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‘‘(A) innovative or intelligent technological transportation systems, infrastructure, or facilities, including elevated freight transportation facilities— 

‘‘(i) in proximity to, or within, an existing right 

of way on a Federal-aid highway; or 

‘‘(ii) that connect land ports-of entry to existing 

Federal-aid highways; or 

‘‘(B) communications or information processing systems 

that improve the efficiency, security, or safety of freight 

movements on the Federal-aid highway system, including 

to improve the conveyance of freight on dedicated intelligent freight lanes. 

‘‘(2) OPERATING STANDARDS.—The Administrator shall 

determine whether there is a need for establishing operating 

standards for intelligent freight transportation systems. 

‘‘(l) TREATMENT OF FREIGHT PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, a freight project carried out under this 

section shall be treated as if the project were on a Federal-aid 

highway.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 1 of title 

23, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 

to section 167 and inserting the following: 

‘‘167. National highway freight program.’’. 

(c) REPEALS.—Sections 1116, 1117, and 1118 of MAP–21 (23 

U.S.C. 167 note), and the items relating to such sections in the 

table of contents in section 1(c) of such Act, are repealed. 

SEC. 1117. FEDERAL LANDS AND TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. 

(a) TRIBAL DATA COLLECTION.—Section 201(c)(6) of title 23, 

United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) TRIBAL DATA COLLECTION.—In addition to the data 

to be collected under subparagraph (A), not later than 

90 days after the last day of each fiscal year, any entity 

carrying out a project under the tribal transportation program under section 202 shall submit to the Secretary and 

the Secretary of the Interior, based on obligations and 

expenditures under the tribal transportation program 

during the preceding fiscal year, the following data: 

‘‘(i) The names of projects and activities carried 

out by the entity under the tribal transportation program during the preceding fiscal year. 

‘‘(ii) A description of the projects and activities 

identified under clause (i). 

‘‘(iii) The current status of the projects and activities identified under clause (i). 

‘‘(iv) An estimate of the number of jobs created 

and the number of jobs retained by the projects and 

activities identified under clause (i).’’. 

(b) REPORT ON TRIBAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

DATA.— 

(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

(A) in many States, the Native American population 

is disproportionately represented in fatalities and crash 

statistics; 
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(B) improved crash reporting by tribal law enforcement 

agencies would facilitate safety planning and would enable 

Indian tribes to apply more successfully for State and Federal funds for safety improvements; 

(C) the causes of underreporting of crashes on Indian 

reservations include— 

(i) tribal law enforcement capacity, including— 

(I) staffing shortages and turnover; and 

(II) lack of equipment, software, and training; 

and 

(ii) lack of standardization in crash reporting forms 

and protocols; and 

(D) without more accurate reporting of crashes on 

Indian reservations, it is difficult or impossible to fully 

understand the nature of the problem and develop appropriate countermeasures, which may include effective 

transportation safety planning and programs aimed at— 

(i) driving under the influence (DUI) prevention; 

(ii) pedestrian safety; 

(iii) roadway safety improvements; 

(iv) seat belt usage; and 

(v) proper use of child restraints. 

(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation 

with the Secretary of Interior, the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services, the Attorney General, and Indian 

tribes, shall submit to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 

Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

House of Representatives a report describing the quality 

of transportation safety data collected by States, counties, 

and Indian tribes for transportation safety systems and 

the relevance of that data to improving the collection and 

sharing of data on crashes on Indian reservations. 

(B) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the report are— 

(i) to improve the collection and sharing of data 

on crashes on Indian reservations; and 

(ii) to develop data that Indian tribes can use 

to recover damages to tribal property caused by motorists. 

(C) PAPERLESS DATA REPORTING.—In preparing the 

report, the Secretary shall provide States, counties, and 

Indian tribes with options and best practices for transition 

to a paperless transportation safety data reporting system 

that— 

(i) improves the collection of crash reports; 

(ii) stores, archives, queries, and shares crash 

records; and 

(iii) uses data exclusively— 

(I) to address traffic safety issues on Indian 

reservations; and 

(II) to identify and improve problem areas on 

public roads on Indian reservations. 
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(D) ADDITIONAL BUDGETARY RESOURCES.—The Secretary shall include in the report the identification of Federal transportation funds provided to Indian tribes by agencies in addition to the Department and the Department 

of the Interior. 

(c) STUDY ON BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS ROAD SAFETY.— 

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Interior, the 

Attorney General, States, and Indian tribes shall— 

(1) complete a study that identifies and evaluates options 

for improving safety on public roads on Indian reservations; 

and 

(2) submit to the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate 

and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 

the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing the results of the study. 

SEC. 1118. TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AMENDMENT. 

Section 202 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(6) by striking ‘‘6 percent’’ and inserting 

‘‘5 percent’’; and 

(2) in subsection (d)(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’. 

SEC. 1119. FEDERAL LANDS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. 

Section 203 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘operation’’ and 

inserting ‘‘capital, operations,’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 

(A)(iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(iv)(I)’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

(i) in clause (iv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(ii) in clause (v) by striking the period at the 

end and inserting a semicolon; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(vi) the Bureau of Reclamation; and 

‘‘(vii) independent Federal agencies with natural 

resource and land management responsibilities.’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

(i) in the matter preceding clause (i) by inserting 

‘‘performance management, including’’ after ‘‘support’’; 

and 

(ii) in clause (i)(II) by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting 

‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) in subsection (c)(2)(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(vi) The Bureau of Reclamation.’’. 

SEC. 1120. FEDERAL LANDS PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES. 

Section 201(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (6)(A)— 

(A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses 

(I) and (II), respectively (and by moving the subclauses 

2 ems to the right);