION.—Recipients of assistance under this chapter

shall conduct all procurement transactions in a manner that provides full and open competition as determined by the Secretary.

‘‘(b) ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN CONTRACTS.—

‘‘(1) PROCEDURES FOR AWARDING CONTRACT.—A contract or

requirement for program management, architectural

engineering, construction management, a feasibility study, and

preliminary engineering, design, architectural, engineering,

surveying, mapping, or related services for a project for which

Federal assistance is provided under this chapter shall be

awarded in the same way as a contract for architectural and

engineering services is negotiated under chapter 11 of title

40 or an equivalent qualifications-based requirement of a State.

‘‘(2) EFFECT OF STATE LAWS.—Paragraph (1) does not apply

to the extent a State has adopted by law, before the date

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of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005,

an equivalent State qualifications-based requirement for contracting for architectural, engineering, and design services.

‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—When awarding a contract described in paragraph (1), recipients of assistance under

this chapter shall comply with the following requirements:

‘‘(A) PERFORMANCE OF AUDITS.—Any contract or subcontract awarded under this chapter shall be performed

and audited in compliance with cost principles contained

in part 31 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the Federal Acquisition Regulation).

‘‘(B) INDIRECT COST RATES.—A recipient of funds under

a contract or subcontract awarded under this chapter shall

accept indirect cost rates established in accordance with

the Federal Acquisition Regulation for 1-year applicable

accounting periods by a cognizant Federal or State government agency, if such rates are not currently under dispute.

‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF RATES.—After a firm’s indirect

cost rates are accepted under subparagraph (B), the

recipient of the funds shall apply such rates for the purposes of contract estimation, negotiation, administration,

reporting, and contract payment, and shall not be limited

by administrative or de facto ceilings.

‘‘(D) PRENOTIFICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA.—A

recipient requesting or using the cost and rate data

described in subparagraph (C) shall notify any affected

firm before such request or use. Such data shall be confidential and shall not be accessible or provided by the

group of agencies sharing cost data under this subparagraph, except by written permission of the audited firm.

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

be disclosed under any circumstances.

‘‘(c) EFFICIENT PROCUREMENT.—A recipient may award a

procurement contract under this chapter to other than the lowest

bidder if the award furthers an objective consistent with the purposes of this chapter, including improved long-term operating efficiency and lower long-term costs.

‘‘(d) DESIGN-BUILD PROJECTS.—

‘‘(1) TERM DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘designbuild project’—

‘‘(A) means a project under which a recipient enters

into a contract with a seller, firm, or consortium of firms

to design and build a public transportation system, or

an operable segment of such system, that meets specific

performance criteria; and

‘‘(B) may include an option to finance, or operate for

a period of time, the system or segment or any combination

of designing, building, operating, or maintaining such

system or segment.

‘‘(2) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CAPITAL COSTS.—Federal

financial assistance under this chapter may be provided for

the capital costs of a design-build project after the recipient

complies with Government requirements.

‘‘(e) MULTIYEAR ROLLING STOCK.—

‘‘(1) CONTRACTS.—A recipient procuring rolling stock with

Government financial assistance under this chapter may make

a multiyear contract to buy the rolling stock and replacement

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parts under which the recipient has an option to buy additional

rolling stock or replacement parts for not more than 5 years

after the date of the original contract.

‘‘(2) COOPERATION AMONG RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary shall

allow at least two recipients to act on a cooperative basis

to procure rolling stock in compliance with this subsection

and other Government procurement requirements.

‘‘(f) ACQUIRING ROLLING STOCK.—A recipient of financial assistance under this chapter may enter into a contract to expend that

assistance to acquire rolling stock—

‘‘(1) based on—

‘‘(A) initial capital costs; or

‘‘(B) performance, standardization, life cycle costs, and

other factors; or

‘‘(2) with a party selected through a competitive procurement process.

‘‘(g) EXAMINATION OF RECORDS.—Upon request, the Secretary

and the Comptroller General, or any of their representatives, shall

have access to and the right to examine and inspect all records,

documents, and papers, including contracts, related to a project

for which a grant is made under this chapter.

‘‘(h) GRANT PROHIBITION.—A grant awarded under this chapter

or the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005 may not be used

to support a procurement that uses an exclusionary or discriminatory specification.

‘‘(i) BUS DEALER REQUIREMENTS.—No State law requiring buses

to be purchased through in-State dealers shall apply to vehicles

purchased with a grant under this chapter.

‘‘(j) AWARDS TO RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTORS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Federal financial assistance under this

chapter may be provided for contracts only if a recipient awards

such contracts to responsible contractors possessing the ability

to successfully perform under the terms and conditions of a

proposed procurement.

‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—Before making an award to a contractor

under paragraph (1), a recipient shall consider—

‘‘(A) the integrity of the contractor;

‘‘(B) the contractor’s compliance with public policy;

‘‘(C) the contractor’s past performance, including the

performance reported in the Contractor Performance

Assessment Reports required under section 5309(l)(2); and

‘‘(D) the contractor’s financial and technical resources.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5326 and the item

relating to section 5326 in the analysis for chapter 53 are repealed.

SEC. 3026. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW.

(a) PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section

5327(a) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

(2) in paragraph (12) by striking the period at the end

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(13) safety and security management.’’.

(b) LIMITATIONS.—Section 5327(c) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— ‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—Of the

amounts made available to carry out this chapter for a fiscal

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year, the Secretary may use not more than the following

amounts to make contracts for the activities described in paragraph (2):

‘‘(A) 0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry

out section 5305.

‘‘(B) 0.75 percent of amounts made available to carry

out section 5307.

‘‘(C) 1 percent of amounts made available to carry

out section 5309.

‘‘(D) 0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry

out section 5310.

‘‘(E) 0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry

out section 5311.

‘‘(F) 0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry

out section 5320.

‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—Paragraph (1) shall apply to the following:

‘‘(A) Activities to oversee the construction of a major

project.

‘‘(B) Activities to review and audit the safety and security, procurement, management, and financial compliance

of a recipient or subrecipient of funds under sections 5305,

5307, 5309, 5310, 5311, and 5320.

‘‘(C) Activities to provide technical assistance to correct

deficiencies identified in compliance reviews and audits

carried out under this section.

‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS ON APPLICABILITY.—Subsections (a), (b),

and (e) do not apply to contracts under this section for activities

described in paragraphs (2)(B) and (2)(C).

‘‘(4) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—The Government

shall pay the entire cost of carrying out a contract under

this subsection.

‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Beginning in fiscal

year 2006, funds available under paragraph (1)(C) shall be

made available to the Secretary before allocating the funds

appropriated to carry out any project under a full funding

grant agreement or project construction grant agreement.’’.

SEC. 3027. PROJECT REVIEW.

Section 5328(a) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(1) When the Secretary

of Transportation allows a new fixed guideway project to

advance into the alternatives analysis stage of project review,

the Secretary shall cooperate with the applicant in’’ and

inserting the following:

‘‘(1) ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall

cooperate with an applicant undertaking an alternatives analysis required by subsections (d) and (e) of section 5309 in

the’’; and

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by striking ‘‘(2) After’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) ADVANCEMENT TO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STAGE.—

After’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘is consistent with section 5309(e)’’ and

inserting ‘‘meets the requirements of subsection (d) or (e)

of section 5309’’;

(3) in paragraph (3)—

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(A) by striking ‘‘(3) The Secretary’’ and inserting the

following:

‘‘(3) RECORD OF DECISION.—The Secretary’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘of construction’’; and

(C) by adding before the period at the end the following:

‘‘if the Secretary determines that the project meets the

requirements of subsection (d) or (e) of section 5309’’; and

(4) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:

‘‘(4) FUNDING AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary shall enter into

a full funding grant agreement or project construction grant

agreement, as appropriate, between the Government and the

project sponsor if the Secretary determines that the project

meets the requirements of subsection (d) or (e) of section 5309.’’.

SEC. 3028. INVESTIGATIONS OF SAFETY HAZARDS AND SECURITY

RISKS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5329 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5329. Investigations of safety hazards and security risks

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may conduct investigations

into safety hazards and security risks associated with a condition

in equipment, a facility, or an operation financed under this chapter

to establish the nature and extent of the condition and how to

eliminate, mitigate, or correct it.

‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF CORRECTIVE PLAN.—If the Secretary establishes that a safety hazard or security risk warrants further protective measures, the Secretary shall require the local governmental

authority receiving amounts under this chapter to submit a plan

for eliminating, mitigating, or correcting it.

‘‘(c) WITHHOLDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance under this chapter, in an amount to be determined by the

Secretary, may be withheld until a plan is approved and carried

out.’’.

(b) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall execute an annex

to the memorandum of understanding between the Secretary

and the Secretary of Homeland Security, dated September 28,

2004, to define and clarify the respective roles and responsibilities of the Department of Transportation and the Department

of Homeland Security relating to public transportation security.

(2) CONTENTS.—The annex to be executed under paragraph

(1) shall—

(A) establish a process to develop security standards

for public transportation agencies;

(B) create a method of direct coordination with public

transportation agencies on security matters;

(C) address any other issues determined to be appropriate by the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland

Security; and

(D) include a formal and permanent mechanism to

ensure coordination and involvement by the Department

of Transportation, as appropriate, in public transportation

security.

(c) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the date of

enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland

Security shall issue jointly final regulations to establish the

Deadline.

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note.

49 USC 5321

note.

Deadline.

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characteristics of and requirements for public transportation security grants, including funding priorities, eligible activities, methods

for awarding grants, and limitations on administrative expenses.

(d) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5329 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5329. Investigations of safety hazards and security risks.’’.

SEC. 3029. STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5330 is amended—

(1) by striking the section heading and all that follows

through subsection (a) and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 5330. State safety oversight

‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—This section shall only apply to—

‘‘(1) States that have rail fixed guideway public transportation systems that are not subject to regulation by the Federal

Railroad Administration; and

‘‘(2) States that are designing rail fixed guideway public

transportation systems that will not be subject to regulation

by the Federal Railroad Administration.’’;

(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall

ensure uniform safety standards and enforcement or shall’’;

and

(3) by striking subsection (f).

(b) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5330 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5330. State safety oversight.’’.

SEC. 3030. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND ALCOHOL MISUSE

TESTING.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5331(a)(3) is amended by striking

the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘or section 2303a,

7101(i), or 7302(e) of title 46. The Secretary may also decide that

a form of public transportation is covered adequately, for employee

alcohol and controlled substances testing purposes, under the

alcohol and controlled substance statutes or regulations of an agency

within the Department of Transportation or the Coast Guard.’’.

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Subsections (b)(1) and (g) of section 5331 are each amended by striking ‘‘or section 103(e)(4) of

title 23’’.

(c) REGULATIONS.—Section 5331(f) is amended by striking paragraph (3).

SEC. 3031. EMPLOYEE PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

Section 5333(b) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘5318(d), 5323(a)(1), (b),

(d), and (e), 5328, 5337, and 5338(b)’’ each place it appears

and inserting ‘‘5316, 5318, 5323(a)(1), 5323(b), 5323(d), 5328,

5337, and 5338(b)’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(4) Fair and equitable arrangements to protect the interests

of employees utilized by the Secretary of Labor for assistance to

purchase like-kind equipment or facilities, and grant amendments

which do not materially revise or amend existing assistance agreements, shall be certified without referral.

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‘‘(5) When the Secretary is called upon to issue fair and equitable determinations involving assurances of employment when one

private transit bus service contractor replaces another through

competitive bidding, such decisions shall be based on the principles

set forth in the Department of Labor’s decision of September 21,

1994, as clarified by the supplemental ruling of November 7, 1994,

with respect to grant NV–90–X021. This paragraph shall not serve

as a basis for objections under section 215.3(d) of title 29, Code

of Federal Regulations.’’.

SEC. 3032. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.

Section 5334 is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

(B) in paragraph (10) by striking the period at the

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(11) issue regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.’’;

(2) by striking subsection (i);

(3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (h) as subsections (c) through (i), respectively;

(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS AGAINST REGULATING OPERATIONS AND

CHARGES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except for purposes of national defense

or in the event of a national or regional emergency, the Secretary may not regulate the operation, routes, or schedules

of a public transportation system for which a grant is made

under this chapter, nor may the Secretary regulate the rates,

fares, tolls, rentals, or other charges prescribed by any provider

of public transportation.

‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing

in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the Secretary

from requiring a recipient of funds under this chapter to comply

with the terms and conditions of its Federal assistance agreement.’’; and

(5) by striking subsection (c)(4) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection) and inserting the following:

‘‘(4) The Secretary of Transportation shall comply with this

section (except subsection (i)) and sections 5318(e), 5323(a)(2),

5325(a), 5325(b), and 5325(f) when proposing or carrying out a

regulation governing an activity under this chapter, except for

a routine matter or a matter with no significant impact.’’; and

(6) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(k) NOTIFICATION OF PENDING DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Not

less than 3 full business days before announcement of award by

the Secretary of any discretionary grant, letter of intent, or full

funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, the Secretary

shall notify the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban

Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate and Committees on

Transportation and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House

of Representatives.

‘‘(l) AGENCY STATEMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Transit

Administration shall follow applicable rulemaking procedures

Deadline.

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under section 553 of title 5 before the Federal Transit Administration issues a statement that imposes a binding obligation

on recipients of Federal assistance under this chapter.

‘‘(2) BINDING OBLIGATION DEFINED.—In this subsection, the

term ‘binding obligation’ means a substantive policy statement,

rule, or guidance document issued by the Federal Transit

Administration that grants rights, imposes obligations, produces significant effects on private interests, or effects a significant change in existing policy.’’.

SEC. 3033. NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5335 is amended—

(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 5335. National transit database’’;

(2) by striking subsection (b); and

(3) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) The Secretary

may make a grant under section 5307 of this title’’ and

inserting the following:

‘‘(b) REPORTING AND UNIFORM SYSTEMS.—The Secretary may

award a grant under section 5307 or 5311’’.

(b) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 53 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 5335 and inserting the

following:

‘‘5335. National transit database.’’.

SEC. 3034. APPORTIONMENTS OF FORMULA GRANTS.

(a) APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 5336 is amended—

(1) by striking subsections (d), (h), and (k);

(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (i), and (j)

as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively;

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(i) APPORTIONMENTS.—Of the amounts made available for each

fiscal year under subsections (a)(1)(C)(vi) and (b)(2)(B) of section

5338—

‘‘(1) one percent shall be apportioned, in fiscal year 2006

and each fiscal year thereafter, to certain urbanized areas

with populations of less than 200,000 in accordance with subsection (j); and

‘‘(2) any amount not apportioned under paragraph (1) shall

be apportioned to urbanized areas in accordance with subsections (a) through (c).’’; and

(4) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Of the amount made

available or appropriated under section 5338(a) of this title’’

and inserting ‘‘Of the amount apportioned under subsection

(i)(2)’’.

(b) SMALL TRANSIT INTENSIVE CITIES FORMULA.—Section 5336

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(j) SMALL TRANSIT INTENSIVE CITIES FORMULA.—

‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following definitions apply:

‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE AREA.—The term ‘eligible area’ means

an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000

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that meets or exceeds in one or more performance categories the industry average for all urbanized areas with

a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999,

as determined by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (c)(2).

‘‘(B) PERFORMANCE CATEGORY.—The term ‘performance

category’ means each of the following:

‘‘(i) Passenger miles traveled per vehicle revenue

mile.

‘‘(ii) Passenger miles traveled per vehicle revenue

hour.

‘‘(iii) Vehicle revenue miles per capita.

‘‘(iv) Vehicle revenue hours per capita.

‘‘(v) Passenger miles traveled per capita.

‘‘(vi) Passengers per capita.

‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT.— ‘‘(A) APPORTIONMENT FORMULA.—The amount to be

apportioned under subsection (i)(1) shall be apportioned

among eligible areas in the ratio that—

‘‘(i) the number of performance categories for which

each eligible area meets or exceeds the industry average in urbanized areas with a population of at least

200,000 but not more than 999,999; bears to

‘‘(ii) the aggregate number of performance categories for which all eligible areas meet or exceed

the industry average in urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999.

‘‘(B) DATA USED IN FORMULA.—The Secretary shall calculate apportionments under this subsection for a fiscal

year using data from the national transit database used

to calculate apportionments for that fiscal year under this

section.’’.

(c) STUDY ON INCENTIVES IN FORMULA PROGRAMS.—Section

5336 is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(c) STUDY ON INCENTIVES IN FORMULA PROGRAMS.— ‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to assess

the feasibility and appropriateness of developing and implementing an incentive funding system under sections 5307 and

5311 for operators of public transportation.

‘‘(2) REPORT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the

date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation

Act of 2005, the Secretary shall submit a report on the

results of the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of

the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include—

‘‘(i) an analysis of the availability of appropriate

measures to be used as a basis for the distribution

of incentive payments;

‘‘(ii) the optimal number and size of any incentive

programs;

‘‘(iii) what types of systems should compete for

various incentives;

‘‘(iv) how incentives should be distributed; and

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‘‘(v) the likely effects of the incentive funding

system.’’.

(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 5336 is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of this title’’ and inserting

‘‘to carry out section 5307’’;

(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at

the end the following: ‘‘, except that the amount apportioned

to the Anchorage urbanized area under subsection (b) shall

be available to the Alaska Railroad for any costs related to

its passenger operations’’;

(3) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘and, beginning in

fiscal year 2006, 60 percent of the directional route miles attributable to the Alaska Railroad passenger operations’’ after

‘‘recipient’’; and

(4) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘a grant made under’’

each place it appears and inserting ‘‘a grant made with funds

apportioned under’’.

SEC. 3035. APPORTIONMENTS BASED ON FIXED GUIDEWAY FACTORS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5337 is amended—

(1) by striking the section designation and heading and

inserting the following:

‘‘§ 5337. Apportionment based on fixed guideway factors’’;

and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(f) ADJUSTMENT.—For purposes of this section, an urbanized

area with a population of 55,997, according to the most recent

decennial census, shall be treated as an urbanized area eligible

for assistance under section 5336(b)(2)(A) to which amounts were

apportioned under this section for fiscal year 1997. For the purposes

of subsection (e)(1), the number of fixed guideway revenue vehicle

miles of service and number of fixed guideway route miles for

that urbanized area as of the date of enactment of the Federal

Public Transportation Act of 2005 shall be considered to have

been used to determine apportionments for fiscal year 1997.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53

is amended by striking the item relating to section 5337 and

inserting the following:

‘‘5337. Apportionment based on fixed guideway factors.’’.

SEC. 3036. AUTHORIZATIONS.

Section 5338 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5338. Authorizations

‘‘(a) FISCAL YEAR 2005.—

‘‘(1) FORMULA GRANTS.—

‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005, $3,499,927,776

shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the

Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5307, 5308,

5310, and 5311 and section 3038 of the Transportation

Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note).

‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to the amounts made

available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to

be appropriated $499,989,824 for fiscal year 2005 to carry

out sections 5307, 5308, 5310, and 5311 and section 3038

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of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(49 U.S.C. 5310 note).

‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made

available or appropriated under this paragraph—

‘‘(i) $4,811,150 shall be available to the Alaska

Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations

under section 5307;

‘‘(ii) $5,208,000 shall be available to provide overthe-road bus accessibility grants under section 3038

of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(49 U.S.C. 5310 note) to operators of intercity, fixedroute over-the-road buses;

‘‘(iii) $1,686,400 shall be available to provide overthe-road bus accessibility grants under section 3038

of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(49 U.S.C. 5310 note) to operators of over-the-road

buses providing other than intercity, fixed-route

service;

‘‘(iv) $94,526,689 shall be available to provide

transportation services to elderly individuals and

individuals with disabilities under section 5310;

‘‘(v) $250,889,588 shall be available to provide

financial assistance for other than urbanized areas

under section 5311;

‘‘(vi) $3,593,195,773 shall be available to provide

financial assistance for urbanized areas under section

5307; and

‘‘(vii) $49,600,000 shall be available to carry out

the clean fuels program under section 5308.

‘‘(2) JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE.—

‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005, $108,500,000

shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the

Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 3037 of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C.

5309 note).

‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to the amounts made

available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to

be appropriated $15,500,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry

out section 3037 of the Transportation Equity Act of the

21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5309 note).

‘‘(3) CAPITAL PROGRAM GRANTS.—

‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005, $2,898,100,224

shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the

Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5309.

‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to the amounts made

available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to

be appropriated $414,014,176 for fiscal year 2005 to carry

out sections 5308, 5309, and 5318 and section 3015(b)

of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(112 Stat. 361).

‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made

available or appropriated under this paragraph—

‘‘(i) $49,600,000 shall be available to carry out

the clean fuels program under section 5308;

‘‘(ii) $669,600,000 shall be available for capital

projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase bus and

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related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities under section 5309;

‘‘(iii) $1,204,684,800 shall be available for fixed

guideway modernization under section 5309;

‘‘(iv) $1,437,829,600 shall be available for capital

projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions

to existing fixed guideway systems under section 5309;

‘‘(v) $10,213,632 shall be available for capital

projects in Alaska and Hawaii under section 5309;

‘‘(vi) $2,976,000 shall be available to carry out

bus testing under section 5318; and

‘‘(vii) $4,811,200 shall be available to carry out

the fuel cell bus and bus facilities program under section 3015(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century (112 Stat. 361).

‘‘(4) PLANNING.—

‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005, $63,364,000

shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the

Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5303, 5304,

5305, and 5313(b), as in effect on the day before the date

of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of

2005.

‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to the amounts made

available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to

be appropriated $9,052,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry

out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and 5313(b), as in effect

on the day before the date of enactment of the Federal

Public Transportation Act of 2005.

‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made

available or appropriated under this paragraph—

‘‘(i) 82.72 percent shall be allocated for metropolitan planning under section 5305; and

‘‘(ii) 17.28 percent shall be allocated for State planning under section 5305.

‘‘(5) RESEARCH.—

‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005, $47,740,000

shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the

Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312,

5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322.

‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to the amounts made

available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to

be appropriated $6,820,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry

out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322.

‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made available or appropriated under this paragraph—

‘‘(i) not less than $3,968,000 shall be available

to carry out programs under the National Transit

Institute under section 5315, of which not more than

$992,000 shall be available to carry out section

5315(a)(16);

‘‘(ii) not less than $5,208,000 shall be available

to provide rural transportation assistance under section 5311(b)(2);

‘‘(iii) not less than $8,184,000 shall be available

to carry out transit cooperative research programs

under section 5313(a);

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‘‘(iv) not less than $2,976,000 shall be available

to carry out Project Action under section 5312; and

‘‘(v) the remainder shall be available to carry out

national research and technology programs under sections 5312, 5314, and 5322.

‘‘(6) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—

‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005, $5,208,000

shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the

Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5505.

‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to amounts made

available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to

be appropriated $744,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out

section 5505.

‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made

available or appropriated under this paragraph—

‘‘(i) $1,984,000 shall be available for grants under

section 5505(d) to the center identified in section

5505(j)(4)(A), as in effect on the day before the date

of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act

of 2005; and

‘‘(ii) $1,984,000 shall be available for grants under

section 5505(d) to the center identified in section

5505(j)(4)(F), as in effect on the day before the date

of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act

of 2005.

‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULE.—Nothing in this paragraph shall

be construed to limit the transportation research conducted

by the centers receiving financial assistance under this

section.

‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATION.—

‘‘(A) TRUST FUND.—For fiscal year 2005, $67,704,000

shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the

Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5334.

‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—In addition to amounts made

available under subparagraph (A), there is authorized to

be appropriated $9,672,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry

out section 5334.

‘‘(8) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts made available

or appropriated under paragraphs (1) through (6) shall remain

available until expended.

‘‘(b) FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available from the Mass

Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320,

5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of the Federal Transit

Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 387 et seq.)—

‘‘(A) $6,979,931,000 for fiscal year 2006;

‘‘(B) $7,262,775,000 for fiscal year 2007;

‘‘(C) $7,872,893,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

‘‘(D) $8,360,565,000 for fiscal year 2009.

‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)—

‘‘(A) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $99,000,000 for

fiscal year 2007, $107,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and

$113,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry

out section 5305;

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‘‘(B) $3,466,681,000 for fiscal year 2006, $3,606,175,000 for fiscal year 2007, $3,910,843,000 for fiscal year 2008,

and $4,160,365,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated

in accordance with section 5336 to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307;

‘‘(C) $43,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $45,000,000 for

fiscal year 2007, $49,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and

$51,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry

out section 5308;

‘‘(D) $1,391,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $1,448,000,000

for fiscal year 2007, $1,570,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,

and $1,666,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated

in accordance with section 5337 to provide financial assistance under section 5309(m)(2)(B);

‘‘(E) $822,250,000 for fiscal year 2006, $855,500,000

for fiscal year 2007, $927,750,000 for fiscal year 2008,

and $984,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available

to carry out section 5309(m)(2)(C);

‘‘(F) $112,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $117,000,000

for fiscal year 2007, $127,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,

and $133,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available

to provide financial assistance for services for elderly persons and persons with disabilities under section 5310;

‘‘(G) $388,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $404,000,000

for fiscal year 2007, $438,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,

and $465,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available

to provide financial assistance for other than urbanized

areas under section 5311;

‘‘(H) $138,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $144,000,000

for fiscal year 2007, $156,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,

and $164,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available

to carry out section 5316;

‘‘(I) $78,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $81,000,000 for

fiscal year 2007, $87,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and

$92,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry

out section 5317;

‘‘(J) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $23,000,000 for

fiscal year 2007, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and

$26,900,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry

out section 5320;

‘‘(K) $3,500,000 in fiscal year 2006; $3,500,000 in fiscal

year 2007; $3,500,000 in fiscal year 2008; and $3,500,000

in fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section

5335;

‘‘(L) $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2006; $25,000,000 in

fiscal year 2007; $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2008; and

$25,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry

out section 5339;

‘‘(M) $388,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $404,000,000

for fiscal year 2007, $438,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,

and $465,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated

in accordance with section 5340 to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307 and other

than urbanized areas under section 5311; and

‘‘(N) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006, $7,600,000 for

fiscal year 2007, $8,300,000 for fiscal year 2008, and

$8,800,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry

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out section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note).

‘‘(c) CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.—There are authorized to

be appropriated to carry out section 5309(m)(2)(A)— ‘‘(1) $1,503,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

‘‘(2) $1,566,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

‘‘(3) $1,700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

‘‘(4) $1,809,250,000 for fiscal year 2009.

‘‘(d) RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated

to carry out transit cooperative research programs under section

5313, the National Transit Institute under section 5315, university research centers under section 5506, and national research

programs under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and 5322

$58,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $61,000,000 for fiscal year

2007, $65,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $69,750,000 for

fiscal year 2009, of which— ‘‘(A) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $9,300,000 for fiscal year 2007, $9,600,000 for fiscal year 2008, and

$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be allocated to carry

out transit cooperative research programs under section

5313;

‘‘(B) $4,300,000 shall be allocated for each fiscal year

to carry out programs under the National Transit Institute

under section 5315, of which not more than $1,000,000

for each fiscal year shall be used to carry out section

5315(a)(16);

‘‘(C) $7,000,000 shall be allocated for each fiscal year

to carry out the university centers program under section

5506;

‘‘(D) $3,000,000 shall be allocated for each fiscal year

to carry out Project Action under section 5314(a)(2);

‘‘(E) $1,000,000 shall be allocated for each fiscal year

to carry out the National Technical Assistance Center

under section 5314(c); and

‘‘(F) any funds made available under this paragraph

that are not allocated under subparagraphs (A) through

(E) shall be allocated to carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and 5322.

‘‘(2) UNIVERSITY CENTERS PROGRAM.—

‘‘(A) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts allocated under

paragraph (1)(C), the following amounts shall be available

to provide transportation research, training, and curriculum development:

‘‘(i) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through

2009 for the University of Tennessee—Knoxville

National Transportation Research Center.

‘‘(ii) $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 for Texas A&M University—Texas

Transportation Institute.

‘‘(iii) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 for Morgan State University.

‘‘(iv) $400,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and

2007 for the Small Urban and Rural Transit Center

at North Dakota State University.

‘‘(v) $550,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and

2007 and $650,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and

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2009 for the University Transportation Center at the

University of Alabama. ‘‘(vi) $450,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 and $550,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and

2009 for the Injury Control Research Center at the

University of Alabama Birmingham.

‘‘(vii) $550,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and

2007 and $650,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and

2009 for the Jackson State University Intermodal

Transportation Institute at the Jackson State University.

‘‘(viii) $550,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and

2007 and $650,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and

2009 for the University Transportation Center at the

University of Denver/Mississippi State University.

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The universities specified in

subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be university

transportation centers under section 5506 and shall be

subject to the requirements of subsections (b), (h), (i), (k),

(l), and (m) of such section.

‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.—There is authorized to be appropriated

to carry out section 5334—

‘‘(1) $82,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

‘‘(2) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

‘‘(3) $92,500,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

‘‘(4) $98,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.

‘‘(f) GRANTS AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.—

‘‘(1) GRANTS FINANCED FROM HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—A

grant or contract that is approved by the Secretary and financed

with amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account

of the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Federal share

of the cost of the project.

‘‘(2) GRANTS FINANCED FROM GENERAL FUND.—A grant or

contract that is approved by the Secretary and financed with

amounts appropriated in advance from the General Fund of

the Treasury pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation

of the Government to pay the Federal share of the cost of

the project only to the extent that amounts are appropriated

for such purpose by an Act of Congress.

‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts made available by

or appropriated under subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall remain

available until expended.’’.

SEC. 3037. ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5339 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5339. Alternatives analysis program

‘‘(a) GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS.—Under criteria established by

the Secretary, the Secretary may award grants to States, authorities

of the States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governmental authorities to develop alternatives analyses as defined by

section 5309(a)(1).

‘‘(b) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—The Government’s share

of the cost of an activity funded using amounts made available

under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the

activity.

Guidelines.

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‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—An amount made available or

appropriated under section 5338(b)(2)(L) for this section shall

remain available for 3 fiscal years, including the fiscal year in

which the amount is made available or appropriated. Any of such

amounts that are unobligated at the end of the 3-fiscal-year period

may be used by the Secretary for any purpose under this section.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53

is amended by striking the item relating to section 5339 and

inserting the following:

‘‘5339. Alternatives analysis program.’’.

(c) PROJECTS.—For each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, of the

funds authorized under this section, funds shall be made available

to the following projects in not less than the amounts specified:

(1) Minnesota Red Rock Corridor/Rush Line/Central Corridors studies, $2,000,000.

(2) Trans-Hudson Midtown corridor study, $1,500,000.

(3) Lane County, Oregon Bus Rapid Transit Phase II cor- ridor study, $500,000. (4) Portland Streetcar, Oregon corridor study, $1,500,000.

(5) San Gabriel Valley-Gold Line Foothill Extension cor- ridor study, $1,250,000.

(6) Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex Counties, New Jersey cor- ridor study, $1,250,000.

(7) Metra BNSF Naperville to Aurora corridor study, $1,250,000.

(8) Madison and Dane Counties, Wisconsin Transport 2020 corridor study, $750,000.

(9) Sound Transit I–90 Long-Range Plan corridor studies, $750,000.

(10) Middle Rio Grande Coalition of governments, Albu- querque to Santa Fe corridor study, $500,000.

(11) Piedmont Authority Regional Transportation East- West corridor study, $1,000,000.

(12) Baltimore Red Line/Green Line Transit Project study, $1,500,000.

(13) Metra-West Line Extension, Elgin to Rockford study, $1,000,000.

(14) Madison-Ridgeland Transportation Commission, Mississippi, Madison Light Rail Transportation Corridor study,

$350,000.

(15) South Carolina Department of Transportation Light

Rail study, $300,000.

(16) Provo Orem BRT study, $500,000.

(17) Sevierville County Transportation Board, Sevier

County BRT study, $500,000.

(18) New Jersey Transit Access to the Region’s Core study,

$2,500,000.

SEC. 3038. APPORTIONMENTS BASED ON GROWING STATES FORMULA

FACTORS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 is amended by adding at the

end the following:

‘‘§ 5340. Apportionments based on growing States and high

density States formula factors

‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘State’ shall mean

each of the 50 States of the United States.

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‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts made available for each

fiscal year under section 5338(b)(2)(M), the Secretary shall

apportion—

‘‘(1) 50 percent to States and urbanized areas in accordance

with subsection (c); and

‘‘(2) 50 percent to States and urbanized areas in accordance

with subsection (d).

‘‘(c) GROWING STATE APPORTIONMENTS.— ‘‘(1) APPORTIONMENT AMONG STATES.—The amounts apportioned under subsection (b)(1) shall provide each State with

an amount equal to the total amount apportioned multiplied

by a ratio equal to the population of that State forecast for

the year that is 15 years after the most recent decennial census,

divided by the total population of all States forecast for the

year that is 15 years after the most recent decennial census.

Such forecast shall be based on the population trend for each

State between the most recent decennial census and the most

recent estimate of population made by the Secretary of Commerce.

‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENTS BETWEEN URBANIZED AREAS AND

OTHER THAN URBANIZED AREAS IN EACH STATE.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall apportion

amounts to each State under paragraph (1) so that urbanized areas in that State receive an amount equal to the

amount apportioned to that State multiplied by a ratio

equal to the sum of the forecast population of all urbanized

areas in that State divided by the total forecast population

of that State. In making the apportionment under this

subparagraph, the Secretary shall utilize any available

forecasts made by the State. If no forecasts are available,

the Secretary shall utilize data on urbanized areas and

total population from the most recent decennial census.

‘‘(B) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Amounts remaining for

each State after apportionment under subparagraph (A)

shall be apportioned to that State and added to the amount

made available for grants under section 5311.

‘‘(3) APPORTIONMENTS AMONG URBANIZED AREAS IN EACH

STATE.—The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available

to urbanized areas in each State under paragraph (2)(A) so

that each urbanized area receives an amount equal to the

amount apportioned under paragraph (2)(A) multiplied by a

ratio equal to the population of each urbanized area divided

by the sum of populations of all urbanized areas in the State.

Amounts apportioned to each urbanized area shall be added

to amounts apportioned to that urbanized area under section

5336, and made available for grants under section 5307.

‘‘(d) HIGH DENSITY STATE APPORTIONMENTS.—Amounts to be

apportioned under subsection (b)(2) shall be apportioned as follows:

‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE STATES.—The Secretary shall designate as

eligible for an apportionment under this subsection all States

with a population density in excess of 370 persons per square

mile.

‘‘(2) STATE URBANIZED LAND FACTOR.—For each State qualifying for an apportionment under paragraph (1), the Secretary

shall calculate an amount equal to—

‘‘(A) the total land area of the State (in square miles);

multiplied by

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‘‘(B) 370; multiplied by

‘‘(C)(i) the population of the State in urbanized areas;

divided by

‘‘(ii) the total population of the State.

‘‘(3) STATE APPORTIONMENT FACTOR.—For each State qualifying for an apportionment under paragraph (1), the Secretary

shall calculate an amount equal to the difference between the

total population of the State less the amount calculated in

paragraph (2).

‘‘(4) STATE APPORTIONMENT.—Each State qualifying for an

apportionment under paragraph (1) shall receive an amount

equal to the amount to be apportioned under this subsection

multiplied by the amount calculated for the State under paragraph (3) divided by the sum of the amounts calculated under

paragraph (3) for all States qualifying for an apportionment

under paragraph (1).

‘‘(5) APPORTIONMENTS AMONG URBANIZED AREAS IN EACH

STATE.—The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available

to each State under paragraph (4) so that each urbanized

area receives an amount equal to the amount apportioned under

paragraph (4) multiplied by a ratio equal to the population

of each urbanized area divided by the sum of populations of

all urbanized areas in the State. Amounts apportioned to each

urbanized area shall be added to amounts apportioned to that

urbanized area under section 5336, and made available for

grants under section 5307.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 53

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘5340. Apportionments based on growing States and high density States formula

factors.’’.

SEC. 3039. OVER-THE-ROAD BUS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3038 of the Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat. 392)

is amended—

(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:

‘‘SEC. 3038. OVER-THE-ROAD BUS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM.’’;

(2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:

‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE OF COSTS.—The Federal share of costs

under this section shall be provided from funds made available

to carry out this section and shall be determined in accordance

with section 5323(i) of title 49, United States Code.’’; and

(3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:

‘‘(g) FUNDING.—

‘‘(1) INTERCITY, FIXED ROUTE OVER-THE-ROAD BUS

SERVICE.—Of the amounts made available to carry out this

section in each fiscal year, 75 percent shall be available for

operators of over-the-road buses used substantially or exclusively in intercity, fixed-route over-the-road bus service to

finance the incremental capital and training costs of the Department of Transportation’s final rule regarding accessibility of

over-the-road buses. Such amounts shall remain available until

expended.

‘‘(2) OTHER OVER-THE-ROAD BUS SERVICE.—Of the amounts

made available to carry out this section in each fiscal year,

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25 percent shall be available for operators of other over-theroad bus service to finance the incremental capital and training

costs of the Department of Transportation’s final rule regarding

accessibility of over-the-road buses. Such amounts shall remain

available until expended.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century (112 Stat. 107) is amended by striking the item

relating to section 3038 and inserting the following:

‘‘3038. Over-the-road bus accessibility program.’’.

SEC. 3040. OBLIGATION CEILING.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total of all

obligations from amounts made available from the Mass Transit

Account of the Highway Trust Fund by, and amounts appropriated

under, subsections (a) through (f) of section 5338 of title 49, United

States Code, shall not exceed—

(1) $7,646,336,000 for fiscal year 2005, of which not more

than $6,690,544,000 shall be from the Mass Transit Account;

(2) $8,622,931,000 for fiscal year 2006, of which not more

than $6,979,931,000 shall be from the Mass Transit Account;

(3) $8,974,775,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which not more

than $7,262,775,000 shall be from the Mass Transit Account;

(4) $9,730,893,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which not more

than $7,871,895,000 shall be from the Mass Transit Account;

and

(5) $10,338,065,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which not more

than $8,360,565,000 shall be from the Mass Transit Account.

SEC. 3041. ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

the Secretary shall ensure that the total apportionments and allocations made for fiscal year 2005 to each grant recipient under the

Federal Transit Administration programs shall not exceed the

amount made available under section 5338 of title 49, United States

Code, as amended by this title, for fiscal year 2005 plus prior

year balances.

(b) FIXED GUIDEWAY MODERNIZATION ADJUSTMENT.—In making

the apportionments described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall

adjust the amount apportioned for fiscal year 2005 to each urbanized area for fixed guideway modernization to reflect the apportionment method set forth in section 5337(a) of title 49, United States

Code.

(c) RECONCILIATION.—Funds authorized by or made available

under section 5338, as amended by this title, for fiscal year 2005—

(1) shall not be subject to the across-the-board rescissions

in section 122 of division J of Public Law 108–477;

(2) shall be transferred or made available for the purposes

as indicated in division H of Public Law 108–477, as amended

by Public Law 109–13; and

(3) shall be administered consistent with the applicable

formula authorized under Public Law 105–178, as amended.

SEC. 3042. TERRORIST ATTACKS AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE

AGAINST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1993 of title 18, United States Code,

is amended—

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(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘mass’’ and inserting ‘‘public’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘mass’’ each place the term appears and

inserting ‘‘public’’;

(3) in subsection (a)(5) by inserting ‘‘controlling,’’ after

‘‘operating,’’; and

(4) in subsection (c)(5) by striking ‘‘5302(a)(7) of title 49,

United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘5302(a) of title 49,’’.

(b) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 97 of title

18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating

to section 1993 and inserting the following:

‘‘1993. Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against public transportation systems.’’.

SEC. 3043. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY

CAPITAL PROJECTS.

(a) EXISTING FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENTS.—The following projects are authorized for final design and construction

for existing full funding grant agreements in not less than the

amount specified for each fiscal year:

(1) Atlanta—North Springs Extension $263,287 for fiscal

year 2005.

(2) Baltimore—Central LRT Double Tracking $28,777,920

for fiscal year 2005 and $12,655,664 for fiscal year 2006.

(3) Charlotte—South Corridor LRT $29,760,000 for fiscal

year 2005, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $69,405,565

for fiscal year 2007.

(4) Chicago—Chicago Transit Authority Douglas Branch

Reconstruction $84,320,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $45,825,190

for fiscal year 2006.

(5) Chicago—Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood

Expansion Project $39,680,000 for fiscal year 2005, $40,000,000

for fiscal year 2006, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,

$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $65,152,615 for fiscal

year 2009.

(6) Cleveland—Euclid Corridor Transportation Project

$24,800,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $24,774,513 for fiscal

year 2006.

(7) Denver Southeast Corridor LRT $79,360,000 for fiscal

year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $80,000,000 for

fiscal year 2007, and $77,192,758 for fiscal year 2008.

(8) Fort Lauderdale—Tri-Rail Commuter Rail Upgrade

$11,210,695 for fiscal year 2005.

(9) Los Angeles—Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension

$59,520,000 for fiscal year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year

2006, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $80,000,000 for fiscal

year 2008, and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(10) Los Angeles—North Hollywood MOS–3 $663,339 in

fiscal year 2005.

(11) Metra North Central Corridor Commuter Rail

$24,084,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $16,529,452 for fiscal

year 2006.

(12) Metra South West Corridor Commuter Rail

$15,500,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $11,781,395 for fiscal

year 2006.

(13) Metra Union Pacific West Line Extension $12,000,000

for fiscal year 2005 and $14,285,749 for fiscal year 2006.

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(14) Minneapolis—Hiawatha Corridor LRT $33,111,257 for

fiscal year 2005.

(15) New Jersey Urban Core—Hudson-Bergen LRT

$313,896.

(16) New Jersey Urban Core—Hudson-Bergen LRT MOS–

2 $99,200,000 for fiscal year 2005, $100,000,000 for fiscal year

2006, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $53,202,995 for

fiscal year 2008.

(17) New Jersey Urban Core—Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link

MOS–1 $1,342,076 for fiscal year 2005.

(18) New Orleans MOS–1 Canal Street $16,455,206 for

fiscal year 2005.

(19) Phoenix—Central Phoenix/East Valley LRT

$74,400,000 for fiscal year 2005, $90,000,000 for fiscal year

2006, $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $90,000,000 for fiscal

year 2008, and $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(20) Pittsburgh—North Shore LRT Connector $54,560,000

in fiscal year 2005, $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, $55,000,000

in fiscal year 2007, and $14,421,944 in fiscal year 2008.

(21) Pittsburgh—Stage II LRT Reconstruction $1,120,854

for fiscal year 2005.

(22) Portland—Interstate MAX LRT Extension $23,292,160

fiscal year 2005 and $18,292,550 for fiscal year 2006.

(23) St. Louis—Metrolink Extension St. Clair County, IL

$53,383 for fiscal year 2005.

(24) Salt Lake City—CBD to University LRT $1,127,405

for fiscal year 2005.

(25) Salt Lake City—Medical Center $8,682,141 for fiscal

year 2005.

(26) San Diego—Mission Valley East LRT Extension

$80,986,880 for fiscal year 2005 and $8,353,424 for fiscal year

2006.

(27) San Diego—Oceanside Escondido Rail Corridor

$54,560,000 fiscal year 2005 and $12,651,061 for fiscal year

2006.

(28) San Francisco—BART Extension to San Francisco Airport $99,200,000 fiscal year 2005 and $82,655,680 for fiscal

year 2006.

(29) San Juan—Tren Urbano $44,263,040 fiscal year 2005

and $10,555,900 for fiscal year 2006.

(30) Seattle—Central Link Initial Segment LRT

$79,360,000 for fiscal year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year

2006, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $70,000,000 for fiscal

year 2008, and $24,028,149 for fiscal year 2009.

(31) Washington DC/MD—Largo Metrorail Extension

$75,432,887 for fiscal year 2005.

(b) FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—The following projects

are authorized for final design and construction for fiscal years

2005 through 2009 under paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of section

5309(m) of title 49, United States Code:

(1) Baltimore—MARC Commuter Rail Improvements.

(2) Boston—Silver Line BRT Phase III.

(3) Central Florida Commuter Rail System.

(4) Charlotte—South Corridor LRT.

(5) Dallas Area Rapid Transit—Northwest-Southeast LRT

Extension.

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(6) Delaware—Wilmington-Newark Commuter Rail

Improvements.

(7) Denver—West Corridor LRT.

(8) El Paso—Rapid Transit (SMART) Starter Line.

(9) Harrisburg—Corridor One Commuter Rail (MOS–1).

(10) Houston Advanced Transit Program Light Rail.

(11) Kansas City, Missouri—Southtown BRT.

(12) Las Vegas—Resort Corridor Downtown Extension

Project.

(13) Los Angeles MTA—Exposition LRT.

(14) Miami-Dade Transit—North Corridor.

(15) Minneapolis—North Star Corridor.

(16) Nashua—Commuter Rail.

(17) Nashville, Tennessee Commuter Rail.

(18) New Britain-Hartford Busway Project.

(19) New Orleans—Desire Corridor Streetcar.

(20) New York—Long Island Railroad East Side Access

Project.

(21) New York—Second Avenue Subway.

(22) Norfolk Light Rail.

(23) Northern Virginia—Dulles Corridor Extension to

Wiehle Avenue (Phase 1).

(24) Orange County, California—Rapid Transit Project.

(25) Philadelphia—Schuylkill Valley MetroRail.

(26) Pittsburgh—North Shore Connector.

(27) Portland, Oregon—South Corridor I–205/Portland Mall

LRT.

(28) Providence—South County Commuter Rail.

(29) Sacramento—South Corridor LRT Extension (Phase

2), Meadowview to Consumnes River College.

(30) Salt Lake City—Weber County to Salt Lake City Commuter Rail.

(31) San Diego—Mid-Coast Extension.

(32) San Francisco Muni—Third Street LRT-Phase I/II.

(33) San Gabriel Valley—Gold Line Foothill Extension

Phase I/Phase II, Los Angeles to Montclair.

(34) Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority—Silicon Valley

Rapid Transit Corridor.

(35) Tampa Bay—Regional Rail.

(36) Triangle Transit Authority, North Carolina—Regional

Rail Project.

(37) Washington County, Oregon—Wilsonville to Beaverton

Commuter Rail.

(38) Wasilla-Girdwood, Alaska—Commuter Rail.

(c) PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.—The following projects are

authorized for preliminary engineering for fiscal years 2005 through

2009 under paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of section 5309(m) of

title 49, United States Code:

(1) Alameda, California—Fixed Guideway Corridor Project.

(2) Alameda, California—Transit Improvements and

Multimodal Center.

(3) Albuquerque—High Capacity Corridor.

(4) Ann Arbor/Downtown Detroit—Transit Improvement

Project.

(5) Atlanta—East Line 1–20 Corridor Project.

(6) Atlanta—MARTA Memorial Drive Bus Rapid Transit.

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(7) Atlanta—GRTA I–75 Corridor, Downtown Atlanta—

Cherokee County.

(8) Atlanta—Interstate 285 Transit Corridor.

(9) Atlanta—Georgia 400 North Line Corridor Project.

(10) Atlanta—Belt Line C–Loop.

(11) Atlanta—I–20 East Line I–20 Corridor Project.

(12) Atlanta—West Line I–20 Corridor Project.

(13) Austin—San Antonio I–35 Commuter Rail.

(14) Austin—Rapid Bus Project.

(15) Austin—Urban Commuter Rail.

(16) Baltimore Red Line/Green Line Transit Project.

(17) Baton Rouge—Bus Rapid Transit.

(18) Bayonne, New Jersey—Hudson Bergen LRT Extension

to NY Harbor.

(19) Bernalillo-Santa Fe—New Mexico Commuter Rail.

(20) Birmingham, Alabama—Transit Corridor.

(21) Boise—Downtown Circulator.

(22) Boise, Idaho—Valley Regional Transit Rail Corridor

Preservation.

(23) Boston—Assembly Square Orange Line Station.

(24) Boston—Lechmere Transit Improvement to Somerville

and Medford.

(25) Boston—North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension.

(26) Boston—North/South Rail Link.

(27) Boston—Urban Ring BRT.

(28) Bridgeport, Connecticut—Bridgeport Intermodal

Facility.

(29) Broward County, Florida—Bus Rapid Transit.

(30) Camden, New Jersey—North Ferry Terminal.

(31) Carrollton, Texas—Regional Intermodal Passenger

Rail Facility Project.

(32) Cedar Rapids, Iowa—River Rail Project.

(33) Central Phoenix—East Valley Corridor LRT Extensions.

(34) Charlotte—Charlotte Multimodal Station.

(35) Charlotte—North Corridor Project.

(36) Charlotte—Northeast Corridor Project.

(37) Charlotte—South Corridor LRT Extension to Rock Hill,

South Carolina.

(38) Charlotte—Southeast Corridor Project.

(39) Charlotte—West Corridor Project.

(40) Charlotte—Center City Streetcar Project.

(41) Chicago—Cermack Road BRT.

(42) Chicago CTA—Red Line Extension.

(43) Chicago CTA—Chicago Transit Hub (Circle LineOgden Streetcar).

(44) Chicago CTA—Orange Line Extension (Midway Airport to Ford City).

(45) Chicago CTA—Yellow Line Extension (Dempster-Old

Orchard).

(46) Chicago—Ogden Avenue Corridor.

(47) Chicago—Pace Golf Road Bus Rapid Transit.

(48) Chula Vista, California—Bus Rapid Transit.

(49) Clark County, Washington—MAX Extension.

(50) Cleveland-Akron-Canton (Northeast Ohio) Commuter

Rail.

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(51) Columbia, South Carolina—Light Rail.

(52) Columbus—North Corridor LRT Project.

(53) Contra-Costa—BART Extension.

(54) Corpus Christi—Downtown Rail Trolley.

(55) Dallas Area Rapid Transit—Dallas Central Business

District.

(56) Dallas Area Rapid Transit—Rowlett LRT Extension.

(57) Dallas Area Rapid Transit—Beltline to DFW Airport.

(58) Dayton—Aviation Heritage Corridor Streetcar Project.

(59) Dayton—Aviation Heritage Corridor Streetcar Project

Phase I.

(60) Denton County Transportation Authority, Texas—

Fixed Guideway Project.

(61) Denver—Gold Line Extension to Arvada.

(62) Denver—RR Right-of-Way Acquisition.

(63) Denver—United States Route 36 Transit Corridor.

(64) Denver—North Metro Corridor to Thornton.

(65) Denver—East Corridor to DIA Airport.

(66) Denver—I–225 Transit Corridor.

(67) Denver—Southeast Corridor Extension to Lone-Tree/

Ridgegate.

(68) Denver—Southwest Corridor Extension to C470/Lucent

Boulevard.

(69) Detroit—Center City Loop.

(70) Detroit—Woodward Corridor.

(71) District of Columbia—Light Rail Starter Line.

(72) Erie, Pennsylvania—Ferry Acquisition.

(73) Fitchburg, Massachusetts—Commuter Rail Extensions

and Improvements.

(74) Florence-Myrtle Beach, South Carolina—Transit Corridor.

(75) Fort Lauderdale—Downtown Rail Link.

(76) Fort Lauderdale—Transit Project from NW 215th and

79th Streets.

(77) Fort Worth—Cottonbelt Commuter Rail to DFW.

(78) Fort Worth—Trinity Railway Express Commuter Rail

Extensions.

(79) Galveston—Rail Trolley Extension.

(80) Glendale, California—Downtown Streetcar.

(81) Grand Rapids—Fixed Guideway Corridor Project.

(82) Guam—Tumon Bay-Airport Light Rail.

(83) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania—Corridor One MOS–2 (East

Mechanicsburg to Carlisle).

(84) Harrison County, Mississippi—Canal Road Intermodal

Connector.

(85) Henderson-Las Vegas-North Las Vegas—Regional

Fixed Guideway Project.

(86) Honolulu—Rapid Transit Project.

(87) Houston—Commuter Rail Service in Harris & Fort

Bend Counties.

(88) Houston—Advanced Transportation Technology

System.

(89) Indianapolis—System of Metropolitan Area Rapid

Transit.

(90) Jacksonville—East-Southwest BRT.

(91) Jacksonville—North-Southeast BRT.

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(92) Kansas City, Missouri-Lawrence, Kansas—Commuter

Rail.

(93) Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Metra Commuter Rail

Extension (Wisconsin).

(94) Kenosha, Wisconsin Streetcar Expansion Project.

(95) King County, Washington—I–405 Corridor Bus Rapid

Transit.

(96) Lake Tahoe—Passenger Ferry Service.

(97) Lakeville, Minnesota—Cedar Avenue Corridor Bus

Rapid Transit.

(98) Lane County, Oregon—Bus Rapid Transit, Phase 2.

(99) Las Vegas—Boulder Highway MAX Bus Rapid Transit.

(100) Little Rock—River Rail Streetcar Extensions.

(101) Little Rock—West Little Rock Commuter Rail.

(102) Livermore, California—BART Rail Extension to Livermore.

(103) Long Island Railroad—Nassau Hub.

(104) Lorain-Cleveland Commuter Rail.

(105) LOSSAN Del Mar-San Diego—Rail Corridor Improvements.

(106) Lovejoy to Griffin, Georgia Commuter Rail.

(107) Madison, Wisconsin—Madison Streetcar.

(108) Madison, Wisconsin—Light Rail Transportation.

(109) Madison and Dane Counties, Wisconsin—Transport

2020 Commuter Rail.

(110) Maryland—I–270 Corridor Cities Transitway.

(111) Maryland—Route 5 Corridor to Waldorf.

(112) Maryland—Silver Spring Capacity Improvements.

(113) Massachusetts—Commuter Rail Extensions to

Worcester and New Bedford.

(114) Memphis—Downtown Airport Corridor.

(115) Memphis—Intermodal Terminal.

(116) Memphis Regional Rail Plan.

(117) Metra BNSF Naperville to Aurora Corridor Extension

and Improvements.

(118) Metra South Suburban Airport Commuter Rail Extension.

(119) Metra SouthEast Service Line Commuter Rail.

(120) Metra STAR Line Inter-Suburban Commuter Rail.

(121) Metra UP Northwest Line Core Capacity Upgrades.

(122) Metra UP West Line Core Capacity Upgrades.

(123) Metra-West Line Extension, Elgin to Rockford.

(124) Miami-Dade Transit—Douglas Road Extension.

(125) Miami-Dade Transit—East-West Corridor.

(126) Miami-Dade Transit—Kendall Corridor.

(127) Miami-Dade Transit—Northeast Corridor.

(128) Miami-Dade Transit—South Dade Corridor.

(129) Miami-Dade Transit—Miami Intermodal Center to

Earlington Heights.

(130) Miami—Downtown Streetcar Project.

(131) Middletown-South Fallsburg, New York, Passenger

Rail.

(132) Milwaukee—Downtown Dedicated Guideway Transit

Connector.

(133) Minneapolis—Northwest Corridor Busway.

(134) Minneapolis-St. Paul—Central Corridor Transit

Project.

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(135) Minneapolis-St. Paul-Hinckley, Minnesota—Rush

Line Corridor.

(136) Missouri/Kansas—Interstate 35 Transit Corridor.

(137) Monterey County, California—Commuter Rail.

(138) Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, Maryland—Bi-County Transitway (Purple Line).

(139) Nashua-Manchester—Commuter Rail Extension.

(140) Nashville—Area Transit Corridors.

(141) Nashville—Southeast Rail Corridor.

(142) Nashville Tennessee Commuter Rail.

(143) Nassau and Queens Counties, New York—LIRR Main

Line Third Track Project.

(144) New Bedford-Fall River, Massachusetts—Commuter

Rail Extension.

(145) New Haven, Connecticut-Hartford, ConnecticutSpringfield, Massachusetts Commuter Line.

(146) New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor.

(147) New Jersey Transit—Northeast Corridor Trans-Hudson Commuter Rail Improvements.

(148) New Jersey Transit—Morris/Essex/Boonton TransHudson Commuter Rail Improvements.

(149) New Jersey Transit—New York Susquehanna and

Western RR Commuter Extension.

(150) New Jersey Transit—Phillipsburg Extension.

(151) New Jersey Transit—West Trenton Line Commuter

Line Service Extension.

(152) New Jersey-Pennsylvania Lackawanna Cutoff Rail

Restoration.

(153) New Jersey Urban Core.

(154) New Orleans—Airport-CBD Commuter Rail.

(155) New Orleans—Riverfront Streetcar Downriver Extension.

(156) New Orleans—Riverfront Streetcar Upriver Extension.

(157) New York—Governors Island Transportation Access.

(158) New York—Long Island Sound (Long Island) Ferry

Service.

(159) New York—Long Island Sound (Westchester) Ferry

Service.

(160) New York—NYC Bus Rapid Transit.

(161) New York—NYC Highline.

(162) New York—Penn Station Access Project.

(163) New York—Rockaway-Brooklyn Army TerminalManhattan Ferry Service.

(164) New York—Staten Island to Manhattan High-Speed

Ferry Service Extension.

(165) New York—Stewart Airport Rail Access.

(166) New York—Tappan Zee I–287 Corridor.

(167) New York—West Harlem Waterfront Ferry Improvements.

(168) Newburg, New York—LRT System.

(169) Northern Indiana—Commuter District Line.

(170) Northern Indiana—West Lake Commuter Rail Link

(South Shore Commuter Rail).

(171) Norfolk—Naval Station Corridor.

(172) Norfolk-Petersburg—United States Route 460 Commuter Rail Project.

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(173) Northern Virginia—Crystal City Potomac Yards

Transit.

(174) Northern Virginia—Columbia Pike Rapid Transit

Project.

(175) Northern Virginia—Dulles Corridor Extension, Phase

2.

(176) Northern Virginia—Richmond Highway (Route 1)

Rapid Transit Project.

(177) Oakland—Telegraph Avenue/International Blvd./East

14th Street BRT.

(178) Ogden—Intermodal-Weber State University Transit

Connection.

(179) Orange County, California—Bus Rapid Transit.

(180) Orlando-Orange County, Florida—Light Rail Project.

(181) Ottawa, Illinois—Illinois Valley Commuter Rail

Extension.

(182) Pawtucket, Rhode Island—Commuter Rail Station.

(183) Philadelphia—Elwyn to Wawa Train Service Restoration.

(184) Philadelphia—Navy Yard Transit Extension.

(185) Philadelphia—52nd Street City Connector Project.

(186) Philadelphia—Route 100 Rapid Trolley Extension.

(187) Philadelphia—Broad Street Subway Line Extension.

(188) Piedmont Authority Regional Transportation—EastWest Rail Transit Corridor Project.

(189) Pinellas Mobility Initiative Bus Rapid Transit.

(190) Pittsburgh—Keystone West Passenger Rail Corridor

in Blair, Cambria, West Moreland, and Allegheny Counties.

(191) Pittsburgh—East-West Corridor Rapid Transit.

(192) Pittsburgh—Martin Luther King, Jr., Busway Extension.

(193) Pittsburgh—Oakland Technology Corridor.

(194) Portland Streetcar Extensions.

(195) Portland-Yarmouth-Brunswick-Lewiston/Auburn Passenger Rail.

(196) Providence—South County Commuter Rail Phase II.

(197) Provo-Orem Utah—Bus Rapid Transit.

(198) Quakertown-Stoney Creek, Pennsylvania—Rail Restoration.

(199) Raritan Valley, New Jersey—Commuter Rail.

(200) Reno, Nevada—Virginia Street Bus Rapid Transit

Project.

(201) Riverside County, California—Perris Valley Line

Metrolink Extension.

(202) Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado—Bus Rapid Transit.

(203) Rock Island, Illinois—Quad Cities Rapid Transit

System.

(204) Sacramento—Downtown Streetcar Project.

(205) Sacramento—Regional Rail, Auburn to Oakland.

(206) Sacramento—Downtown/Natomas Airport Transit

Corridor.

(207) Salt Lake City—Airport to University LRT.

(208) Salt Lake City—Delta Center to Gateway Intermodal

Center LRT Extension.

(209) Salt Lake City—Draper to Sandy LRT Extension.

(210) Salt Lake-Provo—Commuter Rail Extension.

(211) Salt Lake City—TRAX Capacity Improvements.

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(212) Salt Lake City—West Valley City LRT Extension.

(213) Salt Lake City—West Valley City 3500 South BRT.

(214) Salt Lake City—West Jordan LRT Extension.

(215) Salt Lake City to South Davis Transit Connection.

(216) San Antonio—Bus Rapid Transit.

(217) San Diego—First Bus Rapid Transit.

(218) San Diego—San Diego Imperial County Mag-Lev Rail

Airport Corridor Project.

(219) San Diego—Sprinter Rail Line Extension Project.

(220) San Francisco—BART Extension to Livermore.

(221) San Francisco—BART Extension to Oakland International Airport.

(222) San Francisco—MUNI Geary Boulevard Bus Rapid

Transit.

(223) San Francisco—Oyster Point Ferry Terminal.

(224) San Francisco—Transbay Terminal/Caltrain Downtown Extension Project.

(225) San Joaquin, California—Regional Rail Commission

Central Valley Rail Service.

(226) San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission Commuter

Rail (Altamont Commuter Express).

(227) San Juan Tren Urbano—Extension from Rio Piedras

to Carolina.

(228) San Juan—Tren Urbano Minillas Extension.

(229) Santa Fe—El Dorado Rail Link.

(230) Seattle—Monorail Project Post—Green Line Extensions.

(231) Seattle—Link LRT Extensions.

(232) Seattle—Sound Transit Commuter Rail.

(233) Seattle—Sound Transit Regional Express Bus.

(234) Sevierville to Pigeon Ford, Tennessee—Bus Rapid

Transit.

(235) Sonoma/Marin (SMART) Commuter Rail, California.

(236) Southern California High Speed Regional Transit.

(237) Southern New Jersey to Philadelphia Transit Project.

(238) St. Louis Metro Link—Scott AFB to Mid America

Airport.

(239) St. Louis—East/West Gateway.

(240) St. Louis—Metro Link Northside Daniel Boone

Project.

(241) St. Louis—Metro South Corridor.

(242) St. Louis—University Downtown Trolley.

(243) St. Paul—Red Rock Corridor Commuter Rail Project.

(244) Stamford, Connecticut—Boston Post Road Intermodal

Center and Capacity Expansion Project.

(245) Stamford, Connecticut—Urban Transitway Phase II.

(246) Tampa—Bus Rapid Transit Improvements.

(247) Tampa—Streetcar Extension to Downtown Tampa.

(248) Toledo, Ohio—CBD to Zoo.

(249) Toledo, Ohio—University Corridor.

(250) Trenton Trolley.

(251) Tri-Rail Dolphin Extension.

(252) Tri-Rail Florida East Coast Commuter Rail Extension.

(253) Tri-Rail Jupiter Extension.

(254) Tri-Rail Scripps Corridor Extension Project.

(255) Tucson—Old Pueblo Trolley Expansion.

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(256) Vancouver—Interstate MAX Extension to Clark

County, Washington.

(257) Virginia Beach—Bus Rapid Transit.

(258) Virginia Railway Express Capacity Improvements.

(259) Washington, D.C.—Woodrow Wilson Bridge Transit

Projects.

(260) Washington State Ferries and Ferry Facilities.

(261) Washington State—Issaquah Valley Trolley Project.

(262) Williamsburg-Newport News—Peninsula Rail

Transit.

(263) Wilmington, Delaware—Commuter Rail to Middletown.

(264) Winston-Salem—Downtown Streetcar System.

(d) PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.—Subject to the requirements of

sections 5309(d) and 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code, the

following projects are authorized for the following amounts:

(1) Ann Arbor/Downtown Detroit Transit Improvement

Project, $100,000,000.

(2) Baltimore Red Line/Green Line Transit Project,

$102,300,000.

(3) Bernalillo—Santa Fe—New Mexico Commuter Rail,

$75,000,000.

(4) Birmingham-Jefferson Transit Authority—I–65 South

BRT, $100,000,000.

(5) Boston—Assembly Square Orange Line Station,

$25,000,000.

(6) Boston—Silver Line BRT Phase II, $20,000,000.

(7) Bridgeport, Connecticut—Bridgeport Intermodal Transit

Center, $28,000,000.

(8) Dallas Area Rapid Transit—NW/SW Light Rail Transit

Minimal Operable Segment, $260,000,000.

(9) Delaware—Wilmington-Newark Commuter Rail

Improvements, $14,000,000.

(10) Denver Regional Transit District—West Corridor,

$270,000,000.

(11) Grand Rapids—Fixed Guideway Corridor Project,

$14,400,000.

(12) Harrison County, Mississippi HOV/BRT Canal Road

Intermodal Connector, $70,000,000.

(13) Henderson-Las Vegas-North Las Vegas—Regional

Fixed Guideway Project, $32,000,000.

(14) Houston—Advanced Transportation Technology

System in Harris County, $245,000,000.

(15) Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Metra Commuter Rail

Extension (Wisconsin), $80,000,000.

(16) Lake Tahoe—Passenger Ferry Service, $8,000,000.

(17) Lane County, Oregon—Bus Rapid Transit, Phase 2,

$31,000,000.

(18) Las Vegas—Boulder Highway MAX Bus Rapid Transit,

$12,000,000.

(19) Las Vegas—Resort Corridor Downtown Extension

Project, $16,000,000.

(20) Long Island Railroad—Nassau Hub, $10,000,000.

(21) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation

Authority (LACMTA): Mid-City/Exposition Light Rail Transit

Project, $11,000,000.

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(22) Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction

Authority: Gold Line Foothill Light Rail Transit Project,

$6,000,000.

(23) Miami—Downtown Streetcar Project, $50,000,000.

(24) Minneapolis—North Star Corridor, $80,000,000.

(25) Mississippi—I–69 HOV/BRT, $70,000,000.

(26) Nashville—Commuter Rail, $6,200,000.

(27) New Bedford-Fall River, Massachusetts—Commuter

Rail Extension, $10,000,000.

(28) New Britain-Hartford Busway Project, $55,000,000.

(29) New Jersey Transit/Northeast Corridor Trans-Hudson

Commuter Rail Improvements, $80,000,000.

(30) New Orleans—Airport-CBD Commuter Rail,

$5,000,000.

(31) New Orleans—Desire Corridor Streetcar, $69,700,000.

(32) New York—Penn Station Access Project, $15,000,000.

(33) New York—Stewart Airport Rail Access, $40,000,000.

(34) Providence—South County Commuter Rail, Phase II,

$60,000,000.

(35) Providence—South County Commuter Rail,

$36,000,000.

(36) Pennsylvania—New Jersey Lackawanna Cutoff Rail

Restoration, $120,000,000.

(37) Philadelphia—Schuylkill Valley Metro, $250,000,000.

(38) Reno, Nevada—Virginia Street Bus Rapid Transit,

$12,000,000.

(39) Sacramento—South Corridor LRT Extension (Phase

2), Meadowview to Consumnes River College, $11,000,000.

(40) Sacramento Regional Transit District: Downtown

Natoma Airport Transit Corridor, $5,000,000.

(41) San Diego—Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit Extension,

$11,000,000.

(42) San Francisco Muni Third St. Light Rail TransitPhase I/II, $15,000,000.

(43) Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority—Silicon

Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, $11,000,000.

(44) Santa Fe—El Dorado Rail Link, $5,400,000.

(45) Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Project,

$5,000,000.

(46) St. Louis—Metro South Corridor Metrolink Light Rail

Extension, $135,000,000.

(47) St. Louis—North Side and Daniel Boone Corridors

Metrolink Light Rail Extensions, $275,000,000.

(48) Stamford, Connecticut Urban Transitway, Phase II,

$22,800,000.

(49) Tampa—Streetcar Extension to Downtown Tampa,

$3,000,000.

(50) Utah—Regional Commuter Rail, $200,000,000.

(51) Washington State Ferries, $25,000,000.

(52) Wilmington, Delaware—Commuter Rail to Middletown, $24,900,000.

(e) RULES RELATING TO FUNDING.—

(1) SUBSECTION (a) PROJECTS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to

expend funds made available under section 5309(m) of

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1651

title 49, United States Code, for final design and construction of projects authorized by subsection (a) as existing

full funding grant agreements.

(B) MINIMUM FUNDING LEVELS.—The Secretary shall

make available not less than the following amounts for

projects authorized by subsection (a): $1,157,400,426 for

fiscal year 2005, $838,360,578 for fiscal year 2006,

$614,405,565 for fiscal year 2007, $424,817,697 for fiscal

year 2008, and $259,180,764 for fiscal year 2009.

(2) SUBSECTION (b) PROJECTS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Projects authorized by subsection (b)

for final design and construction are also authorized for

alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.

(B) MINIMUM FUNDING LEVELS.—The Secretary shall

make available not less than the following amounts for

projects authorized by subsection (b): $165,402,806 for fiscal

year 2005, $544,399,422 for fiscal year 2006, $826,314,435

for fiscal year 2007, $1,139,182,303 for fiscal year 2008,

and $1,405,329,236 for fiscal year 2009.

(C) PRIORITY.—In making funds available under

subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall first make such funds

available for any full funding grant agreement executed

by the Secretary in fiscal year 2005 after the date of

enactment of this Act and for any full funding grant agreement executed by the Secretary in the amount indicated

in fiscal years 2005 through 2009 in the amount indicated

in the ‘‘Schedule of Federal Funds for the Project’’ included

in such agreement.

(3) SUBSECTION (c) PROJECTS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective October 1, 2007, projects

authorized by subsection (c) for preliminary engineering

are also authorized for final design and construction.

(B) MAXIMUM FUNDING LEVELS.—The Secretary shall

make available not more than the following amounts for

projects authorized by subsection (c): $115,026,368 for fiscal

year 2005, $120,240,000 for fiscal year 2006, and

$125,280,000 in fiscal year 2007.

(C) MAXIMUM FUNDING LEVELS FOR PRELIMINARY

ENGINEERING.—In fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary

shall make available not more than the following amounts

for projects authorized by subsection (b), and projects

authorized by subsection (c), to conduct preliminary

engineering activities: $136,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 and

$144,740,000 in fiscal year 2009.

(f) NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT.—Section 3031(d) of

the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (112

Stat. 380; 105 Stat. 2122) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘associated components to and at the contiguous New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex),’’ and inserting

‘‘to and at the contiguous New Jersey Meadowlands Sports

Complex), including a connection to the Hudson River Waterfront Transportation System, the Lackawanna Cutoff,’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘in Lakewood to Freehold to Matawan or

Jamesburg, New Jersey, as described in section 3035(p) of

the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

(105 Stat. 2131)’’ and inserting ‘‘from Lakehurst to the Northeast Corridor or the New Jersey Coast Line’’.

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(g) NEW JERSEY TRANS-HUDSON MIDTOWN CORRIDOR.—Not

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the

Secretary shall permit New Jersey Transit to enter into preliminary

engineering on the New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor

project. When evaluating the local share of such project in the

new starts rating process, the Secretary shall give consideration

to project elements of the New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor advanced with 100 percent non-Federal funds, including the

purchase of bi-level rail equipment and the New Jersey Transit

Light Rail River Line. Based upon the project’s evaluations and

ratings required under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States

Code, the Secretary shall give strong consideration to the project

for a full funding grant agreement.

(h) HOUSTON METRO.—

(1) LOCAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, for the purpose of calculating the non-Federal share

of the net project cost of any new fixed guideway capital project

currently included in the Advanced Transit Program (‘‘Metro

Solutions Plan’’) sponsored by the Metropolitan Transit

Authority of Harris County, Texas, the Secretary shall include

$324,000,000 in State and local funds expended for the design

and construction of the Red Line Light Rail Transit system

that operates in Harris County, Texas.

(2) SPECIAL RULE.—No provision of this Act shall be construed to override or nullify the will of the voters who approved

the Metro Solutions Plan as described on the ballot and in

the accompanying Board resolutions, nor shall any provision

of this Act be construed to override or nullify the terms and

conditions of Metro Board Resolution No. 2003–77 or any

applicable provision of State law or the charter of the City

of Houston as in effect as of the date of enactment of this

Act.

(3) AMENDMENT.—Section 178 of Public Law 108–447, division H (118 Stat. 3230), is amended by striking ‘‘49 USC

5309(e)(1)(A), 23 CFR 771.123, and 49 CFR 611.7.’’ and

inserting ‘‘49 U.S.C. 5309 and 49 CFR 611.7: Provided, That

such projects shall retain their status in preliminary

engineering should bus rapid transit be chosen as the locally

preferred alternative during that phase.’’.

(i) EXEMPTION.—The Metra BNSF Naperville to Aurora Extension Project authorized under subsection (c) shall be exempted

from all requirements related to criteria for grants for new fixed

guideway capital projects under section 5309(d) of title 49, United

States Code, and from regulations required under that section.

(j) RAIL CARS.—The project authorized by subsection (a)(31)

includes an additional 52 rapid rail cars and project scope changes

from amounts authorized by the Transportation Equity Act for

the 21st Century.

SEC. 3044. PROJECTS FOR BUS AND BUS-RELATED FACILITIES AND

CLEAN FUELS GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) PROJECTS.—Of the amounts made available to carry out

section 5309(m)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, for each of

fiscal years 2006 through 2009, the Secretary shall make funds

available for the following projects in not less than the amounts

specified for the fiscal year:

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

1. Glendale, CA Purchase

of CNG Buses for Glendale Beeline Transit

System ............................ $88,833 $92,696 $100,420 $104,283

2. Detroit Fare Collection

System ............................ $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

3. Lares, PR—Trolley

buses—for the purchase

of two trolley buses that

will offer transportation

through the urban zone

in the Municipality of

Lares ............................... $50,762 $52,969 $57,383 $59,590

4. Des Plaines, Wauconda,

Cook and Lake Counties, IL Rand Road

Transit Signal Priority .. $153,824 $160,512 $173,888 $180,576

5. Indianapolis, IN Downtown transit center ........ $2,691,920 $2,808,960 $3,043,040 $3,160,080

6. Los Angeles, CA, Construction of Intermodal

Transit Center at California State University

Los Angeles .................... $151,901 $158,506 $171,714 $178,319

7. Columbus, OH—Central

Ohio Transit Authority

Paratransit Facility ....... $1,153,680 $1,203,840 $1,304,160 $1,354,320

8. Silver Spring, MD Construct Silver Spring

Transit Center in downtown Silver Spring ......... $701,822 $732,336 $793,364 $823,878

9. Detroit, MI Enclosed

heavy-duty maintenance

facility with full operational functions for up

to 300 buses .................... $865,260 $902,880 $978,120 $1,015,740

10. Bronx, NY Wildlife

Conservation Society

intermodal transportation facility at the

Bronx Zoo ....................... $84,123 $87,780 $95,095 $98,753

11. Development of Gold

Country Stage Transit

Transfer Center, Nevada

County, CA ..................... $178,882 $186,659 $202,214 $209,992

12. Hoboken, NJ Rehabilitation of Hoboken Intermodal Terminal .............. $730,664 $762,432 $825,968 $857,736

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

13. Newark, NJ Penn Station Intermodal Improvements including

the rehabilitation of

boarding areas ................ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

14. Orlando, Florida—

LYNX Bus Fleet Expansion Program .................. $173,052 $180,576 $195,624 $203,148

15. Fairfax County, VA

Richmond Highway

(U.S. Route 1) Public

Transportation Improvements .............................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

16. Portland, OR Renovation of Union Station,

including structural reinforcement and public

safety upgrades .............. $19,228 $20,064 $21,736 $22,572

17. Davis, CA Davis

Multimodal Station to

improve entrance to Amtrak Depot and parking

lot, provide additional

parking and improve

service ............................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

18. Reno-Sparks, Nevada—Intermodal

Transportation Terminals and Related Development ............................ $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

19. Bar Harbor, ME Purchase new buses to enhance commuting near

the Jackson Labs ........... $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

20. Bronx, NY Establish

an intermodal transportation facility at the

Wildlife Conservation

Society Bronx Zoo .......... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

21. Hingham, MA

Hingham Marine Intermodal Center Improvements: Enhance public

transportation infrastructure/parking ........... $1,730,520 $1,805,760 $1,956,240 $2,031,480

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

22. Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Zoo Intermodal Transportation

project w/parking consolidation, pedestrian

walkways, public transportation complements

and landscape improvements to surface parking

lots ................................... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

23. Construct intermodal

transportation and parking facility, City of Winter Park, Florida ............ $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

24. Roma, TX Bus Facility $100,947 $105,336 $114,114 $118,503

25. New York City, NY

First Phase Implementation of Bus Rapid Transit System ....................... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

26. Scottsdale, Arizona—

Plan, design, and construct intermodal center $480,700 $501,600 $543,400 $564,300

27. Sonoma County, CA

Purchase of CNG buses $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

28. Camden, NJ Construction of the Camden

County Intermodal Facility in Cramer Hill ...... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

29. Sandy Hook, NJ National Park Service Construct year-round ferry

dock at Sandy Hook

Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area ... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

30. Sevier County, Tennessee—U.S. 441 bus

rapid transit ................... $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

31. St. Augustine, Florida—Intermodal Transportation and Parking

Facility ............................ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

32. Torrington, CT Construct bus-related facility (Northwestern Connecticut Central Transit

District) ........................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

33. Warren, PA—Construct Intermodal Transportation Center and related pedestrian and

landscape improvements $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

34. Toledo, OH TARTA/

TARPS Passenger Intermodal Facility construction .................................. $1,442,100 $1,504,800 $1,630,200 $1,692,900

35. Union City, CA Intermodal Station, Phase 1:

Modify BART station ..... $817,190 $852,720 $923,780 $959,310

36. Los Angeles, CA

Wilshire-Vermont subway station reconstruction .................................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

37. Lancaster, PA—bus replacement ....................... $182,666 $190,608 $206,492 $214,434

38. Monmouth County, NJ

Construction of main

bus facility for Freehold

Township, including a

terminal and repair shop $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

39. Monrovia, California—

Transit Village Project .. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

40. Duluth, MN Downtown

Duluth Area Transit facility improvements ....... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

41. Brooklyn, NY New

Urban Center—Broadway Junction Intermodal Center .................. $184,589 $192,614 $208,666 $216,691

42. Medford, MA Downtown revitalization featuring construction of a

200 space Park and Ride

Facility ............................ $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

43. Needles, California—El

Garces Intermodal Facility .................................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

44. Bridgeport, Connecticut—Greater

Bridgeport Transit Authority Bus Facility ........ $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

45. Palm Springs, California—Sunline Transit

bus purchase .................. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

46. National Park Service

Design and construct

2.1-mile segment to complete Sandy Hook

multiuse pathway in

Sandy Hook, NJ ............. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

47. Phoenix, AZ Construct

City of Phoenix paratransit facility (Dial-aRide) ................................ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

48. Project provides for the

engineering and construction of a transportation center in Paoli,

Chester County .............. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

49. Columbus, Georgia—

Buses and Bus Facilities $186,319 $194,420 $210,622 $218,723

50. Cleveland, Ohio—University Circle intermodal

facility ............................. $1,634,380 $1,705,440 $1,847,560 $1,918,620

51. Cleveland, OH acquisition of buses Greater

Cleveland Regional

Transit Authority ........... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

52. Greensboro, North

Carolina—Replacement

buses ............................... $1,111,378 $1,159,699 $1,256,341 $1,304,662

53. Johnson Co., KS Bus

and bus related facilities

(I–35 corridor), Johnson

Co. Transit ...................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

54. City of Alameda, CA

Plan, design, and construct intermodal facility $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

55. New Orleans, LA

Intermodal Riverfront

Center ............................. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

56. Brooklyn, NY—Rehabilitation of Bay Ridge

86th Street Subway Station .................................. $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

57. Wilmington, NC Build

Intermodal Center ......... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

58. Yabucoa, Puerto Rico—

Trolley buses .................. $33,649 $35,112 $38,038 $39,501

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

59. Beverly, MA Design

and Construct Beverly

Depot Intermodal Transportation Center ............. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

60. Georgia Statewide Bus

Program .......................... $38,456 $40,128 $43,472 $45,144

61. Trenton, New Jersey—

Trenton Train Station

Rehabilitation ................. $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

62. Trenton, NJ Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Trenton

Train Station .................. $1,345,960 $1,404,480 $1,521,520 $1,580,040

63. Zapata, Texas Purchase Bus vehicles ......... $60,088 $62,700 $67,925 $70,538

64. Zanesville, OH—bus

system signage and shelters .................................. $15,623 $16,302 $17,661 $18,340

65. York, Pennsylvania—

Rabbit Transit facilities

and communications

equipment ....................... $532,712 $555,873 $602,196 $625,357

66. Canby, OR bus and

bus facilities ................... $28,842 $30,096 $32,604 $33,858

67. New Orleans, LA Plan

and construct New Orleans Union Passenger

Terminal intermodal facilities .............................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

68. Northern Neck and

Middle Peninsula, Virginia—Bay Transit

Multimodal Facilities ..... $624,910 $652,080 $706,420 $733,590

69. Broward County, FL

Buses and Bus Facilities $1,249,820 $1,304,160 $1,412,840 $1,467,180

70. Palm Springs, California—Sunline Transit:

CalStart-Weststart fuel

cell bus program ............ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

71. San Juan, Puerto

Rico—Buses .................... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

72. Hammond, Louisiana—Passenger Intermodal facility at Southeastern University ......... $38,456 $40,128 $43,472 $45,144

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1659

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

73. West Virginia Construct Beckley Intermodal Gateway pursuant to the eligibility provisions for projects listed

under section 3030(d)(3)

of Public Law 105–178 .. $4,614,720 $4,815,360 $5,216,640 $5,417,280

74. Albany-Schenectady,

NY Bus Rapid Transit

Improvements in NY

Route 5 Corridor ............ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

75. Alameda County, CA

AC Transit Bus Rapid

Transit Corridor Project $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

76. Baldwin Park, CA Construct vehicle and bicycle parking lot and pedestrian rest area at

transit center .................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

77. Niagara Falls, NY Relocation, Development,

and Enhancement of Niagara Falls International Railway Station/Intermodal Transportation Center ............. $1,076,768 $1,123,584 $1,217,216 $1,264,032

78. Utica, New York—

Union Station Boehlert

Center siding track improvements ..................... $19,228 $20,064 $21,736 $22,572

79. Ionia County, MI—

Purchase and implementation of communication

equipment improvements .............................. $113,445 $118,378 $128,242 $133,175

80. Flagler County, Florida—bus facility ............. $115,368 $120,384 $130,416 $135,432

81. Easton, Pennsylvania—Design and construct Intermodal Transportation Center ............. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

82. Yamhill County, OR

For the construction of

bus shelters, park and

ride facilities, and a

sign-age strategy to increase ridership .............. $21,151 $22,070 $23,910 $24,829

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83. Woodland, CA Yolobus

operations, maintenance,

administration facility

expansion and improvements to increase bus

service with alternative

fuel buses ........................ $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

84. Sacramento, CA Construct intermodal station

and related improvements .............................. $1,345,960 $1,404,480 $1,521,520 $1,580,040

85. Torrance Transit System, CA Acquisition of

EPA and CARB-certified

low emission replacement buses ..................... $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

86. Burlington County,

NJ—BurLink and Burlington County Transportation System vehicles and equipment ........ $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

87. Niles, OH Acquisition

of bus operational and

service equipment for

Niles Trumbull Transit $38,456 $40,128 $43,472 $45,144

88. Rockport, MA Rockport

Commuter Rail Station

Improvements ................ $528,770 $551,760 $597,740 $620,730

89. Cincinnati, Ohio—

Metro Regional Transit

Hub Network Eastern

Neighborhoods ................ $177,859 $185,592 $201,058 $208,791

90. Buses and bus related

facilities throughout the

State of Connecticut ...... $1,153,680 $1,203,840 $1,304,160 $1,354,320

91. Columbus, GA Bus replacement ....................... $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

92. Norwalk, CA Transit

System Bus Procurement and Los Angeles

World Airport Remote

Fly-Away Facility

Project ............................. $153,824 $160,512 $173,888 $180,576

93. Salem, OR bus and bus

facilities .......................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1661

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

94. Ilwaco, WA Procure

shuttles for Lewis and

Clark National Historical Park ......................... $19,228 $20,064 $21,736 $22,572

95. Gainesville, FL Bus

Replacement ................... $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

96. SEPTA Montgomery

County Intermodal Improvements at Glenside

and Jenkintown Station

Parking Garages ............ $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

97. Fredericksburg, Virginia—Improve and repair Fredericksburg Station .................................. $480,700 $501,600 $543,400 $564,300

98. Birmingham, AL Expansion of Downtown

Intermodal Facility,

Phase II .......................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

99. Gresham, Oregon Construct a new light rail

station and transit plaza

on Portland MAX system and serve Gresham

Civic neighborhood ........ $269,192 $280,896 $304,304 $316,008

100. State of Wisconsin

buses and bus facilities $3,143,778 $3,280,464 $3,553,836 $3,690,522

101. Emeryville, CA Expand and Improve Intermodal Transit Center at

Amtrak Station .............. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

102. Jersey City, NJ Construct West Entrance to

Pavonia-Newport PATH

Station ............................ $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

103. Longwood, Florida—

Construct Intermodal

Transportation Facility $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

104. Marietta, Ohio Construction of transportation hub to accommodate regional bus traffic $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

105. Akron, Ohio—West

Market Street transit

center and related pedestrian improvements .. $124,982 $130,416 $141,284 $146,718

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106. Sandy, Oregon Transit Bus Facility ............... $134,596 $140,448 $152,152 $158,004

107. Jacksonville, FL

Paratransit Vehicles ...... $865,260 $902,880 $978,120 $1,015,740

108. Carson, CA Purchase

two tripper buses ........... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

109. Bloomington, IN—

Bus and transfer facility $924,867 $965,078 $1,045,502 $1,085,713

110. Cobb County, GA

Cobb County Smart

Card Technology/Bus

Facility Improvements ... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

111. Construct West Houston and Fort Bend

County, Texas—bus

transit corridor ............... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

112. Mariposa, CA—Yosemite National Park

CNG-Hydrogen transit

buses and facilities ........ $480,700 $501,600 $543,400 $564,300

113. Snohomish County,

WA Community Transit

bus purchases and facility enhancement ............. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

114. Geneva, Illinois—

Construct commuter

parking deck for Metra

Service ............................ $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

115. Rhode Island Statewide Bus Fleet ............... $1,153,680 $1,203,840 $1,304,160 $1,354,320

116. Pleasant Hill, CA

Construct Diablo Valley

College Bus Transit

Center ............................. $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

117. Broward, FL Purchase new articulated

buses and bus stop improvements on State

Road 7. (SR 7) between

Golden Glades Interchange and Glades Road $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

118. Attleboro, MA Construction, engineering,

and site improvements

at the Attleboro Intermodal Center .................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1663

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

119. Burbank, CA CNG

Transit Vehicles Purchase for Local Transit

Network Expansion ....... $86,526 $90,288 $97,812 $101,574

120. Dayton Airport Intermodal Rail Feasibility

Study ............................... $144,210 $150,480 $163,020 $169,290

121. Los Angeles, CA Improve transit shelters,

sidewalks lighting and

landscaping around Cedar’s-Sinai Medical Center .................................... $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

122. Baltimore, MD Construct Intercity Bus

Intermodal Terminal ..... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

123. Cheltenham, PA

Glenside Rail Station

Parking Garage project

involving the construction of a 300–400 space

parking lot at Easton

Road and Glenside Avenue .................................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

124. Haverhill, MA Design

and Construct Intermodal Transit Parking

Improvements ................ $1,076,768 $1,123,584 $1,217,216 $1,264,032

125. Palm Beach County,

FL Plan and Construct

Belle Glade Combined

Passenger Transit Facility .................................... $672,980 $702,240 $760,760 $790,020

126. Pittsburgh, PA Clean

Fuel Bus Procurement ... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

127. San Fernando, CA

Purchase CNG buses

and related equipment

and construct facilities .. $584,531 $609,946 $660,774 $686,189

128. Bayamon, Puerto

Rico—bus terminal ........ $115,368 $120,384 $130,416 $135,432

129. Bozeman, Montana—

Vehicular Parking Facility .................................... $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

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130. Coahoma County,

Mississippi Purchase

buses for the Aaron E.

Henry Community

Health Services Center,

Inc./ DARTS transit

service ............................. $28,842 $30,096 $32,604 $33,858

131. Stonington and Mystic, Connecticut—Intermodal Center parking

facility and Streetscape $469,163 $489,562 $530,358 $550,757

132. Carson, CA Purchase

one bus ............................ $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

133. Miami-Dade County,

Florida—Transit Security System ..................... $574,917 $599,914 $649,906 $674,903

134. Town of Chapel Hill,

NC Park and Ride Lot ... $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

135. Wheaton, IL Pace

Suburban Bus—Purchase buses ..................... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

136. Ocala and Marion

County, Florida—replacement buses ............. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

137. Philadelphia, PA Improvements to the existing Penn’s Landing

Ferry Terminal ............... $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

138. Long Branch, NJ Design and construct facilities for ferry service

from Long Branch, NJ to

New York City and

other destinations .......... $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

139. Quincy, MA MBTA

Purchase high speed catamaran ferry for Quincy

Harbor Express Service $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

140. Los Angeles, CA

Crenshaw Bus Rapid

Transit ............................ $1,639,764 $1,711,058 $1,853,646 $1,924,940

141. South Bend, Indiana—Construct South

Bend Bus Operations

Center ............................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1665

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

142. Arlington County, VA

Crystal City—Potomac

Yard Busway, including

construction of bus shelters .................................. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

143. Raleigh, NC Purchase

eighteen replacement

buses to replace buses

that have reached their

useful life according to

Federal Transit Administration regulations ...... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

144. Augusta, GA Buses

and Bus Facilities .......... $76,912 $80,256 $86,944 $90,288

145. Santa Ana, CA Improve Santa Ana transit

terminal .......................... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

146. Cooperstown, New

York—Intermodal Facility Project ....................... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

147. Santa Barbara, CA—

Expansion of Regional

Intermodal Transit Center .................................... $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

148. Tampa, FL Purchase

buses and construct bus

facilities .......................... $432,630 $451,440 $489,060 $507,870

149. Yonkers, NY Trolley

Bus Acquisition .............. $72,105 $75,240 $81,510 $84,645

150. Phoenix, AZ Construct regional heavy

bus maintenance facility $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

151. Thurston County, WA

Replace Thurston County Buses .......................... $173,052 $180,576 $195,624 $203,148

152. San Juan, Puerto

Rico—bus security

equipment ....................... $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

153. Bryan, TX The District—Bryan Intermodal

Transit Terminal and

Parking Facility ............. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

154. City of Greenville, NC

Expansion Buses and

Greenville Intermodal

Center ............................. $685,286 $715,081 $774,671 $804,466

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

155. City of Livermore, CA

Construct Bus Facility

for Livermore Amador

Valley Transit Authority $432,630 $451,440 $489,060 $507,870

156. Detroit Replacement

Buses ............................... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

157. Bealeton, Virginia—

Intermodal Station

Depot Refurbishment ..... $52,877 $55,176 $59,774 $62,073

158. Covina, El Monte,

Baldwin Park, Upland,

CA Parking and Electronic Signage Improvements .............................. $336,490 $351,120 $380,380 $395,010

159. Eugene, OR Lane

Transit District, Vehicle

Replacement ................... $686,714 $716,571 $776,286 $806,143

160. Kearney, Nebraska—

RYDE Transit Bus

Maintenance and Storage Facility ..................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

161. Revere, MA Intermodal transit improvements in the Wonderland station (MBTA)

area ................................. $346,104 $361,152 $391,248 $406,296

162. Brownsville, TX

Brownsville Urban System City-Wide Transit

Improvement Project ..... $480,700 $501,600 $543,400 $564,300

163. Normal, Illinois—

Multimodal Transportation Center, including

facilities for adjacent

public and nonprofit

uses ................................. $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

164. Puerto Rico—Caribbean National Forest

buses and bus facilities $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

165. Albany, OR Rehabilitate Building At

Multimodal Transit Station .................................. $292,998 $305,737 $331,215 $343,954

166. Bronx, NY Hebrew

Home for the Aged elderly and disabled

transportation support .. $36,053 $37,620 $40,755 $42,323

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1667

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

167. Denver, CO Denver

Union Station Intermodal Center .................. $1,057,540 $1,103,520 $1,195,480 $1,241,460

168. Lane Transit District,

Bus Rapid Transit Progressive Corridor Enhancements ..................... $569,845 $594,621 $644,172 $668,948

169. Delaware—University

of Delaware Fuel Cell

Bus Deployment ............. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

170. Louisiana—Construct

pedestrian walkways between Caddo St. and

Milam St. along Edwards St. in Shreveport,

LA .................................... $195,280 $203,640 $220,360 $228,720

171. Riverside, California—RTA Advanced

Traveler Information

System ............................ $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

172. Santa Monica, CA

Purchase and service

LNG buses for Santa

Monica’s Big Blue Bus

to meet increased ridership needs and reduce

emissions ........................ $721,050 $752,400 $815,100 $846,450

173. Ontario, CA Construct Omnitrans

Transcenter .................... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

174. Brockton, MA Bus replacement for the Brockton Area Transit Authority ............................. $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

175. Molalla, OR South

Clackamas Transportation District, bus purchase ............................... $19,228 $20,064 $21,736 $22,572

176. Boise, ID—

Multimodal facility ........ $865,260 $902,880 $978,120 $1,015,740

177. Fond du Lac Reservation, MN Purchase buses $28,842 $30,096 $32,604 $33,858

178. Sandy City, UT Construct transit hub station and TRAX station

at 9400 South ................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

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179. Cleveland, OH Construct passenger intermodal center near Dock

32 ..................................... $165,361 $172,550 $186,930 $194,119

180. Tillamook, OR construction of a transit facility ................................ $19,228 $20,064 $21,736 $22,572

181. Trenton, NJ Development of Trenton Trolley

System ............................ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

182. Utica, New York—

Union Station rehabilitation and related infrastructure improvements $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

183. San Fernando Valley,

CA Reseda Blvd. Bus

Rapid Transit Route ...... $115,368 $120,384 $130,416 $135,432

184. Richmond, VA Renovation and construction

for Main Street Station $211,508 $220,704 $239,096 $248,292

185. St. Paul to Hinckley,

MN Construct bus

amenities along Rush

Line Corridor .................. $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

186. Mattoon, Illinois—

Historic railroad depot

restoration/intermodal

center .............................. $307,648 $321,024 $347,776 $361,152

187. Columbia County, OR

To purchase buses .......... $26,919 $28,090 $30,430 $31,601

188. Mountain Express,

Crested Butte, CO Bus

and Bus Facilities .......... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

189. Sacramento, CA Bus

enhancement and improvements-construct

maintenance facility and

purchase clean-fuel

buses to improve transit

service ............................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

190. Calexico, CA Purchase new buses for the

Calexico Transit System $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1669

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

191. Monterey Park, CA

Safety improvements at

a bus stop including creation of bus loading

areas and street improvements ..................... $307,648 $321,024 $347,776 $361,152

192. Buffalo, NY Intermodal Center Parking

Facility ............................ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

193. Mukilteo, WA

Multimodal Terminal .... $1,115,224 $1,163,712 $1,260,688 $1,309,176

194. Orange County Transit Authority, California—Security surveillance and monitoring

equipment ....................... $1,017,161 $1,061,386 $1,149,834 $1,194,059

195. Woodland Hills, CA

Los Angeles Pierce College Bus Rapid Transit

Station Extension .......... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

196. Design Downtown

Carrollton, Texas Regional Multimodal Transit Hub Station ............... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

197. Brooklyn, NY Construct a multimodal

transportation facility .... $269,192 $280,896 $304,304 $316,008

198. Cleveland, Ohio—Euclid Avenue University

Hospital intermodal facility ................................ $865,260 $902,880 $978,120 $1,015,740

199. Las Vegas, NV Construct Central City

Intermodal Transportation Terminal .............. $1,153,680 $1,203,840 $1,304,160 $1,354,320

200. Montebello, CA Bus

Lines Bus Fleet Replacement Project ................... $134,596 $140,448 $152,152 $158,004

201. Philadelphia, PA

Cruise Terminal Transportation Ctr. Phila.

Naval Shipyard .............. $672,980 $702,240 $760,760 $790,020

202. Cleveland, OH Construct Fare Collection

System Project, Cuyahoga County ................... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

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203. Tempe, Arizona—

Construct East Valley

Metro Bus Facility ......... $1,249,820 $1,304,160 $1,412,840 $1,467,180

204. Boysville of Michigan

Transportation System .. $646,061 $674,150 $730,330 $758,419

205. Woburn, MA Construction of an 89 space,

park and ride facility to

be located on Magazine

Hill, in the Heart of

Woburn Square .............. $346,104 $361,152 $391,248 $406,296

206. Sylvester, GA Intermodal Facility ................ $38,456 $40,128 $43,472 $45,144

207. Culver City, CA Purchase compressed natural gas buses and expand natural gas fueling

facility ............................. $711,436 $742,368 $804,232 $835,164

208. Eastern Upper Peninsula, MI Ferry Dock and

Facility upgrades for

Drummond Island Ferry

Services ........................... $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

209. Morristown, New Jersey—Intermodal Historic

Station ............................ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

210. San Antonio, TX Improve VIA bus facility

and purchase new buses $1,345,960 $1,404,480 $1,521,520 $1,580,040

211. Miami-Dade County,

Florida—buses and bus

facilities .......................... $1,153,680 $1,203,840 $1,304,160 $1,354,320

212. Glendale, CA Construction of Downtown

Streetcar Project ............ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

213. Gainesville, FL Bus

Rapid Transit Study ...... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

214. Mount Rainier, MD

Intermodal and Pedestrian Project ................... $86,526 $90,288 $97,812 $101,574

215. ..................................... $0 $0 $0 $0

216. Wilsonville, OR South

Metro Area Rapid Transit, bus and bus facilities $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1671

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

217. Charlotte, NC Construct Charlotte

Multimodal Station ........ $1,499,784 $1,564,992 $1,695,408 $1,760,616

218. Enfield, Connecticut—intermodal

station ............................. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

219. Chicago, IL Feasibility Study for intermodal station on the

Metra Rock Island near

Kennedy-King College ... $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

220. Indianapolis, IN

IndySMART program to

relieve congestion, improve safety and air

quality ............................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

221. Chicago, IL Construct

intermodal facility at

35th Street at Metra

Red Line (Northside) ..... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

222. Escondido, CA—Construct Bus Maintenance

Facility ............................ $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

223. Los Angeles, CA Design and construct improved transit and pedestrian linkages between Los Angeles Community College and

nearby MTA rail stop

and bus lines .................. $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

224. Montgomery County,

MD Wheaton CBD

Intermodal Access Program ................................ $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

225. Allentown, Pennsylvania—Design and construct Intermodal Transportation Center ............. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

226. Champaign, IL—Construct park and ride lot

with attached daycare

facility ............................. $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

227. Berkeley, CA Construct Ed Roberts Campus Intermodal Transit

Disability Center ............ $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

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228. Charlotte, North

Carolina—Multimodal

Station ............................ $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

229. Coconino County, Arizona—Bus and bus facilities for the Sedona

Transit System ............... $182,666 $190,608 $206,492 $214,434

230. Construction of Third

Bus Depot on Staten Island ................................. $2,307,360 $2,407,680 $2,608,320 $2,708,640

231. Harrison, Arkansas—

Trolley Barn ................... $7,691 $8,026 $8,694 $9,029

232. Alexandria, VA Royal

Street Bus Garage Replacement ....................... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

233. Intermodal Facilities

in Bucks County

(Croydon and Levittown

Stations) .......................... $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

234. Bronx, NY Jacobi

Intermodal Center to

North Central Bronx

Hospital bus system ...... $60,088 $62,700 $67,925 $70,538

235. Indianapolis, IN Construct the Ivy Tech State

College Multimodal Facility ................................ $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

236. Juneau, Alaska—

transit bus acquisition

and transit center .......... $345,000 $360,000 $390,000 $405,000

237. Knoxville, Tennessee—Central Station

Transit Center ................ $1,961,256 $2,046,528 $2,217,072 $2,302,344

238. Levy County, Florida—Purchase 2 wheel

chair equipped passenger buses and related

equipment ....................... $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

239. Lafayette, Louisiana—Lafayette Transit System bus replacement program ................. $173,052 $180,576 $195,624 $203,148

240. Nebraska—statewide

transit vehicles, facilities, and related equipment ................................ $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1673

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

241. Cincinnati, Ohio—

Construct Uptown

Crossings Joint Development Transit Project ...... $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

242. Des Moines, IA Purchase 40 foot buses ........ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

243. New Orleans, LA Regional Planning Commission, bus and bus facilities .............................. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

244. Orange County, CA

Purchase buses for rapid

transit ............................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

245. Bus to provide Yorktown, New York internal

circulator to provide

transportation throughout the Town .................. $35,572 $37,118 $40,212 $41,758

246. Providence, RI Expansion of Elmwood

Paratransit Maintenance Facility ................. $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

247. Atlanta, GA Intermodal Passenger Facility Improvements ........... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

248. Palm Beach, FL Palm

Tran AVL-APC system

with smart card

fareboxes ......................... $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

249. Grand Rapids, MI—

Purchase replacement

and expansion buses ...... $2,816,902 $2,939,376 $3,184,324 $3,306,798

250. Maywood, IL Purchase buses ..................... $9,614 $10,032 $10,868 $11,286

251. Redondo Beach, CA

Capital Equipment procurement of 12 Compressed Natural Gas

(CNG) Transit vehicles

for Coastal Shuttle Services by Beach Cities

Transit ............................ $153,824 $160,512 $173,888 $180,576

252. Rochester, New

York—Renaissance

Square transit center ..... $865,260 $902,880 $978,120 $1,015,740

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

253. San Bernardino, CA

Implement Santa Fe

Depot improvements in

San Bernardino .............. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

254. San Joaquin, California Regional Rail—

Altamont Commuter Express Corridor intermodal centers ................. $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

255. Albany, GA

Multimodal Facility ....... $153,824 $160,512 $173,888 $180,576

256. Savannah, GA Bus

and Bus Facilities—

Chatham Area Transit .. $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

257. Newburyport, MA Design and Construct

Intermodal Facility ........ $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

258. Cleveland, Ohio—Euclid Avenue and East

93rd Street intermodal

facility ............................. $1,634,380 $1,705,440 $1,847,560 $1,918,620

259. St. Charles, IL—

Intermodal Parking

Structures ....................... $865,260 $902,880 $978,120 $1,015,740

260. Gardena, CA Purchase of alternative fuel

buses for service expansion, on-board security

system and bus facility

training equipment ........ $1,178,676 $1,229,923 $1,332,417 $1,383,664

261. Thendra-Webb and

Utica, New York—Install handicap lifts in

intermodal centers ......... $19,228 $20,064 $21,736 $22,572

262. ..................................... $0 $0 $0 $0

263. Wilmar, AR Develop

the Southeast Arkansas

Intermodal Facility ........ $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

264. Westchester County,

NY Bus replacement

program .......................... $721,050 $752,400 $815,100 $846,450

265. Village of Tinley

Park, Illinois, 80th Avenue Commuter Rail Station reconstruction and

site enhancements ......... $153,824 $160,512 $173,888 $180,576

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1675

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

266. Martinez, CA Intermodal Facility Restoration .................................. $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

267. Middletown, CT Construct intermodal center $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

268. Nashville, TN Construct a parking garage

on the campus of

Lipscomb University,

Nashville ......................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

269. New London, Connecticut—Intermodal

Transportation Center

and Streetscapes ............ $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

270. Vernon, Connecticut—Intermodal

Center, Parking and

Streetscapes .................... $1,461,328 $1,524,864 $1,651,936 $1,715,472

271. Bronx, NY Botanical

Garden metro North

Rail station Intermodal

Facility ............................ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

272. Bend, Oregon—replacement vans .............. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

273. Boston, MA Harbor

Park Pavilion and Intermodal Station ................. $240,350 $250,800 $271,700 $282,150

274. Philadelphia, PA

SEPTA’s Market St. Elevated Rail project in conjunction with Philadelphia Commercial Development Corporation for

improvements and assistance to entities along

rail corridor .................... $269,192 $280,896 $304,304 $316,008

275. Jesup, Georgia—

Train Depot intermodal

center .............................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

276. Long Beach, CA Museum of Latin American

Art, Long Beach, to

build intermodal park

and ride facility .............. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

277. Shreveport, LA—

Intermodal Transit Facility ................................ $644,138 $672,144 $728,156 $756,162

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278. Arlington County, VA

Columbia Pike Bus Improvements ..................... $672,980 $702,240 $760,760 $790,020

279. Bronx, NY Establish

an intermodal transportation facility at the

Wildlife Conservation

Society Bronx Zoo .......... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

280. Lowell, MA Implementation of LRTA bus

replacement plan ........... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

281. Falls Church, VA

Falls Church Intermodal

Transportation Center ... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

282. San Diego, CA Completion of San Diego

Joint Transportation Operations Center (JTOC) $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

283. St. Bernard Parish,

LA Intermodal facility

improvements ................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

284. Cornwall, NY—Purchase Bus ........................ $16,728 $17,456 $18,910 $19,638

285. Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Light Rail

Transit Project from

Pasadena, CA to

Montclair, CA ................. $2,884,200 $3,009,600 $3,260,400 $3,385,800

286. Richmond, CA BART

Parking Structure .......... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

287. San Francisco, CA

Implement ITS on Muni

Transit System ............... $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

288. Alameda County, CA

AC Transit Bus Rapid

Transit Corridor Project $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

289. Town of Warwick, NY

Bus Facility Warwick

Transit System ............... $105,754 $110,352 $119,548 $124,146

290. Galveston, Texas—

Intermodal center and

parking facility, The

Strand ............................. $865,260 $902,880 $978,120 $1,015,740

291. Joliet, Illinois—Union

Station commuter parking facility ....................... $552,805 $576,840 $624,910 $648,945

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1677

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

292. Cuyahoga County,

Ohio—Ohio Department

of Transportation transit

improvements ................. $28,842 $30,096 $32,604 $33,858

293. Muskegon, Michigan—Muskegon Area

Transit Terminal and

related improvements .... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

294. Orlando, FL Bus Replacement ....................... $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

295. Long Beach, CA Purchase one larger (75 passengers) and two smaller

(40 passengers) ferryboats and construct related dock work to facilitate the use and accessibility of the ferryboats ... $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

296. Elgin to Rockford, Illinois—Intermodal stations along planned

Metra Union Pacific

West Line extension

alignment, including

necessary alternatives

analysis ........................... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

297. Broward County,

FL—Purchase Buses

and construct bus facilities ................................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

298. Thomasville, GA Bus

Replacement ................... $38,456 $40,128 $43,472 $45,144

299. Corvallis, OR Bus Replacement ....................... $283,842 $296,183 $320,865 $333,206

300. Geneva, New York—

Multimodal facility—

Construct passenger rail

center .............................. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

301. Barry County, MI—

Barry County Transit

equipment and dispatching software ........... $28,842 $30,096 $32,604 $33,858

302. Greensboro, North

Carolina—Piedmont Authority for Regional

Transportation

Multimodal Transportation Center .................. $2,407,346 $2,512,013 $2,721,347 $2,826,014

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

303. Howard County, MD

Construct Central Maryland Transit Operations

and Maintenance Facility .................................... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

304. Coconino County

buses and bus facilities

for Flagstaff, AZ ............. $240,350 $250,800 $271,700 $282,150

305. Roanoke, Virginia—

Intermodal Facility ........ $38,456 $40,128 $43,472 $45,144

306. Jacksonville, FL Bus

Replacement ................... $1,345,960 $1,404,480 $1,521,520 $1,580,040

307. Los Angeles, CA Improve safety, mobility

and access between

LATTC, Metro line and

nearby bus stops on

Grand Ave. between

Washington and 23rd .... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

308. Miami Dade, FL N.W.

7th Avenue Transit Hub $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

309. Elyria, OH Construct

the New York Central

Train Station into an

intermodal transportation hub ....................... $393,789 $410,911 $445,153 $462,275

310. River Parishes, LA

South Central Planning

and Development Commission, bus and bus facilities .............................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

311. Mammoth Lakes,

California—Regional

Transit Maintenance Facility ................................ $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

312. Roanoke, Virginia—

Improve Virginian Railway Station .................... $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

313. Solana Beach, CA—

Construct Intermodal

Facility ............................ $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

314. San Diego, CA Widen

sidewalks and bus stop

entrance, and provide diagonal parking, in the

Skyline Paradise Hills

neighborhood (Reo

Drive) .............................. $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1679

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

315. Temecula, California—Intermodal

Transit Facility .............. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

316. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—SEPTA Market Street Elevated Line

parking facility ............... $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

317. Jamestown, NY Rehabilitation of Intermodal

Facility and associated

property .......................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

318. Akron, Ohio Construct Downtown

Multimodal Transportation Center .................. $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

319. Detroit Bus Maintenance Facility ................. $1,730,520 $1,805,760 $1,956,240 $2,031,480

320. Detroit, MI Bus Replacement ....................... $1,442,100 $1,504,800 $1,630,200 $1,692,900

321. Monterey Park, CA

Catch Basins at Transit

Stop Installation ............ $61,530 $64,205 $69,555 $72,230

322. Oneonta, New Yorkbus replacement ............. $28,842 $30,096 $32,604 $33,858

323. Lincoln County, OR

bus purchase .................. $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

324. Elon, North Carolina—Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation buses and bus

facilities .......................... $230,736 $240,768 $260,832 $270,864

325. Grants Pass, OR Purchase Vehicles For Use

By Josephine Community Transit .................... $39,143 $40,845 $44,248 $45,950

326. Los Angeles, CA Install permanent irrigation system and enhanced landscaping on

San Fernando Valley

rapid bus transitway ..... $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

327. Cleveland, OH Construct East Side Transit

Center ............................. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

328. New Jersey Transit

Community Shuttle

Buses ............................... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

329. Quitman, Clay, Randolph, Stewart Co., GA

Bus project ...................... $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

330. Framingham, MA

Local Intra-Framingham

Transit System enhancements .............................. $346,104 $361,152 $391,248 $406,296

331. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—transit transfer

center .............................. $172,860 $180,375 $195,407 $202,922

332. Long Beach, CA Park

and Ride facility ............. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

333. Oak Harbor, WA

Multimodal Facility ....... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

334. North Bend, Washington—Park and Ride .. $153,824 $160,512 $173,888 $180,576

335. High Point, North

Carolina—Bus Terminal $1,153,680 $1,203,840 $1,304,160 $1,354,320

336. Dallas, TX Bus Passenger Facilities ............. $2,461,184 $2,568,192 $2,782,208 $2,889,216

337. Island Transit, WA

Operations Base Facilities Project ...................... $461,472 $481,536 $521,664 $541,728

338. Bronx, NY Intermodal

facility near Exit 6 of

the Bronx River Parkway .................................. $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

339. East San Diego County, California—Bus

Maintenance Facility

Expansion ....................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

340. New Jersey Intermodal Facilities and Bus

Rolling Stock .................. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

341. San Gabriel Valley,

CA—Foothill Transit

Park and Rides ............... $1,826,660 $1,906,080 $2,064,920 $2,144,340

342. St. Paul, MN Union

Depot Multimodal Transit Facility ...................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1681

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

343. Kings County, NY

Construct a multimodal

transportation facility .... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

344. Gainesville, FL Bus

Facility Expansion ......... $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

345. Kansas City, MO Bus

Transit Infrastructure ... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

346. Phoenix, AZ Construct metro bus facility

in Phoenix’s West Valley $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

347. Eastlake, Ohio—Eastlake Stadium transit

intermodal facility .......... $817,190 $852,720 $923,780 $959,310

348. Savannah, Georgia—

Water Ferry Riverwalk

intermodal facilities ....... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

349. Kent, OH Construct

Kent State University

Intermodal Facility serving students and the

general public ................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

350. Milwaukee, WI Rehabilitate Intermodal

transportation facility at

downtown Milwaukee’s

Amtrak Station, increase parking for bus

passengers ...................... $865,260 $902,880 $978,120 $1,015,740

351. Charlotte North Carolina—Eastland Community Transit Center ........ $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

352. Oakland, CA Construct streetscape and

intermodal improvements at BART Station

Transit Villages .............. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

353. Suffolk County, NY

Purchase four handicapped accessible vans

to transport veterans to

and from the VA facility

in Northport ................... $53,838 $56,179 $60,861 $63,202

354. Norfolk, Virginia—

Final Design and Construction Southside Bus

Facility ............................ $336,490 $351,120 $380,380 $395,010

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

355. Albany, GA Bus replacement ....................... $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

356. Lafayette, Louisiana—Multimodal center, Final Phase ............. $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

357. Athens, GA Buses

and Bus Facilities .......... $273,038 $284,909 $308,651 $320,522

358. Cicero, Chicago Establish Transit Signal

Priority, Cicero Ave.,

Pace Suburban Bus ....... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

359. Arlington County, VA

Pentagon City

Multimodal Improvements .............................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

360. Richmond, VA Design

and construction for a

bus operations and

maintenance facility for

Greater Richmond Transit Company ................... $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

361. Roanoke, Virginia—

Roanoke Railway and

Link Passenger facility .. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

362. Akron, OH Construct

City of Akron Commuter

Bus Transit Facility ....... $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

363. Corning, New York—

Transportation Center ... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

364. Santa Monica, CA

Construct intermodal

park-and-ride facility at

Santa Monica College

campus on South Bundy

Drive near Airport Avenue .................................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

365. Pace Suburban Bus,

IL South Suburban BRT

Mobility Network ........... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

366. Orange County, CA

Transportation Projects

to Encourage Use of

Transit to Reduce Congestion ............................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

367. Palm Beach, FL 20

New Buses for Palm

Tran ................................ $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1683

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

368. Nassau County, NY

Conduct planning and

engineering for transportation system (HUB) ...... $1,345,960 $1,404,480 $1,521,520 $1,580,040

369. Norwalk, Connecticut—Pulse Point

Joint Development intermodal facility .................. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

370. Salem, MA Design

and Construct Salem

Intermodal Transportation Center .................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

371. Las Vegas, NV Construct Las Vegas

WestCare Intermodal

Facility ............................ $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

372. Richmond, KY Purchase buses, bus equipment, and facilities ........ $138,442 $144,461 $156,499 $162,518

373. Niagara Frontier

Transportation Authority, NY Replacement

Buses ............................... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

374. Metro-Atlanta, GA

MARTA Automated

Smart-Card Fare Collection system ..................... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

375. Monterey, CA Purchase bus equipment ..... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

376. New York City, NY

Purchase HandicappedAccessible Livery Vehicles .................................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

377. San Francisco, CA

Construct San Francisco

Muni Islais Creek Maintenance Facility .............. $1,153,680 $1,203,840 $1,304,160 $1,354,320

378. Indianapolis, IN Relocate and improve intermodal transportation for

pedestrian to Children’s

Museum of Indianapolis $2,691,920 $2,808,960 $3,043,040 $3,160,080

379. Ramapo, NY Transportation Safety Field

Bus .................................. $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

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380. Columbiana County,

OH Construct Intermodal Facility ................ $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

381. San Francisco, CA

Redesign and renovate

intermodal facility at

Glen Park Community .. $793,155 $827,640 $896,610 $931,095

382. San Luis Rey, California—Transit Center

Project ............................. $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

383. South San Francisco,

CA Construction of

Ferry Terminal at Oyster Point in South San

Francisco to the San

Francisco Bay Area

Water Transit Authority $913,330 $953,040 $1,032,460 $1,072,170

384. Atlanta, GA MARTA

Clean Fuel Bus Acquisition .................................. $1,153,680 $1,203,840 $1,304,160 $1,354,320

385. Springfield, OH—City

of Springfield Bus

Transfer Station and Associated Parking ............. $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

386. Suffolk County, NY

Design and construction

of intermodal transit facility in Wyandanch ....... $884,488 $922,944 $999,856 $1,038,312

387. Fresno, CA—Develop

program of low-emission

transit vehicles ............... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

388. Sylmar, CA Los Angeles Mission College

Transit Center construction .................................. $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

389. Lakewood, NJ—

Ocean County Bus service and parking facilities $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

390. St. Lucie County, FL

Purchase Buses .............. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

391. Hampton Roads, VA

Final design and construction for a Hampton

Roads Transit Southside

Bus Facility .................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1685

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

392. Oakland, CA Construct Bay Trail between

Coliseum BART station

and Martin Luther King,

Jr., Regional Shoreline .. $173,052 $180,576 $195,624 $203,148

393. South Amboy, NJ

Construction of improvements to facilities at

South Amboy Station

under S Amboy, NJ Regional Intermodal Initiative .................................. $1,538,240 $1,605,120 $1,738,880 $1,805,760

394. Hartford, CT Buses

and bus-related facilities $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

395. Ilwaco, WA Construct

park and ride .................. $19,228 $20,064 $21,736 $22,572

396. Burbank, CA Construction of Empire Area

Transit Center near

Burbank Airport ............ $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

397. Pottsville, PA Union

Street Trade and Transfer Center Intermodal

Facility ............................ $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

398. Amador County, California—Regional Transit

Center ............................. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

399. Pasadena, CA ITS

Improvements ................ $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

400. South FL Region, FL

Regional Universal

Automated Fare Collection System (UAFC) (for

bus system) ..................... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

401. South Pasadena, CA

Silent Night Grade

Crossing Project ............. $173,052 $180,576 $195,624 $203,148

402. Tampa, FL Establish

Transit Emphasis Corridor and Improvements $144,210 $150,480 $163,020 $169,290

403. San Francisco, CA

Implement Transbay

Terminal-Caltrain

Downtown Extension

Project ............................. $2,691,920 $2,808,960 $3,043,040 $3,160,080

119 STAT. 1686 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

404. Rock Island, IL Improve Rock Island Mass

Transit District Bus Facility ................................ $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

405. Las Vegas, NV Construct Boulder Highway

BRT system and purchase vehicles and related equipment ............. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

406. Moultrie, GA Intermodal facility .................. $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

407. Carson, CA Purchase

one trolley-bus vehicle ... $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

408. Brooklyn, NY Construct a multimodal

transportation facility in

the vicinity of

Downstate Medical Center .................................... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

409. Alexandria, VA Eisenhower Avenue Intermodal Station Improvements, including purchase of buses and construction of bus shelters $480,700 $501,600 $543,400 $564,300

410. Long Beach, CA Purchase ten clean fuel

buses ............................... $576,840 $601,920 $652,080 $677,160

411. Cleveland, OH Construction of an intermodal facility and related improvements at

University Hospitals facility on Euclid Avenue $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

412. Nashville, TN Construct Downtown Nashville Transit Transfer

Facility ............................ $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

413. Philadelphia, PA

Penn’s Landing water

shuttle parking lot expansion and water shuttle ramp infrastructure

construction .................... $211,508 $220,704 $239,096 $248,292

414. Hercules, CA Intermodal Rail Station Improvements ..................... $288,420 $300,960 $326,040 $338,580

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1687

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

415. Purchase Buses and

construct bus facilities

in Broward County, FL $432,630 $451,440 $489,060 $507,870

416. Improve marine intermodal facilities in

Ketchikan ....................... $3,220,000 $3,360,000 $3,640,000 $3,780,000

417. Indianapolis, Indiana—Childrens Museum

Intermodal Center ......... $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

418. Windham, New

Hampshire—Construction of Park and Ride

Bus facility at Exit 3 ..... $711,436 $742,368 $804,232 $835,164

419. Brooklyn, NY—Rehabilitation of Bay Ridge

86th Street Subway Station .................................. $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

420. Purchase Buses and

construct bus facilities

in Broward County, FL $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

421. Bayamon, Puerto

Rico—Purchase of Trolley Cars ........................... $163,438 $170,544 $184,756 $191,862

422. C Street Expanded

bus facility and intermodal parking garage,

Anchorage, AK ............... $1,150,000 $1,200,000 $1,300,000 $1,350,000

423. Morris Thompson

Cultural and Visitors

Center intermodal parking facility, Fairbanks,

AK ................................... $575,000 $600,000 $650,000 $675,000

424. Sharon, PA—Bus Facility Construction ......... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

425. CITC Non-profit Services Center intermodal

parking facility, Anchorage, AK ........................... $690,000 $720,000 $780,000 $810,000

426. Abilene, TX Vehicle

replacement and facility

improvements for transit

system ............................. $76,912 $80,256 $86,944 $90,288

427. Alaska Native Medical Center intermodal

parking facility ............... $1,150,000 $1,200,000 $1,300,000 $1,350,000

119 STAT. 1688 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

428. Butler, PA—

Multimodal Transit Center Construction ............. $192,280 $200,640 $217,360 $225,720

429. Normal, Illinois—

Multimodal Transportation Center .................. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

430. Rochester, New

York—Renaissance

Square transit center ..... $432,630 $451,440 $489,060 $507,870

431. Erie, PA—EMTA Vehicle Acquisition ............. $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

432. Miami-Dade County,

Florida—Buses and bus

facilities .......................... $769,120 $802,560 $869,440 $902,880

433. Centralia, Illinois—

South Central Mass

Transit District Improvements ..................... $76,912 $80,256 $86,944 $90,288

434. Roanoke, VA—Bus

restoration in the City of

Roanoke .......................... $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

435. Denver, Colorado—

Regional Transportation

District Bus Replacement ................................ $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

436. Intermodal facility

improvements at the

Port of Anchorage .......... $5,750,000 $6,000,000 $6,500,000 $6,750,000

437. American Village/

Montevallo, Alabama

construction of closed

loop Access Road, bus

lanes and parking facility .................................... $76,912 $80,256 $86,944 $90,288

438. Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Regional Transit

Authority for maintenance facility improvements .............................. $480,700 $501,600 $543,400 $564,300

439. Central Florida Commuter Rail intermodal

facilities .......................... $961,400 $1,003,200 $1,086,800 $1,128,600

440. Ames, Iowa—Expansion of CyRide Bus

Maintenance Facility ..... $384,560 $401,280 $434,720 $451,440

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1689

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

441. Grand Valley Transit,

CO Bus and Bus Facilities ................................... $96,140 $100,320 $108,680 $112,860

442. Albany, OR North Albany Park and Ride ....... $183,124 $191,086 $207,010 $214,971

443. Los Angeles County

Metropolitan Transit

Authority, CA capital

funds for facility improvements to support

the Cal State Northridge

tram system .................... $62,491 $65,208 $70,642 $73,359

444. Pueblo Transit, CO

Bus and Bus Facilities .. $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

445. Roaring Fork Transit

Authority, CO Bus and

Bus Facilities .................. $144,210 $150,480 $163,020 $169,290

446. Steamboat Springs,

CO Bus and Bus Facilities ................................... $144,210 $150,480 $163,020 $169,290

447. Town of Telluride, CO

Bus and Bus Facilities .. $62,120 $64,821 $70,222 $72,923

448. City of Durango, CO

Bus and Bus Facilities .. $48,070 $50,160 $54,340 $56,430

449. City of Aspen, CO

Bus and Bus Facilities .. $134,596 $140,448 $152,152 $158,004

450. Town of Snowmass

Village, CO Bus and Bus

Facilities ......................... $57,684 $60,192 $65,208 $67,716

451. Utica, New York

Transit Multimodal Facilities .............................. $1,150,000 $1,200,000 $1,300,000 $1,350,000

452. State of Wisconsin

Transit Intermodal Facilities .............................. $1,150,000 $1,200,000 $1,300,000 $1,350,000

453. Central Florida Commuter Rail Intermodal

Facilities ......................... $690,000 $720,000 $780,000 $810,000

454. Miami-Dade, FL

Transit Dadeland South

Intermodal Center ......... $460,000 $480,000 $520,000 $540,000

455. Carrollton, Texas

Downtown Regional

Multimodal Transit Hub $230,000 $240,000 $260,000 $270,000

119 STAT. 1690 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

456. Altoona Multimodal

Transportation Facility

Parking Garage .............. $230,000 $240,000 $260,000 $270,000

457. Lancaster County,

Pennsylvania Intermodal Center and Parking Facility ..................... $57,500 $60,000 $65,000 $67,500

458. Hershey, Pennsylvania Intermodal Center

and Parking Facility ...... $57,500 $60,000 $65,000 $67,500

459. Transbay Terminal/

Caltrain Downtown Extension Project ................ $4,025,000 $4,200,000 $4,550,000 $4,725,000

460. ..................................... $0 $0 $0 $0

461. Alabama Institute for

Deaf and Blind-Bus

project ............................. $115,000 $119,000 $129,000 $137,000

462. Alabama State Port

Authority-Choctaw Point

Terminal ......................... $4,582,000 $4,760,000 $5,173,000 $5,485,000

463. Albany-Schenectady,

NY, Bus Rapid Transit

Improvements in NY

Route 5 ............................ $500,000 $800,000 $1,200,000 $1,500,000

464. Albuquerque, NM,

Ride Bus and Bus Facilities ................................... $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,800,000 $2,100,000

465. AMTRAN Altoona,

PA-Buses and Transit

System Improvements ... $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

466. Anchorage-Transit

Needs .............................. $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

467. Area Transportation

Authority of North Central Pennsylvania-Vehicle Replacements ............ $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

468. Atlantic City, NJ Jitney ................................... $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000

469. Auburn UniversityIntermodal Parking Garage ................................. $916,000 $952,000 $1,035,000 $1,097,000

470. Bay County, FL-Transit Facility ...................... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1691

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

471. Beaver County, PA

Transit Authority-Bus

Replacement/Related

Equipment Replacement $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

472. Berkshire, MA, Berkshire Regional Transit

Authority Bus Maintenance Facility ................. $50,000 $30,000 $20,000 $0

473. Bi-State Development

Agency-St. Louis Bridge

Repair/Reconstruction,

for any activity eligible

under section 5309 ......... $1,145,000 $1,190,000 $1,293,000 $1,372,000

474. Bi-State Development

Agency-St. Louis Metro

Bus Fare Collection Program ................................ $3,665,000 $3,808,000 $4,139,000 $4,388,000

475. Black Hawk County,

IA, UNI Multimodal

Project ............................. $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

476. Bozeman, MT, Intermodal and parking facility .................................... $168,000 $171,000 $175,000 $176,000

477. Brattleborough, VT,

Intermodal Center ......... $600,000 $200,000 $200,000 $0

478. Bridgeport, CT Facility Expansion/Improvement ................................ $350,000 $400,000 $500,000 $750,000

479. Broward County,

FL—Bus and Bus Facilities ................................... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

480. Brownsville Urban

System, TX—City-Wide

Transit Improvement

Project ............................. $916,000 $952,000 $1,035,000 $1,097,000

481. Butler Township, PACranbury Area Transit

Service ............................ $802,000 $833,000 $905,000 $960,000

482. Cambria County, PA

Transit Authority-Bus

Replacements ................. $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

483. Campobello Park,

ME, Bus Acquisition ...... $22,000 $34,000 $0 $0

484. Capital Area Transit

System-Baton Rouge

BRT ................................. $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

119 STAT. 1692 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

485. Capital Metropolitan

Transportation Authority, TX-Bus Replacements .............................. $2,291,000 $2,380,000 $2,587,000 $2,742,000

486. CCTA, VT, Bus, Facilities and Equipment .. $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $800,000

487. Central Arkansas

Transit Authority Facility Upgrades ................... $450,000 $550,000 $750,000 $1,000,000

488. Central Florida Regional Transportation

Authority-LYNX Bus

Fleet Expansion Program ................................ $1,145,000 $1,190,000 $1,293,000 $1,372,000

489. Central Ohio Transit

Authority-Paratransit

and Small Bus Service

Facility ............................ $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

490. Charlotte Area Transit System/City of Charlotte-Charlotte

Multimodal Station ........ $2,291,000 $2,380,000 $2,587,000 $2,742,000

491. Chicago, IL, Cermak

Road, Bus Rapid Transit $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $500,000

492. City of Alexandria,

VA/City-Wide Transit

Improvements ................ $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

493. City of Alexandria,

VA/Potomac Yard Transit Improvements ........... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

494. City of Alexandria,

VA/Replace Royal Street

Bus Garage ..................... $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

495. City of Alexandria,

VA/Valley Pedestrian

and Transit ..................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

496. City of Birmingham,

AL/Birmingham Downtown Intermodal Terminal, Phase II ............... $1,145,000 $1,190,000 $1,293,000 $1,372,000

497. City of El Paso-Sun

Metro-Bus Replacements $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

498. City of Gainesville,

FL Regional Transit

System-Facility Expansion .................................. $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1693

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

499. City of Gaithersburg,

Maryland—Bus and

paratransit vehicle for

seniors ............................. $112,000 $0 $0 $0

500. City of Hazleton, PA/

Hazleton Intermodal

Center ............................. $321,000 $333,000 $362,000 $384,000

501. City of Huntsville,

AL-Cummings Park

Intermodal Center ......... $1,145,000 $1,190,000 $1,293,000 $1,372,000

502. City of Kalamazoo,

MI Bus Replacement ..... $2,500,000 $1,800,000 $1,500,000 $1,400,000

503. City of Montgomery,

AL-ITS Acquisition and

Implementation .............. $916,000 $952,000 $1,035,000 $1,097,000

504. City of Montgomery,

AL-Montgomery Airport

Intermodal Center ......... $916,000 $952,000 $1,035,000 $1,097,000

505. City of OmahaCreighton University

Intermodal Facility ........ $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

506. City of Round Rock,

TX-Downtown Intermodal Transportation

Terminal ......................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

507. City of Tuscaloosa,

AL/Intermodal Facility .. $1,374,000 $1,428,000 $1,552,000 $1,646,000

508. Collier County Transit, FL—Transit Facility $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

509. Colorado Association

of Transit Agencies/Colorado Transit CoalitionColorado Statewide

Buses and Bus Facilities $5,956,000 $6,188,000 $6,726,000 $7,130,000

510. Columbus, Georgia/

Phenix City, AlabamaNational Infantry Museum Multimodal Facility .................................... $389,000 $405,000 $440,000 $466,000

511. Commonwealth of

Virginia-Statewide Bus

Capital Program ............. $3,436,000 $3,570,000 $3,880,000 $4,114,000

512. Corning, NY, Phase II

Corning Preserve Transportation Enhancement

Project ............................. $350,000 $450,000 $550,000 $650,000

119 STAT. 1694 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

513. County of Lackawanna Transit SystemScranton Intermodal

Transportation Center ... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

514. Cumberland-Dauphin-Harrisburg Transit

Authority-Purchase of

Buses and Spare Units .. $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

515. Dallas Area Rapid

Transit-Bus passenger

Facilities ......................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

516. Dayton-Wright Stop

Plaza ............................... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

517. Delaware Statewide

Bus and Bus Replacement (with Clean Fuel

(hybrid) vehicles) ............ $1,750,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,250,000

518. Denver Regional

Transit District-Bus

Maintenance Facility ..... $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

519. Denver Regional

Transit District-Bus Replacements ...................... $916,000 $952,000 $1,035,000 $1,097,000

520. Denver Regional

Transit District-Denver

Union Station

Multimodal Renovations $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

521. Denver Regional

Transit District-U.S. 36

Corridor BRT .................. $1,604,000 $1,666,000 $1,811,000 $1,919,000

522. Detroit Department of

Transportation Bus Replacement ....................... $2,000,000 $2,100,000 $2,200,000 $2,300,000

523. Downtown Middletown, CT, Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Project .......... $2,000,000 $2,150,000 $2,500,000 $2,850,000

524. Erie, PA Metropolitan

Transit Authority-Bus

Acquisitions .................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

525. Fairfax County, Virginia-Richmond Highway Initiative ................. $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1695

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

526. Flint, MI, Mass

Transportation Authority Bus Maintenance Facility ................................ $750,000 $650,000 $450,000 $150,000

527. Florida Department

of Transportation-Palm

Beach County Replacement Buses ..................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

528. Gadsden, AL-Community Buses ....................... $115,000 $119,000 $129,000 $137,000

529. Gary, Indiana, Gary

Airport Station Modernization and Shuttle

Service Project ................ $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 $500,000

530. Georgia Department

of Transportation-Georgia Statewide Bus and

Bus Facilities .................. $2,062,000 $2,142,000 $2,328,000 $2,468,000

531. Grand Rapids, Michigan, The Rapid, Bus Replacement ....................... $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,250,000 $1,750,000

532. Greater Richmond

Transit, VA-Bus Operations/Maintenance Facility ................................ $1,145,000 $1,190,000 $1,293,000 $1,372,000

533. Greenville, SC Transit Authority-City of

Greenville Multimodal

Transportation Center

Improvements ................ $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

534. Gulf Shores, AL—

Community Buses .......... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

535. Hampton Roads Transit, VA—Southside Bus

Facility ............................ $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

536. Harris County-West

Houston-Fort Bend Bus

Transit Corridor: Uptown-Westpark Terminal $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

537. High Point, NC—

Intermodal Facility ........ $275,000 $286,000 $310,000 $329,000

538. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit, FL—Bus

Rapid Transit Improvements .............................. $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

119 STAT. 1696 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

539. Hillsborough, FL,

Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000

540. Honolulu, HI, Bus Facilities .............................. $1,350,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000

541. Hoonah, AK-Intermodal Ferry Dock .......... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

542. Howard County, MD

Construct Central Maryland Transit Operations

and Maintenance Facility .................................... $250,000 $220,000 $200,000 $200,000

543. Idaho Department of

Transportation-Idaho

Statewide ITS for Public

Transportation ............... $344,000 $357,000 $388,000 $411,000

544. Indianapolis Downtown Transit Center ...... $800,000 $900,000 $1,100,000 $1,200,000

545. Iowa Department of

Transportation-Iowa

Statewide Buses and

Bus Replacement ........... $2,749,000 $2,856,000 $3,104,000 $3,291,000

546. Ivy Tech State College, Indiana

Multimodal Center ......... $150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $400,000

547. Jackson State University, MS—Busing Project $1,145,000 $1,190,000 $1,293,000 $1,372,000

548. Jacksonville Transportation Authority,

FL—Bus Fleet Replacement and Equipment ..... $1,145,000 $1,190,000 $1,293,000 $1,372,000

549. Jacksonville, FL

Transportation Authority Paratransit Program $350,000 $0 $0 $0

550. Juneau-Transit Bus

Acquisition and Transit

Center ............................. $344,000 $357,000 $388,000 $411,000

551. Kansas City Area

Transportation Authority-Bus Project ................ $2,291,000 $2,380,000 $2,587,000 $2,742,000

552. Kansas Department

of Transportation-Kansas Statewide Transit

Buses, Bus Facilities,

and Bus ITS ................... $2,749,000 $2,856,000 $3,104,000 $3,291,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1697

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

553. Ketchikan, AlaskaTransit Needs ................. $57,000 $60,000 $65,000 $68,000

554. Knoxville, TN-Central

Station ............................ $573,000 $595,000 $647,000 $685,000

555. Lafayette City-Parish

Consolidated Government, LA-Lafayette

Multimodal Transportation Facility ................. $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

556. Lafayette, Indiana,

City Bus of Greater Lafayette ............................. $500,000 $550,000 $700,000 $750,000

557. Lake Tahoe, NV MPO

Bus replacement ............ $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000

558. Lakeland Area Mass

Transit District/Citrus

Connection-Capital

Funding Needs ............... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

559. Lancaster, PA-Intermodal Project .................. $160,000 $167,000 $181,000 $192,000

560. Lansing, MI, Capitol

Area Transportation Authority, Bus Replacement and Bus Related

ITS .................................. $750,000 $850,000 $950,000 $1,050,000

561. Laredo-North Laredo

Transit Hub-Bus Maintenance Facility .............. $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

562. Las Cruces, NM,

Road Runner Bus and

Bus Facilities ................. $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000

563. Lawrence, MA, Gateway Intermodal and

Quadrant Area Reuse

Project ............................. $600,000 $800,000 $900,000 $1,150,000

564. Lehigh and Northampton Transportation

Authority, PA-Allentown

Intermodal Transportation Center .................. $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

565. Lipscomb University,

TN-Intermodal Parking

Garage ............................ $344,000 $357,000 $388,000 $411,000

566. Los Angeles, CA, FlyAway Bus System Expansion ........................... $500,000 $550,000 $600,000 $850,000

119 STAT. 1698 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

567. Los Angeles, CA, LAX

Intermodal Transportation Center Rail and

Bus Facilities .................. $500,000 $550,000 $600,000 $850,000

568. Louisiana Department of Transportation

and Development-Statewide Vehicles and

Equipment ...................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

569. Lowell, MA, Lowell

Regional Transit ............ $600,000 $800,000 $900,000 $1,150,000

570. Maine Department of

Transportation-Acadia

Intermodal Facility ........ $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

571. MARC Intermodal

Odenton and Edgewood

Station Improvements ... $368,000 $380,000 $380,000 $418,000

572. Marquette County,

Michigan Transit Authority Bus passenger

facility ............................. $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000

573. Maryland Statewide

Bus Facilities and Buses $5,500,000 $5,750,000 $6,500,000 $7,250,000

574. Matsu, Alaska-Transit Needs ......................... $115,000 $119,000 $129,000 $137,000

575. METRO of Harris

County-Discretionary

Bus Program .................. $2,291,000 $2,380,000 $2,587,000 $2,742,000

576. Metro Regional Transit Authority/City of

Akron-Downtown Transit Center, Akron ........... $1,604,000 $1,666,000 $1,811,000 $1,919,000

577. Metro Transit/Metropolitan Council, MNBus/Bus Capital ............. $2,176,000 $2,261,000 $2,457,000 $2,606,000

578. Metropolitan Atlanta

Rapid Transit AuthorityClean Fuel Buses ........... $2,291,000 $2,380,000 $2,587,000 $2,742,000

579. Metropolitan Transit

Authority-Nashville

Downtown Transit

Transfer Facility ............ $2,749,000 $2,856,000 $3,104,000 $3,291,000

580. Miami-Dade Transit,

FL—7th Avenue NW

Transit Hub .................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 119 STAT. 1699

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

581. Michigan Department

of Transportation

(MDOT) Bus Replacement ................................ $2,000,000 $2,200,000 $2,400,000 $2,600,000

582. Mobile County, AL

Commission-Bus project $115,000 $119,000 $129,000 $137,000

583. Monroe Township,

PA/Clarion County

Buses ............................... $151,000 $157,000 $171,000 $181,000

584. Montana Department

of Transportation/Statewide Bus Facilities and

Buses ............................... $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

585. Nassau County, NY,

Conduct planning, engineering, and construction for transportation

system (HUB) ................. $1,000,000 $1,200,000 $1,300,000 $1,500,000

586. Nebraska Department

of Roads/Bus Maintenance and Storage Facility for RYDE in

Kearney, NE ................... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

587. Nebraska Department

of Roads-Statewide Vehicles, Facilities, and

Related Equipment Purchases .............................. $916,000 $952,000 $1,035,000 $1,097,000

588. New Castle, PA Area

Transit Authority-Bus

Purchases/Park and

Ride facility .................... $170,000 $176,000 $191,000 $203,000

589. New Haven, CT Bus

Maintenance Facility ..... $2,000,000 $2,150,000 $2,500,000 $2,850,000

590. New York City, NY,

Bronx Zoo Intermodal

Facility ............................ $350,000 $450,000 $550,000 $650,000

591. New York City, NY,

Enhance Transportation

Facilities Near W. 65th

Street and Broadway ..... $350,000 $450,000 $550,000 $650,000

592. New York City, NY,

Highline Project, for

Studies, Design, and

Construction ................... $1,000,000 $1,200,000 $1,300,000 $1,500,000

119 STAT. 1700 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

593. New York, Improvements to Moynihan Station .................................. $1,000,000 $1,200,000 $1,300,000 $1,500,000

594. North Carolina Department of Transportation-North Carolina

Statewide Bus and Bus

Facilities ......................... $5,727,000 $5,950,000 $6,467,000 $6,856,000

595. North Dakota Department of Transportation

Statewide Bus ................ $1,000,000 $1,100,000 $1,300,000 $1,600,000

596. North Slope Borough,

AK-Transit Purposes ..... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

597. North Star Borough,

AK-Transit Purposes ..... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

598. OATS, Incorporated,

MO—ITS Information

and Billing System and

Bus Facilities .................. $3,894,000 $4,046,000 $4,397,000 $4,663,000

599. Omaha, NE, Buses

and Fareboxes ................ $610,000 $650,000 $700,000 $740,000

600. Pinellas County, FL

Metropolitan Planning

Organization-Pinellas

Mobility Initiative: BRT

and Guideway ................ $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

601. Port Huron, Michigan, Blue Water Area

Transportation Commission, Bus Maintenance

Facility ............................ $1,000,000 $1,250,000 $1,500,000 $1,750,000

602. Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation

Commission, VA-Buses

for Service Expansion .... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

603. Regional Transportation Commission of

Southern Nevada-Central City Intermodal

Transportation Terminal $916,000 $952,000 $1,035,000 $1,097,000

604. Rhode Island, RIPTA

Elmwood Facility Expansion ........................... $1,600,000 $1,700,000 $1,750,000 $1,850,000

605. Rhode Island, Statewide Bus and Van Replacement ....................... $5,250,000 $5,500,000 $6,200,000 $6,400,000

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

606. River Parishes, Louisiana, South Central

Planning and Development Commission, Bus

and Bus Facilities .......... $160,000 $180,000 $200,000 $220,000

607. Rochester, NY, Renaissance Square Intermodal Facility, Design

and Construction ............ $1,000,000 $1,400,000 $1,600,000 $2,000,000

608. Rock Island, Illinois,

Metrolink Transit Maintenance Facility .............. $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $500,000

609. Rockland County, NY

Express Bus .................... $600,000 $700,000 $800,000 $900,000

610. San Angelo, TX

Street Railroad Company-Transit Fleet Replacement ....................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

611. San Joaquin Region

Transit District, California, Hybrid DieselElectric Replacement

Buses ............................... $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $300,000

612. Santa Fe, NM, Trails

Bus and Bus Facilities .. $450,000 $500,000 $500,000 $700,000

613. Seattle, WA

Multimodal Terminal

Redevelopment and Expansion ........................... $800,000 $900,000 $1,000,000 $1,100,000

614. Sevierville County,

TN Transportation

Board-Alternative Fuel

Buses ............................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

615. Silver Spring, Maryland, Transit Center ...... $7,000,000 $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $0

616. Sitka, Alaska-Transit

Needs .............................. $57,000 $60,000 $65,000 $68,000

617. South Bend, Indiana,

TRANSPO Bus Operations Center .................. $800,000 $900,000 $1,100,000 $1,200,000

618. South Brunswick, NJ

Transit System ............... $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000

619. South Carolina Department of Transportation-Transit Facilities

Construction Program ... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

620. South Carolina Department of Transportation-Vehicle Acquisition Program .................. $1,833,000 $1,904,000 $2,069,000 $2,194,000

621. South Dakota Department of Transportation—Statewide Buses

and Bus Facilities .......... $3,166,000 $3,452,000 $3,785,000 $4,097,000

622. South Florida Regional Transportation

Authority-Tri-Rail Improvements, for any activity eligible under section 5309 ......................... $3,436,000 $3,570,000 $3,880,000 $4,114,000

623. South Florida Regional Transportation

Authority-West Palm

Beach Intermodal Facility .................................... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

624. Southeast Missouri

Transportation ServiceBus Project ..................... $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

625. Southeastern Louisiana University Intermodal Facility ................ $300,000 $450,000 $550,000 $700,000

626. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation

Authority-Bucks County

Intermodal (Croydon

and Levittown) ............... $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

627. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation

Authority-Paoli Transportation Center ............. $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

628. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation

Authority-VillanovaSEPTA Intermodal ........ $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

629. Southern Maryland

Commuter Initiative ...... $2,700,000 $2,800,000 $3,000,000 $3,500,000

630. Southern Nevada

Transit Coalition, Public

Transit Building Acquisition ............................... $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $100,000

631. Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority-Bus Replacements .... $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

632. Springfield, IL,

Multimodal Transit Terminal ............................... $800,000 $1,100,000 $1,300,000 $1,800,000

633. State of Vermont

Buses, Facilities and

Equipment ...................... $250,000 $350,000 $480,000 $520,000

634. Suburban Mobility

Authority for Regional

Transportation (SMART)

Bus Maintenance Facility .................................... $1,500,000 $1,750,000 $2,000,000 $2,250,000

635. Syracuse, New York,

Syracuse University

Connective Corridor

Transit Project ............... $800,000 $950,000 $1,100,000 $1,150,000

636. Tennessee Department of TransportationStatewide Tennessee

Transit ITS and Bus Replacement Project ........... $2,749,000 $2,856,000 $3,104,000 $3,291,000

637. Terre Haute, Indiana—Cherry Street

Joint Development

Project ............................. $800,000 $900,000 $1,100,000 $1,200,000

638. The District, The

Woodlands, TX-Bus Replacement Program ........ $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

639. Transit Authority of

Lexington, KY—Rehabilitation of Building for

Maintenance and Administration .................... $916,000 $952,000 $1,035,000 $1,097,000

640. Transit Authority of

Northern KentuckyTANK Bus Replacement

Project ............................. $458,000 $476,000 $517,000 $549,000

641. Transit Authority of

River City-New Hybrid

Electric Buses ................. $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

642. Transit Authority of

Warren County, PA-Impact Warren .................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

643. Trenton Intermodal

Station ............................ $5,500,000 $4,250,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000

644. University of Alabama in BirminghamIntermodal Facility ........ $1,604,000 $1,666,000 $1,811,000 $1,919,000

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645. University of Alabama in HuntsvilleIntermodal Facility ........ $1,374,000 $1,428,000 $1,552,000 $1,646,000

646. University of Alabama Intermodal Facility South ......................... $2,062,000 $2,142,000 $2,328,000 $2,468,000

647. University of Alabama Transit System .... $344,000 $357,000 $388,000 $411,000

648. University of Delaware Fuel Cell Bus Program ................................ $160,000 $165,000 $175,000 $185,000

649. University of Memphis-Pedestrian Bridge .. $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

650. U.S. Space and Rocket Center, AL-Tramway

Expansion ....................... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

651. Utah Statewide Bus

and Bus Facilities .......... $6,882,000 $7,148,000 $7,757,000 $8,234,000

652. Valley Regional Transit, ID-Downtown Boise

Multimodal ..................... $1,329,000 $1,381,000 $1,500,000 $1,590,000

653. VIA Metropolitan

Transit Authority, TXBus and Bus Facility

Improvements ................ $1,145,000 $1,190,000 $1,293,000 $1,372,000

654. Washington Southworth Terminal Redevelopment ............................ $1,000,000 $1,150,000 $1,350,000 $1,500,000

655. Washington, King

Street Transportation

Center-Intercity Bus

Terminal Component ..... $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $70,000

656. Washoe County, NV

Bus and Bus Facilities .. $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,250,000

657. Waterbury, CT Bus

Maintenance Facility ..... $2,000,000 $2,300,000 $2,800,000 $3,400,000

658. West Virginia, Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities .............................. $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000

659. Westchester, NY, Bee

Line Bus Replacement ... $450,000 $500,000 $550,000 $650,000

660. Westmoreland County

Transit Authority, PABus Replacement ........... $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

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Project Description FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09

661. Wilkes-Barre Intermodal Facility ................ $1,374,000 $1,428,000 $1,552,000 $1,646,000

662. Williamsport, PA Bureau of TransportationWilliamsport Trade and

Transit Centre Expansion .................................. $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

663. Wisconsin, Statewide

Buses and Bus Facilities $600,000 $610,000 $650,000 $700,000

664. Wrangell, AK-Ferry

Infrastructure ................. $229,000 $238,000 $259,000 $274,000

665. Wyoming Department

of Transportation-Wyoming Statewide Bus and

Bus Related Facilities .... $687,000 $714,000 $776,000 $823,000

(b) CLEAN FUELS GRANTS PROGRAM PROJECTS.—

(1) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall make funds available for the projects listed in

item numbers 497, 517, 519, 557, 575, 578, 605, 611, 612,

614, 631, 638, 640, 641, 648, and 659 in the table contained

in subsection (a), in the amounts specified, from amounts made

available to carry out section 5308 of title 49, United States

Code.

(2) PURCHASE OF BUSES UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT.—With respect to the project numbered 605,

purchases of buses procured under a supplemental environmental project executed by the Rhode Island Public Transit

Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency are eligible

for assistance under section 5308 of such title.

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

the Secretary shall pay the Federal share of the net project cost

to a State or local governmental authority that carries out or

has carried out any part of the bus and bus-related facilities projects

numbered 258 and 347 under subsection (a).

SEC. 3045. NATIONAL FUEL CELL BUS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a national

fuel cell bus technology development program (in this section

referred to as the ‘‘program’’) to facilitate the development of

commercially viable fuel cell bus technology and related infrastructure.

(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may enter into grants,

contracts, and cooperative agreements with no more than 3 geographically diverse nonprofit organizations and recipients under

chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, to conduct fuel cell

bus technology and infrastructure projects under the program.

(c) GRANT CRITERIA.—In selecting applicants for grants under

the program, the Secretary shall consider the applicant’s—

(1) ability to contribute significantly to furthering fuel cell

technology as it relates to transit bus operations, including

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hydrogen production, energy storage, fuel cell technologies,

vehicle systems integration, and power electronics technologies;

(2) financing plan and cost share potential;

(3) fuel cell technology to ensure that the program advances

different fuel cell technologies, including hydrogen-fueled and

methanol-powered liquid-fueled fuel cell technologies, that may

be viable for public transportation systems; and

(4) other criteria that the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the program.

(d) COMPETITIVE GRANT SELECTION.—The Secretary shall conduct a national solicitation for applications for grants under the

program. Grant recipients shall be selected on a competitive basis.

The Secretary shall give priority consideration to applicants that

have successfully managed advanced transportation technology

projects, including projects related to hydrogen and fuel cell public

transportation operations for a period of not less than 5 years.

(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of costs of the program

shall be provided from funds made available to carry out this

section. The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out

under the program shall not exceed 50 percent of such cost.

(f) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—A grant under this section shall

be subject to—

(1) all terms and conditions applicable to a grant made

under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code; and

(2) such other terms and conditions as are determined

by the Secretary.

SEC. 3046. ALLOCATIONS FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to section

5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, for national research and

technology programs under sections 5312, 5314, and 5322 of such

title shall be allocated by the Secretary as follows:

(1) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter

into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences

to conduct a study and evaluation of the value major public

transportation systems in the United States serving the

38 urbanized areas that have a population of more than

1,000,000 individuals provide to the Nation’s security and

the ability of such systems to accommodate the evacuation,

egress or ingress of people to or from critical locations

in times of emergency.

(B) ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.—For each system described

in subparagraph (A) the study shall identify—

(i) potential alternative routes for evacuation using

other transportation modes such as highway, air,

marine, and pedestrian activities; and

(ii) transit routes that, if disrupted, do not have

sufficient transit alternatives available.

(C) REPORT.—Not later than 24 months after the date

of entry into the agreement, the Academy shall submit

to the Secretary and the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and

the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

of the Senate a final report on the results of the study

Deadline.

Contracts.

49 USC 5338

note.

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and evaluation, together with such recommendations as

the Academy considers appropriate.

(D) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal year 2006 and 2007

$250,000 shall be available to carry out this paragraph.

(2) CENTER FOR TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.—For

each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, not less than $1,000,000

shall be made available by the Secretary for establishment

and operation of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development—

(A) to develop standards and definitions for transitoriented development adjacent to public transportation

facilities;

(B) to develop system planning guidance, performance

criteria, and modeling techniques for metropolitan planning

agencies and public transportation agencies to maximize

ridership through land use planning and adjacent development; and

(C) to provide research support and technical assistance to public transportation agencies, metropolitan planning agencies, and other persons regarding transit-oriented

development.

(3) TRANSPORTATION EQUITY RESEARCH PROGRAM.—For each

of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, not less than $1,000,000

shall be made available by the Secretary for research and

demonstration activities that focus on the impacts that

transportation planning, investment, and operations have on

low-income and minority populations that are transit

dependent. Such activities shall include the development of

strategies to advance economic and community development

in low-income and minority communities and the development

of training programs that promote the employment of lowincome and minority community residents on Federal-aid

transportation projects constructed in their communities.

(4) COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT STUDY.—For fiscal year 2006,

$1,000,000 shall be made available by the Secretary for research

and demonstration activities that focus on the capacity and

resources of Oregon public transportation systems to address

the needs, barriers, and desires for travel of people with cognitive impairments.

(5) TRANSIT CAREER LADDER TRAINING PROGRAM.—For each

of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, not less than $1,000,000

shall be available for a nationwide career ladder job training

partnership program for public transportation employees to

respond to technological changes in the public transportation

industry, especially in the area of maintenance. Such program

shall be carried out by the Secretary through a contract with

a national nonprofit organization with a demonstrated capacity

to develop and provide such programs.

(6) PILOT PROGRAM FOR REMOTE INFRARED AUDIBLE SIGNS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2006 through

2009, not less than $500,000 shall be made available by

the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to determine

the benefits of remote infrared audible signage technology

for provision of wayfinding and information to people who

are visually, cognitively, or learning disabled.

(B) REPORT.— (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30,

2009, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee

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on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on Banking,

Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report

on the pilot program carried out under this section.

(ii) CONTENTS.—The report—

(I) shall include—

(aa) an evaluation of the effect of the pilot

program on multimodal accessibility in public

transportation;

(bb) an evaluation of the effect of the program on operators of public transportation and

their passengers;

(cc) an evaluation of the effect of making

public transportation accessible to people with

visual, cognitive, and learning disabilities on

ridership of public transportation and use of

paratransit; and

(dd) an evaluation of the effect of the program on the education, community integration, work life, and general quality of life of

the targeted populations.

(7) HYDROGEN FUEL CELL SHUTTLE DEPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—To demonstrate the utility of hydrogen

fuel cell vehicles in daily shuttle service, $800,000 in each

of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 shall be provided for hydrogen

fuel cell employee shuttle vans, related equipment, operations,

public education and outreach in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

(8) WISCONSIN SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSPORTATION RURAL

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (STRAP).—

(A) IN GENERAL.—For capital projects, operations, purchase or lease of vehicles, and integration, planning and

coordination of public transportation services in the State

of Wisconsin that will supplement and expand existing

rural and special public transportation services in that

State, $2,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008,

and 2009 shall be provided to the State of Wisconsin

Department of Transportation.

(B) PURPOSE.—Funds received under this program may

be used to supplement public transportation programs for

rural populations for activities authorized under sections

5310, 5311, and 5316 of title 49, United States Code. Funds

made available under this program are subject to the

requirements of section 5311 of title 49, United States

Code, except that funds may be made available for up

to 80 percent of net operating costs. In awarding grants

made available under this program, the State shall

consider—

(i) rural population in the area to be served by

the applicant;

(ii) extent to which the applicant demonstrates

coordination of existing transportation services or proposed public transportation services;

(iii) need for additional services in the area being

serviced by the applicant and the extent to which the

proposed services will address those needs and provide

accessibility for non-ambulatory recipients;

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(iv) extent to which the applicant demonstrates

an innovative approach that is responsive to the identified service needs of the rural population; and

(v) extent to which the applicant demonstrates

that the communities being served have been consulted

in the planning process.

(9) HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—For the management of a program

to improve and enhance the coordination of Federal

resources for human services transportation with those

of the Department of Transportation, $1,600,000 in each

of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 shall be provided

to a national non-profit organization that is competitively

selected by the Secretary. Such organization shall have

demonstrated expertise in issues of transportation

coordination and in providing technical assistance to local

transportation organizations.

(B) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Under this program, the

organization selected by the Secretary shall—

(i) establish an advisory panel consisting of Federal, State, and local officials and organizations;

(ii) prepare an inventory of human service

transportation agencies operating in the United States;

(iii) prepare an inventory of Federal transportation

spending;

(iv) develop a program of technical assistance and

training for human services transportation organizations that shall include on-site technical assistance,

a resource clearinghouse, and preparation of technical

manuals;

(v) prepare an annual report for the Secretary

on activities under this program and make recommendations for improving coordination.

(10) PORTLAND, OREGON STREETCAR PROTOTYPE PURCHASE

AND DEPLOYMENT.—Not less than $1,000,000 shall be made

available in each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009

by the Secretary to TriMet for the purchase and deployment

of a domestically manufactured streetcar.

(11) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PARTICIPATION PILOT PROGRAM.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated under this

section for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009,

$1,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be made available

by the Secretary to establish a pilot program to support

planning and public participation activities related to public

transportation projects.

(B) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Activities eligible to be carried out under the pilot program may include the following:

(i) Improving data collection analysis and transportation access for all users of the public transportation

systems.

(ii) Supporting public participation through the

project development phases.

(iii) Using innovative techniques to improve the

coordination of transportation alternatives.

(iv) Enhancing the coordination of public transportation benefits and services.

Establishment.

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(v) Contracting with stakeholders to focus on the

delivery of transportation plans and programs.

(vi) Measuring and reporting on the annual

performance of the transportation systems.

(12) TRANSPORTATION HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND FUEL

CELL RESEARCH.—$500,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through

2009 for a transportation hybrid electric vehicle and fuel cell

research program at the University of Alabama.

(13) TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—

$500,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for trauma

care system research and development at the University of

Alabama in Birmingham.

(14) TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOGISTICS

RESEARCH.—$500,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009

for transportation infrastructure and logistics research at the

University of Alabama in Huntsville.

(15) NATIONAL BUS RAPID TRANSIT INSTITUTE.—$1,750,000

in each of fiscal years 2006 though 2009 for the National

Bus Rapid Transit Institute at the University of South Florida.

(16) APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO

TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS AND SECURITY.—$400,000 in each

of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for research on the application

of information technology to transportation logistics and security at the Northern Kentucky University.

(17) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PILOT

PROJECT.—$465,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009

for an intelligent transportation system pilot project with the

National Consortium on Remote Sensing in Transportation

Flows at the Ohio State University.

(18) REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER.—$500,000

in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for a regional public

safety training center at the Lehigh-Carbon Community College.

(19) TRANSIT SECURITY TRAINING FACILITY.—$750,000 in

each of fiscal years 2006 though 2009 for a transit security

training facility in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

(20) SMALL URBAN AND RURAL TRANSIT CENTER.—$800,000

in fiscal year 2006, $800,000 in fiscal year 2007, $1,200,000

in fiscal year 2008, and $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2009 for

the Small Urban and Rural Transit Center at North Dakota

State University.

(21) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT.—

$500,000 in fiscal year 2006, $540,000 in fiscal year 2007,

$550,000 in fiscal year 2008, and $625,000 in fiscal year 2009

for the Southeastern Connecticut Advanced Technology Bus

Rapid Transit Project.

(22) GREATER NEW HAVEN TRANSIT DISTRICT FUEL CELLPOWERED BUS RESEARCH.—$500,000 in fiscal year 2006,

$540,000 in fiscal year 2007, $550,000 in fiscal year 2008,

and $625,000 in fiscal year 2009 for the Greater New Haven

Transit District Fuel Cell-Powered Bus Research.

(23) CENTER FOR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES.—

$500,000 in fiscal year 2006, $540,000 in fiscal year 2007,

$540,000 in fiscal year 2008, and $625,000 in fiscal year 2009

for the Rutgers Center for Advanced Transportation Initiatives

(CAIT).

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(24) INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S TRANSPORTATION, ECO- NOMIC, AND LAND USE SYSTEM.—$500,000 in fiscal year 2006, $540,000 in fiscal year 2007, $540,000 in fiscal year 2008,

and $625,000 in fiscal year 2009 for the New Jersey Institute

of Technology’s Transportation, Economic, and Land Use

System program (TELUS).

(25) REGIONAL TRANSIT TRAINING CONSORTIUM PILOT PRO- GRAM.—$270,000 in fiscal year 2006, $380,000 in fiscal year 2007, $380,000 in fiscal year 2008, and $450,000 in fiscal year

2009 for the Southern California Regional Transit Training

Consortium Pilot Program.

(b) REMAINDER.—After making allocations under subsection (a),

the remainder of funds made available by section 5338(d) of title

49, United States Code, for national research and technology programs under sections 5312, 5314, and 5322 for a fiscal year shall

be allocated at the discretion of the Secretary to other transit

research, development, demonstration and deployment projects

authorized by sections 5312, 5314, and 5322 of such title.

SEC. 3047. FORGIVENESS OF GRANT AGREEMENT.

(a) LANE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law (including any regulation), any outstanding

balances on the following grant agreements made to the Lane

County Transit District, Oregon, do not have to be repaid:

(1) Federal Contract Number OR–03–0087.

(2) Federal Contract Number OR–90–X094.

(b) PEE DEE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY.—The debt identified in the 2000 Triennial Review of the Pee Dee Regional Transit

Authority as owed to the Federal Transit Administration by the

Pee Dee Regional Transit Authority does not have to be repaid.

SEC. 3048. COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT.

Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this

Act, the Secretary shall undertake a 30-day review of efforts to

use cooperative procurement to determine whether benefits are

sufficient to formally incorporate cooperative procurement into the

mass transit program. In particular, the Secretary shall review

the progress made under the pilot program authorized under section

166 of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004

(49 U.S.C. 5397 note; 118 Stat. 309), based on experience to date

in the pilot program and any available reports to Congress submitted under such section 166. The Secretary shall also consider

information gathered from grantees about cooperative procurement,

whether or not related to the pilot program.

SEC. 3049. TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFITS.

(a) TRANSIT PASS TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFITS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the first day of the next

fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this

Act, each covered agency shall implement a program under

which all qualified Federal employees serving in or under such

agency shall be offered transit pass transportation fringe benefits, as described in paragraph (2).

(2) BENEFITS DESCRIBED.—The benefits described in this

paragraph are the transit pass transportation fringe benefits

which, under section 2 of Executive Order No. 13150, are

required to be offered by Federal agencies in the National

Capital Region on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Effective date.

5 USC 7905 note.

49 USC 5307.

Deadline.

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(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—

(A) the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means any agency, to

the extent of its facilities in the National Capital Region;

(B) the term ‘‘agency’’ means any agency (as defined

by 7905(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code), the Postal

Rate Commission, and the Smithsonian Institution;

(C) the term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ includes the

District of Columbia and every county or other geographic

area covered by section 2 of Executive Order No. 13150;

(D) the term ‘‘Executive Order No. 13150’’ refers to

Executive Order No. 13150 (5 U.S.C. 7905 note);

(E) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ is used in the same

way as under section 2 of Executive Order No. 13150;

and

(F) any determination as to whether or not one is

a ‘‘qualified Federal employee’’ shall be made applying the

same criteria as would apply under section 2 of Executive

Order No. 13150.

(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection

shall be considered to require that a covered agency—

(A) terminate any program or benefits in existence

on the date of the enactment of this Act, or postpone

any plans to implement (before the effective date referred

to in paragraph (1)) any program or benefits permitted

or required under any other provision of law; or

(B) discontinue (on or after the effective date referred

to in paragraph (1)) any program or benefits referred to

in subparagraph (A), so long as such program or benefits

satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (3).

(b) AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BETWEEN

THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND MASS TRANSIT FACILITIES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1344 of title 31, United States

Code, is amended—

(A) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and

(B) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:

‘‘(g)(1) If and to the extent that the head of a Federal agency,

in his or her sole discretion, deems it appropriate, a passenger

carrier may be used to transport an officer or employee of a Federal

agency between the officer’s or employee’s place of employment

and a mass transit facility (whether or not publicly owned) in

accordance with succeeding provisions of this subsection.

‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 1343, a Federal agency that provides transportation services under this subsection (including by

passenger carrier) may absorb the costs of such services using

any funds available to such agency, whether by appropriation or

otherwise.

‘‘(3) In carrying out this subsection, a Federal agency, to the

maximum extent practicable and consistent with sound budget

policy, should—

‘‘(A) use alternative fuel vehicles for the provision of

transportation services;

‘‘(B) to the extent consistent with the purposes of this

subsection, provide transportation services in a manner that

does not result in additional gross income for Federal income

tax purposes; and

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‘‘(C) coordinate with other Federal agencies to share, and

otherwise avoid duplication of, transportation services provided

under this subsection.

‘‘(4) For purposes of any determination under chapter 81 of

title 5 or chapter 171 of title 28, an individual shall not be considered to be in the ‘performance of duty’ or ‘acting within the scope

of his or her office or employment’ by virtue of the fact that

such individual is receiving transportation services under this subsection. Nor shall any time during which an individual uses such

services be considered when calculating the hours of work or

employment for that individual for purposes of title 5 of the United

States Code, including chapter 55 of that title.

‘‘(5)(A) The Administrator of General Services, after consultation with the appropriate agencies, shall prescribe any regulations

necessary to carry out this subsection.

‘‘(B) Transportation services under this subsection shall be subject neither to the last sentence of subsection (d)(3) nor to any

regulations under the last sentence of subsection (e)(1).

‘‘(6) In this subsection, the term ‘passenger carrier’ means a

passenger motor vehicle or similar means of transportation that

is owned, leased, or provided pursuant to contract by the United

States Government.’’.

(2) FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, ETC.—Subsection (a)

of section 1344 of title 31, United States Code, is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the transportation of an

individual between such individual’s place of employment and a

mass transit facility pursuant to subsection (g) is transportation

for an official purpose.’’.

(3) COORDINATION.—The authority to provide transportation services under section 1344(g) of title 31, United States

Code (as amended by paragraph (1)) shall be in addition to

any authority otherwise available to the agency involved.

SEC. 3050. COMMUTER RAIL.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Transit Administration shall

approve final design for the projects authorized under section

3030(c)(1)(A)(xliv) of the Federal Transit Act of 1998 and section

1214(g) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(16 U.S.C. 668dd note) in the absence of an access agreement

with the owner of the railroad right-of-way.

(b) TIMELY RESOLUTION OF ISSUES.—The Secretary shall timely

resolve any issues delaying the completion of the projects authorized

under section 1214(g) of the Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century (16 U.S.C. 668dd note) and section 3030(c)(1)(A)(xliv)

of the Federal Transit Act of 1998.

SEC. 3051. PARATRANSIT SERVICE IN ILLINOIS.

In the State of Illinois, a regional or State agency, or another

transit agency, may be responsible for providing the complementary

paratransit services that would otherwise be provided by a transit

agency under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Where

a regional or State agency, or another transit agency, undertakes

to provide such services, either by agreement or pursuant to State

legislation, the Secretary may audit the paratransit services provided, make recommendations, and take appropriate enforcement

action directed to such regional, State, or transit agency providing

the services, to ensure that the requirements of the Americans

31 USC 1344

note.

Regulations.

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with Disabilities Act of 1990 are met. Nothing in this Act shall

be construed to conflict with the requirements of the Americans

with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.

TITLE IV—MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Reauthorization Act of 2005’’.

Subtitle A—Commercial Motor Vehicle

Safety

SEC. 4101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS.—Section 31104(a) of title

49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (f), there are authorized

to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the

Mass Transit Account) to carry out section 31102— ‘‘(1) $188,480,000 for fiscal year 2005;

‘‘(2) $188,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

‘‘(3) $197,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

‘‘(4) $202,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

‘‘(5) $209,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’.

(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 31104 of such title is

amended by adding the following at the end:

‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund

(other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary of

Transportation to pay administrative expenses of the Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration— ‘‘(A) $254,849,000 for fiscal year 2005;

‘‘(B) $213,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

‘‘(C) $223,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

‘‘(D) $228,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

‘‘(E) $234,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds authorized by this subsection shall be used for personnel costs; administrative infrastructure; rent; information technology; programs for research

and technology, information management, regulatory development, the administration of the performance and registration

information system management, and outreach and education;

other operating expenses; and such other expenses as may

from time to time become necessary to implement statutory

mandates of the Administration not funded from other sources.

‘‘(j) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS; CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—

‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made available

under this section shall remain available until expended.

‘‘(2) INITIAL DATE OF AVAILABILITY.—Authorizations from

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

by this section shall be available for obligation on the date

of their apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the

fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs

first.

Motor Carrier

Safety

Reauthorization

Act of 2005.

49 USC 30101.

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‘‘(3) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Approval by the Secretary of

a grant with funds made available under this section imposes

upon the United States a contractual obligation for payment

of the Government’s share of costs incurred in carrying out

the objectives of the grant.’’.

(c) GRANT PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated

from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit

Account) the following sums for the following Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration programs:

(1) COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT

GRANTS.—For commercial driver’s license program improvement

grants under section 31313 of title 49, United States Code

$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

(2) BORDER ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.—For border enforcement grants under section 31107 of such title $32,000,000

for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

(3) PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION SYSTEM

MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.—For the performance and registration information system management grant program under

section 31109 of such title $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years

2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

(4) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT.—For carrying out the commercial vehicle

information systems and networks deployment program under

section 4126 of this Act, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009.

(5) SAFETY DATA IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.—For safety data

improvement grants under section 4128 of this Act $2,000,000

for fiscal year 2006 and $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years

2007 through 2009.

(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made available

under subsection (c) of this section shall remain available until

expended.

(e) INITIAL DATE OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be

appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

Transit Account) by subsection (c) shall be available for obligation

on the date of their apportionment or allocation or on October

1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs

first.

(f) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Approval by the Secretary of a grant

with funds made available under subsection (c) imposes upon the

United States a contractual obligation for payment of the Government’s share of costs incurred in carrying out the objectives of

the grant.

SEC. 4102. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR OUT-OF-SERVICE VIOLATIONS

AND FALSE RECORDS.

(a) RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING VIOLATIONS.—Section

521(b)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’;

and

(2) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ each place it appears and inserting

‘‘$10,000’’.

(b) VIOLATIONS OF OUT-OF-SERVICE ORDERS.—Section

31310(i)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than December 18, 1992, the’’

and inserting ‘‘The’’;

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(2) in subparagraph (A)—

(A) by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and inserting ‘‘180 days’’;

and

(B) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’;

(3) in subparagraph (B)—

(A) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’;

and

(B) by striking ‘‘$1,000; and’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000;’’;

(4) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘$10,000.’’ and inserting

‘‘$25,000; and’’; and

(5) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(D) an employer that knowingly and willfully allows or

requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle

in violation of an out-of-service order shall, upon conviction,

be subject for each offense to imprisonment for a term not

to exceed one year or a fine under title 18, or both.’’.

SEC. 4103. PENALTY FOR DENIAL OF ACCESS TO RECORDS.

Section 521(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)(A) If the Secretary’’ and inserting

the following:

‘‘(b) VIOLATIONS RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE

SAFETY REGULATION AND OPERATORS.—

‘‘(1) NOTICE.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary’’; and

(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the following:

‘‘(E) COPYING OF RECORDS AND ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT,

LANDS, AND BUILDINGS.—A person subject to chapter 51

or a motor carrier, broker, freight forwarder, or owner

or operator of a commercial motor vehicle subject to part

B of subtitle VI who fails to allow promptly, upon demand,

the Secretary (or an employee designated by the Secretary)

to inspect and copy any record or inspect and examine

equipment, lands, buildings and other property in accordance with sections 504(c), 5121(c), and 14122(b) shall be

liable to the United States for a civil penalty not to exceed

$1,000 for each offense. Each day the Secretary is denied

the right to inspect and copy any record or inspect and

examine equipment, lands, buildings and other property

shall constitute a separate offense, except that the total

of all civil penalties against any violator for all offenses

related to a single violation shall not exceed $10,000. It

shall be a defense to such penalty that the records did

not exist at the time of the Secretary’s request or could

not be timely produced without unreasonable expense or

effort. Nothing in this subparagraph amends or supersedes

any remedy available to the Secretary under section 502(d),

section 507(c), or any other provision of this title.’’.

SEC. 4104. REVOCATION OF OPERATING AUTHORITY.

Section 13905(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) PROTECTION OF SAFETY.—Notwithstanding subchapter

II of chapter 5 of title 5, the Secretary—

‘‘(A) may suspend the registration of a motor carrier,

a freight forwarder, or a broker for failure to comply with

requirements of the Secretary pursuant to section 13904(c)

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or 13906 or an order or regulation of the Secretary prescribed under those sections; and

‘‘(B) shall revoke the registration of a motor carrier

that has been prohibited from operating in interstate commerce for failure to comply with the safety fitness requirements of section 31144.’’;

(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘may suspend a registration’’ and inserting ‘‘shall revoke the registration’’; and

(3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

‘‘(3) NOTICE; PERIOD OF SUSPENSION.—The Secretary may

suspend or revoke under this subsection the registration only

after giving notice of the suspension or revocation to the registrant. A suspension remains in effect until the registrant

complies with the applicable sections or, in the case of a suspension under paragraph (2), until the Secretary revokes the

suspension.’’.

SEC. 4105. STATE LAWS RELATING TO VEHICLE TOWING.

(a) STATE LAWS RELATING TO VEHICLE TOWING.—Section

14501(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding

at the end the following:

‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing

in this section shall be construed to prevent a State from

requiring that, in the case of a motor vehicle to be towed

from private property without the consent of the owner or

operator of the vehicle, the person towing the vehicle have

prior written authorization from the property owner or lessee

(or an employee or agent thereof) or that such owner or lessee

(or an employee or agent thereof) be present at the time the

vehicle is towed from the property, or both.’’.

(b) PREDATORY TOW TRUCK OPERATIONS.— (1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study—

(A) to identify issues related to the protection of the

rights of individuals whose motor vehicles are towed;

(B) to establish the scope and geographic reach of

any issues so identified, and

(C) to identify potential remedies for those issues.

(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives a report on the results of the study.

SEC. 4106. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS.

(a) STATE PLAN CONTENTS.—Section 31102(b)(1) of title 49,

United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:

‘‘(A) implements performance-based activities, including

deployment of technology to enhance the efficiency and

effectiveness of commercial motor vehicle safety programs;’’;

(2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:

‘‘(E) provides that the total expenditure of amounts of

the State and its political subdivisions (not including amounts

of the Government) for commercial motor vehicle safety programs for enforcement of commercial motor vehicle size and

weight limitations, drug interdiction, and State traffic safety

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laws and regulations under subsection (c) of this section will

be maintained at a level at least equal to the average level

of that expenditure for the 3 full fiscal years beginning after

October 1 of the year 5 years prior to the beginning of each

Government fiscal year.’’;

(3) by striking subparagraph (Q) and inserting the following:

‘‘(Q) provides that the State has established a program

to ensure that—

‘‘(i) accurate, complete, and timely motor carrier

safety data is collected and reported to the Secretary;

and

‘‘(ii) the State will participate in a national motor

carrier safety data correction system prescribed by the

Secretary;’’;

(4) by aligning subparagraph (R) with subparagraph (S);

(5) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (S);

(6) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (T)

and inserting a semicolon; and

(7) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(U) provides that the State will include in the training

manual for the licensing examination to drive a noncommercial

motor vehicle and a commercial motor vehicle, information

on best practices for driving safely in the vicinity of noncommercial and commercial motor vehicles;

‘‘(V) provides that the State will enforce the registration

requirements of section 13902 by prohibiting the operation

of any vehicle discovered to be operated by a motor carrier

without a registration issued under such section or to operate

beyond the scope of such registration;

‘‘(W) provides that the State will conduct comprehensive

and highly visible traffic enforcement and commercial motor

vehicle safety inspection programs in high-risk locations and

corridors; and

‘‘(X) except in the case of an imminent or obvious safety

hazard, ensures that an inspection of a vehicle transporting

passengers for a motor carrier of passengers is conducted at

a station, terminal, border crossing, maintenance facility, destination, or other location where a motor carrier may make

a planned stop.’’.

(b) USE OF GRANTS TO ENFORCE OTHER LAWS.—Section 31102

of such title is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

‘‘(c) USE OF GRANTS TO ENFORCE OTHER LAWS.—A State may

use amounts received under a grant under subsection (a)—

‘‘(1) for the following activities if the activities are carried

out in conjunction with an appropriate inspection of the

commercial motor vehicle to enforce Government or State

commercial motor vehicle safety regulations:

‘‘(A) enforcement of commercial motor vehicle size and

weight limitations at locations other than fixed weight

facilities, at specific locations such as steep grades or mountainous terrains where the weight of a commercial motor

vehicle can significantly affect the safe operation of the

vehicle, or at ports where intermodal shipping containers

enter and leave the United States; and

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‘‘(B) detection of the unlawful presence of a controlled

substance (as defined under section 102 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21

U.S.C. 802)) in a commercial motor vehicle or on the person

of any occupant (including the operator) of the vehicle;

and

‘‘(2) for documented enforcement of State traffic laws and

regulations designed to promote the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles, including documented enforcement of such

laws and regulations relating to noncommercial motor vehicles

when necessary to promote the safe operation of commercial

motor vehicles if the number of motor carrier safety activities

(including roadside safety inspections) conducted in the State

is maintained at a level at least equal to the average level

of such activities conducted in the State in fiscal years 2003,

2004, and 2005; except that the State may not use more than

5 percent of the basic amount the State receives under the

grant under subsection (a) for enforcement activities relating

to noncommercial motor vehicles described in this paragraph

unless the Secretary determines a higher percentage will result

in significant increases in commercial motor vehicle safety.’’;

and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science and

Transportation of the Senate an annual report that—

‘‘(1) analyzes commercial motor vehicle safety trends among

the States and documents the most effective commercial motor

vehicle safety programs implemented with grants under this

section; and

‘‘(2) describes the effect of activities carried out with grants

made under this section on commercial motor vehicle safety.’’.

SEC. 4107. HIGH PRIORITY ACTIVITIES AND NEW ENTRANTS AUDITS.

(a) HIGH PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—Section 31104 of title 49,

United States Code (as amended by section 4101 of this Act),

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(k) HIGH-PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—

‘‘(1) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish safety

performance criteria to be used to distribute high priority program funds under this subsection.

‘‘(2) SET ASIDE.—The Secretary may set aside from amounts

made available by subsection (a) up to $15,000,000 for each

of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for States, local governments,

and organizations representing government agencies or officials

described in paragraph (3) for carrying out high priority activities and projects that improve commercial motor vehicle safety

and compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations (including activities and projects that are national in

scope), increase public awareness and education, demonstrate

new technologies, and reduce the number and rate of accidents

involving commercial motor vehicles.

‘‘(3) DESCRIPTION OF RECIPIENTS.—Amounts set aside under

this subsection shall be allocated by the Secretary only to

State agencies, local governments, and organizations representing government agencies or officials that use and train

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qualified officers and employees in coordination with State

motor vehicle safety agencies.

‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—At least 90 percent of the amounts set

aside for a fiscal year under this subsection shall be awarded

in grants to State agencies and local government agencies.’’.

(b) NEW ENTRANT AUDITS.—Section 31104 of such title is

amended—

(1) by redesignating the second subsection as subsection

(f); and

(2) by adding at the end of such subsection the following:

‘‘(5) NEW ENTRANT AUDITS.— ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants to

States and local governments for new entrant motor carrier

audits under this subsection without requiring a matching

contribution from such States and local governments.

‘‘(B) SET ASIDE.—The Secretary shall set aside from

amounts made available by section 31104(a) up to

$29,000,000 per fiscal year for audits of new entrant motor

carriers conducted pursuant to this paragraph.

‘‘(C) DETERMINATION.—If the Secretary determines that

a State or local government is not able to use government

employees to conduct new entrant motor carrier audits,

the Secretary may use the funds set aside under this

paragraph to conduct audits for such States or local governments.’’.

SEC. 4108. DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31106(a)(3) of title 49, United States

Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (D);

(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E)

and inserting a semicolon; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(F) ensure, to the maximum extent practical, all the

data is complete, timely, and accurate across all information systems and initiatives; and

‘‘(G) establish and implement a national motor carrier

safety data correction system.’’.

(b) REPORT ON STATUS OF SAFETY FITNESS RATING SYSTEM

REVISION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of

this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce,

Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives

a report on the status of revision of the safety fitness rating system

of motor carriers.

SEC. 4109. PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION SYSTEM

MANAGEMENT.

(a) DESIGN AND CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION.—Section

31106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking

paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) DESIGN.—The program shall link Federal motor carrier

safety information systems with State commercial vehicle registration and licensing systems and shall be designed to enable

a State to—

‘‘(A) determine the safety fitness of a motor carrier

or registrant when licensing or registering the registrant

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or motor carrier or while the license or registration is

in effect; and

‘‘(B) deny, suspend, or revoke the commercial motor

vehicle registrations of a motor carrier or registrant that

has been issued an operations out-of-service order by the

Secretary.

‘‘(3) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary shall

require States, as a condition of participation in the program,

to—

‘‘(A) comply with the uniform policies, procedures, and

technical and operational standards prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (a)(4);

‘‘(B) possess or seek the authority to possess for a

time period no longer than determined reasonable by the

Secretary, to impose sanctions relating to commercial motor

vehicle registration on the basis of a Federal safety fitness

determination; and

‘‘(C) establish and implement a process to cancel the

motor vehicle registration and seize the registration plates

of a vehicle when an employer is found liable under section

31310(i)(2)(C) for knowingly allowing or requiring an

employee to operate such a commercial motor vehicle in

violation of an out-of-service order.

‘‘(4) GRANTS.—From the funds authorized by section

31104(i), the Secretary may make a grant in a fiscal year

to a State to implement the performance and registration

information system management requirements of this subsection.’’.

(b) PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION SYSTEM

MANAGEMENT GRANTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49,

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

the following:

‘‘§ 31109. Performance and registration information system

management

‘‘The Secretary of Transportation may make a grant to a State

to implement the performance and registration information system

management requirements of section 31106(b).’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘31109. Performance and registration information system management.’’.

SEC. 4110. BORDER ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code,

is amended—

(1) by striking the heading for subchapter I and inserting

the following:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL AUTHORITY AND STATE

GRANTS’’;

and

(2) by striking section 31107 and inserting the following:

49 USC 31100.

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‘‘§ 31107. Border enforcement grants

‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Transportation

may make a grant in a fiscal year to an entity or State that

shares a land border with another country for carrying out border

commercial motor vehicle safety programs and related enforcement

activities and projects.

‘‘(b) MAINTENANCE OF EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary may

make a grant to a State under this section only if the State agrees

that the total expenditure of amounts of the State and political

subdivisions of the State, exclusive of amounts from the United

States, for carrying out border commercial motor vehicle safety

programs and related enforcement activities and projects will be

maintained at a level at least equal to the average level of that

expenditure by the State and political subdivisions of the State

for the last 2 fiscal years of the State or the Federal Government

ending before October 1, 2005, whichever the State designates.

‘‘(c) GOVERNMENTS SHARE OF COSTS.—The Secretary shall

reimburse a State under a grant made under this section an amount

that is not more than 100 percent of the costs incurred by the

State in a fiscal year for carrying out border commercial motor

vehicle safety programs and related enforcement activities and

projects.

‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY AND REALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—Allocations to a State remain available for expenditure in the State

for the fiscal year in which they are allocated and for the next

fiscal year. Amounts not expended by a State during those 2 fiscal

years are available to the Secretary for reallocation under this

section.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—

(1) ITEM RELATING TO SUBCHAPTER I.—The analysis for

such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter I and inserting the following:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL AUTHORITY AND STATE GRANTS’’.

(2) ITEM RELATING TO SECTION 31107.—The analysis for

such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to section

31107 and inserting the following:

‘‘31107. Border enforcement grants.’’.

SEC. 4111. MOTOR CARRIER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31108 of title 49, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 31108. Motor carrier research and technology program

‘‘(a) RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

ACTIVITIES.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transportation

shall establish and carry out a motor carrier and motor coach

research and technology program.

‘‘(2) MULTIYEAR PLAN.—The program must include a multiyear research plan that focuses on nonredundant innovative

research and shall be coordinated with other research programs

or projects ongoing or planned within the Department of

Transportation, as appropriate.

‘‘(3) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may carry out under the program

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research, development, technology, and technology transfer

activities with respect to—

‘‘(A) the causes of accidents, injuries, and fatalities

involving commercial motor vehicles;

‘‘(B) means of reducing the number and severity of

accidents, injuries, and fatalities involving commercial

motor vehicles;

‘‘(C) improving the safety and efficiency of commercial

motor vehicles through technological innovation and

improvement;

‘‘(D) improving technology used by enforcement officers

when conducting roadside inspections and compliance

reviews to increase efficiency and information transfers;

and

‘‘(E) increasing the safety and security of hazardous

materials transportation.

‘‘(4) TESTS AND DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary may test,

develop, or assist in testing and developing any material, invention, patented article, or process related to the research and

technology program.

‘‘(5) TRAINING.—The Secretary may use the funds made

available to carry out this section for training or education

of commercial motor vehicle safety personnel, including training

in accident reconstruction and detection of controlled substances

or other contraband and stolen cargo or vehicles.

‘‘(6) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary may carry out this

section—

‘‘(A) independently;

‘‘(B) in cooperation with other Federal departments,

agencies, and instrumentalities and Federal laboratories;

or

‘‘(C) by making grants to, or entering into contracts

and cooperative agreements with, any Federal laboratory,

State agency, authority, association, institution, for-profit

or nonprofit corporation, organization, foreign country, or

person.

‘‘(7) DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF USE OF PRODUCTS.—

The Secretary shall use funds made available to carry out

this section to develop, administer, communicate, and promote

the use of products of research, technology, and technology

transfer programs under this section.

‘‘(b) COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To advance innovative solutions to problems involving commercial motor vehicle and motor carrier

safety, security, and efficiency, and to stimulate the deployment

of emerging technology, the Secretary may carry out, on a

cost-shared basis, collaborative research and development

with—

‘‘(A) non-Federal entities, including State and local

governments, foreign governments, colleges and universities, corporations, institutions, partnerships, and sole

proprietorships that are incorporated or established under

the laws of any State; and

‘‘(B) Federal laboratories.

‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may enter into cooperative research and

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development agreements (as defined in section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C.

3710a)).

‘‘(3) COST SHARING.— ‘‘(A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

of activities carried out under a cooperative research and

development agreement entered into under this subsection

shall not exceed 50 percent; except that, if there is substantial public interest or benefit associated with any such

activity, the Secretary may approve a greater Federal

share.

‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF DIRECTLY INCURRED NON-FEDERAL

COSTS.—All costs directly incurred by the non-Federal partners, including personnel, travel, and hardware or software

development costs, shall be credited toward the non-Federal

share of the cost of the activities described in subparagraph

(A).

‘‘(4) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—The research, development, or

use of a technology under a cooperative research and development agreement entered into under this subsection, including

the terms under which the technology may be licensed and

the resulting royalties may be distributed, shall be subject

to the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980

(15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 311 of

such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 31108

and inserting the following:

‘‘31108. Motor carrier research and technology program.’’.

SEC. 4112. NEBRASKA CUSTOM HARVESTERS LENGTH EXEMPTION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31112(c) of title 49, United States

Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(5) Nebraska may allow the operation of a truck tractor

and 2 trailers or semitrailers not in actual lawful operation

on a regular or periodic basis on June 1, 1991, if the length

of the property-carrying units does not exceed 81 feet 6 inches

and such combination is used only to transport equipment

utilized by custom harvesters under contract to agricultural

producers to harvest one or more of wheat, soybeans, and

milo during the harvest months for such crops, as defined

by the State of Nebraska.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section 31112(c) is

amended by striking the subsection designation and heading and

inserting the following:

‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR WYOMING, OHIO, ALASKA, IOWA, AND

NEBRASKA.—’’.

SEC. 4113. PATTERN OF SAFETY VIOLATIONS BY MOTOR CARRIER

MANAGEMENT.

(a) DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.—Section 31135 of

title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘Each’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) PATTERN OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Secretary finds that

an officer of a motor carrier engages or has engaged in a pattern

or practice of avoiding compliance, or masking or otherwise concealing noncompliance, with regulations on commercial motor

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vehicle safety prescribed under this subchapter, while serving as

an officer of any motor carrier, the Secretary may suspend, amend,

or revoke any part of the motor carrier’s registration under section

13905.

‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of

enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall by regulation

establish standards to implement subsection (b).

‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) MOTOR CARRIER.—The term ‘motor carrier’ has the

meaning such term has under section 13102.

‘‘(2) OFFICER.—The term ‘officer’ means an owner, director,

chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial

officer, safety director, vehicle maintenance supervisor, and

driver supervisor of a motor carrier, regardless of the title

attached to those functions, and any person, however designated, exercising controlling influence over the operations

of a motor carrier.’’.

(b) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 13902(a)(1)(B) of such title is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(B)(i) any safety regulations imposed by the Secretary;

‘‘(ii) the duties of employers and employees established

by the Secretary under section 31135; and

‘‘(iii) the safety fitness requirements established by

the Secretary under section 31144; and’’.

SEC. 4114. INTRASTATE OPERATIONS OF INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIERS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31144(a) of title 49, United States

Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(1) determine whether an owner or operator is fit to

operate safely commercial motor vehicles, utilizing among other

things the accident record of an owner or operator operating

in interstate commerce and the accident record and safety

inspection record of such owner or operator—

‘‘(A) in operations that affect interstate commerce

within the United States; and

‘‘(B) in operations in Canada and Mexico if the owner

or operator also conducts operations within the United

States;

‘‘(2) periodically update such safety fitness determinations;

‘‘(3) make such final safety fitness determinations readily

available to the public; and

‘‘(4) prescribe by regulation penalties for violations of this

section consistent with section 521.’’.

(b) PROHIBITED TRANSPORTATION.—The first subsection (c) of

section 31144 of such title is amended by adding at the end the

following:

‘‘(5) TRANSPORTATION AFFECTING INTERSTATE COMMERCE.—

Owners or operators of commercial motor vehicles prohibited

from operating in interstate commerce pursuant to paragraphs

(1) through (3) of this section may not operate any commercial

motor vehicle that affects interstate commerce until the Secretary determines that such owner or operator is fit.’’.

(c) DETERMINATION OF UNFITNESS BY STATE.—Section 31144

of such title is amended—

Regulations.

Public

information.

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(1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and the second

subsection (c) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:

‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF UNFITNESS BY STATE.—If a State that

receives motor carrier safety assistance program funds under section

31102 determines, by applying the standards prescribed by the

Secretary under subsection (b), that an owner or operator of a

commercial motor vehicle that has its principal place of business

in that State and operates in intrastate commerce is unfit under

such standards and prohibits the owner or operator from operating

such vehicle in the State, the Secretary shall prohibit the owner

or operator from operating such vehicle in interstate commerce

until the State determines that the owner or operator is fit.’’.

SEC. 4115. TRANSFER PROVISION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1748–1773) is amended by inserting

after section 228—

(1) the following:

‘‘SEC. 229. CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS.’’;

and

(2) the text of section 345 of the National Highway System

Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note).

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for such Act

is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 228

the following:

‘‘Sec. 229. Certain exemptions.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 229 of such Act (as

added by this section) is amended by striking subsection (f).

(d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 345 of the National Highway

System Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat.

613) is repealed.

SEC. 4116. MEDICAL PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 311 of title 49,

United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 31149. Medical program

‘‘(a) MEDICAL REVIEW BOARD.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTION.—The Secretary of

Transportation shall establish a Medical Review Board to provide the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with

medical advice and recommendations on medical standards and

guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of

commercial motor vehicles, medical examiner education, and

medical research.

‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Medical Review Board shall be

appointed by the Secretary and shall consist of 5 members

selected from medical institutions and private practice. The

membership shall reflect expertise in a variety of medical

specialties relevant to the driver fitness requirements of the

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

‘‘(b) CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER.—The Secretary shall appoint

a chief medical examiner who shall be an employee of the Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration and who shall hold a position

49 USC 31131.

49 USC 31136

note.

49 USC 31136

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under section 3104 of title 5, United States Code, relating to employment of specially qualified scientific and professional personnel,

and shall be paid under section 5376 of title 5, United States

Code, relating to pay for certain senior-level positions.

‘‘(c) MEDICAL STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, with the advice of the

Medical Review Board and the chief medical examiner, shall—

‘‘(A) establish, review, and revise—

‘‘(i) medical standards for operators of commercial

motor vehicles that will ensure that the physical condition of operators of commercial motor vehicles is adequate to enable them to operate the vehicles safely;

and

‘‘(ii) requirements for periodic physical examinations of such operators performed by medical examiners

who have, at a minimum, self-certified that they have

completed training in physical and medical examination standards and are listed on a national registry

maintained by the Department of Transportation;

‘‘(B) require each such operator to have a current valid

medical certificate;

‘‘(C) conduct periodic reviews of a select number of

medical examiners on the national registry to ensure that

proper examinations of such operators are being conducted;

‘‘(D) develop, as appropriate, specific courses and materials for medical examiners listed in the national registry

established under this section, and require those medical

examiners to, at a minimum, self-certify that they have

completed specific training, including refresher courses, to

be listed in the registry;

‘‘(E) require medical examiners to transmit the name

of the applicant and numerical identifier, as determined

by the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration, for any completed medical examination

report required under section 391.43 of title 49, Code of

Federal Regulations, electronically to the chief medical

examiner on monthly basis; and

‘‘(F) periodically review a representative sample of the

medical examination reports associated with the name and

numerical identifiers of applicants transmitted under

subparagraph (E) for errors, omissions, or other indications

of improper certification.

‘‘(2) MONITORING PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary shall

investigate patterns of errors or improper certification by a

medical examiner. If the Secretary finds that a medical examiner has issued a medical certificate to an operator of a commercial motor vehicle who fails to meet the applicable standards

at the time of the examination or that a medical examiner

has falsely claimed to have completed training in physical

and medical examination standards as required by this section,

the Secretary may remove such medical examiner from the

registry and may void the medical certificate of the applicant

or holder.

‘‘(d) NATIONAL REGISTRY OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.—The Secretary, acting through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration—

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‘‘(1) shall establish and maintain a current national registry

of medical examiners who are qualified to perform examinations

and issue medical certificates;

‘‘(2) shall remove from the registry the name of any medical

examiner that fails to meet or maintain the qualifications established by the Secretary for being listed in the registry or otherwise does not meet the requirements of this section or regulation issued under this section;

‘‘(3) shall accept as valid only medical certificates issued

by persons on the national registry of medical examiners; and

‘‘(4) may make participation of medical examiners in the

national registry voluntary if such a change will enhance the

safety of operators of commercial motor vehicles.

‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue such regulations

as may be necessary to carry out this section.’’.

(b) MEDICAL EXAMINERS.—Section 31136(a)(3) of such title is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(3) the physical condition of operators of commercial motor

vehicles is adequate to enable them to operate the vehicles

safely and the periodic physical examinations required of such

operators are performed by medical examiners who have

received training in physical and medical examination standards and, after the national registry maintained by the Department of Transportation under section 31149(d) is established,

are listed on such registry; and’’.

(c) DEFINITION OF MEDICAL EXAMINER.—Section 31132 of such

title is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

‘‘(6) ‘medical examiner’ means an individual licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with regulations issued by

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as a medical

examiner.’’.

(d) FUNDING.—Amounts made available pursuant to section

31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, shall be used by the

Secretary to carry out section 31149 of title 49, United States

Code.

(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such subchapter

is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 31148

the following:

‘‘31149. Medical program.’’.

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)

shall take effect on the 365th day following the date of enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 4117. SAFETY PERFORMANCE HISTORY SCREENING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 311 of title 49,

United States Code (as amended by section 4116 of this Act),

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 31150. Safety performance history screening

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation shall provide persons conducting preemployment screening services for the

motor carrier industry electronic access to the following reports

contained in the Motor Carrier Management Information System:

‘‘(1) Commercial motor vehicle accident reports.

49 USC 31149

note.

49 USC 31104

note.

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‘‘(2) Inspection reports that contain no driver-related safety

violations.

‘‘(3) Serious driver-related safety violation inspection

reports.

‘‘(b) CONDITIONS ON PROVIDING ACCESS.—Before providing a

person access to the Motor Carrier Management Information System

under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—

‘‘(1) ensure that any information that is released to such

person will be in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting

Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and all other applicable Federal

law;

‘‘(2) ensure that such person will not conduct a screening

without the operator-applicant’s written consent;

‘‘(3) ensure that any information that is released to such

person will not be released to any person or entity, other

than the motor carrier requesting the screening services or

the operator-applicant, unless expressly authorized or required

by law; and

‘‘(4) provide a procedure for the operator-applicant to correct inaccurate information in the System in a timely manner.

‘‘(c) DESIGN.—The process for providing access to the Motor

Carrier Management Information System under subsection (a) shall

be designed to assist the motor carrier industry in assessing an

individual operator’s crash and serious safety violation inspection

history as a preemployment condition. Use of the process shall

not be mandatory and may only be used during the preemployment

assessment of an operator-applicant.

‘‘(d) SERIOUS DRIVER-RELATED SAFETY VIOLATION DEFINED.—

In this section, the term ‘serious driver-related violation’ means

a violation by an operator of a commercial motor vehicle that

the Secretary determines will result in the operator being prohibited

from continuing to operate a commercial motor vehicle until the

violation is corrected.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such subchapter

(as amended by section 4116 of this Act) is amended by adding

at the end the following:

‘‘31150. Safety performance history screening.’’.

SEC. 4118. ROADABILITY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 311 of title 49,

United States Code (as amended by sections 4116 and 4117 of

this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 31151. Roadability

‘‘(a) INSPECTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF INTERMODAL

EQUIPMENT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date

of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation,

after providing notice and opportunity for comment, shall issue

regulations establishing a program to ensure that intermodal

equipment used to transport intermodal containers is safe and

systematically maintained.

‘‘(2) INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT SAFETY REGULATIONS.—The

Secretary shall issue the regulations under this section as

a subpart of the Federal motor carrier safety regulations.

‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The regulations issued under this section

shall include, at a minimum—

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‘‘(A) a requirement to identify intermodal equipment

providers responsible for the inspection and maintenance

of intermodal equipment that is interchanged or intended

for interchange to motor carriers in intermodal transportation;

‘‘(B) a requirement to match intermodal equipment

readily to an intermodal equipment provider through a

unique identifying number;

‘‘(C) a requirement that an intermodal equipment provider identified under subparagraph (A) systematically

inspect, repair, and maintain, or cause to be systematically

inspected, repaired, and maintained, intermodal equipment

described in subparagraph (A) that is intended for interchange with a motor carrier;

‘‘(D) a requirement to ensure that each intermodal

equipment provider identified under subparagraph (A)

maintains a system of maintenance and repair records

for such equipment;

‘‘(E) requirements that—

‘‘(i) a specific list of intermodal equipment components or items be identified for the visual or audible

inspection of which a driver is responsible before operating the equipment over the road; and

‘‘(ii) the inspection under clause (i) be conducted

as part of the Federal requirement in effect on the

date of enactment of this Act that a driver be satisfied

that the intermodal equipment components are in good

working order before the equipment is operated over

the road;

‘‘(F) a requirement that a facility at which an intermodal equipment provider regularly makes intermodal

equipment available for interchange have an operational

process and space readily available for a motor carrier

to have an equipment defect identified pursuant to subparagraph (E) repaired or the equipment replaced prior to

departure;

‘‘(G) a program for the evaluation and audit of compliance by intermodal equipment providers with applicable

Federal motor carrier safety regulations;

‘‘(H) a civil penalty structure consistent with section

521(b) of title 49, United States Code, for intermodal equipment providers that fail to attain satisfactory compliance

with applicable Federal motor carrier safety regulations;

and

‘‘(I) a prohibition on intermodal equipment providers

from placing intermodal equipment in service on the public

highways to the extent such providers or their equipment

are found to pose an imminent hazard;

‘‘(J) a process by which motor carriers and agents

of motor carriers shall be able to request the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration to undertake an investigation of an intermodal equipment provider identified under

subparagraph (A) that is alleged to be not in compliance

with the regulations under this section;

‘‘(K) a process by which equipment providers and

agents of equipment providers shall be able to request

the Administration to undertake an investigation of a motor

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carrier that is alleged to be not in compliance with the

regulations issued under this section;

‘‘(L) a process by which a driver or motor carrier transporting intermodal equipment is required to report to the

intermodal equipment provider or the provider’s designated

agent any actual damage or defect in the intermodal equipment of which the driver or motor carrier is aware at

the time the intermodal equipment is returned to the intermodal equipment provider or the provider’s designated

agent;

‘‘(M) a requirement that any actual damage or defect

identified in the process established under subparagraph

(L) be repaired before the equipment is made available

for interchange to a motor carrier and that repairs of

equipment made pursuant to the requirements of this

subparagraph and reports made pursuant to the subparagraph (L) process be documented in the maintenance

records for such equipment; and

‘‘(N) a procedure under which motor carriers, drivers

and intermodal equipment providers may seek correction

of their motor carrier safety records through the deletion

from those records of violations of safety regulations attributable to deficiencies in the intermodal chassis or trailer

for which they should not have been held responsible.

‘‘(4) DEADLINE FOR RULEMAKING PROCEEDING.—Not later

than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section,

the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding for

issuance of the regulations under this section.

‘‘(b) INSPECTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF INTERMODAL

EQUIPMENT.—The Secretary or an employee of the Department

of Transportation designated by the Secretary may inspect intermodal equipment, and copy related maintenance and repair records

for such equipment, on demand and display of proper credentials.

‘‘(c) OUT-OF-SERVICE UNTIL REPAIR.—Any intermodal equipment that is determined under this section to fail to comply with

applicable Federal safety regulations may be placed out of service

by the Secretary or a Federal, State, or government official designated by the Secretary and may not be used on a public highway

until the repairs necessary to bring such equipment into compliance

have been completed. Repairs of equipment taken out of service

shall be documented in the maintenance records for such equipment.

‘‘(d) PREEMPTION GENERALLY.—Except as provided in subsection

(e), a law, regulation, order, or other requirement of a State, a

political subdivision of a State, or a tribal organization relating

to commercial motor vehicle safety is preempted if such law, regulation, order, or other requirement exceeds or is inconsistent with

a requirement imposed under or pursuant to this section.

‘‘(e) PRE-EXISTING STATE REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

a State requirement for the periodic inspection of intermodal

chassis by intermodal equipment providers that was in effect

on January 1, 2005, shall remain in effect only until the date

on which requirements prescribed under this section take effect.

‘‘(2) NONPREEMPTION DETERMINATIONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (d), a

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section if the Secretary determines that the State requirement is as effective as the Federal requirement and does

not unduly burden interstate commerce.

‘‘(B) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—Subparagraph (A)

applies to a State requirement only if the State applies

to the Secretary for a determination under this paragraph

with respect to the requirement before the date on which

the regulations issued under this section take effect. The

Secretary shall make a determination with respect to any

such application within 6 months after the date on which

the Secretary receives the application.

‘‘(C) AMENDED STATE REQUIREMENTS.—Any amendment

to a State requirement not preempted under this subsection

because of a determination by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) may not take effect unless—

‘‘(i) it is submitted to the Secretary before the

effective date of the amendment; and

‘‘(ii) the Secretary determines that the amendment

would not cause the State requirement to be less effective than the Federal requirement and would not

unduly burden interstate commerce.

‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘intermodal equipment’ means trailing equipment that is used in the intermodal

transportation of containers over public highways in interstate

commerce, including trailers and chassis.

‘‘(2) INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT INTERCHANGE AGREEMENT.—

The term ‘intermodal equipment interchange agreement’ means

the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access

Agreement or any other written document executed by an intermodal equipment provider or its agent and a motor carrier

or its agent, the primary purpose of which is to establish

the responsibilities and liabilities of both parties with respect

to the interchange of the intermodal equipment.

‘‘(3) INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT PROVIDER.—The term ‘intermodal equipment provider’ means any person that interchanges

intermodal equipment with a motor carrier pursuant to a written interchange agreement or has a contractual responsibility

for the maintenance of the intermodal equipment.

‘‘(4) INTERCHANGE.—The term ‘interchange’—

‘‘(A) means the act of providing intermodal equipment

to a motor carrier pursuant to an intermodal equipment

interchange agreement for the purpose of transporting the

equipment for loading or unloading by any person or repositioning the equipment for the benefit of the equipment

provider; but

‘‘(B) does not include the leasing of equipment to a

motor carrier for primary use in the motor carrier’s freight

hauling operations.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such subchapter

(as amended by sections 4116 and 4117 of this Act) is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘31151. Roadability.’’.

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SEC. 4119. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS

‘‘§ 31161. International cooperation

‘‘The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to use funds

made available by section 31104(i) to participate and cooperate

in international activities to enhance motor carrier, commercial

motor vehicle, driver, and highway safety by such means as

exchanging information, conducting research, and examining needs,

best practices, and new technology.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS

‘‘31161. International cooperation.’’.

SEC. 4120. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRIVATE MOTOR CARRIERS.

(a) TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS.—

(1) GENERAL REQUIREMENT.—Section 31138(a) of title 49,

United States Code, is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘for compensation’’; and

(B) by inserting ‘‘commercial’’ before ‘‘motor vehicle’’.

(2) OTHER PERSONS.—Section 31138(c) of such title is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(4) OTHER PERSONS.—The Secretary may require a person,

other than a motor carrier (as defined in section 13102), transporting passengers by commercial motor vehicle to file with

the Secretary the evidence of financial responsibility specified

in subsection (c)(1) in an amount not less than the greater

of the amount required by subsection (b)(1) or the amount

required for such person to transport passengers under the

laws of the State or States in which the person is operating;

except that the amount of the financial responsibility must

be sufficient to pay not more than the amount of the financial

responsibility for each final judgment against the person for

bodily injury to, or death of, an individual resulting from the

negligent operation, maintenance, or use of the commercial

motor vehicle, or for loss or damage to property, or both.’’.

(b) TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY.—Section 31139 of such title

is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)(1)—

(A) by striking ‘‘for compensation’’; and

(B) by inserting ‘‘commercial’’ before ‘‘motor vehicle’’;

(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and

(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

‘‘(c) FILING OF EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—The

Secretary may require a motor private carrier (as defined in section

13102) to file with the Secretary the evidence of financial responsibility specified in subsection (b) in an amount not less than the

greater of the minimum amount required by this section or the

amount required for such motor private carrier to transport property

under the laws of the State or States in which the motor private

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carrier is operating; except that the amount of the financial responsibility must be sufficient to pay not more than the amount of

the financial responsibility for each final judgment against the

motor private carrier for bodily injury to, or death of, an individual

resulting from negligent operation, maintenance, or use of the

commercial motor vehicle, or for loss or damage to property, or

both.’’.

SEC. 4121. DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN CIVIL PENALTIES INTO HIGHWAY

TRUST FUND.

Sections 31138(d)(5) and 31139(f)(5) of title 49, United States

Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘Treasury as miscellaneous

receipts’’ and inserting ‘‘Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

Transit Account)’’.

SEC. 4122. CDL LEARNER’S PERMIT PROGRAM.

Chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in section 31302 by inserting ‘‘and may have only one

learner’s permit at any time’’ after ‘‘time’’;

(2) in section 31308—

(A) by inserting after ‘‘license’’ the first place it appears

‘‘and learner’s permits’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘licenses.’’ and inserting ‘‘licenses and

permits.’’;

(C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and

(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

‘‘(2) before a commercial driver’s license learner’s permit

may be issued to an individual, the individual must pass a

written test, that complies with the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary under section 31305(a), on the operation of the commercial motor vehicle that the individual will

be operating under the permit;’’; and

(E) in paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 31308 (as

so redesignated) and in section 31309 (b) by inserting after

‘‘license’’ each place it appears ‘‘or learner’s permit’’.

SEC. 4123. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM

MODERNIZATION.

(a) MODERNIZATION PLAN.—Section 31309 of title 49, United

States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(e) MODERNIZATION PLAN.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date

of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop

and publish a comprehensive national plan to modernize the

information system under this section that—

‘‘(A) complies with applicable Federal information technology security standards;

‘‘(B) provides for the electronic exchange of all information including the posting of convictions;

‘‘(C) contains self auditing features to ensure that data

is being posted correctly and consistently by the States;

‘‘(D) integrates the commercial driver’s license and the

medical certificate; and

‘‘(E) provides a schedule for modernization of the

system.

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The plan shall be developed in consultation with representatives of the motor carrier industry,

Deadline.

Publication.

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State safety enforcement agencies, and State licensing agencies

designated by the Secretary.

‘‘(3) STATE FUNDING OF FUTURE EFFORTS.—The plan shall

specify that States will fund future efforts to modernize the

commercial driver’s information system.

‘‘(4) DEADLINE FOR STATE PARTICIPATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish in the

plan a date by which all States must be operating commercial driver’s license information systems that are compatible with the modernized information system under this

section.

‘‘(B) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—In establishing the date

under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider the

following:

‘‘(i) Availability and cost of technology and equipment needed to comply with subparagraph (A).

‘‘(ii) Time necessary to install, and test the operation of, such technology and equipment.

‘‘(5) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall implement the

plan developed under subsection (a) and modernize the information system under this section to meet the requirements of

the plan.

‘‘(f) FUNDING.—At the Secretary’s discretion, a State may use

the funds made available to the State under section 31318 to

modernize its commercial driver’s license information system to

be compatible with the modernized information system under this

section.’’.

(b) STATE PARTICIPATIONS.—Section 31311(a) of such title is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (15) by striking ‘‘(g)(1)(A), and (g)(2)’’

and inserting ‘‘(i)(1)(A) and (i)(2)’’;

(2) in paragraph (17) by striking ‘‘section 31310(h)’’ and

inserting ‘‘as 31310(j)’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(21) By the date established by the Secretary under section

31309(e)(4), the State shall be operating a commercial driver’s

license information system that is compatible with the modernized commercial driver’s license information system under section 31309.’’.

(c) GRANTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make a grant to a

State or organization representing agencies and officials of

a State in a fiscal year to modernize the commercial driver’s

license information system of the State to be compatible with

the modernized commercial driver’s license information system

under section 31309 of title 49, United States Code, if the

State is in substantial compliance with the requirements of

section 31311 of such title and this section, as determined

by the Secretary.

(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish criteria for

the distribution of grants and notify each State annually of

such criteria.

(3) USE OF GRANT.—A State may use a grant under this

subsection only to implement improvements that are consistent

with the modernization plan developed by the Secretary.

(4) GOVERNMENT SHARE.—A grant under this subsection

to a State or organization may not be for more than 80 percent

49 USC 31309

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of the costs incurred by the State or organization in a fiscal

year in modernizing the commercial driver’s license information

system of the State to be compatible with the modernized

commercial driver’s license information system under section

31309 of title 49, United States Code. In determining these

costs, the Secretary shall include in-kind contributions of the

State.

(d) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appropriated from

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

to carry out this section—

(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY AND AVAILABILITY.—

(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made available

under subsection (d) shall remain available until expended.

(2) INITIAL DATE OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized

to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than

the Mass Transit Account) by subsection (d) shall be available

for obligation on the date of their apportionment or allocation

or on October 1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized,

whichever occurs first.

(3) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Approval by the Secretary of

a grant with funds made available under subsection (d) imposes

upon the United States a contractual obligation for payment

of the Government’s share of costs incurred in carrying out

the objectives of the grant.

(f) BASELINE AUDIT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the

Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, shall perform a baseline audit of the information system maintained under

section 31309 of title 49, United States Code. The audit shall

include—

(1) an assessment of the validity of data in the information

system on a State-by-State basis;

(2) an assessment of the extent to which convictions are

validly posted on a driver’s record;

(3) recommendations to the Secretary on how to update

the baseline audit annually to ensure that any shortcomings

in the information system are addressed, and a methodology

for conducting the update;

(4) identification, on a State-by-State basis, of any actions

that the Inspector General finds necessary to improve the integrity of data collected by the system and to ensure the proper

posting of convictions; and

(5) an analysis of amounts and use of the revenues derived

from fees charged for use of the commercial driver’s license

information system.

SEC. 4124. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) STATE GRANTS.—Chapter 313 of title 49, United States

Code, is amended by inserting after section 31312 the following:

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‘‘§ 31313. Grants for commercial driver’s license program

improvements

‘‘(a) GRANTS FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE PROGRAM

IMPROVEMENTS.— ‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Transportation

may make a grant to a State in a fiscal year—

‘‘(A) to comply with the requirements of section 31311;

and

‘‘(B) in the case of a State that is making a good

faith effort toward substantial compliance with the requirements of section 31311 and this section, to improve its

implementation of its commercial driver’s license program.

‘‘(2) PURPOSES FOR WHICH GRANTS MAY BE USED.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use grants under paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B) only for expenses directly related

to its compliance with section 31311; except that a grant

under paragraph (1)(B) may be used for improving

implementation of the State’s commercial driver’s license

program, including expenses for computer hardware and

software, publications, testing, personnel, training, and

quality control. The grant may not be used to rent, lease,

or buy land or buildings.

‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In making grants under paragraph

(1)(B), the Secretary shall give priority to States that will

use such grants to achieve compliance with the requirements of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of

1999, including the amendments made by such Act.

‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—In order to receive a grant under this

section, a State shall submit an application for such grant

that is in such form, and contains such information, as the

Secretary may require. The application shall include the State’s

assessment of its commercial driver’s license program.

‘‘(4) MAINTENANCE OF EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary may

make a grant to a State under this subsection only if the

State agrees that the total expenditure of amounts of the State

and political subdivisions of the State, exclusive of amounts

from the United States, for the State’s commercial driver’s

license program will be maintained at a level at least equal

to the average level of that expenditure by the State and

political subdivisions of the State for the last 2 fiscal years

of the State ending before the date of enactment of this section.

‘‘(5) GOVERNMENT SHARE.—The Secretary shall reimburse

a State under a grant made under this subsection an amount

that is not more than 100 percent of the costs incurred by

the State in a fiscal year in complying with section 31311

and improving its implementation of its commercial driver’s

license program. In determining such costs, the Secretary shall

include in-kind contributions by the State. Amounts required

to be expended by the State under paragraph (4) may not

be included as part of the non-Federal share of such costs.

‘‘(b) HIGH-PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—

‘‘(1) GRANTS FOR NATIONAL CONCERNS.—The Secretary may

make a grant to a State agency, local government, or other

person for 100 percent of the costs of research, development,

demonstration projects, public education, and other special

activities and projects relating to commercial driver licensing

and motor vehicle safety that are of benefit to all jurisdictions

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of the United States or are designed to address national safety

concerns and circumstances.

‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may deduct up to 10 percent

of the amounts made available to carry out this section for

a fiscal year to make grants under this subsection.

‘‘(c) EMERGING ISSUES.—The Secretary may designate up to

10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section

for a fiscal year for allocation to a State agency, local government,

or other person at the discretion of the Secretary to address

emerging issues relating to commercial driver’s license improvements.

‘‘(d) APPORTIONMENT.—Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), all amounts made available to carry out this section

for a fiscal year shall be apportioned to States according to criteria

prescribed by the Secretary.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is

amended by inserting after the item relating to section 31312 the

following:

‘‘31313. Grants for commercial driver’s license program improvements.’’.

(c) AMOUNTS WITHHELD.—Subsections (a) and (b) of section

31314 of such title are each amended by inserting ‘‘up to’’ after

‘‘withhold’’.

SEC. 4125. HOBBS ACT.

(a) JURISDICTION OF COURT OF APPEALS OVER COMMERCIAL

MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY REGULATION AND OPERATORS AND MOTOR

CARRIER SAFETY.—Section 2342(3)(A) of title 28, United States

Code, is amended by inserting before ‘‘of title 49’’ the following:

‘‘, subchapter III of chapter 311, chapter 313, or chapter 315’’.

(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Section 351(a) of title 49, United States

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Federal Highway Administration’’

and inserting ‘‘Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’’.

(c) AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN TRANSFERRED DUTIES

AND POWERS.—Section 352 of title 49, United States Code, is

amended by striking ‘‘Federal Highway Administration’’ and

inserting ‘‘Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’’.

SEC. 4126. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a commercial

vehicle information systems and networks program to—

(1) improve the safety and productivity of commercial

vehicles and drivers; and

(2) reduce costs associated with commercial vehicle operations and Federal and State commercial vehicle regulatory

requirements.

(b) PURPOSE.—The program shall advance the technological

capability and promote the deployment of intelligent transportation

system applications for commercial vehicle operations, including

commercial vehicle, commercial driver, and carrier-specific information systems and networks.

(c) CORE DEPLOYMENT GRANTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants to

eligible States for the core deployment of commercial vehicle

information systems and networks.

(2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The maximum aggregate amount

the Secretary may grant to a State for the core deployment

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of commercial vehicle information systems and networks under

this subsection and sections 5001(a)(5) and 5001(a)(6) of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 420)

may not exceed $2,500,000.

(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds from a grant under this subsection may only be used for the core deployment of commercial

vehicle information systems and networks. An eligible State

that has either completed the core deployment of commercial

vehicle information systems and networks or completed such

deployment before grant funds are expended under this subsection may use the grant funds for the expanded deployment

of commercial vehicle information systems and networks in

the State.

(d) EXPANDED DEPLOYMENT GRANTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, from the funds

remaining after the Secretary has made grants under subsection (c), the Secretary may make grants to each eligible

State, upon request, for the expanded deployment of commercial

vehicle information systems and networks.

(2) ELIGIBILITY.—Each State that has completed the core

deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks in such State is eligible for an expanded deployment

grant under this subsection.

(3) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Each fiscal year, the Secretary

may distribute funds available for expanded deployment grants

equally among the eligible States, but not to exceed $1,000,000

per State.

(4) USE OF FUNDS.—A State may use funds from a grant

under this subsection only for the expanded deployment of

commercial vehicle information systems and networks.

(e) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under this section,

a State—

(1) shall have a commercial vehicle information systems

and networks program plan approved by the Secretary that

describes the various systems and networks at the State level

that need to be refined, revised, upgraded, or built to accomplish

deployment of core capabilities;

(2) shall certify to the Secretary that its commercial vehicle

information systems and networks deployment activities,

including hardware procurement, software and system development, and infrastructure modifications—

(A) are consistent with the national intelligent

transportation systems and commercial vehicle information

systems and networks architectures and available standards; and

(B) promote interoperability and efficiency to the extent

practicable; and

(3) shall agree to execute interoperability tests developed

by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to verify

that its systems conform with the national intelligent transportation systems architecture, applicable standards, and protocols

for commercial vehicle information systems and networks.

(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a project

payable from funds made available to carry out this section shall

not exceed 50 percent. The total Federal share of the cost of a

project payable from all eligible Federal sources shall not exceed

80 percent.

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(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

(1) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS.—The term ‘‘commercial vehicle information systems

and networks’’ means the information systems and communications networks that provide the capability to—

(A) improve the safety of commercial motor vehicle

operations;

(B) increase the efficiency of regulatory inspection processes to reduce administrative burdens by advancing technology to facilitate inspections and increase the effectiveness of enforcement efforts;

(C) advance electronic processing of registration

information, driver licensing information, fuel tax information, inspection and crash data, and other safety information;

(D) enhance the safe passage of commercial motor

vehicles across the United States and across international

borders; and

(E) promote the communication of information among

the States and encourage multistate cooperation and corridor development.

(2) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATIONS.—The term

‘‘commercial motor vehicle operations’’—

(A) means motor carrier operations and motor vehicle

regulatory activities associated with the commercial motor

vehicle movement of goods, including hazardous materials,

and passengers; and

(B) with respect to the public sector, includes the

issuance of operating credentials, the administration of

motor vehicle and fuel taxes, and roadside safety and

border crossing inspection and regulatory compliance operations.

(3) CORE DEPLOYMENT.—The term ‘‘core deployment’’ means

the deployment of systems in a State necessary to provide

the State with the following capabilities:

(A) Safety information exchange to—

(i) electronically collect and transmit commercial

motor vehicle and driver inspection data at a majority

of inspection sites in the State;

(ii) connect to the safety and fitness electronic

records system for access to interstate carrier and

commercial motor vehicle data, summaries of past

safety performance, and commercial motor vehicle

credentials information; and

(iii) exchange carrier data and commercial motor

vehicle safety and credentials information within the

State and connect to such system for access to interstate carrier and commercial motor vehicle data.

(B) Interstate credentials administration to—

(i) perform end-to-end processing, including carrier

application, jurisdiction application processing, and

credential issuance, of at least the international registration plan and international fuel tax agreement

credentials and extend this processing to other credentials, including intrastate registration, vehicle titling,

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oversize vehicle permits, overweight vehicle permits,

carrier registration, and hazardous materials permits;

(ii) connect to such plan and agreement clearinghouses; and

(iii) have at least 10 percent of the credentialing

transaction volume in the State handled electronically

and have the capability to add more carriers and to

extend to branch offices where applicable.

(C) Roadside electronic screening to electronically

screen transponder-equipped commercial vehicles at a minimum of one fixed or mobile inspection site in the State

and to replicate this screening at other sites in the State.

(4) EXPANDED DEPLOYMENT.—The term ‘‘expanded deployment’’ means the deployment of systems in a State that exceed

the requirements of a core deployment of commercial vehicle

information systems and networks, improve safety and the

productivity of commercial motor vehicle operations, and

enhance transportation security.

SEC. 4127. OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct, through any

combination of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, an

outreach and education program to be administered by the Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration.

(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) A program to promote a more comprehensive and

national effort to educate commercial motor vehicle drivers

and passenger vehicle drivers about how commercial motor

vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers can more safely

share the road with each other.

(2) A program to promote enhanced traffic enforcement

efforts aimed at reducing the incidence of the most common

unsafe driving behaviors that cause or contribute to crashes

involving commercial motor vehicles and passenger vehicles.

(3) A program to establish a public-private partnership

to provide resources and expertise for the development and

dissemination of information relating to sharing the road

referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) to each partner’s constituents and to the general public through the use of brochures,

videos, paid and public advertisements, the Internet, and other

media.

(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a program or activity

for which a grant is made under this section shall be 100 percent

of the cost of such program or activity.

(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and transmit

to Congress an annual report on the programs and activities carried

out under this section. The final annual report shall be submitted

not later than September 30, 2009.

(e) FUNDING.—From amounts made available under section

31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make

available $1,000,000 to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and $3,000,000 to the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009

to carry out this section (other than subsection (f)).

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(f) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall update the Government Accountability Office’s evaluation of the ‘‘Share the Road

Safely’’ program to determine if it has achieved reductions in the

number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes, including

reductions in the number of deaths and the severity of injuries

sustained in these crashes and shall report its updated evaluation

to Congress no later than June 30, 2006.

SEC. 4128. SAFETY DATA IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants to States

for projects and activities to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and

completeness of commercial motor vehicle safety data reported to

the Secretary.

(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall be eligible for a grant under

this section in a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the

State has—

(1) conducted a comprehensive audit of its commercial

motor vehicle safety data system within the preceding 2 years;

(2) developed a plan that identifies and prioritizes its

commercial motor vehicle safety data needs and goals; and

(3) identified performance-based measures to determine

progress toward those goals.

(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant under this

section shall be 80 percent of the cost of the activities for which

the grant is made.

(d) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date

of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary

shall transmit to Congress a report on the activities and results

of the program carried out under this section, together with any

recommendations the Secretary determines appropriate.

SEC. 4129. OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES BY

INDIVIDUALS WHO USE INSULIN TO TREAT DIABETES

MELLITUS.

(a) REVISION OF FINAL RULE.—Not later than 90 days after

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

revising the final rule published in the Federal Register on September 3, 2003, relating to persons with diabetes, to allow individuals who use insulin to treat their diabetes to operate commercial

motor vehicles in interstate commerce. The revised final rule shall

provide for the individual assessment of applicants who use insulin

to treat their diabetes and who are, except for their use of insulin,

otherwise qualified under the Federal motor carrier safety regulations. The revised final rule shall be consistent with the criteria

described in section 4018 of the Transportation Equity Act for

the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 31305 note) and shall conclude the

rulemaking process in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration docket relating to qualifications of drivers with diabetes.

(b) NO PERIOD OF COMMERCIAL DRIVING WHILE USING INSULIN

REQUIRED FOR QUALIFICATION.—After the earlier of the date of

issuance of the revised final rule under subsection (a) or the 90th

day following the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

may not require individuals with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus

who are applying for an exemption from the physical qualification

standards to have experience operating commercial motor vehicles

while using insulin in order to be exempted from the physical

qualification standards to operate a commercial motor vehicle in

interstate commerce.

Applicability.

Deadline.

Grants.

Reports.

Deadline.

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(c) MINIMUM PERIOD OF INSULIN USE.—Subject to subsection

(b), the Secretary shall require individuals with insulin-treated

diabetes mellitus to have a minimum period of insulin use to

demonstrate stable control of diabetes before operating a commercial

motor vehicle in interstate commerce. Such demonstration shall

be consistent with the findings reported in July 2000, by the expert

medical panel established by the Secretary, in ‘‘A Report to Congress

on the Feasibility of a Program to Qualify Individuals with InsulinTreated Diabetes Mellitus to Operate Commercial Motor Vehicles

in Interstate Commerce as Directed by the Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century’’. For individuals who have been newly

diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, the minimum period of insulin

use may not exceed 2 months, unless directed by the treating

physician. For individuals who have type 2 diabetes and are converting to insulin use, the minimum period of insulin use may

not exceed 1 month, unless directed by the treating physician.

(d) LIMITATIONS.—Insulin-treated individuals may not be held

by the Secretary to a higher standard of physical qualification

in order to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce than other individuals applying to operate, or operating,

a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce; except to the

extent that limited operating, monitoring, and medical requirements

are deemed medically necessary under regulations issued by the

Secretary.

SEC. 4130. OPERATORS OF VEHICLES TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL

COMMODITIES AND FARM SUPPLIES.

(a) AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION.—Section 229(a)(1) of the Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (as added by section

4115 of this Act), is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(1) TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND

FARM SUPPLIES.—Regulations prescribed by the Secretary under

sections 31136 and 31502 regarding maximum driving and

on-duty time for drivers used by motor carriers shall not apply

during planting and harvest periods, as determined by each

State, to drivers transporting agricultural commodities or farm

supplies for agricultural purposes in a State if such transportation is limited to an area within a 100 air mile radius from

the source of the commodities or the distribution point for

the farm supplies.’’.

(b) REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY.—Section 229(c) of such Act

is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph

(1), (2), or (4)’’.

(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 229(e) of such Act is amended by

adding at the end the following:

‘‘(7) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term ‘agricultural

commodity’ means any agricultural commodity, non-processed

food, feed, fiber, or livestock (including livestock as defined

in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance

Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) and insects).

‘‘(8) FARM SUPPLIES FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.—The

term ‘farm supplies for agricultural purposes’ means products

directly related to the growing or harvesting of agricultural

commodities during the planting and harvesting seasons within

each State, as determined by the State, and livestock feed

at any time of the year.’’.

49 USC 31136

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SEC. 4131. MAXIMUM HOURS OF SERVICE FOR OPERATORS OF GROUND

WATER WELL DRILLING RIGS.

Section 229(a)(2) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement

Act of 1999 (as added by section 4115 of this Act), is amended

by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Except as required in section

395.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on

the date of enactment of this sentence, no additional off-duty time

shall be required in order to operate such vehicle.’’.

SEC. 4132. HOURS OF SERVICE FOR OPERATORS OF UTILITY SERVICE

VEHICLES.

Section 229 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improvements

Act of 1999 (as added by section 4115 of this Act), is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting

the following:

‘‘(4) OPERATORS OF UTILITY SERVICE VEHICLES.—

‘‘(A) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.—Such

regulations shall not apply to a driver of a utility service

vehicle.

‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON STATE REGULATIONS.—A State,

a political subdivision of a State, an interstate agency,

or other entity consisting of two or more States, shall

not enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, or standard

that imposes requirements on a driver of a utility service

vehicle that are similar to the requirements contained in

such regulations.’’; and

(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting

‘‘Except as provided in subsection (a)(4), nothing’’.

SEC. 4133. HOURS OF SERVICE RULES FOR OPERATORS PROVIDING

TRANSPORTATION TO MOVIE PRODUCTION SITES.

Notwithstanding sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United

States Code, and any other provision of law, the maximum daily

hours of service for an operator of a commercial motor vehicle

providing transportation of property or passengers to or from a

theatrical or television motion picture production site located within

a 100 air mile radius of the work reporting location of such operator

shall be those in effect under the regulations in effect under such

sections on April 27, 2003.

SEC. 4134. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE

OPERATORS.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a grant program for persons to train operators of commercial motor vehicles

(as defined in section 31301 of title 49, United States Code). The

purpose of the program shall be to train operators and future

operators in the safe use of such vehicles.

(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost for which

a grant is made under this section shall be 80 percent.

(c) FUNDING.—From amounts made available under section

31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make

available $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009

to carry out this section.

SEC. 4135. CDL TASK FORCE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convene a task force

to study and address current impediments and foreseeable challenges to the commercial driver’s license program’s effectiveness

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and measures needed to realize the full safety potential of the

commercial driver’s license program, including such issues as—

(1) State enforcement practices;

(2) operational procedures to detect and deter fraud;

(3) needed improvements for seamless information sharing

between States;

(4) effective methods for accurately sharing electronic data

between States;

(5) adequate proof of citizenship;

(6) updated technology; and

(7) timely notification from judicial bodies concerning traffic

and criminal convictions of commercial driver’s license holders.

(b) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the task force should include

State motor vehicle administrators, organizations representing

government agencies or officials, members of the Judicial Conference, representatives of the trucking industry, representatives

of labor organizations, safety advocates, and other significant stakeholders.

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary, on behalf of the task force, shall complete

a report of the task forces findings and recommendations for legislative, regulatory, and enforcement changes to improve the commercial drivers license program and submit such the report to the

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate

and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives.

(d) FUNDING.—From the funds amounts made available by section 4101(c)(1), $200,000 shall be available for each of fiscal years

2006 and 2007 to carry out this section.

SEC. 4136. INTERSTATE VAN OPERATIONS.

The Federal motor carrier safety regulations that apply to

interstate operations of commercial motor vehicles designed to

transport between 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver) shall

apply to all interstate operations of such carriers regardless of

the distance traveled.

SEC. 4137. DECALS.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance may not restrict the

sale of any inspection decal to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration unless the Administration fails to meet its responsibilities under its memorandum of understanding with the Alliance

(other than a failure due to the Administration’s compliance with

Federal law).

SEC. 4138. HIGH RISK CARRIER COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.

From the funds authorized by section 31104(i) of title 49, United

States Code, the Secretary shall ensure that compliance reviews

are completed on motor carriers that have demonstrated through

performance data that they pose the highest safety risk. At a

minimum, a compliance review shall be conducted whenever a

motor carrier is rated as category A or B for 2 consecutive months.

SEC. 4139. FOREIGN COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

(a) OPERATING AUTHORITY ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR

STATES.—

(1) TRAINING AND OUTREACH.—Not later than 180 days

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator

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of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall conduct outreach and provide training as necessary to State personnel engaged in the enforcement of Federal motor carrier

safety regulations to ensure their awareness of the process

to be used for verification of the operating authority of motor

carriers, including motor carriers of passengers, and to ensure

proper enforcement when motor carriers are found to be in

violation of operating authority requirements.

(2) ASSESSMENT.—The Inspector General of the Department

of Transportation may periodically assess the implementation

and effectiveness of the training and outreach program.

(b) STUDY OF FOREIGN COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.— (1) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct a review

to determine the degree to which Canadian and Mexican

commercial motor vehicles, including motor carriers of passengers, currently operating or expected to operate in the

United States comply with the Federal motor vehicle safety

standards.

(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives containing the findings and conclusions of the review. Not later than 4 months after the date

on which the report is submitted to the Committees, the

Inspector General of the Department shall provide comments

and observations to the Committees on the scope and methodology of the review.

SEC. 4140. SCHOOL BUS DRIVER QUALIFICATIONS AND ENDORSEMENT

KNOWLEDGE TEST.

(a) RECOGNITION OF TEST.—The Secretary shall recognize any

driver who passes a test approved by the Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration as meeting the knowledge test requirement

for a school bus endorsement under section 383.123 of title 49,

Code of Federal Regulations.

(b) DRIVER QUALIFICATIONS.—Section 383.123 of such title (as

in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) shall not be in

effect during the period beginning on the date of enactment of

this Act and ending on September 30, 2006.

SEC. 4141. DRIVEAWAY SADDLEMOUNT VEHICLES.

(a) DEFINITION.—Section 31111(a) title 49, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(4) DRIVE-AWAY SADDLEMOUNT WITH FULLMOUNT VEHICLE

TRANSPORTER COMBINATION.—The term ‘drive-away

saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combination’

means a vehicle combination designed and specifically used

to tow up to 3 trucks or truck tractors, each connected by

a saddle to the frame or fifth-wheel of the forward vehicle

of the truck or truck tractor in front of it.’’.

(b) GENERAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 31111(b)(1) of such title

is amended—

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:

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‘‘(D) imposes a vehicle length limitation of not less

than or more than 97 feet on a driveaway saddlemount

with fullmount vehicle transporter combinations;’’.

SEC. 4142. REGISTRATION OF MOTOR CARRIERS AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS.

(a) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.—Paragraphs

(6), (7), (12), and (13) of section 13102 of title 49, United States

Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘motor vehicle’’ and inserting

‘‘commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 31132)’’.

(b) FREIGHT FORWARDERS.—Section 13903(a) of such title is

amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) HOUSEHOLD GOODS.—The Secretary’’;

(2) by inserting ‘‘of household goods’’ after ‘‘freight forwarder’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) OTHERS.—The Secretary may register a person to provide service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of

chapter 135 as a freight forwarder (other than a freight forwarder of household goods) if the Secretary finds that such

registration is needed for the protection of shippers and that

the person is fit, willing, and able to provide the service and

to comply with this part and applicable regulations of the

Secretary and Board.’’.

(c) BROKERS.—Section 13904(a) of such title is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) HOUSEHOLD GOODS.—The Secretary’’;

(2) by inserting ‘‘of household goods’’ after ‘‘broker’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) OTHERS.—The Secretary may register a person to provide service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of

chapter 135 as a broker (other than a broker of household

goods) if the Secretary finds that such registration is needed

for the protection of shippers and that the person is fit, willing,

and able to provide the service and to comply with this part

and applicable regulations of the Secretary and Board.’’.

SEC. 4143. AUTHORITY TO STOP COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 39. Commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections

‘‘(a) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in

section 31132 of title 49) shall stop and submit to inspection of

the vehicle, driver, cargo, and required records when directed to

do so by an authorized employee of the Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration of the Department of Transportation, at or

in the vicinity of an inspection site. The driver shall not leave

the inspection site until authorized to do so by an authorized

employee.

‘‘(b) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in

subsection (a), who knowingly fails to stop for inspection when

directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Administration

at or in the vicinity of an inspection site, or leaves the inspection

site without authorization, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.’’.

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(b) AUTHORITY OF FMCSA.—Chapter 203 of such title is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 3064. Powers of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

‘‘Authorized employees of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration may direct a driver of a commercial motor vehicle

(as defined in section 31132 of title 49) to stop for inspection

of the vehicle, driver, cargo, and required records at or in the

vicinity of an inspection site.’’.

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—

(1) The analysis for chapter 2 of such title is amended

by inserting after the item relating to section 38 the following:

‘‘39. Commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections.’’.

(2) The analysis for chapter 203 of such title is amended

by inserting after the item relating to section 3063 the following:

‘‘3064. Powers of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.’’.

SEC. 4144. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES.—The Secretary shall establish

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration a motor carrier

safety advisory committee. The committee shall—

(1) provide advice and recommendations to the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration about

needs, objectives, plans, approaches, content, and accomplishments of the motor carrier safety programs carried out by

the Administration; and

(2) provide advice and recommendations to the Administrator on motor carrier safety regulations.

(b) MEMBERS, CHAIRMAN, PAY, AND EXPENSES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The committee shall be composed of not

more than 20 members appointed by the Administrator from

among individuals who are not employees of the Administration

and who are specially qualified to serve on the committee

because of their education, training, or experience. The members shall include representatives of the motor carrier industry,

safety advocates, and safety enforcement officials. Representatives of a single enumerated interest group may not constitute

a majority of the members of the advisory committee.

(2) CHAIRMAN.—The Administrator shall designate the

chairman of the committee.

(3) PAY.—A member of the committee shall serve without

pay; except that the Administrator may allow a member, when

attending meetings of the committee or a subcommittee of

the committee, expenses authorized under section 5703 of title

5, relating to per diem, travel, and transportation expenses.

(c) SUPPORT STAFF, INFORMATION, AND SERVICES.—The

Administrator shall provide support staff for the committee. On

request of the committee, the Administrator shall provide information, administrative services, and supplies that the Administrator

considers necessary for the committee to carry out its duties and

powers.

(d) TERMINATION DATE.—Notwithstanding the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the advisory committee shall terminate on September 30, 2010.

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SEC. 4145. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

(a) INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD.—Section

5502(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4);

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5)

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(6) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.’’.

(b) REFERENCE TO AGENCY.—Section 31502(e) of such title is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Regional Director of the

Federal Highway Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Field Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’’;

and

(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Regional Director’’ and

inserting ‘‘Field Administrator’’.

SEC. 4146. EXEMPTION DURING HARVEST PERIODS.

Regulations issued by the Secretary under sections 31136 and

31502 of title 49, United States Code, regarding maximum driving

and on-duty time for a driver used by a motor carrier, shall not

apply, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending

at the end of fiscal year 2009, for the transportation of grapes

west of Interstate 81 in the State of New York if such

transportation—

(1) is during a harvesting period, as determined by the

State; and

(2) is limited to a 150-air mile radius from where the

grapes are picked or distributed.

SEC. 4147. EMERGENCY CONDITION REQUIRING IMMEDIATE

RESPONSE.

Section 229 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of

1999 (as added and amended by section 4115 of this Act) is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(f) EMERGENCY CONDITION REQUIRING IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.—

‘‘(1) PROPANE OR PIPELINE EMERGENCY.—A regulation prescribed under section 31136 or 31502 of title 49, United States

Code, shall not apply to a driver of a commercial motor vehicle

which is used primarily in the transportation of propane winter

heating fuel or a driver of a motor vehicle used to respond

to a pipeline emergency if such regulations would prevent the

driver from responding to an emergency condition requiring

immediate response.

‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—An emergency condition requiring immediate response is any condition that, if left unattended, is

reasonably likely to result in immediate serious bodily harm,

death, or substantial damage to property. In the case of propane

such conditions shall include (but are not limited to) the detection of gas odor, the activation of carbon monoxide alarms,

the detection of carbon monoxide poisoning, and any real or

suspected damage to a propane gas system following a severe

storm or flooding. An ‘emergency condition requiring an immediate response’ does not include requests to re-fill empty gas

tanks. In the case of pipelines such conditions include (but

are not limited to) indication of an abnormal pressure event,

leak, release or rupture.’’.

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Grapes.

Applicability.

Effective date.

Termination

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SEC. 4148. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONALS.

The Secretary shall conduct a rulemaking to permit a State

licensed or certified marriage and family therapist, to act as a

substance abuse professional under subpart O of part 40 of title

49, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 4149. OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.

Section 5503 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (e) by inserting ‘‘Amounts reserved under

section 5504(d) not awarded to States as grants may be used

by the Director to provide technical assistance under this subsection.’’ after ‘‘organizations.’’;

(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (h); and

(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:

‘‘(f) NATIONAL INTERMODAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consultation with the

advisory board established under section 5502 and other public

and private transportation interests, shall develop a plan to

improve the national intermodal transportation system. The

plan shall include—

‘‘(A) an assessment and forecast of the national intermodal transportation system’s impact on mobility, safety,

energy consumption, the environment, technology, international trade, economic activity, and quality of life in

the United States;

‘‘(B) an assessment of the operational and economic

attributes of each passenger and freight mode of transportation and the optimal role of each mode in the national

intermodal transportation system;

‘‘(C) a description of recommended intermodal and

multimodal research and development projects;

‘‘(D) a description of emerging trends that have an

impact on the national intermodal transportation system;

‘‘(E) recommendations for improving intermodal policy,

transportation decision-making, and financing to maximize

mobility and the return on investment of Federal spending

on transportation;

‘‘(F) an estimate of the impact of current Federal and

State transportation policy on the national intermodal

transportation system; and

‘‘(G) specific near and long-term goals for the national

intermodal transportation system.

‘‘(2) PROGRESS REPORTS.—The Director shall submit an initial report on the plan to improve the national intermodal

transportation system 2 years after the date of enactment of

the Surface Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005,

and a follow-up report 2 years after that, to the Committee

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives. The progress report shall—

‘‘(A) describe progress made toward achieving the

plan’s goals;

‘‘(B) describe challenges and obstacles to achieving the

plan’s goals;

‘‘(C) update the plan to reflect changed circumstances

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‘‘(D) make policy and legislative recommendations the

Director believes are necessary and appropriate to achieve

the goals of the plan.

‘‘(3) PLAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING.—Such sums as may be

necessary from the administrative expenses of the Research

and Innovative Technology Administration shall be reserved

by the Secretary of Transportation each year for the purpose

of completing and updating the plan to improve the national

intermodal transportation plan.

‘‘(g) IMPACT MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY; IMPACT REVIEW.— The Director and the Director of the Bureau of Transportation

Statistics shall jointly—

‘‘(1) develop, in consultation with the modal administrations, and State and local planning organizations, common

measures to compare transportation investment decisions

across the various modes of transportation; and

‘‘(2) formulate a methodology for measuring the impact

of intermodal transportation on—

‘‘(A) the environment;

‘‘(B) public health and welfare;

‘‘(C) energy consumption;

‘‘(D) the operation and efficiency of the transportation

system;

‘‘(E) congestion, including congestion at the Nation’s

ports; and

‘‘(F) the economy and employment.

‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation such sums

as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to carry

out this chapter.’’.

Subtitle B—Household Goods

Transportation

SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Household Goods Mover

Oversight Enforcement and Reform Act of 2005’’

SEC. 4202. DEFINITIONS; APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.

(a) TERMS USED IN THIS CHAPTER.—In this subtitle, the terms

‘‘carrier’’, ‘‘household goods’’, ‘‘motor carrier’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and

‘‘transportation’’ have the meaning given to such terms in section

13102 of title 49, United States Code.

(b) HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOTOR CARRIER AND INDIVIDUAL

SHIPPER IN PART B OF SUBTITLE IV OF TITLE 49.—Section 13102

of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 4141 of

this Act) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (12) through

(24) as paragraphs (14) through (26) and by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:

‘‘(12) HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOTOR CARRIER.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘household goods motor

carrier’ means a motor carrier that, in the ordinary course

of its business of providing transportation of household

goods, offers some or all of the following additional services:

‘‘(i) Binding and nonbinding estimates.

‘‘(ii) Inventorying.

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‘‘(iii) Protective packing and unpacking of individual items at personal residences.

‘‘(iv) Loading and unloading at personal residences.

‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term includes any person that

is considered to be a household goods motor carrier under

regulations, determinations, and decisions of the Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration that are in effect on

the date of enactment of the Household Goods Mover Oversight Enforcement and Reform Act of 2005.

‘‘(C) LIMITED SERVICE EXCLUSION.—The term does not

include a motor carrier when the motor carrier provides

transportation of household goods in containers or trailers

that are entirely loaded and unloaded by an individual

(other than an employee or agent of the motor carrier).

‘‘(13) INDIVIDUAL SHIPPER.—The term ‘individual shipper’

means any person who—

‘‘(A) is the shipper, consignor, or consignee of a household goods shipment;

‘‘(B) is identified as the shipper, consignor, or consignee

on the face of the bill of lading;

‘‘(C) owns the goods being transported; and

‘‘(D) pays his or her own tariff transportation charges.’’.

(c) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions of title 49, United States Code, and this subtitle (including

any amendments made by this subtitle), that relate to the transportation of household goods apply only to a household goods motor

carrier (as defined in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code).

SEC. 4203. PAYMENT OF RATES.

Section 13707(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(3) SHIPMENTS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A carrier providing transportation

of a shipment of household goods shall give up possession

of the household goods being transported at the destination

upon payment of—

‘‘(i) 100 percent of the charges contained in a

binding estimate provided by the carrier;

‘‘(ii) not more than 110 percent of the charges

contained in a nonbinding estimate provided by the

carrier; or

‘‘(iii) in the case of a partial delivery of the shipment, the prorated percentage of the charges calculated

in accordance with subparagraph (B).

‘‘(B) CALCULATION OF PRORATED CHARGES.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), the prorated percentage of

the charges shall be the percentage of the total charges

due to the carrier as described in clause (i) or (ii) of

subparagraph (A) that is equal to the percentage of the

weight of that portion of the shipment delivered to the

total weight of the shipment.

‘‘(C) POST-CONTRACT SERVICES.—Subparagraph (A) does

not apply to additional services requested by a shipper

after the contract of service is executed that were not

included in the estimate.

‘‘(D) IMPRACTICABLE OPERATIONS.—Subparagraph (A)

does not apply to impracticable operations, as defined by

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the applicable carrier tariff, except that the charges collected at delivery for such operations shall not exceed 15

percent of all other charges due at delivery. Any remaining

charges due shall be paid within 30 days after the carrier

presents its freight bill.’’.

SEC. 4204. ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTOR

CARRIERS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

Section 13902(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);

(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);

(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOTOR CARRIERS.—In addition to meeting the

requirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary may register a

person to provide transportation of household goods as a household goods motor carrier only after that person—

‘‘(A) provides evidence of participation in an arbitration

program and provides a copy of the notice of the arbitration

program as required by section 14708(b)(2);

‘‘(B) identifies its tariff and provides a copy of the

notice of the availability of that tariff for inspection as

required by section 13702(c);

‘‘(C) provides evidence that it has access to, has read,

is familiar with, and will observe all applicable Federal

laws relating to consumer protection, estimating, consumers’ rights and responsibilities, and options for limitations of liability for loss and damage; and

‘‘(D) discloses any relationship involving common stock,

common ownership, common management, or common

familial relationships between that person and any other

motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker of household

goods within 3 years of the proposed date of registration.

‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE; FINDINGS.—The Secretary shall consider, and to the extent applicable, make

findings on any evidence demonstrating that the registrant

is unable to comply with any applicable requirement of paragraph (1) or, in the case of a registrant to which paragraph

(2) applies, paragraph (1) or (2).

‘‘(4) WITHHOLDING.—If the Secretary determines that a registrant under this section does not meet, or is not able to

meet, any requirement of paragraph (1) or, in the case of

a registrant to which paragraph (2) applies, paragraph (1)

or (2), the Secretary shall withhold registration.’’; and

(4) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) (as redesignated

by paragraph (2) of this section) ‘‘In the case of a registration

for the transportation of household goods as a household goods

motor carrier, the Secretary may also hear a complaint on

the ground that the registrant fails or will fail to comply with

the requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection.’’.

SEC. 4205. HOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIER OPERATIONS.

Section 14104(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and

(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) REQUIRED TO BE IN WRITING.—

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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in

this subsection, every motor carrier providing transportation of household goods described in section 13102(10)(A)

as a household goods motor carrier and subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 shall conduct a

physical survey of the household goods to be transported

on behalf of a prospective individual shipper and shall

provide the shipper with a written estimate of charges

for the transportation and all related services.

‘‘(B) WAIVER.—A shipper may elect to waive a physical

survey under this paragraph by written agreement signed

by the shipper before the shipment is loaded. A copy of

the waiver agreement must be retained as an addendum

to the bill of lading and shall be subject to the same

record inspection and preservation requirements of the Secretary as are applicable to bills of lading.

‘‘(C) ESTIMATE.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding a waiver under

subparagraph (B), a carrier’s statement of charges for

transportation must be submitted to the shipper in

writing and must indicate whether it is binding or

nonbinding. The written estimate shall be based on

a physical survey of the household goods if the household goods are located within a 50-mile radius of the

location of the carrier’s household goods agent preparing the estimate.

‘‘(ii) BINDING.—A binding estimate under this paragraph must indicate that the carrier and shipper are

bound by such charges. The carrier may impose a

charge for providing a written binding estimate.

‘‘(iii) NONBINDING.—A nonbinding estimate under

this paragraph must indicate that the actual charges

will be based upon the actual weight of the individual

shipper’s shipment and the carrier’s lawful tariff

charges. The carrier may not impose a charge for providing a nonbinding estimate.

‘‘(2) OTHER INFORMATION.—At the time that a motor carrier

provides the written estimate required by paragraph (1), the

motor carrier shall provide the shipper a copy of the Department of Transportation publication FMCSA–ESA–03–005 (or

its successor publication) entitled ‘Ready to Move?’. Before the

execution of a contract for service, the motor carrier shall

provide the shipper copy of the Department of Transportation

publication OCE 100, entitled ‘Your Rights and Responsibilities

When You Move’ required by section 375.213 of title 49, Code

of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).’’.

SEC. 4206. ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

(a) NONPREEMPTION OF INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF

HOUSEHOLD GOODS.—Section 14501(c)(2)(B) of title 49, United

States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘intrastate’’ before ‘‘transportation’’.

(b) ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO INTERSTATE HOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIERS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 147 of such title is amended

by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘§ 14710. Enforcement of Federal laws and regulations with

respect to transportation of household goods

‘‘(a) ENFORCEMENT BY STATES.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of this title, a State authority may enforce the consumer

protection provisions of this title that apply to individual shippers,

as determined by the Secretary, and are related to the delivery

and transportation of household goods in interstate commerce. Any

fine or penalty imposed on a carrier in a proceeding under this

subsection shall be paid, notwithstanding any other provision of

law, to and retained by the State.

‘‘(b) NOTICE.—The State shall serve written notice to the Secretary or the Board, as the case may be, of any civil action under

subsection (a) prior to initiating such civil action. The notice shall

include a copy of the complaint to be filed to initiate such civil

action, except that if it is not feasible for the State to provide

such prior notice, the State shall provide the notice immediately

upon instituting such civil action.

‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE OUTREACH PLAN.—The Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall implement an outreach

plan to enhance the coordination and effective enforcement of Federal laws and regulations with respect to transportation of household goods between and among Federal and State law enforcement

and consumer protection authorities. The outreach shall include,

as appropriate, local law enforcement and consumer protection

authorities.

‘‘(d) STATE AUTHORITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term

‘State authority’ means an agency of a State that has authority

under the laws of the State to regulate the intrastate movement

of household goods.

‘‘§ 14711. Enforcement by State attorneys general

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State, as parens patriae, may bring a

civil action on behalf of its residents in an appropriate district

court of the United States to enforce the consumer protection provisions of this title that apply to individual shippers, as determined

by the Secretary, and are related to the delivery and transportation

of household goods by a household goods motor carrier subject

to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 or regulations

or orders of the Secretary or the Board issued under such provisions

or to impose the civil penalties authorized by this part or such

regulations or orders, whenever the attorney general of the State

has reason to believe that the interests of the residents of the

State have been or are being threatened or adversely affected

by a carrier or broker providing transportation subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135 or a foreign motor

carrier providing transportation that is registered under section

13902 and is engaged in household goods transportation that violates this part or a regulation or order of the Secretary or Board,

as applicable, issued under this part.

‘‘(b) NOTICE AND CONSENT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State shall serve written notice

to the Secretary or the Board, as the case may be, of any

civil action under subsection (a) prior to initiating such civil

action. The notice shall include a copy of the complaint to

be filed to initiate such civil action.

‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary or the Board—

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‘‘(A) shall review the initiation of a civil action under

this section by a State if—

‘‘(i) the carrier or broker that is the subject of

the action is not registered with the Department of

Transportation;

‘‘(ii) the license of the carrier or broker for failure

to file proof of required bodily injury or cargo liability

insurance is pending, or the license has been revoked

for any other reason by the Department;

‘‘(iii) the carrier is not rated or has received a

conditional or unsatisfactory safety rating by the

Department; or

‘‘(iv) the carrier or broker has been licensed with

the Department for less than 5 years; and

‘‘(B) may review if the carrier or broker fails to meet

criteria developed by the Secretary that are consistent with

this section.

‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall

notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives of any criteria developed by the Secretary under paragraph (2)(B).

‘‘(4) 60-DAY DEADLINE.—The Secretary or the Board shall

be considered to have consented to any civil action of a State

under this section if the Secretary or the Board has taken

no action with respect to the notice within 60 calendar days

after the date on which the Secretary or the Board received

notice under paragraph (1).

‘‘(c) AUTHORITY TO INTERVENE.—Upon receiving the notice

required by subsection (b), the Secretary or board may intervene

in a civil action of a State under this section and upon intervening—

‘‘(1) be heard on all matters arising in such civil action;

and

‘‘(2) file petitions for appeal of a decision in such civil

actions.

‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of bringing any civil action

under subsection (a), nothing in this section shall—

‘‘(1) convey a right to initiate or maintain a class action

lawsuit in the enforcement of a Federal law or regulation;

or

‘‘(2) prevent the attorney general of a State from exercising

the powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of

such State to conduct investigations or to administer oaths

or affirmations or to compel the attendance of witnesses or

the production of documentary and other evidence.

‘‘(e) VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS.—In a civil action brought

under subsection (a)—

‘‘(1) the venue shall be a Federal judicial district in which—

‘‘(A) the carrier, foreign motor carrier, or broker operates;

‘‘(B) the carrier, foreign motor carrier, or broker was

authorized to provide transportation at the time the complaint arose; or

‘‘(C) where the defendant in the civil action is found;

‘‘(2) process may be served without regard to the territorial

limits of the district or of the State in which the civil action

is instituted; and

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‘‘(3) a person who participated with a carrier or broker

in an alleged violation that is being litigated in the civil action

may be joined in the civil action without regard to the residence

of the person.

‘‘(f) ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAW.—Nothing contained in this

section shall prohibit an authorized State official from proceeding

in State court to enforce a criminal statute of such State.’’.

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter 147

is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 14709

the following:

‘‘14710. Enforcement of Federal laws and regulations with respect to transportation

of household goods.

‘‘14711. Enforcement by State attorneys general.’’.

SEC. 4207. LIABILITY OF CARRIERS UNDER RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF

LADING.

Section 14706(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘A carrier’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A carrier’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) FULL VALUE PROTECTION OBLIGATION.—Unless the carrier receives a waiver in writing under paragraph (3), a carrier’s

maximum liability for household goods that are lost, damaged,

destroyed, or otherwise not delivered to the final destination

is an amount equal to the replacement value of such goods,

subject to a maximum amount equal to the declared value

of the shipment and to rules issued by the Surface Transportation Board and applicable tariffs.

‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF RATES.—The released rates established

by the Board under paragraph (1) (commonly known as

‘released rates’) shall not apply to the transportation of household goods by a carrier unless the liability of the carrier for

the full value of such household goods under paragraph (2)

is waived, in writing, by the shipper.’’.

SEC. 4208. ARBITRATION REQUIREMENTS.

(a) OFFERING SHIPPERS ARBITRATION.—Section 14708(a) of title

49, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period

at the end the following: ‘‘and to determine whether carrier charges,

in addition to those collected at delivery, must be paid by shippers

for transportation and services related to transportation of household goods’’.

(b) THRESHOLD FOR BINDING ARBITRATION.—Section 14708(b)(6)

of such title is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ each place it appears

and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’.

(c) DEADLINE FOR DECISION.—Section 14708(b)(8) of such title

is amended in last sentence—

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and

(2) by inserting after ‘‘for damages’’ the following: ‘‘, and

an order requiring the payment of additional carrier charges’’.

(d) ATTORNEY’S FEES TO SHIPPERS.—Section 14708(d)(3) of such

title is amended—

(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph

(C); and

(2) by striking ‘‘(3)(A) a decision resolving the dispute was

not’’ and inserting the following:

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‘‘(3)(A) the shipper was not advised by the carrier during

the claim settlement process that a dispute settlement program

was available to resolve the dispute;

‘‘(B) a decision resolving the dispute was not’’.

SEC. 4209. CIVIL PENALTIES RELATING TO HOUSEHOLD GOODS BROKERS AND UNAUTHORIZED TRANSPORTATION.

Section 14901(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘If a carrier’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a carrier’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) ESTIMATE OF BROKER WITHOUT CARRIER AGREEMENT.— If a broker for transportation of household goods subject to

jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 makes an estimate of the cost of transporting any such goods before entering

into an agreement with a carrier to provide transportation

of household goods subject to such jurisdiction, the broker is

liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not less than

$10,000 for each violation.

‘‘(3) UNAUTHORIZED TRANSPORTATION.—If a person provides

transportation of household goods subject to jurisdiction under

subchapter I of chapter 135 or provides broker services for

such transportation without being registered under chapter

139 to provide such transportation or services as a motor carrier

or broker, as the case may be, such person is liable to the

United States for a civil penalty of not less than $25,000

for each violation.’’.

SEC. 4210. PENALTIES FOR HOLDING HOUSEHOLD GOODS HOSTAGE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 149 of title 49, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 14915. Penalties for failure to give up possession of household goods

‘‘(a) CIVIL PENALTY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever is found holding a household

goods shipment hostage is liable to the United States for a

civil penalty of not less than $10,000 for each violation.

‘‘(2) EACH DAY, A SEPARATE VIOLATION.—Each day a carrier

is found to have failed to give up possession of household

goods may constitute a separate violation.

‘‘(3) SUSPENSION.—If the person found holding a shipment

hostage is a carrier or broker, the Secretary may suspend

for a period of not less than 12 months nor more than 36

months the registration of such carrier or broker under chapter

139. The force and effect of such suspension of a carrier or

broker shall extend to and include any carrier or broker having

the same ownership or operational control as the suspended

carrier or broker.

‘‘(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever has been convicted of having

failed to give up possession of household goods shall be fined under

title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.

‘‘(c) FAILURE TO GIVE UP POSSESSION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS

DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘failed to give

up possession of household goods’ means the knowing and willful

failure, in violation of a contract, to deliver to, or unload at, the

destination of a shipment of household goods that is subject to

jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135 of this title,

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for which charges have been estimated by the motor carrier providing transportation of such goods, and for which the shipper

has tendered a payment described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of

section 13707(b)(3)(A).’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘14915. Penalties for failure to give up possession of household goods.’’.

SEC. 4211. CONSUMER HANDBOOK ON DOT WEB SITE.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this

Act, the Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary

to ensure that publication ESA 03005 of the Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration entitled ‘‘Your Rights and Responsibilities

When You Move’’, is prominently displayed, and available in language that is readily understandable by the general public, on

the Web site of the Department of Transportation.

SEC. 4212. RELEASE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS BROKER INFORMATION.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this

Act, the Secretary shall modify the regulations contained in part

375 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to require a broker

that is subject to such regulations to provide shippers with the

following information whenever they have contact with a shipper

or potential shipper:

(1) The Department of Transportation number of the

broker.

(2) The ESA 03005 publication referred to in section 4211

of this Act.

(3) A list of all motor carriers providing transportation

of household goods used by the broker and a statement that

the broker is not a motor carrier providing transportation of

household goods.

SEC. 4213. WORKING GROUP FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICES AND

PROCEDURES TO ENHANCE FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of

enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a working

group of State attorneys general, State consumer protection

administrators, and Federal and local law enforcement officials

for the purpose of developing practices and procedures to enhance

the Federal-State partnership in enforcement efforts, exchange of

information, and coordination of enforcement efforts with respect

to interstate transportation of household goods and of making legislative and regulatory recommendations to the Secretary concerning

such enforcement efforts.

(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), the working

group shall consult with industries involved in the transportation

of household goods, the public, and other interested parties.

(c) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT EXEMPTION.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to

the working group established under subsection (a).

(d) TERMINATION DATE.—The working group shall remain in

effect until September 30, 2009.

SEC. 4214. CONSUMER COMPLAINT INFORMATION.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—Not later than 1 year after

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

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49 USC 14701

note.

Deadline.

49 USC 14710

note.

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Regulations.

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(1) establish (A) a system for filing and logging consumer

complaints relating to household goods motor carriers for the

purpose of compiling or linking complaint information gathered

by the Department of Transportation and the States with

regard to such carriers, (B) a database of the complaints, and

(C) a procedure for the public to have access, subject to section

552(a) of title 5, United States Code, to aggregated information

and for carriers to challenge duplicate or fraudulent information

in the database;

(2) issue regulations requiring each motor carrier of household goods to submit on a quarterly basis a report

summarizing—

(A) the number of shipments that originate and are

delivered for individual shippers during the reporting

period by the carrier;

(B) the number and general category of complaints

lodged by consumers with the carrier;

(C) the number of claims filed with the carrier for

loss and damage in excess of $500;

(D) the number of such claims resolved during the

reporting period;

(E) the number of such claims declined in the reporting

period; and

(F) the number of such claims that are pending at

the close of the reporting period; and

(3) develop a procedure to forward a complaint, including

the motor carrier bill of lading number, if known, related to

the complaint to a motor carrier named in such complaint

and to an appropriate State authority (as defined in section

14710(d) of title 49, United States Code) in the State in which

the complainant resides.

(b) USE OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall consider

information in the data base established under subsection (a) in

its household goods compliance and enforcement program.

SEC. 4215. REVIEW OF LIABILITY OF CARRIERS.

(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Surface Transportation Board shall complete a

review of the current Federal regulations regarding the level of

liability protection provided by motor carriers that provide transportation of household goods and revise such regulations, if necessary,

to provide enhanced protection in the case of loss or damage.

(b) DETERMINATIONS.—The review required by subsection (a)

shall include a determination of—

(1) whether the current regulations provide adequate

protection;

(2) the benefits of purchase by a shipper of insurance

to supplement the carrier’s limitations on liability; and

(3) whether there are abuses of the current regulations

that leave the shipper unprotected in the event of loss and

damage to a shipment of household goods.

SEC. 4216. APPLICATION OF STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS

TO CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIERS.

(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a study

on the current consumer protection authorities and actions of the

Department of Transportation and the impact on shippers and

carriers of household goods involved in interstate transportation

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of allowing State attorneys general to apply State consumer protection laws to such transportation.

(b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In conducting the study,

the Comptroller General shall consider, at a minimum—

(1) the level of consumer protection being provided to consumers through Federal household goods regulations and how

household goods regulations relating to consumer protection

compare to regulations relating to consumer protection for other

modes of transportation regulated by the Department of

Transportation;

(2) the history and background of State enforcement of

State consumer protection laws on household goods carriers

providing intrastate transportation and what effects such laws

have on the ability of intrastate household goods carriers to

operate;

(3) what operational impacts, if any, would result on household goods carriers engaged in interstate commerce being subject to the State consumer protection laws; and

(4) the potential for States to regulate rates or other business operations if State consumer protection laws applied to

interstate household goods movements.

(c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, the Comptroller

General shall consult with the Secretary, State attorneys general,

consumer protection agencies, and the household goods industry.

(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the

Committee of Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science and

Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study.

Subtitle C—Unified Carrier Registration

Act of 2005

SEC. 4301. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Unified Carrier Registration

Act of 2005’’.

SEC. 4302. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

Except as provided in section 14504 of title 49, United States

Code, and sections 14504a and 14506 of title 49, United States

Code, as added by this subtitle, this subtitle is not intended to

prohibit any State or any political subdivision of any State from

enacting, imposing, or enforcing any law or regulation with respect

to a motor carrier, motor private carrier, broker, freight forwarder,

or leasing company that is not otherwise prohibited by law.

SEC. 4303. INCLUSION OF MOTOR PRIVATE AND EXEMPT CARRIERS.

(a) PERSONS REGISTERED TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION OR

SERVICE AS A MOTOR CARRIER OR MOTOR PRIVATE CARRIER.—Section 13905 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as

subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

‘‘(b) PERSON REGISTERED WITH SECRETARY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

any person having registered with the Secretary to provide

49 USC 13902

note.

49 USC 10101

note.

Unified Carrier

Registration Act

of 2005.

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transportation or service as a motor carrier or motor private

carrier under this title, as in effect on January 1, 2005, but

not having registered pursuant to section 13902(a), shall be

treated, for purposes of this part, to be registered to provide

such transportation or service for purposes of sections 13908

and 14504a.

‘‘(2) EXCLUSIVELY INTRASTATE OPERATORS.—Paragraph (1)

does not apply to a motor carrier or motor private carrier

(including a transporter of waste or recyclable materials)

engaged exclusively in intrastate transportation operations.’’.

(b) SECURITY REQUIREMENT.—Section 13906(a) of such title is

amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs

(3) and (4), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

‘‘(2) SECURITY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after

the date of enactment of the Unified Carrier Registration Act

of 2005, any person, other than a motor private carrier, registered with the Secretary to provide transportation or service

as a motor carrier under section 13905(b) shall file with the

Secretary a bond, insurance policy, or other type of security

approved by the Secretary, in an amount not less than required

by sections 31138 and 31139.’’.

(c) TERMINATION OF TRANSITION RULE.—Section 13902 of such

title is amended—

(1) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following:

‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall cease to be in

effect on the transition termination date.’’; and

(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g), and

inserting after subsection (e) the following:

‘‘(f) MODIFICATION OF CARRIER REGISTRATION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the transition termination

date, the Secretary—

‘‘(A) may not register a motor carrier under this section

as a motor common carrier or a motor contract carrier;

‘‘(B) shall register applicants under this section as

motor carriers; and

‘‘(C) shall issue any motor carrier registered under

this section after that date a motor carrier certificate of

registration that specifies whether the holder of the certificate may provide transportation of persons, household

goods, other property, or any combination thereof.

‘‘(2) PRE-EXISTING CERTIFICATES AND PERMITS.—The Secretary shall redesignate any motor carrier certificate or permit

issued before the transition termination date as a motor carrier

certificate of registration. On and after the transition termination date, any person holding a motor carrier certificate

of registration redesignated under this paragraph may provide

both contract carriage (as defined in section 13102(4)(B)) and

transportation under terms and conditions meeting the requirements of section 13710(a)(1). The Secretary may not, pursuant

to any regulation or form issued before or after the transition

termination date, make any distinction among holders of motor

carrier certificates of registration on the basis of whether the

holder would have been classified as a common carrier or

as a contract carrier under—

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‘‘(A) subsection (d) of this section, as that section was

in effect before the transition termination date; or

‘‘(B) any other provision of this title that was in effect

before the transition termination date.

‘‘(3) TRANSITION TERMINATION DATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘transition termination date’ means the first

day of January occurring more than 12 months after the date

of enactment of the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005.’’.

(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) HEADING FOR SECTION 13906.—Section 13906 of such

title is amended by striking the section designation and heading

and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 13906. Security of motor carriers, motor private carriers,

brokers, and freight forwarders’’.

(2) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 139 of

such title is amended by striking the item relating to section

13906 and inserting the following:

‘‘13906. Security of motor carriers, motor private carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders.’’.

SEC. 4304. UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYSTEM.

Section 13908 of title 49, United States Code, is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘§ 13908. Registration and other reforms

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION

SYSTEM.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the States, representatives of the motor carrier, motor private carrier, freight forwarder,

and broker industries and after notice and opportunity for public

comment, shall issue within 1 year after the date of enactment

of the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 regulations to establish an online Federal registration system, to be named the ‘Unified

Carrier Registration System’, to replace—

‘‘(1) the current Department of Transportation identification number system, the single State registration system under

section 14504;

‘‘(2) the registration system contained in this chapter and

the financial responsibility information system under section

13906; and

‘‘(3) the service of process agent systems under sections

503 and 13304.

‘‘(b) ROLE AS CLEARINGHOUSE AND DEPOSITORY OF INFORMATION.—The Unified Carrier Registration System shall serve as a

clearinghouse and depository of information on, and identification

of, all foreign and domestic motor carriers, motor private carriers,

brokers, freight forwarders, and others required to register with

the Department of Transportation, including information with

respect to a carrier’s safety rating, compliance with required levels

of financial responsibility, and compliance with the provisions of

section 14504a. The Secretary shall ensure that Federal agencies,

States, representatives of the motor carrier industry, and the public

have access to the Unified Carrier Registration System, including

the records and information contained in the System.

‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR CORRECTING INFORMATION.—Not later

than 60 days after the effective date of this section, the Secretary

shall prescribe regulations establishing procedures that enable a

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motor carrier to correct erroneous information contained in any

part of the Unified Carrier Registration System.

‘‘(d) FEE SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall establish, under section

9701 of title 31, a fee system for the Unified Carrier Registration

System according to the following guidelines:

‘‘(1) REGISTRATION AND FILING EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY.—The fee for new registrants shall as nearly

as possible cover the costs of processing the registration but

shall not exceed $300.

‘‘(2) EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—The fee for

filing evidence of financial responsibility pursuant to this section shall not exceed $10 per filing. No fee shall be charged

for a filing for purposes of designating an agent for service

of process or the filing of other information relating to financial

responsibility.

‘‘(3) ACCESS AND RETRIEVAL FEES.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), the fee system shall include a nominal fee for the

access to or retrieval of information from the Unified Carrier Registration System to cover the costs of operating

and upgrading the System, including the personnel costs

incurred by the Department and the costs of administration

of the unified carrier registration agreement.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—There shall be no fee charged under

this paragraph—

‘‘(i) to any agency of the Federal Government or

a State government or any political subdivision of any

such government for the access to or retrieval of

information and data from the Unified Carrier Registration System for its own use; or

‘‘(ii) to any representative of a motor carrier, motor

private carrier, leasing company, broker, or freight forwarder (as each is defined in section 14504a) for the

access to or retrieval of the individual information

related to such entity from the Unified Carrier Registration System for the individual use of such entity.

‘‘(e) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN INTRASTATE OPERATIONS.—

Nothing in this section requires the registration of a motor carrier,

a motor private carrier of property, or a transporter of waste or

recyclable materials operating exclusively in intrastate transportation not otherwise required to register with the Secretary under

another provision of this title.’’.

SEC. 4305. REGISTRATION OF MOTOR CARRIERS BY STATES.

(a) TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION PROVISIONS.—Section 14504,

and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter

145, of title 49, United States Code, are repealed effective on

the first January 1st occurring more than 12 months after the

date of enactment of this Act.

(b) UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYSTEM PLAN AND AGREEMENT.—Chapter 145 of title 49, United States Code, is amended

by inserting after section 14504 the following:

‘‘§ 14504a. Unified Carrier Registration System plan and

agreement

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 14506, the following definitions apply:

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‘‘(1) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), the term ‘commercial motor vehicle’ has the meaning

such term has under section 31101.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—With respect to a motor carrier

required to make any filing or pay any fee to a State

with respect to the motor carrier’s authority or insurance

related to operation within such State, the motor carrier

shall have the option to include, in addition to commercial

motor vehicles as defined in subparagraph (A), any selfpropelled vehicle used on the highway in commerce to

transport passengers or property for compensation regardless of the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle or

the number of passengers transported by such vehicle.

‘‘(2) BASE-STATE.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the

term ‘base-State’ means, with respect to a unified carrier

registration agreement, a State—

‘‘(i) that is in compliance with the requirements

of subsection (e); and

‘‘(ii) in which the motor carrier, motor private carrier, broker, freight forwarder, or leasing company to

which the agreement applies maintains its principal

place of business.

‘‘(B) DESIGNATION OF BASE-STATE.—A motor carrier,

motor private carrier, broker, freight forwarder, or leasing

company may designate another State in which it maintains an office or operating facility to be its base-State

in the event that—

‘‘(i) the State in which the motor carrier, motor

private carrier, broker, freight forwarder, or leasing

company maintains its principal place of business is

not in compliance with the requirements of subsection

(e); or

‘‘(ii) the motor carrier, motor private carrier,

broker, freight forwarder, or leasing company does not

have a principal place of business in the United States.

‘‘(3) INTRASTATE FEE.—The term ‘intrastate fee’ means any

fee, tax, or other type of assessment, including per vehicle

fees and gross receipts taxes, imposed on a motor carrier or

motor private carrier for the renewal of the intrastate authority

or insurance filings of such carrier with a State.

‘‘(4) LEASING COMPANY.—The term ‘leasing company’ means

a lessor that is engaged in the business of leasing or renting

for compensation motor vehicles without drivers to a motor

carrier, motor private carrier, or freight forwarder.

‘‘(5) MOTOR CARRIER.—The term ‘motor carrier’ includes

all carriers that are otherwise exempt from this part under

subchapter I of chapter 135 or exemption actions by the former

Interstate Commerce Commission under this title.

‘‘(6) PARTICIPATING STATE.—The term ‘participating State’

means a State that has complied with the requirements of

subsection (e).

‘‘(7) SSRS.—The term ‘SSRS’ means the single state registration system in effect on the date of enactment of this

section.

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‘‘(8) UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION AGREEMENT.—The

terms ‘unified carrier registration agreement’ and ‘UCR agreement’ mean the interstate agreement developed under the unified carrier registration plan governing the collection and distribution of registration and financial responsibility information

provided and fees paid by motor carriers, motor private carriers,

brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies pursuant

to this section.

‘‘(9) UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION PLAN.—The terms ‘unified carrier registration plan’ and ‘UCR plan’ mean the

organization of State, Federal, and industry representatives

responsible for developing, implementing, and administering

the unified carrier registration agreement.

‘‘(10) VEHICLE REGISTRATION.—The term ‘vehicle registration’ means the registration of any commercial motor vehicle

under the International Registration Plan (as defined in section

31701) or any other registration law or regulation of a jurisdiction.

‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS TO FREIGHT FORWARDERS.—

A freight forwarder that operates commercial motor vehicles and

is not required to register as a carrier pursuant to section 13903(b)

shall be subject to the provisions of this section as if the freight

forwarder is a motor carrier.

‘‘(c) UNREASONABLE BURDEN.—For purposes of this section, it

shall be considered an unreasonable burden upon interstate commerce for any State or any political subdivision of a State, or

any political authority of two or more States—

‘‘(1) to enact, impose, or enforce any requirement or standards with respect to, or levy any fee or charge on, any motor

carrier or motor private carrier providing transportation or

service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter

135 (in this section referred to as an ‘interstate motor carrier’

and an ‘interstate motor private carrier’, respectively) in connection with—

‘‘(A) the registration with the State of the interstate

operations of the motor carrier or motor private carrier;

‘‘(B) the filing with the State of information relating

to the financial responsibility of the a motor carrier or

motor private carrier pursuant to sections 31138 or 31139;

‘‘(C) the filing with the State of the name of the local

agent for service of process of the motor carrier or motor

private carrier pursuant to sections 503 or 13304; or

‘‘(D) the annual renewal of the intrastate authority,

or the insurance filings, of the motor carrier or motor

private carrier, or other intrastate filing requirement necessary to operate within the State if the motor carrier

or motor private carrier is—

‘‘(i) registered under section 13902 or section

13905(b); and

‘‘(ii) in compliance with the laws and regulations

of the State authorizing the carrier to operate in the

State in accordance with section 14501(c)(2)(A); except

with respect to—

‘‘(I) intrastate service provided by motor carriers of passengers that is not subject to the

preemption provisions of section 14501(a);

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‘‘(II) motor carriers of property, motor private

carriers, brokers, or freight forwarders, or their

services or operations, that are described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 14501(c)(2).

‘‘(III) the intrastate transportation of waste

or recyclable materials by any carrier; or

‘‘(2) to require any interstate motor carrier or motor private

carrier that also performs intrastate operations to pay any

fee or tax which a carrier engaged exclusively in interstate

operations is exempt.

‘‘(d) UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION PLAN.— ‘‘(1) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— ‘‘(A) GOVERNANCE OF PLAN; ESTABLISHMENT.—The unified carrier registration plan shall have a board of directors

consisting of representatives of the Department of

Transportation, participating States, and the motor carrier

industry. The Secretary shall establish the board.

‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The board shall consist of 15 directors appointed by the Secretary as follows:

‘‘(i) FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.—One director from each of the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration’s 4 service areas (as

those areas were defined by the Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration on January 1, 2005) from among

the chief administrative officers of the State agencies

responsible for overseeing the administration of the

UCR agreement.

‘‘(ii) STATE AGENCIES.—Five directors from the

professional staffs of State agencies responsible for

overseeing the administration of the UCR agreement

in their respective States. Nominees for these 5 directorships shall be submitted to the Secretary by the

national association of professional employees of the

State agencies responsible for overseeing the administration of the UCR agreement in their respective

States.

‘‘(iii) MOTOR CARRIER INDUSTRY.—Five directors

from the motor carrier industry. At least 1 of the

appointees under this clause shall be a representative

of a national trade association representing the general

motor carrier of property industry. At least 1 of the

appointees under this clause shall represent a motor

carrier that falls within the smallest fleet fee bracket.

‘‘(iv) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.—The

Deputy Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration, or such other presidential

appointee from the Department, as the Secretary may

appoint.

‘‘(C) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall designate 1 director as chairperson and 1

director as vice-chairperson of the board. The chairperson

and vice-chairperson shall serve in such capacity for the

term of their appointment as directors.

‘‘(D) TERMS.—

‘‘(i) INITIAL TERMS.—In appointing the initial

board, the Secretary shall designate 5 of the appointed

directors for initial terms of 3 years, 5 of the appointed

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directors for initial terms of 2 years, and 5 of the

appointed directors for initial terms of 1 year.

‘‘(ii) THEREAFTER.—After the initial term, all directors shall be appointed for terms of 3 years; except

that the term of the Deputy Administrator or other

individual designated by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)(iv) shall be at the discretion of the Secretary.

‘‘(iii) SUCCESSION.—A director may be appointed

to succeed himself or herself.

‘‘(iv) END OF SERVICE.—A director may continue

to serve on the board until his or her successor is

appointed.

‘‘(2) RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE UCR AGREE- MENT.—The board of directors shall issue rules and regulations

to govern the UCR agreement. The rules and regulations shall—

‘‘(A) prescribe uniform forms and formats, for—

‘‘(i) the annual submission of the information

required by a base-State of a motor carrier, motor

private carrier, leasing company, broker, or freight forwarder;

‘‘(ii) the transmission of information by a participating State to the Unified Carrier Registration

System;

‘‘(iii) the payment of excess fees by a State to

the designated depository and the distribution of fees

by the depository to those States so entitled; and

‘‘(iv) the providing of notice by a motor carrier,

motor private carrier, broker, freight forwarder, or

leasing company to the board of the intent of such

entity to change its base-State, and the procedures

for a State to object to such a change under subparagraph (C);

‘‘(B) provide for the administration of the unified carrier registration agreement, including procedures for

amending the agreement and obtaining clarification of any

provision of the Agreement;

‘‘(C) provide procedures for dispute resolution under

the agreement that provide due process for all involved

parties; and

‘‘(D) designate a depository.

‘‘(3) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except for the representative of the

Department appointed under paragraph (1)(B)(iv), no

director shall receive any compensation or other benefits

from the Federal Government for serving on the board

or be considered a Federal employee as a result of such

service.

‘‘(B) EXPENSES.—All directors shall be reimbursed for

expenses they incur attending meetings of the board. In

addition, the board may approve the reimbursement of

expenses incurred by members of any subcommittee or

task force appointed under paragraph (5) for carrying out

the duties of the subcommittee or task force. The

reimbursement of expenses to directors and subcommittee

and task force members shall be under subchapter II of

chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, governing

reimbursement of expenses for travel by Federal employees.

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‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The board shall meet at least once

per year. Additional meetings may be called, as needed,

by the chairperson of the board, a majority of the directors,

or the Secretary.

‘‘(B) QUORUM.—A majority of directors shall constitute

a quorum.

‘‘(C) VOTING.—Approval of any matter before the board

shall require the approval of a majority of all directors

present at the meeting.

‘‘(D) OPEN MEETINGS.—Meetings of the board and any

subcommittees or task forces appointed under paragraph

(5) shall be subject to the provisions of section 552b of

title 5.

‘‘(5) SUBCOMMITTEES.—

‘‘(A) INDUSTRY ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE.—The chairperson shall appoint an industry advisory subcommittee.

The industry advisory subcommittee shall consider any

matter before the board and make recommendations to

the board.

‘‘(B) OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES.—The chairperson shall

appoint an audit subcommittee, a dispute resolution subcommittee, and any additional subcommittees and task

forces that the board determines to be necessary.

‘‘(C) MEMBERSHIP.—The chairperson of each subcommittee shall be a director. The other members of subcommittees and task forces may be directors or nondirectors.

‘‘(D) REPRESENTATION ON SUBCOMMITTEES.—Except for

the industry advisory subcommittee (the membership of

which shall consist solely of representatives of entities subject to the fee requirements of subsection (f)), each subcommittee and task force shall include representatives of

the participating States and the motor carrier industry.

‘‘(6) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The board may contract

with any person or any agency of a State to perform administrative functions required under the unified carrier registration

agreement, but may not delegate its decision or policy-making

responsibilities.

‘‘(7) DETERMINATION OF FEES.—

‘‘(A) RECOMMENDATION BY BOARD.—The board shall recommend to the Secretary the initial annual fees to be

assessed carriers, leasing companies, brokers, and freight

forwarders under the unified carrier registration agreement. In making its recommendation to the Secretary for

the level of fees to be assessed in any agreement year,

and in setting the fee level, the board and the Secretary

shall consider—

‘‘(i) the administrative costs associated with the

unified carrier registration plan and the agreement;

‘‘(ii) whether the revenues generated in the previous year and any surplus or shortage from that or

prior years enable the participating States to achieve

the revenue levels set by the board; and

‘‘(iii) the provisions governing fees under subsection (f)(1).

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‘‘(B) SETTING FEES.—The Secretary shall set the initial

annual fees for the next agreement year and any subsequent adjustment of those fees—

‘‘(i) within 90 days after receiving the board’s recommendation under subparagraph (A); and

‘‘(ii) after notice and opportunity for public comment.

‘‘(8) LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR DIRECTORS.—No individual

appointed to serve on the board shall be liable to any other

director or to any other party for harm, either economic or

non-economic, caused by an act or omission of the individual

arising from the individual’s service on the board if—

‘‘(A) the individual was acting within the scope of his

or her responsibilities as a director; and

‘‘(B) the harm was not caused by willful or criminal

misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious, flagrant indifference to the right or safety of the

party harmed by the individual.

‘‘(9) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)

shall not apply to the unified carrier registration plan, the

board, or its committees.

‘‘(10) CERTAIN FEES NOT AFFECTED.—This section does not

limit the amount of money a State may charge for vehicle

registration or the amount of any fuel use tax a State may

impose pursuant to the International Fuel Tax Agreement (as

defined in section 31701).

‘‘(e) STATE PARTICIPATION.—

‘‘(1) STATE PLAN.—No State shall be eligible to participate

in the unified carrier registration plan or to receive any revenues derived under the UCR agreement, unless the State submits to the Secretary, not later than 3 years after the date

of enactment of the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005,

a plan—

‘‘(A) identifying the State agency that has or will have

the legal authority, resources, and qualified personnel necessary to administer the agreement in accordance with

the rules and regulations promulgated by the board of

directors; and

‘‘(B) demonstrating that an amount at least equal to

the revenue derived by the State from the unified carrier

registration agreement shall be used for motor carrier

safety programs, enforcement, or the administration of the

UCR plan and UCR agreement.

‘‘(2) AMENDED PLANS.—A State that submits a plan under

this subsection may change the agency designated in the plan

by filing an amended plan with the Secretary and the chairperson of the board of directors.

‘‘(3) WITHDRAWAL OF PLAN.—If a State withdraws, or notifies the Secretary that it is withdrawing, the plan it submitted

under this subsection, the State may no longer participate

in the unified carrier registration agreement or receive any

portion of the revenues derived under the agreement. The Secretary shall notify the chairperson upon receiving notice from

a State that it is withdrawing its plan or withdrawing from

the agreement, or both.

Notification.

Notification.

Public

information.

Deadline.

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‘‘(4) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—If a State fails to submit

a plan to the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (1) or

withdraws its plan under paragraph (3), the State may not

submit or resubmit a plan or participate in the agreement.

‘‘(5) PROVISION OF PLAN TO CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary

shall provide a copy of each plan submitted under this subsection to the chairperson of the board of directors not later

than 10 days after date of submission of the plan.

‘‘(f) CONTENTS OF UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION AGREE- MENT.—The unified carrier registration agreement shall provide

the following:

‘‘(1) FEES.—(A) Fees charged—

‘‘(i) to a motor carrier, motor private carrier, or freight

forwarder in connection with the filing of proof of financial

responsibility under the UCR agreement shall be based

on the number of commercial motor vehicles owned or

operated by the motor carrier, motor private carrier, or

freight forwarder; and

‘‘(ii) to a broker or leasing company in connection with

such a filing shall be equal to the smallest fee charged

to a motor carrier, motor private carrier, and freight forwarder or under this paragraph.

‘‘(B) The fees shall be determined by the Secretary based

upon the recommendation of the board under subsection (d)(7).

‘‘(C) The board shall develop for purposes of charging fees

no more than 6 and no less than 4 brackets of carriers

(including motor private carriers) based on the size of fleet.

‘‘(D) The fee scale shall be progressive in the amount of

the fee.

‘‘(E) The board may ask the Secretary to adjust the fees

within a reasonable range on an annual basis if the revenues

derived from the fees—

‘‘(i) are insufficient to provide the revenues to which

the States are entitled under this section; or

‘‘(ii) exceed those revenues.

‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF OWNERSHIP OR OPERATION.—For

purposes of this subsection, a commercial motor vehicle is

owned or operated by a motor carrier, motor private carrier,

or freight forwarder if the vehicle is registered under Federal

law or State law, or both, in the name of the motor carrier,

motor private carrier, or freight forwarder or is controlled by

the motor carrier, motor private carrier, or freight forwarder

under a long term lease during a vehicle registration year.

‘‘(3) CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR

VEHICLES OWNED OR OPERATED.—The number of commercial

motor vehicles owned or operated by a motor carrier, motor

private carrier, or freight forwarder for purposes of paragraph

(1) shall be based either on the number of commercial motor

vehicles the motor carrier, motor private carrier, or freight

forwarder has indicated it operates on its most recently filed

MCS–150 or the total number of such vehicles it owned or

operated for the 12-month period ending on June 30 of the

year immediately prior to the registration year of the Unified

Carrier Registration System. A motor carrier may include in

the calculation of its fleet size for purposes of paragraph (1)

any commercial motor vehicle. Motor carriers and motor private

carriers in the calculation of their fleet size for purposes of

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paragraph (1) may elect not to include commercial motor

vehicles used exclusively in the intrastate transportation of

property, waste, or recyclable material.

‘‘(4) PAYMENT OF FEES.—Motor carriers, motor private carriers, leasing companies, brokers, and freight forwarders shall

pay all fees required under this section to their base-State

pursuant to the UCR Agreement.

‘‘(g) PAYMENT OF FEES.—Revenues derived under the UCR

Agreement shall be allocated to participating States as follows:

‘‘(1) A State that participated in the SSRS in the last

registration year under the SSRS ending before the date of

enactment of the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 and

complies with subsection (e) is entitled to receive under this

section a portion of the revenues generated under the UCR

agreement equivalent to the revenues it received under the

SSRS in such last registration year, as long as the State continues to comply with subsection (e).

‘‘(2) A State that collected intrastate registration fees from

interstate motor carriers, interstate motor private carriers, or

interstate exempt carriers and complies with subsection (e)

is entitled to receive under this section an additional portion

of the revenues generated under the UCR agreement equivalent

to the revenues it received from such carriers in the last calendar year ending before the date of enactment of the Unified

Carrier Registration Act of 2005, as long as the State continues

to comply with subsection (e).

‘‘(3) States that comply with subsection (e) but did not

participate in SSRS during such last registration year shall

be entitled under this section to an annual allotment not to

exceed $500,000 from the revenues generated under the UCR

agreement, as long as the State continues to comply with the

provisions of subsection (e).

‘‘(4) The amount of revenues generated under the UCR

agreement to which a State is entitled under this section shall

be calculated by the board and approved by the Secretary.

‘‘(h) DISTRIBUTION OF UCR AGREEMENT REVENUES.—

‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Each State that is in compliance with

subsection (e) shall be entitled under this section to a portion

of the revenues derived from the UCR Agreement in accordance

with subsection (g).

‘‘(2) ENTITLEMENT TO REVENUES.—A State that is in compliance with subsection (e) may retain an amount of the gross

revenues it collects from motor carriers, motor private carriers,

brokers, freight forwarders and leasing companies under the

UCR agreement equivalent to the portion of revenues to which

the State is entitled under subsection (g). All revenues a participating State collects in excess of the amount to which the

State is so entitled shall be forwarded to the depository designated by the board under subsection (d)(2)(D).

‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM DEPOSITORY.—The excess

funds deposited in the depository shall be distributed by the

board of directors as follows:

‘‘(A) On a pro rata basis to each participating State

that did not collect revenues under the UCR agreement

equivalent to the amount such State is entitled under

subsection (g), except that the sum of the gross revenues

collected under the UCR agreement by a participating State

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and the amount distributed to it from the depository shall

not exceed the amount to which the State is entitled under

subsection (g).

‘‘(B) After all distributions under subparagraph (A)

have been made, to pay the administrative costs of the

UCR plan and the UCR agreement.

‘‘(4) RETENTION OF CERTAIN EXCESS FUNDS.—Any excess

funds held by the depository after distributions and payments

under paragraphs (3)(A) and (3)(B) shall be retained in the

depository, and the fees charged under the UCR agreement

to motor carriers, motor private carriers, leasing companies,

freight forwarders, and brokers for the next fee year shall

be reduced by the Secretary accordingly.

‘‘(i) ENFORCEMENT.—

‘‘(1) CIVIL ACTIONS.—Upon request by the Secretary, the

Attorney General may bring a civil action in the United States

district court described in paragraph (2) to enforce an order

issued to require compliance with this section and with the

terms of the UCR agreement.

‘‘(2) VENUE.—An action under this section may be brought

only in a United States district court in the State in which

compliance with the order is required.

‘‘(3) RELIEF.—Subject to section 1341 of title 28, the court,

on a proper showing shall issue a temporary restraining order

or a preliminary or permanent injunction requiring that the

State or any person comply with this section.

‘‘(4) ENFORCEMENT BY STATES.—Nothing in this section—

‘‘(A) prohibits a participating State from issuing citations and imposing reasonable fines and penalties pursuant

to the applicable laws and regulations of the State on

any motor carrier, motor private carrier, freight forwarder,

broker, or leasing company for failure to—

‘‘(i) submit information documents as required

under subsection (d)(2); or

‘‘(ii) pay the fees required under subsection (f);

or

‘‘(B) authorizes a State to require a motor carrier,

motor private carrier, or freight forwarder to display as

evidence of compliance any form of identification in excess

of those permitted under section 14506 on or in a commercial motor vehicle.

‘‘(j) APPLICATION TO INTRASTATE CARRIERS.—Notwithstanding

any other provision of this section, a State may elect to apply

the provisions of the UCR agreement to motor carriers and motor

private carriers and freight forwarders subject to its jurisdiction

that operate solely in intrastate commerce within the borders of

the State.’’.

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is

amended by inserting after the item relating to section 14504 the

following:

‘‘14504a. Unified Carrier Registration System plan and agreement.’’.

SEC. 4306. IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 145 of title 49, United States Code;

is amended by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘§ 14506. Identification of vehicles

‘‘(a) RESTRICTION ON REQUIREMENTS.—No State, political subdivision of a State, interstate agency, or other political agency

of two or more States may enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation

standard, or other provision having the force and effect of law

that requires a motor carrier, motor private carrier, freight forwarder, or leasing company to display any form of identification

on or in a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 14504a),

other than forms of identification required by the Secretary of

Transportation under section 390.21 of title 49, Code of Federal

Regulations.

‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State may

continue to require display of credentials that are required—

‘‘(1) under the International Registration Plan under section 31704;

‘‘(2) under the International Fuel Tax Agreement under

section 31705;

‘‘(3) under a State law regarding motor vehicle license

plates or other displays that the Secretary determines are

appropriate;

‘‘(4) in connection with Federal requirements for hazardous

materials transportation under section 5103; or

‘‘(5) in connection with the Federal vehicle inspection standards under section 31136.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is

amended by inserting after the item relating to section 14505 the

following:

‘‘14506. Identification of vehicles.’’.

SEC. 4307. USE OF UCR AGREEMENT REVENUES AS MATCHING FUNDS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31103(a) of title 49, United States

Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘31102(b)(1)(D)’’ inserting ‘‘31102(b)(1)(E)’’;

and

(2) by inserting ‘‘Amounts generated under the unified

carrier registration agreement under section 14504a and

received by a State and used for motor carrier safety purposes

may be included as part of the State’s share not provided

by the United States.’’ after ‘‘United States Government.’’.

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Sections 31102(b)(3) of such title

is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph

(1)(E)’’.

SEC. 4308. REGULATIONS.

The Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary

determines are necessary to carry out this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle.

Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions

SEC. 4401. TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following definitions:

(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of

General Services.

(2) The term ‘‘donee’’ means the corporation to which the

Administrator donated the vessel.

49 USC 13902

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(3) The term ‘‘vessel’’ means the vessel with Unit Identification number 13862.

(b) TRANSFER.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the donee shall transfer all of the rights, title,

and interest of the donee in and to the vessel to the Administrator.

(c) FUTURE CONVEYANCE.—Within 30 days after the transfer

of the vessel under subsection (b), the Administrator shall remove

the vessel to a Federal facility. Within 60 days after the date

of the transfer of the vessel under subsection (b), the Administrator

shall sell the vessel for fair market value. The Administrator shall

require as a condition of any conveyance of the vessel that the

vessel shall not be used within the United States, as defined in

section 2101(44) of title 46, United States Code, or within the

territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential

Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988. The donee shall

not be required to pay any amounts for removing the vessel to

a Federal facility under this subsection.

(d) EFFECT ON PENDING LAWSUITS.—Nothing in this section

shall have any effect on any lawsuit relating to transfer or use

of the vessel.

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary $4,000,000 for a grant to the

donee. The Secretary shall transfer any funds appropriated under

this subsection to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall obligate

such funds through instruments and procedures that are equivalent

to the instruments and procedures required to be used by the

Bureau of Indian Affairs pursuant to title IV of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458aa et

seq.). Amounts paid to the donee under this section shall be treated

as revenues originating from the Alaska Native Fund for purposes

of section 21(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43

U.S.C. 1602(a)).

SEC. 4402. TRANSFER.

Section 407(b) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998

(112 Stat. 3430) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘made—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(1)

subject’’ and inserting ‘‘made subject’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and all that follows and inserting

a period.

SEC. 4403. EXTENSION OF ASSISTANCE.

Section 206(c) of Public Law 89–702 (16 U.S.C. 1166(c)) is

amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,

and 2005’’ the first place it it appears; and

(2) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘, for fiscal years 2001,

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

SEC. 4404. DESIGNATIONS.

(a) DESIGNATION.—In the States of Alaska and Hawaii, members of the State legislature may serve on the policy board of

a metropolitan planning organization designated under section 134

of title 23, United States Code, if such service is allowed by State

law.

(b) REDESIGNATION.—In the States of Alaska and Hawaii, a

metropolitan planning organization designated under section 134

of title 23, United States Code, may be redesignated as a result

Alaska.

Hawaii.

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of changes in State law that define new requirements for the

metropolitan planning organization policy board.

SEC. 4405. LIMITED EXCEPTION.

Section 44704(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ the first place it

appears and inserting ‘‘ISSUANCE, INVESTIGATIONS, AND TESTS.— The’’;

(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECI- FICATIONS.—The’’;

(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL

RULES FOR NEW AIRCRAFT AND APPLIANCES.—Except as provided

in paragraph (4), if’’;

(4) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(4) LIMITATION FOR AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURED BEFORE

AUGUST 5, 2004.—Paragraph (3) shall not apply to a person

who began the manufacture of an aircraft before August

5, 2004, and who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the

Administrator that such manufacture began before August

5, 2004, if the name of the holder of the type certificate

for the aircraft does not appear on the airworthiness certificate or identification plate of the aircraft. The holder of

the type certificate for the aircraft shall not be responsible

for the continued airworthiness of the aircraft. A person

may invoke the exception provided by this paragraph with

regard to the manufacture of only one aircraft.’’;

(5) by indenting paragraph (1); and

(6) by aligning the left margin of paragraphs (1), (2), and

(3) with the left margin of paragraph (4) (as added by paragraph

(4) of this section).

SEC. 4406. AIRPORT LAND AMENDMENT.

(a) RELEASE OF REVERTER CONDITION.—The Secretary of the

Interior shall execute such instruments as are necessary to release

the condition on a portion of land situated adjacent to the community of Beaver, Alaska, conveyed pursuant to Patent No. 50–69–

0130 and dated August 23, 1968, requiring that such land reverts

to the United States if the land is not used for airport purposes.

The Secretary shall ensure that the release executed pursuant

to this subsection—

(1) applies only to approximately 33 acres of land identified

as tracts II through VI of the Beaver Airport, a part of U.S.

Survey No. 3798, Alaska (referred to in this section as the

‘‘community expansion land’’);

(2) is without any requirement for receipt of fair market

value for the release and conveyance of the conditions otherwise

applicable to the community expansion land; and

(3) is contingent on the conveyance by the State of Alaska

of the community expansion land to the Beaver Kwit’chin Corporation, the Village Corporation of the village of Beaver,

Alaska.

(b) RECONVEYANCE.—The Beaver Kwit’chin Corporation—

(1) shall reconvey to any individual who currently occupies

a portion of the land referred to in subsection (a) or successor

in interest to such an individual, all right, title, and interest

of the Kwit’chin Corporation in and to such land as is currently

occupied;

(2) may subsequently—

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(A) convey the remaining land to other individuals

or persons for community expansion purposes; or

(B) retain the remaining land in whole or in part

for community uses.

SEC. 4407. RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the reciprocal

rights-of-way and easements identified on the map numbered 92337

and dated June 15, 2005, are hereby enacted into law.

SEC. 4408. RIALTO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

(1) Rialto Municipal Airport/Art Scholl Memorial Airport

(Rialto Municipal Airport) is a general aviation airport located

within a 20-mile radius of 10 other general aviation airports;

(2) Rialto Municipal Airport is located approximately 8.5

nautical miles from the former Norton Air Force Base which

was selected for closure by the Base Realignment and Closure

Commission in 1988 and was closed in 1994;

(3) there has been a significant decline in based aircraft

and aviation operations at Rialto Municipal Airport due to

the unexpected impact of increased capacity in the immediate

vicinity of the airport;

(4) the transfer of Rialto Municipal Airport’s operations,

assets and liabilities is supported by the general aviation operators at the airport and will not compromise service or safety;

and

(5) the closure of Rialto Municipal Airport shall be in

compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations.

(b) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any law, regulation or grant

assurance, but subject to the requirements of this section, the

United States shall release all restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, or closure of the Rialto

Municipal Airport, in Rialto, California, to the extent such restrictions, conditions, and limitations are enforceable by the United

States.

(c) CONDITIONS.—A release under subsection (b) shall be subject

to the following conditions:

(1) Upon conveyance of the land or transfer of any interest

or rights of use or occupancy of the land—

(A) the City of Rialto will pay the United States 45

percent of the current fair market value of the property,

and this amount shall be used for projects eligible under

chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, at a commercial

airport—

(i) for which a certificate is issued under part

139 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations;

(ii) that is located within 10 nautical miles of

Rialto Municipal Airport; and

(iii) that was included on the Department of

Defense base closure list of 1988;

(B) the remaining 55 percent of the fair market value

referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be retained by the

City of Rialto;

(C) the city shall pay to the United States 90 percent

of the unamortized portion of any Federal development

grant for airport facilities other than land, amortized over

a 20-year term, with interest. These funds shall be payable

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over a period of 5 years and deposited into the Airport

and Airway Trust Fund and available for projects eligible

under chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code.

(2) The United States will not be responsible for any

environmental cleanup of any land with respect to which such

release is made.

(3) All airport and aviation-related equipment located at

Rialto Municipal Airport and owned by the City of Rialto before

the date of the release will be transferred to a commercial

airport referred to in paragraph (1)(A).

SEC. 4409. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

Section 218 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘prior to the date of the

enactment of the reauthorization of the Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘Alaska Marine

Highway System’ includes all existing or planned transportation

facilities and equipment in Alaska, including the lease, purchase,

or construction of vessels, terminals, docks, floats, ramps, staging

areas, parking lots, bridges and approaches thereto, and necessary

roads.’’.

SEC. 4410. RALPH M. BARTHOLOMEW VETERANS’ MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(a) DESIGNATION.—The bridge joining the Island of Gravina

to the community of Ketchican, Alaska, constructed pursuant to

section 144(g)(1)(E) of title 23, United States Code, is designated

as the ‘‘Ralph M. Bartholomew Veterans’ Memorial Bridge’’.

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the bridge

referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference

to the ‘‘Ralph M. Bartholomew Veterans’ Memorial Bridge’’.

SEC. 4411. DON YOUNG’S WAY.

(a) DESIGNATION.—The Knik Arm bridge in Alaska to be

planned, designed, and constructed pursuant to section 117 of title

23, United States Code, as high priority project number 2465 under

section 1702 of this Act, is designated as ‘‘Don Young’s Way’’.

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the bridge

referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference

to ‘‘Don Young’s Way’’.

SEC. 4412. QUALITY BANK ADJUSTMENTS.

(a) DEFINITION OF TAPS QUALITY BANK ADJUSTMENTS.—In this

section, the term ‘‘TAPS quality bank adjustments’’ means monetary

adjustments paid by or to a shipper of oil on the Trans Alaska

Pipeline System through the operation of a quality bank to compensate for the value of the oil of the shipper that is commingled

in the Pipeline.

(b) PROCEEDINGS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—In a proceeding commenced before the

date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission may not order retroactive changes in TAPS quality

bank adjustments for any period before February 1, 2000.

(2) PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED AFTER THE DATE OF ENACT- MENT.—In a proceeding commenced after the date of enactment

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of this Act, the Commission may not order retroactive changes

in TAPS quality bank adjustments for any period that exceeds

the 15-month period immediately preceding the earliest date

of the first order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

imposing quality bank adjustments in the proceeding.

(c) DEADLINE FOR CLAIMS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—A claim relating to a quality bank under

this section shall be filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission not later than 2 years after the date on which

the claim arose.

(2) FINAL ORDER.—Not later than 15 months after the

date on which a claim is filed under paragraph (1), the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue a final order with

respect to the claim.

SEC. 4413. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

Section 5006(d) of Public Law 101–380 is amended by inserting

‘‘annual’’ before ‘‘amount’’.

TITLE V—RESEARCH

Subtitle A—Funding

SEC. 5101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are authorized to be

appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

Transit Account):

(1) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—To carry out sections 502, 503,

506, 507, 509, and 510 of title 23, United States Code, and

sections 5201, 5203, 5204, 5309, 5501, 5502, 5503, 5504, 5506,

5511, 5512, and 5513 of this title $196,400,000 for each of

fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available.

(2) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—To carry out section 504

of title 23, United States Code, and section 5502 of this Act

$26,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

(3) BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.—For the

Bureau of Transportation Statistics to carry out section 111

of title 49, United States Code, $27,000,000 for each of fiscal

years 2005 through 2009.

(4) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—To carry out

sections 5505 and 5506 of title 49, United States Code,

$69,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

(5) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS)

RESEARCH.—To carry out subtitle C of this title, and section

511 of title 23, United States Code, $110,000,000 for each

of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

(6) ITS DEPLOYMENT.—To carry out sections 5208 and 5209

of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112

Stat. 458; 112 Stat. 460), $122,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.

(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.—Funds

authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall be available

for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned

under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the

Federal share of the cost of a project or activity carried out using

such funds shall be 50 percent, unless otherwise expressly provided

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by this Act (including the amendments made by this Act) or otherwise determined by the Secretary, and such funds shall remain

available until expended and shall not be transferable.

SEC. 5102. OBLIGATION CEILING.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total of all

obligations from amounts made available from the Highway Trust

Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by section 5101(a)

of this Act shall be $410,888,888 for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009.

SEC. 5103. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) Research and development are critical to developing

and maintaining a transportation system that meets the goals

of safety, mobility, economic vitality, efficiency, equity, and

environmental protection.

(2) Federally sponsored surface transportation research and

development has produced many successes. The development

of rumble strips has increased safety; research on materials

has increased the lifespan of pavements, saving money and

reducing the disruption caused by construction; and Geographic

Information Systems have improved the management and efficiency of transit fleets.

(3) Despite these important successes, the Federal surface

transportation research and development investment represents

less than 1 percent of overall Government spending on surface

transportation.

(4) While Congress increased funding for overall transportation programs by about 40 percent in the Transportation

Equity Act for the 21st Century, funding for transportation

research and development remained relatively flat.

(5) The Federal investment in research and development

should be balanced between short-term applied and long-term

fundamental research and development. The investment should

also cover a wide range of research areas, including research

on materials and construction, research on operations, research

on transportation trends and human factors, and research

addressing the institutional barriers to deployment of new technologies.

(6) That it is in the United States interest to increase

the Federal investment in transportation research and development, and to conduct research in critical research gaps, in

order to ensure that the transportation system meets the goals

of safety, mobility, economic vitality, efficiency, equity, and

environmental protection.

Subtitle B—Research, Technology, and

Education

SEC. 5201. RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION.

(a) RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION.—Title 23, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) in the table of chapters by striking the item relating

to chapter 5 and inserting the following:

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and

(2) by striking the heading for chapter 5 and inserting

the following:

‘‘CHAPTER 5—RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND

EDUCATION’’.

(b) STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES GOVERNING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS.—Section 502 of such title is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (g) as subsections (b) through (h), respectively; and

(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated)

the following:

‘‘(a) BASIC PRINCIPLES GOVERNING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

INVESTMENTS.—

‘‘(1) COVERAGE.—Surface transportation research and technology development shall include all activities leading to technology development and transfer, as well as the introduction

of new and innovative ideas, practices, and approaches, through

such mechanisms as field applications, education and training,

and technical support.

‘‘(2) FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Funding and conducting

surface transportation research and technology transfer activities shall be considered a basic responsibility of the Federal

Government when the work—

‘‘(A) is of national significance;

‘‘(B) supports research in which there is a clear public

benefit and private sector investment is less than optimal;

‘‘(C) supports a Federal stewardship role in assuring

that State and local governments use national resources

efficiently; or

‘‘(D) presents the best means to support Federal policy

goals compared to other policy alternatives.

‘‘(3) ROLE.—Consistent with these Federal responsibilities,

the Secretary shall—

‘‘(A) conduct research;

‘‘(B) support and facilitate research and technology

transfer activities by State highway agencies;

‘‘(C) share results of completed research; and

‘‘(D) support and facilitate technology and innovation

deployment.

‘‘(4) PROGRAM CONTENT.—A surface transportation research

program shall include—

‘‘(A) fundamental, long-term highway research;

‘‘(B) research aimed at significant highway research

gaps and emerging issues with national implications; and

‘‘(C) research related to policy and planning.

‘‘(5) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—Federal surface transportation

research and development activities shall address the needs

of stakeholders. Stakeholders include States, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, the private sector,

researchers, research sponsors, and other affected parties,

including public interest groups.

‘‘(6) COMPETITION AND PEER REVIEW.—Except as otherwise

provided in this chapter, the Secretary shall award, to the

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maximum extent practicable, all grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for research and development under this

chapter based on open competition and peer review of proposals.

‘‘(7) PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—To the maximum extent practicable, all surface transportation research

and development projects shall include a component of performance measurement and evaluation. Performance measures shall

be established during the proposal stage of a research and

development project and shall, to the maximum extent possible,

be outcome-based. All evaluations shall be made readily available to the public.

‘‘(8) TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.—The programs and

activities carried out under this section shall be consistent

with the surface transportation research and technology

development strategic plan developed under section 508.’’.

(c) PROCUREMENT FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES.—Section 502(b)(3) of such title (as

redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(3) COOPERATION, GRANTS, AND CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may carry out research, development, and technology

transfer activities related to transportation—

‘‘(A) independently;

‘‘(B) in cooperation with other Federal departments,

agencies, and instrumentalities and Federal laboratories;

or

‘‘(C) by making grants to, or entering into contracts

and cooperative agreements with one or more of the following: the National Academy of Sciences, the American

Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials,

any Federal laboratory, Federal agency, State agency,

authority, association, institution, for-profit or nonprofit

corporation, organization, foreign country, or any other person.’’.

(d) TRANSPORTATION POOLED FUND PROGRAM.—Section 502(b)

of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section)

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(6) POOLED FUNDING.—

‘‘(A) COOPERATION.—To promote effective utilization of

available resources, the Secretary may cooperate with a

State and an appropriate agency in funding research,

development, and technology transfer activities of mutual

interest on a pooled funds basis.

‘‘(B) SECRETARY AS AGENT.—The Secretary may enter

into contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants as the

agent for all participating parties in carrying out such

research, development, or technology transfer activities.’’.

(e) OPERATIONS ELEMENTS IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—Section

502 of such title is further amended—

(1) in subsection (b)(1)(B) (as redesignated by subsection

(b) of this section) by inserting ‘‘transportation system management and operations,’’ after ‘‘operation,’’;

(2) in subsection (d)(5)(C) (as redesignated by subsection

(b) of this section) by inserting ‘‘system management and’’ after

‘‘transportation’’; and

(3) by inserting at the end of subsection (d) (as redesignated

by subsection (b) of this section) the following:

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‘‘(12) Investigation and development of various operational

methodologies to reduce the occurrence and impact of recurrent

congestion and nonrecurrent congestion and increase transportation system reliability.

‘‘(13) Investigation of processes, procedures, and technologies to secure container and hazardous material transport,

including the evaluation of regulations and the impact of good

security practices on commerce and productivity.

‘‘(14) Research, development, and technology transfer

related to asset management.’’.

(f) FACILITATING TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIPS.—Section 502(c)(2) of such title (as

redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(2) COOPERATION, GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may directly initiate contracts, cooperative research and

development agreements (as defined in section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C.

3710a)) to fund, and accept funds from, the Transportation

Research Board of the National Research Council of the

National Academy of Sciences, State departments of transportation, cities, counties, and their agents to conduct joint

transportation research and technology efforts.’’.

(g) EXPLORATORY ADVANCED RESEARCH PROGRAM.—Section

502(e) of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section)

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(e) EXPLORATORY ADVANCED RESEARCH.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish an exploratory advanced research program, consistent with the surface

transportation research and technology development strategic

plan developed under section 508 that addresses longer-term,

higher-risk research with potentially dramatic breakthroughs

for improving the durability, efficiency, environmental impact,

productivity, and safety (including bicycle and pedestrian

safety) aspects of highway and intermodal transportation systems. In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall strive

to develop partnerships with public and private sector entities.

‘‘(2) RESEARCH AREAS.—In carrying out the program, the

Secretary may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts in such areas of surface transportation

research and technology as the Secretary determines appropriate, including the following:

‘‘(A) Characterization of materials used in highway

infrastructure, including analytical techniques, microstructure modeling, and the deterioration processes.

‘‘(B) Assessment of the effects of transportation

decisions on human health.

‘‘(C) Development of surrogate measures of safety.

‘‘(D) Environmental research.

‘‘(E) Data acquisition techniques for system condition

and performance monitoring.

‘‘(F) System performance data and information processing needed to assess the day-to-day operational performance of the system in support of hour-to-hour operational

decisionmaking.’’.

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(h) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a) of this Act, $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through

2009 shall be available to carry out section 502(e) of such title.

(i) LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE PROGRAM.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 502(f) of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(f) LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall continue to carry

out, through September 30, 2009, tests, monitoring, and data

analysis under the long-term pavement performance program.

‘‘(2) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND CONTRACTS.— Under the program, the Secretary shall make grants and enter

into cooperative agreements and contracts to—

‘‘(A) monitor, material-test, and evaluate highway test

sections in existence as of the date of the grant, agreement,

or contract;

‘‘(B) analyze the data obtained under subparagraph

(A); and

‘‘(C) prepare products to fulfill program objectives and

meet future pavement technology needs.’’.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $10,120,000 for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 502(f)

of such title.

(j) SEISMIC RESEARCH.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 502(g) of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(g) SEISMIC RESEARCH.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(1) in consultation and cooperation with Federal agencies

participating in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction

Program established by section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards

Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704), coordinate the conduct

of seismic research;

‘‘(2) take such actions as are necessary to ensure that

the coordination of the research is consistent with—

‘‘(A) planning and coordination activities of the

National Institute of Standards and Technology under section 5(b)(1) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)(1)); and

‘‘(B) the plan developed by the Director of the National

Institute of Standards and Technology under section 8(b)

of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7705b(b)); and

‘‘(3) in cooperation with the Center for Civil Engineering

Research at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the National

Center for Earthquake Engineering Research at the University

of Buffalo, carry out a seismic research program—

‘‘(A) to study the vulnerability of the Federal-aid

system and other surface transportation systems to seismic

activity;

‘‘(B) to develop and implement cost-effective methods

to reduce the vulnerability; and

‘‘(C) to conduct seismic research and upgrade earthquake simulation facilities as necessary to carry out the

program.’’.

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through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 502(g)

of such title.

(k) INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDS REPORT.—Section 502

of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(h) INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDS REPORT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 31, 2006, and July

31 of every second year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the

Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes—

‘‘(A) estimates of the future highway, transit, and

bridge needs of the United States; and

‘‘(B) the backlog of current highway, transit, and bridge

needs.

‘‘(2) COMPARISON WITH PRIOR REPORTS.—Each report under

paragraph (1) shall provide the means, including all necessary

information, to relate and compare the conditions and service

measures used in the previous biennial reports.’’.

(l) TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER.—Section

502 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the

following:

‘‘(i) TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate in the Federal Highway Administration a Turner-Fairbank Highway

Research Center.

‘‘(2) USES OF THE CENTER.—The Turner-Fairbank Highway

Research Center shall support—

‘‘(A) the conduct of highway research and development

related to new highway technology;

‘‘(B) the development of understandings, tools, and

techniques that provide solutions to complex technical problems through the development of economical and environmentally sensitive designs, efficient and quality-controlled

construction practices, and durable materials; and

‘‘(C) the development of innovative highway products

and practices.’’.

(m) BIOBASED TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—Of the amounts

made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $12,500,000 for

each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, equally divided and available, shall be available to carry out biobased research of national

importance at the National Biodiesel Board and at research centers

identified in section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8109).

SEC. 5202. LONG-TERM BRIDGE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM; INNOVATIVE BRIDGE RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.

(a) LONG-TERM BRIDGE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 502 of title 23, United States

Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(j) LONG-TERM BRIDGE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall establish a 20-year

long-term bridge performance program.

‘‘(2) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND CONTRACTS.—

Under the program, the Secretary shall make grants and enter

into cooperative agreements and contracts to—

‘‘(A) monitor, material-test, and evaluate test bridges;

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‘‘(B) analyze the data obtained under subparagraph

(A); and

‘‘(C) prepare products to fulfill program objectives and

meet future bridge technology needs.’’.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $7,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 502(j)

of such title.

(b) INNOVATIVE BRIDGE RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 503(b)(1) of such title is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and carry

out a program to promote, demonstrate, evaluate, and document

the application of innovative designs, materials, and construction methods in the construction, repair, and rehabilitation

of bridges and other highway structures.’’.

(2) GOALS.—Section 503(b)(2) of such title is amended to

read as follows:

‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the program shall include—

‘‘(A) the development of new, cost-effective, innovative

highway bridge applications;

‘‘(B) the development of construction techniques to

increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic

congestion;

‘‘(C) the development of engineering design criteria

for innovative products, materials, and structural systems

for use in highway bridges and structures;

‘‘(D) the reduction of maintenance costs and life-cycle

costs of bridges, including the costs of new construction,

replacement, or rehabilitation of deficient bridges;

‘‘(E) the development of highway bridges and structures

that will withstand natural disasters;

‘‘(F) the documentation and wide dissemination of

objective evaluations of the performance and benefits of

these innovative designs, materials, and construction

methods;

‘‘(G) the effective transfer of resulting information and

technology; and

‘‘(H) the development of improved methods to detect

bridge scour and economical bridge foundation designs that

will withstand bridge scour.’’.

(3) FUNDING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by

section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $13,100,000 for each of fiscal

years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out

section 503(b) of such title.

(B) HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT.—The Secretary shall obligate

$4,125,000 of the amount described in subparagraph (A)

for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to conduct

research and deploy technology related to high-performance

concrete bridges.

(c) HIGH PERFORMING STEEL BRIDGE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.—

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a program

to demonstrate the application of high-performing steel in the

construction and rehabilitation of bridges.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $4,100,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out this subsection.

(d) STEEL BRIDGE TESTING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a program

to test steel bridges using a nondestructive technology that

is able to detect growing cracks, including subsurface flaws

as small as 0.010 inches in length or depth, in the bridges.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out this subsection.

(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out in accordance with this subsection shall be

80 percent.

SEC. 5203. TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT.

(a) TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—Section 503(a) of title

23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘INITIATIVES AND

PARTNERSHIPS’’;

(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall develop and

administer a national technology deployment program.’’;

(3) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:

‘‘(7) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND CONTRACTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, the Secretary

may make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements

and contracts with, States, other Federal agencies, universities and colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit

organizations to pay the Federal share of the cost of

research, development, and technology transfer activities

concerning innovative materials.

‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant under this subsection, an entity described in subparagraph (A) shall

submit an application to the Secretary. The application

shall be in such form and contain such information as

the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall select and

approve an application based on whether the project that

is the subject of the grant meets the purpose of the program

described in paragraph (2).’’; and

(4) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:

‘‘(8) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANSFER.—The Secretary shall ensure that the information and technology

resulting from research conducted under paragraph (7) is made

available to State and local transportation departments and

other interested parties as specified by the Secretary.’’.

(b) INNOVATIVE PAVEMENT RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 503 of such title is further

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(c) INNOVATIVE PAVEMENT RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and implement a program to promote, demonstrate, support, and document the application of innovative pavement technologies, practices, performance, and benefits.

‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the innovative pavement research

and deployment program shall include—

‘‘(A) the deployment of new, cost-effective, innovative

designs, materials, recycled materials (including taconite

tailings and foundry sand), and practices to extend pavement life and performance and to improve customer satisfaction;

‘‘(B) the reduction of initial costs and life-cycle costs

of pavements, including the costs of new construction,

replacement, maintenance, and rehabilitation;

‘‘(C) the deployment of accelerated construction techniques to increase safety and reduce construction time and

traffic disruption and congestion;

‘‘(D) the deployment of engineering design criteria and

specifications for innovative practices, products, and materials for use in highway pavements;

‘‘(E) the deployment of new nondestructive and realtime pavement evaluation technologies and techniques;

‘‘(F) the evaluation, refinement, and documentation of

the performance and benefits of innovative technologies

deployed to improve life, performance, cost effectiveness,

safety, and customer satisfaction;

‘‘(G) effective technology transfer and information

dissemination to accelerate implementation of innovative

technologies and to improve life, performance, cost effectiveness, safety, and customer satisfaction; and

‘‘(H) the development of designs and materials to

reduce storm water runoff.

‘‘(3) RESEARCH TO IMPROVE NHS PAVEMENT.—The Secretary

shall obligate for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 from

funds made available to carry out this subsection, $4,100,000

to conduct research to improve asphalt pavement, $4,100,000

to conduct research to improve concrete pavement, $4,100,000

to conduct research to improve alternative materials used in

highways (including alternative materials used in highway

drainage applications), and $2,450,000 to conduct research to

improve aggregates used in highways on the National Highway

System.’’.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $22,625,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 503(c)

of such title.

(c) SAFETY INNOVATION DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 503 of such title is further

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(d) SAFETY INNOVATION DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and implement a program to demonstrate the application of innovative

technologies in highway safety.

‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the program shall include—

‘‘(A) the deployment and evaluation of safety technologies and innovations at State and local levels; and

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‘‘(B) the deployment of best practices in training,

management, design, and planning.

‘‘(3) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND CONTRACTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, the Secretary

shall make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements

and contracts with, States, other Federal agencies, universities and colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit

organizations for research, development, and technology

transfer for innovative safety technologies.

‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant under this subsection, an entity described in subparagraph (A) shall

submit to the Secretary an application at such time and

containing such information as the Secretary may require.

The Secretary shall select and approve an application based

on whether the project that is the subject of the application

meets the goals of the program described in paragraph

(2).

‘‘(4) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANSFER.—The Secretary shall take such action as is necessary to ensure that

the information and technology resulting from research conducted under paragraph (3) is made available to State and

local transportation departments and other interested parties

as specified by the Secretary.’’.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $12,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 503(d)

of such title.

(d) AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS.—Section 503

of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(e) PROMOTIONAL AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses for administration and operation

of the Federal Highway Administration shall be available to purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in the recruitment

of individuals and to promote the programs of the Federal Highway

Administration.’’.

(e) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND STUDIES.—

(1) WOOD COMPOSITE MATERIALS DEMONSTRATION

PROJECT.—Of the funds made available by section 5101(a)(1)

of this Act, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007

shall be made available for conducting a demonstration at

the University of Maine of the durability and potential effectiveness of wood composite materials in multimodal transportation

facilities.

(2) ASPHALT RECLAMATION STUDY.—Of the funds made

available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,500,000 for fiscal

year 2006 shall be available for asphalt and asphalt-related

reclamation research at the South Dakota School of Mines.

(3) ALKALI SILICA REACTIVITY.—Of the funds made available

by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $2,450,000 shall be made

available by the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2006 through

2009 for further development and deployment of techniques

to prevent and mitigate alkali silica reactivity.

(4) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of the

projects—

(A) under paragraph (1) shall be 100 percent; and

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(B) under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be the share

applicable under section 120(b) of such title unless otherwise specified or determined by the Secretary.

(f) TURNER-FAIRBANK FACILITY.—Of the funds made available

by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $625,000 shall be available for

each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to provide for physical

demonstrations of the ongoing work at the Turner-Fairbank facility

with respect to ultra-high performance concrete with ductility.

SEC. 5204. TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

(a) NATIONAL HIGHWAY INSTITUTE.— (1) COURSES.—Section 504(a)(3) of title 23, United States

Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(3) COURSES.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Institute shall—

‘‘(i) develop or update existing courses in asset

management, including courses that include such

components as—

‘‘(I) the determination of life-cycle costs;

‘‘(II) the valuation of assets;

‘‘(III) benefit-to-cost ratio calculations; and

‘‘(IV) objective decisionmaking processes for

project selection; and

‘‘(ii) continually develop courses relating to the

application of emerging technologies for—

‘‘(I) transportation infrastructure applications

and asset management;

‘‘(II) intelligent transportation systems;

‘‘(III) operations (including security operations);

‘‘(IV) the collection and archiving of data;

‘‘(V) expediting the planning and development

of transportation projects; and

‘‘(VI) the intermodal movement of individuals

and freight.

‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL COURSES.—In addition to the courses

developed under subparagraph (A), the Institute, in consultation with State transportation departments, metropolitan planning organizations, and the American Association

of State Highway and Transportation Officials, may develop

courses relating to technology, methods, techniques,

engineering, construction, safety, maintenance, environmental mitigation and compliance, regulations, management, inspection, and finance.

‘‘(C) REVISION OF COURSES OFFERED.—The Institute

shall periodically—

‘‘(i) review the course inventory of the Institute;

and

‘‘(ii) revise or cease to offer courses based on course

content, applicability, and need.’’.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $9,600,000 for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(a)

of such title.

(b) LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 504(b)

of such title is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(b) LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—

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‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall carry out a local

technical assistance program that will provide access to surface

transportation technology to—

‘‘(A) highway and transportation agencies in urbanized

and rural areas;

‘‘(B) contractors that perform work for the agencies;

and

‘‘(C) infrastructure security staff.

‘‘(2) GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND CONTRACTS.—

The Secretary may make grants and enter into cooperative

agreements and contracts to provide education and training,

technical assistance, and related support services to—

‘‘(A) assist rural, local transportation agencies and

tribal governments, and the consultants and construction

personnel working for the agencies and governments, to—

‘‘(i) develop and expand expertise in road and

transportation areas (including pavement, bridge, concrete structures, intermodal connections, safety

management systems, intelligent transportation systems, incident response, operations, and traffic safety

countermeasures);

‘‘(ii) improve roads and bridges;

‘‘(iii) enhance—

‘‘(I) programs for the movement of passengers

and freight; and

‘‘(II) intergovernmental transportation planning and project selection; and

‘‘(iv) deal effectively with special transportationrelated problems by preparing and providing training

packages, manuals, guidelines, and technical resource

materials;

‘‘(B) develop technical assistance for tourism and recreational travel;

‘‘(C) identify, package, and deliver transportation technology and traffic safety information to local jurisdictions

to assist urban transportation agencies in developing and

expanding their ability to deal effectively with transportation-related problems (particularly the promotion of

regional cooperation);

‘‘(D) operate, in cooperation with State transportation

departments and universities—

‘‘(i) local technical assistance program centers designated to provide transportation technology transfer

services to rural areas and to urbanized areas; and

‘‘(ii) local technical assistance program centers designated to provide transportation technical assistance

to tribal governments; and

‘‘(E) allow local transportation agencies and tribal

governments, in cooperation with the private sector, to

enhance new technology implementation.

‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of

activities carried out by the tribal technical assistance centers

under paragraph (2)(D)(ii) shall be 100 percent.’’.

(c) FUNDING.—Of the funds made available by section 5101(a)(2)

of this Act, $11,100,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009

shall be available to carry out section 504(b) of such title.

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(d) GARRETT A. MORGAN TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION

EDUCATION PROGRAM.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 504 of such title, is further

amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(d) GARRETT A. MORGAN TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION

EDUCATION PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish the Garrett

A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program

to improve the preparation of students, particularly women

and minorities, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through curriculum development and other activities

related to transportation.

‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall award

grants under this subsection on the basis of competitive peer

review. Grants awarded under this subsection may be used

for enhancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the elementary and secondary school level through

such means as—

‘‘(A) internships that offer students experience in the

transportation field;

‘‘(B) programs that allow students to spend time

observing scientists and engineers in the transportation

field; and

‘‘(C) developing relevant curriculum that uses examples

and problems related to transportation.

‘‘(3) APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity described in subparagraph

(C) seeking funding under this subsection shall submit

an application to the Secretary at such time, in such

manner, and containing such information as the Secretary

may require. Such application, at a minimum, shall include

a description of how the funds will be used to serve the

purposes described in paragraph (2).

‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In making awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that

will encourage the participation of women and minorities.

‘‘(C) ELIGIBILITY.—Local educational agencies and

State educational agencies, which may enter into a partnership agreement with institutions of higher education,

businesses, or other entities, shall be eligible to apply for

grants under this subsection.

‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following definitions apply:

‘‘(A) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term

‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning given

that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of

1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

‘‘(B) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term ‘local

educational agency’ has the meaning given that term in

section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

‘‘(C) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term ‘State

educational agency’ has the meaning given that term in

section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $1,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

Grants.

Women.

Minorities.

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through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(d)

of such title.

(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out in accordance with this section 504(d) of such

title shall be 100 percent.

(e) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,

TRAINING, AND EDUCATION.—Section 504 of such title is further

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(e) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,

TRAINING, AND EDUCATION.—

‘‘(1) FUNDING.—Subject to project approval by the Secretary, a State may obligate funds apportioned to the State

under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), 104(b)(4), and

144(e) for surface transportation workforce development,

training, and education, including—

‘‘(A) tuition and direct educational expenses, excluding

salaries, in connection with the education and training

of employees of State and local transportation agencies;

‘‘(B) employee professional development;

‘‘(C) student internships;

‘‘(D) university or community college support; and

‘‘(E) education activities, including outreach, to develop

interest and promote participation in surface transportation

careers.

‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of

activities carried out in accordance with this subsection shall

be 100 percent.

‘‘(3) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,

TRAINING, AND EDUCATION DEFINED.—In this subsection, the

term ‘surface transportation workforce development, training,

and education’ means activities associated with surface

transportation career awareness, student transportation career

preparation, and training and professional development for surface transportation workers, including activities for women and

minorities.

‘‘(f) TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to institutions of higher education that,

in partnership with industry or State departments of transportation, will develop, test, and revise new curricula and education programs to train individuals at all levels of the transportation workforce.

‘‘(2) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—In selecting applications for awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall

consider—

‘‘(A) the degree to which the new curricula or education

program meets the specific needs of a segment of the

transportation industry, States, or regions;

‘‘(B) providing for practical experience and on-the-job

training;

‘‘(C) proposals oriented toward practitioners in the field

rather than the support and growth of the research community;

‘‘(D) the degree to which the new curricula or program

will provide training in areas other than engineering, such

Grants.

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as business administration, economics, information technology, environmental science, and law;

‘‘(E) programs or curricula in nontraditional departments that train professionals for work in the transportation field, such as materials, information technology,

environmental science, urban planning, and industrial technology; and

‘‘(F) the commitment of industry or a State’s department of transportation to the program.

‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—The amount of a grant under this sub- section shall not exceed $300,000 per year. After a recipient

has received 3 years of Federal funding under this subsection,

Federal funding may equal not more than 75 percent of a

grantee’s program costs.’’.

(f) FUNDING.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $1,875,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(f)

of such title.

(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out in accordance with section 504(f) of such title

shall be 100 percent.

(g) TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS.—

(1) FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF ASPHALTS AND MODIFIED

ASPHALTS.—The Secretary shall continue to carry out section

5117(b)(5) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(112 Stat. 450).

(2) TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC, AND LAND USE SYSTEM.—

The Secretary shall continue to carry out section 5117(b)(7)

of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112

Stat. 450).

(3) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, for each of fiscal years 2005 through

2009 $4,200,000 shall be available to carry out paragraph (1)

and $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out paragraph (2).

(h) FREIGHT PLANNING CAPACITY BUILDING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 504 of title 23, United States

Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(g) FREIGHT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a

freight planning capacity building initiative to support enhancements in freight transportation planning in order to—

‘‘(A) better target investments in freight transportation

systems to maintain efficiency and productivity; and

‘‘(B) strengthen the decisionmaking capacity of State

transportation departments and local transportation agencies with respect to freight transportation planning and

systems.

‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary shall enter into agreements to support and carry out administrative and management

activities relating to the governance of the freight planning

capacity initiative.

‘‘(3) STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, the American Association of

State Highway and Transportation Officials, and other freight

planning stakeholders, including the other Federal agencies,

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State transportation departments, local governments, nonprofit

entities, academia, and the private sector.

‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The freight planning capacity

building initiative shall include research, training, and education in the following areas:

‘‘(A) The identification and dissemination of best practices in freight transportation.

‘‘(B) Providing opportunities for freight transportation

staff to engage in peer exchange.

‘‘(C) Refinement of data and analysis tools used in

conjunction with assessing freight transportation needs.

‘‘(D) Technical assistance to State transportation

departments and local transportation agencies reorganizing

to address freight transportation issues.

‘‘(E) Facilitating relationship building between governmental and private entities involved in freight transportation.

‘‘(F) Identifying ways to target the capacity of State

transportation departments and local transportation agencies to address freight considerations in operations, security, asset management, and environmental excellence in

connection with long-range multimodal transportation

planning and project implementation.

‘‘(5) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of

an activity carried out under this section shall be up to 100

percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended.

‘‘(6) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available for the program

established under this subsection may be used for research,

program development, information collection and dissemination,

and technical assistance. The Secretary may use such funds

independently or make grants or to and enter into contracts

and cooperative agreements with a Federal agency, State

agency, local agency, federally recognized Indian tribal government or tribal consortium, authority, association, nonprofit or

for-profit corporation, or institution of higher education, to carry

out the purposes of this subsection.’’.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $875,000 for each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(g)

of such title.

(i) EISENHOWER TRANSPORTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—Of

the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act,

$2,200,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be

available to carry out section 504(c)(2) of such title.

SEC. 5205. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.

Section 505 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following—

‘‘(7) The conduct of activities relating to the planning of

real-time monitoring elements.’’; and

(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘for the same’’ and all

that follows through the period and inserting the following:

‘‘for the period described in section 118(b)(2).’’.

SEC. 5206. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION OUTREACH

PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

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‘‘§ 506. International highway transportation outreach program

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may establish an international highway transportation outreach program—

‘‘(1) to inform the United States highway community of

technological innovations in foreign countries that could significantly improve highway transportation in the United States;

‘‘(2) to promote United States highway transportation

expertise, goods, and services in foreign countries; and

‘‘(3) to increase transfers of United States highway

transportation technology to foreign countries.

‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities carried out under the program may

include—

‘‘(1) the development, monitoring, assessment, and dissemination in the United States of information about highway

transportation innovations in foreign countries that could

significantly improve highway transportation in the United

States;

‘‘(2) research, development, demonstration, training, and

other forms of technology transfer and exchange;

‘‘(3) the provision to foreign countries, through participation

in trade shows, seminars, expositions, and other similar activities, of information relating to the technical quality of United

States highway transportation goods and services;

‘‘(4) the offering of technical services of the Federal Highway Administration that cannot be readily obtained from private sector firms in the United States for incorporation into

the proposals of those firms undertaking highway transportation projects outside the United States, if the costs of the

technical services will be recovered under the terms of the

project;

‘‘(5) the conduct of studies to assess the need for, or feasibility of, highway transportation improvements in foreign countries; and

‘‘(6) the gathering and dissemination of information on

foreign transportation markets and industries.

‘‘(c) COOPERATION.—The Secretary may carry out this section

in cooperation with any appropriate—

‘‘(1) Federal, State, or local agency;

‘‘(2) authority, association, institution, or organization;

‘‘(3) for-profit or nonprofit corporation;

‘‘(4) national or international entity;

‘‘(5) foreign country; or

‘‘(6) person.

‘‘(d) FUNDS.—

‘‘(1) CONTRIBUTIONS.—Funds available to carry out this

section shall include funds deposited by any cooperating

organization or person into a special account of the Treasury

established for this purpose.

‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—The funds deposited into

the account, and other funds available to carry out this section,

shall be available to cover the cost of any activity eligible

under this section, including the cost of—

‘‘(A) promotional materials;

‘‘(B) travel;

‘‘(C) reception and representation expenses; and

‘‘(D) salaries and benefits.

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‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENTS FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.—

Reimbursements for salaries and benefits of Department

employees providing services under this section shall be credited to the account.

‘‘(e) REPORT.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate

and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives a report that describes the destinations

and individual trip costs of international travel conducted in carrying out activities described in this section.’’.

(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $300,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through

2009 shall be available to carry out section 506 of such title.

SEC. 5207. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 507 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 507. Surface transportation-environmental cooperative

research program

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and carry out

a surface transportation-environmental cooperative research program.

‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The program carried out under this section

may include research—

‘‘(1) to develop more accurate models for evaluating

transportation control measures and transportation system

designs that are appropriate for use by State and local governments (including metropolitan planning organizations) in

designing implementation plans to meet Federal, State, and

local environmental requirements;

‘‘(2) to improve understanding of the factors that contribute

to the demand for transportation;

‘‘(3) to develop indicators of economic, social, and environmental performance of transportation systems to facilitate analysis of potential alternatives;

‘‘(4) to meet additional priorities as determined by the

Secretary in the strategic planning process under section 508;

and

‘‘(5) to refine, through the conduct of workshops, symposia,

and panels, and in consultation with stakeholders (including

the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection

Agency, and other appropriate Federal and State agencies and

associations) the scope and research emphases of the program.

‘‘(c) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(1) administer the program established under this section;

and

‘‘(2) ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that—

‘‘(A) the best projects and researchers are selected to

conduct research in the priority areas described in subsection (b)—

‘‘(i) on the basis of merit of each submitted proposal; and

‘‘(ii) through the use of open solicitations and selection by a panel of appropriate experts;

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‘‘(B) a qualified, permanent core staff with the ability

and expertise to manage a large multiyear budget is used;

‘‘(C) the stakeholders are involved in the governance

of the program, at the executive, overall program, and

technical levels, through the use of expert panels and

committees; and

‘‘(D) there is no duplication of research effort between

the program established under this section and the new

strategic highway research program established under section 510.

‘‘(d) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—The Secretary may

make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the

National Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities relating

to the research, technology, and technology transfer activities

described in subsections (b) and (c) as the Secretary determines

to be appropriate.’’.

(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $16,875,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 507 of such

title.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 5 of

such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 507

and inserting the following:

‘‘507. Surface transportation environment and planning cooperative research program.’’.

SEC. 5208. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 508 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 508. Transportation research and development strategic

planning

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Secretary shall develop

a 5-year transportation research and development strategic

plan to guide Federal transportation research and development

activities. This plan shall be consistent with section 306 of

title 5, sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, and any other

research and development plan within the Department of

Transportation.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan developed under paragraph (1) shall—

‘‘(A) describe the primary purposes of the transportation research and development program, which shall

include, at a minimum—

‘‘(i) reducing congestion and improving mobility;

‘‘(ii) promoting safety;

‘‘(iii) promoting security;

‘‘(iv) protecting and enhancing the environment;

‘‘(v) preserving the existing transportation system;

and

‘‘(vi) improving the durability and extending the

life of transportation infrastructure;

‘‘(B) for each purpose, list the primary research and

development topics that the Department intends to pursue

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to accomplish that purpose, which may include the fundamental research in the physical and natural sciences,

applied research, technology development, and social

science research intended for each topic; and

‘‘(C) for each research and development topic,

describe—

‘‘(i) the anticipated annual funding levels for the

period covered by the strategic plan; and

‘‘(ii) the additional information the Department

expects to gain at the end of the period covered by

the strategic plan as a result of the research and

development in that topic area.

‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the strategic plan,

the Secretary shall ensure that the plan—

‘‘(A) reflects input from a wide range of stakeholders;

‘‘(B) includes and integrates the research and development programs of all the Department’s operating administrations, including aviation, transit, rail, and maritime;

and

‘‘(C) takes into account how research and development

by other Federal, State, private sector, and nonprofit

institutions contributes to the achievement of the purposes

identified under paragraph (2)(A), and avoids unnecessary

duplication with these efforts.

‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE PLANS AND REPORTS.—In reports submitted under sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, the Secretary

shall include—

‘‘(A) a summary of the Federal transportation research

and development activities for the previous fiscal year in

each topic area;

‘‘(B) the amount of funding spent in each topic area;

‘‘(C) a description of the extent to which the research

and development is meeting the expectations set forth in

paragraph (2)(C)(ii); and

‘‘(D) any amendments to the strategic plan.

‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to appropriate committees of Congress an annual report, in conjunction

with the President’s annual budget request as set forth in section

1105 of title 31, describing the amount spent in the last completed

fiscal year on transportation research and development and the

amount proposed in the current budget for transportation research

and development.

‘‘(c) NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REVIEW.—The Secretary

shall enter into an agreement for the review by the National

Research Council of the details of each—

‘‘(1) strategic plan under this section;

‘‘(2) performance plan required under section 1115 of title

31; and

‘‘(3) program performance report required under section

1116 of title 31, with respect to transportation research and

development.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 5 of

such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 508

and inserting the following:

‘‘508. Transportation research and development strategic planning.’’.

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SEC. 5209. NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION

RESEARCH PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 509. National cooperative freight transportation research

program

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish and support a national cooperative freight transportation research program.

‘‘(b) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall enter into an agreement

with the National Academy of Sciences to support and carry out

administrative and management activities relating to the governance of the national cooperative freight transportation research

program.

‘‘(c) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The National Academy of Sciences

shall select an advisory committee consisting of a representative

cross-section of freight stakeholders, including the Department of

Transportation, other Federal agencies, State transportation departments, local governments, nonprofit entities, academia, and the

private sector.

‘‘(d) GOVERNANCE.—The national cooperative freight transportation research program established under this section shall include

the following administrative and management elements:

‘‘(1) NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA.—The advisory committee, in consultation with interested parties, shall recommend

a national research agenda for the program. The agenda shall

include a multiyear strategic plan.

‘‘(2) INVOLVEMENT.—Interested parties may—

‘‘(A) submit research proposals to the advisory committee;

‘‘(B) participate in merit reviews of research proposals

and peer reviews of research products; and

‘‘(C) receive research results.

‘‘(3) OPEN COMPETITION AND PEER REVIEW OF RESEARCH

PROPOSALS.—The National Academy of Sciences may award

research contracts and grants under the program through open

competition and merit review conducted on a regular basis.

‘‘(4) EVALUATION OF RESEARCH.—

‘‘(A) PEER REVIEW.—Research contracts and grants

under the program may allow peer review of the research

results.

‘‘(B) PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATIONS.—The National

Academy of Sciences may conduct periodic programmatic

evaluations on a regular basis of research contracts and

grants.

‘‘(5) DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS.—The National

Academy of Sciences shall disseminate research findings to

researchers, practitioners, and decisionmakers, through conferences and seminars, field demonstrations, workshops,

training programs, presentations, testimony to government officials, the World Wide Web, publications for the general public,

and other appropriate means.

‘‘(e) CONTENTS.—The national research agenda required under

subsection (d)(1) shall include research in the following areas:

‘‘(1) Techniques for estimating and quantifying public benefits derived from freight transportation projects.

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‘‘(2) Alternative approaches to calculating the contribution

of truck and rail traffic to congestion on specific highway segments.

‘‘(3) The feasibility of consolidating origins and destinations

for freight movement.

‘‘(4) Methods for incorporating estimates of international

trade into landside transportation planning.

‘‘(5) The use of technology applications to increase capacity

of highway lanes dedicated to truck-only traffic.

‘‘(6) Development of physical and policy alternatives for

separating car and truck traffic.

‘‘(7) Ways to synchronize infrastructure improvements with

freight transportation demand.

‘‘(8) The effect of changing patterns of freight movement

on transportation planning decisions relating to rest areas.

‘‘(9) Other research areas to identify and address emerging

and future research needs related to freight transportation

by all modes.

‘‘(f) FUNDING.— ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of

an activity carried out under this section shall be up to 100

percent.

‘‘(2) USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—In addition to using

funds authorized for this section, the National Academy of

Sciences may seek and accept additional funding sources from

public and private entities capable of accepting funding from

the Department of Transportation, States, local governments,

nonprofit foundations, and the private sector.

‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available to

carry out this section shall remain available until expended.’’.

(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $3,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 509 of such

title.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter

is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘509. National cooperative freight transportation research program.’’.

SEC. 5210. FUTURE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code,

is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 510. Future strategic highway research program

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in consultation with the

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, shall establish and carry out, acting through the National

Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the future

strategic highway research program.

‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may make

grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the American

Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the

National Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities under

this section as the Secretary determines are appropriate.

‘‘(c) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—

‘‘(1) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program established under

this section shall be based on the National Research Council

Special Report 260, entitled ‘Strategic Highway Research:

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Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life’

and the results of the detailed planning work subsequently

carried out in 2002 and 2003 to identify the research areas

through National Cooperative Research Program Project 20–

58. The research program shall include an analysis of the

following:

‘‘(A) Renewal of aging highway infrastructure with

minimal impact to users of the facilities.

‘‘(B) Driving behavior and likely crash causal factors

to support improved countermeasures.

‘‘(C) Reducing highway congestion due to nonrecurring

congestion.

‘‘(D) Planning and designing new road capacity to meet

mobility, economic, environmental, and community needs.

‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS.—The research results of

the program, expressed in terms of technologies, methodologies,

and other appropriate categorizations, shall be disseminated

to practicing engineers for their use, as soon as practicable.

‘‘(d) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out the program

under this section, the National Research Council shall ensure,

to the maximum extent practicable, that—

‘‘(1) projects and researchers are selected to conduct

research for the program on the basis of merit and open solicitation of proposals and review by panels of appropriate experts;

‘‘(2) State department of transportation officials and other

stakeholders, as appropriate, are involved in the governance

of the program at the overall program level and technical

level through the use of expert panels and committees;

‘‘(3) the Council acquires a qualified, permanent core staff

with the ability and expertise to manage the program and

multiyear budget; and

‘‘(4) there is no duplication of research effort between the

program and any other research effort of the Department.

‘‘(e) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RESULTS.—

‘‘(1) REPORT.—The Transportation Research Board of the

National Research Council shall complete a report on the strategies and administrative structure to be used for implementation

of the results of the future strategic highway research program.

‘‘(2) COMPONENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall

include with respect to the program—

‘‘(A) an identification of the most promising results

of research under the program (including the persons most

likely to use the results);

‘‘(B) a discussion of potential incentives for, impediments to, and methods of, implementing those results;

‘‘(C) an estimate of costs of implementation of those

results; and

‘‘(D) recommendations on methods by which

implementation of those results should be conducted,

coordinated, and supported in future years, including a

discussion of the administrative structure and organization

best suited to carry out those recommendations.

‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the report, the

Transportation Research Board shall consult with a wide

variety of stakeholders, including—

‘‘(A) the Federal Highway Administration;

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‘‘(B) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and

‘‘(C) the American Association of State Highway and

Transportation Officials.

‘‘(4) SUBMISSION.—Not later than February 1, 2009, the

report shall be submitted to the Committee on Environment

and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.

‘‘(f) FUNDING.— ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of

an activity carried out using amounts made available under

a grant or cooperative agreement under this section shall be

100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until

expended.

‘‘(2) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—The Secretary may make

advance payments as necessary to carry out the program under

this section.

‘‘(g) LIMITATION OF REMEDIES.—

‘‘(1) SAME REMEDY AS IF UNITED STATES.—The remedy

against the United States provided by sections 1346(b) and

2672 of title 28 for injury, loss of property, personal injury,

or death shall apply to any claim against the National Academy

of Sciences for money damages for injury, loss of property,

personal injury, or death caused by any negligent or wrongful

act or omission by employees and individuals described in paragraph (3) arising from activities conducted under or in connection with this section. Any such claim shall be subject to the

limitations and exceptions which would be applicable to such

claim if such claim were against the United States. With respect

to any such claim, the Secretary shall be treated as the head

of the appropriate Federal agency for purposes of sections 2672

and 2675 of title 28.

‘‘(2) EXCLUSIVENESS OF REMEDY.—The remedy referred to

in paragraph (1) shall be exclusive of any other civil action

or proceeding for the purpose of determining liability arising

from any such act or omission without regard to when the

act or omission occurred.

‘‘(3) TREATMENT.—Employees of the National Academy of

Sciences and other individuals appointed by the president of

the National Academy of Sciences and acting on its behalf

in connection with activities carried out under this section

shall be treated as if they are employees of the Federal Government under section 2671 of title 28 for purposes of a civil

action or proceeding with respect to a claim described in paragraph (1). The civil action or proceeding shall proceed in the

same manner as any proceeding under chapter 171 of title

28 or action against the United States filed pursuant to section

1346(b) of title 28 and shall be subject to the limitations and

exceptions applicable to such a proceeding or action.

‘‘(4) SOURCES OF PAYMENTS.—Payment of any award, compromise, or settlement of a civil action or proceeding with

respect to a claim described in paragraph (1) shall be paid

first out of insurance maintained by the National Academy

of Sciences, second from funds made available to carry out

this section, and then from sums made available under section

1304 of title 31. For purposes of such section, such an award,

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compromise, or settlement shall be deemed to be a judgment,

award, or settlement payable under section 2414 or 2672 of

title 28. The Secretary may establish a reserve of funds to

carry out this section for making payments under this paragraph.’’.

(b) PROGRAMMATIC EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 3 years after

the first research and development project grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts are awarded under section 510 of title 23,

United States Code, the Comptroller General shall review the program under such section and recommend improvements to the

program. The review shall assess the degree to which projects

funded under such section have addressed the research and development topics identified in the Transportation Research Board Special

Report 260, including identifying those topics that have not yet

been addressed.

(c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $51,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009, shall be available to carry out section 510 of such

title.

(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 5 of

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

‘‘510. Future strategic highway research program.’’.

SEC. 5211. MULTISTATE CORRIDOR OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code,

is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 511. Multistate corridor operations and management

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall encourage multistate

cooperative agreements, coalitions, or other arrangements to promote regional cooperation, planning, and shared project

implementation for programs and projects to improve transportation

system management and operations.

‘‘(b) INTERSTATE ROUTE 95 CORRIDOR COALITION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.—The Secretary

shall make grants under this subsection to States to continue intelligent transportation system management and operations in the

Interstate Route 95 corridor coalition region initiated under the

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public

Law 102–240).’’.

(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section

5101(a)(5) of this Act $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 511 of such

title.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter

is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘511. Multistate corridor operations and management.’’.

Subtitle C—Intelligent Transportation

System Research

SEC. 5301. NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code,

is further amended by adding at the end the following:

Grants.

Deadline.

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‘‘§ 512. National ITS program plan

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

‘‘(1) UPDATES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of

enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Secretary, in consultation

with interested stakeholders (including State transportation

departments) shall develop a 5-year National Intelligent

Transportation System (in this section referred to as ‘ITS’)

program plan.

‘‘(2) SCOPE.—The National ITS program plan shall—

‘‘(A) specify the goals, objectives, and milestones for

the research and deployment of intelligent transportation

systems in the contexts of—

‘‘(i) major metropolitan areas;

‘‘(ii) smaller metropolitan and rural areas; and

‘‘(iii) commercial vehicle operations;

‘‘(B) specify the manner in which specific programs

and projects will achieve the goals, objectives, and milestones referred to in subparagraph (A), including consideration of a 5-year timeframe for the goals and objectives;

‘‘(C) identify activities that provide for the dynamic

development, testing, and necessary revision of standards

and protocols to promote and ensure interoperability in

the implementation of intelligent transportation system

technologies, including actions taken to establish standards; and

‘‘(D) establish a cooperative process with State and

local governments for—

‘‘(i) determining desired surface transportation

system performance levels; and

‘‘(ii) developing plans for accelerating the incorporation of specific intelligent transportation system

capabilities into surface transportation systems.

‘‘(b) REPORTING.—The National ITS program plan shall be submitted and biennially updated as part of the transportation research

and development strategic plan developed under section 508.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter

is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘512. National ITS Program Plan.’’.

SEC. 5302. USE OF FUNDS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code,

is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 513. Use of funds for ITS activities

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, not more than $250,000

of the funds made available to carry out this subtitle C of title

V of the SAFETEA–LU shall be used for intelligent transportation

system outreach, public relations, displays, tours, and brochures.

‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to intelligent

transportation system training, scholarships, or the publication or

distribution of research findings, technical guidance, or similar

documents.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter

is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘513. Use of funds for ITS activities.’’.

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SEC. 5303. GOALS AND PURPOSES.

(a) GOALS.—The goals of the intelligent transportation system

program include—

(1) enhancement of surface transportation efficiency and

facilitation of intermodalism and international trade to enable

existing facilities to meet a significant portion of future

transportation needs, including public access to employment,

goods, and services and to reduce regulatory, financial, and

other transaction costs to public agencies and system users;

(2) achievement of national transportation safety goals,

including the enhancement of safe operation of motor vehicles

and nonmotorized vehicles and improved emergency response

to a crash, with particular emphasis on decreasing the number

and severity of collisions;

(3) protection and enhancement of the natural environment

and communities affected by surface transportation, with particular emphasis on assisting State and local governments to

achieve national environmental goals;

(4) accommodation of the needs of all users of surface

transportation systems, including operators of commercial

motor vehicles, passenger motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles

and pedestrians, including individuals with disabilities; and

(5) improvement of the Nation’s ability to respond to security-related or other manmade emergencies and natural disasters and enhancement of national defense mobility.

(b) PURPOSES.—The Secretary shall implement activities under

the intelligent system transportation program to, at a minimum—

(1) expedite, in both metropolitan and rural areas, deployment and integration of intelligent transportation systems for

consumers of passenger and freight transportation;

(2) ensure that Federal, State, and local transportation

officials have adequate knowledge of intelligent transportation

systems for consideration in the transportation planning

process;

(3) improve regional cooperation and operations planning

for effective intelligent transportation system deployment;

(4) promote the innovative use of private resources;

(5) facilitate, in cooperation with the motor vehicle

industry, the introduction of vehicle-based safety enhancing

systems;

(6) support the application of intelligent transportation systems that increase the safety and efficiency of commercial motor

vehicle operations;

(7) develop a workforce capable of developing, operating,

and maintaining intelligent transportation systems; and

(8) provide continuing support for operations and maintenance of intelligent transportation systems.

SEC. 5304. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.

Funds made available to carry out this subtitle for operational

tests—

(1) shall be used primarily for the development of intelligent transportation system infrastructure; and

(2) to the maximum extent practicable, shall not be used

for the construction of physical highway and public transportation infrastructure unless the construction is incidental and

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critically necessary to the implementation of an intelligent

transportation system project.

SEC. 5305. GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS.

(a) SCOPE.—Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, the Secretary shall conduct an ongoing intelligent transportation system

program to research, develop, and operationally test intelligent

transportation systems and to provide technical assistance in the

nationwide application of those systems as a component of the

surface transportation systems of the United States.

(b) POLICY.—Intelligent transportation system research projects

and operational tests funded pursuant to this subtitle shall encourage and not displace public-private partnerships or private sector

investment in such tests and projects.

(c) COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENTAL, PRIVATE, AND EDU- CATIONAL ENTITIES.—The Secretary shall carry out the intelligent

transportation system program in cooperation with State and local

governments and other public entities, the private sector firms

of the United States, the Federal laboratories, and colleges and

universities, including historically Black colleges and universities

and other minority institutions of higher education.

(d) CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS.—In carrying out

the intelligent transportation system program, the Secretary shall

consult with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies,

as appropriate.

(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND INFORMATION.—The

Secretary may provide technical assistance, training, and information to State and local governments seeking to implement, operate,

maintain, or evaluate intelligent transportation system technologies

and services.

(f) TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—The Secretary may provide

funding to support adequate consideration of transportation systems

management and operations, including intelligent transportation

systems, within metropolitan and statewide transportation planning

processes.

(g) INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—

(A) maintain a repository for technical and safety data

collected as a result of federally sponsored projects carried

out under this subtitle (including the amendments made

by this subtitle); and

(B) make, on request, that information (except for

proprietary information and data) readily available to all

users of the repository at an appropriate cost.

(2) AGREEMENT.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into an

agreement with a third party for the maintenance of the

repository for technical and safety data under paragraph

(1)(A).

(B) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—If the Secretary

enters into an agreement with an entity for the maintenance of the repository, the entity shall be eligible for

Federal financial assistance under this section.

(3) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Information in the

repository shall not be subject to sections 552 and 555 of

title 5, United States Code.

(h) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— Establishment.

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish an Advisory

Committee to advise the Secretary on carrying out this subtitle.

(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee shall have no

more than 20 members, be balanced between metropolitan and

rural interests, and include, at a minimum—

(A) a representative from a State highway department;

(B) a representative from a local highway department

who is not from a metropolitan planning organization;

(C) a representative from a State, local, or regional

transit agency;

(D) a representative from a metropolitan planning

organization;

(E) a private sector user of intelligent transportation

system technologies;

(F) an academic researcher with expertise in computer

science or another information science field related to intelligent transportation systems, and who is not an expert

on transportation issues;

(G) an academic researcher who is a civil engineer;

(H) an academic researcher who is a social scientist

with expertise in transportation issues;

(I) a representative from a nonprofit group representing the intelligent transportation system industry;

(J) a representative from a public interest group concerned with safety;

(K) a representative from a public interest group concerned with the impact of the transportation system on

land use and residential patterns; and

(L) members with expertise in planning, safety, and

operations.

(3) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall, at a minimum,

perform the following duties:

(A) Provide input into the development of the Intelligent Transportation System aspects of the strategic plan

under section 508 of title 23, United States Code.

(B) Review, at least annually, areas of intelligent

transportation systems research being considered for

funding by the Department, to determine—

(i) whether these activities are likely to advance

either the state-of-the-practice or state-of-the-art in

intelligent transportation systems;

(ii) whether the intelligent transportation system

technologies are likely to be deployed by users, and

if not, to determine the barriers to deployment; and

(iii) the appropriate roles for government and the

private sector in investing in the research and technologies being considered.

(4) REPORT.—Not later than February 1 of each year after

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

to the Congress a report including—

(A) all recommendations made by the Advisory Committee during the preceding calendar year;

(B) an explanation of how the Secretary has implemented those recommendations; and

(C) for recommendations not implemented, the reasons

for rejecting the recommendations.

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(5) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—

The Advisory Committee shall be subject to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

(i) REPORTING.—

(1) GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue guidelines

and requirements for the reporting and evaluation of operational tests and deployment projects carried out under

this subtitle.

(B) OBJECTIVITY AND INDEPENDENCE.—The guidelines

and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall

include provisions to ensure the objectivity and independence of the reporting entity so as to avoid any real or

apparent conflict of interest or potential influence on the

outcome by parties to any such test or deployment project

or by any other formal evaluation carried out under this

subtitle.

(C) FUNDING.—The guidelines and requirements issued

under subparagraph (A) shall establish reporting funding

levels based on the size and scope of each test or project

that ensure adequate reporting of the results of the test

or project.

(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Any survey, questionnaire, or interview

that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the

reporting of any test, deployment project, or program assessment activity under this subtitle shall not be subject to chapter

35 of title 44, United States Code.

SEC. 5306. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive program of intelligent transportation system research, development, and operational tests of intelligent vehicles and intelligent

infrastructure systems and other similar activities that are necessary to carry out this subtitle.

(b) PRIORITY AREAS.—Under the program, the Secretary shall

give higher priority to funding projects that—

(1) enhance mobility and productivity through improved

traffic management, incident management, transit management, freight management, road weather management, toll

collection, traveler information, or highway operations systems

and remote sensing products;

(2) utilize interdisciplinary approaches to develop traffic

management strategies and tools to address multiple impacts

of congestion concurrently;

(3) address traffic management, incident management,

transit management, toll collection traveler information, or

highway operations systems with goals of—

(A) reducing metropolitan congestion by not less than

5 percent by 2010;

(B) ensuring that a national, interoperable 5–1–1

system, along with a national traffic information system

that includes a user-friendly, comprehensive website, is

fully implemented for use by travelers throughout the

United States by September 30, 2010; and

(C)(i) improving incident management response,

particularly in rural areas, so that rural emergency

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response times are reduced by an average of 10 minutes;

and

(ii) improving communication between emergency care

providers and trauma centers;

(4) incorporate research on the impact of environmental,

weather, and natural conditions on intelligent transportation

systems, including the effects of cold climates;

(5) enhance intermodal use of intelligent transportation

systems for diverse groups, including for emergency and healthrelated services;

(6) enhance safety through improved crash avoidance and

protection, crash and other notification, commercial motor

vehicle operations, and infrastructure-based or cooperative

safety systems; and

(7) facilitate the integration of intelligent infrastructure,

vehicle, and control technologies.

(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of operational tests and demonstrations under subsection (a) shall not

exceed 80.

SEC. 5307. NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—

(1) DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MAINTENANCE.—

Consistent with section 12(d) of the National Technology

Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note;

110 Stat. 783), the Secretary shall develop, implement, and

maintain a national architecture and supporting standards and

protocols to promote the widespread use and evaluation of

intelligent transportation system technology as a component

of the surface transportation systems of the United States.

(2) INTEROPERABILITY AND EFFICIENCY.—To the maximum

extent practicable, the national architecture shall promote

interoperability among, and efficiency of, intelligent transportation system technologies implemented throughout the United

States.

(3) USE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.—In

carrying out this section, the Secretary shall use the services

of such standards development organizations as the Secretary

determines to be appropriate.

(4) USE OF EXPERT PANEL.—

(A) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall designate a

panel of experts to recommend ways to expedite and

streamline the process for developing the standards and

protocols to be developed pursuant to paragraph (1).

(B) NONAPPLICABILITY OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—

The expert panel shall not be subject to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

(C) DEADLINE FOR RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than

September 30, 2007, the expert panel shall provide the

Secretary with a recommendation relating to such standards development.

(b) PROVISIONAL STANDARDS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary finds that the development or balloting of an intelligent transportation system

standard jeopardizes the timely achievement of the objectives

identified in subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a provisional standard, after consultation with affected parties, using,

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to the extent practicable, the work product of appropriate standards development organizations.

(2) PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS.—A provisional standard

established under paragraph (1) shall be published in the Federal Register and remain in effect until the appropriate standards development organization adopts and publishes a

standard.

(c) CONFORMITY WITH NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraphs (2)

and (3), the Secretary shall ensure that intelligent transportation system projects carried out using funds made available

from the Highway Trust Fund, including funds made available

under this subtitle to deploy intelligent transportation system

technologies, conform to the national architecture, applicable

standards or provisional standards, and protocols developed

under subsection (a).

(2) SECRETARY’S DISCRETION.—The Secretary may authorize

exceptions to paragraph (1) for—

(A) projects designed to achieve specific research objectives outlined in the national intelligent transportation

system program plan or the surface transportation research

and development strategic plan developed under section

508 of title 23, United States Code; or

(B) the upgrade or expansion of an intelligent transportation system in existence on the date of enactment of

this Act if the Secretary determines that the upgrade or

expansion—

(i) would not adversely affect the goals or purposes

of this subtitle;

(ii) is carried out before the end of the useful

life of such system; and

(iii) is cost-effective as compared to alternatives

that would meet the conformity requirement of paragraph (1).

(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to funds

used for operation or maintenance of an intelligent transportation system in existence on the date of enactment of this

Act.

SEC. 5308. ROAD WEATHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a road

weather research and development program to—

(1) maximize use of available road weather information

and technologies;

(2) expand road weather research and development efforts

to enhance roadway safety, capacity, and efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts; and

(3) promote technology transfer of effective road weather

scientific and technological advances.

(b) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, the National Science Foundation, the American

Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector.

(c) CONTENTS.—The program established under this section

shall solely carry out research and development called for in the

National Research Council’s report entitled ‘‘A Research Agenda

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for Improving Road Weather Services’’. Such research and development includes—

(1) integrating existing observational networks and data

management systems for road weather applications;

(2) improving weather modeling capabilities and forecast

tools, such as the road surface and atmospheric interface;

(3) enhancing mechanisms for communicating road weather

information to users, such as transportation officials and the

public; and

(4) integrating road weather technologies into an information infrastructure.

(d) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary

shall—

(1) enable efficient technology transfer;

(2) improve education and training of road weather

information users, such as State and local transportation officials and private sector transportation contractors; and

(3) coordinate with transportation weather research programs in other modes, such as aviation.

(e) FUNDING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding funds under this section,

the Secretary shall give preference to applications with significant matching funds from non-Federal sources.

(2) FUNDS FOR ROAD WEATHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(5)

of this Act, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through

2009 shall be available to carry out this section.

SEC. 5309. CENTERS FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXCELLENCE.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 4 centers

for surface transportation excellence.

(b) GOALS.—The goals of the centers for surface transportation

excellence are to promote and support strategic national surface

transportation programs and activities relating to the work of State

departments of transportation in the areas of environment, surface

transportation safety, rural safety, and project finance.

(c) ROLE OF CENTERS.—To achieve the goals set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary shall establish the 4 centers as follows:

(1) ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE.—To provide technical

assistance, information sharing of best practices, and training

in the use of tools and decision-making processes that can

assist States in planning and delivering environmentally sound

surface transportation projects.

(2) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.—To develop and

disseminate advanced transportation safety techniques and

innovations in both rural areas and urban communities. The

center will use a controlled access highway with state-of-theart features, to test safety devices and techniques that enhance

driver performance, examine advanced pavement and lighting

systems, and develop techniques to address older driver and

fatigue driver issues.

(3) RURAL SAFETY.—To provide research, training, and outreach on innovative uses of technology to enhance rural safety

and economic development, assess local community needs to

improve access to mobile emergency treatment, and develop

online and seminar training needs of rural transportation

practitioners and policy-makers.

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(4) PROJECT FINANCE.—To provide support to State

transportation departments in the development of finance plans

and project oversight tools and to develop and offer training

in state-of-the-art financing methods to advance projects and

leverage funds.

(d) FUNDING.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $3,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out this section.

(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made available

under paragraph (1) the Secretary shall use such amounts

as follows:

(A) $1,250,000 to establish the Center for Environmental Excellence.

(B) $750,000 to establish the Center for Excellence

in Surface Transportation Safety at the Virginia Tech

Transportation Institute. (C) $875,000 to establish the Center for Excellence

in Rural Safety at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute,

Minnesota.

(D) $875,000 to establish the Center for Excellence

in Project Finance.

(3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized by this

section shall be available for obligation in the same manner

as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title

23, United States Code, except that the Federal share shall

be 100 percent.

(e) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—

(1) COMPETITION.—A party entering into a contract,

cooperative agreement, or other transaction with the Secretary,

or receiving a grant to perform research or provide technical

assistance under subsections (d)(2)(A) and (d)(2)(D) shall be

selected on a competitive basis, to the maximum extent practicable.

(2) STRATEGIC PLAN.—The Secretary shall require each

center to develop a multiyear strategic plan that describes—

(A) the activities to be undertaken; and

(B) how the work of the center is coordinated with

the activities of the Federal Highway Administration and

the various other research, development, and technology

transfer activities authorized by this title. Such plans shall

be submitted to the Secretary by January 1, 2006, and

each year thereafter.

SEC. 5310. DEFINITIONS.

In this subtitle, the following definitions apply:

(1) INCIDENT.—The term ‘‘incident’’ means a crash, a natural disaster, workzone activity, special event, or other emergency road user occurrence that adversely affects or impedes

the normal flow of traffic.

(2) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.—The

term ‘‘intelligent transportation infrastructure’’ means fully

integrated public sector intelligent transportation system

components, as defined by the Secretary.

(3) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.—The term

‘‘intelligent transportation system’’ means electronics,

photonics, communications, or information processing used

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singly or in combination to improve the efficiency or safety

of a surface transportation system.

(4) NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE.—The term ‘‘national architecture’’ means the common framework for interoperability that

defines—

(A) the functions associated with intelligent transportation system user services;

(B) the physical entities or subsystems within which

the functions reside;

(C) the data interfaces and information flows between

physical subsystems; and

(D) the communications requirements associated with

the information flows.

(5) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ means an undertaking

to research, develop, or operationally test intelligent transportation systems or any other undertaking eligible for assistance

under this subtitle.

(6) STANDARD.—The term ‘‘standard’’ means a document

that—

(A) contains technical specifications or other precise

criteria for intelligent transportation systems that are to

be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions

of characteristics so as to ensure that materials, products,

processes, and services are fit for their purposes; and

(B) may support the national architecture and promote—

(i) the widespread use and adoption of intelligent

transportation system technology as a component of

the surface transportation systems of the United

States; and

(ii) interoperability among intelligent transportation system technologies implemented throughout

the States.

(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given the

term under section 101 of title 23, United States Code.

(8) TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.—The term ‘‘transportation systems management and

operations’’ has the meaning given the term under section

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

Subtitle D—University Transportation

Research; Scholarship Opportunities

SEC. 5401. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 5505. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—The Secretary of

Transportation shall make grants under this section to eligible

nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and

operate national university transportation centers.

‘‘(2) ROLE OF CENTERS.—The role of each center shall be

to advance significant transportation research on critical

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national transportation issues and to expand the workforce

of transportation professionals.

‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS.—A grant received by

an eligible nonprofit institution of higher learning under this section

shall be available for the same purposes, and shall be subject

to the same terms and conditions, as a grant made to a nonprofit

institution of higher learning under section 5506.

‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘eligible nonprofit institution

of higher learning’ means each of the following:

‘‘(1) University of Alaska.

‘‘(2) Marshall University, West Virginia, on behalf of a

consortium of West Virginia colleges and universities.

‘‘(3) University of Minnesota.

‘‘(4) University of Missouri, Rolla.

‘‘(5) Northwestern University.

‘‘(6) Oklahoma Transportation Center.

‘‘(7) Portland State University, in partnership with the

University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and the Oregon

Institute of Technology.

‘‘(8) University of Vermont.

‘‘(9) Western Transportation Institute at Montana State

University.

‘‘(10) University of Wisconsin.

‘‘(d) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant under this

section to each eligible nonprofit institution of higher learning in

an amount $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2005 and $3,500,000 in each

of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to carry out this section.’’.

(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(4) of this Act, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and

$35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 shall be

available to carry out section 5505 of such title.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for subchapter I

of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking the item relating

to section 5505 and inserting the following:

‘‘5505. National university transportation centers.’’.

SEC. 5402. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5506 of title 49, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 5506. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation shall make

grants under this section to nonprofit institutions of higher learning

to establish and operate university transportation centers.

‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—Grants received under this section shall be

used by nonprofit institutions of higher learning to advance significantly the state-of-the-art in transportation research and expand

the workforce of transportation professionals through the following

programs and activities:

‘‘(1) RESEARCH.—Basic and applied research, the products

of which are judged by peers or other experts in the field

of transportation to advance the body of knowledge in transportation.

‘‘(2) EDUCATION.—An education program relating to

transportation that includes multidisciplinary course work and

participation in research.

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‘‘(3) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.—An ongoing program of technology transfer that makes transportation research results

available to potential users in a form that can be implemented,

utilized, or otherwise applied.

‘‘(c) REGIONAL, TIER I, AND TIER II CENTERS.—

‘‘(1) REGIONAL AND TIER I CENTERS.—For each of fiscal

years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall make grants

under subsection (a) to nonprofit institutions of higher learning

to establish and operate—

‘‘(A) 10 regional university transportation centers; and

‘‘(B) 10 Tier I university transportation centers.

‘‘(2) TIER II CENTERS.—

‘‘(A) For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, the

Secretary shall make grants under subsection (a) to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and

operate 22 Tier II university transportation centers.

‘‘(B) The tier II centers consist of the following:

‘‘(i) University of Arkansas, Mack-Blackwell Rural

Transportation Center.

‘‘(ii) University of California, Davis.

‘‘(iii) California State University, San Bernardino.

‘‘(iv) Cleveland State University, Work Zone Safety

Institute.

‘‘(v) University of Connecticut.

‘‘(vi) University of Delaware in Newark.

‘‘(vii) University of Detroit Mercy (including the

coalition partners of the university).

‘‘(viii) George Mason University.

‘‘(ix) Hampton University, Eastern Seaboard Intermodal Transportation Applications Center (ESITAC).

‘‘(x) Kansas State University.

‘‘(xi) Louisiana State University, LTRC-TTEC.

‘‘(xii) University of Massachusetts Amherst.

‘‘(xiii) Michigan Technological University.

‘‘(xiv) University of Nevada Las Vegas.

‘‘(xv) North Carolina State University, Center for

Transportation and the Environment.

‘‘(xvi) Northwestern University.

‘‘(xvii) Ohio Higher Education Transportation

Consortium University of Akron.

‘‘(xviii) University of Rhode Island.

‘‘(xix) University of Toledo.

‘‘(xx) Utah State University.

‘‘(xxi) Youngstown State University.

‘‘(xxii) University of Memphis.

‘‘(3) LOCATION OF REGIONAL CENTERS.—One regional university transportation center shall be located in each of the 10

United States Government regions that comprise the Standard

Federal Regional Boundary System.

‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—A nonprofit institution of higher learning

may not directly receive a grant under this section for a fiscal

year for more than one university transportation center.

‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS.—

‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—In order to be eligible to receive a

grant under subsection (c)(1), a nonprofit institution of higher

learning shall submit to the Secretary an application that is

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in such form and contains such information as the Secretary

may require.

‘‘(2) GENERAL SELECTION CRITERIA.—Except as otherwise

provided by this section, the Secretary shall select each

recipient of a grant under subsection (c)(1) through a competitive process on the basis of the following:

‘‘(A) The demonstrated research and extension

resources available to the recipient to carry out this section.

‘‘(B) The capability of the recipient to provide leadership in making national and regional contributions to the

solution of immediate and long-range transportation problems.

‘‘(C) The recipient’s demonstrated commitment of at least $400,000 each year in regularly budgeted institutional

amounts to support ongoing transportation research and

education programs.

‘‘(D) The recipient’s demonstrated ability to disseminate results of transportation research and education programs through a statewide or regionwide continuing education program.

‘‘(E) The strategic plan the recipient proposes to carry

out under the grant.

‘‘(e) REGIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.—

‘‘(1) COMPETITION.—Not later than March 31, 2006, and

not later than March 31st of every 4th year thereafter, the

Secretary shall complete a competition among nonprofit institutions of higher learning for grants to establish and operate

the 10 regional university transportation centers referred to

in subsection (c)(1)(A).

‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In conducting a competition

under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall select a nonprofit

institution of higher learning on the basis of—

‘‘(A) the criteria described in subsection (d)(2);

‘‘(B) the location of the center within the Federal region

to be served; and

‘‘(C) whether or not the institution (or, in the case

of a consortium of institutions, the lead institution) demonstrates that it has a well-established, nationally recognized program in transportation research and education,

as evidenced by—

‘‘(i) not less than $2,000,000 in highway or public

transportation research expenditures each year for

each of the preceding 5 years;

‘‘(ii) not less than 10 graduate degrees awarded

in professional fields closely related to highways and

public transportation each year for each of the preceding 5 years; and

‘‘(iii) not less than 5 tenured or tenure-track faculty

members who specialize on a full-time basis in professional fields closely related to highways and public

transportation who, as a group, have published a total

at least 50 refereed journal publications on highway

or public transportation research during the preceding

5 years.

‘‘(3) GRANT RECIPIENTS.—After selecting a nonprofit institution of higher learning as a grant recipient on the basis of

a competition conducted under this subsection, the Secretary

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shall make a grant to the recipient to establish and operate

a regional university transportation center in each of the first

4 fiscal years beginning after the date of the competition.

‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEARS 2005 AND 2006.—For

fiscal years 2005 and 2006, the Secretary shall make a grant

under this section to each of the 10 nonprofit institutions of

higher learning that were competitively selected for grants

by the Secretary under this section in July 1999 to operate

regional university transportation centers.

‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant

to a nonprofit institution of higher learning to establish and

operate a regional university transportation center of— ‘‘(A) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

‘‘(B) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through

2008; and

‘‘(C) $2,225,000 for fiscal year 2009.

‘‘(f) TIER I UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.—

‘‘(1) COMPETITION.—Not later than June 30, 2006, and not

later than June 30 of every 4th year thereafter, the Secretary

shall complete a competition among nonprofit institutions of

higher learning for grants to establish and operate the 10

Tier I university transportation centers referred to in subsection

(c)(1)(B).

‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In conducting a competition

under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall select a nonprofit

institution of higher learning on the basis of—

‘‘(A) the criteria described in subsection (d)(2); and

‘‘(B) whether or not the institution (or, in the case

of a consortium of institutions, the lead institution) can

demonstrate that it has an established, recognized program

in transportation research and education, as evidenced by—

‘‘(i) not less than $1,000,000 in highway or public

transportation research expenditures each year for

each of the preceding 5 years or not less than

$6,000,000 in such expenditures during the 5 preceding

years;

‘‘(ii) not less than 5 graduate degrees awarded

in professional fields closely related to highways and

public transportation each year for each of the preceding 5 years; and

‘‘(iii) not less than 3 tenured or tenure-track faculty

members who specialize on a full-time basis in professional fields closely related to highways and public

transportation who, as a group, have published a total

at least 20 refereed journal publications on highway

or public transportation research during the preceding

5 years.

‘‘(3) GRANT RECIPIENTS.—After selecting a nonprofit institution of higher learning as a grant recipient on the basis of

a competition conducted under this subsection, the Secretary

shall make a grant to the recipient to establish and operate

a Tier I university transportation center in each of the first

4 fiscal years beginning after the date of the competition.

‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEARS 2005 AND 2006.—For

fiscal years 2005 and 2006, the Secretary shall make a grant

under this section to each of the 10 nonprofit institutions of

higher learning that were competitively selected for grant

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awards by the Secretary under this section in May 2002 to

operate university transportation centers (other than regional

centers).

‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant

of $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to

a nonprofit institution of higher learning to establish and

operate a Tier I university transportation center.

‘‘(g) TIER II UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.—

‘‘(1) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall make grants to the

nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and

operate the 22 Tier II university transportation centers referred

to in subsection (c)(2)(B).

‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant

of $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to a

nonprofit institution of higher learning to establish and operate

a Tier II university transportation center.

‘‘(h) SUPPORT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—In order to be eligible to receive a grant under

this section, a nonprofit institution of higher learning shall provide

assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the research and education activities of its university transportation center will support

the national strategy for surface transportation research, as identified by—

‘‘(1) the report of the National Highway Research and Technology Partnership entitled ‘Highway Research and Technology:

The Need for Greater Investment’, dated April 2002; and

‘‘(2) the programs of the National Research and Technology

Program of the Federal Transit Administration.

‘‘(i) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—In order to be eligible to receive

a grant under this section, a nonprofit institution of higher learning

shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to ensure that

the institution will maintain total expenditures from all other

sources to establish and operate a university transportation center

and related research activities at a level at least equal to the

average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years prior to

award of a grant under this section.

‘‘(j) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs of activities carried out using a grant made under this section shall be

50 percent of such costs. The non-Federal share may include funds

provided to a recipient under section 503, 504(b), or 505 of title

23.

‘‘(k) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—

‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate the

research, education, and technology transfer activities that

grant recipients carry out under this section, disseminate the

results of the research, and establish and operate a clearinghouse to disseminate the results of the research.

‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—At least annually,

and consistent with the plan developed under section 508 of

title 23, the Secretary shall review and evaluate programs

of grant recipients.

‘‘(3) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary shall

expend not more than $400,000 for each of fiscal years 2005

through 2009 from amounts made available to carry out this

section to carry out management and oversight of the centers

receiving assistance under this section and section 5505.

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‘‘(l) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall carry out

this section acting through the Administrator of the Research and

Innovative Technology Administration.

‘‘(m) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made

available to carry out this section shall remain available for obligation by the Secretary for a period of 2 years after the last day

of the fiscal year for which such funds are authorized.’’.

(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(4) of this Act, the following amounts shall be available

to carry out section 5506 of such title.

(1) $20,400,000 for fiscal year 2005.

(2) $41,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008.

(3) $43,900,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for subchapter I

of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking the item relating

to section 5506 and inserting the following:

‘‘5506. University transportation research.’’.

Subtitle E—Other Programs

SEC. 5501. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM PROJECT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall fund and carry out a

project to further the development of a comprehensive transportation safety information management system (in this section

referred to as ‘‘TSIMS’’).

(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the TSIMS project is to further

the development of a software application to provide for the collection, integration, management, and dissemination of safety data

from and for use among State and local safety and transportation

agencies, including driver licensing, vehicle registration, emergency

management system, injury surveillance, roadway inventory, and

motor carrier databases.

(c) FUNDING.—

(1) FEDERAL FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available

by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,000,000 for fiscal years

2006 and 2007 shall be available to carry out the TSIMS

project under this section.

(2) STATE CONTRIBUTION.—The sums authorized in paragraph (1) are intended to supplement voluntary contributions

to be made by State departments of transportation and other

State safety and transportation agencies.

SEC. 5502. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION RELIEF SOLUTIONS RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a surface

transportation congestion solutions research initiative consisting

of 2 independent research programs described in subsections (b)(1)

and (b)(2) and designed to develop information to assist State

transportation departments and metropolitan planning organizations measure and address surface transportation congestion problems.

(b) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION SOLUTIONS

RESEARCH PROGRAM.—

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(1) IMPROVED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MEASURES.—The purposes of the first

research program established under this section shall be—

(A) to examine the effectiveness of surface transportation congestion management systems since enactment

of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

of 1991 (Public Law 102–240);

(B) to identify best case examples of locally designed

reporting methods and incorporate such methods in

research on national models for developing and recommending improved surface transportation congestion

measurement and reporting; and

(C) to incorporate such methods in the development

of national models and methods to monitor, measure, and

report surface transportation congestion information.

(2) ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR ACTION ON SURFACE

TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION.—The purposes of the second

research program established under this section shall be—

(A) to analyze the effectiveness of procedures used

by State transportation departments and metropolitan

planning organizations to assess surface transportation

congestion problems and communicate those problems to

decisionmakers; and

(B) to identify methods to ensure that the results of

surface transportation congestion analyses lead to the targeting of funding for programs, projects, or services with

demonstrated effectiveness in reducing travel delay, congestion, and system unreliability.

(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—In fiscal year 2006,

the Secretary shall develop a technical assistance and training

program to disseminate the results of the surface transportation

congestion solutions research initiative for the purpose of assisting

State transportation departments and local transportation agencies

with improving their approaches to surface transportation congestion measurement, analysis, and project programming.

(d) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out subsections (a) and

(b) of this section. Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(2), $750,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009

shall be available to carry out subsection (c) of this subsection.

SEC. 5503. MOTOR CARRIER EFFICIENCY STUDY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination with the motor

carrier and wireless technology industry, shall conduct a study

to—

(1) identify inefficiencies in the transportation of freight;

(2) evaluate the safety, productivity, and reduced cost

improvements that may be achieved through the use of wireless

technologies to address the inefficiencies identified in paragraph

(1); and

(3) conduct, as appropriate, field tests demonstrating the

technologies identified in paragraph (2).

(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) Fuel monitoring and management systems.

(2) Radio frequency identification technology.

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(3) Electronic manifest systems.

(4) Cargo theft prevention.

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

study under this section shall be 100 percent.

(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and submit

to Congress an annual report on the programs and activities carried

out under this section.

(e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, the Secretary shall make available $1,250,000

to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for each of

fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to carry out this section.

SEC. 5504. CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION ADVANCEMENT AND

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a Center

for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development

(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’) to assist, through

training, education, and research, in the comprehensive development of small metropolitan and rural regional transportation systems that are responsive to the needs of businesses and local

communities.

(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the Center shall—

(1) provide training, information, and professional resources

for small metropolitan and rural regions to pursue innovative

strategies to expand the capabilities, capacity, and effectiveness

of a region’s transportation network, including activities related

to freight projects, transit system upgrades, roadways and

bridges, and intermodal transfer facilities and operations;

(2) assist local officials, rural transportation and economic

development planners, officials from State departments of

transportation and economic development, business leaders,

and other stakeholders in developing public-private partnerships to enhance their transportation systems; and

(3) promote the leveraging of regional transportation planning with regional economic and business development planning to assure that appropriate transportation systems are

created.

(c) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—To carry out this section, the

Secretary shall make a grant to, or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with the National Association of Development

Organizations.

(d) FUNDING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $625,000 shall be available for each

of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 to carry out this section.

(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out in accordance with this subsection shall be

100 percent.

SEC. 5505. TRANSPORTATION SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary may

establish and implement a scholarship program for the purpose

of attracting qualified students for transportation-related critical jobs.

23 USC 504 note.

Grants.

Contracts.

Urban and rural

areas.

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(2) PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary may establish the program in partnership with appropriate nongovernmental institutions.

(b) PARTICIPATION.—An operating administration of the Department and the Office of Inspector General may participate in the

scholarship program.

(c) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

Secretary may use funds available to an operating administration

or from the Office of Inspector General of the Department for

the purpose of carrying out this section.

SEC. 5506. COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS AND SPATIAL

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and carry out

a program to validate commercial remote sensing products and

spatial information technologies for application to national transportation infrastructure development and construction.

(b) PROGRAM.— (1) NATIONAL POLICY.—The Secretary shall establish and

maintain a national policy for the use of commercial remote

sensing products and spatial information technologies in

national transportation infrastructure development and

construction.

(2) POLICY IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall develop

new applications of commercial remote sensing products and

spatial information technologies for the implementation of the

national policy established and maintained under paragraph

(1).

(c) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall carry out this section

in cooperation with a consortium of university research centers.

(d) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $7,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out this section.

SEC. 5507. RURAL INTERSTATE CORRIDOR COMMUNICATIONS STUDY.

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary

of Commerce, State departments of transportation, and other appropriate State, regional, and local officials, shall conduct a study

on the feasibility of installing fiber optic cabling and wireless

communication infrastructure along multistate Interstate System

route corridors for improved communications services to rural

communities along such corridors.

(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—In conducting the study, the Secretary shall identify—

(1) impediments to installation of the infrastructure

described in subsection (a) along multistate Interstate System

route corridors and to connecting such infrastructure to the

rural communities along such corridors;

(2) the effective geographic range of such infrastructure;

(3) potential opportunities for the private sector to fund,

wholly or partially, the installation of such infrastructure;

(4) potential benefits fiber optic cabling and wireless

communication infrastructure may provide to rural communities along such corridors, including the effects of the installation of such infrastructure on economic development, deployment of intelligent transportation systems technologies and

applications, homeland security precaution and response, and

education and health systems in those communities;

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(5) rural broadband access points for such infrastructure;

(6) areas of environmental conflict with such installation;

(7) real estate ownership issues relating to such installation;

(8) preliminary design for placement of fiber optic cable

and wireless towers;

(9) monetary value of the rights-of-way necessary for such

installation;

(10) applicability and transferability of the benefits of such

installation to other rural corridors; and

(11) safety and other operational issues associated with

the installation and maintenance of fiber optic cabling and

wire infrastructure within Interstate System rights-of-way and

other publicly owned rights-of-way.

(c) CORRIDOR LOCATIONS.—The study required under subsection

(a) shall be conducted for corridors along—

(1) Interstate Route 90 through rural Wisconsin, southern

Minnesota, northern Iowa, and South Dakota;

(2) Interstate Route 20 through Alabama, Mississippi, and

northern Louisiana;

(3) Interstate Route 91 through Vermont, New Hampshire,

and Massachusetts; and

(4) any other rural corridor the Secretary considers appropriate.

(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than September 30, 2007,

the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results

of the study, including any recommendations of the Secretary.

(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of the

study shall be 100 percent.

(f) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section

5101(a)(5) of this Act, $1,000,000 shall be available for fiscal year

2006, and $2,000,000 shall be available for fiscal year 2007 to

carry out this section.

SEC. 5508. TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

Section 5117(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st

Century (112 Stat 449; 112 Stat. 864; 115 Stat. 2330) is amended

by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

‘‘(3) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.—

‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph:

‘‘(i) CONGESTED AREA.—The term ‘congested area’

means a metropolitan area that experiences significant

traffic congestion, as determined by the Secretary on

an annual basis, including the metropolitan areas of

Albany, Atlanta, Austin, Burlington, Charlotte, Columbus, Greensboro, Hartford, Jacksonville, Kansas City,

Louisville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville,

New Orleans, Norfolk, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento,

San Jose, Tuscson, and Tulsa.

‘‘(ii) DEPLOYMENT AREA.—The term ‘deployment

area’ means any of the metropolitan areas of Baltimore,

Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort

Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Las

Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York/Northern New

Jersey, Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati, Oklahoma City,

Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland,

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Providence, Salt Lake, San Diego, San Francisco, St.

Louis, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, District of

Columbia.

‘‘(iii) METROPOLITAN AREA.—The term ‘metropolitan area’, including a major transportation corridor

serving a metropolitan area, means any area that—

‘‘(I) has a population exceeding 300,000; and

‘‘(II) meets criteria established by the Secretary in conjunction with the intelligent vehicle

highway systems corridors program.

‘‘(iv) ORIGINAL CONTRACT.—The term ‘original contract’ means the Department of Transportation contract numbered DTTS 59–99–D–00445 T020013.

‘‘(v) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the 2-

part intelligent transportation infrastructure program

carried out under this paragraph.

‘‘(vi) STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.—The

term ‘State transportation department’ means—

‘‘(I) a State transportation department (as

defined in section 101 of title 23, United States

Code); and

‘‘(II) a designee of a State transportation

department (as so defined) for the purpose of

entering into contracts.

‘‘(vii) UNCOMMITTED FUNDS.—The term

‘uncommitted funds’ means the total amount of funds

that, as of the date that is 180 days after the date

of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, remain

uncommitted under the original contract.

‘‘(B) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

PROGRAM.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out

a 2-part intelligent transportation infrastructure program in accordance with this paragraph to advance

the deployment of an operational intelligent transportation infrastructure system, through measurement of

various transportation system activities, to

simultaneously—

‘‘(I) aid in transportation planning and analysis; and

‘‘(II) make a significant contribution to the

ITS program under this title.

‘‘(ii) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the program

are—

‘‘(I) to build or integrate an infrastructure of

the measurement of various transportation system

metrics to aid in planning, analysis, and maintenance of the Department of Transportation,

including the buildout, maintenance, and operation

of greater than 40 metropolitan area systems with

a total cost not to exceed $2,000,000 for each

metropolitan area;

‘‘(II) to provide private technology commercialization initiatives to generate revenues that

will be reinvested in the intelligent transportation

infrastructure system;

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‘‘(III) to aggregate data into reports for

multipoint data distribution techniques; and

‘‘(IV) with respect to part I of the program

under subparagraph (C), to use an advanced

information system designed and monitored by an

entity with experience with the Department of

Transportation in the design and monitoring of

high-reliability, mission-critical voice and data systems.

‘‘(C) PART I.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out part I of the

program, the Secretary shall permit the entity to which

the original contract was awarded to use uncommitted

funds to deploy intelligent transportation infrastructure systems that have been accepted by the

Secretary—

‘‘(I) in accordance with the terms of the

original contract; and

‘‘(II) in any deployment area, with the consent

of the State transportation department for the

deployment area.

‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE CONDITIONS.—The same asset

ownership, maintenance, fixed price contract, and revenue sharing model, and the same competitively

selected consortium leader, as were used for the deployment of intelligent transportation infrastructure systems under the original contract before the date of

enactment of the SAFETEA–LU shall apply to each

deployment carried out under clause (i).

‘‘(iii) DEPLOYMENT IN CONGESTED AREAS.—If the

entity referred to in clause (i) is unable to use the

uncommitted funds by deploying intelligent transportation infrastructure systems in deployment areas, as

determined by the Secretary, the entity may deploy

the systems in accordance with this paragraph in one

or more congested areas, with the consent of the State

transportation departments for the congested areas.

‘‘(D) PART II.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out part II of the

program, the Secretary shall award, on a competitive

basis, contracts for the deployment of intelligent

transportation infrastructure systems that have been

accepted by the Secretary in congested areas, with

the consent of the State transportation departments

for the congested areas.

‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall award

contracts under clause (i)—

‘‘(I) for individual congested areas among entities that seek to deploy intelligent transportation

infrastructure systems in the congested areas; and

‘‘(II) on the condition that the terms of each

contract awarded requires the entity deploying

such system to ensure that the deployed system

is compatible (as determined by the Secretary)

with systems deployed in other congested areas

under this paragraph.

Contracts.

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‘‘(iii) PROVISIONS IN CONTRACTS.—The Secretary

shall require that each contract for the deployment

of an intelligent transportation infrastructure system

under this subparagraph contain such provisions

relating to asset ownership, maintenance, fixed price,

and revenue sharing as the Secretary considers to be

appropriate.

‘‘(E) USE OF FUNDS FOR UNDEPLOYED SYSTEMS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If, under part I or part II of

the program, a State transportation department for

a deployment area or congested area does not consent

by the later of the date that is 180 days after the

date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, or another

date determined jointly by the State transportation

department and the deployment area or congested

area, to participate in the deployment of an intelligent

transportation infrastructure system in the deployment

area or congested area, upon application by any other

deployment area or congested area that has consented

by that date to participate in the deployment of such

a system, the Secretary shall distribute any such

unused funds to any other deployment or congested

area that has consented by that date to participate

in the deployment of such a system.

‘‘(ii) NO INCLUSION IN COST LIMITATION.—Costs

paid using funds provided through a distribution under

clause (i) shall not be considered in determining the

limitation on maximum cost described in subparagraph

(F)(ii).

‘‘(F) FEDERAL SHARE; LIMITS ON COSTS OF SYSTEMS FOR

METROPOLITAN AREAS.—

‘‘(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—Subject to clause (ii), the

Federal share of the cost of any project or activity

carried out under the program shall be 80 percent.

‘‘(ii) LIMIT ON COSTS OF SYSTEM FOR EACH METRO- POLITAN AREA.—

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not more than $2,000,000

may be provided under this paragraph for deployment of an intelligent transportation infrastructure system for a metropolitan area.

‘‘(II) FUNDING UNDER EACH PART.—A metropolitan area in which an intelligent transportation

infrastructure system is deployed under part I or

part II under subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively, including through a distribution of funds

under subparagraph (E), may not receive any additional deployment under the other part of the program.

‘‘(G) USE OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An intelligent transportation

system project described in this paragraph or paragraph (6) that involves privately owned intelligent

transportation system components and is carried out

using funds made available from the Highway Trust

Fund shall not be subject to any law (including a

regulation) of a State or political subdivision of a State

prohibiting or regulating commercial activities in the

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rights-of-way of a highway for which Federal-aid highway funds have been used for planning, design,

construction, or maintenance for the project, if the

Secretary determines that such use is in the public

interest.

‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF SUBPARAGRAPH.—Nothing in this

subparagraph affects the authority of a State or political subdivision of a State—

‘‘(I) to regulate highway safety; or

‘‘(II) under sections 253 and 332(c)(7) of the

Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 253,

332(c)(7)).

‘‘(H) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry

out this paragraph.’’.

SEC. 5509. REPEAL.

Effective October 1 of 2005, sections 5208 and 5209 of subtitle

C of title V of The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(23 U.S.C. 502 note; 112 Stat. 452–463) is repealed.

SEC. 5510. NOTICE.

(a) NOTICE OF REPROGRAMMING.—If any funds authorized for

carrying out this title or the amendments made by this title are

subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations, Transportation and

Infrastructure, and Science of the House of Representatives and

the Committees on Appropriations and Environment and Public

Works of the Senate, notice of that action shall be concurrently

provided to the Committee of Transportation and Infrastructure

and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives

and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.

(b) NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION.—On or before the 15th day

preceding the date of any major reorganization of a program, project,

or activity of the Department for which funds are authorized by

this title or the amendments made by this title, the Secretary

shall provide notice of the reorganization to the Committees on

Transportation and Infrastructure and Science of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public

Works of the Senate.

SEC. 5511. MOTORCYCLE CRASH CAUSATION STUDY GRANTS.

(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall provide grants to the Oklahoma Transportation Center for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive, in-depth motorcycle crash causation study that employs

the common international methodology for in-depth motorcycle

accident investigation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation

and Development.

(b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,408,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

and 2007 shall be available to carry out this section.

SEC. 5512. ADVANCED TRAVEL FORECASTING PROCEDURES PROGRAM.

(a) CONTINUATION AND ACCELERATION OF TRANSIMS DEPLOYMENT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accelerate the deployment of the advanced transportation model known as the

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‘‘Transportation Analysis Simulation System’’ (in this section

referred to as ‘‘TRANSIMS’’), developed by the Los Alamos

National Laboratory.

(2) PROGRAM APPRECIATION.—The purpose of the program

is to assist State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations—

(A) to implement TRANSIMS;

(B) to develop methods for TRANSIMS applications

to transportation planning, air quality analysis, regulatory

compliance, and response to natural disasters and other

transportation disruptions; and

(C) to provide training and technical assistance for

the implementation of TRANSIMS.

(b) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall use funds made

available to carry out this section to—

(1) provide funding to State departments of transportation

and metropolitan planning organizations serving transportation

management areas designated under chapter 52 of title 49,

United States Code, representing a diversity of populations,

geographic regions, and analytic needs to implement

TRANSIMS;

(2) develop methods to demonstrate a wide spectrum of

TRANSIMS applications to support local, metropolitan, statewide transportation planning, including integrating highway

and transit operational considerations into the transportation

Planning process, and estimating the effects of induced travel

demand and transit ridership in making transportation conformity determinations where applicable;

(3) provide training and technical assistance with respect

to the implementation and application of TRANSIMS to States,

local governments, and metropolitan planning organizations

with responsibility for travel modeling;

(4) to further develop TRANSIMS for additional applications, including—

(A) congestion analyses;

(B) major investment studies;

(C) economic impact analyses;

(D) alternative analyses;

(E) freight movement studies;

(F) emergency evacuation studies;

(G) port studies;

(H) airport access studies;

(I) induced demand studies; and

(J) transit ridership analysis.

(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The program may support the

development of methods to plan for the transportation response

to chemical and biological terrorism and other security concerns.

(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Not more than 75 percent of the

funds made available to carry out this section may be allocated

to activities described in subsection (b)(1).

(e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $2,625,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out this section.

SEC. 5513. RESEARCH GRANTS.

(a) THERMAL IMAGING.— 23 USC 502 note.

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a grant to

carry out a demonstration project that uses a thermal imaging

inspection system (TIIS) that leverages state-of-the-art thermal

imagery technology, integrated with signature recognition software, providing the capability to identify, in real time, faults

and failures in tires, brakes and bearings mounted on commercial motor vehicles.

(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds shall be used—

(A) to employ a TIIS in a field environment, along

the Interstate, to further assess the system’s ability to

identify faults in tires, brakes, and bearings mounted on

commercial motor vehicles;

(B) to establish, through statistical analysis, the probability of failure for each component; and

(C) to develop and integrate a predictive tool into the

TIIS, which identifies an impending tire, brake, or bearing

failure and provides the use of a time frame in which

this failure may occur.

(3) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 shall

be available to carry out this subsection.

(b) TRANSPORTATION INJURY RESEARCH.—

(1) GRANT.—The Secretary shall make a grant to maintain

a center for transportation injury research at the Calspan

University of Buffalo Research Center, through the North Campus facility located in Amherst, New York, and affiliated with

the State University of New York at Buffalo.

(2) RECOUP COSTS.—Notwithstanding current law, Federal

regulations, or Office of Management and Budget circulars

or guidance, the Center shall be permitted to recoup direct

and indirect costs and apply a 7 percent fee to the grant

made under this subsection.

(3) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,250,000 in each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this subsection.

(c) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GRANT.—

(1) GRANT.—The Secretary shall make grants to the

Argonne National Laboratory-Advanced Transportation Technology Center for the purpose of conducting transportation

research and demonstration projects that would lead to the

exchange of research results with the private sector and

collaboration with universities at a centralized location conducive for technology transfer.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $4,000,000 in each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this subsection.

(d) APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION.—

(1) GRANT.—The Secretary shall make a grant to the Appalachian Regional Commission to conduct a feasibility study

for the creation of a system of inland ports and distribution

centers in Appalachia.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $500,000 in fiscal year 2006 shall

be available to carry out this subsection.

(e) AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT INJURY RESEARCH.—

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(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant to the

Forsyth Institute for research and technology development for

preventing and minimizing head, craniofacial, and spinal cord

injuries resulting from automobile accidents.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $500,000 in each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this subsection.

(f) RURAL TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—

(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to the New

England Transportation Institute in White River Junction,

Vermont for rural transportation research.

(2) FUNDING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by

section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,000,000 for fiscal year

2006 shall be available to carry out this subsection and

shall remain available until expended.

(B) COST-SHARING.—

(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

of activities carried out under this subsection shall

be 80 percent.

(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The fair market value

of any materials or services provided by the non-Federal sponsor for activities under this subsection shall

be credited to the non-Federal share.

(g) RURAL TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE.—

(1) GRANTS.—For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009,

the Secretary shall provide a grant to the Upper Great Plains

Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University for

use in carrying out the Rural Transportation Research Initiative.

(2) FUNDING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by

section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $500,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out

this subsection, and shall remain available until expended.

(B) COST-SHARING.—

(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

of the activities carried out under this subsection shall

be 80 percent.

(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The fair market value

of any materials or services provided by the non-Federal project sponsor for any activity under this subsection shall be credited to the non-Federal share.

(h) HYDROGEN-POWERED TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE.—

(1) GRANTS.—For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009,

the Secretary shall provide a grant to the University of Montana

for use in carrying out the Hydrogen-Powered Transportation

Research Initiative.

(2) FUNDING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by

section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $750,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out

this subsection, and shall remain available until expended.

(B) COST-SHARING.—

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(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

of the activities carried out under this subsection shall

be 80 percent.

(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The fair market value

of any materials or services provided by the non-Federal project sponsor for an activity under this subsection shall be credited to the non-Federal share.

(i) COLD REGION AND RURAL TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH,

MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATIONS.—

(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall provide grants to the

Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University,

for use in developing a research facility in Lewistown, Montana,

for basic and applied research and testing on surface transportation issues facing rural and cold regions.

(2) FUNDING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available by

section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal

years 2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out

this subsection, to remain available until expended.

(B) COST-SHARING.—

(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

of the activities carried out under this subsection shall

be 80 percent.

(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The fair market value

of any materials or services provided by the non-Federal project sponsor for an activity under this section

shall be credited to the non-Federal share.

(j) ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.—

(1) GRANT.—The Secretary shall make a grant to the

University of Kansas Transportation Research Institute for

research and development of advanced vehicle technology concepts, focused on vehicle emissions, fuel cells and catalytic

processes, and intelligent transportation systems.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $2,500,000 in each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this subsection.

(k) ASPHALT RESEARCH CONSORTIUM.—

(1) GRANT.—The Secretary shall make a grant to the

asphalt research consortium lead by the Western Research

Institute to research flexible pavement and extending the lifecycle of asphalts.

(2) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $7,500,000 in each of fiscal years

2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this subsection.

(l) RENEWABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH.—

(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to the

University of Vermont for research, development and field

testing of hydrogen fuel cell and biofuel transportation technology.

(2) FUNDING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available for

section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,000,000 for fiscal year

2006 to remain available until expended.

(B) COST-SHARING.—

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(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal Share of the cost

of activities carried out under this section shall be

80 percent.

(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The fair market value

of any materials or services provided by the non-Federal sponsor for activities under this section shall be

credited to the non-Federal share.

(m) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of activities

carried out in accordance with this section shall be 80 percent

unless otherwise expressly provided by this section or otherwise

determined by the Secretary.

SEC. 5514. COMPETITION FOR SPECIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE TYPES

OF CULVERT PIPES.

Notwithstanding any contrary interpretation of appendix A of

subpart D of section 635.411 of volume 23, Code of Federal Regulations (as in existence on the date of enactment of this Act), not

later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the

Secretary shall ensure that States provide for competition with

respect to the specification of alternative types of culvert pipes

through requirements that are commensurate with competition

requirements for other construction materials, as determined by

the Secretary.

Subtitle F—Bureau of Transportation

Statistics

SEC. 5601. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of title 49, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 111. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Research and

Innovative Technology Administration a Bureau of Transportation

Statistics.

‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—

‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Bureau shall be headed by a

Director who shall be appointed in the competitive service

by the Secretary of Transportation.

‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall be appointed from

among individuals who are qualified to serve as the Director

by virtue of their training and experience in the collection,

analysis, and use of transportation statistics.

‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Bureau shall serve

as the Secretary’s senior advisor on data and statistics and shall

be responsible for carrying out the following duties:

‘‘(1) PROVIDING DATA, STATISTICS, AND ANALYSIS TO

TRANSPORTATION DECISIONMAKERS.—Ensuring that the statistics compiled under paragraph (5) are designed to support

transportation decisionmaking by the Federal Government,

State and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transportation-related associations, the private sector

(including the freight community), and the public.

‘‘(2) COORDINATING COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—Working

with the operating administrations of the Department to establish and implement the Bureau’s data programs and to improve

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the coordination of information collection efforts with other

Federal agencies.

‘‘(3) DATA MODERNIZATION.—Continually improving surveys

and data collection methods to improve the accuracy and utility

of transportation statistics.

‘‘(4) ENCOURAGING DATA STANDARDIZATION.—Encouraging

the standardization of data, data collection methods, and data

management and storage technologies for data collected by

the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department

of Transportation, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.

‘‘(5) TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.—Collecting, compiling,

analyzing, and publishing a comprehensive set of transportation

statistics on the performance and impacts of the national

transportation system, including statistics on—

‘‘(A) productivity in various parts of the transportation

sector;

‘‘(B) traffic flows for all modes of transportation;

‘‘(C) other elements of the intermodal transportation

database established under subsection (e);

‘‘(D) travel times and measures of congestion;

‘‘(E) vehicle weights and other vehicle characteristics;

‘‘(F) demographic, economic, and other variables influencing traveling behavior, including choice of transportation mode and goods movement;

‘‘(G) transportation costs for passenger travel and goods

movement;

‘‘(H) availability and use of mass transit (including

the number of passengers served by each mass transit

authority) and other forms of for-hire passenger travel;

‘‘(I) frequency of vehicle and transportation facility

repairs and other interruptions of transportation service;

‘‘(J) safety and security for travelers, vehicles, and

transportation systems;

‘‘(K) consequences of transportation for the human and

natural environment;

‘‘(L) the extent, connectivity, and condition of the

transportation system, building on the national transportation atlas database developed under subsection (g); and

‘‘(M) transportation-related variables that influence the

domestic economy and global competitiveness.

‘‘(6) NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE.—Building

and disseminating the transportation layer of the National

Spatial Data Infrastructure developed under Executive Order

No. 12906, including coordinating the development of transportation geospatial data standards, compiling intermodal

geospatial data, and collecting geospatial data that is not being

collected by others.

‘‘(7) ISSUING GUIDELINES.—Issuing guidelines for the collection of information by the Department required for statistics

to be compiled under paragraph (5) in order to ensure that

such information is accurate, reliable, relevant, and in a form

that permits systematic analysis.

‘‘(8) REVIEW SOURCES AND RELIABILITY OF STATISTICS.—

Reviewing and reporting to the Secretary on the sources and

reliability of the statistics proposed by the heads of the operating administrations of the Department to measure outputs

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and outcomes as required by the Government Performance

and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285),

and the amendments made by such Act, and carrying out

such other reviews of the sources and reliability of other data

collected or statistical information published by the heads of

the operating administrations of the Department as shall be

requested by the Secretary.

‘‘(9) MAKING STATISTICS ACCESSIBLE.—Making the statistics

published under this subsection readily accessible to the public.

‘‘(d) INFORMATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date

of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Secretary shall enter

into an agreement with the National Research Council to

develop and publish a National transportation information

needs assessment (referred to in this subsection as the ‘assessment’). The assessment shall be submitted to the Secretary

and the appropriate committees of Congress not later than

24 months after such agreement is entered into.

‘‘(2) CONTENT.—The assessment shall—

‘‘(A) identify, in order of priority, the transportation

data that is not being collected by the Bureau, operating

administrations of the Department, or other Federal, State,

or local entities, but is needed to improve transportation

decisionmaking at the Federal, State, and local levels and

to fulfill the requirements of subsection (c)(5);

‘‘(B) recommend whether the data identified in

subparagraph (A) should be collected by the Bureau, other

parts of the Department, or by other Federal, State, or

local entities, and whether any data is of a higher priority

than data currently being collected;

‘‘(C) identify any data the Bureau or other Federal,

State, or local entity is collecting that is not needed;

‘‘(D) describe new data collection methods (including

changes in surveys) and other changes the Bureau or other

Federal, State, or local entity should implement to improve

the standardization, accuracy, and utility of transportation

data and statistics; and

‘‘(E) estimate the cost of implementing any recommendations.

‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the assessment, the

National Research Council shall consult with the Department’s

Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics and a representative cross-section of transportation community stakeholders as

well as other Federal agencies, including the Environmental

Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after

the date on which the National Research Council submits the

assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit

a report to Congress that describes—

‘‘(A) how the Department plans to fill the data gaps

identified under paragraph (2)(A);

‘‘(B) how the Department plans to stop collecting data

identified under paragraph (2)(C);

‘‘(C) how the Department plans to implement improved

data collection methods and other changes identified under

paragraph (2)(D);

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‘‘(D) the expected costs of implementing subparagraphs

(A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph;

‘‘(E) any findings of the assessment under paragraph

(1) with which the Secretary disagrees, and why; and

‘‘(F) any proposed statutory changes needed to implement the findings of the assessment under paragraph (1).

‘‘(e) INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION DATABASE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with the Under Secretary

for Policy, the Assistant Secretaries, and the heads of the

operating administrations of the Department, the Director shall

establish and maintain a transportation database for all modes

of transportation.

‘‘(2) USE.—The database shall be suitable for analyses carried out by the Federal Government, the States, and metropolitan planning organizations.

‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The database shall include—

‘‘(A) information on the volumes and patterns of movement of goods, including local, interregional, and international movement, by all modes of transportation and

intermodal combinations and by relevant classification;

‘‘(B) information on the volumes and patterns of movement of people, including local, interregional, and international movements, by all modes of transportation

(including bicycle and pedestrian modes) and intermodal

combinations and by relevant classification;

‘‘(C) information on the location and connectivity of

transportation facilities and services; and

‘‘(D) a national accounting of expenditures and capital

stocks on each mode of transportation and intermodal combination.

‘‘(f) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish and maintain a National Transportation Library, which shall contain

a collection of statistical and other information needed for

transportation decisionmaking at the Federal, State, and local

levels.

‘‘(2) ACCESS.—The Director shall facilitate and promote

access to the Library, with the goal of improving the ability

of the transportation community to share information and the

ability of the Director to make statistics readily accessible

under subsection (c)(9).

‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Director shall work with other

transportation libraries and transportation information providers, both public and private, to achieve the goal specified

in paragraph (2).

‘‘(g) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION ATLAS DATABASE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop and maintain

a national transportation atlas database that is comprised of

geospatial databases that depict—

‘‘(A) transportation networks;

‘‘(B) flows of people, goods, vehicles, and craft over

the networks; and

‘‘(C) social, economic, and environmental conditions

that affect or are affected by the networks.

‘‘(2) INTERMODAL NETWORK ANALYSIS.—The databases shall

be able to support intermodal network analysis.

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‘‘(h) MANDATORY RESPONSE AUTHORITY FOR FREIGHT DATA

COLLECTION.—Whoever, being the owner, official, agent, person in

charge, or assistant to the person in charge of any freight corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization

of any nature whatsoever, neglects or refuses, when requested

by the Director or other authorized officer, employee, or contractor

of the Bureau, to answer completely and correctly to the best

of the individual’s knowledge all questions relating to the corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or other

organization, or to make available records or statistics in the

individual’s official custody, contained in a data collection request

prepared and submitted under the authority of subsection (c)(1),

shall be fined not more than $500; but if the individual willfully

gives a false answer to such a question, the individual shall be

fined not more than $10,000.

‘‘(i) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—The Secretary may

make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts

with, public and nonprofit private entities (including State transportation departments, metropolitan planning organizations, and

institutions of higher education) for—

‘‘(1) investigation of the subjects specified in subsection

(c)(5) and research and development of new methods of data

collection, standardization, management, integration, dissemination, interpretation, and analysis;

‘‘(2) demonstration programs by States, local governments,

and metropolitan planning organizations to coordinate data

collection, reporting, management, storage, and archiving to

simplify data comparisons across jurisdictions;

‘‘(3) development of electronic clearinghouses of transportation data and related information, as part of the National

Transportation Library under subsection (f); and

‘‘(4) development and improvement of methods for sharing

geographic data, in support of the database under subsection

(g) and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

‘‘(j) LIMITATIONS ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in

this section shall be construed—

‘‘(1) to authorize the Bureau to require any other department or agency to collect data; or

‘‘(2) to reduce the authority of any other officer of the

Department to collect and disseminate data independently.

‘‘(k) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCLOSURES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An officer, employee, or contractor of

the Bureau may not—

‘‘(A) make any disclosure in which the data provided

by an individual or organization under subsection (c) can

be identified;

‘‘(B) use the information provided under subsection

(c) for a nonstatistical purpose; or

‘‘(C) permit anyone other than an individual authorized

by the Director to examine any individual report provided

under subsection (c).

‘‘(2) COPIES OF REPORTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No department, bureau, agency,

officer, or employee of the United States (except the

Director in carrying out this section) may require, for any

reason, a copy of any report that has been filed under

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subsection (c) with the Bureau or retained by an individual

respondent.

‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.—A copy

of a report described in subparagraph (A) that has been

retained by an individual respondent or filed with the

Bureau or any of its employees, contractors, or agents—

‘‘(i) shall be immune from legal process; and

‘‘(ii) shall not, without the consent of the individual

concerned, be admitted as evidence or used for any

purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial or administrative proceedings.

‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph shall apply only

to reports that permit information concerning an individual

or organization to be reasonably determined by direct or

indirect means.

‘‘(3) INFORMING RESPONDENT OF USE OF DATA.—In a case

in which the Bureau is authorized by statute to collect data

or information for a nonstatistical purpose, the Director shall

clearly distinguish the collection of the data or information,

by rule and on the collection instrument, so as to inform a

respondent who is requested or required to supply the data

or information of the nonstatistical purpose.

‘‘(l) TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS ANNUAL REPORT.—The

Director shall submit to the President and Congress a transportation statistics annual report which shall include information on

items referred to in subsection (c)(5), documentation of methods

used to obtain and ensure the quality of the statistics presented

in the report, and recommendations for improving transportation

statistical information.

‘‘(m) DATA ACCESS.—The Director shall have access to transportation and transportation-related information in the possession of

any Federal agency, except information—

‘‘(1) the disclosure of which to another Federal agency

is expressly prohibited by law; or

‘‘(2) the disclosure of which the agency possessing the

information determines would significantly impair the discharge of authorities and responsibilities which have been delegated to, or vested by law, in such agency.

‘‘(n) PROCEEDS OF DATA PRODUCT SALES.—Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, funds received by the Bureau from the sale

of data products, for necessary expenses incurred, may be credited

to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)

for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for the expenses.

‘‘(o) ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish an

advisory council on transportation statistics.

‘‘(2) FUNCTION.—The function of the advisory council established under this subsection is to—

‘‘(A) advise the Director on the quality, reliability,

consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation

statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the Bureau and the Department;

‘‘(B) provide input to and review the report to Congress

under subsection (d)(4); and

‘‘(C) advise the Director on methods to encourage

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the Department, States, local governments, metropolitan

planning organizations, and private sector entities.

‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory council established under

this subsection shall be composed of not fewer than 9 and

not more than 11 members appointed by the Director, who

are not officers or employees of the United States. Each member

shall have expertise in transportation data collection or analysis

or application; except that 1 member shall have expertise in

economics, 1 member shall have expertise in statistics, and

1 member shall have experience in transportation safety. At

least 1 member shall be a senior official of a State department

of transportation. Members shall include representation of a

cross-section of transportation community stakeholders.

‘‘(4) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), members of the advisory council shall be appointed

to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years. A member may

be renominated for 1 additional 3-year term.

‘‘(B) CURRENT MEMBERS.—Members serving on the

Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics as of the

date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU shall serve until

the end of their appointed terms.

‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply to the advisory

council established under this subsection, except that section

14 of such Act shall not apply.’’.

TITLE VI—TRANSPORTATION

PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY

SEC. 6001. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 134 and 135 of title 23, United

States Code, are amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 134. Metropolitan transportation planning

‘‘(a) POLICY.—It is in the national interest to—

‘‘(1) encourage and promote the safe and efficient management, operation, and development of surface transportation

systems that will serve the mobility needs of people and freight

and foster economic growth and development within and

between States and urbanized areas, while minimizing

transportation-related fuel consumption and air pollution

through metropolitan and statewide transportation planning

processes identified in this chapter; and

‘‘(2) encourage the continued improvement and evolution

of the metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes by metropolitan planning organizations, State departments of transportation, and public transit operators as guided

by the planning factors identified in subsection (h) and section

135(d).

‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 135, the following

definitions apply:

‘‘(1) METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA.—The term ‘metropolitan planning area’ means the geographic area determined by

agreement between the metropolitan planning organization for

the area and the Governor under subsection (e).

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‘‘(2) METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.—The term

‘metropolitan planning organization’ means the policy board

of an organization created as a result of the designation process

in subsection (d).

‘‘(3) NONMETROPOLITAN AREA.—The term ‘nonmetropolitan

area’ means a geographic area outside designated metropolitan

planning areas.

‘‘(4) NONMETROPOLITAN LOCAL OFFICIAL.—The term ‘nonmetropolitan local official’ means elected and appointed officials

of general purpose local government in a nonmetropolitan area

with responsibility for transportation.

‘‘(5) TIP.—The term ‘TIP’ means a transportation improvement program developed by a metropolitan planning organization under subsection (j).

‘‘(6) URBANIZED AREA.—The term ‘urbanized area’ means

a geographic area with a population of 50,000 or more, as

designated by the Bureau of the Census.

‘‘(c) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE PLANS AND TIPS.—To

accomplish the objectives in subsection (a), metropolitan planning organizations designated under subsection (d), in cooperation with the State and public transportation operators, shall

develop long-range transportation plans and transportation

improvement programs for metropolitan planning areas of the

State.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The plans and TIPs for each metropolitan

area shall provide for the development and integrated management and operation of transportation systems and facilities

(including accessible pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities) that will function as an intermodal transportation system for the metropolitan planning area and as an

integral part of an intermodal transportation system for the

State and the United States.

‘‘(3) PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.—The process for developing

the plans and TIPs shall provide for consideration of all modes

of transportation and shall be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree appropriate, based on the complexity

of the transportation problems to be addressed.

‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the transportation planning

process required by this section, a metropolitan planning

organization shall be designated for each urbanized area with

a population of more than 50,000 individuals—

‘‘(A) by agreement between the Governor and units

of general purpose local government that together represent

at least 75 percent of the affected population (including

the largest incorporated city (based on population) as

named by the Bureau of the Census); or

‘‘(B) in accordance with procedures established by

applicable State or local law.

‘‘(2) STRUCTURE.—Each metropolitan planning organization

that serves an area designated as a transportation management

area, when designated or redesignated under this subsection,

shall consist of—

‘‘(A) local elected officials;

Urban and rural

areas.

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‘‘(B) officials of public agencies that administer or

operate major modes of transportation in the metropolitan

area; and

‘‘(C) appropriate State officials.

‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing

in this subsection shall be construed to interfere with the

authority, under any State law in effect on December 18, 1991,

of a public agency with multimodal transportation responsibilities to—

‘‘(A) develop the plans and TIPs for adoption by a

metropolitan planning organization; and

‘‘(B) develop long-range capital plans, coordinate

transit services and projects, and carry out other activities

pursuant to State law.

‘‘(4) CONTINUING DESIGNATION.—A designation of a metropolitan planning organization under this subsection or any

other provision of law shall remain in effect until the metropolitan planning organization is redesignated under paragraph (5).

‘‘(5) REDESIGNATION PROCEDURES.—A metropolitan planning organization may be redesignated by agreement between

the Governor and units of general purpose local government

that together represent at least 75 percent of the existing

planning area population (including the largest incorporated

city (based on population) as named by the Bureau of the

Census) as appropriate to carry out this section.

‘‘(6) DESIGNATION OF MORE THAN 1 METROPOLITAN PLANNING

ORGANIZATION.—More than 1 metropolitan planning organization may be designated within an existing metropolitan planning area only if the Governor and the existing metropolitan

planning organization determine that the size and complexity

of the existing metropolitan planning area make designation

of more than 1 metropolitan planning organization for the

area appropriate.

‘‘(e) METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA BOUNDARIES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this section, the

boundaries of a metropolitan planning area shall be determined

by agreement between the metropolitan planning organization

and the Governor.

‘‘(2) INCLUDED AREA.—Each metropolitan planning area—

‘‘(A) shall encompass at least the existing urbanized

area and the contiguous area expected to become urbanized

within a 20-year forecast period for the transportation plan;

and

‘‘(B) may encompass the entire metropolitan statistical

area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as

defined by the Bureau of the Census.

‘‘(3) IDENTIFICATION OF NEW URBANIZED AREAS WITHIN

EXISTING PLANNING AREA BOUNDARIES.—The designation by the

Bureau of the Census of new urbanized areas within an existing

metropolitan planning area shall not require the redesignation

of the existing metropolitan planning organization.

‘‘(4) EXISTING METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREAS IN NONATTAINMENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), in the case of

an urbanized area designated as a nonattainment area for

ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

7401 et seq.) as of the date of enactment of the SAFETEA–

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LU, the boundaries of the metropolitan planning area in existence as of such date of enactment shall be retained; except

that the boundaries may be adjusted by agreement of the

Governor and affected metropolitan planning organizations in

the manner described in subsection (d)(5).

‘‘(5) NEW METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREAS IN NONATTAIN- MENT.—In the case of an urbanized area designated after the

date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, as a nonattainment

area for ozone or carbon monoxide, the boundaries of the metropolitan planning area—

‘‘(A) shall be established in the manner described in

subsection (d)(1);

‘‘(B) shall encompass the areas described in paragraph

(2)(A);

‘‘(C) may encompass the areas described in paragraph

(2)(B); and

‘‘(D) may address any nonattainment area identified

under the Clean Air Act for ozone or carbon monoxide.

‘‘(f) COORDINATION IN MULTISTATE AREAS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall encourage each Governor with responsibility for a portion of a multistate metropolitan area and the appropriate metropolitan planning organizations to provide coordinated transportation planning for the

entire metropolitan area.

‘‘(2) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—The consent of Congress is

granted to any two or more States—

‘‘(A) to enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative

efforts and mutual assistance in support of activities

authorized under this section as the activities pertain to

interstate areas and localities within the States; and

‘‘(B) to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as

the States may determine desirable for making the agreements and compacts effective.

‘‘(3) LAKE TAHOE REGION.— ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘Lake

Tahoe region’ has the meaning given the term ‘region’

in subdivision (a) of article II of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, as set forth in the first section of Public

Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3234).

‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(i) establish with the Federal land management

agencies that have jurisdiction over land in the Lake

Tahoe region a transportation planning process for the

region; and

‘‘(ii) coordinate the transportation planning process

with the planning process required of State and local

governments under this section and section 135.

‘‘(C) INTERSTATE COMPACT.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), and notwithstanding subsection (b), to carry out the transportation planning process required by this section, the

consent of Congress is granted to the States of California and Nevada to designate a metropolitan planning organization for the Lake Tahoe region, by agreement between the Governors of the States of California

California.

Nevada.

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and Nevada and units of general purpose local government that together represent at least 75 percent of

the affected population (including the central city or

cities (as defined by the Bureau of the Census)), or

in accordance with procedures established by

applicable State or local law.

‘‘(ii) INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT

AGENCIES.—

‘‘(I) REPRESENTATION.—The policy board of a

metropolitan planning organization designated

under clause (i) shall include a representative of

each Federal land management agency that has

jurisdiction over land in the Lake Tahoe region.

‘‘(II) FUNDING.—In addition to funds made

available to the metropolitan planning organization for the Lake Tahoe region under other provisions of this title and under chapter 53 of title

49, 1 percent of the funds allocated under section

202 shall be used to carry out the transportation

planning process for the Lake Tahoe region under

this subparagraph.

‘‘(D) ACTIVITIES.—Highway projects included in

transportation plans developed under this paragraph—

‘‘(i) shall be selected for funding in a manner that

facilitates the participation of the Federal land

management agencies that have jurisdiction over land

in the Lake Tahoe region; and

‘‘(ii) may, in accordance with chapter 2, be funded

using funds allocated under section 202.

‘‘(4) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—The right to alter, amend,

or repeal interstate compacts entered into under this subsection

is expressly reserved.

‘‘(g) MPO CONSULTATION IN PLAN AND TIP COORDINATION.—

‘‘(1) NONATTAINMENT AREAS.—If more than 1 metropolitan

planning organization has authority within a metropolitan area

or an area which is designated as a nonattainment area for

ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act, each metropolitan planning organization shall consult with the other

metropolitan planning organizations designated for such area

and the State in the coordination of plans and TIPs required

by this section.

‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED IN MULTIPLE

MPOS.—If a transportation improvement, funded from the Highway Trust Fund or authorized under chapter 53 of title 49,

is located within the boundaries of more than 1 metropolitan

planning area, the metropolitan planning organizations shall

coordinate plans and TIPs regarding the transportation

improvement.

‘‘(3) RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PLANNING OFFICIALS.—The

Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan planning organization to consult with officials responsible for other types of

planning activities that are affected by transportation in the

area (including State and local planned growth, economic

development, environmental protection, airport operations, and

freight movements) or to coordinate its planning process, to

the maximum extent practicable, with such planning activities.

Under the metropolitan planning process, transportation plans

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and TIPs shall be developed with due consideration of other

related planning activities within the metropolitan area, and

the process shall provide for the design and delivery of transportation services within the metropolitan area that are provided

by—

‘‘(A) recipients of assistance under chapter 53 of title

49;

‘‘(B) governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations

(including representatives of the agencies and organizations) that receive Federal assistance from a source other

than the Department of Transportation to provide nonemergency transportation services; and

‘‘(C) recipients of assistance under section 204.

‘‘(h) SCOPE OF PLANNING PROCESS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The metropolitan planning process for

a metropolitan planning area under this section shall provide

for consideration of projects and strategies that will—

‘‘(A) support the economic vitality of the metropolitan

area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency;

‘‘(B) increase the safety of the transportation system

for motorized and nonmotorized users;

‘‘(C) increase the security of the transportation system

for motorized and nonmotorized users;

‘‘(D) increase the accessibility and mobility of people

and for freight;

‘‘(E) protect and enhance the environment, promote

energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements

and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns;

‘‘(F) enhance the integration and connectivity of the

transportation system, across and between modes, for

people and freight;

‘‘(G) promote efficient system management and operation; and

‘‘(H) emphasize the preservation of the existing

transportation system.

‘‘(2) FAILURE TO CONSIDER FACTORS.—The failure to consider any factor specified in paragraph (1) shall not be reviewable by any court under this title or chapter 53 of title 49,

subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, or chapter 7 of title

5 in any matter affecting a transportation plan, a TIP, a project

or strategy, or the certification of a planning process.

‘‘(i) DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each metropolitan planning organization

shall prepare and update a transportation plan for its metropolitan planning area in accordance with the requirements

of this subsection. The metropolitan planning organization shall

prepare and update such plan every 4 years (or more frequently,

if the metropolitan planning organization elects to update more

frequently) in the case of each of the following:

‘‘(A) Any area designated as nonattainment, as defined

in section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)).

‘‘(B) Any area that was nonattainment and subsequently designated to attainment in accordance with section 107(d)(3) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(3)) and that

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is subject to a maintenance plan under section 175A of

that Act (42 U.S.C. 7505a).

In the case of any other area required to have a transportation

plan in accordance with the requirements of this subsection,

the metropolitan planning organization shall prepare and

update such plan every 5 years unless the metropolitan planning organization elects to update more frequently.

‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—A transportation plan under

this section shall be in a form that the Secretary determines

to be appropriate and shall contain, at a minimum, the following:

‘‘(A) IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.—

An identification of transportation facilities (including

major roadways, transit, multimodal and intermodal facilities, and intermodal connectors) that should function as

an integrated metropolitan transportation system, giving

emphasis to those facilities that serve important national

and regional transportation functions. In formulating the

transportation plan, the metropolitan planning organization shall consider factors described in subsection (h) as

such factors relate to a 20-year forecast period.

‘‘(B) MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A long-range transportation plan

shall include a discussion of types of potential environmental mitigation activities and potential areas to

carry out these activities, including activities that may

have the greatest potential to restore and maintain

the environmental functions affected by the plan.

‘‘(ii) CONSULTATION.—The discussion shall be

developed in consultation with Federal, State, and

tribal wildlife, land management, and regulatory agencies.

‘‘(C) FINANCIAL PLAN.—A financial plan that demonstrates how the adopted transportation plan can be

implemented, indicates resources from public and private

sources that are reasonably expected to be made available

to carry out the plan, and recommends any additional

financing strategies for needed projects and programs. The

financial plan may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the adopted

transportation plan if reasonable additional resources

beyond those identified in the financial plan were available.

For the purpose of developing the transportation plan, the

metropolitan planning organization, transit operator, and

State shall cooperatively develop estimates of funds that

will be available to support plan implementation.

‘‘(D) OPERATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.—

Operational and management strategies to improve the

performance of existing transportation facilities to relieve

vehicular congestion and maximize the safety and mobility

of people and goods.

‘‘(E) CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND OTHER STRATEGIES.—

Capital investment and other strategies to preserve the

existing and projected future metropolitan transportation

infrastructure and provide for multimodal capacity

increases based on regional priorities and needs.

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‘‘(F) TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT

ACTIVITIES.—Proposed transportation and transit enhancement activities.

‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH CLEAN AIR ACT AGENCIES.—In

metropolitan areas which are in nonattainment for ozone or

carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act, the metropolitan

planning organization shall coordinate the development of a

transportation plan with the process for development of the

transportation control measures of the State implementation

plan required by the Clean Air Act.

‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In each metropolitan area, the

metropolitan planning organization shall consult, as appropriate, with State and local agencies responsible for land

use management, natural resources, environmental protection, conservation, and historic preservation concerning the

development of a long-range transportation plan.

‘‘(B) ISSUES.—The consultation shall involve, as appropriate—

‘‘(i) comparison of transportation plans with State

conservation plans or maps, if available; or

‘‘(ii) comparison of transportation plans to inventories of natural or historic resources, if available.

‘‘(5) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each metropolitan planning

organization shall provide citizens, affected public agencies,

representatives of public transportation employees, freight

shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private providers of transportation, representatives of users

of public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives of the disabled, and other interested parties

with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the transportation plan.

‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF PARTICIPATION PLAN.—A participation plan—

‘‘(i) shall be developed in consultation with all

interested parties; and

‘‘(ii) shall provide that all interested parties have

reasonable opportunities to comment on the contents

of the transportation plan.

‘‘(C) METHODS.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the

metropolitan planning organization shall, to the maximum

extent practicable—

‘‘(i) hold any public meetings at convenient and

accessible locations and times;

‘‘(ii) employ visualization techniques to describe

plans; and

‘‘(iii) make public information available in electronically accessible format and means, such as the

World Wide Web, as appropriate to afford reasonable

opportunity for consideration of public information

under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(6) PUBLICATION.—A transportation plan involving Federal

participation shall be published or otherwise made readily

available by the metropolitan planning organization for public

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review, including (to the maximum extent practicable) in electronically accessible formats and means, such as the World

Wide Web, approved by the metropolitan planning organization

and submitted for information purposes to the Governor at

such times and in such manner as the Secretary shall establish.

‘‘(7) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.— Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(C), a State or metropolitan

planning organization shall not be required to select any project

from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the

financial plan under paragraph (2)(C).

‘‘(j) METROPOLITAN TIP.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with the State and

any affected public transportation operator, the metropolitan planning organization designated for a metropolitan

area shall develop a TIP for the area for which the

organization is designated.

‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT.—In developing the

TIP, the metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation

with the State and any affected public transportation operator, shall provide an opportunity for participation by

interested parties in the development of the program, in

accordance with subsection (i)(5).

‘‘(C) FUNDING ESTIMATES.—For the purpose of developing the TIP, the metropolitan planning organization,

public transportation agency, and State shall cooperatively

develop estimates of funds that are reasonably expected

to be available to support program implementation.

‘‘(D) UPDATING AND APPROVAL.—The TIP shall be

updated at least once every 4 years and shall be approved

by the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—

‘‘(A) PRIORITY LIST.—The TIP shall include a priority

list of proposed federally supported projects and strategies

to be carried out within each 4-year period after the initial

adoption of the TIP.

‘‘(B) FINANCIAL PLAN.—The TIP shall include a financial plan that—

‘‘(i) demonstrates how the TIP can be implemented;

‘‘(ii) indicates resources from public and private

sources that are reasonably expected to be available

to carry out the program;

‘‘(iii) identifies innovative financing techniques to

finance projects, programs, and strategies; and

‘‘(iv) may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the approved

TIP if reasonable additional resources beyond those

identified in the financial plan were available.

‘‘(C) DESCRIPTIONS.—Each project in the TIP shall

include sufficient descriptive material (such as type of work,

termini, length, and other similar factors) to identify the

project or phase of the project.

‘‘(3) INCLUDED PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) PROJECTS UNDER THIS TITLE AND CHAPTER 53 OF

TITLE 49.—A TIP developed under this subsection for a

metropolitan area shall include the projects within the

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area that are proposed for funding under chapter 1 of

this title and chapter 53 of title 49.

‘‘(B) PROJECTS UNDER CHAPTER 2.—

‘‘(i) REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.—Regionally significant projects proposed for funding under

chapter 2 shall be identified individually in the

transportation improvement program.

‘‘(ii) OTHER PROJECTS.—Projects proposed for

funding under chapter 2 that are not determined to

be regionally significant shall be grouped in one line

item or identified individually in the transportation

improvement program.

‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY WITH LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION

PLAN.—Each project shall be consistent with the long-range

transportation plan developed under subsection (i) for the

area.

‘‘(D) REQUIREMENT OF ANTICIPATED FULL FUNDING.—

The program shall include a project, or an identified phase

of a project, only if full funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available for the project within the time period

contemplated for completion of the project.

‘‘(4) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—Before approving a TIP, a

metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation with the

State and any affected public transportation operator, shall

provide an opportunity for participation by interested parties

in the development of the program, in accordance with subsection (i)(5).

‘‘(5) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in

subsection (k)(4) and in addition to the TIP development

required under paragraph (1), the selection of federally

funded projects in metropolitan areas shall be carried out,

from the approved TIP—

‘‘(i) by—

‘‘(I) in the case of projects under this title,

the State; and

‘‘(II) in the case of projects under chapter 53

of title 49, the designated recipients of public

transportation funding; and

‘‘(ii) in cooperation with the metropolitan planning

organization.

‘‘(B) MODIFICATIONS TO PROJECT PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action by the Secretary

shall not be required to advance a project included in

the approved TIP in place of another project in the program.

‘‘(6) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.—

‘‘(A) NO REQUIRED SELECTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B)(iv), a State or metropolitan planning organization shall not be required to select any project from the

illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan under paragraph (2)(B)(iv).

‘‘(B) REQUIRED ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.—Action by

the Secretary shall be required for a State or metropolitan

planning organization to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial

plan under paragraph (2)(B)(iv) for inclusion in an approved

TIP.

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‘‘(7) PUBLICATION.— ‘‘(A) PUBLICATION OF TIPS.—A TIP involving Federal

participation shall be published or otherwise made readily

available by the metropolitan planning organization for

public review.

‘‘(B) PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL LISTINGS OF PROJECTS.— An annual listing of projects, including investments in

pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities,

for which Federal funds have been obligated in the preceding year shall be published or otherwise made available

by the cooperative effort of the State, transit operator,

and metropolitan planning organization for public review.

The listing shall be consistent with the categories identified

in the TIP.

‘‘(k) TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREAS.— ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION.— ‘‘(A) REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall

identify as a transportation management area each urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) with

a population of over 200,000 individuals.

‘‘(B) DESIGNATIONS ON REQUEST.—The Secretary shall

designate any additional area as a transportation management area on the request of the Governor and the metropolitan planning organization designated for the area.

‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION PLANS.—In a metropolitan planning

area serving a transportation management area, transportation

plans shall be based on a continuing and comprehensive

transportation planning process carried out by the metropolitan

planning organization in cooperation with the State and public

transportation operators.

‘‘(3) CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS.—Within a metropolitan planning area serving a transportation management

area, the transportation planning process under this section

shall address congestion management through a process that

provides for effective management and operation, based on

a cooperatively developed and implemented metropolitan-wide

strategy, of new and existing transportation facilities eligible

for funding under this title and chapter 53 of title 49 through

the use of travel demand reduction and operational management strategies. The Secretary shall establish an appropriate

phase-in schedule for compliance with the requirements of this

section but no sooner than 1 year after the identification of

a transportation management area.

‘‘(4) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All federally funded projects carried

out within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning area

serving a transportation management area under this title

(excluding projects carried out on the National Highway

System and projects carried out under the bridge program

or the Interstate maintenance program) or under chapter

53 of title 49 shall be selected for implementation from

the approved TIP by the metropolitan planning organization designated for the area in consultation with the State

and any affected public transportation operator.

‘‘(B) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM PROJECTS.—Projects

carried out within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning area serving a transportation management area on

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the National Highway System and projects carried out

within such boundaries under the bridge program or the

Interstate maintenance program under this title shall be

selected for implementation from the approved TIP by the

State in cooperation with the metropolitan planning

organization designated for the area.

‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(i) ensure that the metropolitan planning process

of a metropolitan planning organization serving a

transportation management area is being carried out

in accordance with applicable provisions of Federal

law; and

‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), certify, not less

often than once every 4 years, that the requirements

of this paragraph are met with respect to the metropolitan planning process.

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary may make the certification under subparagraph (A)

if—

‘‘(i) the transportation planning process complies

with the requirements of this section and other

applicable requirements of Federal law; and

‘‘(ii) there is a TIP for the metropolitan planning

area that has been approved by the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor.

‘‘(C) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO CERTIFY.—

‘‘(i) WITHHOLDING OF PROJECT FUNDS.—If a metropolitan planning process of a metropolitan planning

organization serving a transportation management

area is not certified, the Secretary may withhold up

to 20 percent of the funds attributable to the metropolitan planning area of the metropolitan planning

organization for projects funded under this title and

chapter 53 of title 49.

‘‘(ii) RESTORATION OF WITHHELD FUNDS.—The withheld funds shall be restored to the metropolitan planning area at such time as the metropolitan planning

process is certified by the Secretary.

‘‘(D) REVIEW OF CERTIFICATION.—In making certification determinations under this paragraph, the Secretary

shall provide for public involvement appropriate to the

metropolitan area under review.

‘‘(l) ABBREVIATED PLANS FOR CERTAIN AREAS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in the case

of a metropolitan area not designated as a transportation

management area under this section, the Secretary may provide

for the development of an abbreviated transportation plan and

TIP for the metropolitan planning area that the Secretary

determines is appropriate to achieve the purposes of this section, taking into account the complexity of transportation problems in the area.

‘‘(2) NONATTAINMENT AREAS.—The Secretary may not

permit abbreviated plans or TIPs for a metropolitan area that

is in nonattainment for ozone or carbon monoxide under the

Clean Air Act.

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‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN NONATTAINMENT

AREAS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provisions

of this title or chapter 53 of title 49, for transportation management areas classified as nonattainment for ozone or carbon

monoxide pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Federal funds may

not be advanced in such area for any highway project that

will result in a significant increase in the carrying capacity

for single-occupant vehicles unless the project is addressed

through a congestion management process.

‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection applies to a nonattainment area within the metropolitan planning area boundaries

determined under subsection (e).

‘‘(n) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in

this section shall be construed to confer on a metropolitan planning

organization the authority to impose legal requirements on any

transportation facility, provider, or project not eligible under this

title or chapter 53 of title 49.

‘‘(o) FUNDING.—Funds set aside under section 104(f) of this

title or section 5305(g) of title 49 shall be available to carry out

this section.

‘‘(p) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT REVIEW PRACTICE.—Since

plans and TIPs described in this section are subject to a reasonable

opportunity for public comment, since individual projects included

in plans and TIPs are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and since

decisions by the Secretary concerning plans and TIPs described

in this section have not been reviewed under such Act as of January

1, 1997, any decision by the Secretary concerning a plan or TIP

described in this section shall not be considered to be a Federal

action subject to review under such Act.

‘‘§ 135. Statewide transportation planning

‘‘(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS AND PROGRAMS.—To accomplish the objectives stated in section 134(a), each State shall

develop a statewide transportation plan and a statewide

transportation improvement program for all areas of the State,

subject to section 134.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The statewide transportation plan and the

transportation improvement program developed for each State

shall provide for the development and integrated management

and operation of transportation systems and facilities (including

accessible pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation

facilities) that will function as an intermodal transportation

system for the State and an integral part of an intermodal

transportation system for the United States.

‘‘(3) PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.—The process for developing

the statewide plan and the transportation improvement program shall provide for consideration of all modes of transportation and the policies stated in section 134(a), and shall be

continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation problems

to be addressed.

‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH METROPOLITAN PLANNING; STATE

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—A State shall—

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‘‘(1) coordinate planning carried out under this section with

the transportation planning activities carried out under section

134 for metropolitan areas of the State and with statewide

trade and economic development planning activities and related

multistate planning efforts; and

‘‘(2) develop the transportation portion of the State

implementation plan as required by the Clean Air Act (42

U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).

‘‘(c) INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The consent of Congress is granted to

two or more States entering into agreements or compacts, not

in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative

efforts and mutual assistance in support of activities authorized

under this section related to interstate areas and localities

in the States and establishing authorities the States consider

desirable for making the agreements and compacts effective.

‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—The right to alter, amend,

or repeal interstate compacts entered into under this subsection

is expressly reserved.

‘‘(d) SCOPE OF PLANNING PROCESS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall carry out a statewide

transportation planning process that provides for consideration

and implementation of projects, strategies, and services that

will—

‘‘(A) support the economic vitality of the United States,

the States, nonmetropolitan areas, and metropolitan areas,

especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity,

and efficiency;

‘‘(B) increase the safety of the transportation system

for motorized and nonmotorized users;

‘‘(C) increase the security of the transportation system

for motorized and nonmotorized users;

‘‘(D) increase the accessibility and mobility of people

and freight;

‘‘(E) protect and enhance the environment, promote

energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements

and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns;

‘‘(F) enhance the integration and connectivity of the

transportation system, across and between modes throughout the State, for people and freight;

‘‘(G) promote efficient system management and operation; and

‘‘(H) emphasize the preservation of the existing

transportation system.

‘‘(2) FAILURE TO CONSIDER FACTORS.—The failure to consider any factor specified in paragraph (1) shall not be reviewable by any court under this title or chapter 53 of title 49,

subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, or chapter 7 of title

5 in any matter affecting a statewide transportation plan, the

transportation improvement program, a project or strategy,

or the certification of a planning process.

‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out planning

under this section, each State shall consider, at a minimum—

‘‘(1) with respect to nonmetropolitan areas, the concerns

of affected local officials with responsibility for transportation;

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‘‘(2) the concerns of Indian tribal governments and Federal

land management agencies that have jurisdiction over land

within the boundaries of the State; and

‘‘(3) coordination of transportation plans, the transportation

improvement program, and planning activities with related

planning activities being carried out outside of metropolitan

planning areas and between States.

‘‘(f) LONG-RANGE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.— ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop a long-range

statewide transportation plan, with a minimum 20-year forecast

period for all areas of the State, that provides for the development and implementation of the intermodal transportation

system of the State.

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH GOVERNMENTS.— ‘‘(A) METROPOLITAN AREAS.—The statewide transportation plan shall be developed for each metropolitan area

in the State in cooperation with the metropolitan planning

organization designated for the metropolitan area under

section 134.

‘‘(B) NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS.—With respect to nonmetropolitan areas, the statewide transportation plan shall

be developed in consultation with affected nonmetropolitan

officials with responsibility for transportation. The Secretary shall not review or approve the consultation process

in each State.

‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBAL AREAS.—With respect to each area

of the State under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribal

government, the statewide transportation plan shall be

developed in consultation with the tribal government and

the Secretary of the Interior.

‘‘(D) CONSULTATION, COMPARISON, AND CONSIDERATION.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The long-range transportation

plan shall be developed, as appropriate, in consultation

with State, tribal, and local agencies responsible for

land use management, natural resources, environmental protection, conservation, and historic preservation.

‘‘(ii) COMPARISON AND CONSIDERATION.—Consultation under clause (i) shall involve comparison of

transportation plans to State and tribal conservation

plans or maps, if available, and comparison of transportation plans to inventories of natural or historic

resources, if available.

‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In developing the statewide

transportation plan, the State shall provide citizens,

affected public agencies, representatives of public transportation employees, freight shippers, private providers of

transportation, representatives of users of public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways

and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives of the

disabled, providers of freight transportation services, and

other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to

comment on the proposed plan.

‘‘(B) METHODS.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the

State shall, to the maximum extent practicable—

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‘‘(i) hold any public meetings at convenient and

accessible locations and times;

‘‘(ii) employ visualization techniques to describe

plans; and

‘‘(iii) make public information available in electronically accessible format and means, such as the

World Wide Web, as appropriate to afford reasonable

opportunity for consideration of public information

under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(4) MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A long-range transportation plan

shall include a discussion of potential environmental mitigation activities and potential areas to carry out these

activities, including activities that may have the greatest

potential to restore and maintain the environmental functions affected by the plan.

‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The discussion shall be developed in consultation with Federal, State, and tribal wildlife,

land management, and regulatory agencies.

‘‘(5) FINANCIAL PLAN.—The statewide transportation plan

may include a financial plan that demonstrates how the adopted

statewide transportation plan can be implemented, indicates

resources from public and private sources that are reasonably

expected to be made available to carry out the plan, and recommends any additional financing strategies for needed projects

and programs. The financial plan may include, for illustrative

purposes, additional projects that would be included in the

adopted statewide transportation plan if reasonable additional

resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were

available.

‘‘(6) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.—

A State shall not be required to select any project from the

illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial

plan described in paragraph (5).

‘‘(7) EXISTING SYSTEM.—The statewide transportation plan

should include capital, operations and management strategies,

investments, procedures, and other measures to ensure the

preservation and most efficient use of the existing transportation system.

‘‘(8) PUBLICATION OF LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION

PLANS.—Each long-range transportation plan prepared by a

State shall be published or otherwise made available, including

(to the maximum extent practicable) in electronically accessible

formats and means, such as the World Wide Web.

‘‘(g) STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop a statewide

transportation improvement program for all areas of the State.

Such program shall cover a period of 4 years and be updated

every 4 years or more frequently if the Governor elects to

update more frequently.

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH GOVERNMENTS.—

‘‘(A) METROPOLITAN AREAS.—With respect to each

metropolitan area in the State, the program shall be developed in cooperation with the metropolitan planning

organization designated for the metropolitan area under

section 134.

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‘‘(B) NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS.—With respect to each

nonmetropolitan area in the State, the program shall be

developed in consultation with affected nonmetropolitan

local officials with responsibility for transportation. The

Secretary shall not review or approve the specific consultation process in the State.

‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBAL AREAS.—With respect to each area

of the State under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribal

government, the program shall be developed in consultation

with the tribal government and the Secretary of the

Interior.

‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.—In developing

the program, the State shall provide citizens, affected public

agencies, representatives of public transportation employees,

freight shippers, private providers of transportation, providers

of freight transportation services, representatives of users of

public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian

walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives

of the disabled, and other interested parties with a reasonable

opportunity to comment on the proposed program.

‘‘(4) INCLUDED PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A transportation improvement program developed under this subsection for a State shall

include federally supported surface transportation expenditures within the boundaries of the State.

‘‘(B) LISTING OF PROJECTS.—An annual listing of

projects for which funds have been obligated in the preceding year in each metropolitan planning area shall be

published or otherwise made available by the cooperative

effort of the State, transit operator, and the metropolitan

planning organization for public review. The listing shall

be consistent with the funding categories identified in each

metropolitan transportation improvement program.

‘‘(C) PROJECTS UNDER CHAPTER 2.—

‘‘(i) REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.—Regionally significant projects proposed for funding under

chapter 2 shall be identified individually in the

transportation improvement program.

‘‘(ii) OTHER PROJECTS.—Projects proposed for

funding under chapter 2 that are not determined to

be regionally significant shall be grouped in one line

item or identified individually in the transportation

improvement program.

‘‘(D) CONSISTENCY WITH STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION

PLAN.—Each project shall be—

‘‘(i) consistent with the statewide transportation

plan developed under this section for the State;

‘‘(ii) identical to the project or phase of the project

as described in an approved metropolitan transportation plan; and

‘‘(iii) in conformance with the applicable State air

quality implementation plan developed under the

Clean Air Act, if the project is carried out in an area

designated as nonattainment for ozone, particulate

matter, or carbon monoxide under such Act.

‘‘(E) REQUIREMENT OF ANTICIPATED FULL FUNDING.— The transportation improvement program shall include a

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project, or an identified phase of a project, only if full

funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available for

the project within the time period contemplated for completion of the project.

‘‘(F) FINANCIAL PLAN.—The transportation improvement program may include a financial plan that demonstrates how the approved transportation improvement

program can be implemented, indicates resources from

public and private sources that are reasonably expected

to be made available to carry out the transportation

improvement program, and recommends any additional

financing strategies for needed projects and programs. The

financial plan may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the adopted

transportation plan if reasonable additional resources

beyond those identified in the financial plan were available.

‘‘(G) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE

LIST.—

‘‘(i) NO REQUIRED SELECTION.—Notwithstanding

subparagraph (F), a State shall not be required to

select any project from the illustrative list of additional

projects included in the financial plan under subparagraph (F).

‘‘(ii) REQUIRED ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.—Action

by the Secretary shall be required for a State to select

any project from the illustrative list of additional

projects included in the financial plan under subparagraph (F) for inclusion in an approved transportation

improvement program.

‘‘(H) PRIORITIES.—The transportation improvement

program shall reflect the priorities for programming and

expenditures of funds, including transportation enhancement activities, required by this title and chapter 53 of

title 49.

‘‘(5) PROJECT SELECTION FOR AREAS OF LESS THAN 50,000

POPULATION.—Projects carried out in areas with populations

of less than 50,000 individuals shall be selected, from the

approved transportation improvement program (excluding

projects carried out on the National Highway System and

projects carried out under the bridge program or the Interstate

maintenance program under this title or under sections 5310,

5311, 5316, and 5317 of title 49), by the State in cooperation

with the affected nonmetropolitan local officials with responsibility for transportation. Projects carried out in areas with

populations of less than 50,000 individuals on the National

Highway System or under the bridge program or the Interstate

maintenance program under this title or under sections 5310,

5311, 5316, and 5317 of title 49 shall be selected, from the

approved statewide transportation improvement program, by

the State in consultation with the affected nonmetropolitan

local officials with responsibility for transportation.

‘‘(6) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM APPROVAL.—

Every 4 years, a transportation improvement program developed under this subsection shall be reviewed and approved

by the Secretary if based on a current planning finding.

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‘‘(7) PLANNING FINDING.—A finding shall be made by the

Secretary at least every 4 years that the transportation planning process through which statewide transportation plans and

programs are developed is consistent with this section and

section 134.

‘‘(8) MODIFICATIONS TO PROJECT PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action by the Secretary

shall not be required to advance a project included in the

approved transportation improvement program in place of

another project in the program.

‘‘(h) FUNDING.—Funds set aside pursuant to section 104(f) of

this title and section 5305(g) of title 49, shall be available to

carry out this section.

‘‘(i) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS AS CONGESTION

MANAGEMENT PROCESSES.—For purposes of this section and section

134, and sections 5303 and 5304 of title 49, State laws, rules,

or regulations pertaining to congestion management systems or

programs may constitute the congestion management process under

this section and section 134, and sections 5303 and 5304 of title

49, if the Secretary finds that the State laws, rules, or regulations

are consistent with, and fulfill the intent of, the purposes of this

section and section 134 and sections 5303 and 5304 of title 49,

as appropriate.

‘‘(j) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT REVIEW PRACTICE.—Since the

statewide transportation plan and the transportation improvement

program described in this section are subject to a reasonable opportunity for public comment, since individual projects included in

the statewide transportation plans and the transportation improvement program are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and since

decisions by the Secretary concerning statewide transportation

plans or the transportation improvement program described in this

section have not been reviewed under such Act as of January

1, 1997, any decision by the Secretary concerning a metropolitan

or statewide transportation plan or the transportation improvement

program described in this section shall not be considered to be

a Federal action subject to review under such Act.’’.

(b) SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall issue

guidance on a schedule for implementation of the changes made

by this section, taking into consideration the established planning

update cycle for States and metropolitan planning organizations.

The Secretary shall not require a State or metropolitan planning

organization to deviate from its established planning update cycle

to implement changes made by this section. Beginning July 1,

2007, State or metropolitan planning organization plan or program

updates shall reflect changes made by this section.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 1 of

such title is amended by striking the items relating to sections

134 and 135 and inserting the following:

‘‘134. Metropolitan transportation planning.

‘‘135. Statewide transportation planning.’’.

SEC. 6002. EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS FOR PROJECT

DECISIONMAKING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United

States Code, is amended by inserting after section 138 the following:

Effective date.

Guidelines.

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‘‘§ 139. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means any agency, department, or other unit of Federal, State, local, or Indian tribal

government.

‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—The term

‘environmental impact statement’ means the detailed statement

of environmental impacts required to be prepared under the

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321

et seq.).

‘‘(3) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘environmental review

process’ means the process for preparing for a project an

environmental impact statement, environmental assessment, categorical exclusion, or other document prepared

under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘environmental review

process’ includes the process for and completion of any

environmental permit, approval, review, or study required

for a project under any Federal law other than the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

‘‘(4) LEAD AGENCY.—The term ‘lead agency’ means the

Department of Transportation and, if applicable, any State

or local governmental entity serving as a joint lead agency

pursuant to this section.

‘‘(5) MULTIMODAL PROJECT.—The term ‘multimodal project’

means a project funded, in whole or in part, under this title

or chapter 53 of title 49 and involving the participation of

more than one Department of Transportation administration

or agency.

‘‘(6) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means any highway

project, public transportation capital project, or multimodal

project that requires the approval of the Secretary.

‘‘(7) PROJECT SPONSOR.—The term ‘project sponsor’ means

the agency or other entity, including any private or publicprivate entity, that seeks approval of the Secretary for a project.

‘‘(8) STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘State

transportation department’ means any statewide agency of a

State with responsibility for one or more modes of transportation.

‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The project development procedures in

this section are applicable to all projects for which an environmental impact statement is prepared under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and may be applied, to the

extent determined appropriate by the Secretary, to other

projects for which an environmental document is prepared

pursuant to such Act.

‘‘(2) FLEXIBILITY.—Any authorities granted in this section

may be exercised for a project, class of projects, or program

of projects.

‘‘(c) LEAD AGENCIES.—

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‘‘(1) FEDERAL LEAD AGENCY.—The Department of Transportation shall be the Federal lead agency in the environmental

review process for a project.

‘‘(2) JOINT LEAD AGENCIES.—Nothing in this section precludes another agency from being a joint lead agency in accordance with regulations under the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969.

‘‘(3) PROJECT SPONSOR AS JOINT LEAD AGENCY.—Any project

sponsor that is a State or local governmental entity receiving

funds under this title or chapter 53 of title 49 for the project

shall serve as a joint lead agency with the Department for

purposes of preparing any environmental document under the

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and may prepare

any such environmental document required in support of any

action or approval by the Secretary if the Federal lead agency

furnishes guidance in such preparation and independently

evaluates such document and the document is approved and

adopted by the Secretary prior to the Secretary taking any

subsequent action or making any approval based on such document, whether or not the Secretary’s action or approval results

in Federal funding.

‘‘(4) ENSURING COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall ensure

that the project sponsor complies with all design and mitigation

commitments made jointly by the Secretary and the project

sponsor in any environmental document prepared by the project

sponsor in accordance with this subsection and that such document is appropriately supplemented if project changes become

necessary.

‘‘(5) ADOPTION AND USE OF DOCUMENTS.—Any environmental document prepared in accordance with this subsection

may be adopted or used by any Federal agency making any

approval to the same extent that such Federal agency could

adopt or use a document prepared by another Federal agency.

‘‘(6) ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY OF LEAD AGENCY.—With

respect to the environmental review process for any project,

the lead agency shall have authority and responsibility—

‘‘(A) to take such actions as are necessary and proper,

within the authority of the lead agency, to facilitate the

expeditious resolution of the environmental review process

for the project; and

‘‘(B) to prepare or ensure that any required environmental impact statement or other document required to

be completed under the National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969 is completed in accordance with this section and

applicable Federal law.

‘‘(d) PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall be responsible

for inviting and designating participating agencies in accordance with this subsection.

‘‘(2) INVITATION.—The lead agency shall identify, as early

as practicable in the environmental review process for a project,

any other Federal and non-Federal agencies that may have

an interest in the project, and shall invite such agencies to

become participating agencies in the environmental review

process for the project. The invitation shall set a deadline

for responses to be submitted. The deadline may be extended

by the lead agency for good cause.

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‘‘(3) FEDERAL PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.—Any Federal

agency that is invited by the lead agency to participate in

the environmental review process for a project shall be designated as a participating agency by the lead agency unless

the invited agency informs the lead agency, in writing, by

the deadline specified in the invitation that the invited agency—

‘‘(A) has no jurisdiction or authority with respect to

the project;

‘‘(B) has no expertise or information relevant to the

project; and

‘‘(C) does not intend to submit comments on the project.

‘‘(4) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—Designation as a participating agency under this subsection shall not imply that the

participating agency—

‘‘(A) supports a proposed project; or

‘‘(B) has any jurisdiction over, or special expertise with

respect to evaluation of, the project.

‘‘(5) COOPERATING AGENCY.—A participating agency may

also be designated by a lead agency as a ‘cooperating agency’

under the regulations contained in part 1500 of title 40, Code

of Federal Regulations.

‘‘(6) DESIGNATIONS FOR CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary may exercise the authorities granted under this subsection for a project, class of projects, or program of projects.

‘‘(7) CONCURRENT REVIEWS.—Each Federal agency shall,

to the maximum extent practicable—

‘‘(A) carry out obligations of the Federal agency under

other applicable law concurrently, and in conjunction, with

the review required under the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), unless doing

so would impair the ability of the Federal agency to carry

out those obligations; and

‘‘(B) formulate and implement administrative, policy,

and procedural mechanisms to enable the agency to ensure

completion of the environmental review process in a timely,

coordinated, and environmentally responsible manner.

‘‘(e) PROJECT INITIATION.—The project sponsor shall notify the

Secretary of the type of work, termini, length and general location

of the proposed project, together with a statement of any Federal

approvals anticipated to be necessary for the proposed project,

for the purpose of informing the Secretary that the environmental

review process should be initiated.

‘‘(f) PURPOSE AND NEED.—

‘‘(1) PARTICIPATION.—As early as practicable during the

environmental review process, the lead agency shall provide

an opportunity for involvement by participating agencies and

the public in defining the purpose and need for a project.

‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—Following participation under paragraph

(1), the lead agency shall define the project’s purpose and

need for purposes of any document which the lead agency

is responsible for preparing for the project.

‘‘(3) OBJECTIVES.—The statement of purpose and need shall

include a clear statement of the objectives that the proposed

action is intended to achieve, which may include—

‘‘(A) achieving a transportation objective identified in

an applicable statewide or metropolitan transportation

plan;

Notification.

Procedures.

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‘‘(B) supporting land use, economic development, or

growth objectives established in applicable Federal, State,

local, or tribal plans; and

‘‘(C) serving national defense, national security, or

other national objectives, as established in Federal laws,

plans, or policies.

‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS.— ‘‘(A) PARTICIPATION.—As early as practicable during

the environmental review process, the lead agency shall

provide an opportunity for involvement by participating

agencies and the public in determining the range of alternatives to be considered for a project.

‘‘(B) RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES.—Following participation

under paragraph (1), the lead agency shall determine the

range of alternatives for consideration in any document

which the lead agency is responsible for preparing for the

project.

‘‘(C) METHODOLOGIES.—The lead agency also shall

determine, in collaboration with participating agencies at

appropriate times during the study process, the methodologies to be used and the level of detail required in the

analysis of each alternative for a project.

‘‘(D) PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.—At the discretion of the

lead agency, the preferred alternative for a project, after

being identified, may be developed to a higher level of

detail than other alternatives in order to facilitate the

development of mitigation measures or concurrent compliance with other applicable laws if the lead agency determines that the development of such higher level of detail

will not prevent the lead agency from making an impartial

decision as to whether to accept another alternative which

is being considered in the environmental review process.

‘‘(g) COORDINATION AND SCHEDULING.—

‘‘(1) COORDINATION PLAN.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall establish a

plan for coordinating public and agency participation in

and comment on the environmental review process for a

project or category of projects. The coordination plan may

be incorporated into a memorandum of understanding.

‘‘(B) SCHEDULE.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency may establish

as part of the coordination plan, after consultation

with each participating agency for the project and with

the State in which the project is located (and, if the

State is not the project sponsor, with the project

sponsor), a schedule for completion of the environmental review process for the project.

‘‘(ii) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In establishing

the schedule, the lead agency shall consider factors

such as—

‘‘(I) the responsibilities of participating agencies under applicable laws;

‘‘(II) resources available to the cooperating

agencies;

‘‘(III) overall size and complexity of the project;

‘‘(IV) the overall schedule for and cost of the

project; and

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‘‘(V) the sensitivity of the natural and historic

resources that could be affected by the project.

‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER TIME PERIODS.—A

schedule under subparagraph (B) shall be consistent with

any other relevant time periods established under Federal

law.

‘‘(D) MODIFICATION.—The lead agency may—

‘‘(i) lengthen a schedule established under subparagraph (B) for good cause; and

‘‘(ii) shorten a schedule only with the concurrence

of the affected cooperating agencies.

‘‘(E) DISSEMINATION.—A copy of a schedule under

subparagraph (B), and of any modifications to the schedule,

shall be—

‘‘(i) provided to all participating agencies and to

the State transportation department of the State in

which the project is located (and, if the State is not

the project sponsor, to the project sponsor); and

‘‘(ii) made available to the public.

‘‘(2) COMMENT DEADLINES.—The lead agency shall establish

the following deadlines for comment during the environmental

review process for a project:

‘‘(A) For comments by agencies and the public on a

draft environmental impact statement, a period of not more

than 60 days after publication in the Federal Register

of notice of the date of public availability of such document,

unless—

‘‘(i) a different deadline is established by agreement of the lead agency, the project sponsor, and all

participating agencies; or

‘‘(ii) the deadline is extended by the lead agency

for good cause.

‘‘(B) For all other comment periods established by the

lead agency for agency or public comments in the environmental review process, a period of no more than 30 days

from availability of the materials on which comment is

requested, unless—

‘‘(i) a different deadline is established by agreement of the lead agency, the project sponsor, and all

participating agencies; or

‘‘(ii) the deadline is extended by the lead agency

for good cause.

‘‘(3) DEADLINES FOR DECISIONS UNDER OTHER LAWS.—In

any case in which a decision under any Federal law relating

to a project (including the issuance or denial of a permit or

license) is required to be made by the later of the date that

is 180 days after the date on which the Secretary made all

final decisions of the lead agency with respect to the project,

or 180 days after the date on which an application was submitted for the permit or license, the Secretary shall submit

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the

Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives—

‘‘(A) as soon as practicable after the 180-day period,

an initial notice of the failure of the Federal agency to

make the decision; and

Notice.

Federal Register,

publication.

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‘‘(B) every 60 days thereafter until such date as all

decisions of the Federal agency relating to the project have

been made by the Federal agency, an additional notice

that describes the number of decisions of the Federal

agency that remain outstanding as of the date of the additional notice.

‘‘(4) INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC.—Nothing in this subsection shall reduce any time period provided for public comment in the environmental review process under existing Federal law, including a regulation.

‘‘(h) ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION.— ‘‘(1) COOPERATION.—The lead agency and the participating

agencies shall work cooperatively in accordance with this section to identify and resolve issues that could delay completion

of the environmental review process or could result in denial

of any approvals required for the project under applicable laws.

‘‘(2) LEAD AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The lead agency shall

make information available to the participating agencies as

early as practicable in the environmental review process

regarding the environmental and socioeconomic resources

located within the project area and the general locations of

the alternatives under consideration. Such information may

be based on existing data sources, including geographic information systems mapping.

‘‘(3) PARTICIPATING AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.—Based on

information received from the lead agency, participating agencies shall identify, as early as practicable, any issues of concern

regarding the project’s potential environmental or socioeconomic

impacts. In this paragraph, issues of concern include any issues

that could substantially delay or prevent an agency from

granting a permit or other approval that is needed for the

project.

‘‘(4) ISSUE RESOLUTION.—

‘‘(A) MEETING OF PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.—At any

time upon request of a project sponsor or the Governor

of a State in which the project is located, the lead agency

shall promptly convene a meeting with the relevant participating agencies, the project sponsor, and the Governor

(if the meeting was requested by the Governor) to resolve

issues that could delay completion of the environmental

review process or could result in denial of any approvals

required for the project under applicable laws.

‘‘(B) NOTICE THAT RESOLUTION CANNOT BE ACHIEVED.—

If a resolution cannot be achieved within 30 days following

such a meeting and a determination by the lead agency

that all information necessary to resolve the issue has

been obtained, the lead agency shall notify the heads of

all participating agencies, the project sponsor, the Governor, the Committee on Environment and Public Works

of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Council

on Environmental Quality, and shall publish such notification in the Federal Register.

‘‘(i) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a program to measure and report on progress toward improving

and expediting the planning and environmental review process.

‘‘(j) ASSISTANCE TO AFFECTED STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.—

Deadline.

Federal Register,

publication.

Notice.

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For a project that is subject to the

environmental review process established under this section

and for which funds are made available to a State under

this title or chapter 53 of title 49, the Secretary may approve

a request by the State to provide funds so made available

under this title or such chapter 53 to affected Federal agencies

(including the Department of Transportation), State agencies,

and Indian tribes participating in the environmental review

process for the projects in that State or participating in a

State process that has been approved by the Secretary for

that State. Such funds may be provided only to support activities that directly and meaningfully contribute to expediting

and improving transportation project planning and delivery

for projects in that State.

‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.—Activities for

which funds may be provided under paragraph (1) include

transportation planning activities that precede the initiation

of the environmental review process, dedicated staffing, training

of agency personnel, information gathering and mapping, and

development of programmatic agreements.

‘‘(3) USE OF FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY FUNDS.—The Secretary may also use funds made available under section 204

for a project for the purposes specified in this subsection with

respect to the environmental review process for the project.

‘‘(4) AMOUNTS.—Requests under paragraph (1) may be

approved only for the additional amounts that the Secretary

determines are necessary for the Federal agencies, State agencies, or Indian tribes participating in the environmental review

process to meet the time limits for environmental review.

‘‘(5) CONDITION.—A request under paragraph (1) to expedite

time limits for environmental review may be approved only

if such time limits are less than the customary time necessary

for such review.

‘‘(k) JUDICIAL REVIEW AND SAVINGS CLAUSE.—

‘‘(1) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Except as set forth under subsection (l), nothing in this section shall affect the reviewability

of any final Federal agency action in a court of the United

States or in the court of any State.

‘‘(2) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall be

construed as superseding, amending, or modifying the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or any other Federal environmental statute or affect the responsibility of any Federal officer

to comply with or enforce any such statute.

‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall preempt

or interfere with—

‘‘(A) any practice of seeking, considering, or responding

to public comment; or

‘‘(B) any power, jurisdiction, responsibility, or authority

that a Federal, State, or local government agency, metropolitan planning organization, Indian tribe, or project

sponsor has with respect to carrying out a project or any

other provisions of law applicable to projects, plans, or

programs.

‘‘(l) LIMITATIONS ON CLAIMS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, a claim arising under Federal law seeking judicial review

of a permit, license, or approval issued by a Federal agency

Deadlines.

Notices.

Federal Register,

publication.

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for a highway or public transportation capital project shall

be barred unless it is filed within 180 days after publication

of a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the permit,

license, or approval is final pursuant to the law under which

the agency action is taken, unless a shorter time is specified

in the Federal law pursuant to which judicial review is allowed.

Nothing in this subsection shall create a right to judicial review

or place any limit on filing a claim that a person has violated

the terms of a permit, license, or approval.

‘‘(2) NEW INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall consider new

information received after the close of a comment period if

the information satisfies the requirements for a supplemental

environmental impact statement under section 771.130 of title

23, Code of Federal Regulations. The preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement when required shall

be considered a separate final agency action and the deadline

for filing a claim for judicial review of such action shall be

180 days after the date of publication of a notice in the Federal

Register announcing such action.’’.

(b) EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.—Nothing in

this section affects any existing State environmental review process,

program, agreement, or funding arrangement approved by the Secretary under section 1309 of the Transportation Equity Act for

the 21st Century (112 Stat. 232; 23 U.S.C. 109 note) as such

section was in effect on the day preceding the date of enactment

of the SAFETEA–LU.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section

138 the following:

‘‘139. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking.’’.

(d) REPEAL.—Section 1309 of the Transportation Equity Act

for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 232) is repealed.

SEC. 6003. STATE ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CERTAIN

PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.

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

is amended by inserting after section 324 the following:

‘‘§ 325. State assumption of responsibilities for certain programs and projects

‘‘(a) ASSUMPTION OF SECRETARY’S RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER

APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS.—

‘‘(1) PILOT PROGRAM.—

‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may establish a

pilot program under which States may assume the responsibilities of the Secretary under any Federal laws subject

to the requirements of this section.

‘‘(B) FIRST 3 FISCAL YEARS.—In the first 3 fiscal years

following the date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the

Secretary may allow up to 5 States to participate in the

pilot program.

‘‘(2) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—Under the pilot program, the

Secretary may assign, and a State may assume, any of the

Secretary’s responsibilities (other than responsibilities relating

to federally recognized Indian tribes) for environmental reviews,

consultation, or decisionmaking or other actions required under

23 USC 109 note.

23 USC 139 note.

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any Federal law as such requirements apply to the following

projects:

‘‘(A) Projects funded under section 104(h).

‘‘(B) Transportation enhancement activities under section 133, as such term is defined in section 101(a)(35).

‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a State participating in the

pilot program setting forth the responsibilities to be assigned

under subsection (a)(2) and the terms and conditions under

which the assignment is being made.

‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—Before the Secretary enters into a

memorandum of understanding with a State under paragraph

(1), the State shall certify that the State has in effect laws

(including regulations) applicable to projects carried out and

funded under this title and chapter 53 of title 49 that authorize

the State to carry out the responsibilities being assumed.

‘‘(3) MAXIMUM DURATION.—A memorandum of understanding with a State under this section shall be established

for an initial period of no more than 3 years and may be

renewed by mutual agreement on a periodic basis for periods

of not more than 3 years.

‘‘(4) COMPLIANCE.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After entering into a memorandum

of understanding under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall

review and determine compliance by the State with the

memorandum of understanding.

‘‘(B) RENEWALS.—The Secretary shall take into account

the performance of a State under the pilot program when

considering renewal of a memorandum of understanding

with the State under the program.

‘‘(5) SOLE RESPONSIBILITY.—A State that assumes responsibility under subsection (a)(2) with respect to a Federal law

shall be solely responsible and solely liable for complying with

and carrying out that law, and the Secretary shall have no

such responsibility or liability.

‘‘(6) ACCEPTANCE OF JURISDICTION.—In a memorandum of

understanding, the State shall consent to accept the jurisdiction

of the Federal courts for the compliance, discharge, and enforcement of any responsibility of the Secretary that the State

assumes.

‘‘(c) SELECTION OF STATES FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—

‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to participate in the pilot

program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application

that contains such information as the Secretary may require.

At a minimum, an application shall include—

‘‘(A) a description of the projects or classes of projects

for which the State seeks to assume responsibilities under

subsection (a)(2); and

‘‘(B) a certification that the State has the capability

to assume such responsibilities.

‘‘(2) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Before entering into a memorandum

of understanding allowing a State to participate in the pilot

program, the Secretary shall—

‘‘(A) publish notice in the Federal Register of the Secretary’s intent to allow the State to participate in the

program, including a copy of the State’s application to

Federal Register,

publication.

Certification.

Deadlines.

Memorandum.

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the Secretary and the terms of the proposed agreement

with the State; and

‘‘(B) provide an opportunity for public comment.

‘‘(3) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary may approve the

application of a State to assume responsibilities under the

program only if—

‘‘(A) the requirements under paragraph (2) have been

met; and

‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that the State has the

capability to assume the responsibilities.

‘‘(4) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY VIEWS.—Before assigning to

a State a responsibility of the Secretary that requires the

Secretary to consult with another Federal agency, the Secretary

shall solicit the views of the Federal agency.

‘‘(d) STATE DEFINED.—With respect to the recreational trails

program, the term ‘State’ means the State agency designated by

the Governor of the State in accordance with section 206(c)(1).

‘‘(e) PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST CONSIDERATION.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the requirements

under any applicable law providing for the consideration and

preservation of the public interest, including public participation

and community values in transportation decisionmaking.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 3 of

title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item

relating to section 324 the following:

‘‘325. State assumption of responsibilities for certain programs and projects.’’.

SEC. 6004. STATE ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS.

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

is further amended by inserting after section 325 the following:

‘‘§ 326. State assumption of responsibility for categorical

exclusions

‘‘(a) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION DETERMINATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may assign, and a State

may assume, responsibility for determining whether certain

designated activities are included within classes of action identified in regulation by the Secretary that are categorically

excluded from requirements for environmental assessments or

environmental impact statements pursuant to regulations

promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality under

part 1500 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect

on October 1, 2003).

‘‘(2) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—A determination described in

paragraph (1) shall be made by a State in accordance with

criteria established by the Secretary and only for types of

activities specifically designated by the Secretary.

‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—The criteria under paragraph (2) shall

include provisions for public availability of information consistent with section 552 of title 5 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

‘‘(b) OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State assumes responsibility under

subsection (a), the Secretary may also assign and the State

may assume all or part of the responsibilities of the Secretary

for environmental review, consultation, or other related actions

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required under any Federal law applicable to activities that

are classified by the Secretary as categorical exclusions, with

the exception of government-to-government consultation with

Indian tribes, subject to the same procedural and substantive

requirements as would be required if that responsibility were

carried out by the Secretary.

‘‘(2) SOLE RESPONSIBILITY.—A State that assumes responsibility under paragraph (1) with respect to a Federal law shall

be solely responsible and solely liable for complying with and

carrying out that law, and the Secretary shall have no such

responsibility or liability.

‘‘(c) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the State, after providing public notice and opportunity for comment, shall enter

into a memorandum of understanding setting forth the responsibilities to be assigned under this section and the terms and

conditions under which the assignments are made, including

establishment of the circumstances under which the Secretary

would reassume responsibility for categorical exclusion determinations.

‘‘(2) TERM.—A memorandum of understanding—

‘‘(A) shall have a term of not more than 3 years;

and

‘‘(B) shall be renewable.

‘‘(3) ACCEPTANCE OF JURISDICTION.—In a memorandum of

understanding, the State shall consent to accept the jurisdiction

of the Federal courts for the compliance, discharge, and enforcement of any responsibility of the Secretary that the State

assumes.

‘‘(4) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall—

‘‘(A) monitor compliance by the State with the memorandum of understanding and the provision by the State

of financial resources to carry out the memorandum of

understanding; and

‘‘(B) take into account the performance by the State

when considering renewal of the memorandum of understanding.

‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may terminate any assumption of responsibility under a memorandum of understanding on

a determination that the State is not adequately carrying out the

responsibilities assigned to the State.

‘‘(e) STATE AGENCY DEEMED TO BE FEDERAL AGENCY.—A State

agency that is assigned a responsibility under a memorandum

of understanding shall be deemed to be a Federal agency for the

purposes of the Federal law under which the responsibility is exercised.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 3 of

title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding after

the item relating to section 325 the following:

‘‘326. State assumption of responsibility for categorical exclusions.’’.

SEC. 6005. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DELIVERY PILOT

PROGRAM.

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

is further amended by inserting after section 326 the following:

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‘‘§ 327. Surface transportation project delivery pilot program

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a surface

transportation project delivery pilot program (referred to in

this section as the ‘program’).

‘‘(2) ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the other provisions of

this section, with the written agreement of the Secretary

and a State, which may be in the form of a memorandum

of understanding, the Secretary may assign, and the State

may assume, the responsibilities of the Secretary with

respect to one or more highway projects within the State

under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.—If a State assumes

responsibility under subparagraph (A)—

‘‘(i) the Secretary may assign to the State, and

the State may assume, all or part of the responsibilities

of the Secretary for environmental review, consultation, or other action required under any Federal

environmental law pertaining to the review or approval

of a specific project; but

‘‘(ii) the Secretary may not assign—

‘‘(I) responsibility for any conformity determination required under section 176 of the Clean

Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506); or

‘‘(II) any responsibility imposed on the Secretary by section 134 or 135.

‘‘(C) PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS.—

A State shall assume responsibility under this section subject to the same procedural and substantive requirements

as would apply if that responsibility were carried out by

the Secretary.

‘‘(D) FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Any responsibility of

the Secretary not explicitly assumed by the State by written

agreement under this section shall remain the responsibility of the Secretary.

‘‘(E) NO EFFECT ON AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section

preempts or interferes with any power, jurisdiction, responsibility, or authority of an agency, other than the Department of Transportation, under applicable law (including

regulations) with respect to a project.

‘‘(b) STATE PARTICIPATION.—

‘‘(1) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING STATES.—The Secretary may

permit not more than 5 States (including the States of Alaska,

California, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas) to participate in the

program.

‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—Not later than 270 days after the date

of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate

regulations that establish requirements relating to information

required to be contained in any application of a State to participate in the program, including, at a minimum—

‘‘(A) the projects or classes of projects for which the

State anticipates exercising the authority that may be

granted under the program;

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‘‘(B) verification of the financial resources necessary

to carry out the authority that may be granted under

the program; and

‘‘(C) evidence of the notice and solicitation of public

comment by the State relating to participation of the State

in the program, including copies of comments received from

that solicitation.

‘‘(3) PUBLIC NOTICE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State that submits an application under this subsection shall give notice of the intent

of the State to participate in the program not later than

30 days before the date of submission of the application.

‘‘(B) METHOD OF NOTICE AND SOLICITATION.—The State

shall provide notice and solicit public comment under this

paragraph by publishing the complete application of the

State in accordance with the appropriate public notice law

of the State.

‘‘(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary may approve the

application of a State under this section only if—

‘‘(A) the regulatory requirements under paragraph (2)

have been met;

‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that the State has the

capability, including financial and personnel, to assume

the responsibility; and

‘‘(C) the head of the State agency having primary jurisdiction over highway matters enters into a written agreement with the Secretary described in subsection (c).

‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY VIEWS.—If a State applies

to assume a responsibility of the Secretary that would have

required the Secretary to consult with another Federal agency,

the Secretary shall solicit the views of the Federal agency

before approving the application.

‘‘(c) WRITTEN AGREEMENT.—A written agreement under this

section shall—

‘‘(1) be executed by the Governor or the top-ranking

transportation official in the State who is charged with responsibility for highway construction;

‘‘(2) be in such form as the Secretary may prescribe;

‘‘(3) provide that the State—

‘‘(A) agrees to assume all or part of the responsibilities

of the Secretary described in subsection (a);

‘‘(B) expressly consents, on behalf of the State, to accept

the jurisdiction of the Federal courts for the compliance,

discharge, and enforcement of any responsibility of the

Secretary assumed by the State;

‘‘(C) certifies that State laws (including regulations)

are in effect that—

‘‘(i) authorize the State to take the actions necessary to carry out the responsibilities being assumed;

and

‘‘(ii) are comparable to section 552 of title 5,

including providing that any decision regarding the

public availability of a document under those State

laws is reviewable by a court of competent jurisdiction;

and

‘‘(D) agrees to maintain the financial resources necessary to carry out the responsibilities being assumed.

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‘‘(d) JURISDICTION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States district courts shall

have exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action against a State

for failure to carry out any responsibility of the State under

this section.

‘‘(2) LEGAL STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.—A civil action

under paragraph (1) shall be governed by the legal standards

and requirements that would apply in such a civil action against

the Secretary had the Secretary taken the actions in question.

‘‘(3) INTERVENTION.—The Secretary shall have the right

to intervene in any action described in paragraph (1).

‘‘(e) EFFECT OF ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY.—A State that

assumes responsibility under subsection (a)(2) shall be solely

responsible and solely liable for carrying out, in lieu of the Secretary, the responsibilities assumed under subsection (a)(2), until

the program is terminated as provided in subsection (i).

‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS ON AGREEMENTS.—Nothing in this section permits a State to assume any rulemaking authority of the Secretary

under any Federal law.

‘‘(g) AUDITS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure compliance by a State with

any agreement of the State under subsection (c) (including

compliance by the State with all Federal laws for which responsibility is assumed under subsection (a)(2)), for each State

participating in the program under this section, the Secretary

shall conduct—

‘‘(A) semiannual audits during each of the first 2 years

of State participation; and

‘‘(B) annual audits during each subsequent year of

State participation.

‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND COMMENT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An audit conducted under paragraph (1) shall be provided to the public for comment.

‘‘(B) RESPONSE.—Not later than 60 days after the date

on which the period for public comment ends, the Secretary

shall respond to public comments received under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report that describes the administration of the

program.

‘‘(i) TERMINATION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

the program shall terminate on the date that is 6 years after

the date of enactment of this section.

‘‘(2) TERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary may

terminate the participation of any State in the program if—

‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that the State is not

adequately carrying out the responsibilities assigned to

the State;

‘‘(B) the Secretary provides to the State—

‘‘(i) notification of the determination of noncompliance; and

‘‘(ii) a period of at least 30 days during which

to take such corrective action as the Secretary determines is necessary to comply with the applicable agreement; and

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‘‘(C) the State, after the notification and period provided under subparagraph (B), fails to take satisfactory

corrective action, as determined by Secretary.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 3 of

title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding after

the item relating to section 326 the following:

‘‘327. Surface transportation project delivery pilot program.’’.

SEC. 6006. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT; CONTROL OF NOXIOUS WEEDS AND AQUATIC NOXIOUS WEEDS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIVE SPECIES.

(a) MODIFICATION TO NHS/STP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, POLLUTION ABATEMENT, CONTROL OF NOXIOUS WEEDS AND

AQUATIC NOXIOUS WEEDS.—

(1) MODIFICATIONS TO NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section

103(b)(6) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding

at the end the following:

‘‘(Q) Environmental restoration and pollution abatement in accordance with section 328.

‘‘(R) Control of noxious weeds and aquatic noxious

weeds and establishment of native species in accordance

with section 329.’’.

(2) MODIFICATIONS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.—Section 133(b) of title 23, is amended by striking paragraph (14) and inserting the following:

‘‘(14) Environmental restoration and pollution abatement

in accordance with section 328.

‘‘(15) Control of noxious weeds and aquatic noxious weeds

and establishment of native species in accordance with section

329.’’.

(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Chapter 3 of title 23, United States

Code, is further amended by adding after section 327 the following:

‘‘§ 328. Eligibility for environmental restoration and pollution

abatement

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), environmental restoration and pollution abatement to minimize or mitigate the

impacts of any transportation project funded under this title

(including retrofitting and construction of stormwater treatment

systems to meet Federal and State requirements under sections

401 and 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.

1341; 1342)) may be carried out to address water pollution or

environmental degradation caused wholly or partially by a transportation facility.

‘‘(b) MAXIMUM EXPENDITURE.—In a case in which a transportation facility is undergoing reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, or restoration, the expenditure of funds under this section

for environmental restoration or pollution abatement described in

subsection (a) shall not exceed 20 percent of the total cost of

the reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, or restoration of the

facility.

‘‘§ 329. Eligibility for control of noxious weeds and aquatic

noxious weeds and establishment of native species

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with all applicable Federal

law (including regulations), funds made available to carry out this

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section may be used for the following activities if such activities

are related to transportation projects funded under this title:

‘‘(1) Establishment of plants selected by State and local

transportation authorities to perform one or more of the following functions: abatement of stormwater runoff, stabilization

of soil, and aesthetic enhancement.

‘‘(2) Management of plants which impair or impede the

establishment, maintenance, or safe use of a transportation

system.

‘‘(b) INCLUDED ACTIVITIES.—The establishment and management under subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) may include—

‘‘(1) right-of-way surveys to determine management

requirements to control Federal or State noxious weeds as

defined in the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)

or State law, and brush or tree species, whether native or

nonnative, that may be considered by State or local transportation authorities to be a threat with respect to the safety

or maintenance of transportation systems;

‘‘(2) establishment of plants, whether native or nonnative

with a preference for native to the maximum extent possible,

for the purposes defined in subsection (a)(1);

‘‘(3) control or elimination of plants as defined in subsection

(a)(2);

‘‘(4) elimination of plants to create fuel breaks for the

prevention and control of wildfires; and

‘‘(5) training.

‘‘(c) CONTRIBUTIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), an activity

described in subsection (a) may be carried out concurrently

with, in advance of, or following the construction of a project

funded under this title.

‘‘(2) CONDITION FOR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN ADVANCE

OF PROJECT CONSTRUCTION.—An activity described in subsection

(a) may be carried out in advance of construction of a project

only if the activity is carried out in accordance with all

applicable requirements of Federal law (including regulations)

and State transportation planning processes.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 3 of

title 23 is further amended by adding after the item relating to

section 327 the following:

‘‘328. Eligibility for environmental restoration and pollution abatement.

‘‘329. Eligibility for control of noxious weeds and aquatic noxious weeds and establishment of native species.’’.

SEC. 6007. EXEMPTION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

Section 103(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(5) EXEMPTION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), the Interstate System shall not be considered to be

a historic site under section 303 of title 49 or section

138 of this title, regardless of whether the Interstate

System or portions or elements of the Interstate System

are listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register

of Historic Places.

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‘‘(B) INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS.—Subject to subparagraph

(C), the Secretary shall determine, through the administrative process established for exempting the Interstate

System from section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), those individual elements of

the Interstate System that possess national or exceptional

historic significance (such as a historic bridge or a highly

significant engineering feature). Such elements shall be

considered to be a historic site under section 303 of title

49 or section 138 of this title, as applicable.

‘‘(C) CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, RESTORATION, AND

REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES.—Subparagraph (B) does not

prohibit a State from carrying out construction, maintenance, restoration, or rehabilitation activities for a portion

of the Interstate System referred to in subparagraph (B)

upon compliance with section 303 of title 49 or section

138 of this title, as applicable, and section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f).’’.

SEC. 6008. INTEGRATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONCERNS INTO

TRANSPORTATION PROJECT PLANNING.

Section 109(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘consider the results’’ and inserting ‘‘consider—

‘‘(A) the results’’;

(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(B) the publication entitled ‘Flexibility in Highway

Design’ of the Federal Highway Administration;

‘‘(C) ‘Eight Characteristics of Process to Yield Excellence and the Seven Qualities of Excellence in Transportation Design’ developed by the conference held during

1998 entitled ‘Thinking Beyond the Pavement National

Workshop on Integrating Highway Development with

Communities and the Environment while Maintaining

Safety and Performance’; and

‘‘(D) any other material that the Secretary determines

to be appropriate.’’.

SEC. 6009. PARKS, RECREATION AREAS, WILDLIFE AND WATERFOWL

REFUGES, AND HISTORIC SITES.

(a) PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS WITH DE MINIMIS IMPACTS.—

(1) TITLE 23.—Section 138 of title 23, United States Code,

is amended—

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘it is hereby’’

and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—

It is’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) DE MINIMIS IMPACTS.—

‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENTS FOR HISTORIC SITES.—The requirements of this section shall be considered to be satisfied

with respect to an area described in paragraph (2) if the

Secretary determines, in accordance with this subsection,

that a transportation program or project will have a de

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‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKS, RECREATION AREAS, AND WILDLIFE OR WATERFOWL REFUGES.—The requirements

of subsection (a)(1) shall be considered to be satisfied with

respect to an area described in paragraph (3) if the Secretary determines, in accordance with this subsection, that

a transportation program or project will have a de minimis

impact on the area. The requirements of subsection (a)(2)

with respect to an area described in paragraph (3) shall

not include an alternatives analysis.

‘‘(C) CRITERIA.—In making any determination under

this subsection, the Secretary shall consider to be part

of a transportation program or project any avoidance, minimization, mitigation, or enhancement measures that are

required to be implemented as a condition of approval

of the transportation program or project.

‘‘(2) HISTORIC SITES.—With respect to historic sites, the

Secretary may make a finding of de minimis impact only if—

‘‘(A) the Secretary has determined, in accordance with

the consultation process required under section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), that—

‘‘(i) the transportation program or project will have

no adverse effect on the historic site; or

‘‘(ii) there will be no historic properties affected

by the transportation program or project;

‘‘(B) the finding of the Secretary has received written

concurrence from the applicable State historic preservation

officer or tribal historic preservation officer (and from the

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation if the Council

is participating in the consultation process); and

‘‘(C) the finding of the Secretary has been developed

in consultation with parties consulting as part of the

process referred to in subparagraph (A).

‘‘(3) PARKS, RECREATION AREAS, AND WILDLIFE OR WATERFOWL REFUGES.—With respect to parks, recreation areas, or

wildlife or waterfowl refuges, the Secretary may make a finding

of de minimis impact only if—

‘‘(A) the Secretary has determined, after public notice

and opportunity for public review and comment, that the

transportation program or project will not adversely affect

the activities, features, and attributes of the park, recreation area, or wildlife or waterfowl refuge eligible for

protection under this section; and

‘‘(B) the finding of the Secretary has received concurrence from the officials with jurisdiction over the park,

recreation area, or wildlife or waterfowl refuge.’’.

(2) TITLE 49.—Section 303 of title 49, United States Code,

is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘(c) The Secretary’’ and inserting the

following:

‘‘(c) APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(d) DE MINIMIS IMPACTS.—

‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(A) REQUIREMENTS FOR HISTORIC SITES.—The requirements of this section shall be considered to be satisfied

with respect to an area described in paragraph (2) if the

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Secretary determines, in accordance with this subsection,

that a transportation program or project will have a de

minimis impact on the area.

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKS, RECREATION AREAS, AND WILDLIFE OR WATERFOWL REFUGES.—The requirements

of subsection (c)(1) shall be considered to be satisfied with

respect to an area described in paragraph (3) if the Secretary determines, in accordance with this subsection, that

a transportation program or project will have a de minimis

impact on the area. The requirements of subsection (c)(2)

with respect to an area described in paragraph (3) shall

not include an alternatives analysis.

‘‘(C) CRITERIA.—In making any determination under

this subsection, the Secretary shall consider to be part

of a transportation program or project any avoidance, minimization, mitigation, or enhancement measures that are

required to be implemented as a condition of approval

of the transportation program or project.

‘‘(2) HISTORIC SITES.—With respect to historic sites, the

Secretary may make a finding of de minimis impact only if—

‘‘(A) the Secretary has determined, in accordance with

the consultation process required under section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), that—

‘‘(i) the transportation program or project will have

no adverse effect on the historic site; or

‘‘(ii) there will be no historic properties affected

by the transportation program or project;

‘‘(B) the finding of the Secretary has received written

concurrence from the applicable State historic preservation

officer or tribal historic preservation officer (and from the

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation if the Council

is participating in the consultation process); and

‘‘(C) the finding of the Secretary has been developed

in consultation with parties consulting as part of the

process referred to in subparagraph (A).

‘‘(3) PARKS, RECREATION AREAS, AND WILDLIFE OR WATERFOWL REFUGES.—With respect to parks, recreation areas, or

wildlife or waterfowl refuges, the Secretary may make a finding

of de minimis impact only if—

‘‘(A) the Secretary has determined, after public notice

and opportunity for public review and comment, that the

transportation program or project will not adversely affect

the activities, features, and attributes of the park, recreation area, or wildlife or waterfowl refuge eligible for

protection under this section; and

‘‘(B) the finding of the Secretary has received concurrence from the officials with jurisdiction over the park,

recreation area, or wildlife or waterfowl refuge.’’.

(b) CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING STANDARDS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall (in consultation

with affected agencies and interested parties) promulgate regulations that clarify the factors to be considered and the standards to be applied in determining the prudence and feasibility

of alternatives under section 138 of title 23 and section 303

of title 49, United States Code.

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations—

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(A) shall clarify the application of the legal standards

to a variety of different types of transportation programs

and projects depending on the circumstances of each case;

and

(B) may include, as appropriate, examples to facilitate

clear and consistent interpretation by agency decisionmakers.

(c) IMPLEMENTATION STUDY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—

(A) conduct a study on the implementation of this

section and the amendments made by this section; and

(B) commission an independent review of the study

plan and methodology, and any associated conclusions, by

the Transportation Research Board of the National

Academy of Sciences.

(2) COMPONENTS.—In conducting the study, the Secretary

shall evaluate—

(A) the processes developed under this section and

the amendments made by this section and the efficiencies

that may result;

(B) the post-construction effectiveness of impact mitigation and avoidance commitments adopted as part of projects

conducted under this section and the amendments made

by this section; and

(C) the quantity of projects with impacts that are

considered de minimis under this section and the amendments made by this section, including information on the

location, size, and cost of the projects.

(3) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall prepare—

(A) not earlier than the date that is 3 years after

the date of enactment of this Act, a report on the results

of the study conducted under this subsection; and

(B) not later than March 1, 2010, an update on the

report required under subparagraph (A).

(4) REPORT RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary shall—

(A) submit the report, review of the report, and update

required under paragraph (3) to—

(i) the appropriate committees of Congress;

(ii) the Secretary of the Interior; and

(iii) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation;

and

(B) make the report and update available to the public.

SEC. 6010. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT

DEPLOYMENT OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.

(a) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS.—Not later than one year after

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

a rulemaking process to establish, to the extent appropriate, categorical exclusions for activities that support the deployment of

intelligent transportation infrastructure and systems from the

requirement that an environmental assessment or an environmental

impact statement be prepared under section 102 of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) in compliance

with the standards for categorical exclusions established by that

Act.

(b) NATIONWIDE PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT.—

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(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall develop a nationwide programmatic agreement governing the review of activities

that support the deployment of intelligent transportation infrastructure and systems in accordance with section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) and the

regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall develop the agreement under paragraph (1) in consultation with the National

Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation established under

title II of the National Historic Preservation Act (26 U.S.C.

470i et seq.) and after soliciting the views of other interested

parties.

(c) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYS- TEMS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘intelligent transportation

infrastructure and systems’’ means intelligent transportation infrastructure and intelligent transportation systems, as such terms

are defined in subtitle C of title V of this Act.

SEC. 6011. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY.

(a) CONFORMITY REDETERMINATIONS.—Section 176(c)(2) of the

Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)(2)) is amended by adding at

the end the following:

‘‘(E) The appropriate metropolitan planning organization shall redetermine conformity of existing transportation

plans and programs not later than 2 years after the date

on which the Administrator—

‘‘(i) finds a motor vehicle emissions budget to be

adequate in accordance with section 93.118(e)(4) of title

40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on October

1, 2004);

‘‘(ii) approves an implementation plan that establishes a motor vehicle emissions budget if that budget

has not yet been determined to be adequate in accordance with clause (i); or

‘‘(iii) promulgates an implementation plan that

establishes or revises a motor vehicle emissions

budget.’’.

(b) FREQUENCY OF CONFORMITY DETERMINATION UPDATES.—

Section 176(c)(4)(B)(ii) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

7506(c)(4)(B)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(ii) address the appropriate frequency for making conformity determinations, but the frequency for making conformity determinations on updated transportation plans and

programs shall be every 4 years, except in a case in which—

‘‘(I) the metropolitan planning organization elects to

update a transportation plan or program more frequently;

or

‘‘(II) the metropolitan planning organization is required

to determine conformity in accordance with paragraph

(2)(E); and’’.

(c) TIME HORIZON FOR CONFORMITY DETERMINATIONS IN NONATTAINMENT AREAS.—Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

7506(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(7) CONFORMITY HORIZON FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each conformity determination

required under this section for a transportation plan under

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section 134(i) of title 23, United States Code, or section

5303(i) of title 49, United States Code, shall require a

demonstration of conformity for the period ending on either

the final year of the transportation plan, or at the election

of the metropolitan planning organization, after consultation with the air pollution control agency and solicitation

of public comments and consideration of such comments,

the longest of the following periods:

‘‘(i) The first 10-year period of any such transportation plan.

‘‘(ii) The latest year in the implementation plan

applicable to the area that contains a motor vehicle

emission budget.

‘‘(iii) The year after the completion date of a regionally significant project if the project is included in

the transportation improvement program or the project

requires approval before the subsequent conformity

determination.

‘‘(B) REGIONAL EMISSIONS ANALYSIS.—The conformity

determination shall be accompanied by a regional emissions

analysis for the last year of the transportation plan and

for any year shown to exceed emission budgets by a prior

analysis, if such year extends beyond the applicable period

as determined under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—In any case in which an area has

a revision to an implementation plan under section 175A(b)

and the Administrator has found the motor vehicles emissions budgets from that revision to be adequate in accordance with section 93.118(e)(4) of title 40, Code of Federal

Regulations (as in effect on October 1, 2004), or has

approved the revision, the demonstration of conformity at

the election of the metropolitan planning organization, after

consultation with the air pollution control agency and solicitation of public comments and consideration of such comments, shall be required to extend only through the last

year of the implementation plan required under section

175A(b).

‘‘(D) EFFECT OF ELECTION.—Any election by a metropolitan planning organization under this paragraph shall

continue in effect until the metropolitan planning organization elects otherwise.

‘‘(E) AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this

paragraph, the term ‘air pollution control agency’ means

an air pollution control agency (as defined in section 302(b))

that is responsible for developing plans or controlling air

pollution within the area covered by a transportation

plan.’’.

(d) SUBSTITUTION OF TRANSPORTATION CONTROL MEASURES.—

Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) (as amended

by subsection (c)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (7)

the following:

‘‘(8) SUBSTITUTION OF TRANSPORTATION CONTROL MEASURES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Transportation control measures

that are specified in an implementation plan may be

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‘‘(i) if the substitute measures achieve equivalent

or greater emissions reductions than the control

measure to be replaced, as demonstrated with an emissions impact analysis that is consistent with the current methodology used for evaluating the replaced control measure in the implementation plan;

‘‘(ii) if the substitute control measures are implemented—

‘‘(I) in accordance with a schedule that is consistent with the schedule provided for control

measures in the implementation plan; or

‘‘(II) if the implementation plan date for

implementation of the control measure to be

replaced has passed, as soon as practicable after

the implementation plan date but not later than

the date on which emission reductions are necessary to achieve the purpose of the implementation plan;

‘‘(iii) if the substitute and additional control measures are accompanied with evidence of adequate personnel and funding and authority under State or local

law to implement, monitor, and enforce the control

measures;

‘‘(iv) if the substitute and additional control measures were developed through a collaborative process

that included—

‘‘(I) participation by representatives of all

affected jurisdictions (including local air pollution

control agencies, the State air pollution control

agency, and State and local transportation agencies);

‘‘(II) consultation with the Administrator; and

‘‘(III) reasonable public notice and opportunity

for comment; and

‘‘(v) if the metropolitan planning organization,

State air pollution control agency, and the Administrator concur with the equivalency of the substitute

or additional control measures.

‘‘(B) ADOPTION.—(i) Concurrence by the metropolitan

planning organization, State air pollution control agency

and the Administrator as required by subparagraph (A)(v)

shall constitute adoption of the substitute or additional

control measures so long as the requirements of subparagraphs (A)(i), (A)(ii), (A)(iii) and (A)(iv) are met.

‘‘(ii) Once adopted, the substitute or additional control

measures become, by operation of law, part of the State

implementation plan and become federally enforceable.

‘‘(iii) Within 90 days of its concurrence under subparagraph (A)(v), the State air pollution control agency shall

submit the substitute or additional control measure to the

Administrator for incorporation in the codification of the

applicable implementation plan. Nothwithstanding any

other provision of this Act, no additional State process

shall be necessary to support such revision to the applicable

plan.

‘‘(C) NO REQUIREMENT FOR EXPRESS PERMISSION.—The

substitution or addition of a transportation control measure

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in accordance with this paragraph and the funding or

approval of such a control measure shall not be contingent

on the existence of any provision in the applicable

implementation plan that expressly permits such a substitution or addition.

‘‘(D) NO REQUIREMENT FOR NEW CONFORMITY DETER- MINATION.—The substitution or addition of a transportation

control measure in accordance with this paragraph shall

not require—

‘‘(i) a new conformity determination for the

transportation plan; or

‘‘(ii) a revision of the implementation plan.

‘‘(E) CONTINUATION OF CONTROL MEASURE BEING

REPLACED.—A control measure that is being replaced by

a substitute control measure under this paragraph shall

remain in effect until the substitute control measure is

adopted by the State pursuant to subparagraph (B).

‘‘(F) EFFECT OF ADOPTION.—Adoption of a substitute

control measure shall constitute rescission of the previously

applicable control measure.’’.

(e) LAPSE OF CONFORMITY.—Section 176(c) of the Clean Air

Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) (as amended by subsections (c) and (d))

is amended by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:

‘‘(9) LAPSE OF CONFORMITY.—If a conformity determination

required under this subsection for a transportation plan under

section 134(i) of title 23, United States Code, or section 5303(i)

of title 49, United States Code, or a transportation improvement

program under section 134(j) of such title 23 or under section

5303(j) of such title 49 is not made by the applicable deadline

and such failure is not corrected by additional measures to

either reduce motor vehicle emissions sufficient to demonstrate

compliance with the requirements of this subsection within

12 months after such deadline or other measures sufficient

to correct such failures, the transportation plan shall lapse.

‘‘(10) LAPSE.—In this subsection, the term ‘lapse’ means

that the conformity determination for a transportation plan

or transportation improvement program has expired, and thus

there is no currently conforming transportation plan or

transportation improvement program.’’.

(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 176(c)(4) of the Clean

Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)(4)) (as amended by subsection (b)) is

amended—

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as

subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively;

(2) by striking ‘‘(4)(A) No later than one year after the

date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,

the Administrator shall promulgate’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(4) CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING CONFORMITY.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall promulgate, and periodically update,’’;

(3) in the second sentence of subparagraph (A)—

(A) by striking ‘‘No later than one year after such

date of enactment, the Administrator, with the concurrence

of the Secretary of Transportation, shall promulgate’’ and

inserting the following:

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‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND

PROJECTS.—The Administrator, with the concurrence of the

Secretary of Transportation, shall promulgate, and periodically update,’’; and

(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘A suit’’ and

inserting the following:

‘‘(C) CIVIL ACTION TO COMPEL PROMULGATION.—A civil

action’’; and

(4) by striking subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) and inserting the following:

‘‘(E) INCLUSION OF CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES IN SIP.—

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of

the SAFETEA–LU the procedures under subparagraph (A)

shall include a requirement that each State include in

the State implementation plan criteria and procedures for

consultation required by subparagraph (D)(i), and enforcement and enforceability (pursuant to sections 93.125(c) and

93.122(a)(4)(ii) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations)

in accordance with the Administrator’s criteria and procedures for consultation, enforcement and enforceability.’’.

(g) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of

enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental

Protection Agency shall promulgate revised regulations to implement the changes made by this section.

SEC. 6012. FEDERAL REFERENCE METHOD.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6102(e) of the Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century (42 U.S.C. 7407 note; 112 Stat. 464–

465) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(e) FIELD STUDY.—Not later than 2 years after the date of

enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Administrator shall—

‘‘(1) conduct a field study of the ability of the PM2.5 Federal

Reference Method to differentiate those particles that are larger

than 2.5 micrometers in diameter;

‘‘(2) develop a Federal reference method to measure directly

particles that are larger than 2.5 micrometers in diameter

without reliance on subtracting from coarse particle measurements those particles that are equal to or smaller than 2.5

micrometers in diameter;

‘‘(3) develop a method of measuring the composition of

coarse particles; and

‘‘(4) submit a report on the study and responsibilities of

the Administrator under paragraphs (1) through (3) to—

‘‘(A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the

House of Representatives; and

‘‘(B) the Committee on Environment and Public Works

of the Senate.’’.

SEC. 6013. AIR QUALITY MONITORING DATA INFLUENCED BY EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 319 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

7619) is amended—

(1) by striking the section heading and all that follows

through ‘‘after notice and opportunity for public hearing’’ and

inserting the following:

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‘‘SEC. 319. AIR QUALITY MONITORING.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—After notice and opportunity for public

hearing’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) AIR QUALITY MONITORING DATA INFLUENCED BY EXCEP- TIONAL EVENTS.— ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF EXCEPTIONAL EVENT.—In this section:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘exceptional event’ means

an event that—

‘‘(i) affects air quality;

‘‘(ii) is not reasonably controllable or preventable;

‘‘(iii) is an event caused by human activity that

is unlikely to recur at a particular location or a natural

event; and

‘‘(iv) is determined by the Administrator through

the process established in the regulations promulgated

under paragraph (2) to be an exceptional event.

‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—In this subsection, the term ‘exceptional event’ does not include—

‘‘(i) stagnation of air masses or meteorological

inversions;

‘‘(ii) a meteorological event involving high temperatures or lack of precipitation; or

‘‘(iii) air pollution relating to source noncompliance.

‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—

‘‘(A) PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—Not later than March

1, 2006, after consultation with Federal land managers

and State air pollution control agencies, the Administrator

shall publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations

governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring

data influenced by exceptional events.

‘‘(B) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after

the date on which the Administrator publishes proposed

regulations under subparagraph (A), and after providing

an opportunity for interested persons to make oral presentations of views, data, and arguments regarding the proposed regulations, the Administrator shall promulgate final

regulations governing the review and handling or air

quality monitoring data influenced by an exceptional event

that are consistent with paragraph (3).

‘‘(3) PRINCIPLES AND REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(A) PRINCIPLES.—In promulgating regulations under

this section, the Administrator shall follow—

‘‘(i) the principle that protection of public health

is the highest priority;

‘‘(ii) the principle that timely information should

be provided to the public in any case in which the

air quality is unhealthy;

‘‘(iii) the principle that all ambient air quality data

should be included in a timely manner, an appropriate

Federal air quality database that is accessible to the

public;

‘‘(iv) the principle that each State must take necessary measures to safeguard public health regardless

of the source of the air pollution; and

‘‘(v) the principle that air quality data should be

carefully screened to ensure that events not likely to

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recur are represented accurately in all monitoring data

and analyses.

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Regulations promulgated under

this section shall, at a minimum, provide that—

‘‘(i) the occurrence of an exceptional event must

be demonstrated by reliable, accurate data that is

promptly produced and provided by Federal, State,

or local government agencies;

‘‘(ii) a clear causal relationship must exist between

the measured exceedances of a national ambient air

quality standard and the exceptional event to demonstrate that the exceptional event caused a specific

air pollution concentration at a particular air quality

monitoring location;

‘‘(iii) there is a public process for determining

whether an event is exceptional; and

‘‘(iv) there are criteria and procedures for the Governor of a State to petition the Administrator to exclude

air quality monitoring data that is directly due to

exceptional events from use in determinations by the

Administrator with respect to exceedances or violations

of the national ambient air quality standards.

‘‘(4) INTERIM PROVISION.—Until the effective date of a regulation promulgated under paragraph (2), the following guidance

issued by the Administrator shall continue to apply:

‘‘(A) Guidance on the identification and use of air

quality data affected by exceptional events (July 1986).

‘‘(B) Areas affected by PM–10 natural events, May

30, 1996.

‘‘(C) Appendices I, K, and N to part 50 of title 40,

Code of Federal Regulations.’’.

SEC. 6014. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OF RECYCLED COOLANT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of

enactment of this Act, the President shall conduct a review of

Federal procurement policy of recycled coolant.

(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the review under subsection (a),

the President shall consider recycled coolant produced from processes that—

(1) are energy efficient;

(2) generate no hazardous waste (as defined in section

1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903));

(3) produce no emissions of air pollutants;

(4) present lower health and safety risks to employees

at a plant or facility; and

(5) recover at least 97 percent of the glycols from used

antifreeze feedstock.

SEC. 6015. CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—The term ‘‘alternative fuel’’

means—

(A) liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas,

liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, or propane;

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(B) methanol or ethanol at no less than 85 percent

by volume; or

(C) biodiesel conforming with standards published by

the American Society for Testing and Materials as of the

date of enactment of this Act.

(3) CLEAN SCHOOL BUS.—The term ‘‘clean school bus’’ means

a school bus with a gross vehicle weight of greater than 14,000

pounds that—

(A) is powered by a heavy duty engine; and

(B) is operated solely on an alternative fuel or ultralow sulfur diesel fuel.

(4) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the

term ‘‘eligible recipient’’ means—

(i) one or more local or State governmental entities

responsible for providing school bus service to one or

more public school systems or the purchase of school

buses;

(ii) one or more contracting entities that provide

school bus service to one or more public school systems;

or

(iii) a nonprofit school transportation association.

(B) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.—In the case of eligible

recipients identified under clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall establish timely and

appropriate requirements for notice and may establish

timely and appropriate requirements for approval by the

public school systems that would be served by buses purchased or retrofit using grant funds made available under

this section.

(5) RETROFIT TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘retrofit technology’’

means a particulate filter or other emissions control equipment

that is verified or certified by the Administrator or the California Air Resources Board as an effective emission reduction

technology when installed on an existing school bus.

(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

of Energy.

(7) ULTRA-LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL.—The term ‘‘ultra-low

sulfur diesel fuel’’ means diesel fuel that contains sulfur at

not more than 15 parts per million.

(b) PROGRAM FOR RETROFIT OR REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN

EXISTING SCHOOL BUSES WITH CLEAN SCHOOL BUSES.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in consultation

with the Secretary and other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall establish a program for awarding

grants on a competitive basis to eligible recipients for the

replacement of, retrofit (including repowering,

aftertreatment, and remanufactured engines) of, or purchase of alternative fuels for, certain existing school buses.

The awarding of grants for the purchase of alternative

fuels should be consistent with the historic funding levels

of the program for such purchase.

(B) BALANCING.—In awarding grants under this section, the Administrator shall achieve, to the maximum

extent practicable, achieve an appropriate balance between

awarding grants—

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(i) to replace school buses;

(ii) to install retrofit technologies; and

(iii) to purchase and use alternative fuel.

(2) PRIORITY OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.— (A) REPLACEMENT.—In the case of grant applications

to replace school buses, the Administrator shall give priority to applicants that propose to replace school buses

manufactured before model year 1977.

(B) RETROFITTING.—In the case of grant applications

to retrofit school buses, the Administrator shall give priority to applicants that propose to retrofit school buses

manufactured in or after model year 1991.

(3) USE OF SCHOOL BUS FLEET.— (A) IN GENERAL.—All school buses acquired or retrofitted with funds provided under this section shall be operated as part of the school bus fleet for which the grant

was made for not less than 5 years.

(B) MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND FUELING.—New

school buses and retrofit technology shall be maintained,

operated, and fueled according to manufacturer recommendations or State requirements.

(4) RETROFIT GRANTS.—The Administrator may award

grants under this section for up to 100 percent of the retrofit

technologies and installation costs.

(5) REPLACEMENT GRANTS.—

(A) ELIGIBILITY FOR 50 PERCENT GRANTS.—The

Administrator may award grants under this section for

replacement of school buses in the amount of up to onehalf of the acquisition costs (including fueling infrastructure) for—

(i) clean school buses with engines manufactured

in model year 2005 or 2006 that emit not more than—

(I) 1.8 grams per brake horsepower-hour of

non-methane hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen;

and

(II) .01 grams per brake horsepower-hour of

particulate matter; or

(ii) clean school buses with engines manufactured

in model year 2007, 2008, or 2009 that satisfy regulatory requirements established by the Administrator

for emissions of oxides of nitrogen and particulate

matter to be applicable for school buses manufactured

in model year 2010.

(B) ELIGIBILITY FOR 25 PERCENT GRANTS.—The

Administrator may award grants under this section for

replacement of school buses in the amount of up to onefourth of the acquisition costs (including fueling infrastructure) for—

(i) clean school buses with engines manufactured

in model year 2005 or 2006 that emit not more than—

(I) 2.5 grams per brake horsepower-hour of

non-methane hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen;

and

(II) .01 grams per brake horsepower-hour of

particulate matter; or

(ii) clean school buses with engines manufactured

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requirements established by the Administrator for

emissions of oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter

from school buses manufactured in that model year.

(6) ULTRA-LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a grant recipient

receiving a grant for the acquisition of ultra-low sulfur

diesel fuel school buses with engines manufactured in

model year 2005 or 2006, the grant recipient shall provide,

to the satisfaction of the Administrator—

(i) documentation that diesel fuel containing sulfur

at not more than 15 parts per million is available

for carrying out the purposes of the grant; and

(ii) a commitment by the applicant to use that

fuel in carrying out the purposes of the grant.

(7) DEPLOYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION.—The Administrator,

to the maximum extent practicable, shall—

(A) achieve nationwide deployment of clean school

buses through the program under this section; and

(B) ensure a broad geographic distribution of grant

awards, with no State receiving more than 10 percent

of the grant funding made available under this section

during a fiscal year.

(8) ANNUAL REPORT.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31 of each

year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report

that—

(i) evaluates the implementation of this section;

and

(ii) describes—

(I) the total number of grant applications

received;

(II) the number and types of alternative fuel

school buses, ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school

buses, and retrofitted buses requested in grant

applications;

(III) grants awarded and the criteria used to

select the grant recipients;

(IV) certified engine emission levels of all

buses purchased or retrofitted under this section;

(V) an evaluation of the in-use emission level

of buses purchased or retrofitted under this section; and

(VI) any other information the Administrator

considers appropriate.

(c) EDUCATION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall develop an

education outreach program to promote and explain the grant

program.

(2) COORDINATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS.—The outreach program shall be designed and conducted in conjunction with

national school bus transportation associations and other stakeholders.

(3) COMPONENTS.—The outreach program shall—

(A) inform potential grant recipients on the process

of applying for grants;

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(B) describe the available technologies and the benefits

of the technologies;

(C) explain the benefits of participating in the grant

program; and

(D) include, as appropriate, information from the

annual report required under subsection (b)(8).

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section,

to remain available until expended— (1) $55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007;

and

(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years

2008, 2009, and 2010.

SEC. 6016. SPECIAL DESIGNATION.

For the purpose of any applicable program under title 23,

United States Code, the city of Norman, Oklahoma, shall be considered to be part of the Oklahoma City urbanized area.

SEC. 6017. INCREASED USE OF RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT

IN FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS INVOLVING

PROCUREMENT OF CEMENT OR CONCRETE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of the Solid Waste Disposal Act

(42 U.S.C. 6961 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the

following:

‘‘SEC. 6005. INCREASED USE OF RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT

IN FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS INVOLVING

PROCUREMENT OF CEMENT OR CONCRETE.

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

‘‘(1) AGENCY HEAD.—The term ‘agency head’ means—

‘‘(A) the Secretary of Transportation; and

‘‘(B) the head of each other Federal agency that on

a regular basis procures, or provides Federal funds to pay

or assist in paying the cost of procuring, material for

cement or concrete projects.

‘‘(2) CEMENT OR CONCRETE PROJECT.—The term ‘cement

or concrete project’ means a project for the construction or

maintenance of a highway or other transportation facility or

a Federal, State, or local government building or other public

facility that—

‘‘(A) involves the procurement of cement or concrete;

and

‘‘(B) is carried out in whole or in part using Federal

funds.

‘‘(3) RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT.—The term ‘recovered mineral component’ means—

‘‘(A) ground granulated blast furnace slag other than

lead slag;

‘‘(B) coal combustion fly ash;

‘‘(C) blast furnace slag aggregate other than lead slag

aggregate;

‘‘(D) silica fume; and

‘‘(E) any other waste material or byproduct recovered

or diverted from solid waste that the Administrator, in

consultation with an agency head, determines should be

treated as recovered mineral component under this section

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for use in cement or concrete projects paid for, in whole

or in part, by the agency head.

‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date

of enactment of this section, the Administrator and each agency

head shall take such actions as are necessary to implement

fully all procurement requirements and incentives in effect

as of the date of enactment of this section (including guidelines

under section 6002) that provide for the use of cement and

concrete incorporating recovered mineral component in cement

or concrete projects.

‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In carrying out paragraph (1) an agency

head shall give priority to achieving greater use of recovered

mineral component in cement or concrete projects for which

recovered mineral components historically have not been used

or have been used only minimally.

‘‘(3) CONFORMANCE.—The Administrator and each agency

head shall carry out this subsection in accordance with section

6002.

‘‘(c) FULL IMPLEMENTATION STUDY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in cooperation with

the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy,

shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which current

procurement requirements, when fully implemented in accordance with subsection (b), may realize energy savings and

environmental benefits attainable with substitution of recovered mineral component in cement used in cement or concrete

projects.

‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—The study shall—

‘‘(A) quantify the extent to which recovered mineral

components are being substituted for Portland cement,

particularly as a result of current procurement requirements, and the energy savings and environmental benefits

associated with that substitution;

‘‘(B) identify all barriers in procurement requirements

to greater realization of energy savings and environmental

benefits, including barriers resulting from exceptions from

current law; and

‘‘(C)(i) identify potential mechanisms to achieve greater

substitution of recovered mineral component in types of

cement or concrete projects for which recovered mineral

components historically have not been used or have been

used only minimally;

‘‘(ii) evaluate the feasibility of establishing guidelines

or standards for optimized substitution rates of recovered

mineral component in those cement or concrete projects;

and

‘‘(iii) identify any potential environmental or economic

effects that may result from greater substitution of recovered mineral component in those cement or concrete

projects.

‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 30 months after the date

of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit

to Congress a report on the study.

‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Unless the

study conducted under subsection (c) identifies any effects or other

problems described in subsection (c)(2)(C)(iii) that warrant further

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review or delay, the Administrator and each agency head shall,

not later than 1 year after the release of the report in accordance

with subsection (c)(3), take additional actions authorized under

this Act to establish procurement requirements and incentives that

provide for the use of cement and concrete with increased substitution of recovered mineral component in the construction and

maintenance of cement or concrete projects, so as to—

‘‘(1) realize more fully the energy savings and environmental benefits associated with increased substitution; and

‘‘(2) eliminate barriers identified under subsection (c).

‘‘(e) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section affects the

requirements of section 6002 (including the guidelines and specifications for implementing those requirements).’’.

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

in section 1001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. prec.

6901) is amended by adding after the item relating to section

6004 the following:

‘‘Sec. 6005. Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded

projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.’’.

SEC. 6018. USE OF GRANULAR MINE TAILINGS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of the Solid Waste Disposal Act

(42 U.S.C. 6961 et seq.) (as amended by section 6017(a)) is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘SEC. 6006. USE OF GRANULAR MINE TAILINGS.

‘‘(a) MINE TAILINGS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date

of enactment of this section, the Administrator, in consultation

with the Secretary of Transportation and heads of other Federal

agencies, shall establish criteria (including an evaluation of

whether to establish a numerical standard for concentration

of lead and other hazardous substances) for the safe and

environmentally protective use of granular mine tailings from

the Tar Creek, Oklahoma Mining District, known as ‘chat’,

for—

‘‘(A) cement or concrete projects; and

‘‘(B) transportation construction projects (including

transportation construction projects involving the use of

asphalt) that are carried out, in whole or in part, using

Federal funds.

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing criteria under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall consider—

‘‘(A) the current and previous uses of granular mine

tailings as an aggregate for asphalt; and

‘‘(B) any environmental and public health risks and

benefits derived from the removal, transportation, and use

in transportation projects of granular mine tailings.

‘‘(3) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In establishing the criteria

under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall solicit and consider comments from the public.

‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY OF CRITERIA.—On the establishment of

the criteria under paragraph (1), any use of the granular mine

tailings described in paragraph (1) in a transportation project

that is carried out, in whole or in part, using Federal funds,

shall meet the criteria established under paragraph (1).

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‘‘(b) EFFECT OF SECTIONS.—Nothing in this section or section

6005 affects any requirement of any law (including a regulation)

in effect on the date of enactment of this section.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section

1001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6901) (as

amended by section 6017(b)) is amended by adding after the item

relating to section 6005 the following:

‘‘Sec. 6006. Use of granular mine tailings.’’.

TITLE VII—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 7001. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety and Security Reauthorization Act of 2005’’.

SEC. 7002. AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title

an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment

to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall

be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title

49, United States Code.

Subtitle A—General Authorities on

Transportation of Hazardous Materials

SEC. 7101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds with respect to hazardous materials transportation that—

(1) approximately 4,000,000,000 tons of regulated hazardous materials are transported each year and approximately

1,200,000 movements of hazardous materials occur each day,

according to Department of Transportation estimates;

(2) the movement of hazardous materials in commerce is

necessary to maintain economic vitality and meet consumer

demands and must be conducted in a safe, secure, and efficient

manner;

(3) accidents involving, or unauthorized access to, hazardous materials in transportation may result in a release

of such materials and pose a serious threat to public health

and safety;

(4) because of the potential risks to life, property, and

the environment posed by unintentional releases of hazardous

materials, consistency in laws and regulations governing the

transportation of hazardous materials is necessary and desirable; and

(5) in order to provide reasonable, adequate, and costeffective protection from the risks posed by the transportation

of hazardous materials, a network of well-trained State and

local emergency response personnel and hazmat employees is

essential.

(b) PURPOSE.—Section 5101 is amended by striking ‘‘The purpose’’ and all that follows through the period at the end and

inserting the following: ‘‘The purpose of this chapter is to protect

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against the risks to life, property, and the environment that are

inherent in the transportation of hazardous material in intrastate,

interstate, and foreign commerce.’’.

SEC. 7102. DEFINITIONS.

Section 5102 is amended as follows:

(1) COMMERCE.—Paragraph (1) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon in subparagraph

(A);

(B) by striking ‘‘State.’’ in subparagraph (B) and

inserting ‘‘State; or’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(C) on a United States-registered aircraft.’’.

(2) HAZMAT EMPLOYEE.—Paragraph (3)(A) is amended—

(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:

‘‘(i) who—

‘‘(I) is employed on a full time, part time,

or temporary basis by a hazmat employer; or

‘‘(II) is self-employed (including an owner-operator of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft) transporting hazardous material in commerce; and’’;

(B) in clause (ii)—

(i) by striking ‘‘course of employment’’ and

inserting ‘‘course of such full time, part time, or temporary employment, or such self employment,’’; and

(ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

(C) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating

subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and

(D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated—

(i) by striking ‘‘employed by a hazmat employer,’’

and inserting ‘‘employed on a full time, part time,

or temporary basis by a hazmat employer, or self

employed,’’; and

(ii) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:

‘‘(ii) designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects,

marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a

package, container, or packaging component that is

represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for

use in transporting hazardous material in commerce;’’.

(3) HAZMAT EMPLOYER.—Paragraph (4) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(4) ‘hazmat employer’—

‘‘(A) means a person—

‘‘(i) who—

‘‘(I) employs or uses at least 1 hazmat

employee on a full time, part time, or temporary

basis; or

‘‘(II) is self-employed (including an owner-operator of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft) transporting hazardous material in commerce; and

‘‘(ii) who—

‘‘(I) transports hazardous material in commerce;

‘‘(II) causes hazardous material to be transported in commerce; or

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‘‘(III) designs, manufactures, fabricates,

inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs,

or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold

as qualified for use in transporting hazardous

material in commerce; and

‘‘(B) includes a department, agency, or instrumentality

of the United States Government, or an authority of a

State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe, carrying out an activity described in clause (ii).’’.

(4) IMMINENT HAZARD.—Paragraph (5) is amended by

inserting ‘‘relating to hazardous material’’ after ‘‘of a condition’’.

(5) MOTOR CARRIER.—Paragraph (7) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(7) ‘motor carrier’—

‘‘(A) means a motor carrier, motor private carrier, and

freight forwarder as those terms are defined in section

13102; but

‘‘(B) does not include a freight forwarder, as so defined,

if the freight forwarder is not performing a function relating

to highway transportation.’’.

(6) NATIONAL RESPONSE TEAM.—Paragraph (8) is

amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘national response team’’ both places

it appears and inserting ‘‘National Response Team’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘national contingency plan’’ and

inserting ‘‘National Contingency Plan’’.

(7) PERSON.—Paragraph (9)(A) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(A) includes a government, Indian tribe, or authority

of a government or tribe that—

‘‘(i) offers hazardous material for transportation

in commerce;

‘‘(ii) transports hazardous material to further a

commercial enterprise; or

‘‘(iii) designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects,

marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a

package, container, or packaging component that is

represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for

use in transporting hazardous material in commerce;

but’’.

(8) SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.—Section 5102 is further amended—

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), and (13)

as paragraphs (12), (13), and (14), respectively; and

(B) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:

‘‘(11) ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Transportation

except as otherwise provided.’’.

SEC. 7103. GENERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY.

(a) DESIGNATING MATERIAL AS HAZARDOUS.—Section 5103(a)

is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘etiologic agent’’ and all that follows through

‘‘corrosive material,’’ and inserting ‘‘infectious substance, flammable or combustible liquid, solid, or gas, toxic, oxidizing, or

corrosive material,’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘decides’’ and inserting ‘‘determines’’.

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(b) REGULATIONS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION.—Section

5103(b)(1)(A) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(A) apply to a person who—

‘‘(i) transports hazardous material in commerce;

‘‘(ii) causes hazardous material to be transported

in commerce;

‘‘(iii) designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects,

marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a

package, container, or packaging component that is

represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for

use in transporting hazardous material in commerce;

‘‘(iv) prepares or accepts hazardous material for

transportation in commerce;

‘‘(v) is responsible for the safety of transporting

hazardous material in commerce;

‘‘(vi) certifies compliance with any requirement

under this chapter; or

‘‘(vii) misrepresents whether such person is

engaged in any activity under clause (i) through (vi);

and’’.

(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING CONSULTATION.—Section 5103 is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (b)(1)(C); and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—When prescribing a security regulation

or issuing a security order that affects the safety of the transportation of hazardous material, the Secretary of Homeland Security

shall consult with the Secretary of Transportation.’’.

SEC. 7104. LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF HAZMAT LICENSES.

(a) COVERED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.—Section 5103a(b) is

amended by striking ‘‘with respect to—’’ and all that follows and

inserting ‘‘with respect to any material defined as hazardous material by the Secretary for which the Secretary requires placarding

of a commercial motor vehicle transporting that material in commerce.’’.

(b) RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL MATE- RIALS.—Section 5103a is further amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

‘‘(c) RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MATE- RIALS.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall recommend to the Secretary of Transportation any chemical or

biological material or agent for regulation as a hazardous material

under section 5103(a) if the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that such material or agent poses a significant

risk to the health of individuals.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5103a(a)(1) is amended

by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(1)(B),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

(d)(1)(B),’’.

SEC. 7105. BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR DRIVERS HAULING HAZARDOUS

MATERIALS.

Section 5103a is further amended by adding at the end the

following:

‘‘(g) BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR DRIVERS HAULING HAZARDOUS

MATERIALS.—

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

‘‘(A) EMPLOYER NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days

after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Director

of the Transportation Security Administration, after

receiving comments from interested parties, shall develop

and implement a process for notifying hazmat employers

designated by an applicant of the results of the applicant’s

background record check, if—

‘‘(i) such notification is appropriate considering the

potential security implications; and

‘‘(ii) the Director, in a final notification of threat

assessment, served on the applicant determines that

the applicant does not meet the standards set forth

in regulations issued to carry out this section.

‘‘(B) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BACKGROUND RECORDS

CHECKS.—

‘‘(i) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT CHECKS.—An individual with respect to whom the Transportation Security Administration—

‘‘(I) has performed a security threat assessment under this section; and

‘‘(II) has issued a final notification of no security threat,

is deemed to have met the requirements of any other

background check that is required for purposes of any

Federal law applicable to transportation workers if

that background check is equivalent to, or less stringent than, the background check required under this

section.

‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION BY DIRECTOR.—Not later than

60 days after the date of issuance of the report under

paragraph (5), but no later than 120 days after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall initiate

a rulemaking proceeding, including notice and opportunity for comment, to determine which background

checks required for purposes of Federal laws applicable

to transportation workers are equivalent to, or less

stringent than, those required under this section.

‘‘(iii) FUTURE RULEMAKINGS.—The Director shall

make a determination under the criteria established

under clause (ii) with respect to any rulemaking proceeding to establish or modify required background

checks for transportation workers initiated after the

date of enactment of this subsection.

‘‘(2) APPEALS PROCESS FOR MORE STRINGENT STATE PROCEDURES.—If a State establishes its own standards for applicants

for a hazardous materials endorsement to a commercial driver’s

license, the State shall also provide—

‘‘(A) an appeals process similar to and to the same

extent as the process provided under part 1572 of title

49, Code of Federal Regulations, by which an applicant

denied a hazardous materials endorsement to a commercial

driver’s license by that State may appeal that denial; and

‘‘(B) a waiver process similar to and to the same extent

as the process provided under part 1572 of title 49, Code

of Federal Regulations, by which an applicant denied a

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hazardous materials endorsement to a commercial driver’s

license by that State may apply for a waiver.

‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION OF TERM DEFINED IN REGULATIONS.—

The term ‘transportation security incident’, as defined in part

1572 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, does not include

a work stoppage or other nonviolent employee-related action

resulting from an employer-employee dispute. Not later than

30 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the

Director shall modify the definition of that term to reflect

the preceding sentence.

‘‘(4) BACKGROUND CHECK CAPACITY.—Not later than October

1, 2005, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the

Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on

the implementation of fingerprint-based security threat assessments and the adequacy of fingerprinting locations, personnel,

and resources to accomplish the timely processing of fingerprint-based security threat assessments for individuals holding

commercial driver’s licenses who are applying to renew hazardous materials endorsements.

‘‘(5) REPORT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the

date of enactment of this subsection, the Director shall

transmit to the committees referred to in paragraph (4)

a report on the Director’s plans to reduce or eliminate

redundant background checks for holders of hazardous

materials endorsements performed under this section.

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report shall—

‘‘(i) include a list of background checks and other

security or threat assessment requirements applicable

to transportation workers under Federal laws for which

the Department of Homeland Security is responsible

and the process by which the Secretary of Homeland

Security will determine whether such checks or assessments are equivalent to, or less stringent than, the

background check performed under this section; and

‘‘(ii) provide an analysis of how the Director plans

to reduce or eliminate redundant background checks

in a manner that will continue to ensure the highest

level of safety and security.

‘‘(h) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS REGISTERED TO

OPERATE IN MEXICO OR CANADA.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 6 months

after the date of enactment of this subsection, a commercial

motor vehicle operator registered to operate in Mexico or

Canada shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle transporting a hazardous material in commerce in the United States

until the operator has undergone a background records check

similar to the background records check required for commercial

motor vehicle operators licensed in the United States to transport hazardous materials in commerce.

‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Director of the Transportation Security Administration may extend the deadline established by

paragraph (1) for a period not to exceed 6 months if the Director

determines that such an extension is necessary.

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‘‘(3) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘commercial motor vehicle’ has the meaning

given that term by section 31101.’’.

SEC. 7106. REPRESENTATION AND TAMPERING.

(a) REPRESENTATION.—Section 5104(a)(1) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘a container,’’ and all that follows through

‘‘packaging) for’’ and inserting ‘‘a package, component of a package, or packaging for’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘the container’’ and all that follows through

‘‘packaging) meets’’ and inserting ‘‘the package, component of

a package, or packaging meets’’.

(b) TAMPERING.—Section 5104(b) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘A person may not’’ and inserting ‘‘No person

may’’; and

(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘component of a package,

or packaging,’’ after ‘‘package,’’.

SEC. 7107. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

Section 5105 is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (d); and

(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).

SEC. 7108. TRAINING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.

Section 5107 is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:

‘‘(e) TRAINING GRANTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of funds under

section 5128(c), the Secretary shall make grants under this

subsection—

‘‘(A) for training instructors to train hazmat employees;

and

‘‘(B) to the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary, for such instructors to train hazmat employees.

‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—A grant under this subsection shall be

made to a nonprofit hazmat employee organization that demonstrates—

‘‘(A) expertise in conducting a training program for

hazmat employees; and

‘‘(B) the ability to reach and involve in a training

program a target population of hazmat employees.’’;

(2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections

(g) and (h), respectively;

(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:

‘‘(f) TRAINING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary shall

ensure that maintenance-of-way employees and railroad signalmen

receive general awareness and familiarization training and safety

training pursuant to section 172.704 of title 49, Code of Federal

Regulations.’’; and

(4) in subsection (g)(2) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)

of this subsection) by striking ‘‘sections 5106, 5108(a)–(g)(1)

and (h), and 5109 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5106’’.

SEC. 7109. REGISTRATION.

(a) PERSONS REQUIRED TO FILE.—

(1) REQUIREMENT TO FILE.—Section 5108(a)(1)(B) is

amended by striking ‘‘class A or B explosive’’ and inserting

‘‘Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosive material’’.

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(2) AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE TO FILE.—Section 5108(a)(2)(B)

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(B) a person designing, manufacturing, fabricating,

inspecting, marking, maintaining, reconditioning, repairing, or

testing a package, container, or packaging component that is

represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in

transporting hazardous material in commerce.’’.

(3) NO TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT FILING.—Section

5108(a)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘manufacture,’’ and all that

follows through ‘‘package or’’ and inserting ‘‘design, manufacture, fabricate, inspect, mark, maintain, recondition, repair,

or test a package, container packaging component, or’’.

(b) FORM AND CONTENT OF FILINGS.—Section 5108(b)(1)(C) is

amended by striking ‘‘the activity.’’ and inserting ‘‘any of the activities.’’.

(c) FILING.—Section 5108(c) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) FILING.—Each person required to file a registration statement under subsection (a) shall file the statement in accordance

with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.’’.

(d) REGISTRATION.—As soon as practicable, the Administrator

of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

shall transmit to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

hazardous material registrant information obtained before, on, or

after the date of enactment of this Act under section 5108 of

title 49, United States Code, together with any Department of

Transportation identification number for each registrant.

(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 5108(i)(2)(B) is

amended by inserting ‘‘an Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘subdivision of a

State,’’.

(f) FEES.—Section 5108(g) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’;

(2) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting

‘‘$3,000’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(3) FEES ON EXEMPT PERSONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall impose and collect a fee

of $25 from a person who is required to register under this

section but who is otherwise exempted by the Secretary from

paying any fee under this section. The fee shall be used to

pay the costs incurred by the Secretary in processing registration statements filed by such persons.’’.

SEC. 7110. SHIPPING PAPERS AND DISCLOSURE.

(a) DISCLOSURE CONSIDERATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.—Section

5110 is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘under subsection (b) of this section.’’ in

subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘in regulations.’’;

(2) by striking subsection (b); and

(3) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.

(b) RETENTION OF PAPERS.—Subsection (d) of section 5110, as

redesignated by subsection (a)(3) of this section, is amended to

read as follows:

‘‘(d) RETENTION OF PAPERS.—

‘‘(1) SHIPPERS.—The person who provides the shipping

paper under this section shall retain the paper, or an electronic

format of it, for a period of 2 years after the date that the

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shipping paper is provided to the carrier, with the paper or

electronic format to be accessible through the shipper’s principal

place of business.

‘‘(2) CARRIERS.—The carrier required to keep the shipping

paper under this section, shall retain the paper, or an electronic

format of it, for a period of 1 year after the date that the

shipping paper is provided to the carrier, with the paper or

electronic format to be accessible through the carrier’s principal

place of business.

‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.—Any person

required to keep a shipping paper under this subsection shall,

upon request, make it available to a Federal, State, or local

government agency at reasonable times and locations.’’.

SEC. 7111. RAIL TANK CARS.

Section 5111, and the item relating to section 5111 in the

analysis for chapter 51, are repealed.

SEC. 7112. UNSATISFACTORY SAFETY RATINGS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The text of section 5113 is amended to read

as follows: ‘‘A violation of section 31144(c)(3) shall be considered

a violation of this chapter, and shall be subject to the penalties

in sections 5123 and 5124.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The first subsection (c) of section 31144, relating to prohibited transportation, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sections 521(b)(5)(A) and

5113’’ and inserting ‘‘section 521(b)(5)(A)’’; and

(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the following:

‘‘A violation of this paragraph by an owner or operator transporting hazardous material shall be considered a violation of

chapter 51, and shall be subject to the penalties in sections

5123 and 5124.’’.

(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—The second subsection (c) of section 31144, relating to safety reviews of new operators, is redesignated as subsection (f).

SEC. 7113. TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5115(a) is amended by striking the

subsection designation and all that follows through the period at

the end of the first sentence and inserting the following:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In coordination with the Director of the

Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Chairman of the

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretaries of Labor, Energy, and

Health and Human Services, and the Director of the National

Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and using existing

coordinating mechanisms of the National Response Team and, for

radioactive material, the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee, the Secretary of Transportation shall maintain,

and update periodically, a current curriculum of courses necessary

to train public sector emergency response and preparedness teams

in matters relating to the transportation of hazardous material.’’.

(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 5115(b) is amended—

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘developed’’ and inserting ‘‘maintained and updated’’; and

(2) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ‘‘under other United

States Government grant programs, including those’’ and

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inserting ‘‘with Federal financial assistance, including programs’’.

(c) TRAINING ON COMPLYING WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.—

Section 5115(c)(3) is amended by inserting before the period at

the end the following: ‘‘and such other voluntary consensus

standard-setting organizations as the Secretary of Transportation

determines appropriate’’.

(d) DISTRIBUTION AND PUBLICATION.—Section 5115(d) is

amended—

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking

‘‘national response team’’ and inserting ‘‘National Response

Team’’;

(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Director of the Federal

Emergency Management Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’;

and

(3) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by inserting ‘‘and distribute’’ after ‘‘publish’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘programs that uses’’ and all that follows before the period at the end and inserting ‘‘programs

and courses maintained and updated under this section

and of any programs utilizing such courses’’.

SEC. 7114. PLANNING AND TRAINING GRANTS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND.

(a) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Sections 5116(a)(2)(A) and

5116(b)(2)(A) are amended by striking ‘‘2 fiscal years’’ and inserting

‘‘5 fiscal years’’.

(b) MONITORING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 5116(f)

is amended by striking ‘‘national response team’’ and inserting

‘‘National Response Team’’.

(c) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 5116(g) is amended

by striking ‘‘Government grant programs’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal

financial assistance’’.

(d) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND.—

(1) NAME OF FUND.—Section 5116(i) is amended by

inserting after ‘‘an account in the Treasury’’ the following:

‘‘(to be known as the ‘Hazardous Materials Emergency

Preparedness Fund’)’’.

(2) PUBLICATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDE.—Section

5116(i) is further amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘collects under section 5108(g)(2)(A)

of this title and’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in paragraph

(2);

(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);

(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

‘‘(3) to publish and distribute an emergency response guide;

and’’; and

(E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by subparagraph

(C) of this paragraph) by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting

‘‘2 percent’’.

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5108(g)(2)(C) is

amended by striking ‘‘the account the Secretary of the Treasury

establishes’’ and inserting ‘‘the Hazardous Materials Emergency

Preparedness Fund established’’.

(e) REPORTS.—Section 5116(k) is amended—

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(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall submit annually to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation of the Senate and make available to the public

information on the allocation and uses of the planning grants

allocated under subsection (a), training grants under subsection

(b), and grants under subsection (j) of this section and under

section 5107.’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘Such report’’ in the second sentence and

inserting ‘‘The report’’.

SEC. 7115. SPECIAL PERMITS AND EXCLUSIONS.

(a) SECTION HEADING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5117 is amended by striking the

section designation and heading and inserting the following:

‘‘§ 5117. Special permits and exclusions’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section

5117 in the analysis for chapter 51 is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘5117. Special permits and exclusions.’’.

(b) SUBSECTION HEADING.—The heading for subsection (a) of

section 5117 is amended by striking ‘‘EXEMPT’’ and inserting ‘‘ISSUE

SPECIAL PERMITS’’.

(c) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SPECIAL PERMITS.—Section 5117(a)(1)

is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘an exemption’’ and inserting ‘‘, modify,

or terminate a special permit authorizing a variance’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘transporting, or causing to be transported,

hazardous material’’ and inserting ‘‘performing a function regulated by the Secretary under section 5103(b)(1)’’.

(d) PERIOD OF SPECIAL PERMIT.—Section 5117(a)(2) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(2) A special permit issued under this section shall be effective

for an initial period of not more than 2 years and may be renewed

by the Secretary upon application for successive periods of not

more than 4 years each or, in the case of a special permit relating

to section 5112, for an additional period of not more than 2 years.’’.

(e) APPLICATIONS.—Section 5117(b) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘an exemption’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘a special permit’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘the exemption’’ and inserting ‘‘the special

permit’’.

(f) DEALING WITH APPLICATIONS PROMPTLY.—Section 5117(c)

is amended by striking ‘‘the exemption’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘the special permit’’.

(g) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—Section 5117(e) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘an exemption’’ and inserting ‘‘a special

permit’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘be exempt’’ and inserting ‘‘be granted a

variance’’.

(h) REPEAL OF SECTION 5118.—Section 5118, and the item

relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 51, are repealed.

SEC. 7116. UNIFORM FORMS AND PROCEDURES.

Section 5119 is amended to read as follows:

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‘‘§ 5119. Uniform forms and procedures

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP.—The Secretary shall

establish a working group of State and local government officials,

including representatives of the National Governors’ Association,

the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities,

the United States Conference of Mayors, the National Conference

of State Legislatures, and the Alliance for Uniform Hazmat

Transportation Procedures.

‘‘(b) PURPOSE OF WORKING GROUP.—The purpose of the working

group shall be to develop uniform forms and procedures for a

State to register, and to issue permits to, persons that transport,

or cause to be transported, hazardous material by motor vehicle

in the State.

‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON WORKING GROUP.—The working group may

not propose to define or limit the amount of a fee a State may

impose or collect.

‘‘(d) PROCEDURE.—The Secretary shall develop a procedure for

the working group to employ in developing recommendations for

the Secretary to harmonize existing State registration and permit

laws and regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous

materials, with special attention paid to each State’s unique safety

concerns and interest in maintaining strong hazmat safety standards.

‘‘(e) REPORT OF WORKING GROUP.—Not later than 18 months

after the date of enactment of this subsection, the working group

shall transmit to the Secretary a report containing recommendations for establishing uniform forms and procedures described in

subsection (b).

‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 18 months after the date

the working group’s report is delivered to the Secretary, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out such recommendations

of the working group as the Secretary considers appropriate. In

developing such regulations, the Secretary shall consider the State

needs associated with the transition to and implementation of a

uniform forms and procedures program.

‘‘(g) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in

this section shall be construed as prohibiting a State from voluntarily participating in a program of uniform forms and procedures

until such time as the Secretary issues regulations under subsection

(f).’’.

SEC. 7117. INTERNATIONAL UNIFORMITY OF STANDARDS AND

REQUIREMENTS.

(a) CONSULTATION.—Section 5120(b) is amended by inserting

‘‘and requirements’’ after ‘‘standards’’.

(b) DIFFERENCES WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND

REQUIREMENTS.—Section 5120(c) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or requirement’’ after

‘‘standard’’ each place it appears; and

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by inserting ‘‘standard or’’ before ‘‘requirement’’

each place it appears; and

(B) by striking ‘‘included in a standard’’.

SEC. 7118. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 5121(a) is amended—

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(1) in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘conduct tests,’’ after

‘‘investigate,’’;

(2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘After’’ and inserting

‘‘Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), after’’; and

(3) by striking ‘‘regulation prescribed’’ and inserting ‘‘regulation prescribed, or an order, special permit, or approval

issued,’’.

(b) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND INFORMATION.—Section 5121(b) is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘and property’’ after

‘‘records’’; and

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by inserting ‘‘property,’’ after ‘‘records,’’;

(B) by inserting ‘‘for inspection’’ after ‘‘available’’; and

(C) by striking ‘‘requests’’ and inserting ‘‘undertakes

an investigation or makes a request’’.

(c) ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO DISCOVER HIDDEN SHIPMENTS

OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.—Section 5121(c) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(c) INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A designated officer, employee, or agent

of the Secretary—

‘‘(A) may inspect and investigate, at a reasonable time

and in a reasonable manner, records and property relating

to a function described in section 5103(b)(1);

‘‘(B) except in the case of packaging immediately adjacent to its hazardous material contents, may gain access

to, open, and examine a package offered for, or in, transportation when the officer, employee, or agent has an objectively reasonable and articulable belief that the package

may contain a hazardous material;

‘‘(C) may remove from transportation a package or

related packages in a shipment offered for or in transportation for which—

‘‘(i) such officer, employee, or agent has an objectively reasonable and articulable belief that the package may pose an imminent hazard; and

‘‘(ii) such officer, employee, or agent contemporaneously documents such belief in accordance with

procedures set forth in guidance or regulations prescribed under subsection (e);

‘‘(D) may gather information from the offeror, carrier,

packaging manufacturer or tester, or other person responsible for the package, to ascertain the nature and hazards

of the contents of the package;

‘‘(E) as necessary, under terms and conditions specified

by the Secretary, may order the offeror, carrier, packaging

manufacturer or tester, or other person responsible for

the package to have the package transported to, opened,

and the contents examined and analyzed, at a facility

appropriate for the conduct of such examination and analysis; and

‘‘(F) when safety might otherwise be compromised, may

authorize properly qualified personnel to assist in the

activities conducted under this subsection.

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‘‘(2) DISPLAY OF CREDENTIALS.—An officer, employee, or

agent acting under this subsection shall display proper credentials when requested.

‘‘(3) SAFE RESUMPTION OF TRANSPORTATION.—In instances

when, as a result of an inspection or investigation under this

subsection, an imminent hazard is not found to exist, the Secretary, in accordance with procedures set forth in regulations

prescribed under subsection (e), shall assist—

‘‘(A) in the safe and prompt resumption of transportation of the package concerned; or

‘‘(B) in any case in which the hazardous material being

transported is perishable, in the safe and expeditious

resumption of transportation of the perishable hazardous

material.’’.

(d) EMERGENCY AUTHORITY FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL

TRANSPORTATION.—Section 5121 is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections

(f) and (h), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:

‘‘(d) EMERGENCY ORDERS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, upon inspection, investigation,

testing, or research, the Secretary determines that a violation

of a provision of this chapter, or a regulation prescribed under

this chapter, or an unsafe condition or practice, constitutes

or is causing an imminent hazard, the Secretary may issue

or impose emergency restrictions, prohibitions, recalls, or outof-service orders, without notice or an opportunity for a hearing,

but only to the extent necessary to abate the imminent hazard.

‘‘(2) WRITTEN ORDERS.—The action of the Secretary under

paragraph (1) shall be in a written emergency order that—

‘‘(A) describes the violation, condition, or practice that

constitutes or is causing the imminent hazard;

‘‘(B) states the restrictions, prohibitions, recalls, or outof-service orders issued or imposed; and

‘‘(C) describes the standards and procedures for

obtaining relief from the order.

‘‘(3) OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW.—After taking action under

paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide for review of the

action under section 554 of title 5 if a petition for review

is filed within 20 calendar days of the date of issuance of

the order for the action.

‘‘(4) EXPIRATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ORDER.—If a petition

for review of an action is filed under paragraph (3) and the

review under that paragraph is not completed by the end of

the 30-day period beginning on the date the petition is filed,

the action shall cease to be effective at the end of such period

unless the Secretary determines, in writing, that the imminent

hazard providing a basis for the action continues to exist.

‘‘(5) OUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER DEFINED.—In this subsection,

the term ‘out-of-service order’ means a requirement that an

aircraft, vessel, motor vehicle, train, railcar, locomotive, other

vehicle, transport unit, transport vehicle, freight container,

potable tank, or other package not be moved until specified

conditions have been met.

‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.— ‘‘(1) TEMPORARY REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days

after the date of enactment of the Hazardous Materials

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2005, the Secretary shall issue temporary regulations to carry

out subsections (c) and (d). The temporary regulations shall

expire on the date of issuance of the regulations under paragraph (2).

‘‘(2) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after such

date of enactment, the Secretary shall issue regulations to

carry out subsections (c) and (d) in accordance with subchapter

II of chapter 5 of title 5.’’.

(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 5121 is

amended by inserting after subsection (f) (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1) of this section) the following:

‘‘(g) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary

may enter into grants and cooperative agreements with a person,

agency, or instrumentality of the United States, a unit of State

or local government, an Indian tribe, a foreign government (in

coordination with the Department of State), an educational institution, or other appropriate entity—

‘‘(1) to expand risk assessment and emergency response

capabilities with respect to the security of transportation of

hazardous material;

‘‘(2) to enhance emergency communications capacity as

determined necessary by the Secretary, including the use of

integrated, interoperable emergency communications technologies where appropriate;

‘‘(3) to conduct research, development, demonstration, risk

assessment, and emergency response planning and training

activities; or

‘‘(4) to otherwise carry out this chapter.’’.

(f) REPORT.—Section 5121(h) (as redesignated by subsection

(d)(1) of this section) is amended—

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking

‘‘submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress’’ and

inserting ‘‘transmit to the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the

Senate’’; and

(2) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘relating to a function

regulated by the Secretary under section 5103(b)(1)’’ after

‘‘activities’’.

SEC. 7119. ENFORCEMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5122(a) is amended—

(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘chapter or a regulation

prescribed or order’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter or a regulation

prescribed or order, special permit, or approval’’; and

(2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The court may award appropriate relief, including

a temporary or permanent injunction, punitive damages, and

assessment of civil penalties considering the same penalty

amounts and factors as prescribed for the Secretary in an

administrative case under section 5123.’’.

(b) IMMINENT HAZARDS.—Section 5122(b)(1)(B) is amended by

striking ‘‘or ameliorate the’’ and inserting ‘‘or mitigate the’’.

SEC. 7120. CIVIL PENALTY.

(a) PENALTY.—Section 5123(a) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

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(A) by striking ‘‘regulation prescribed or order issued’’

and inserting ‘‘regulation, order, special permit, or approval

issued’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’;

(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

‘‘(2) If the Secretary finds that a violation under paragraph

(1) results in death, serious illness, or severe injury to any person

or substantial destruction of property, the Secretary may increase

the amount of the civil penalty for such violation to not more

than $100,000.

‘‘(3) If the violation is related to training, paragraph (1) shall

be applied by substituting ‘$450’ for ‘$250’.’’.

(b) HEARING REQUIREMENT.—Section 5123(b) is amended by

striking ‘‘regulation prescribed’’ and inserting ‘‘regulation prescribed

or order, special permit, or approval issued’’.

(c) CIVIL ACTIONS TO COLLECT.—Section 5123(d) is amended

by striking ‘‘section.’’ and inserting ‘‘section and any accrued interest

on the civil penalty as calculated in accordance with section 1005

of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2705). In the civil

action, the amount and appropriateness of the civil penalty shall

not be subject to review.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) HEARING REQUIREMENT.—The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this

Act, and shall apply with respect to violations described in

section 5123(a) of title 49, United States Code (as amended

by this section), that occur on or after that date.

(2) CIVIL ACTIONS TO COLLECT.—The amendment made by

subsection (c) shall apply with respect to civil penalties imposed

on violations described in section 5123(a) of title 49, United

States Code (as amended by this section), that occur on or

after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 7121. CRIMINAL PENALTY.

Section 5124 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5124. Criminal penalty

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A person knowingly violating section 5104(b)

or willfully or recklessly violating this chapter or a regulation,

order, special permit, or approval issued under this chapter shall

be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years,

or both; except that the maximum amount of imprisonment shall

be 10 years in any case in which the violation involves the release

of a hazardous material that results in death or bodily injury

to any person.

‘‘(b) KNOWING VIOLATIONS.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) a person acts knowingly when—

‘‘(A) the person has actual knowledge of the facts giving

rise to the violation; or

‘‘(B) a reasonable person acting in the circumstances

and exercising reasonable care would have that knowledge;

and

‘‘(2) knowledge of the existence of a statutory provision,

or a regulation or a requirement required by the Secretary,

is not an element of an offense under this section.

Applicability.

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‘‘(c) WILLFUL VIOLATIONS.—For purposes of this section, a person acts willfully when—

‘‘(1) the person has knowledge of the facts giving rise to

the violation; and

‘‘(2) the person has knowledge that the conduct was unlawful.

‘‘(d) RECKLESS VIOLATIONS.—For purposes of this section, a

person acts recklessly when the person displays a deliberate indifference or conscious disregard to the consequences of that person’s

conduct.’’.

SEC. 7122. PREEMPTION.

(a) SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCES.—Section 5125(b) is amended—

(1) by striking subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) and

inserting the following:

‘‘(E) the designing, manufacturing, fabricating, inspecting,

marking, maintaining, reconditioning, repairing, or testing a

package, container, or packaging component that is represented,

marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting

hazardous material in commerce.’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘prescribes after November 16, 1990. However, the’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘prescribes. The’’.

(b) DECISIONS ON PREEMPTION.—Section 5125(d)(1) is amended

in the first sentence by inserting before the period at the end

‘‘or section 5119(e)’’.

(c) WAIVER OF PREEMPTION.—Section 5125(e) is amended in

the first sentence by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘or

section 5119(b)’’.

(d) STANDARDS.—Section 5125 is amended by adding at the

end the following:

‘‘(h) APPLICATION OF EACH PREEMPTION STANDARD.—Each

standard for preemption in subsection (b), (c)(1), or (d), and in

section 5119(b), is independent in its application to a requirement

of a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe.

‘‘(i) NON-FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS.—This section

does not apply to any procedure, penalty, required mental state,

or other standard utilized by a State, political subdivision of a

State, or Indian tribe to enforce a requirement applicable to the

transportation of hazardous material.’’.

SEC. 7123. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

(a) REPEAL.—Section 5125 (as amended by section 7122 of

this Act) is further amended—

(1) by striking subsection (f);

(2) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and

(3) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated) by moving paragraph (2) (including subparagraphs (A) through (D)) 2 ems

to the left.

(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Chapter 51 is amended by redesignating

section 5127 as section 5128 and by inserting after section 5126

the following:

‘‘§ 5127. Judicial review

‘‘(a) FILING AND VENUE.—Except as provided in section 20114(c),

a person adversely affected or aggrieved by a final action of the

Secretary under this chapter may petition for review of the final

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Columbia or in the court of appeals for the United States for

the circuit in which the person resides or has its principal place

of business. The petition must be filed not more than 60 days

after the Secretary’s action becomes final.

‘‘(b) JUDICIAL PROCEDURES.—When a petition is filed under

subsection (a), the clerk of the court immediately shall send a

copy of the petition to the Secretary. The Secretary shall file with

the court a record of any proceeding in which the final action

was issued, as provided in section 2112 of title 28.

‘‘(c) AUTHORITY OF COURT.—The court has exclusive jurisdiction,

as provided in subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, to affirm

or set aside any part of the Secretary’s final action and may order

the Secretary to conduct further proceedings.

‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT FOR PRIOR OBJECTION.—In reviewing a final

action under this section, the court may consider an objection to

a final action of the Secretary only if the objection was made

in the course of a proceeding or review conducted by the Secretary

or if there was a reasonable ground for not making the objection

in the proceeding.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 51 is

amended by striking the item relating to section 5127 and inserting

the following:

‘‘5127. Judicial review.

‘‘5128. Authorization of appropriations.’’.

SEC. 7124. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

Section 5126(a) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘or causes to be transported hazardous

material,’’ and inserting ‘‘hazardous material, or causes hazardous material to be transported,’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘manufactures,’’ and all that follows through

‘‘or sells’’ and inserting ‘‘designs, manufactures, fabricates,

inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a

package, container, or packaging component that is represented’’;

(3) by striking ‘‘must’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and

(4) by striking ‘‘manufacturing,’’ and all that follows

through ‘‘testing’’ and inserting ‘‘designing, manufacturing, fabricating, inspecting, marking, maintaining, reconditioning,

repairing, or testing’’.

SEC. 7125. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 5128 (as redesignated by section 7123(b) of this Act)

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 5128. Authorizations of appropriations

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out this chapter (except

sections 5107(e), 5108(g)(2), 5113, 5115, 5116, and 5119), the following amounts are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary:

‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2005, $24,940,000.

‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2006, $29,000,000.

‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2007, $30,000,000.

‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2008, $30,000,000.

‘‘(b) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

FUND.—There shall be available to the Secretary, from the account

established pursuant to section 5116(i), for each of fiscal years

2005 through 2008 the following:

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‘‘(1) To carry out section 5115, $200,000.

‘‘(2) To carry out sections 5116(a) and (b), $21,800,000

to be allocated as follows:

‘‘(A) $5,000,000 to carry out section 5116(a).

‘‘(B) $7,800,000 to carry out section 5116(b).

‘‘(C) Of the amount provided for by this paragraph

for a fiscal year in excess of the suballocations in subparagraphs (A) and (B)—

‘‘(i) 35 percent shall be used to carry out section

5116(a); and

‘‘(ii) 65 percent shall be used to carry out section

5116(b),

except that the Secretary may increase the proportion to

carry out section 5116(b) and decrease the proportion to

carry out section 5116(a) if the Secretary determines that

such reallocation is appropriate to carry out the intended

uses of these funds as described in the applications submitted by States and Indian tribes.

‘‘(3) To carry out section 5116(f), $150,000.

‘‘(4) To publish and distribute the Emergency Response

Guidebook under section 5116(i)(3), $625,000.

‘‘(5) To carry out section 5116(j), $1,000,000.

‘‘(c) HAZMAT TRAINING GRANTS.—There shall be available to

the Secretary, from the account established pursuant to section

5116(i), to carry out section 5107(e) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal

years 2005 through 2008.

‘‘(d) ISSUANCE OF HAZMAT LICENSES.—There are authorized

to be appropriated for the Department of Transportation such

amounts as may be necessary to carry out section 5103a.

‘‘(e) CREDITS TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The Secretary may credit

to any appropriation to carry out this chapter an amount received

from a State, Indian tribe, or other public authority or private

entity for expenses the Secretary incurs in providing training to

the State, authority, or entity.

‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts made available by

or under this section remain available until expended.’’.

SEC. 7126. REFERENCES TO THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.

Chapter 51 is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ each place it appears (other than the second place it appears

in section 5108(g)(2)(C) and in sections 5102(11), 5103(c), 5103a(c),

5115(a), 5115(c)(3), 5116(i), and 5120(a)) and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.

SEC. 7127. CRIMINAL MATTERS.

Section 845(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(1) aspects of the transportation of explosive materials

via railroad, water, highway, or air that pertain to safety,

including security, and are regulated by the Department of

Transportation or the Department of Homeland Security;’’.

SEC. 7128. ADDITIONAL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

(a) TITLE 49 PENALTIES.—Section 46312 is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘part—’’ in subsection (a) and inserting

‘‘part or chapter 51—’’; and

(2) by inserting ‘‘or chapter 51’’ in subsection (b) after

‘‘under this part’’.

49 USC 5102,

5103, 5103a,

5105–5110, 5112,

5114–5117,

5120–5123, 5125.

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(b) TITLE 18 PENALTIES.—Section 3663(a)(1)(A) of title 18,

United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘5124,’’ before ‘‘46312,’’.

SEC. 7129. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN REQUIREMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart I of part 172 of the Department

of Transportation’s regulations (49 CFR 172.800 et seq.), or any

subsequent Department of Transportation regulation in pari

materia, does not apply to the surface transportation activities

of a farmer that are—

(1) in direct support of the farmer’s farming operations;

and

(2) conducted within a 150-mile radius of those operations.

(b) FARMER DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘farmer’’ means

a person—

(1) actively engaged in the production or raising of crops,

poultry, livestock, or other agricultural commodities; and

(2) whose gross receipts from the sale of such agricultural

commodities or products do not exceed $500,000 annually.

SEC. 7130. DETERMINING AMOUNT OF UNDECLARED SHIPMENTS OF

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ENTERING THE UNITED

STATES.

(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall review existing

options and determine additional options for discovering the amount

of undeclared shipments of hazardous materials (as defined in section 5101 of title 49, United States Code) entering the United

States.

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

of the Senate a report on the results of the study.

SEC. 7131. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESEARCH PROJECTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall enter into a contract

with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out the 9 research

projects called for in the 2005 Special Report 283 of the Transportation Research Board entitled ‘‘Cooperative Research for Hazardous

Materials Transportation: Defining the Need, Converging on Solutions’’. In carrying out the research projects, the National Academy

of Sciences shall consult with the Administrator.

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

of the Senate a report on the need to establish a cooperative

research program on hazardous materials transportation.

(c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section

5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009 shall be available to carry out this section.

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SEC. 7132. NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDER TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT

RESPONSE SYSTEM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide funding to the

Operation Respond Institute to design, build, and operate a seamless first responder hazardous materials incident detection,

preparedness, and response system.

(b) EXPANSION.—This system shall include an expansion of

the Operation Respond Emergency Information System (OREIS).

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section

$2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008.

SEC. 7133. COMMON CARRIER PIPELINE SYSTEM.

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of the economic, environmental, and homeland security advantages and disadvantages of operating a common carrier pipeline system in the

States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama for the

transportation of aromatic chemicals.

(b) EVALUATION.—In conducting the study, the Secretary shall

evaluate the appropriateness of different Federal incentives for

the construction and operation of such a pipeline system, including

loan guarantees, other types of financial assistance, and various

types of tax incentives.

(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2005, the Secretary

shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study,

including recommendations, if any, for legislation.

Subtitle B—Sanitary Food Transportation

SEC. 7201. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Sanitary Food Transportation

Act of 2005’’.

SEC. 7202. RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

SERVICES.

(a) UNSANITARY TRANSPORT DEEMED ADULTERATION.—Section

402 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342)

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(i) If it is transported or offered for transport by a shipper,

carrier by motor vehicle or rail vehicle, receiver, or any other

person engaged in the transportation of food under conditions that

are not in compliance with regulations promulgated under section

416.’’.

(b) SANITARY TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS.—Chapter IV of

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.)

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘SEC. 416. SANITARY TRANSPORTATION PRACTICES.

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

‘‘(1) BULK VEHICLE.—The term ‘bulk vehicle’ includes a

tank truck, hopper truck, rail tank car, hopper car, cargo tank,

portable tank, freight container, or hopper bin, and any other

vehicle in which food is shipped in bulk, with the food coming

into direct contact with the vehicle.

‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘transportation’ means

any movement in commerce by motor vehicle or rail vehicle.

21 USC 350e.

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Transportation

Act of 2005.

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‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall by regulation require

shippers, carriers by motor vehicle or rail vehicle, receivers, and

other persons engaged in the transportation of food to use sanitary

transportation practices prescribed by the Secretary to ensure that

food is not transported under conditions that may render the food

adulterated.

‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—The regulations under subsection (b) shall—

‘‘(1) prescribe such practices as the Secretary determines

to be appropriate relating to—

‘‘(A) sanitation;

‘‘(B) packaging, isolation, and other protective measures;

‘‘(C) limitations on the use of vehicles;

‘‘(D) information to be disclosed—

‘‘(i) to a carrier by a person arranging for the

transport of food; and

‘‘(ii) to a manufacturer or other person that—

‘‘(I) arranges for the transportation of food

by a carrier; or

‘‘(II) furnishes a tank vehicle or bulk vehicle

for the transportation of food; and

‘‘(E) recordkeeping; and

‘‘(2) include—

‘‘(A) a list of nonfood products that the Secretary determines may, if shipped in a bulk vehicle, render adulterated

food that is subsequently transported in the same vehicle;

and

‘‘(B) a list of nonfood products that the Secretary determines may, if shipped in a motor vehicle or rail vehicle

(other than a tank vehicle or bulk vehicle), render adulterated food that is simultaneously or subsequently transported in the same vehicle.

‘‘(d) WAIVERS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may waive any requirement under this section, with respect to any class of persons,

vehicles, food, or nonfood products, if the Secretary determines

that the waiver—

‘‘(A) will not result in the transportation of food under

conditions that would be unsafe for human or animal

health; and

‘‘(B) will not be contrary to the public interest.

‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register any waiver and the reasons for the waiver.

‘‘(e) PREEMPTION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A requirement of a State or political

subdivision of a State that concerns the transportation of food

is preempted if—

‘‘(A) complying with a requirement of the State or

political subdivision and a requirement of this section, or

a regulation prescribed under this section, is not possible;

or

‘‘(B) the requirement of the State or political subdivision as applied or enforced is an obstacle to accomplishing

and carrying out this section or a regulation prescribed

under this section.

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‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection applies to transportation that occurs on or after the effective date of the regulations promulgated under subsection (b).

‘‘(f) ASSISTANCE OF OTHER AGENCIES.—The Secretary of

Transportation, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of

the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall provide assistance on request,

to the extent resources are available, to the Secretary for the

purposes of carrying out this section.’’.

(c) INSPECTION OF TRANSPORTATION RECORDS.— (1) REQUIREMENT.—Section 703 of the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 373) is amended—

(A) by striking the section heading and all that follows

through ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘SEC. 703. RECORDS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) FOOD TRANSPORTATION RECORDS.—A shipper, carrier by

motor vehicle or rail vehicle, receiver, or other person subject to

section 416 shall, on request of an officer or employee designated

by the Secretary, permit the officer or employee, at reasonable

times, to have access to and to copy all records that the Secretary

requires to be kept under section 416(c)(1)(E).’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of section

703 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as designated

by paragraph (1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘carriers.’’ and

inserting ‘‘carriers, except as provided in subsection (b).’’.

(d) PROHIBITED ACTS; RECORDS INSPECTION.—Section 301(e) of

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331(e)) is

amended by inserting ‘‘416,’’ before ‘‘504,’’ each place it appears.

(e) UNSAFE FOOD TRANSPORTATION.—Section 301 of the Federal

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by

adding at the end the following:

‘‘(hh) The failure by a shipper, carrier by motor vehicle or

rail vehicle, receiver, or any other person engaged in the transportation of food to comply with the sanitary transportation practices

prescribed by the Secretary under section 416.’’.

SEC. 7203. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS.

Chapter 57 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘CHAPTER 57—SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION

‘‘5701. Food Transportation safety inspections.

‘‘§ 5701. Food transportation safety inspections

‘‘(a) INSPECTION PROCEDURES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services

and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish procedures

for transportation safety inspections for the purpose of identifying suspected incidents of contamination or adulteration of—

‘‘(A) food in violation of regulations promulgated under

section 416 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

‘‘(B) a carcass, part of a carcass, meat, meat food

product, or animal subject to detention under section 402

of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 672); and

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‘‘(C) poultry products or poultry subject to detention

under section 19 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act

(21 U.S.C. 467a).

‘‘(2) TRAINING.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation

shall develop and carry out a training program to conduct

enforcement of this chapter and regulations prescribed

under this chapter or compatible State laws and regulations.

‘‘(B) CONDUCT.—In carrying out this paragraph, the

Secretary of Transportation shall train inspectors,

including Department of Transportation personnel, State

employees described under subsection (c), or personnel paid

with funds authorized under sections 31102 and 31104,

in the recognition of adulteration problems associated with

the transportation of cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, and

food additives and in the procedures for obtaining assistance of the appropriate departments, agencies, and

instrumentalities of the Government and State authorities

to support the enforcement.

‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—The procedures established under

paragraph (1) shall apply, at a minimum, to Department of

Transportation personnel that perform commercial motor

vehicle or railroad safety inspections.

‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION OF SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OR SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.—The Secretary of Transportation shall promptly notify the Secretary of Health and Human

Services or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, of any

instances of potential food contamination or adulteration of a food

identified during transportation safety inspections.

‘‘(c) USE OF STATE EMPLOYEES.—The means by which the Secretary of Transportation carries out subsection (b) may include

inspections conducted by State employees using funds authorized

to be appropriated under sections 31102 through 31104.’’.

SEC. 7204. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This subtitle takes effect on October 1, 2005.

Subtitle C—Research and Innovative

Technology Administration

SEC. 7301. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.

Section 112 is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.—The Administrator may

enter into grants and cooperative agreements with Federal agencies,

State and local government agencies, other public entities, private

organizations, and other persons—

‘‘(1) to conduct research into transportation service and

infrastructure assurance; and

‘‘(2) to carry out other research activities of the Administration.’’.

21 USC 331 note.

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TITLE VIII—TRANSPORTATION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING GUARANTEE

SEC. 8001. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR THE HIGHWAY AND

MASS TRANSIT CATEGORIES.

(a) LIMITS.—Redesignate paragraphs (2) through (9) of section

251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985 as paragraphs (6) through (13), respectively, and strike

paragraph (1) of such section 251(c) and insert the following new

paragraphs:

‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 2005— ‘‘(A) for the highway category: $31,277,000,000 in outlays;‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: $955,792,000 in new budget authority and $6,674,000,000 in outlays;

‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 2006— ‘‘(A) for the highway category: $33,942,000,000 in outlays;‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: $1,643,000,000 in new budget authority and $7,359,000,000 in outlays;

‘‘(3) with respect to fiscal year 2007— ‘‘(A) for the highway category: $36,960,000,000 in outlays;‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: $1,712,000,000 in new budget authority and $8,120,000,000 in outlays;

‘‘(4) with respect to fiscal year 2008— ‘‘(A) for the highway category: $39,123,000,000 in outlays;‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: $1,858,000,000 in new budget authority and $8,742,000,000 in outlays;

‘‘(5) with respect to fiscal year 2009— ‘‘(A) for the highway category: $40,660,000,000 in outlays;‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: $1,977,500,000 in new budget authority and $9,180,000,000 in outlays;’’.

(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (B)—

(A) by striking ‘‘the Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century’’ and all that follows through the colon and

inserting: ‘‘the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users:’’; and

(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new

clauses:

‘‘(v) 69–8362–0–7–401 (National Driver Registry).

‘‘(vi) 69–8159–0–7–401 (Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs).

‘‘(vii) 06–8158–0–7–401 (Motor Carrier Safety

Grants).’’; and

(2) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:

‘‘(C) MASS TRANSIT CATEGORY.—The term ‘mass transit

category’ means the following budget accounts, or portions

of the accounts, that are subject to the obligation limitations on contract authority provided in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A

2 USC 900.

2 USC 901.

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Legacy for Users or for which appropriations are provided

in accordance with authorizations contained in that Act:

‘‘(i) 69–1120–0–1–401 (Administrative Expenses).

‘‘(ii) 69–1134–0–1–401 (Capital Investment

Grants).

‘‘(iii) 69–8191–0–7–401 (Discretionary Grants).

‘‘(iv) 69–1129–0–1–401 (Formula Grants).

‘‘(v) 69–1127–0–1–401 (Interstate Transfer

Grants—Transit).

‘‘(vi) 69–1125–0–1–401 (Job Access and Reverse

Commute).

‘‘(vii) 69–1122–0–1–401 (Miscellaneous Expired

Accounts).

‘‘(viii) 69–1121–0–1–401 (Research, Training and

Human Resources).

‘‘(ix) 69–8350–0–7–401 (Trust Fund Share of

Expenses).

‘‘(x) 69–1137–0–1–401 (Transit Planning and

Research).

‘‘(xi) 69–1136–0–1–401 (University Transportation

Research).

‘‘(xii) 69–1128–0–1–401 (Washington Metropolitan

Area Transit Authority).’’.

SEC. 8002. ADJUSTMENTS TO ALIGN HIGHWAY SPENDING WITH REVENUES.

Subparagraphs (B) through (E) of section 251(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT TO ALIGN HIGHWAY SPENDING WITH

REVENUES.—(i) When the President submits the budget

under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, OMB

shall calculate and the budget shall make adjustments

to the highway category for the budget year and each

outyear as provided in clause (ii)(I)(cc).

‘‘(ii)(I)(aa) OMB shall take the actual level of highway

receipts for the year before the current year and subtract

the sum of the estimated level of highway receipts in

subclause (II) plus any amount previously calculated under

item (bb) for that year.

‘‘(bb) OMB shall take the current estimate of highway

receipts for the current year and subtract the estimated

level of receipts for that year.

‘‘(cc) OMB shall add one-half of the sum of the amount

calculated under items (aa) and (bb) to the obligation

limitations set forth in the section 8003 of the Safe,

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:

A Legacy for Users and, using current estimates, calculate

the outlay change resulting from the change in obligations

for the budget year and the first outyear and the outlays

flowing therefrom through subsequent fiscal years. After

making the calculations under the preceding sentence,

OMB shall adjust the amount of obligations set forth in

that section for the budget year and the first outyear

by adding one-half of the sum of the amount calculated

under items (aa) and (bb) to each such year.

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‘‘(II) The estimated level of highway receipts for the

purposes of this clause are— ‘‘(aa) for fiscal year 2005, $31,562,000,000;

‘‘(bb) for fiscal year 2006, $33,712,000,000;

‘‘(cc) for fiscal year 2007, $34,623,000,000

‘‘(dd) for fiscal year 2008, $35,449,000,000; and

‘‘(ee) for fiscal year 2009, $36,220,000,000.

‘‘(III) In this clause, the term ‘highway receipts’ means

the governmental receipts credited to the highway account

of the Highway Trust Fund.

‘‘(C) In addition to the adjustment required by subparagraph (B), when the President submits the budget under

section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal

year 2007, 2008, or 2009, OMB shall calculate and the

budget shall include for the budget year and each outyear

an adjustment to the limits on outlays for the highway

category and the mass transit category equal to—

‘‘(i) the outlays for the applicable category calculated assuming obligation levels consistent with the

estimates prepared pursuant to subparagraph (D), as

adjusted, using current technical assumptions; minus

‘‘(ii) the outlays for the applicable category set

forth in the subparagraph (D) estimates, as adjusted.

‘‘(D)(i) When OMB and CBO submit their final

sequester report for fiscal year 2006, that report shall

include an estimate of the outlays for each of the categories

that would result in fiscal years 2007 through 2010 from

obligations at the levels specified in section 8003 of the

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity

Act: A Legacy for Users using current assumptions.

‘‘(ii) When the President submits the budget under

section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal

year 2007, 2008, 2009, or 2010, OMB shall adjust the

estimates made in clause (i) by the adjustments by subparagraphs (B) and (C).

‘‘(E) OMB shall consult with the Committees on the

Budget and include a report on adjustments under subparagraphs (B) and (C) in the preview report.’’.

SEC. 8003. LEVEL OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS.

(a) HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—For the purposes of section 251(b)

of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,

the level of obligation limitations for the highway category is—

(1) for fiscal year 2005, $35,164,292,000;

(2) for fiscal year 2006, $37,220,843,903;

(3) for fiscal year 2007, $39,460,710,516;

(4) for fiscal year 2008, $40,824,075,404; and

(5) for fiscal year 2009, $42,469,970,178.

(b) MASS TRANSIT CATEGORY.—For the purposes of section

251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985, the level of obligation limitations for the mass transit

category is—

(1) for fiscal year 2005, $7,646,336,000;

(2) for fiscal year 2006, $8,622,931,000;

(3) for fiscal year 2007, $8,974,775,000;

(4) for fiscal year 2008, $9,730,893,000; and

(5) for fiscal year 2009, $10,338,065,000.

2 USC 901 note.

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For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘obligation limitations’’

means the sum of budget authority and obligation limitations.

SEC. 8004. ENFORCEMENT OF GUARANTEE.

Clause 3 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘section 8103 of the Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8003 of the

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:

A Legacy for Users’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of

this clause, any obligation limitation relating to surface

transportation projects under section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and section 1702 of

the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity

Act: A Legacy for Users shall be assumed to be administered

on the basis of sound program management practices that

are consistent with past practices of the administering agency

permitting States to decide High Priority Project funding priorities within State program allocations.’’.

SEC. 8005. TRANSFER OF FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIVE

EXPENSES.

For purposes of clauses 2 and 3 of rule XXI of the House

of Representatives, it shall be in order to transfer funds, in amounts

specified in annual appropriation Acts to carry out the Safe,

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy

for Users (including the amendments made by that Act), from

the Federal Transit Administration’s administrative expenses

account to other mass transit budget accounts under section

250(c)(4)(C) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

Act of 1985.

TITLE IX—RAIL TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 9001. HIGH-SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT.

(a) CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT.—

(1) AMENDMENTS.—Section 26101 of title 49, United States

Code, is amended—

(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘planning’’

and inserting ‘‘development’’;

(B) in the heading of subsection (a), by striking ‘‘PLANNING’’ and inserting ‘‘DEVELOPMENT’’;

(C) by striking ‘‘corridor planning’’ each place it

appears and inserting ‘‘corridor development’’;

(D) in subsection (b)(1)—

(i) by inserting ‘‘, or if it is an activity described

in subparagraph (M)’’ after ‘‘high-speed rail improvements’’;

(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph

(K);

(iii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (L) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

(iv) by adding at the end the following new

subparagraph:

‘‘(M) the acquisition of locomotives, rolling stock, track,

and signal equipment.’’; and

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(E) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘planning’’ and

inserting ‘‘development’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section

26101 in the table of sections of chapter 261 of title 49, United

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘planning’’ and inserting

‘‘development’’.

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 26104 of title

49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 26104. Authorization of appropriations

‘‘(a) FISCAL YEARS 2006 THROUGH 2013.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary—

‘‘(1) $70,000,000 for carrying out section 26101; and

‘‘(2) $30,000,000 for carrying out section 26102,

for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2013.

‘‘(b) FUNDS TO REMAIN AVAILABLE.—Funds made available

under this section shall remain available until expended.’’.

(c) DEFINITION.—Section 26105(1) of title 49, United States

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and cooperative agreements’’ and

inserting ‘‘, cooperative agreements, and other transactions’’.

SEC. 9002. CAPITAL GRANTS FOR RAIL LINE RELOCATION PROJECTS.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— (1) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Chapter 201 of title 49,

United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of subchapter II the following:

‘‘§ 20154. Capital grants for rail line relocation projects

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a grant program to provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation and improvement projects.

‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible for a grant under this

section for any construction project for the improvement of the

route or structure of a rail line that either—

‘‘(1) is carried out for the purpose of mitigating the adverse

effects of rail traffic on safety, motor vehicle traffic flow, community quality of life, or economic development; or

‘‘(2) involves a lateral or vertical relocation of any portion

of the rail line.

‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.—

In determining whether to award a grant to an eligible State

under this section, the Secretary shall consider the following factors:

‘‘(1) The capability of the State to fund the rail line relocation project without Federal grant funding.

‘‘(2) The requirement and limitation relating to allocation

of grant funds provided in subsection (d).

‘‘(3) Equitable treatment of the various regions of the

United States.

‘‘(4) The effects of the rail line, relocated or improved as

proposed, on motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic, safety,

community quality of life, and area commerce.

‘‘(5) The effects of the rail line, relocated as proposed,

on the freight and passenger rail operations on the rail line.

‘‘(d) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.—At least 50 percent of all

grant funds awarded under this section out of funds appropriated

for a fiscal year shall be provided as grant awards of not more

than $20,000,000 each. The $20,000,000 amount shall be adjusted

49 USC 20101.

49 USC 26101.

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by the Secretary to reflect inflation for fiscal years beginning after

fiscal year 2006.

‘‘(e) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—

‘‘(1) PERCENTAGE.—A State or other non-Federal entity

shall pay at least 10 percent of the shared costs of a project

that is funded in part by a grant awarded under this section.

‘‘(2) FORMS OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The share required by

paragraph (1) may be paid in cash or in kind.

‘‘(3) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The in-kind contributions

that are permitted to be counted under paragraph (2) for a

project for a State or other non-Federal entity are as follows:

‘‘(A) A contribution of real property or tangible personal

property (whether provided by the State or a person for

the State).

‘‘(B) A contribution of the services of employees of

the State or other non-Federal entity, calculated on the

basis of costs incurred by the State or other non-Federal

entity for the pay and benefits of the employees, but

excluding overhead and general administrative costs.

‘‘(C) A payment of any costs that were incurred for

the project before the filing of an application for a grant

for the project under this section, and any in-kind contributions that were made for the project before the filing of

the application, if and to the extent that the costs were

incurred or in-kind contributions were made, as the case

may be, to comply with a provision of a statute required

to be satisfied in order to carry out the project.

‘‘(4) FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM PRIVATE ENTITIES.—

‘‘(A) The Secretary shall require a State to submit

a description of the anticipated public and private benefits

associated with each rail line relocation or improvement

project described in subsection (a). The determination of

such benefits shall be developed in consultation with the

owner and user of the rail line being relocated or improved

or other private entity involved in the project.

‘‘(B) The Secretary shall consider the feasibility of

seeking financial contributions or commitments from private entities involved with the project in proportion to

the expected benefits determined under subparagraph (A)

that accrue to such entities from the project.

‘‘(f) AGREEMENTS TO COMBINE AMOUNTS.—Two or more States

(not including political subdivisions of States) may, pursuant to

an agreement entered into by the States, combine any part of

the amounts provided through grants for a project under this section

if—

‘‘(1) the project will benefit each of the States entering

into the agreement; and

‘‘(2) the agreement is not a violation of a law of any such

State.

‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations

for carrying out this section.

‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘construction’ means the

supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all

costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a project

described under subsection (b)(1) of this section, including bond

costs and other costs relating to the issuance of bonds or other

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debt financing instruments and costs incurred by the State

in performing project related audits, and includes—

‘‘(A) locating, surveying, and mapping;

‘‘(B) track installation, restoration, and rehabilitation;

‘‘(C) acquisition of rights-of-way;

‘‘(D) relocation assistance, acquisition of replacement

housing sites, and acquisition and rehabilitation, relocation,

and construction of replacement housing;

‘‘(E) elimination of obstacles and relocation of utilities;

and

‘‘(F) other activities defined by the Secretary.

‘‘(2) QUALITY OF LIFE.—The term ‘quality of life’ includes

first responders’ emergency response time, the environment,

noise levels, and other factors as determined by the Secretary.

‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes, except as otherwise

specifically provided, a political subdivision of a State, and

the District of Columbia.

‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary for use in carrying out this

section $350,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through

2009.’’.

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis for such

chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘20154. Capital grants for rail line relocation projects.’’.

(b) REGULATIONS.— (1) TEMPORARY REGULATIONS.—Not later than April 1,

2006, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue temporary

regulations to implement the grant program under section

20154 of title 49, United States Code, as added by subsection

(a). Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code,

shall not apply to the issuance of a temporary regulation under

this subsection or of any amendment of such a temporary

regulation.

(2) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than October 1, 2006,

the Secretary shall issue final regulations implementing the

program.

SEC. 9003. REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING.

(a) DEFINITION.—Section 102(7) of the Railroad Revitalization

and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 802(7)) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(7) ‘railroad’ has the meaning given that term in section

20102 of title 49, United States Code; and’’.

(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 502(a) of the Railroad

Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(a))

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall provide direct

loans and loan guarantees to—

‘‘(1) State and local governments;

‘‘(2) interstate compacts consented to by Congress under

section 410(a) of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act

of 1997 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note);

‘‘(3) government sponsored authorities and corporations;

‘‘(4) railroads;

‘‘(5) joint ventures that include at least one railroad; and

‘‘(6) solely for the purpose of constructing a rail connection

between a plant or facility and a second rail carrier, limited

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option rail freight shippers that own or operate a plant or

other facility that is served by no more than a single railroad.’’.

(c) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—Section 502(c) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(c)) is

amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon in paragraph (5);

(2) by striking ‘‘areas.’’ in paragraph (6) and inserting

‘‘areas;’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(7) enhance service and capacity in the national rail

system; or

‘‘(8) would materially alleviate rail capacity problems which

degrade the provision of service to shippers and would fulfill

a need in the national transportation system.’’.

(d) EXTENT OF AUTHORITY.—Section 502(d) of the Railroad

Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(d))

is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘$3,500,000,000’’ and inserting

‘‘$35,000,000,000’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’ and inserting

‘‘$7,000,000,000’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following ‘‘The Secretary

shall not establish any limit on the proportion of the unused

amount authorized under this subsection that may be used

for 1 loan or loan guarantee.’’.

(e) COHORTS OF LOANS.—Section 502(f) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(f)) is

amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in subparagraph

(D) of paragraph (2);

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2)

as subparagraph (F);

(3) by adding after subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2)

the following:

‘‘(E) the size and characteristics of the cohort of which

the loan or loan guarantee is a member; and’’; and

(4) by adding at the end of paragraph (4) the following:

‘‘A cohort may include loans and loan guarantees. The Secretary

shall not establish any limit on the proportion of a cohort

that may be used for 1 loan or loan guarantee.’’.

(f) CONDITIONS OF ASSISTANCE.—

(1) ASSURANCES.—Section 502(h) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(h))

is amended—

(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as

subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C); and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) The Secretary shall not require an applicant for a direct

loan or loan guarantee under this section to provide collateral.

Any collateral provided or thereafter enhanced shall be valued

as a going concern after giving effect to the present value of improvements contemplated by the completion and operation of the project.

The Secretary shall not require that an applicant for a direct

loan or loan guarantee under this section have previously sought

the financial assistance requested from another source.

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‘‘(3) The Secretary shall require recipients of direct loans or

loan guarantees under this section to comply with—

‘‘(A) the standards of section 24312 of title 49, United

States Code, as in effect on September 1, 2002, with respect

to the project in the same manner that the National Railroad

Passenger Corporation is required to comply with such standards for construction work financed under an agreement made

under section 24308(a) of that title; and

‘‘(B) the protective arrangements established under section

504 of this Act, with respect to employees affected by actions

taken in connection with the project to be financed by the

loan or loan guarantee.’’.

(2) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 502 of the Railroad

Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C.

822) is amended by striking ‘‘offered;’’ in subsection (f)(2)(A)

and inserting ‘‘offered, if any;’’.

(g) TIME LIMIT AND REPAYMENT SCHEDULES.—Section 502 of

the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976

(45 U.S.C. 822) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(i) TIME LIMIT FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.—Not later

than 90 days after receiving a complete application for a direct

loan or loan guarantee under this section, the Secretary shall

approve or disapprove the application.

‘‘(j) REPAYMENT SCHEDULES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a repayment schedule requiring payments to commence not later than

the sixth anniversary date of the original loan disbursement.

‘‘(2) ACCRUAL.—Interest shall accrue as of the date of

disbursement, and shall be amortized over the remaining term

of the loan beginning at the time the payments begin.’’.

(h) EVALUATION CHARGE.—Section 503(k) of the Railroad

Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 823(k))

is amended—

(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘INVESTIGATION’’

and inserting ‘‘EVALUATION’’;

(2) by inserting ‘‘the cost of evaluating the application,

including’’ after ‘‘reasonable charge for’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Amounts collected

under this subsection shall be credited directly to the Safety

and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration,

and shall remain available until expended to pay for the evaluation costs described in this subsection.’’.

(i) FEES AND CHARGES.—Section 503 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 823) is amended

by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(l) FEES AND CHARGES.—Except as provided in this title, the

Secretary may not assess any fees, including user fees, or charges

in connection with a direct loan or loan guarantee provided under

section 502.’’.

(j) SUBSTANTIVE CRITERIA AND STANDARDS.—Not later than 30

days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

Transportation shall publish in the Federal Register and post on

the Department of Transportation Web site the substantive criteria

and standards used by the Secretary to determine whether to

approve or disapprove applications submitted under section 502

of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976

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(45 U.S.C. 822). The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure adequate procedures and guidelines are in place to permit the filing

of complete applications within 30 days of such publication.

SEC. 9004. REPORT REGARDING IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY OF TRAIN

TRAVEL IN COMMUNITIES WITHOUT GRADE SEPARATION.

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall, in consultation with State and local government officials, conduct a study

of the impact of blocked highway-railroad grade crossings on the

ability of emergency responders to perform public safety and security duties.

(b) REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF BLOCKED HIGHWAY-RAILROAD

GRADE CROSSINGS ON EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.—Not later than

1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall

submit the results of the study and recommendations for reducing

the impact of blocked crossings on emergency response to the Senate

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the

House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

SEC. 9005. WELDED RAIL AND TANK CAR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) TRACK STANDARDS.—Section 20142 of title 49, United States

Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) TRACK STANDARDS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Federal Railroad Administration

shall—

‘‘(A) require each track owner using continuous welded

rail track to include procedures (in its procedures filed

with the Administration pursuant to section 213.119 of

title 49, Code of Federal Regulations) to improve the identification of cracks in rail joint bars;

‘‘(B) instruct Administration track inspectors to obtain

copies of the most recent continuous welded rail programs

of each railroad within the inspectors’ areas of responsibility and require that inspectors use those programs when

conducting track inspections; and

‘‘(C) establish a program to review continuous welded

rail joint bar inspection data from railroads and Administration track inspectors periodically.

‘‘(2) INSPECTION.—Whenever the Administration determines that it is necessary or appropriate, the Administration

may require railroads to increase the frequency of inspection,

or improve the methods of inspection, of joint bars in continuous

welded rail.’’.

(b) TANK CAR STANDARDS.— (1) AMENDMENT.—Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title

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

the following new section:

‘‘§ 20155. Tank cars

‘‘(a) STANDARDS.—The Federal Railroad Administration shall—

‘‘(1) validate a predictive model to quantify the relevant

dynamic forces acting on railroad tank cars under accident

conditions within 1 year after the date of enactment of this

section; and

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‘‘(2) initiate a rulemaking to develop and implement appropriate design standards for pressurized tank cars within 18

months after the date of enactment of this section.

‘‘(b) OLDER TANK CAR IMPACT RESISTANCE ANALYSIS AND

REPORT.—Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this section

the Federal Railroad Administration shall conduct a comprehensive

analysis to determine the impact resistance of the steels in the

shells of pressure tank cars constructed before 1989. Within 6

months after completing that analysis the Administration shall

transmit a report, including recommendations for reducing any

risk of catastrophic fracture and separation of such cars, to the

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate

and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives.’’.

(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

for subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States

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

item:

‘‘20155. Tank cars.’’.

SEC. 9006. ALASKA RAILROAD.

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

Railroad for capital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its

passenger operations.

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may

be necessary.

SEC. 9007. STUDY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION AND REGULATION.

(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall

enter into an arrangement with the Transportation Research Board

of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive

study of the Nation’s railroad transportation system since the enactment of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980. The study shall address

and make recommendations on—

(1) the performance of the Nation’s major railroads

regarding service levels, service quality, and rates;

(2) the projected demand for freight transportation over

the next two decades and the constraints limiting the railroads’

ability to meet that demand;

(3) the effectiveness of public policy in balancing the need

for railroads to earn adequate returns with those of shippers

for reasonable rates and adequate service; and

(4) the future role of the Surface Transportation Board

in regulating railroad rates, service levels, and the railroads’

common carrier obligations, particularly as railroads may

become revenue adequate.

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year after the

Secretary and the Transportation Research Board enter into the

arrangement for the study, the Secretary shall transmit the results

of the study conducted under subsection (a) to the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives

and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of

the Senate.

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $1,000,000

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for fiscal year 2006 and $800,000 for fiscal year 2007 to carry

out this section. Such sums are to remain available until expended.

SEC. 9008. HAWAII PORT INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated or otherwise made

available for any fiscal year for an intermodal or marine facility

comprising a component of the Hawaii Port Infrastructure Expansion Program, and any non-Federal contributions made available

for that program, shall be—

(1) transferred to and administered by the Administrator

of the Maritime Administration; and

(2) subject only to such conditions and requirements as

may be required by the Maritime Administration.

(b) INTERMODAL AUTHORIZATIONS.—

(1) INTERMODAL CENTERS.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, an intermodal or marine facility described

in subsection (a) is eligible for funding under section

5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code.

(2) INTERMODAL SURFACE FREIGHT TRANSFER FACILITY ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an intermodal or marine facility described in subsection (a) is deemed

to be eligible to be an intermodal surface freight transfer facility

for the purposes of section 181(9)(D) of title 23, United States

Code.

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated

to the Secretary of Transportation such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

(2) NO LIMITATION.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be

construed—

(A) to limit or prevent the transfer or administration

under subsection (a) of any funds appropriated or otherwise

made available pursuant to any other authorization of

appropriations or by any appropriations Act; or

(B) to limit the application of subsection (b) to title

49, United States Code.

TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Subtitle A—Sportfishing and Recreational

Boating Safety

SEC. 10101. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Sportfishing and Recreational

Boating Safety Act of 2005’’.

CHAPTER 1—DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH

RESTORATION ACT AMENDMENTS

SEC. 10111. AMENDMENT OF DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this

chapter an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference

shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision

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Act of 2005.

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of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777

et seq.).

SEC. 10112. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 777b) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘the succeeding fiscal year.’’ in the third

sentence and inserting ‘‘succeeding fiscal years.’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘in carrying on the research program of

the Fish and Wildlife Service in respect to fish of material

value for sport and recreation.’’ and inserting ‘‘to supplement

the 57 percent of the balance of each annual appropriation

to be apportioned among the States, as provided for in section

4(c).’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 3 (16 U.S.C.

777b) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘Sport Fish Restoration Account’’ and

inserting ‘‘Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund’’;

and

(B) by striking ‘‘that Account’’ and inserting ‘‘that Trust

Fund, except as provided in section 9504(c) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986’’.

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph

(1) take effect on October 1, 2005.

SEC. 10113. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended—

(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c) and redesignating

subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (b), (c), (d),

and (e), respectively;

(2) by inserting before subsection (b), as redesignated by

paragraph (1), the following:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009,

the balance of each annual appropriation made in accordance with

the provisions of section 3 remaining after the distributions for

administrative expenses and other purposes under subsection (b)

and for multistate conservation grants under section 14 shall be

distributed as follows:

‘‘(1) COASTAL WETLANDS.—An amount equal to 18.5 percent

to the Secretary of the Interior for distribution as provided

in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration

Act (16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq.).

‘‘(2) BOATING SAFETY.—An amount equal to 18.5 percent

to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard

is operating for State recreational boating safety programs

under section 13106 of title 46, United States Code.

‘‘(3) CLEAN VESSEL ACT.—An amount equal to 2.0 percent

to the Secretary of the Interior for qualified projects under

section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C.

1322 note).

‘‘(4) BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE.—An amount equal to 2.0

percent to the Secretary of the Interior for obligation for qualified projects under section 7404(d) of the Sportfishing and

Boating Safety Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)).

‘‘(5) NATIONAL OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS.—An

amount equal to 2.0 percent to the Secretary of the Interior

for the National Outreach and Communications Program under

section 8(d) of this Act. Such amounts shall remain available

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for 3 fiscal years, after which any portion thereof that is unobligated by the Secretary for that program may be expended

by the Secretary under subsection (c) of this section.’’;

(3) by striking (b)(1)(A), as redesignated by paragraph (1),

and inserting the following:

‘‘(A) SET-ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATION.—From the annual

appropriation made in accordance with section 3, for each

of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, the Secretary of the

Interior may use no more than the amount specified in

subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year for expenses for

administration incurred in the implementation of this Act,

in accordance with this section and section 9. The amount

specified in subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year may not

be included in the amount of the annual appropriation

distributed under subsection (a) for the fiscal year.’’;

(4) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior, after the distribution, transfer, use, and deduction under subsections (a), (b),

(c), and (d), respectively, and after deducting amounts used

for grants under section 14, shall apportion the remainder’’

in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (1), and

inserting ‘‘Secretary, for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009,

after the distribution, transfer, use and deduction under subsection (b), and after deducting amounts used for grants under

section 14 of this title, shall apportion 57 percent of the balance’’;

(5) by striking ‘‘per centum’’ each place it appears in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (1), and inserting

‘‘percent’’;

(6) by striking ‘‘subsections (a), (b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(B), and (c)’’

in paragraph (1) of subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph

(1), and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection

(a)’’; and

(7) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Amounts available under

paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) that are unobligated by

the Secretary of the Interior after 3 fiscal years shall be transferred

to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard

is operating and shall be expended for State recreational boating

safety programs under section 13106(a) of title 46, United States

Code.’’.

SEC. 10114. MAINTENANCE OF PROJECTS.

Section 8 (16 U.S.C. 777g) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘in carrying out the research program of

the Fish and Wildlife Service in respect to fish of material

value for sport or recreation.’’ in subsection (b)(2) and inserting

‘‘to supplement the 57 percent of the balance of each annual

appropriation to be apportioned among the States under section

4(c).’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘subsection (c) or (d)’’ in subsection (d)(3)

and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(5) or subsection (b)’’.

SEC. 10115. BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE.

Section 7404(d)(1) of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act

of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘section

4(b)(3)(B) of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide that the United

States shall aid the States in fish restoration and management

projects, and for other purposes,’ approved August 9, 1950, as

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amended by this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(a)(4) of the DingellJohnson Sport Fish Restoration Act’’.

SEC. 10116. REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING USE OF

AMOUNTS FOR EXPENSES FOR ADMINISTRATION.

Section 9 (16 U.S.C. 777h) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘section 4(d)(1)’’ in subsection (a) and

inserting ‘‘section 4(b)’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘section 4(d)(1)’’ in subsection (b)(1) and

inserting ‘‘section 4(b)’’.

SEC. 10117. PAYMENTS OF FUNDS TO AND COOPERATION WITH

PUERTO RICO, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GUAM,

AMERICAN SAMOA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND THE VIRGIN

ISLANDS.

Section 12 (16 U.S.C. 777k) is amended by striking ‘‘in carrying

on the research program of the Fish and Wildlife Service in respect

to fish of material value for sport or recreation.’’ and inserting

‘‘to supplement the 57 percent of the balance of each annual appropriation to be apportioned among the States under section 4(b)

of this Act.’’.

SEC. 10118. MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM.

Section 14 (16 U.S.C. 777m) is amended—

(1) by striking so much of subsection (a) as precedes paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

‘‘(1) AMOUNT FOR GRANTS.—For each of fiscal years 2006

through 2009, not more than $3,000,000 of each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of section

3 shall be distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for making

multistate conservation project grants in accordance with this

section.’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘section 4(e)’’ each place it appears in subsection (a)(2)(B) and inserting ‘‘section 4(c)’’; and

(3) by striking ‘‘Of the balance of each annual appropriation

made under section 3 remaining after the distribution and

use under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 4 for each

fiscal year and after deducting amounts used for grants under

subsection (a)—’’ in subsection (e) and inserting ‘‘Of amounts

made available under section 4(b) for each fiscal year—’’.

SEC. 10119. EXPENDITURE OF REMAINING BALANCE IN BOAT SAFETY

ACCOUNT.

The Act is amended by redesignating section 15 (16 U.S.C.

777 note) as section 16, and by inserting after section 14 the

following:

‘‘SEC. 15. EXPENDITURE OF REMAINING BALANCE IN BOAT SAFETY

ACCOUNT.

‘‘Amounts remaining in the Boat Safety Account on October

1, 2005, and amounts thereafter credited to the Account under

section 9602(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall be

available, without further appropriation, for making expenditures

before October 1, 2010, to carry out the purposes of this section

and shall be distributed as follows:

‘‘(1) In fiscal year 2006, $28,155,000 shall be distributed—

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‘‘(A) under section 4 of this Act in the following manner:

‘‘(i) $11,200,000 to be added to funds available

under subsection (a)(2) of that section;

‘‘(ii) $1,245,000 to be added to funds available

under subsection (a)(3) of that section;

‘‘(iii) $1,245,000 to be added to funds available

under subsection (a)(4) of that section;

‘‘(iv) $1,245,000 to be added to funds available

under subsection (a)(5) of that section; and

‘‘(v) $12,800,000 to be added to funds available

under subsection (b) of that section; and

‘‘(B) under section 14 of this Act, $420,000, to be added

to funds available under subsection (a)(1) of that section.

‘‘(2) In fiscal year 2007, $22,419,000 shall be distributed—

‘‘(A) under section 4 of this Act in the following manner:

‘‘(i) $8,075,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(2) of that section;

‘‘(ii) $713,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(3) of that section;

‘‘(iii) $713,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(4) of that section;

‘‘(iv) $713,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(5) of that section; and

‘‘(v) $11,925,000 to be added to funds available

under subsection (b) of this Act; and

‘‘(B) under section 14 of this Act, $280,000 to be added

to funds available under subsection (a)(1) of that section.

‘‘(3) In fiscal year 2008, $17,139,000 shall be distributed—

‘‘(A) under section 4 of this Act in the following manner:

‘‘(i) $6,800,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(2) of that section;

‘‘(ii) $333,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(3) of that section;

‘‘(iii) $333,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(4) of that section;

‘‘(iv) $333,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(5) of that section; and

‘‘(v) $9,200,000 to be added to funds available

under subsection (b) of that section; and

‘‘(B) under section 14 of this Act, $140,000, to be added

to funds available under subsection (a)(1) of that section.

‘‘(4) In fiscal year 2009, $12,287,000 shall be distributed—

‘‘(A) under section 4 of this Act in the following manner:

‘‘(i) $5,100,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(2) of that section;

‘‘(ii) $48,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(3) of that section;

‘‘(iii) $48,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(4) of that section;

‘‘(iv) $48,000 to be added to funds available under

subsection (a)(5) of that section; and

‘‘(v) $6,900,000 to be added to funds available

under subsection (b) of that section; and

‘‘(B) under section 14 of this Act, $143,000, to be added

to funds available under subsection (a)(1) of that section.

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‘‘(5) In fiscal year 2010, all remaining funds in the Account

shall be distributed under section 4 of this Act in the following

manner:

‘‘(A) one-third to be added to funds available under

subsection (b); and

‘‘(B) two-thirds to be added to funds available under

subsection (h).’’.

CHAPTER 2—CLEAN VESSEL ACT OF 1992 AMENDMENTS

SEC. 10131. GRANT PROGRAM.

Section 5604(c)(2) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C.

1322 note) is amended—

(1) by striking subparagraph (A);

(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and

(3) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking

‘‘receptions’’ and inserting ‘‘reception’’.

CHAPTER 3—RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY

PROGRAM AMENDMENTS

SEC. 10141. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

Section 13102(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended

by striking ‘‘the Boat Safety Account’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sport

Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund’’.

SEC. 10142. AVAILABILITY OF ALLOCATIONS.

Section 13104(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting

‘‘3 years’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘2-year’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting

‘‘3-year’’.

SEC. 10143. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY PROGRAMS.

Section 13106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘the amount appropriated from the Boat Safety Account for that fiscal year’’

and inserting ‘‘the amount made available from the Boat Safety

Account for that fiscal year under section 10119 of the

Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005’’;

(2) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘section 4(b) of the

Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(b))’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2) of section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish

Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2))’’;

(3) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘not less than one percent and’’;

(4) in subsection (c)(1)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transportation under

paragraph (5)(C) of section 4(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary

under subsection (a)(2) of section 4’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 777c(b))’’ and inserting ‘‘(16

U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)’’;

(C) by striking ‘‘$3,333,336’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,266,666’’;

(D) by striking ‘‘$1,333,336’’ and inserting ‘‘not less

than $2,083,333’’; and

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(5) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ‘‘until expended.’’ and

inserting ‘‘during the 2 succeeding fiscal years. Any amount

that is unexpected or unobligated at the end of the 3-year

period during which it is available shall be withdrawn by

the Secretary and allocated to the States in addition to any

other amounts available for allocation in the fiscal year in

which they are withdrawn or the following fiscal year.’’.

Subtitle B—Other Miscellaneous

Provisions

SEC. 10201. NOTICE REGARDING PARTICIPATION OF SMALL BUSINESS

CONCERNS.

The Secretary shall notify each State or political subdivision

of a State to which the Secretary awards a grant or other Federal

funds of the criteria for participation by a small business concern

in any program or project that is funded, in whole or in part,

by the Federal Government under section 155 of the Small Business

Reauthorization and Manufacturing Assistance Act of 2004 (15

U.S.C. 567g).

SEC. 10202. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

(a) FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL

SERVICES.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transportation, the

Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary

of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary

for Emergency Preparedness and Response, shall establish a

Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services.

(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Interagency Committee shall consist

of the following officials, or their designees:

(A) The Administrator, National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration.

(B) The Director, Preparedness Division, Directorate

of Emergency Preparedness and Response of the Department of Homeland Security.

(C) The Administrator, Health Resources and Services

Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.

(D) The Director, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.

(E) The Administrator, United States Fire Administration, Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response

of the Department of Homeland Security.

(F) The Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.

(G) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and

Readiness.

(H) The Director, Indian Health Service, Department

of Health and Human Services.

(I) The Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,

Federal Communications Commission.

(J) A representative of any other Federal agency

appointed by the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of Homeland Security through the Under Secretary

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for Emergency Preparedness and Response, in consultation

with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as

having a significant role in relation to the purposes of

the Interagency Committee.

(K) A State emergency medical services director

appointed by the Secretary.

(3) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Interagency Committee

are as follows:

(A) To ensure coordination among the Federal agencies

involved with State, local, tribal, or regional emergency

medical services and 9–1–1 systems.

(B) To identify State, local, tribal, or regional emergency medical services and 9–1–1 needs.

(C) To recommend new or expanded programs,

including grant programs, for improving State, local, tribal,

or regional emergency medical services and implementing

improved emergency medical services communications technologies, including wireless 9–1–1.

(D) To identify ways to streamline the process through

which Federal agencies support State, local, tribal or

regional emergency medical services.

(E) To assist State, local, tribal or regional emergency

medical services in setting priorities based on identified

needs.

(F) To advise, consult, and make recommendations on

matters relating to the implementation of the coordinated

State emergency medical services programs.

(4) ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator of the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in cooperation with

the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services

Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Preparedness Division, Directorate

of Emergency Preparedness and Response of the Department

of Homeland Security, shall provide administrative support

to the Interagency Committee, including scheduling meetings,

setting agendas, keeping minutes and records, and producing

reports.

(5) LEADERSHIP.—The members of the Interagency Committee shall select a chairperson of the Committee each year.

(6) MEETINGS.—The Interagency Committee shall meet as

frequently as is determined necessary by the chairperson of

the Committee.

(7) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Interagency Committee shall

prepare an annual report to Congress regarding the Committee’s activities, actions, and recommendations.

SEC. 10203. HUBZONE PROGRAM.

Section 3(p)(4)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

632(p)(4)(B)(ii)) is amended—

(1) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;

(2) in subclause (II) by striking the period at the end

and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

(3) by adding after subclause (II) the following:

‘‘(III) there is located a difficult development

area, as designated by the Secretary of Housing

and Urban Development in accordance with section

42(d)(5)(C)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of

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1986, within Alaska, Hawaii, or any territory or

possession of the United States outside the 48

contiguous States.’’.

SEC. 10204. CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE EVACUATION PLANS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland

Security (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretaries’’), in

coordination with the Gulf Coast States and contiguous States,

shall jointly review and assess Federal and State evacuation plans

for catastrophic hurricanes impacting the Gulf Coast Region and

report its findings and recommendations to Congress.

(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section, the Secretaries

shall consult with appropriate Federal, State, and local transportation and emergency management agencies.

(c) CONTENTS.—In conducting the review, the Secretaries shall

consider, at a minimum—

(1) all practical modes of transportation available for evacuations;

(2) the extent to which evacuation plans are coordinated

with neighboring States;

(3) methods of communicating evacuation plans and preparing citizens in advance of evacuations; and

(4) methods of coordinating communication with evacuees

during plan execution.

(d) REPORT.—The Secretaries shall submit to Congress a report

of their findings under this section and recommendations not later

than October 1, 2006.

SEC. 10205. INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITY EXPANSION.

Any funds provided for the Federal share, and any funds provided for the non-Federal share, for an intermodal transportation

maritime facility at the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, or for access

to that facility shall be transferred to and administered by the

Administrator of the Maritime Administration.

SEC. 10206. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WESTERN ALASKA

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM.

A community shall be eligible to participate in the western

Alaska community development quota program established under

section 305(i) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(i)) if the community—

(1) is listed in table 7 to part 679 of title 50, Code of

Federal Regulations, as in effect on March 8, 2004; or

(2) was determined to be eligible to participate in such

program by the National Marine Fisheries Service on April

19, 1999.

SEC. 10207. RAIL REHABILITATION AND BRIDGE REPAIR.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of

Transportation for rail rehabilitation and bridge repair in the State

of Alabama for the period encompassing fiscal years 2006 through

2010 such sums as may be necessary, for work on—

(1) the Luxapalila Valley Railroad from the Mississippi

and Alabama State line east to Belk, Alabama;

(2) the Meridian and Bigbee Railroad from the Mississippi

and Alabama State line east to Burkeville, Alabama;

(3) the Three Notch Railroad from Georgiana, Alabama,

to Andalusia, Alabama;

Alabama.

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(4) the Wiregrass Railroad in Alabama;

(5) the Alabama and Gulf Coast Railroad from the Mississippi and Alabama State line southeast to Mobile and Atmore

in Alabama; and

(6) the railroad bridge that spans the Coosa River, connecting the east and west sides of the City of Gadsden, Alabama.

SEC. 10208. RENTED OR LEASED MOTOR VEHICLES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 301 of title 49, United

States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 30106. Rented or leased motor vehicle safety and responsibility

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An owner of a motor vehicle that rents

or leases the vehicle to a person (or an affiliate of the owner)

shall not be liable under the law of any State or political subdivision

thereof, by reason of being the owner of the vehicle (or an affiliate

of the owner), for harm to persons or property that results or

arises out of the use, operation, or possession of the vehicle during

the period of the rental or lease, if—

‘‘(1) the owner (or an affiliate of the owner) is engaged

in the trade or business of renting or leasing motor vehicles;

and

‘‘(2) there is no negligence or criminal wrongdoing on the

part of the owner (or an affiliate of the owner).

‘‘(b) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS.—Nothing in this section

supersedes the law of any State or political subdivision thereof—

‘‘(1) imposing financial responsibility or insurance standards on the owner of a motor vehicle for the privilege of registering and operating a motor vehicle; or

‘‘(2) imposing liability on business entities engaged in the

trade or business of renting or leasing motor vehicles for failure

to meet the financial responsibility or liability insurance

requirements under State law.

‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, this section shall apply with respect to

any action commenced on or after the date of enactment of this

section without regard to whether the harm that is the subject

of the action, or the conduct that caused the harm, occurred before

such date of enactment.

‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions

apply:

‘‘(1) AFFILIATE.—The term ‘affiliate’ means a person other

than the owner that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled

by, or is under common control with the owner. In the preceding

sentence, the term ‘control’ means the power to direct the

management and policies of a person whether through ownership of voting securities or otherwise.

‘‘(2) OWNER.—The term ‘owner’ means a person who is—

‘‘(A) a record or beneficial owner, holder of title, lessor,

or lessee of a motor vehicle;

‘‘(B) entitled to the use and possession of a motor

vehicle subject to a security interest in another person;

or

‘‘(C) a lessor, lessee, or a bailee of a motor vehicle,

in the trade or business of renting or leasing motor vehicles,

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having the use or possession thereof, under a lease, bailment, or otherwise.

‘‘(3) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means any individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, trust, association,

firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, or any other

entity.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such chapter is

amended by inserting after the item relating to section 30105 the

following:

‘‘30106. Rented or leased motor vehicle safety and responsibility.’’.

SEC. 10209. MIDWAY ISLAND.

(a) GRANTS.—In order to provide for both the safety of commercial and military aviation operations and the support of resource

management in the remote Pacific, the Commandant of the Coast

Guard, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and

the Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall

develop such memoranda of understanding as may be necessary,

and to make grants or otherwise provide funding, to provide for

the operation of the Midway Airport, the rightsizing of necessary

infrastructure and support facilities, the maintenance and development of the Airport, and other related matters.

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to the United States Coast Guard, the Department of Transportation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration such sums as may be necessary to carry out this

section for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

SEC. 10210. DEMONSTRATION OF DIGITAL PROJECT SIMULATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—

(1) DIGITAL PROJECT SIMULATION DEMONSTRATION

PROJECT.—The Secretary shall establish a demonstration initiative using digital project simulation to plan, design, and construct the project listed in item 459 designated in section 1934

of the SAFETEA–LU.

(2) COOPERATION.—To be eligible to receive funds made

available for the project referred to in paragraph (1), the project

sponsor, including private entities working with the project

sponsor on the project, and the State shall enter into an agreement to work cooperatively with the Secretary to use digital

project simulation for such project and to evaluate the effectiveness of using such simulation.

(b) SIMULATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—In establishing the demonstration initiative under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide, to the

extent practicable, that—

(A) the planning, design, and construction of the project

is carried out by using digital project simulation to achieve

savings and efficiency in investment planning, project

delivery coordination, and facility management; and

(B) in constructing such project, the project sponsor

use digital lifecycle management techniques, including the

use of embedded electronics and software to monitor

performance of the infrastructure and provide safety and

security information to the project sponsor.

(2) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary, the State, and the

project sponsor may consult with technology companies and

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educational institutions that strive to develop and enhance

technologies, including digital project simulation, that save

money and time by using efficient methods of design, construction, and operation for transportation infrastructure projects.

(c) REPORT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after completion

of the project described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall

submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a detailed report comparing the application of digital project simulation for such

project to more traditional approaches to planning, design, and

construction.

(2) PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The

report shall also include—

(A) a description of the performance measures applied,

including cost comparisons and length of construction; and

(B) recommendations, if any, for administrative or

legislative action.

(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘digital

project simulation’’ means computer-assisted three-dimensional

technology and digital lifecycle management.

SEC. 10211. ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS.

(a) OKLAHOMA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) determines that

a regulatory program submitted by the State of Oklahoma for

approval by the Administrator under a law administered by the

Administrator meets applicable requirements of the law, and the

Administrator approves the State to administer the State program

under the law with respect to areas in the State that are not

Indian country, on request of the State, the Administrator shall

approve the State to administer the State program in the areas

of the State that are in Indian country, without any further demonstration of authority by the State.

(b) TREATMENT AS STATE.—Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, the Administrator may treat an Indian tribe in the State

of Oklahoma as a State under a law administered by the Administrator only if—

(1) the Indian tribe meets requirements under the law

to be treated as a State; and

(2) the Indian tribe and the agency of the State of Oklahoma with federally delegated program authority enter into

a cooperative agreement, subject to review and approval of

the Administrator after notice and opportunity for public

hearing, under which the Indian tribe and that State agency

agree to treatment of the Indian tribe as a State and to jointly

plan administer program requirements.

SEC. 10212. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—On September 30, 2009, $8,543,000,000 of

the unobligated balances of funds apportioned before such date

to the States for the Interstate maintenance, national highway

system, bridge, congestion mitigation and air quality improvement,

surface transportation (other than the STP set-aside programs),

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freight intermodal connectors, coordinated border infrastructure,

high risk rural road, and highway safety improvement programs,

and each of the STP set-aside programs, is rescinded.

(b) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.—The Secretary shall determine

each State’s share of the amount to be rescinded by subsection

(a) on September 30, 2009, by multiplying $8,543,000,000 by the

ratio of the aggregate amount apportioned to such State for fiscal

years 2004 through 2009 for all the programs referred to in subsection (a) to the aggregate amount apportioned to all States for

such fiscal years for those programs.

(c) CALCULATIONS.—To determine the allocation of the amount

to be rescinded for a State under subsection (b) among the programs

referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall make the following

calculations:

(1) The Secretary shall multiply such amount to be

rescinded by the ratio that the aggregate amount of unobligated

funds available to the State on September 30, 2009, for each

such program bears to the aggregate amount of unobligated

funds available to the State on September 30, 2009, for all

such programs.

(2) The Secretary shall multiply such amount to be

rescinded by the ratio that the aggregate of the amount apportioned to the State for each such program for fiscal years

2004 through 2009 bears to the aggregate amount apportioned

to the State for all such programs for fiscal years 2004 through

2009.

(d) ALLOCATION AMONG PROGRAMS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the

State, shall rescind for the State from each program referred

to in subsection (a) the amount determined for the program

under subsection (c)(1).

(2) SPECIAL RULE.—

(A) RESTORATION OF FUNDS FOR COVERED PROGRAMS.—

If the rescission calculated under subsection (c)(1) for a

covered program exceeds the amount calculated for the

covered program under subsection (c)(2), the State shall

immediately restore to the apportionment account for the

covered program from the unobligated balances of programs

referred to in subsection (a) (other than covered programs)

the amount of funds required so that the net rescission

from the covered program does not exceed the amount

calculated for the covered program under subsection (c)(2).

(B) TREATMENT OF RESTORED FUNDS.—Any funds

restored under subparagraph (A) shall be deemed to be

the funds that were rescinded for the purposes of obligation.

(3) COVERED PROGRAM DEFINED.—In paragraph (2), the

term ‘‘covered program’’ means a program authorized under

sections 130 and 152 of title 23, United States Code, paragraph

(2) or (3) of section 133(d) of that title, section 144 of that

title, section 149 of that title, or section 1404 of this Act.

(e) TREATMENT OF SAFETY PROGRAMS.—In making calculations

under subsections (c)(1), (c)(2), and (d)(2), the Secretary shall treat

the STP set-aside program for safety programs and the highway

safety improvement program as a single program.

(f) STP SET-ASIDE PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this section, the

term ‘‘STP set-aside program’’ means the amount set aside under

section 133(d) of title 23, United States Code, for each of the

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safety programs, transportation enhancement activities, and division between urbanized areas of over 200,000 population and other

areas.

SEC. 10213. TRIBAL LAND.

Section 707(a) of Public Law 106–568 (25 U.S.C. 1041e(a))

is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’; and

(2) by striking paragraph (2).

Subtitle C—Specific Vehicle Safety-related

Rulings

SEC. 10301. VEHICLE ROLLOVER PREVENTION AND CRASH MITIGATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 301 is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 30128. Vehicle rollover prevention and crash mitigation

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall initiate rulemaking proceedings, for the purpose of establishing rules or standards that

will reduce vehicle rollover crashes and mitigate deaths and injuries

associated with such crashes for motor vehicles with a gross vehicle

weight rating of not more than 10,000 pounds.

‘‘(b) ROLLOVER PREVENTION.—One of the rulemaking proceedings initiated under subsection (a) shall be to establish performance criteria to reduce the occurrence of rollovers consistent with

stability enhancing technologies. The Secretary shall issue a proposed rule in this proceeding by rule by October 1, 2006, and

a final rule by April 1, 2009.

‘‘(c) OCCUPANT EJECTION PREVENTION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall also initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish performance standards to

reduce complete and partial ejections of vehicle occupants from

outboard seating positions. In formulating the standards the

Secretary shall consider various ejection mitigation systems.

The Secretary shall issue a final rule under this paragraph

no later than October 1, 2009.

‘‘(2) DOOR LOCKS AND DOOR RETENTION.—The Secretary

shall complete the rulemaking proceeding initiated to upgrade

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 206, relating to

door locks and door retention, no later than 30 months after

the date of enactment of this section.

‘‘(d) PROTECTION OF OCCUPANTS.—One of the rulemaking proceedings initiated under subsection (a) shall be to establish performance criteria to upgrade Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard

No. 216 relating to roof strength for driver and passenger sides.

The Secretary may consider industry and independent dynamic

tests that realistically duplicate the actual forces transmitted during

a rollover crash. The Secretary shall issue a proposed rule by

December 31, 2005, and a final rule by July 1, 2008.

‘‘(e) DEADLINES.—If the Secretary determines that the deadline

for a final rule under this section cannot be met, the Secretary

shall—

Deadlines.

Deadlines.

Deadlines.

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‘‘(1) notify the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,

and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce and explain why that deadline

cannot be met; and

‘‘(2) establish a new deadline.’’.

SEC. 10302. SIDE-IMPACT CRASH PROTECTION RULEMAKING.

(a) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary shall complete a rulemaking

proceeding under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to

establish a standard designed to enhance passenger motor vehicle

occupant protection, in all seating positions, in side impact crashes.

The Secretary shall issue a final rule by July 1, 2008.

(b) DEADLINES.—If the Secretary determines that the deadline

for a final rule under this section cannot be met, the Secretary

shall—

(1) notify the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,

and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce and explain why that deadline

cannot be met; and

(2) establish a new deadline.

SEC. 10303. TIRE RESEARCH.

Within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the

Secretary shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee on

Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on research conducted to address tire aging. The report shall include a summary

of any Federal agency findings, activities, conclusions, and recommendations concerning tire aging and recommendations for

potential rulemaking regarding tire aging.

(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis for

chapter 301 is amended by inserting after the item relating to

section 30127 the following:

‘‘30128. Vehicle accident ejection protection.’’.

SEC. 10304. VEHICLE BACKOVER AVOIDANCE TECHNOLOGY STUDY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration shall conduct a study of effective

methods for reducing the incidence of injury and death outside

of parked passenger motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight

rating of not more than 10,000 pounds attributable to movement

of such vehicles. The Administrator shall complete the study within

1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and report its

findings to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on

Energy and Commerce not later than 15 months after the date

of enactment of this Act.

(b) SPECIFIC ISSUES TO BE COVERED.—The study required by

subsection (a) shall—

(1) include an analysis of backover prevention technology;

(2) identify, evaluate, and compare the available technologies for detecting people or objects behind a motor vehicle

with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 10,000

pounds for their accuracy, effectiveness, cost, and feasibility

for installation; and

Reports.

Deadlines.

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note.

Deadlines.

Reports.

Notification.

Deadline.

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Notification.

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(3) provide an estimate of cost savings that would result

from widespread use of backover prevention devices and technologies in motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating

of not more than 10,000 pounds, including savings attributable

to the prevention of—

(A) injuries and fatalities; and

(B) damage to bumpers and other motor vehicle parts

and damage to other objects.

SEC. 10305. NONTRAFFIC INCIDENT DATA COLLECTION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In conjunction with the study required in

section 10304, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

shall establish a method to collect and maintain data on the number

and types of injuries and deaths involving motor vehicles with

a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 10,000 pounds

in non-traffic incidents.

(b) DATA COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of

Transportation shall publish the data collected under subsection

(a) no less frequently than biennially.

SEC. 10306. STUDY OF SAFETY BELT USE TECHNOLOGIES.

The Secretary shall conduct a review of safety belt use technologies to consider possible revisions in strategies for achieving

further gains in safety belt use. The Secretary shall complete the

study by July 1, 2008.

SEC. 10307. AMENDMENT OF AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

ACT.

(a) SAFETY LABELING REQUIREMENT.—Section 3 of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1232) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in subsection

(e);

(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in subsection

(f)(3);

(3) by striking ‘‘(3).’’ in subsection (f)(4) and inserting ‘‘(3);’’;

and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(g) if one or more safety ratings for such automobile have

been assigned and formally published or released by the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the New Car Assessment Program, information about safety ratings that—

‘‘(1) includes a graphic depiction of the number of stars,

or other applicable rating, that corresponds to each such

assigned safety rating displayed in a clearly differentiated

fashion indicating the maximum possible safety rating;

‘‘(2) refers to frontal impact crash tests, side impact crash

tests, and rollover resistance tests (whether or not such automobile has been assigned a safety rating for such tests);

‘‘(3) contains information describing the nature and

meaning of the crash test data presented and a reference to

additional vehicle safety resources, including http://

www.safecar.gov; and

‘‘(4) is presented in a legible, visible, and prominent fashion

and covers at least—

‘‘(A) 8 percent of the total area of the label; or

‘‘(B) an area with a minimum length of 41⁄2 inches

and a minimum height of 31⁄2 inches; and

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‘‘(h) if an automobile has not been tested by the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the New Car Assessment Program, or safety ratings for such automobile have not

been assigned in one or more rating categories, a statement to

that effect.’’.

(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Transportation shall issue

regulations to ensure that the labeling requirements under subsections (g) and (h) of section 3 of the Automobile Information

Disclosure Act, as added by subsection (a), are implemented by

September 1, 2007.

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation, to accelerate

the testing processes and increasing the number of vehicles tested

under the New Car Assessment Program of the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration— (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(2) $8,134,065 for fiscal year 2007;

(3) $8,418,760 for fiscal year 2008;

(4) $8,713,410 for fiscal year 2009; and

(5) $9,018,385 for fiscal year 2010.

SEC. 10308. POWER WINDOW SWITCHES.

The Secretary shall upgrade Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standard 118 to require that power windows in motor vehicles

not in excess of 10,000 pounds have switches that raise the window

only when the switch is pulled up or out. The Secretary shall

issue a final rule implementing this section by April 1, 2007.

SEC. 10309. 15-PASSENGER VAN SAFETY.

(a) TESTING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation shall

require the testing of 15-passenger vans as part of the rollover

resistance program of the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration’s new car assessment program.

(2) 15-PASSENGER VAN DEFINED.—In this subsection, the

term ‘‘15-passenger van’’ means a vehicle that seats 10 to

14 passengers, not including the driver.

(b) PROHIBITION OF PURCHASE, RENTAL, OR LEASE OF NONCOMPLYING 15-PASSENGER VANS FOR SCHOOL USE.—Section 30112(a)

is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Except as provided’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) Except as provided in this section, sections 30113 and

30114 of this title, and subchapter III of this chapter, a school

or school system may not purchase or lease a new 15-passenger

van if it will be used significantly by, or on behalf of, the school

or school system to transport preprimary, primary, or secondary

school students to or from school or an event related to school,

unless the 15-passenger van complies with the motor vehicle standards prescribed for school buses and multifunction school activity

buses under this title. This paragraph does not apply to the purchase or lease of a 15-passenger van under a contract executed

before the date of enactment of this paragraph.’’.

(c) PENALTY.—Section 30165(a) is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and

(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

‘‘(2) SCHOOL BUSES.—

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49 USC 30112.

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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the

maximum amount of a civil penalty under this paragraph

shall be $10,000 in the case of—

‘‘(i) the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, introduction

or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce, or

importation of a school bus or school bus equipment (as

those terms are defined in section 30125(a) of this title)

in violation of section 30112(a)(1) of this title; or

‘‘(ii) a violation of section 30112(a)(2) of this title.

‘‘(B) RELATED SERIES OF VIOLATIONS.—A separate violation occurs for each motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle

equipment and for each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required by that section. The maximum penalty

under this paragraph for a related series of violations is

$15,000,000.’’.

SEC. 10310. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to

carry out this subtitle, chapter 301 of title 49, and part C of

subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code—

(1) $136,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(2) $142,800,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(3) $149,900,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(4) $157,400,000 for fiscal year 2009.

TITLE XI—HIGHWAY REAUTHORIZATION AND EXCISE TAX SIMPLIFICATION

SEC. 11100. AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title

an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment

to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall

be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Subtitle A—Trust Fund Reauthorization

SEC. 11101. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY-RELATED TAXES AND TRUST

FUNDS.

(a) EXTENSION OF TAXES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions are each

amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ each place it appears and inserting

‘‘2011’’:

(A) Section 4041(a)(1)(C)(iii)(I) (relating to rate of tax

on certain buses).

(B) Section 4041(a)(2)(B) (relating to rate of tax on

special motor fuels).

(C) Section 4041(m)(1) (relating to certain alcohol

fuels).

(D) Section 4051(c) (relating to termination of tax on

heavy trucks and trailers).

(E) Section 4071(d) (relating to termination of tax on

tires).

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(F) Section 4081(d)(1) (relating to termination of tax

on gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene).

(2) EXTENSION OF TAX, ETC., ON USE OF CERTAIN HEAVY

VEHICLES.—The following provisions are each amended by

striking ‘‘2006’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2011’’:

(A) Section 4481(f) (relating to period tax in effect).

(B) Section 4482(c)(4) (relating to taxable period).

(C) Section 4482(d) (relating to special rule for taxable

period in which termination date occurs).

(3) FLOOR STOCKS REFUNDS.—Section 6412(a)(1) (relating

to floor stocks refunds) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘2005’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘2011’’, and

(B) by striking ‘‘2006’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘2012’’.

(b) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS.— (1) CERTAIN TAX-FREE SALES.—Section 4221(a) (relating to

certain tax-free sales) is amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and

inserting ‘‘2011’’.

(2) TERMINATION OF EXEMPTIONS FOR HIGHWAY USE TAX.—

Section 4483(h) (relating to termination of exemptions for highway use tax) is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting

‘‘2011’’.

(c) EXTENSION OF TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN TAXES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b),

and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c), of section 9503

(relating to the Highway Trust Fund) are each amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘2005’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘2011’’, and

(B) by striking ‘‘2006’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘2012’’.

(2) MOTORBOAT AND SMALL-ENGINE FUEL TAX TRANSFERS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section

9503(c)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting

‘‘2011’’.

(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO LAND AND WATER

CONSERVATION FUND.—Section 201(b) of the Land and

Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–

11(b)) is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’, and

(ii) by striking ‘‘2004’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘2012’’.

(d) EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF EXPENDITURES FROM TRUST

FUNDS.—

(1) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—

(A) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (1) of section

9503(c) of such Code is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(1) FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM.—Except as provided

in subsection (e), amounts in the Highway Trust Fund shall

be available, as provided by appropriation Acts, for making

expenditures before September 30, 2009 (October 1, 2009, in

the case of expenditures for administrative expenses), to meet

those obligations of the United States heretofore or hereafter

incurred which are authorized to be paid out of the Highway

Trust Fund under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or any other

provision of law which was referred to in this paragraph before

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the date of the enactment of such Act (as such Act and provisions of law are in effect on the date of the enactment of

such Act).’’.

(B) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (3) of section

9503(e) of such Code is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(3) EXPENDITURES FROM ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Mass

Transit Account shall be available, as provided by appropriation

Acts, for making capital or capital related expenditures

(including capital expenditures for new projects) before October

1, 2009, in accordance with the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or

any other provision of law which was referred to in this paragraph before the date of the enactment of such Act (as such

Act and provisions of law are in effect on the date of the

enactment of such Act).’’.

(C) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.— Subparagraph (B) of section 9503(b)(6) is amended by

striking ‘‘July 31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009

(October 1, 2009, in the case of expenditures for administrative expenses)’’.

(2) AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND.—

(A) SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (2)

of section 9504(b) is amended by striking ‘‘Surface

Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part V’’ each place

it appears and inserting ‘‘Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users’’.

(B) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—Paragraph (2) of section 9504(d) is amended by striking ‘‘July

31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2009’’.

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

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 11102. MODIFICATION OF ADJUSTMENTS OF APPORTIONMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9503(d) (relating to adjustments for

apportionments) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘24-month’’ in paragraph (1)(B) and inserting

‘‘48-month’’, and

(2) by striking ‘‘2 YEARS’ ’’ IN THE HEADING FOR PARAGRAPH

(3) AND INSERTING ‘‘4 YEARS’ ’’.

(b) MEASUREMENT OF NET HIGHWAY RECEIPTS.—Section 9503(d)

is amended by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7) and

by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(6) MEASUREMENT OF NET HIGHWAY RECEIPTS.—For purposes of making any estimate under paragraph (1) of net highway receipts for periods ending after the date specified in

subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall treat—

‘‘(A) each expiring provision of subsection (b) which

is related to appropriations or transfers to the Highway

Trust Fund to have been extended through the end of

the 48-month period referred to in paragraph (1)(B), and

‘‘(B) with respect to each tax imposed under the sections referred to in subsection (b)(1), the rate of such tax

during the 48-month period referred to in paragraph (1)(B)

to be the same as the rate of such tax as in effect on

the date of such estimate.’’.

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

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Subtitle B—Excise Tax Reform and

Simplification

PART 1—HIGHWAY EXCISE TAXES

SEC. 11111. MODIFICATION OF GAS GUZZLER TAX.

(a) UNIFORM APPLICATION OF TAX.—Subparagraph (A) of section

4064(b)(1) (defining automobile) is amended by striking the second

sentence.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect on October 1, 2005.

SEC. 11112. EXCLUSION FOR TRACTORS WEIGHING 19,500 POUNDS OR

LESS FROM FEDERAL EXCISE TAX ON HEAVY TRUCKS

AND TRAILERS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4051 (relating to

imposition of tax) is amended by redesignating paragraph (4) as

paragraph (5) and by inserting after paragraph (3) the following

new paragraph:

‘‘(4) EXCLUSION FOR TRACTORS WEIGHING 19,500 POUNDS OR

LESS.—The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall not apply to

tractors of the kind chiefly used for highway transportation

in combination with a trailer or semitrailer if—

‘‘(A) such tractor has a gross vehicle weight of 19,500

pounds or less (as determined by the Secretary), and

‘‘(B) such tractor, in combination with a trailer or

semitrailer, has a gross combined weight of 33,000 pounds

or less (as determined by the Secretary).’’.

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

shall apply to sales after September 30, 2005.

SEC. 11113. VOLUMETRIC EXCISE TAX CREDIT FOR ALTERNATIVE

FUELS.

(a) IMPOSITION OF TAX.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4041(a)(2)(B) (relating to rate

of tax) is amended—

(A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i),

(B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii),

(C) by striking the last sentence, and

(D) by adding after clause (i) the following new clause:

‘‘(ii) in the case of liquefied natural gas, any liquid

fuel (other than ethanol and methanol) derived from

coal (including peat), and liquid hydrocarbons derived

from biomass (as defined in section 29(c)(3)), 24.3 cents

per gallon.’’.

(2) TREATMENT OF COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS.—Section

4041(a)(3) (relating to compressed natural gas) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘48.54 cents per MCF (determined at

standard temperature and pressure)’’ in subparagraph (A)

and inserting ‘‘18.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon

of gasoline’’, and

(B) by striking ‘‘MCF’’ in subparagraph (C) and

inserting ‘‘energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline’’.

(3) NEW REFERENCE.—The heading for paragraph (2) of

section 4041(a) is amended by striking ‘‘SPECIAL MOTOR FUELS’’ and inserting ‘‘ALTERNATIVE FUELS’’.

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(b) CREDIT FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL

MIXTURES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6426(a) (relating to allowance

of credits) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDITS.—There shall be allowed as a

credit—

‘‘(1) against the tax imposed by section 4081 an amount

equal to the sum of the credits described in subsections (b),

(c), and (e), and

‘‘(2) against the tax imposed by section 4041 an amount

equal to the sum of the credits described in subsection (d).

No credit shall be allowed in the case of the credits described

in subsections (d) and (e) unless the taxpayer is registered under

section 4101.’’.

(2) ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL MIXTURE

CREDIT.—Section 6426 (relating to credit for alcohol fuel and

biodiesel mixtures) is amended by redesignating subsections

(d) and (e) as subsections (f) and (g) and by inserting after

subsection (c) the following new subsections:

‘‘(d) ALTERNATIVE FUEL CREDIT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the alternative fuel credit is the product of 50 cents and the number

of gallons of an alternative fuel or gasoline gallon equivalents

of a nonliquid alternative fuel sold by the taxpayer for use

as a fuel in a motor vehicle or motorboat, or so used by the

taxpayer.

‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—For purposes of this section, the

term ‘alternative fuel’ means—

‘‘(A) liquefied petroleum gas,

‘‘(B) P Series Fuels (as defined by the Secretary of

Energy under section 13211(2) of title 42, United States

Code),

‘‘(C) compressed or liquefied natural gas,

‘‘(D) liquefied hydrogen,

‘‘(E) any liquid fuel derived from coal (including peat)

through the Fischer-Tropsch process, and

‘‘(F) liquid hydrocarbons derived from biomass (as

defined in section 29(c)(3)).

Such term does not include ethanol, methanol, or biodiesel.

‘‘(3) GASOLINE GALLON EQUIVALENT.—For purposes of this

subsection, the term ‘gasoline gallon equivalent’ means, with

respect to any nonliquid alternative fuel, the amount of such

fuel having a Btu content of 124,800 (higher heating value).

‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not apply to any

sale or use for any period after September 30, 2009 (September

30, 2014, in the case of any sale or use involving liquefied

hydrogen).

‘‘(e) ALTERNATIVE FUEL MIXTURE CREDIT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the alternative fuel mixture credit is the product of 50 cents and the

number of gallons of alternative fuel used by the taxpayer

in producing any alternative fuel mixture for sale or use in

a trade or business of the taxpayer.

‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE FUEL MIXTURE.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘alternative fuel mixture’ means a mixture of

alternative fuel and taxable fuel (as defined in subparagraph

(A), (B), or (C) of section 4083(a)(1)) which—

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‘‘(A) is sold by the taxpayer producing such mixture

to any person for use as fuel, or

‘‘(B) is used as a fuel by the taxpayer producing such

mixture.

‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not apply to any

sale or use for any period after September 30, 2009 (September

30, 2014, in the case of any sale or use involving liquefied

hydrogen).’’.

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(A) The section heading for section 6426 is amended

by striking ‘‘ALCOHOL FUEL AND BIODIESEL’’ and inserting

‘‘ALCOHOL FUEL, BIODIESEL, AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL’’.

(B) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter

65 is amended by striking ‘‘alcohol fuel and biodiesel’’ in

the item relating to section 6426 and inserting ‘‘alcohol

fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel’’.

(C) Section 6427(e) is amended—

(i) by inserting ‘‘or the alternative fuel mixture

credit’’ after ‘‘biodiesel mixture credit’’ in paragraph

(1),

(ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph

(3) and paragraph (4) as paragraph (5),

(iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following

new paragraph:

‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—If any person sells or uses an

alternative fuel (as defined in section 6426(d)(2)) for a purpose

described in section 6426(d)(1) in such person’s trade or business, the Secretary shall pay (without interest) to such person

an amount equal to the alternative fuel credit with respect

to such fuel.’’,

(iv) by striking ‘‘under paragraph (1) with respect

to any mixture’’ in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by

clause (ii)) and inserting ‘‘under paragraph (1) or (2)

with respect to any mixture or alternative fuel’’,

(v) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR ALTERNATIVE

FUELS.—The Secretary shall not make any payment under this

subsection to any person with respect to any alternative fuel

credit or alternative fuel mixture credit unless the person is

registered under section 4101.’’,

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

(5)(A) (as redesignated by clause (ii)),

(vii) by striking the period at the end of paragraph

(5)(B) (as so redesignated) and inserting a comma,

(viii) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) (as

so redesignated) the following new subparagraphs:

‘‘(C) except as provided in subparagraph (D), any alternative fuel or alternative fuel mixture (as defined in subsection (d)(2) or (e)(3) of section 6426) sold or used after

September 30, 2009, and

‘‘(D) any alternative fuel or alternative fuel mixture

(as so defined) involving liquefied hydrogen sold or used

after September 30, 2014.’’, and

(ix) by striking ‘‘OR BIODIESEL USED TO PRODUCE

ALCOHOL FUEL AND BIODIESEL MIXTURES’’ in the

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heading and inserting ‘‘, BIODIESEL, OR ALTERNATIVE

FUEL’’.

(c) ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section

4101(a)(1) (relating to registration) is amended by striking

‘‘4041(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘4041(a)’’.

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

shall apply to any sale or use for any period after September

30, 2006.

PART 2—AQUATIC EXCISE TAXES

SEC. 11115. ELIMINATION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND AND

TRANSFORMATION OF SPORT FISH RESTORATION

ACCOUNT.

(a) SIMPLIFICATION OF FUNDING FOR BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 9503(c) (relating

to transfers from Trust Fund for motorboat fuel taxes) is

amended—

(A) by striking so much of that paragraph as precedes

subparagraph (D),

(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as

subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively, and

(C) by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) the following:

‘‘(4) TRANSFERS FROM THE TRUST FUND FOR MOTORBOAT

FUEL TAXES.—

‘‘(A) TRANSFER TO LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION

FUND.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pay from

time to time from the Highway Trust Fund into the

land and water conservation fund provided for in title

I of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of

1965 amounts (as determined by the Secretary) equivalent to the motorboat fuel taxes received on or after

October 1, 2005, and before October 1, 2011.

‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The aggregate amount transferred under this subparagraph during any fiscal year

shall not exceed $1,000,000.

‘‘(B) EXCESS FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST FUND.—Any amounts in the

Highway Trust Fund—

‘‘(i) which are attributable to motorboat fuel taxes,

and

‘‘(ii) which are not transferred from the Highway

Trust Fund under subparagraph (A),

shall be transferred by the Secretary from the Highway

Trust Fund into the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating

Trust Fund.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (5) of section

9503(c) is amended by striking ‘‘Account in the Aquatic

Resources’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘and Boating’’.

(b) MERGING OF ACCOUNTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 9504 is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is hereby established

in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known

as the ‘Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund’. Such

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Trust Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be appropriated,

credited, or paid to it as provided in this section, section 9503(c)(4),

section 9503(c)(5), or section 9602(b).’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (A) Subsection (b) of section 9504, as amended by section 11101 of this Act, is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘ACCOUNT’’ in the heading thereof

and inserting ‘‘AND BOATING TRUST FUND’’,

(ii) by striking ‘‘Account’’ both places it appears

in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting ‘‘and Boating

Trust Fund’’, and

(iii) by striking ‘‘ACCOUNT’’ both places it appears

in the headings for paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting

‘‘TRUST FUND’’.

(B) Subsection (d) of section 9504, as amended by section 11101 of this Act, is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘AQUATIC RESOURCES’’ in the

heading thereof,

(ii) by striking ‘‘any Account in the Aquatic

Resources’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘the Sport

Fish Restoration and Boating’’, and

(iii) by striking ‘‘any such Account’’ in paragraph

(1) and inserting ‘‘such Trust Fund’’.

(C) Subsection (e) of section 9504 is amended by

striking ‘‘Boat Safety Account and Sport Fish Restoration

Account’’ and inserting ‘‘Sport Fish Restoration and Boating

Trust Fund’’.

(D) Section 9504 is amended by striking ‘‘AQUATIC

RESOURCES’’ in the heading thereof and inserting ‘‘SPORT

FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING’’.

(E) The item relating to section 9504 in the table

of sections for subchapter A of chapter 98 is amended

by striking ‘‘aquatic resources’’ and inserting ‘‘sport fish

restoration and boating’’.

(F) Paragraph (2) of section 1511(e) of the Homeland

Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)) is amended by

striking ‘‘Aquatic Resources Trust Fund of the Highway

Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Sport Fish Restoration and

Boating Trust Fund’’.

(c) PHASEOUT OF BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Subsection (c) of

section 9504 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES FROM BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Amounts

remaining in the Boat Safety Account on October 1, 2005, and

amounts thereafter credited to the Account under section 9602(b),

shall be available, without further appropriation, for making

expenditures before October 1, 2010, to carry out the purposes

of section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act

(as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Safe, Accountable,

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users).

For purposes of section 9602, the Boat Safety Account shall be

treated as a Trust Fund established by this subchapter.’’.

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

shall take effect on October 1, 2005.

SEC. 11116. REPEAL OF HARBOR MAINTENANCE TAX ON EXPORTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 4462 (relating to

definitions and special rules) is amended to read as follows:

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‘‘(d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF TAX TO EXPORTS.—The tax imposed

by section 4461(a) shall not apply to any port use with respect

to any commercial cargo to be exported from the United States.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 4461(c)(1) is amended by adding ‘‘or’’ at the

end of subparagraph (A), by striking subparagraph (B), and

by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).

(2) Section 4461(c)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘imposed—

’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in any other case,’’ and inserting

‘‘imposed’’.

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

shall take effect before, on, and after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 11117. CAP ON EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN FISHING EQUIPMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 4161(a) (relating

to sport fishing equipment) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(1) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed on the

sale of any article of sport fishing equipment by the manufacturer, producer, or importer a tax equal to 10 percent

of the price for which so sold.

‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON TAX IMPOSED ON FISHING RODS

AND POLES.—The tax imposed by subparagraph (A) on any

fishing rod or pole shall not exceed $10.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 4161(a)(2) is amended

by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ both places it appears and inserting

‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’.

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

shall apply to articles sold by the manufacturer, producer, or

importer after September 30, 2005.

PART 3—AERIAL EXCISE TAXES

SEC. 11121. CLARIFICATION OF EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATORS AND EXEMPTION FOR

FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN FORESTRY OPERATIONS.

(a) NO WAIVER BY FARM OWNER, TENANT, OR OPERATOR NECESSARY.—Subparagraph (B) of section 6420(c)(4) (relating to certain

farming use other than by owner, etc.) is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘(B) if the person so using the gasoline is an aerial

or other applicator of fertilizers or other substances and

is the ultimate purchaser of the gasoline, then subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not apply and the aerial

or other applicator shall be treated as having used such

gasoline on a farm for farming purposes.’’.

(b) EXEMPTION INCLUDES FUEL USED BETWEEN AIRFIELD AND

FARM.—Section 6420(c)(4), as amended by subsection (a), is

amended by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:

‘‘In the case of an aerial applicator, gasoline shall be treated

as used on a farm for farming purposes if the gasoline is

used for the direct flight between the airfield and one or more

farms.’’.

(c) EXEMPTION FROM TAX ON AIR TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS

FOR FORESTRY PURPOSES EXTENDED TO FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT.—

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Subsection (f) of section 4261 (relating to tax on air transportation

of persons) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(f) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN USES.—No tax shall be imposed

under subsection (a) or (b) on air transportation—

‘‘(1) by helicopter for the purpose of transporting individuals, equipment, or supplies in the exploration for, or the

development or removal of, hard minerals, oil, or gas, or

‘‘(2) by helicopter or by fixed-wing aircraft for the purpose

of the planting, cultivation, cutting, or transportation of, or

caring for, trees (including logging operations),

but only if the helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft does not take off

from, or land at, a facility eligible for assistance under the Airport

and Airway Development Act of 1970, or otherwise use services

provided pursuant to section 44509 or 44913(b) or subchapter I

of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, during such use.

In the case of helicopter transportation described in paragraph

(1), this subsection shall be applied by treating each flight segment

as a distinct flight.’’.

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

shall apply to fuel use or air transportation after September 30,

2005.

SEC. 11122. MODIFICATION OF RURAL AIRPORT DEFINITION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4261(e)(1)(B) (defining rural airport)

is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(in the case of any airport described in

clause (ii)(III), on flight segments of at least 100 miles)’’ after

‘‘by air’’ in clause (i), and

(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I) of clause

(ii), by striking the period at the end of subclause (II) of clause

(ii) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the end of clause

(ii) the following new subclause:

‘‘(III) is not connected by paved roads to

another airport.’’.

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

shall take effect on October 1, 2005.

SEC. 11123. EXEMPTION FROM TAXES ON TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED

BY SEAPLANES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4261 (relating to imposition of tax)

is amended by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j) and

by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:

‘‘(i) EXEMPTION FOR SEAPLANES.—No tax shall be imposed by

this section or section 4271 on any air transportation by a seaplane

with respect to any segment consisting of a takeoff from, and

a landing on, water, but only if the places at which such takeoff

and landing occur have not received and are not receiving financial

assistance from the Airport and Airways Trust Fund.’’.

(b) RATE OF FUEL TAX FOR SEAPLANES SUBJECT TO EXEMP- TION.—Subsection (b) of section 4083 is amended by striking ‘‘section

4261(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h) or (i) of section 4261’’.

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

shall apply to transportation beginning after September 30, 2005.

SEC. 11124. CERTAIN SIGHTSEEING FLIGHTS EXEMPT FROM TAXES

ON AIR TRANSPORTATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4281 (relating to small aircraft on

nonestablished lines) is amended by adding at the end the following

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new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this section, an aircraft shall not

be considered as operated on an established line at any time during

which such aircraft is being operated on a flight the sole purpose

of which is sightseeing.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply with respect to transportation beginning after September 30, 2005, but shall not apply to any amount paid before

such date for such transportation.

PART 4—TAXES RELATING TO ALCOHOL

SEC. 11125. REPEAL OF SPECIAL OCCUPATIONAL TAXES ON PRODUCERS AND MARKETERS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

(a) REPEAL OF OCCUPATIONAL TAXES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of part II of

subchapter A of chapter 51 (relating to occupational taxes)

are hereby repealed:

(A) Subpart A (relating to proprietors of distilled spirits

plants, bonded wine cellars, etc.).

(B) Subpart B (relating to brewer).

(C) Subpart D (relating to wholesale dealers) (other

than sections 5114 and 5116).

(D) Subpart E (relating to retail dealers) (other than

section 5124).

(E) Subpart G (relating to general provisions) (other

than sections 5142, 5143, 5145, and 5146).

(2) NONBEVERAGE DOMESTIC DRAWBACK.—Section 5131 is

amended by striking ‘‘, on payment of a special tax per annum,’’.

(3) INDUSTRIAL USE OF DISTILLED SPIRITS.—Section 5276

is hereby repealed.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1)(A) The heading for part II of subchapter A of chapter

51 and the table of subparts for such part are amended to

read as follows:

‘‘PART II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

‘‘Subpart A. Manufacturers of stills.

‘‘Subpart B. Nonbeverage domestic drawback claimants.

‘‘Subpart C. Recordkeeping by dealers.

‘‘Subpart D. Other provisions.’’.

(B) The table of parts for such subchapter A is amended

by striking the item relating to part II and inserting the following new item:

‘‘Part II. Miscellaneous provisions.’’.

(2) Subpart C of part II of such subchapter (relating to

manufacturers of stills) is redesignated as subpart A.

(3)(A) Subpart F of such part II (relating to nonbeverage

domestic drawback claimants) is redesignated as subpart B

and sections 5131 through 5134 are redesignated as sections

5111 through 5114, respectively.

(B) The table of sections for such subpart B, as so redesignated, is amended—

(i) by redesignating the items relating to sections 5131

through 5134 as relating to sections 5111 through 5114,

respectively, and

26 USC 5141,

5147–5149.

26 USC 5091–

5093.

26 USC 5111–

5113, 5117.

26 USC 5121–

5123.

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(ii) by striking ‘‘and rate of tax’’ in the item relating

to section 5111, as so redesignated.

(C) Section 5111, as redesignated by subparagraph (A),

is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘AND RATE OF TAX’’ in the section

heading,

(ii) by striking the subsection heading for subsection

(a), and

(iii) by striking subsection (b).

(4) Part II of subchapter A of chapter 51 is amended

by adding after subpart B, as redesignated by paragraph (3),

the following new subpart:

‘‘Subpart C—Recordkeeping and Registration by

Dealers

‘‘Sec. 5121. Recordkeeping by wholesale dealers.

‘‘Sec. 5122. Recordkeeping by retail dealers.

‘‘Sec. 5123. Preservation and inspection of records, and entry of premises for inspection.

‘‘Sec. 5124. Registration by dealers.’’.

(5)(A) Section 5114 (relating to records) is moved to subpart

C of such part II and inserted after the table of sections

for such subpart.

(B) Section 5114 is amended—

(i) by striking the section heading and inserting the

following new heading:

‘‘SEC. 5432. RECORDKEEPING BY WHOLESALE DEALERS.’’;

and

(ii) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d)

and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new

subsection:

‘‘(c) WHOLESALE DEALERS.—For purposes of this part—

‘‘(1) WHOLESALE DEALER IN LIQUORS.—The term ‘wholesale

dealer in liquors’ means any dealer (other than a wholesale

dealer in beer) who sells, or offers for sale, distilled spirits,

wines, or beer, to another dealer.

‘‘(2) WHOLESALE DEALER IN BEER.—The term ‘wholesale

dealer in beer’ means any dealer who sells, or offers for sale,

beer, but not distilled spirits or wines, to another dealer.

‘‘(3) DEALER.—The term ‘dealer’ means any person who

sells, or offers for sale, any distilled spirits, wines, or beer.

‘‘(4) PRESUMPTION IN CASE OF SALE OF 20 WINE GALLONS

OR MORE.—The sale, or offer for sale, of distilled spirits, wines,

or beer, in quantities of 20 wine gallons or more to the same

person at the same time, shall be presumptive evidence that

the person making such sale, or offer for sale, is engaged

in or carrying on the business of a wholesale dealer in liquors

or a wholesale dealer in beer, as the case may be. Such

presumption may be overcome by evidence satisfactorily

showing that such sale, or offer for sale, was made to a person

other than a dealer.’’.

(C) Paragraph (3) of section 5121(d), as so redesignated,

is amended by striking ‘‘section 5146’’ and inserting ‘‘section

5123’’.

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(6)(A) Section 5124 (relating to records) is moved to subpart

C of part II of subchapter A of chapter 51 and inserted after

section 5121.

(B) Section 5124 is amended—

(i) by striking the section heading and inserting the

following new heading:

‘‘SEC. 5122. RECORDKEEPING BY RETAIL DEALERS.’’,

(ii) by striking ‘‘section 5146’’ in subsection (c) and inserting

‘‘section 5123’’, and

(iii) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and

inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

‘‘(c) RETAIL DEALERS.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) RETAIL DEALER IN LIQUORS.—The term ‘retail dealer

in liquors’ means any dealer (other than a retail dealer in

beer or a limited retail dealer) who sells, or offers for sale,

distilled spirits, wines, or beer, to any person other than a

dealer.

‘‘(2) RETAIL DEALER IN BEER.—The term ‘retail dealer in

beer’ means any dealer (other than a limited retail dealer)

who sells, or offers for sale, beer, but not distilled spirits or

wines, to any person other than a dealer.

‘‘(3) LIMITED RETAIL DEALER.—The term ‘limited retail

dealer’ means any fraternal, civic, church, labor, charitable,

benevolent, or ex-servicemen’s organization making sales of

distilled spirits, wine or beer on the occasion of any kind

of entertainment, dance, picnic, bazaar, or festival held by

it, or any person making sales of distilled spirits, wine or

beer to the members, guests, or patrons of bona fide fairs,

reunions, picnics, carnivals, or other similar outings, if such

organization or person is not otherwise engaged in business

as a dealer.

‘‘(4) DEALER.—The term ‘dealer’ has the meaning given

such term by section 5121(c)(3).’’.

(7) Section 5146 is moved to subpart C of part II of subchapter A of chapter 51, inserted after section 5122, and

redesignated as section 5123.

(8) Subpart C of part II of subchapter A of chapter 51,

as amended by paragraph (7), is amended by adding at the

end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 5124. REGISTRATION BY DEALERS.

‘‘Every dealer who is subject to the recordkeeping requirements

under section 5121 or 5122 shall register with the Secretary such

dealer’s name or style, place of residence, trade or business, and

the place where such trade or business is to be carried on. In

the case of a firm or company, the names of the several persons

constituting the same, and the places of residence, shall be so

registered.’’.

(9) Section 7012 is amended by redesignating paragraphs

(4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and by

inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) For provisions relating to registration by dealers in

distilled spirits, wines, and beer, see section 5124.’’.

(10) Part II of subchapter A of chapter 51 is amended

by inserting after subpart C the following new subpart:

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‘‘Subpart D—Other Provisions

‘‘Sec. 5131. Packaging distilled spirits for industrial uses.

‘‘Sec. 5132. Prohibited purchases by dealers.’’.

(11) Section 5116 is moved to subpart D of part II of

subchapter A of chapter 51, inserted after the table of sections,

redesignated as section 5131, and amended by inserting ‘‘(as

defined in section 5121(c))’’ after ‘‘dealer’’ in subsection (a).

(12) Subpart D of part II of subchapter A of chapter 51

is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 5132. PROHIBITED PURCHASES BY DEALERS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in regulations prescribed

by the Secretary, it shall be unlawful for a dealer to purchase

distilled spirits for resale from any person other than a wholesale

dealer in liquors who is required to keep the records prescribed

by section 5121.

‘‘(b) LIMITED RETAIL DEALERS.—A limited retail dealer may

lawfully purchase distilled spirits for resale from a retail dealer

in liquors.

‘‘(c) PENALTY AND FORFEITURE.—

‘‘For penalty and forfeiture provisions applicable to violations of subsection (a), see

sections 5687 and 7302.’’.

(13) Subsection (b) of section 5002 is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘section 5112(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

5121(c)(3)’’,

(B) by striking ‘‘section 5112’’ and inserting ‘‘section

5121(c)’’, and

(C) by striking ‘‘section 5122’’ and inserting ‘‘section

5122(c)’’.

(14) Subparagraph (A) of section 5010(c)(2) is amended

by striking ‘‘section 5134’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5114’’.

(15) Subsection (d) of section 5052 is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(d) BREWER.—For purposes of this chapter, the term ‘brewer’

means any person who brews beer or produces beer for sale. Such

term shall not include any person who produces only beer exempt

from tax under section 5053(e).’’.

(16) The text of section 5182 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘For provisions requiring recordkeeping by wholesale liquor dealers, see section

5112, and by retail liquor dealers, see section 5122.’’.

(17) Subsection (b) of section 5402 is amended by striking

‘‘section 5092’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5052(d)’’.

(18) Section 5671 is amended by striking ‘‘or 5091’’.

(19)(A) Part V of subchapter J of chapter 51 is hereby

repealed.

(B) The table of parts for such subchapter J is amended

by striking the item relating to part V.

(20)(A) Sections 5142, 5143, and 5145 are moved to subchapter D of chapter 52, inserted after section 5731, redesignated as sections 5732, 5733, and 5734, respectively, and

amended by striking ‘‘this part’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘this subchapter’’.

(B) Section 5732, as redesignated by subparagraph (A),

is amended by striking ‘‘(except the tax imposed by section

5131)’’ each place it appears.

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(C) Paragraph (2) of section 5733(c), as redesignated by

subparagraph (A), is amended by striking ‘‘liquors’’ both places

it appears and inserting ‘‘tobacco products and cigarette papers

and tubes’’.

(D) The table of sections for subchapter D of chapter 52

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘Sec. 5732. Payment of tax.

‘‘Sec. 5733. Provisions relating to liability for occupational taxes.

‘‘Sec. 5734. Application of State laws.’’.

(E) Section 5731 is amended by striking subsection (c)

and by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).

(21) Subsection (c) of section 6071 is amended by striking

‘‘section 5142’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5732’’.

(22) Paragraph (1) of section 7652(g) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘subpart F’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart B’’,

and

(B) by striking ‘‘section 5131(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

5111’’.

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

shall take effect on July 1, 2008, but shall not apply to taxes

imposed for periods before such date.

SEC. 11126. INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS WHOLESALERS AND FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS IN CONTROL STATE

BAILMENT WAREHOUSES FOR COSTS OF CARRYING FEDERAL EXCISE TAXES ON BOTTLED DISTILLED SPIRITS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part I of subchapter A of chapter

51 (relating to gallonage and occupational taxes) is amended by

adding at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 5011. INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR AVERAGE COST OF CARRYING

EXCISE TAX.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, the amount of

the distilled spirits credit for any taxable year is the amount equal

to the product of—

‘‘(1) in the case of—

‘‘(A) any eligible wholesaler, the number of cases of

bottled distilled spirits—

‘‘(i) which were bottled in the United States, and

‘‘(ii) which are purchased by such wholesaler

during the taxable year directly from the bottler of

such spirits, or

‘‘(B) any person which is subject to section 5005 and

which is not an eligible wholesaler, the number of cases

of bottled distilled spirits which are stored in a warehouse

operated by, or on behalf of, a State or political subdivision

thereof, or an agency of either, on which title has not

passed on an unconditional sale basis, and

‘‘(2) the average tax-financing cost per case for the most

recent calendar year ending before the beginning of such taxable year.

‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE WHOLESALER.—For purposes of this section, the

term ‘eligible wholesaler’ means any person which holds a permit

under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act as a wholesaler of

distilled spirits which is not a State or political subdivision thereof,

or an agency of either.

‘‘(c) AVERAGE TAX-FINANCING COST.—

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the average

tax-financing cost per case for any calendar year is the amount

of interest which would accrue at the deemed financing rate

during a 60-day period on an amount equal to the deemed

Federal excise tax per case.

‘‘(2) DEEMED FINANCING RATE.—For purposes of paragraph

(1), the deemed financing rate for any calendar year is the

average of the corporate overpayment rates under paragraph

(1) of section 6621(a) (determined without regard to the last

sentence of such paragraph) for calendar quarters of such year.

‘‘(3) DEEMED FEDERAL EXCISE TAX PER CASE.—For purposes

of paragraph (1), the deemed Federal excise tax per case is

$25.68.

‘‘(d) OTHER DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes

of this section—

‘‘(1) CASE.—The term ‘case’ means 12 80-proof 750-milliliter

bottles.

‘‘(2) NUMBER OF CASES IN LOT.—The number of cases in

any lot of distilled spirits shall be determined by dividing

the number of liters in such lot by 9.’’.

(b) CREDIT TREATED AS PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT.— Section 38(b) (relating to current year business credit) is amended

by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (18), by striking the

period at the end of paragraph (19), and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and

by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(20) the distilled spirits credit determined under section

5011(a).’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart

A of part I of subchapter A of chapter 51 is amended by adding

at the end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 5011. Income tax credit for average cost of carrying excise tax.’’.

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

shall apply to taxable years beginning after September 30, 2005.

SEC. 11127. QUARTERLY EXCISE TAX FILING FOR SMALL ALCOHOL

EXCISE TAXPAYERS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 5061 (relating to

time for collecting tax on distilled spirits, wines, and beer) is

amended by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs

(5) and (6), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (3) the

following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) TAXPAYERS LIABLE FOR TAXES OF NOT MORE THAN

$50,000.—‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxpayer who reasonably expects to be liable for not more than $50,000

in taxes imposed with respect to distilled spirits, wines,

and beer under subparts A, C, and D and section 7652

for the calendar year and who was liable for not more

than $50,000 in such taxes in the preceding calendar year,

the last day for the payment of tax on withdrawals,

removals, and entries (and articles brought into the United

States from Puerto Rico) under bond for deferred payment

shall be the 14th day after the last day of the calendar

quarter during which the action giving rise to the imposition of such tax occurs.

‘‘(B) NO APPLICATION AFTER LIMIT EXCEEDED.—

Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any taxpayer for any

Deadline.

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portion of the calendar year following the first date on

which the aggregate amount of tax due under subparts

A, C, and D and section 7652 from such taxpayer during

such calendar year exceeds $50,000, and any tax under

such subparts which has not been paid on such date shall

be due on the 14th day after the last day of the semimonthly period in which such date occurs.

‘‘(C) CALENDAR QUARTER.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘calendar quarter’ means the three-month

period ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, or

December 31.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5061(d)(6), as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’

and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’.

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

shall apply with respect to quarterly periods beginning on and

after January 1, 2006.

PART 5—SPORT EXCISE TAXES

SEC. 11131. CUSTOM GUNSMITHS.

(a) SMALL MANUFACTURERS EXEMPT FROM FIREARMS EXCISE

TAX.—Section 4182 (relating to exemptions) is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

‘‘(c) SMALL MANUFACTURERS, ETC.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by section 4181 shall

not apply to any pistol, revolver, or firearm described in such

section if manufactured, produced, or imported by a person

who manufactures, produces, and imports less than an aggregate of 50 of such articles during the calendar year.

‘‘(2) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—All persons treated as a single

employer for purposes of subsection (a) or (b) of section 52

shall be treated as one person for purposes of paragraph (1).’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to articles sold by the manufacturer, producer,

or importer after September 30, 2005.

(2) NO INFERENCE.—Nothing in the amendments made by

this section shall be construed to create any inference with

respect to the proper tax treatment of any sales before the

effective date of such amendments.

Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions

SEC. 11141. MOTOR FUEL TAX ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Motor Fuel Tax

Enforcement Advisory Commission (in this section referred to as

the ‘‘Commission’’).

(b) FUNCTION.—The Commission shall—

(1) review motor fuel revenue collections, historical and

current;

(2) review the progress of investigations with respect to

motor fuel taxes;

(3) develop and review legislative proposals with respect

to motor fuel taxes;

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(4) monitor the progress of administrative regulation

projects relating to motor fuel taxes;

(5) review the results of Federal and State agency cooperative efforts regarding motor fuel taxes;

(6) review the results of Federal interagency cooperative

efforts regarding motor fuel taxes; and

(7) evaluate and make recommendations to the President

and Congress regarding—

(A) the effectiveness of existing Federal enforcement

programs regarding motor fuel taxes,

(B) enforcement personnel allocation, and

(C) proposals for regulatory projects, legislation, and

funding.

(c) MEMBERSHIP.—

(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be composed of

the following representatives appointed by the Chairmen and

the Ranking Members of the Committee on Finance of the

Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House

of Representatives:

(A) At least one representative from each of the following Federal entities: the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation—Office of Inspector

General, the Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice.

(B) At least one representative from the Federation

of State Tax Administrators.

(C) At least one representative from any State department of transportation.

(D) Two representatives from the highway construction

industry.

(E) Six representatives from industries relating to fuel

distribution—refiners (two representatives), distributors

(one representative), pipelines (one representative), and terminal operators (two representatives).

(F) One representative from the retail fuel industry.

(G) Two representatives from the staff of the Committee on Finance of the Senate and two representatives

from the staff of the Committee on Ways and Means of

the House of Representatives.

(2) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed for the life of

the Commission.

(3) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall be

filled in the manner in which the original appointment was

made.

(4) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members shall serve without pay

but shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu

of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of

title 5, United States Code.

(5) CHAIRMAN.—The Chairman of the Commission shall

be elected by the members.

(d) FUNDING.—Such sums as are necessary shall be available

from the Highway Trust fund for the expenses of the Commission.

(e) CONSULTATION.—Upon request of the Commission, representatives of the Department of the Treasury and the Internal

Revenue Service shall be available for consultation to assist the

Commission in carrying out its duties under this section.

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(f) OBTAINING DATA.—The Commission may secure directly from

any department or agency of the United States, information (other

than information required by any law to be kept confidential by

such department or agency) necessary for the Commission to carry

out its duties under this section. Upon request of the Commission,

the head of that department or agency shall furnish such nonconfidential information to the Commission. The Commission shall

also gather evidence through such means as it may deem appropriate, including through holding hearings and soliciting comments

by means of Federal Register notices.

(g) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate as of the

close of September 30, 2009.

SEC. 11142. NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

FINANCING COMMISSION.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a National Surface

Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). The Commission shall hold

its first meeting within 90 days of the appointment of the eighth

individual to be named to the Commission.

(b) FUNCTION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall, with respect to

the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this

Act and ending before 2016—

(A) make a thorough investigation and study of revenues flowing into the Highway Trust Fund under current

law, including the individual components of the overall

flow of such revenues;

(B) consider whether the amount of such revenues

is likely to increase, decline, or remain unchanged, absent

changes in the law, particularly by taking into account

the impact of possible changes in public vehicular choice,

fuel use, or travel alternatives that could be expected to

reduce or increase revenues into the Highway Trust Fund;

(C) consider alternative approaches to generating revenues for the Highway Trust Fund, and the level of revenues

that such alternatives would yield;

(D) consider highway and transit needs and whether

additional revenues into the Highway Trust Fund, or other

Federal revenues dedicated to highway and transit infrastructure, would be required in order to meet such needs;

(E) consider a program that would exempt all or a

portion of gasoline or other motor fuels used in a State

from the Federal excise tax on such gasoline or other

motor fuels if such State elects not to receive all or a

portion of Federal transportation funding, including—

(i) whether such State should be required to

increase State gasoline or other motor fuels taxes by

the amount of the decrease in the Federal excise tax

on such gasoline or other motor fuels;

(ii) whether any Federal transportation funding

should not be reduced or eliminated for States participating in such program; and

(iii) whether there are any compliance problems

related to enforcement of Federal transportationrelated excise taxes under such program; and

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(F) study such other matters closely related to the

subjects described in the preceding subparagraphs as it

may deem appropriate.

(2) PREPARATION OF REPORT.—Based on such investigation

and study, the Commission shall develop a final report, with

recommendations and the bases for those recommendations,

indicating policies that should be adopted, or not adopted, to

achieve various levels of annual revenue for the Highway Trust

Fund and to enable the Highway Trust Fund to receive revenues sufficient to meet highway and transit needs. Such recommendations shall address, among other matters as the

Commission may deem appropriate—

(A) what levels of revenue are required by the Federal

Highway Trust Fund in order for it to meet needs to

maintain and improve the condition and performance of

the Nation’s highway and transit systems;

(B) what levels of revenue are required by the Federal

Highway Trust Fund in order to ensure that Federal levels

of investment in highways and transit do not decline in

real terms; and

(C) the extent, if any, to which the Highway Trust

Fund should be augmented by other mechanisms or funds

as a Federal means of financing highway and transit infrastructure investments.

(c) MEMBERSHIP.—

(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be composed of

15 members, appointed as follows:

(A) Seven members appointed by the Secretary of

Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the

Treasury.

(B) Two members appointed by the Chairman of the

Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.

(C) Two members appointed by the Ranking Minority

Member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the

House of Representatives.

(D) Two members appointed by the Chairman of the

Committee on Finance of the Senate.

(E) Two members appointed by the Ranking Minority

Member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate.

(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members appointed pursuant to

paragraph (1) shall be appointed from among individuals

knowledgeable in the fields of public transportation finance

or highway and transit programs, policy, and needs, and may

include representatives of interested parties, such as State

and local governments or other public transportation authorities or agencies, representatives of the transportation construction industry (including suppliers of technology, machinery,

and materials), transportation labor (including construction and

providers), transportation providers, the financial community,

and users of highway and transit systems.

(3) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed for the life of

the Commission.

(4) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall be

filled in the manner in which the original appointment was

made.

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(5) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members shall serve without pay

but shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu

of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of

title 5, United States Code.

(6) CHAIRMAN.—The Chairman of the Commission shall

be elected by the members.

(d) STAFF.—The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of

such personnel as it considers appropriate.

(e) FUNDING.—Funding for the Commission shall be provided

by the Secretary of the Treasury and by the Secretary of Transportation, out of funds available to those agencies for administrative

and policy functions.

(f) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request of the Commission, the head of any department or agency of the United States

may detail any of the personnel of that department or agency

to the Commission to assist in carrying out its duties under this

section.

(g) OBTAINING DATA.—The Commission may secure directly

from any department or agency of the United States, information

(other than information required by any law to be kept confidential

by such department or agency) necessary for the Commission to

carry out its duties under this section. Upon request of the Commission, the head of that department or agency shall furnish such

nonconfidential information to the Commission. The Commission

shall also gather evidence through such means as it may deem

appropriate, including through holding hearings and soliciting comments by means of Federal Register notices.

(h) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of its first

meeting, the Commission shall transmit its final report, including

recommendations, to the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary

of the Treasury, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the

House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate,

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House

of Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public

Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Banking, Housing,

and Urban Affairs of the Senate.

(i) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate on the

180th day following the date of transmittal of the report under

subsection (h). All records and papers of the Commission shall

thereupon be delivered to the Administrator of General Services

for deposit in the National Archives.

SEC. 11143. TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING OF HIGHWAY PROJECTS AND

RAIL-TRUCK TRANSFER FACILITIES.

(a) TREATMENT AS EXEMPT FACILITY BOND.—Subsection (a) of

section 142 (relating to exempt facility bond) is amended by striking

‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (13), by striking the period at the

end of paragraph (14) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the

end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(15) qualified highway or surface freight transfer facilities.’’.

(b) QUALIFIED HIGHWAY OR SURFACE FREIGHT TRANSFER FACILITIES.—Section 142 is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(m) QUALIFIED HIGHWAY OR SURFACE FREIGHT TRANSFER

FACILITIES.—

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a)(15), the

term ‘qualified highway or surface freight transfer facilities’

means—

‘‘(A) any surface transportation project which receives

Federal assistance under title 23, United States Code (as

in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection),

‘‘(B) any project for an international bridge or tunnel

for which an international entity authorized under Federal

or State law is responsible and which receives Federal

assistance under title 23, United States Code (as so in

effect), or

‘‘(C) any facility for the transfer of freight from truck

to rail or rail to truck (including any temporary storage

facilities directly related to such transfers) which receives

Federal assistance under either title 23 or title 49, United

States Code (as so in effect).

‘‘(2) NATIONAL LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TAX-EXEMPT

FINANCING FOR FACILITIES.—

‘‘(A) NATIONAL LIMITATION.—The aggregate amount

allocated by the Secretary of Transportation under subparagraph (C) shall not exceed $15,000,000,000.

‘‘(B) ENFORCEMENT OF NATIONAL LIMITATION.—An issue

shall not be treated as an issue described in subsection

(a)(15) if the aggregate face amount of bonds issued pursuant to such issue for any qualified highway or surface

freight transfer facility (when added to the aggregate face

amount of bonds previously so issued for such facility)

exceeds the amount allocated to such facility under

subparagraph (C).

‘‘(C) ALLOCATION BY SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.—

The Secretary of Transportation shall allocate the amount

described in subparagraph (A) among qualified highway

or surface freight transfer facilities in such manner as

the Secretary determines appropriate.

‘‘(3) EXPENDITURE OF PROCEEDS.—An issue shall not be

treated as an issue described in subsection (a)(15) unless at

least 95 percent of the net proceeds of the issue is expended

for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facilities within

the 5-year period beginning on the date of issuance. If at

least 95 percent of such net proceeds is not expended within

such 5-year period, an issue shall be treated as continuing

to meet the requirements of this paragraph if the issuer uses

all unspent proceeds of the issue to redeem bonds of the issue

within 90 days after the end of such 5-year period. The Secretary, at the request of the issuer, may extend such 5-year

period if the issuer establishes that any failure to meet such

period is due to circumstances beyond the control of the issuer.

‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR CURRENT REFUNDING BONDS.—Paragraph (2) shall not apply to any bond (or series of bonds)

issued to refund a bond issued under subsection (a)(15) if—

‘‘(A) the average maturity date of the issue of which

the refunding bond is a part is not later than the average

maturity date of the bonds to be refunded by such issue,

‘‘(B) the amount of the refunding bond does not exceed

the outstanding amount of the refunded bond, and

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‘‘(C) the refunded bond is redeemed not later than

90 days after the date of the issuance of the refunding

bond.

For purposes of subparagraph (A), average maturity shall be

determined in accordance with section 147(b)(2)(A).’’.

(c) EXEMPTION FROM GENERAL STATE VOLUME CAPS.—Paragraph (3) of section 146(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

(relating to exception for certain bonds) is amended by striking

‘‘or (14)’’ and all that follows through the end of the paragraph

and inserting ‘‘(14), or (15) of section 142(a), and’’.

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

apply to bonds issued after the date of the enactment of this

Act.

SEC. 11144. TREASURY STUDY OF HIGHWAY FUELS USED BY TRUCKS

FOR NON-TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall conduct a

study regarding the use of highway motor fuel by trucks that

is not used for the propulsion of the vehicle. As part of such

study—

(1) in the case of vehicles carrying equipment that is unrelated to the transportation function of the vehicle—

(A) the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with

the Secretary of Transportation, and with public notice

and comment, shall determine the average annual amount

of tax-paid fuel consumed per vehicle, by type of vehicle,

used by the propulsion engine to provide the power to

operate the equipment attached to the highway vehicle,

and

(B) the Secretary of the Treasury shall review the

technical and administrative feasibility of exempting such

nonpropulsive use of highway fuels from the highway motor

fuels excise taxes, and, if such exemptions are technically

and administratively feasible, shall propose options for

implementing such exemptions for—

(i) mobile machinery (as defined in section 4053(8)

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) whose nonpropulsive fuel use exceeds 50 percent, and

(ii) any highway vehicle which consumes fuel for

both transportation and non-transportation-related

equipment, using a single motor,

(2) in the case where non-transportation equipment is run

by a separate motor—

(A) the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine the

annual average amount of fuel exempted from tax in the

use of such equipment by equipment type, and

(B) the Secretary of the Treasury shall review issues

of administration and compliance related to the presentlaw exemption provided for such fuel use, and

(3) the Secretary of the Treasury shall—

(A) estimate the amount of taxable fuel consumed by

trucks and the emissions of various pollutants due to the

long-term idling of diesel engines, and

(B) determine the cost of reducing such long-term idling

through the use of plug-ins at truck stops, auxiliary power

units, or other technologies.

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(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2007, the Secretary

of the Treasury shall report the findings of the study required

under subsection (a) to the Committee on Finance of the Senate

and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 11145. DIESEL FUEL TAX EVASION REPORT.

Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of

this Act, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue shall report

to the Committees on Finance and Environment and Public Works

of the Senate and the Committees on Ways and Means and

Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives

on—

(1) the availability of new technologies, including forensic

or chemical molecular markers, that can be employed to

enhance collections of the excise tax on diesel fuel and the

plans of the Internal Revenue Service to employ such technologies,

(2) the design of a test to place forensic or chemical molecular markers in any excluded liquid (as defined in section

48.4081–1(b) of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations),

(3) the design of a test, in consultation with the Department

of Defense, to place forensic or chemical molecular markers

in all nonstrategic bulk fuel deliveries of diesel fuel to the

military, and

(4) the design of a test to place forensic or chemical molecular markers in all diesel fuel bound for export utilizing the

Gulf of Mexico.

SEC. 11146. TAX TREATMENT OF STATE OWNERSHIP OF RAILROAD

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST.

(a) IN GENERAL.—If a State owns all of the outstanding stock

of a corporation—

(1) which is a real estate investment trust on the date

of the enactment of this Act,

(2) which is a non-operating class III railroad, and

(3) substantially all of the activities of which consist of

the ownership, leasing, and operation by such corporation of

facilities, equipment, and other property used by the corporation

or other persons for railroad transportation and for economic

development purposes for the benefit of the State and its citizens, then, to the extent such activities are of a type which

are an essential governmental function within the meaning

of section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, income

derived from such activities by the corporation shall be treated

as accruing to the State for purposes of section 115 of such

Code.

(b) GAIN OR LOSS NOT RECOGNIZED ON CONVERSION.—Notwithstanding section 337(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986—

(1) no gain or loss shall be recognized under section 336

or 337 of such Code, and

(2) no change in basis of the property of such corporation

shall occur, because of any change of status of a corporation

to a tax-exempt entity by reason of the application of subsection

(a).

(c) TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING.—

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Any obligation issued by a corporation

described in subsection (a) at least 95 percent of the net proceeds (as defined in section 150(a) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986) of which are to be used to provide for the

acquisition, construction, or improvement of railroad transportation infrastructure (including railroad terminal facilities)—

(A) shall be treated as a State or local bond (within

the meaning of section 103(c) of such Code), and

(B) shall not be treated as a private activity bond

(within the meaning of section 103(b)(1) of such Code)

solely by reason of the ownership or use of such railroad

transportation infrastructure by the corporation.

(2) NO INFERENCE.—Except as provided in paragraph (1),

nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect the

treatment of the private use of proceeds or property financed

with obligations issued by the corporation for purposes of section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and part IV

of subchapter B of such Code.

(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

(1) REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST.—The term ‘‘real estate

investment trust’’ has the meaning given such term by section

856(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(2) NON-OPERATING CLASS III RAILROAD.—The term ‘‘nonoperating class III railroad’’ has the meaning given such term

by part A of subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code (49

U.S.C. 10101 et seq.), and the regulations thereunder.

(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes—

(A) the District of Columbia and any possession of

the United States, and

(B) any authority, agency, or public corporation of a

State.

(e) APPLICABILITY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), this

section shall apply on and after the date on which a State

becomes the owner of all of the outstanding stock of a corporation described in subsection (a) through action of such corporation’s board of directors.

(2) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any State

which—

(A) becomes the owner of all of the voting stock of

a corporation described in subsection (a) after December

31, 2003, or

(B) becomes the owner of all of the outstanding stock

of a corporation described in subsection (a) after December

31, 2006.

SEC. 11147. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS TO THE LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9508 is amended by adding at the

end the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS TO LEAKING UNDERGROUND

STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

no amount may be appropriated to the Leaking Underground

Storage Tank Trust Fund on and after the date of any expenditure from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund

which is not permitted by this section. The determination of

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whether an expenditure is so permitted shall be made without

regard to—

‘‘(A) any provision of law which is not contained or

referenced in this title or in a revenue Act, and

‘‘(B) whether such provision of law is a subsequently

enacted provision or directly or indirectly seeks to waive

the application of this paragraph.

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR PRIOR OBLIGATIONS.—Paragraph (1)

shall not apply to any expenditure to liquidate any contract

entered into (or for any amount otherwise obligated) before

October 1, 2011, in accordance with the provisions of this

section.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Subtitle D—Highway-Related Technical

Corrections

SEC. 11151. HIGHWAY-RELATED TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

(a) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SECTION 301 OF THE AMERICAN

JOBS CREATION ACT OF 2004.—Section 6427 is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (f), and

(2) by striking subsection (o) and redesignating subsection

(p) as subsection (o).

(b) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SECTION 853 OF THE AMERICAN

JOBS CREATION ACT OF 2004.—

(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 4081(a)(2) is amended by

striking ‘‘for use in commercial aviation’’ and inserting ‘‘for

use in commercial aviation by a person registered for such

use under section 4101’’.

(2) So much of paragraph (2) of section 4081(d) as precedes

subparagraph (A) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(2) AVIATION FUELS.—The rates of tax specified in clauses

(ii) and (iv) of subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be 4.3 cents per

gallon—’’.

(3) Section 6421(f)(2) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘noncommercial aviation (as defined

in section 4041(c)(2))’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting

‘‘aviation which is not commercial aviation (as defined in

section 4083(b))’’, and

(B) by striking ‘‘aviation which is not noncommercial

aviation’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘commercial

aviation’’.

(c) AMENDMENT RELATED TO SECTION 9005 OF THE TRANSPOR- TATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.—The last sentence

of paragraph (2) of section 9504(b) is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’, and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’.

(d) AMENDMENT RELATED TO SECTION 1306 OF THE ENERGY

POLICY ACT OF 2005.—

(1) Subsection (b) of section 1306 of the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005 is amended by striking ‘‘Transportation Equity

Act: A Legacy for Users’’ and inserting ‘‘Safe, Accountable,

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for

Users’’.

(2) If the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is enacted before

the date of the enactment of this Act, for purposes of executing

Effective date.

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26 USC 38.

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note.

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any amendments made by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to

section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the amendments made by section 11126(b) of this Act shall be treated

as having been executed before such amendments made by

the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 9504(b)(2) is amended by

striking ‘‘the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide that the United

States shall aid the States in fish restoration and management

projects, and for other purposes’, approved August 9, 1950’’

and inserting ‘‘the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act’’.

(2) Sections 6426(d)(2)(F) and 4041(a)(2)(B)(ii) are both

amended by striking ‘‘section 29(c)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

45K(c)(3)’’.

(f) EFFECTIVE DATES.— (1) AMERICAN JOBS CREATION ACT OF 2004.—The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect as

if included in the provisions of the American Jobs Creation

Act of 2004 to which they relate.

(2) TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.—

The amendment made by subsection (c) shall take effect as

if included in the provision of the Transportation Equity Act

for the 21st Century to which it relates.

(3) ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005.—The amendments made

by subsections (d)(1) and (e)(2) shall take effect as if included

in the provision of the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005

to which they relate.

Subtitle E—Preventing Fuel Fraud

SEC. 11161. TREATMENT OF KEROSENE FOR USE IN AVIATION.

(a) ALL KEROSENE TAXED AT HIGHEST RATE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4081(a)(2)(A) (relating to rates

of tax) is amended by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii),

by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of clause (iii) and inserting

a period, and by striking clause (iv).

(2) EXCEPTION FOR USE IN AVIATION.—Subparagraph (C)

of section 4081(a)(2) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(C) TAXES IMPOSED ON FUEL USED IN AVIATION.—In

the case of kerosene which is removed from any refinery

or terminal directly into the fuel tank of an aircraft for

use in aviation, the rate of tax under subparagraph (A)(iii)

shall be—

‘‘(i) in the case of use for commercial aviation

by a person registered for such use under section 4101,

4.3 cents per gallon, and

‘‘(ii) in the case of use for aviation not described

in clause (i), 21.8 cents per gallon.’’.

(3) APPLICABLE RATE IN CASE OF CERTAIN REFUELER TRUCKS,

TANKERS, AND TANK WAGONS.—Section 4081(a)(3) (relating to

certain refueler trucks, tankers, and tank wagons treated as

terminals) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘a secured area of’’ in subparagraph

(A)(i), and

(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

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note.

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note.

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‘‘(D) APPLICABLE RATE.—For purposes of paragraph

(2)(C), in the case of any kerosene treated as removed

from a terminal by reason of this paragraph—

‘‘(i) the rate of tax specified in paragraph (2)(C)(i)

in the case of use described in such paragraph shall

apply if such terminal is located within a secured area

of an airport, and

‘‘(ii) the rate of tax specified in paragraph (2)(C)(ii)

shall apply in all other cases.’’.

(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (A) Sections 4081(a)(3)(A) and 4082(b) are amended

by striking ‘‘aviation-grade’’ each place it appears.

(B) Section 4081(a)(4) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(C)(i)’’.

(C) The heading for paragraph (4) of section 4081(a)

is amended by striking ‘‘AVIATION-GRADE’’.

(D) Section 4081(d)(2) is amended by striking so much

as precedes subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) AVIATION FUELS.—The rates of tax specified in subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii) and (a)(2)(C)(ii) shall be 4.3 cents per

gallon—’’.

(E) Subsection (e) of section 4082 is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘aviation-grade’’,

(ii) by striking ‘‘section 4081(a)(2)(A)(iv)’’ and

inserting ‘‘section 4081(a)(2)(A)(iii)’’,

(iii) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this subsection, any removal

described in section 4081(a)(3)(A) shall be treated as

a removal from a terminal but only if such terminal

is located within a secure area of an airport.’’, and

(iv) by striking ‘‘AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE’’ in

the heading thereof and inserting ‘‘KEROSENE REMOVED

INTO AN AIRCRAFT’’.

(b) REDUCED RATE FOR USE OF CERTAIN LIQUIDS IN AVIATION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 4041 (relating

to imposition of tax) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘aviation-grade kerosene’’ in paragraph

(1) and inserting ‘‘any liquid for use as a fuel other than

aviation gasoline’’,

(B) by striking ‘‘aviation-grade kerosene’’ in paragraph

(2) and inserting ‘‘liquid for use as a fuel other than aviation gasoline’’,

(C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:

‘‘(3) RATE OF TAX.—The rate of tax imposed by this subsection shall be 21.8 cents per gallon (4.3 cents per gallon

with respect to any sale or use for commercial aviation).’’,

and

(D) by striking ‘‘AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE’’ in the

heading thereof and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN LIQUIDS USED AS

A FUEL IN AVIATION’’.

(2) PARTIAL REFUND OF FULL RATE.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 6427(l)

(relating to nontaxable uses of diesel fuel, kerosene and

aviation fuel) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(2) NONTAXABLE USE.—For purposes of this subsection,

the term ‘nontaxable use’ means any use which is exempt

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from the tax imposed by section 4041(a)(1) other than by reason

of a prior imposition of tax.’’.

(B) REFUNDS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL AVIATION.—Section

6427(l) (relating to nontaxable uses of diesel fuel, kerosene

and aviation fuel) is amended by redesignating paragraph

(5) as paragraph (6) and by inserting after paragraph (4)

the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) REFUNDS FOR KEROSENE USED IN NONCOMMERCIAL AVIATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of kerosene used in

aviation not described in paragraph (4)(A) (other than any

use which is exempt from the tax imposed by section

4041(c) other than by reason of a prior imposition of tax),

paragraph (1) shall not apply to so much of the tax imposed

by section 4081 as is attributable to—

‘‘(i) the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust

Fund financing rate imposed by such section, and

‘‘(ii) so much of the rate of tax specified in section

4081(a)(2)(A)(iii) as does not exceed the rate specified

in section 4081(a)(2)(C)(ii).

‘‘(B) PAYMENT TO ULTIMATE, REGISTERED VENDOR.—The

amount which would be paid under paragraph (1) with

respect to any kerosene shall be paid only to the ultimate

vendor of such kerosene. A payment shall be made to

such vendor if such vendor—

‘‘(i) is registered under section 4101, and

‘‘(ii) meets the requirements of subparagraph (A),

(B), or (D) of section 6416(a)(1).’’.

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(A) Section 4041(a)(1)(B) is amended by striking the

last sentence.

(B) The heading for subsection (l) of section 6427 is

amended by striking ‘‘, KEROSENE AND AVIATION FUEL’’

and inserting ‘‘AND KEROSENE’’.

(C) Section 4082(d)(2)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘section 6427(l)(5)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6427(l)(6)(B)’’.

(D) Section 6427(i)(4)(A) is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)(B) or (5)’’ both places

it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)(B), (5), or (6)’’,

and

(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(4) and subsection

(l)(5)’’ in the last sentence and inserting ‘‘subsections

(b)(4), (l)(5), and (l)(6)’’.

(E) Paragraph (4) of section 6427(l) is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘aviation-grade’’ in subparagraph

(A),

(ii) by striking ‘‘section 4081(a)(2)(A)(iv)’’ and

inserting ‘‘section 4081(a)(2)(iii)’’,

(iii) by striking ‘‘aviation-grade kerosene’’ in

subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘kerosene used in

commercial aviation as described in subparagraph (A)’’,

and

(iv) by striking ‘‘AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE’’ in the

heading thereof and inserting ‘‘KEROSENE USED IN

COMMERCIAL AVIATION’’.

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(F) Section 6427(l)(6)(B), as redesignated by paragraph

(2)(B), is amended by striking ‘‘aviation-grade kerosene’’

and inserting ‘‘kerosene used in aviation’’.

(c) TRANSFERS FROM HIGHWAY TRUST FUND OF TAXES ON FUELS

USED IN AVIATION TO AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9503(c) (relating to expenditures

from Highway Trust Fund) is amended by adding at the end

the following new paragraph:

‘‘(7) TRANSFERS FROM THE TRUST FUND FOR CERTAIN AVIATION FUEL TAXES.—The Secretary shall pay at least monthly

from the Highway Trust Fund into the Airport and Airway

Trust Fund amounts (as determined by the Secretary) equivalent to the taxes received on or after October 1, 2005, and

before October 1, 2011, under section 4081 with respect to

so much of the rate of tax as does not exceed—

‘‘(A) 4.3 cents per gallon of kerosene with respect to

which a payment has been made by the Secretary under

section 6427(l)(4), and

‘‘(B) 21.8 cents per gallon of kerosene with respect

to which a payment has been made by the Secretary under

section 6427(l)(5).

Transfers under the preceding sentence shall be made on the

basis of estimates by the Secretary, and proper adjustments

shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred to

the extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than the

amounts required to be transferred. Any amount allowed as

a credit under section 34 by reason of paragraph (4) or (5)

of section 6427(l) shall be treated for purposes of subparagraphs

(A) and (B) as a payment made by the Secretary under such

paragraph.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(A) Section 9502(a) is amended by striking ‘‘appropriated or credited to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund

as provided in this section or section 9602(b)’’ and inserting

‘‘appropriated, credited, or paid into the Airport and Airway

Trust Fund as provided in this section, section 9503(c)(7),

or section 9602(b)’’.

(B) Section 9502(b)(1) is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘subsections (c) and (e) of section

4041’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘section

4041(c)’’, and

(ii) by striking ‘‘and aviation-grade kerosene’’ in

subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘and kerosene to the

extent attributable to the rate specified in section

4081(a)(2)(C)’’.

(C) Section 9503(b) is amended by striking paragraph

(3).

(d) CERTAIN REFUNDS NOT TRANSFERRED FROM AIRPORT AND

AIRWAY TRUST FUND.—

(1) Section 9502(d)(2) (relating to transfers from Airport

and Airway Trust Fund on account of certain refunds) is

amended by inserting ‘‘(other than subsection (l)(4) and (l)(5)

thereof)’’ after ‘‘or 6427 (relating to fuels not used for taxable

purposes)’’.

(2) The text of section 9502(d)(3) (relating to transfers

from Airport and Airway Trust Fund on account of certain

Effective date.

Termination

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section 34 credits) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than payments made by reason of paragraph (4) or (5) of section 6427(l))’’

after ‘‘section 34’’.

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

shall apply to fuels or liquids removed, entered, or sold after September 30, 2005.

SEC. 11162. REPEAL OF ULTIMATE VENDOR REFUND CLAIMS WITH

RESPECT TO FARMING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 6427(l)(6)

(relating to registered vendors to administer claims for refund of

diesel fuel or kerosene sold to farmers and State and local governments), as redesignated by section 11161, is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to

diesel fuel or kerosene used by a State or local government.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of paragraph (6)

of section 6427(l), as so redesignated, is amended by striking

‘‘FARMERS AND’’.

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

shall apply to sales after September 30, 2005.

SEC. 11163. REFUNDS OF EXCISE TAXES ON EXEMPT SALES OF FUEL

BY CREDIT CARD.

(a) REGISTRATION OF PERSON EXTENDING CREDIT ON CERTAIN

EXEMPT SALES OF FUEL.—Section 4101(a) (relating to registration)

is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) REGISTRATION OF PERSONS EXTENDING CREDIT ON CER- TAIN EXEMPT SALES OF FUEL.—The Secretary shall require registration by any person which—

‘‘(A) extends credit by credit card to any ultimate purchaser described in subparagraph (C) or (D) of section

6416(b)(2) for the purchase of taxable fuel upon which

tax has been imposed under section 4041 or 4081, and

‘‘(B) does not collect the amount of such tax from

such ultimate purchaser.’’.

(b) REFUNDS OF TAX ON GASOLINE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 6416(a) (relating

to condition to allowance) is amended—

(A) by inserting ‘‘except as provided in subparagraph

(B),’’ after ‘‘For purposes of this subsection,’’ in subparagraph (A),

(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the

following new subparagraph:

‘‘(B) CREDIT CARD ISSUER.—For purposes of this subsection, if the purchase of gasoline described in subparagraph (A) (determined without regard to the registration

status of the ultimate vendor) is made by means of a

credit card issued to the ultimate purchaser, paragraph

(1) shall not apply and the person extending the credit

to the ultimate purchaser shall be treated as the person

(and the only person) who paid the tax, but only if such

person—

‘‘(i) is registered under section 4101,

‘‘(ii) has established, under regulations prescribed

by the Secretary, that such person—

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‘‘(I) has not collected the amount of the tax

from the person who purchased such article, or

‘‘(II) has obtained the written consent from

the ultimate purchaser to the allowance of the

credit or refund, and

‘‘(iii) has so established that such person—

‘‘(I) has repaid or agreed to repay the amount

of the tax to the ultimate vendor,

‘‘(II) has obtained the written consent of the

ultimate vendor to the allowance of the credit or

refund, or

‘‘(III) has otherwise made arrangements which

directly or indirectly provides the ultimate vendor

with reimbursement of such tax.

If clause (i), (ii), or (iii) is not met by such person extending

the credit to the ultimate purchaser, then such person

shall collect an amount equal to the tax from the ultimate

purchaser and only such ultimate purchaser may claim

such credit or payment.’’,

(C) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ in subparagraph

(C), as redesignated by paragraph (2), and inserting

‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’,

(D) by inserting ‘‘or credit card issuer’’ after ‘‘vendor’’

in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, and

(E) by inserting ‘‘OR CREDIT CARD ISSUER’’ after

‘‘VENDOR’’ in the heading thereof.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 6416(b)(2) is

amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:

‘‘Subparagraphs (C) and (D) shall not apply in the case of

any tax imposed on gasoline under section 4081 if the requirements of subsection (a)(4) are not met.’’.

(c) DIESEL FUEL OR KEROSENE.—Paragraph (6) of section 6427(l)

(relating to nontaxable uses of diesel fuel and kerosene), as redesignated by section 11161, is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ in subparagraph (C) and

inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph (D), the

amount’’, and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(D) CREDIT CARD ISSUER.—For purposes of this paragraph, if the purchase of any fuel described in subparagraph (A) (determined without regard to the registration

status of the ultimate vendor) is made by means of a

credit card issued to the ultimate purchaser, the Secretary

shall pay to the person extending the credit to the ultimate

purchaser the amount which would have been paid under

paragraph (1) (but for subparagraph (A)), but only if such

person meets the requirements of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii)

of section 6416(a)(4)(B). If such clause (i), (ii), or (iii) is

not met by such person extending the credit to the ultimate

purchaser, then such person shall collect an amount equal

to the tax from the ultimate purchaser and only such

ultimate purchaser may claim such amount.’’.

(d) CONFORMING PENALTY AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 6206 (relating to special rules applicable to

excessive claims under sections 6420, 6421, and 6427) is

amended—

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(A) by striking ‘‘Any portion’’ in the first sentence

and inserting ‘‘Any portion of a refund made under section

6416(a)(4) and any portion’’,

(B) by striking ‘‘payments under sections 6420’’ in the

first sentence and inserting ‘‘refunds under section

6416(a)(4) and payments under sections 6420’’,

(C) by striking ‘‘section 6420’’ in the second sentence

and inserting ‘‘section 6416(a)(4), 6420’’, and

(D) by striking ‘‘SECTIONS 6420, 6421, AND 6427’’ in the

heading thereof and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN SECTIONS’’.

(2) Section 6675(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘section

6416(a)(4) (relating to certain sales of gasoline),’’ after ‘‘made

under’’.

(3) Section 6675(b)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘6416(a)(4),’’

after ‘‘under section’’.

(4) The item relating to section 6206 in the table of sections

for subchapter A of chapter 63 is amended by striking ‘‘sections

6420, 6421, and 6427’’ and inserting ‘‘certain sections’’.

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

shall apply to sales after December 31, 2005.

SEC. 11164. REREGISTRATION IN EVENT OF CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4101(a) (relating to registration) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) REREGISTRATION IN EVENT OF CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP.—

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, a person (other

than a corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on

an established securities market) shall be required to reregister

under this section if after a transaction (or series of related

transactions) more than 50 percent of ownership interests in,

or assets of, such person are held by persons other than persons

(or persons related thereto) who held more than 50 percent

of such interests or assets before the transaction (or series

of related transactions).’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) CIVIL PENALTY.—Section 6719 (relating to failure to

register) is amended—

(A) by inserting ‘‘or reregister’’ after ‘‘register’’ each

place it appears,

(B) by inserting ‘‘OR REREGISTER’’ after ‘‘REGISTER’’ in

the heading for subsection (a), and

(C) by inserting ‘‘OR REREGISTER’’ after ‘‘REGISTER’’

in the heading thereof.

(2) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Section 7232 (relating to failure

to register under section 4101, false representations of registration status, etc.) is amended—

(A) by inserting ‘‘or reregister’’ after ‘‘register’’,

(B) by inserting ‘‘or reregistration’’ after ‘‘registration’’,

and

(C) by inserting ‘‘OR REREGISTER’’ after ‘‘REGISTER’’

in the heading thereof.

(3) ADDITIONAL CIVIL PENALTY.—Section 7272 (relating to

penalty for failure to register) is amended—

(A) by inserting ‘‘or reregister’’ after ‘‘failure to register’’

in subsection (a), and

(B) by inserting ‘‘OR REREGISTER’’ after ‘‘REGISTER’’ in the heading thereof.

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(4) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The item relating to section

6719 in the table of sections for part I of subchapter B of

chapter 68, the item relating to section 7232 in the table

of sections for part II of subchapter A of chapter 75, and

the item relating to section 7272 in the table of sections for

subchapter B of chapter 75 are each amended by inserting

‘‘or reregister’’ after ‘‘register’’.

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

shall apply to actions, or failures to act, after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 11165. RECONCILIATION OF ON-LOADED CARGO TO ENTERED

CARGO.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 343 of the Trade

Act of 2002 is amended by inserting at the end the following

new paragraph:

‘‘(4) TRANSMISSION OF DATA.—Pursuant to paragraph (2),

not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation

with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish an electronic

data interchange system through which the United States Customs and Border Protection shall transmit to the Internal Revenue Service information pertaining to cargoes of any taxable

fuel (as defined in section 4083 of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986) that the United States Customs and Border Protection

has obtained electronically under its regulations adopted in

accordance with paragraph (1). For this purpose, not later

than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph,

all filers of required cargo information for such taxable fuels

(as so defined) must provide such information to the United

States Customs and Border Protection through such electronic

data interchange system.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 11166. TREATMENT OF DEEP-DRAFT VESSELS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the enactment

of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall require that a

vessel described in section 4042(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986 be considered a vessel for purposes of the registration

of the operator of such vessel under section 4101 of such Code,

unless such operator uses such vessel exclusively for purposes of

the entry of taxable fuel.

(b) EXEMPTION FOR DOMESTIC BULK TRANSFERS BY DEEP-DRAFT

VESSELS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 4081(a)(1)

(relating to tax on removal, entry, or sale) is amended to

read as follows:

‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FOR BULK TRANSFERS TO REGISTERED

TERMINALS OR REFINERIES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by this paragraph shall not apply to any removal or entry of a

taxable fuel transferred in bulk by pipeline or vessel

to a terminal or refinery if the person removing or

entering the taxable fuel, the operator of such pipeline

or vessel (except as provided in clause (ii)), and the

operator of such terminal or refinery are registered

under section 4101.

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19 USC 2071

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26 USC 4101

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26 USC 7261.

26 USC 7231.

26 USC 6671.

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‘‘(ii) NONAPPLICATION OF REGISTRATION TO VESSEL

OPERATORS ENTERING BY DEEP-DRAFT VESSEL.—For purposes of clause (i), a vessel operator is not required

to be registered with respect to the entry of a taxable

fuel transferred in bulk by a vessel described in section

4042(c)(1).’’.

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this

Act.

SEC. 11167. PENALTY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ADULTERATED

FUELS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68 (relating

to assessable penalties) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 6720A. PENALTY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ADULTERATED

FUELS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who knowingly transfers for

resale, sells for resale, or holds out for resale any liquid for use

in a diesel-powered highway vehicle or a diesel-powered train which

does not meet applicable EPA regulations (as defined in section

45H(c)(3)), shall pay a penalty of $10,000 for each such transfer,

sale, or holding out for resale, in addition to the tax on such

liquid (if any).

‘‘(b) PENALTY IN THE CASE OF RETAILERS.—Any person who

knowingly holds out for sale (other than for resale) any liquid

described in subsection (a), shall pay a penalty of $10,000 for

each such holding out for sale, in addition to the tax on such

liquid (if any).’’.

(b) DEDICATION OF REVENUE.—Paragraph (5) of section 9503(b)

(relating to certain penalties) is amended by inserting ‘‘6720A,’’

after ‘‘6719,’’.

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for part I

of subchapter B of chapter 68 is amended by adding at the end

the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6720A. Penalty with respect to certain adulterated fuels.’’.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3 (S. 732):

HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 109–12 and Pt. 2 (both from Comm. on Transportation and

Infrastructure) and 109–203 (Comm. of Conference).

SENATE REPORTS: No. 109–53 accompanying S. 732 (Comm. on Environment and

Public Works).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):

Mar. 9, 10, considered and passed House.

Apr. 26–28, May 9–13, 16, 17, considered and passed Senate, amended.

July 29, House and Senate agreed to conference report.

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 41 (2005):

Aug. 10, Presidential remarks and statement.

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

shall apply to any transfer, sale, or holding out for sale or resale

occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Approved August 10, 2005.

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