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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3276

To make technical corrections to title 23, United States Code, the Federal

Transit Act, and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

of 1991, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 13, 1993

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

Works and Transportation

A BILL

To make technical corrections to title 23, United States

Code, the Federal Transit Act, and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, and for other

purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

5 ‘‘Intermodal Surface Transportation Technical Correc6 tions Act’’.

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Secretary defined.
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TITLE I—TITLE 23 PROGRAMS

Sec. 101. Definitions.

Sec. 102. References to Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

Sec. 103. Federal-aid systems.

Sec. 104. Apportionment.

Sec. 105. Programs of projects.

Sec. 106. Advance acquisition of rights-of-way.

Sec. 107. Standards.

Sec. 108. Letting of contracts.

Sec. 109. Prevailing rate of wage.

Sec. 110. Construction.

Sec. 111. Advance construction.

Sec. 112. Certification acceptance.

Sec. 113. Availability of funds.

Sec. 114. Federal share.

Sec. 115. Payment to States for construction.

Sec. 116. Relocation of utility facilities.

Sec. 117. Advances to States.

Sec. 118. Emergency relief.

Sec. 119. Applicability of axle weight limitations.

Sec. 120. Toll roads.

Sec. 121. Rail-highway crossings.

Sec. 122. Surface transportation program.

Sec. 123. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 124. Statewide planning.

Sec. 125. Control of junkyards.

Sec. 126. Nondiscrimination.

Sec. 127. Enforcement of requirements.

Sec. 128. Availability of rights-of-way.

Sec. 129. Highway bridge program.

Sec. 130. Hazard elimination program.

Sec. 131. Use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets.

Sec. 132. National maximum speed limit.

Sec. 133. Minimum allocation.

Sec. 134. National minimum drinking age.

Sec. 135. Revocation of drivers’ licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses.

Sec. 136. Reimbursement for segments of interstate system constructed without

Federal assistance.

Sec. 137. Federal lands highway program.

Sec. 138. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkway.

Sec. 139. Management systems.

Sec. 140. State planning and research.

Sec. 141. International highway transportation outreach program.

Sec. 142. Highway safety programs.

Sec. 143. Alcohol-impaired driving counter measures.

Sec. 144. Public transit facilities.

Sec. 145. Use of recycled paving material.

Sec. 146. Work zone safety.

Sec. 147. High cost bridge project.

Sec. 148. Congestion relief project.

Sec. 149. High priority corridors on National Highway System.

Sec. 150. High priority corridor project.
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Sec. 151. Rural access projects.

Sec. 152. Urban access and mobility projects.

Sec. 153. Innovative projects.

Sec. 154. Intermodal project.

Sec. 155. Miscellaneous Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

Amendments.

Sec. 156. Disadvantaged business enterprise program.

Sec. 157. Amendments to Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

Sec. 158. Freeway service patrols.

Sec. 159. Pan American Highway.

TITLE II—FEDERAL TRANSIT PROGRAMS

Sec. 201. Section 3 program amendments.

Sec. 202. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 203. Formula grant program.

Sec. 204. Mass transit account block grants.

Sec. 205. Grants for research and training.

Sec. 206. General provisions.

Sec. 207. Period of availability and reapportionment of section 16 funds.

Sec. 208. Rural transit program.

Sec. 209. Authorizations.

Sec. 210. Project management oversight.

Sec. 211. Planning and research program.

Sec. 212. Needs survey and transferability study.

Sec. 213. State responsibility for rail fixed guideway system.

Sec. 214. National Transit Institute.

Sec. 215. Increased Federal share.

Sec. 216. Performance reports on mass transit systems.

Sec. 217. Miscellaneous multiyear contracts.

Sec. 218. Cross reference to Federal Transit Act.

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

PROGRAMS

Sec. 301. Participation in international registration plan and international fuel

tax agreement.

Sec. 302. Intelligent vehicle-highway systems.

Sec. 303. Title 49, United States Code, amendments.

Sec. 304. Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 amendments.

Sec. 305. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 amendments.

Sec. 306. Cleveland Harbor, Ohio.

Sec. 307. Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of

1987 amendments.

Sec. 308. Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act technical amendments.

Sec. 309. Improved bus safety.

1 SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED.

2 As used in this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the

3 Secretary of Transportation.
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1 TITLE I—TITLE 23 PROGRAMS

2 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

3 Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

4 amended by striking the 1st undesignated paragraph of

5 such section that relates to public lands highways.

6 SEC. 102. REFERENCES TO DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SYS7 TEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGH8 WAYS.

9 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the

10 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

11 (105 Stat. 1914–1915) is amended—

12 (1) in the 3d undesignated paragraph by strik13 ing ‘‘National System of’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D.

14 Eisenhower System of’’; and

15 (2) in the 7th undesignated paragraph by strik16 ing ‘‘Interstate and Defense Highway System’’ and

17 inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Inter18 state and Defense Highways’’.

19 (b) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section

20 1001 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

21 Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 105 Stat. 1915–1916)

22 is amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking

23 ‘‘National’’.

24 (c) DEFINITION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN TITLE

25 23.—The undesignated paragraph of section 101(a) of
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1 title 23, United States Code, relating to the Interstate

2 System, is amended by striking ‘‘National’’.

3 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO VEHICLE WEIGHT

4 LIMITATIONS.—Section 127(a) of title 23, United States

5 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘National’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

7 (e) VEHICLE LENGTH RESTRICTION.—Section 411(j)

8 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (49

9 U.S.C. App. 2311(j)) is amended in each of paragraphs

10 (1), (5)(D), and (6)(A) by striking ‘‘National’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

12 (f) LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE DEFINED.—

13 Section 4007 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

14 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2153) is amended by

15 striking ‘‘National’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisen16 hower’’.

17 (g) COMMEMORATION.—Section 6012 of the Inter18 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23

19 U.S.C. 101 note; 105 Stat. 2180–2181) is amended—

20 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘NA21 TIONAL’’; and

22 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘National’’.

23 SEC. 103. FEDERAL-AID SYSTEMS.

24 (a) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section

25 103(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by
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1 inserting ‘‘and all corridors identified in section 1105(c)

2 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

3 of 1991’’ after ‘‘by the States’’.

4 (b) INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section 103(e)(1) of such

5 title is amended by striking the next to the last sentence.

6 (c) SUBSTITUTE PROJECTS.—Section 103(e)(4) of

7 such title is amended—

8 (1) in the last sentence of subparagraph (B) by

9 striking ‘‘projects on the Federal-aid secondary sys10 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘surface transportation program

11 projects’’;

12 (2) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ‘‘and’’ be13 fore ‘‘$240,000,000’’; and

14 (3) in subparagraph (J)(i) by inserting a

15 comma after ‘‘October 1, 1991’’.

16 SEC. 104. APPORTIONMENT.

17 (a) SET-ASIDE.—Section 104(a) of title 23, United

18 States Code, is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘for the Federal-aid systems’’

20 and inserting ‘‘for this chapter’’; and

21 (2) by striking ‘‘upon the Federal-aid systems’’

22 and inserting ‘‘under this chapter’’.

23 (b) CROSS REFERENCE TO INTERSTATE CONSTRUC24 TION PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Section 104(b)(5)(A) of
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1 such title is amended by striking ‘‘118(b)(2)’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘118(b)(1)’’.

3 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 104(b)(5)(B)

4 of such title is amended by striking the comma following

5 ‘‘1984’’.

6 (d) REPEAL OF URBAN SYSTEM APPORTIONMENT.—

7 Section 104(b)(6) of such title is repealed.

8 (e) PLANNING SET ASIDE.—Section 104(f)(3) of

9 such title is amended by striking ‘‘(j)’’.

10 (f) TRANSFERABILITY AMONG SAFETY AND BRIDGE

11 PROGRAMS.—Section 104(g) of such title is amended by

12 striking ‘‘Not more than’’ and all that follows through

13 ‘‘any other of such sections’’ the second place it appears

14 and inserting the following: ‘‘Not more than 40 percent

15 of the amount which is apportioned in any fiscal year to

16 each State under section 144 or which is reserved for such

17 fiscal year under section 133(d)(1) only for carrying out

18 section 130 or 152 may be transferred from the apportion19 ment under section 144 or one of the reservations under

20 section 133(d)(1) to the apportionment or reservation

21 under such other section if such a transfer is requested

22 by the State highway department and is approved by the

23 Secretary as being in the public interest. The Secretary

24 may approve the transfer of 100 percent of the apportion25 ment under section 144 or one of the reservations under
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1 section 133(d)(1) to the apportionment or reservation

2 under such other section’’.

3 SEC. 105. PROGRAMS OF PROJECTS.

4 (a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT.—Section 105 of title

5 23, United States Code, and the item relating to such sec6 tion in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title are each

7 repealed.

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 106(a) of

9 such title is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘, as soon as practicable after

11 program approval,’’; and

12 (2) by striking ‘‘included in an approved pro13 gram’’.

14 (c) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS OF

15 CORRIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—Section

16 1105(g)(7) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef17 ficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2036) is amended to read

18 as follows:

19 ‘‘(7) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS

20 OF CORRIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—In se21 lecting projects for inclusion in a plan or program

22 under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, a

23 State may give priority to high priority segments of

24 corridors identified under subsection (c) of this sec25 tion.’’.
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1 SEC. 106. ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

2 (a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section 107(a)(2) of title

3 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘sub4 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

5 (b) APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Section 108(a) of such

6 title is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘on any Federal-aid highway’’

8 and inserting ‘‘for any project eligible for assistance

9 under this chapter’’;

10 (2) by striking ‘‘on such highway’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘on such project’’; and

12 (3) by striking ‘‘a road’’ and inserting ‘‘the

13 project’’.

14 (c) RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND FUNDS.—Sec15 tion 108(c) of such title is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘highways and

17 passenger transit facilities on any Federal-aid sys18 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any project eligible for assist19 ance under this chapter’’; and

20 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘such project

21 for the actual construction’’ and all that follows

22 through ‘‘Secretary’’ the last place it appears and

23 inserting ‘‘actual construction of such project on

24 rights-of-way with respect to which funds are ad25 vanced under this subsection, whichever shall occur

26 first, the right-of-way revolving fund shall be cred-
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1 ited with an amount equal to the Federal share of

2 the funds advanced, as provided in section 120 of

3 this title, out of any funds apportioned under this

4 chapter to the State in which such project is located

5 and available for obligation for such projects and the

6 State shall reimburse the Secretary’’.

7 (d) EARLY ACQUISITION.—Section 108(d)(2)(F) of

8 such title is amended by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘this title’’.

10 SEC. 107. STANDARDS.

11 Section 109(q) of title 23, United States Code, is

12 amended by striking ‘‘under sections’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘under section’’.

14 SEC. 108. LETTING OF CONTRACTS.

15 Section 112(f) of title 23, United States Code, relat16 ing to applicability to contracts for projects on the second17 ary system, is repealed.

18 SEC. 109. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE.

19 Section 113 of title 23, United States Code, is

20 amended—

21 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘highway

22 projects on’’ and all that follows through ‘‘author23 ized under’’ and inserting ‘‘highway projects on Fed24 eral-aid highways authorized under’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘upon the Fed2 eral-aid systems,’’ and inserting ‘‘on Federal-aid

3 highways,’’; and

4 (3) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘of the Fed5 eral-aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid high6 way’’.

7 SEC. 110. CONSTRUCTION.

8 Section 114 of title 23, United States Code, is

9 amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘highways or

11 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys12 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway or portion

13 thereof’’; and

14 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘highways

15 or portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys16 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid highway or por17 tion thereof’’.

18 SEC. 111. ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.

19 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 115 of title

20 23, United States Code, is amended—

21 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘PLANS,

22 SPECIFICATIONS,’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECT AP23 PROVAL’’; and

24 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘134,’’ and the

25 second comma after ‘‘144’’.
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1 (b) ADVANCED PLANNING.—Notwithstanding any

2 other provision of law, upon application of a State, the

3 Secretary shall pay to the State the Federal share of the

4 cost of transportation planning carried out (including

5 transportation planning carried out by metropolitan plan6 ning organizations), after September 30, 1991, and before

7 December 18, 1991, in accordance with all procedures and

8 all requirements applicable to such planning under title

9 23, United States Code. Such payment shall be made to

10 the State from funds apportioned to the State under such

11 title and available for carrying out transportation plan12 ning.

13 SEC. 112. CERTIFICATION ACCEPTANCE.

14 Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking subsection (f), relating to discharge

16 of the Secretary’s responsibilities with respect to the sec17 ondary system.

18 SEC. 113. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

19 (a) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Section 118(b)(1) of

20 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

21 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Interstate

22 construction in a State’’ and inserting ‘‘completion

23 of the Interstate System in a State’’; and
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1 (2) in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘for

2 completion of the Interstate System’’ after ‘‘shall be

3 allocated’’.

4 (b) SET ASIDE FOR INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION

5 PROJECTS.—Section 118(c)(1) of such title is amended by

6 striking the period at the end of the first sentence and

7 all that follows through the period at the end of the second

8 sentence and inserting ‘‘for obligation at the discretion of

9 the Secretary for projects to complete the Interstate Sys10 tem.’’.

11 (c) SET-ASIDE FOR 4R PROJECTS.—Section

12 118(c)(2) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘of’’ after

13 ‘‘$64,000,000 for each’’.

14 SEC. 114. FEDERAL SHARE.

15 (a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM PROJECTS.—Section

16 120(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by in17 serting before ‘‘including a project’’ the following: ‘‘includ18 ing a project the cost for which is included in the 1991

19 interstate cost estimate and’’.

20 (b) SAFETY PROJECTS.—Section 120(c) of such title

21 is amended by striking ‘‘for all the Federal-aid systems’’.

22 (c) EMERGENCY RELIEF.—The first sentence of sec23 tion 120(e) of such title is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘system, including’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘, including a highway on’’;
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘on a project on such system’’;

2 (3) by striking ‘‘and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘and

3 (b)’’; and

4 (4) by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and inserting ‘‘180

5 days’’.

6 (d) PLANNING PROJECTS.—Section 120 of such title

7 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 section:

9 ‘‘(j) PLANNING PROJECTS.—The Federal share pay10 able on account of any project to be carried out with funds

11 set aside under section 104(f) of this title shall be 80 per12 cent of the costs thereof unless the Secretary determines

13 that the interest of the Federal-aid highway program

14 would best be served by decreasing or eliminating the non15 Federal share of such costs.’’.

16 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 208(2) of

17 the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development

18 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3338(2)) is amended by striking

19 ‘‘section 120(a) of title 23’’.

20 SEC. 115. PAYMENT TO STATES FOR CONSTRUCTION.

21 Section 121 of title 23, United States Code, is

22 amended—

23 (1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘After’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this title,

25 after’’; and
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1 (2) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating

2 subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d),

3 respectively.

4 SEC. 116. RELOCATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES.

5 Section 123(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

6 amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘on any Federal-aid system’’

8 and inserting ‘‘eligible for assistance under this

9 chapter’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid highway projects

11 for which Federal funds are obligated subsequent to

12 April 16, 1958,’’ and inserting ‘‘such project’’.

13 SEC. 117. ADVANCES TO STATES.

14 Section 124(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking ‘‘projects on any of the Federal-aid

16 systems, including the Interstate System, he’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘a project eligible for assistance under this title, the

18 Secretary’’.

19 SEC. 118. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

20 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The first sentence of

21 section 125(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

22 by striking all preceding ‘‘Provided’’ and inserting the fol23 lowing: ‘‘The Secretary may expend funds from the emer24 gency fund herein authorized for projects for repair or re-
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1 construction on Federal-aid highways in accordance with

2 the provisions of this chapter:’’.

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 125(b) of

4 such title is further amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘authorized’’ in the second sen6 tence and all that follows through the period at the

7 end of such sentence and inserting ‘‘authorized on

8 Federal-aid highways.’’; and

9 (2) by striking ‘‘the Disaster Relief and Emer10 gency Assistance Act (Public Law 93–288)’’ and in11 serting ‘‘The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

12 Emergency Assistance Act’’.

13 SEC. 119. APPLICABILITY OF AXLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.

14 (a) WISCONSIN STATE ROUTE 78 AND UNITED

15 STATES ROUTE 51.—Section 127 of title 23, United

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow17 ing new subsection:

18 ‘‘(f) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAULING

19 VEHICLES ON CERTAIN WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS.—If the

20 104-mile portion of Wisconsin State Route 78 and United

21 States Route 51 between Interstate Route 94 near Por22 tage, Wisconsin, and Wisconsin State Route 29 south of

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

24 System under section 139(a) of title 23, United States

25 Code, the single axle, tandem axle, gross vehicle weight,
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1 and bridge formula limits set forth in subsection (a) shall

2 not apply to the operation on such 104-mile portion of

3 any vehicle which could legally operate on such 104-mile

4 portion before the date of the enactment of this sub5 section.’’.

6 (b) VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS IN THE STATE

7 OF OHIO.—

8 (1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Transportation

9 shall review the Federal and State commercial motor

10 vehicle weight limitations applicable to Federal-aid

11 highways in the State of Ohio.

12 (2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—If the Secretary of

13 Transportation determines, on the basis of the re14 view conducted under paragraph (1), that it is in the

15 public interest, the Secretary may waive application

16 of the vehicle weight limitations of section 127(a) of

17 title 23, United States Code, in whole or in part, to

18 highways on the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of

19 Interstate and Defense Highways in the State of

20 Ohio for short wheel-base vehicles for such period as

21 the Secretary determines may be necessary to permit

22 a reasonable period of depreciation for short wheel23 base vehicles purchased before October 1, 1991.

24 (3) MORATORIUM ON WITHHOLDING OF

25 FUNDS.—Until the Secretary of Transportation
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1 makes a determination relating to the public interest

2 under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall not with3 hold funds under section 127(a) of title 23, United

4 States Code, from apportionment to the State of

5 Ohio for failure to comply with such section with re6 spect to short wheel-base vehicles.

7 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 127 of title

8 23, United States Code, is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘118(b)(1)’’

10 and inserting ‘‘118(b)(2)’’; and

11 (2) in subsection (d)(1)(E) by striking ‘‘July 5,

12 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘July 6, 1991’’.

13 SEC. 120. TOLL ROADS.

14 (a) REFERENCE TO FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS.—The

15 last sentence of section 129(a)(4) of title 23, United

16 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid sys17 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highways’’.

18 (b) USE OF REVENUES.—Section 129(a)(3) of such

19 title is amended by striking ‘‘all toll revenues received’’

20 and all that follows through the period at the end of the

21 first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘toll revenues

22 received from operation of the toll facility will be used for

23 financing and any other obligations in respect of the facil24 ity, for reserves, for reasonable return to investors financ25 ing the project (as determined by the State), and for the
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1 costs necessary for the proper operation and maintenance

2 of the toll facility, including reconstruction, resurfacing,

3 restoration, and rehabilitation.’’.

4 (c) LOANS.—Section 129(a)(7) of such title is

5 amended—

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘or commit to loan’’ after

7 ‘‘loan’’ the first place it appears;

8 (2) by striking ‘‘agency’’ each place it appears

9 and inserting ‘‘entity’’;

10 (3) by inserting after ‘‘constructing’’ the first

11 place it appears ‘‘or proposing to construct’’;

12 (4) by striking ‘‘all Federal environmental re13 quirements have been complied with and permits ob14 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Environmental

15 Policy Act of 1969 has been complied with’’;

16 (5) by inserting ‘‘to a private entity’’ after

17 ‘‘Any such loan’’;

18 (6) by inserting after the fifth sentence the fol19 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Any such loan to a public en20 tity shall bear interest at such rate as the State de21 termines appropriate.’’; and

22 (7) by striking ‘‘the time the loan was obli23 gated’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the initial funding

24 of the loan’’.
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1 (d) CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY

2 TERMINAL FACILITIES.—Section 129 of such title is

3 amended—

4 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by

5 striking ‘‘the route of which’’ and all that follows

6 through the period at the end of such sentence and

7 inserting ‘‘the route of which has been classified as

8 a public road and has been designated as a route on

9 the Interstate System.’’; and

10 (2) in subsection (c)(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ pre11 ceding ‘‘repair’’.

12 (e) PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 129(j)(3) of such title

13 is amended—

14 (1) by striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘8’’; and

15 (2) by striking ‘‘State of Pennsylvania’’ each

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘States of Pennsylva17 nia and West Virginia’’.

18 (f) TREATMENT OF CENTENNIAL BRIDGE, ROCK IS19 LAND, ILLINOIS, AGREEMENT.—For purposes of section

20 129(a)(6) of title 23, United States Code, the agreement

21 concerning the Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois,

22 entered into under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing

23 the city of Rock Island, Illinois, or its assigns, to con24 struct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mis25 sissippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois, and to a
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1 place at or near the city of Davenport, Iowa’’, approved

2 March 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 110), shall be treated as if such

3 agreement had been entered into under section 129 of title

4 23, United States Code, as in effect on December 17,

5 1991, and may be modified accordingly.

6 (g) TREATMENT OF I–95 AND PENNSYLVANIA TURN7 PIKE.—For purposes of section 129 of title 23, United

8 States Code, the project for construction of an interchange

9 between Interstate Route 95 and the Pennsylvania Turn10 pike shall be treated as a reconstruction project described

11 in section 129(a)(1)(B) of such title.

12 SEC. 121. RAIL-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS.

13 Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is

14 amended—

15 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Except as

16 provided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub17 ject to’’;

18 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘entire’’ each

19 place it appears;

20 (3) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘except as pro21 vided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘subject

22 to’’;

23 (4) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘authorized for

24 and’’;
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1 (5) in subsection (e) by striking the last sen2 tence; and

3 (6) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating

4 subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and (g),

5 respectively.

6 SEC. 122. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

7 (a) STATE CERTIFICATION.—Section 133 of title 23,

8 United States Code, is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘subsections

10 (b) (3) and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b)(3)

11 and (b)(4)’’;

12 (2) in subsection (d)(3)(B) by striking ‘‘tobe’’

13 and inserting ‘‘to be’’; and

14 (3) in subsection (e)(2) by inserting after ‘‘each

15 State’’ the following: ‘‘or the designated transpor16 tation authority of the State’’.

17 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1007(b)(1)

18 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

19 of 1991 (105 Stat. 1930) is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘104(b)(3)’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘104(b)’’; and

22 (2) by striking ‘‘to read as follows’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘by inserting after paragraph (2) the following

24 new paragraph’’.
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1 SEC. 123. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

2 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 134 of title

3 23, United States Code, is amended—

4 (1) in each of subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), and

5 (h)(4) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this

6 section’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’;

7 (2) in each of subsections (b)(3)(B) and

8 (g)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘long-range’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘long range’’;

10 (3) in subsection (f)(11) by inserting ‘‘pas11 sengers and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;

12 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub13 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

14 (B); and

15 (5) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘the Federal16 Aid Highway Act of 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘this

17 title’’.

18 (b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—Section 134(f)

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

20 new paragraph:

21 ‘‘(16) Recreational travel and tourism.’’.

22 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 134(k) of such

23 title is amended by striking the last sentence.

24 (d) CONFORMING CHAPTER ANALYSIS AMEND25 MENT.—The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amend26 ed by striking
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‘‘134. Transportation planning in certain urban areas.’’

1 and inserting

‘‘134. Metropolitan planning.’’.

2 SEC. 124. STATEWIDE PLANNING.

3 Section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is

4 amended—

5 (1) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph (1)

6 and inserting the following new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(1) The transportation needs identified

8 through use of the management systems required by

9 section 303 of this title.’’;

10 (2) in subsection (c)(5) by inserting after

11 ‘‘nonmetropolitan areas’’ the following: ‘‘, including

12 the identification of a rural priority local road and

13 bridge system,’’;

14 (3) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph (15)

15 and redesignating paragraphs (16) through (20) as

16 paragraphs (15) through (19), respectively;

17 (4) in subsection (c)(18), as so redesignated, by

18 striking ‘‘commercial motor vehicles’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘passengers and freight’’;

20 (5) in subsection (d)(3) by striking ‘‘concerns’’

21 and inserting ‘‘transportation needs’’;

22 (6) in each of subsections (e) and (f)(1) by in23 serting ‘‘Indian tribal governments,’’ after ‘‘private

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1 (7) in subsection (h)—

2 (A) by striking ‘‘United States Code,’’ and

3 inserting ‘‘other Federal laws, and’’;

4 (B) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘this title’’; and

6 (C) by striking ‘‘or section 8 of such Act,’’

7 and inserting ‘‘of this title, or section 8 of the

8 Federal Transit Act,’’.

9 SEC. 125. CONTROL OF JUNKYARDS.

10 (a) STRICTER STATE STANDARDS.—Section 136(l) of

11 title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

12 Federal-aid highway systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid

13 highways’’.

14 (b) PRIMARY SYSTEM DEFINED.—Section 136 of

15 such title is amended by adding at the end the following

16 new subsection:

17 ‘‘(n) PRIMARY SYSTEM DEFINED.—For purposes of

18 this section, the term ‘primary system’ means the Federal19 aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any

20 highway which is not on such system but which is on the

21 National Highway System.’’.

22 SEC. 126. NONDISCRIMINATION.

23 Section 140(b) of title 23, United States Code, is

24 amended—
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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘operator of a Youth Corps

2 center,’’ after ‘‘nonprofit),’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘for the surface transportation

4 program’’; and

5 (3) by striking ‘‘the bridge program’’.

6 SEC. 127. ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.

7 Section 141(b) of title 23, United States Code, is

8 amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid primary highway

9 system’’ and all that follows through ‘‘including’’ and in10 serting ‘‘Federal-aid highways, including highways on’’.

11 SEC. 128. AVAILABILITY OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

12 Section 142 of title 23, United States Code, is

13 amended—

14 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘the sur15 face’’ and inserting ‘‘surface’’; and

16 (2) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘exits’’ and in17 serting ‘‘exists’’.

18 SEC. 129. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.

19 (a) SEISMIC RETROFIT PROJECTS.—

20 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 144(d) of title 23,

21 United States Code, is amended by inserting before

22 the period at the end of the third sentence the fol23 lowing: ‘‘; except that a State may carry out a

24 project for seismic retrofit of a bridge under this

25 section without regard to whether such bridge is eli-
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1 gible for replacement or rehabilitation under this

2 section’’.

3 (2) APPORTIONMENT FACTOR ADJUSTMENT.—

4 Section 144(e) of such title is amended—

5 (A) by inserting before the period at the

6 end of the fourth sentence the following: ‘‘and

7 by the total cost of all projects carried out

8 under this section in such State seismic retrofit

9 of highway bridges not eligible for replacement

10 or rehabilitation under this section’’; and

11 (B) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid primary sys12 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘National Highway Sys13 tem’’.

14 (b) SET ASIDES.—Section 144(g) of such title is

15 amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘103’’ and in17 serting ‘‘1003’’;

18 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘OFF-SYSTEM

19 BRIDGES’’ and inserting ‘‘BRIDGES NOT ON FED20 ERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’;

21 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘, other than

22 those on a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘that

23 are functionally classified as local or rural minor col24 lectors’’; and
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1 (4) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘bridges not

2 on a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘such

3 bridges’’.

4 (c) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 144(i) of such title

5 is amended by striking ‘‘307(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘307(h)’’.

6 (d) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING BRIDGE APPOR7 TIONMENT CRITERIA.—The criteria for apportionment of

8 funds used by the Department of Transportation under

9 section 144 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect

10 on September 30, 1991, shall remain in effect until Sep11 tember 30, 1997, or until changed by law, whichever oc12 curs first.

13 SEC. 130. HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

14 Section 152 of title 23, United States Code, is

15 amended—

16 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘authorized’’

17 and inserting ‘‘available’’; and

18 (2) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and re19 designating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as sub20 sections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.

21 SEC. 131. USE OF SAFETY BELTS AND MOTORCYCLE HEL22 METS.

23 (a) REFERENCE TO DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Section

24 153 of title 23, United States Code, is amended in each

25 of subsections (c) and (i)(3) by striking ‘‘the date of the
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1 enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31,

2 1991’’.

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Section 153(f)(2) of

4 such title is amended by striking ‘‘at all times’’ each place

5 it appears.

6 (c) PENALTIES.—Section 153(h) of such title is

7 amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘at any time

9 in’’ and inserting ‘‘by the last day of’’;

10 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘by the last

11 day of fiscal year 1995 or’’ after ‘‘If,’’;

12 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘1994,’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘1995,’’; and

14 (4) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking ‘‘under sec15 tion 402’’ and inserting ‘‘by this subsection’’.

16 (d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 153(i) of such title is

17 amended by adding at the end the following new para18 graph:

19 ‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean20 ing such term has under chapter 4 of this title.’’.

21 SEC. 132. NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT.

22 (a) EXISTING PROGRAM.—Section 154(a)(1) of title

23 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘on the

24 Interstate System’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or more’’
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1 and inserting ‘‘described in clause (2) or (3) of this sub2 section’’.

3 (b) NEW PROGRAM.—Section 1029 of the Intermodal

4 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

5 1968–1970) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by inserting ‘‘of a

7 State’’ after ‘‘apportionments’’;

8 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘if a

9 State’’ and inserting ‘‘to the apportionment of the

10 State under section 402 of such title if the State’’;

11 (3) in subsection (c) by redesignating para12 graphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), re13 spectively;

14 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) of sub15 section (c) the following new paragraph:

16 ‘‘(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—

17 ‘‘(A) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PERCENT18 AGES.—The transfer of apportionments re19 quired pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) shall not

20 be less than 1 percent and not be more than 5

21 percent of the funds apportioned to the State;

22 except that, in any case in which an apportion23 ment of a State is transferred pursuant to this

24 subsection in 2 or more consecutive fiscal years,

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1 be 2 percent and the maximum percentage to

2 be transferred shall be 10 percent.

3 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—

4 ‘‘(i) GENERAL RULE.—A State must

5 obligate at least 50 percent of its funds

6 transferred pursuant to this subsection for

7 a fiscal year for speed limit enforcement

8 and public information and education.

9 ‘‘(ii) WAIVER.—Upon request of a

10 State, the Secretary may waive the re11 quirement of clause (i) for any fiscal year

12 quarter if in the preceding fiscal year

13 quarter the State was in compliance with

14 the speed limit requirements established

15 pursuant to paragraph (1).’’;

16 (5) in paragraph (4) of subsection (c), as so re17 designated, by striking ‘‘60’’ and inserting ‘‘120’’;

18 (6) in paragraph (4) of subsection (c), as so re19 designated, by inserting ‘‘and paragraph (2)’’ after

20 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ the second place it appears; and

21 (7) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘and 1991’’

22 and inserting ‘‘, 1991, and 1992’’.

23 SEC. 133. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

24 Section 157 of title 23, United States Code, is

25 amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘118(b)(2)’’

2 and inserting ‘‘118(b)(1)’’;

3 (2) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘year 1989’’

4 and inserting ‘‘years 1989’’; and

5 (3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating

6 subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d),

7 respectively.

8 SEC. 134. NATIONAL MINIMUM DRINKING AGE.

9 (a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 158 of

10 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘104(b)(5),

12 and 104(b)(6)’’ each place it appears and inserting

13 ‘‘104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)’’;

14 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(iii) by striking

15 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

16 (3) in subsection (b)(3)(B) by striking

17 ‘‘104(b)(5)(B), or 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘104(b)(3), or 104(b)(5)(B)’’; and

19 (4) in each of subsections (b)(3) and (b)(4) by

20 striking ‘‘118(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘118’’.

21 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub22 section (a) shall apply to funds withheld from apportion23 ment on or after October 1, 1991.
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1 SEC. 135. REVOCATION OF DRIVERS’ LICENSES OF INDIVID2 UALS CONVICTED OF DRUG OFFENSES.

3 Section 159 of title 23, United States Code, is

4 amended in each of subsections (b)(3) and (b)(4) by strik5 ing ‘‘118(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘118’’.

6 SEC. 136. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SEGMENTS OF INTER7 STATE SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT

8 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

9 Section 160 of title 23, United States Code, is

10 amended—

11 (1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘The amount’’

12 and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (g), the

13 amount’’; and

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section:

16 ‘‘(g) PUERTO RICO.—Notwithstanding any other pro17 vision of this section, Puerto Rico shall receive in a fiscal

year 1 18 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amounts appropriated pursu19 ant to subsection (f) for such fiscal year. No State (includ20 ing the District of Columbia) which has a reimbursement

21 percentage in the table contained in subsection (c) of 0.50

22 shall have its reimbursement amount in fiscal years 1996

23 and 1997 reduced as a result of the enactment of the pre24 ceding sentence.’’.
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1 SEC. 137. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

2 (a) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS ALLOCATION.—Sec3 tion 204 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by

4 striking ‘‘66 percent of the remainder’’ and inserting ‘‘the

5 remaining 66 percent’’.

6 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 203 of such

7 title is amended by striking the comma preceding ‘‘forest

8 development’’ each place it appears.

9 (c) PURPOSES FOR WHICH FUNDS MAY BE USED.—

10 Section 204(b) of such title is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘construction and improvement’’

12 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘planning, re13 search, engineering, and construction’’; and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘construction or improvement’’

15 and inserting ‘‘planning, research, engineering, or

16 construction’’.

17 (d) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

18 PROJECTS.—Section 204(c) of such title is amended by

19 inserting ‘‘of’’ after ‘‘15 percent’’.

20 (e) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Section 204 of such

21 title is amended by adding at the end the following new

22 subsection:

23 ‘‘(k) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any

24 other provision of law, funds available for Federal lands

25 highway programs shall be treated as obligated if—
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1 ‘‘(1) the Secretary authorizes engineering and

2 related work for a particular project; or

3 ‘‘(2) the Secretary approves plans, specifica4 tions, and estimates for procurement of construction

5 under section 106 or 117 of this title.’’.

6 (f) REFERENCE TO PARK ROADS.—Section

7 1003(a)(6)(C) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

8 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1919) is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘HIGHWAYS’’ in the subpara10 graph heading and inserting ‘‘ROADS’’; and

11 (2) by striking ‘‘highways’’ the place it appears

12 preceding ‘‘$69,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘roads’’.

13 (g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section

14 1032(b)(2)(A) of such Act (105 Stat. 1974) is amended

15 by striking ‘‘improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘improvement’’.

16 SEC. 138. BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN

17 WALKWAY.

18 Section 217 of title 23, United States Code, is

19 amended—

20 (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘pedestrian

21 walkways and’’ before ‘‘bicycle transportation facili22 ties’’;

23 (2) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub24 section (k); and
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1 (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the follow2 ing new subsection:

3 ‘‘(j) INCLUSION OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND BI4 CYCLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN PLANNING.—

5 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary may not

6 approve under this chapter a highway project for

7 new construction or reconstruction within the bound8 aries of a State along which a pedestrian walkway

9 or bicycle transportation facility is required to be in10 cluded under the State’s transportation improvement

11 plan developed under section 135 unless such pedes12 trian walkway or bicycle transportation facility is

13 part of such highway project.

14 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary does not have

15 to approve a project for construction of a pedestrian

16 walkway or bicycle transportation facility under

17 paragraph (1)—

18 ‘‘(A) if the Secretary determines that such

19 construction is not feasible or that use of the

20 walkway or facility would pose a safety risk to

21 pedestrians or bicyclists, as the case may be; or

22 ‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that there

23 will be no substantial transportation or recre24 ation benefit resulting from the project.’’.
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1 SEC. 139. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

2 Section 303 of title 23, United States Code, is

3 amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking

4 ‘‘1 year after the date of the enactment of this section’’

5 and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1992’’.

6 SEC. 140. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.

7 Section 307 of title 23, United States Code, is

8 amended—

9 (1) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘104’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘104(b)’’;

11 (2) in subsection (e)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘climac12 tic’’ and inserting ‘‘climatic’’;

13 (3) in subsection (e)(13) by striking the

14 quotation marks preceding ‘‘$35,000,000’’;

15 (4) in subsection (f) by inserting ‘‘Earthquake’’

16 after ‘‘National’’; and

17 (5) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘section’’ the

18 first place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’.

19 SEC. 141. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION

20 OUTREACH PROGRAM.

21 Section 325(a)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is

22 amended by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this

23 section’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.

24 SEC. 142. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

25 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS.—Section 402(a)

26 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘section 4007’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘section 4004’’; and

3 (2) by striking ‘‘performance criteria’’ and in4 serting ‘‘performance goals’’.

5 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—Section

6 402(b) of such title is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking the period at

8 the end of each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) and

9 inserting a semicolon;

10 (2) in paragraph (1)(C) by inserting ‘‘, includ11 ing Indian tribal governments,’’ after ‘‘subdivisions

12 of such State’’;

13 (3) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking the period

14 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

15 (4) by striking paragraph (1)(E); and

16 (5) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and re17 designating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3).

18 (c) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 402(c) of

19 such title is amended by striking the 8th sentence.

20 (d) APPLICATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY.—Section

21 402(i) of such title is amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(i) APPLICATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of the ap24 plication of this section in Indian country, the terms

25 ‘State’ and ‘Governor of a State’ include the Sec-
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1 retary of the Interior and the term ‘political subdivi2 sion of a State’ includes an Indian tribe. Notwith3 standing the provisions of subsection (b)(1)(C), 95

4 percent of the funds transferred to the Secretary of

5 the Interior under this section shall be expended by

6 Indian tribes to carry out highway safety programs

7 within their jurisdictions. The provisions of sub8 section (b)(1)(D) shall be applicable to Indian tribes,

9 except to those tribes with respect to which the Sec10 retary determines that application of such provisions

11 would not be practicable.

12 ‘‘(2) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For the pur13 poses of this subsection, the term ‘Indian country’

14 means—

15 ‘‘(A) all land within the limits of any In16 dian reservation under the jurisdiction of the

17 United States, notwithstanding the issuance of

18 any patent, and including rights-of-way running

19 through the reservation;

20 ‘‘(B) all dependent Indian communities

21 within the borders of the United States whether

22 within the original or subsequently acquired ter23 ritory thereof and whether within or without

24 the limits of a State; and
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1 ‘‘(C) all Indian allotments, the Indian ti2 tles to which have not been extinguished, in3 cluding rights-of-way running through such al4 lotments.’’.

5 (e) RULEMAKING PROCESS.—Section 402(j) of such

6 title is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(j) RULEMAKING PROCESS.—The Secretary may

8 from time to time conduct a rulemaking process to deter9 mine those highway safety programs that are most effec10 tive in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and deaths. Any

11 rule under this subsection shall be promulgated taking

12 into account consideration of the views of the States hav13 ing a major role in establishing such programs. When a

14 rule promulgated in accordance with this subsection takes

15 effect, only those programs established by such rule as

16 most effective in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and

17 deaths shall be eligible to receive Federal financial assist18 ance under this section.’’.

19 (f) RECORDKEEPING SYSTEM.—Section 402 of such

20 title is amended by striking subsection (k).

21 (g) SECTION 2005.—Section 2005(1) of the Inter22 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

23 (105 Stat. 2079) is amended by striking ‘‘, 1994,’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘and 1994 and $146,000,000 for each of fiscal

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1 SEC. 143. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTER MEAS2 URES.

3 Section 410(c)(1)(E) of title 23, United States Code,

4 is amended by striking ‘‘the date of enactment of this sec5 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.

6 SEC. 144. PUBLIC TRANSIT FACILITIES.

7 Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor8 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by striking ‘‘this

9 Act’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Department

10 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations

11 Act, 1993’’.

12 SEC. 145. USE OF RECYCLED PAVING MATERIAL.

13 Section 1038(e) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor14 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 109 note) is

15 amended—

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

17 (1);

18 (2) by striking the period at the end of para19 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

21 ‘‘(3) the term ‘State’ has the meaning such

22 term has under section 101 of title 23, United

23 States Code.’’.
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1 SEC. 146. WORK ZONE SAFETY.

2 Section 1051 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor3 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is

4 amended—

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

6 after ‘‘appurtenances,’’;

7 (2) by inserting ‘‘training,’’ after ‘‘traffic con8 trol plans,’’; and

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen10 tence: ‘‘The Secretary shall annually review, and

11 provide to State and local governments, information

12 and recommendations concerning safety practices

13 that can enhance safety at highway construction

14 sites, including information relating to new safety

15 technologies, services, traffic control plans, training,

16 and work zone-related bidding practices.’’.

17 SEC. 147. HIGH COST BRIDGE PROJECT.

18 The table contained in section 1103(b) of the Inter19 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

20 (105 Stat. 2027–2028) is amended in item number 5, re21 lating to Gloucester Point, Virginia, by inserting after

22 ‘‘York River’’ the following: ‘‘and for repair, strengthen23 ing, and rehabilitation of the existing bridge’’.

24 SEC. 148. CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECT.

25 The table contained in section 1104(b) of the Inter26 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
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1 (105 Stat. 2029–2031) is amended in item number 10,

2 relating to San Diego, California, by striking ‘‘1 block of

3 Cut and Cover Tunnel on Rt. 15’’ and inserting ‘‘bridge

4 decking on Route 15’’.

5 SEC. 149. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGH6 WAY SYSTEM.

7 (a) EAST-WEST TRANSAMERICA CORRIDOR.—Section

8 1105(c)(3) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi9 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by insert10 ing before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including

11 (A) a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Paducah,

12 Benton, Hopkinsville, Bowling Green, Columbia, Somer13 set, London, Hazard, Jenkins, and Pikeville, Kentucky, to

14 Williamson, West Virginia, and (B) a West Virginia cor15 ridor from Williamson to the vicinity of Welch, West Vir16 ginia, which shares a common corridor with the Interstate

17 Route 73/74 corridor, and from the vicinity of Welch to

18 Beckley, West Virginia, as part of the Coalfields Express19 way described in section 1069(v)’’.

20 (b) INDIANAPOLIS TO HOUSTON CORRIDOR.—Section

21 1105(c)(18) of such Act (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by

22 inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, in23 cluding a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Hen24 derson, Sturgis, Smithland, Paducah, Bardwell, and Hick25 man, Kentucky’’.
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1 SEC. 150. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR PROJECT.

2 The table contained in section 1105(f) of the Inter3 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

4 (105 Stat. 2033–2035) is amended in item number 26,

5 relating to Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, by striking

6 ‘‘Newberry’’ and inserting ‘‘Evansville’’.

7 SEC. 151. RURAL ACCESS PROJECTS.

8 The table contained in section 1106(a)(2) of the

9 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

10 (105 Stat. 2037–2042) is amended—

11 (1) in item number 34, relating to Illinois, by

12 striking ‘‘Resurfacing’’ and all that follows through

13 ‘‘Omaha’’ and inserting ‘‘Bel-Air Road improvement

14 from south of Carmi to State Route 141 in south15 eastern White County’’;

16 (2) in item number 52, relating to Bedford

17 Springs, Pennsylvania, by striking ‘‘and Hunting18 ton’’ and inserting ‘‘Cambria, Franklin, and Hun19 tingdon’’;

20 (3) in item number 61, relating to Lubbock,

21 Texas, by striking ‘‘with’’ and inserting ‘‘with Inter22 state 10 through’’;

23 (4) in item number 75, relating to Pennsylva24 nia, by striking ‘‘Widen’’ and all that follows

25 through ‘‘lanes’’ and inserting ‘‘Road improvements
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1 on a 14-mile segment of U.S. Route 15 in Tioga

2 County, Pennsylvania’’;

3 (5) in item number 92, relating to Ohio, by

4 striking ‘‘Minerva, Ohio’’ and insert ‘‘Lisbon, Ohio’’;

5 (6) in item number 93, relating to New Mexico,

6 by striking ‘‘Raton-Clayton Rd., Clayton, New Mex7 ico’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Rt. 64/87 from Raton, New

8 Mexico, through Clayton to the Texas-New Mexico

9 State line’’; and

10 (7) in item number 111, relating to Parker

11 County, Texas (SH199)—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘Parker County’’ and in13 serting ‘‘Parker and Tarrant Counties’’; and

14 (B) by striking ‘‘to four-’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘in Tarrant County, to freeway standards and

16 in Parker County to a 4-’’.

17 SEC. 152. URBAN ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROJECTS.

18 The table contained in section 1106(b)(2) of the

19 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

20 (105 Stat. 2043–2047) is amended—

21 (1) in item number 13, relating to Joliet, Illi22 nois, by striking ‘‘and construction and interchange

23 at Houbolt Road and I–80’’; and

24 (2) in item number 36, relating to Compton,

25 California, by striking ‘‘For a grade’’ and all that
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1 follows through ‘‘Corridor’’ and inserting ‘‘For grade

2 separations and other improvements in the city of

3 Compton, California’’.

4 SEC. 153. INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.

5 The table contained in section 1107(b) of the Inter6 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

7 (105 Stat. 2048–2059) is amended—

8 (1) in item number 29, relating to Blacksburg,

9 Virginia, by inserting ‘‘methods of facilitating public

10 and private participation in’’ after ‘‘demonstrate’’;

11 (2) in item number 35, relating to Alabama, by

12 striking ‘‘to bypass’’ and all that follows through ‘‘I–

13 85’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on U.S. Route 80 west

14 of Montgomery, Alabama, and connecting to I–65

15 south of Montgomery and I–85 east of Montgom16 ery’’;

17 (3) in item number 52, relating to Pennsylva18 nia, by striking ‘‘off Interstate’’ and all that follows

19 through ‘‘Mountaintop,’’ and inserting ‘‘and highway

20 improvements off Interstate 81 between Pittston and

21 Hazleton,’’;

22 (4) in item number 61, relating to Mojave, Cali23 fornia, by striking ‘‘Mojave’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘Victorville’’ and by inserting ‘‘Mojave’’ after ‘‘re25 construct’’;
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1 (5) in item number 100, relating to Arkansas,

2 by striking ‘‘Thornton’’ and inserting ‘‘Little Rock’’;

3 and

4 (6) in item number 114, relating to Corpus

5 Christi to Angleton, Texas, by striking ‘‘Construct

6 new multi-lane freeway’’ and inserting ‘‘Construct a

7 4-lane divided highway’’.

8 SEC. 154. INTERMODAL PROJECT.

9 The table contained in section 1108(b) of the Inter10 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

11 (105 Stat. 2060–2063) is amended in item number 9, re12 lating to E. Haven/Wallingford, Connecticut—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘$8.8’’ and inserting ‘‘$7.5’’;

14 (2) by striking ‘‘$2.4’’ and inserting ‘‘$2.0’’;

15 and

16 (3) by striking ‘‘$0.7’’ and inserting ‘‘$0.6’’.

17 SEC. 155. MISCELLANEOUS INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANS18 PORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT AMENDMENTS.

19 (a) CROSS REFERENCE IN HIGHWAY USE TAX EVA20 SION PROGRAM.—Section 1040(a) of the Intermodal Sur21 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C.

22 101 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended by striking ‘‘(e)’’

23 and inserting ‘‘(f)’’.
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1 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON QUALITY IMPROVE2 MENT.—Section 1043(b) of such Act (105 Stat. 1993) is

3 amended by inserting ‘‘General’’ after ‘‘Comptroller’’.

4 (c) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MIS5 CELLANEOUS PROJECTS.—Section 1069 of such Act is

6 amended—

7 (1) by striking the last sentence of subsection

8 (y); and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section:

11 ‘‘(ii) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds provided to

12 carry out this section shall remain available until ex13 pended.’’.

14 (d) FINAL RULE FOR ROADSIDE BARRIERS AND

15 SAFETY APPURTENANCES.—Section 1073(b) of such Act

16 (105 Stat. 2012) is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and

17 inserting ‘‘2 years’’.

18 (e) INTERSTATE STUDY COMMISSION.—Section 1099

19 of such Act (105 Stat. 2026) is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘bill’’ and inserting ‘‘Act’’;

21 (2) by striking ‘‘passage of this legislation’’ and

22 inserting ‘‘the enactment of this Act’’;

23 (3) by inserting after ‘‘Columbia’’ the second

24 place it appears the following: ‘‘appointed by the

25 Governors of the States of Maryland and Virginia
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1 and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, respec2 tively’’; and

3 (4) by striking ‘‘appointed by the Governors

4 and the Mayor’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1 each for Mary5 land, Virginia, and the District of Columbia ap6 pointed by the Governors and the Mayor, respec7 tively’’.

8 (f) DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT TRAINING PRO9 GRAM.—Section 2006(b) of such Act (23 U.S.C. 403 note;

10 105 Stat. 2080) is amended by inserting ‘‘Federal’’ before

11 ‘‘Advisory’’.

12 (g) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO

13 CERTAIN HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 2009

14 of such Act (105 Stat. 2080) is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’;

16 (2) by striking ‘‘211(b)’’ the first place it ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘211’’;

18 (3) by striking ‘‘102’’ and inserting ‘‘1002’’;

19 and

20 (4) by striking subsection (b).

21 SEC. 156. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PRO22 GRAM.

23 In administering section 1003(b) of the Intermodal

24 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the limita25 tion on annual gross receipts of a small business concern
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1 set forth in paragraph (2)(A) of such section shall be the

2 only limitation on annual gross receipts which applies to

3 small business concerns.

4 SEC. 157. AMENDMENTS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

5 AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

6 ACT OF 1987.

7 (a) NEW RIVER, WEST VIRGINIA.—Section

8 149(a)(62) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform

9 Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 191) is

10 amended by striking ‘‘in the vicinity of’’ and inserting ‘‘on

11 the west side of’’.

12 (b) BURBANK-GLENDALE-PASADENA AIRPORT,

13 CALIFORNIA.—Section 149(a)(69) of such Act (101 Stat.

14 191) is amended—

15 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘highway’’;

16 (2) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and con17 struction of terminal and parking facilities at such

18 airport’’; and

19 (3) by striking ‘‘by making’’ in the second sen20 tence and all that follows through the period at the

21 end of such sentence and inserting: ‘‘by preparing a

22 feasibility study and conducting preliminary engi23 neering, design, and construction of a link between

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1 being developed by the Los Angeles County Metro2 politan Transportation Authority.’’.

3 SEC. 158. FREEWAY SERVICE PATROLS.

4 (a) GENERAL RULE.—Except to the extent that the

5 Secretary shall find that it is not feasible, any funds ex6 pended in a fiscal year directly or indirectly for freeway

7 service patrols from amounts made available to a State

8 under titles I and III of the Intermodal Surface Transpor9 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 shall be expended with pri10 vately owned or privately operated business concerns. The

11 preceding sentence shall not apply to any publicly owned

12 or operated freeway service patrol that was in operation

13 before the date of the enactment of this Act.

14 (b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

15 term ‘‘freeway service patrol’’ means automotive road

16 service vehicles and automotive towing vehicles operated

17 in a continuous, dedicated service as part of an incident

18 management program.

19 SEC. 159. PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY.

20 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on

21 the adequacy of and the need for improvements to the Pan

22 American Highway.

23 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study to be conducted under

24 subsection (a) shall at a minimum include the following

25 elements:
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1 (1) Findings on the benefits of constructing a

2 highway at Darien Gap, Panama and Colombia.

3 (2) Recommendations for a self-financing ar4 rangement for completion and maintenance of the

5 Pan American Highway.

6 (3) Recommendations for establishing a Pan

7 American highway authority to monitor financing,

8 construction, maintenance, and operations of the

9 Pan American Highway.

10 (4) Findings on the benefits to trade and pros11 perity of a more efficient Pan American Highway.

12 (5) Findings on the benefits to United States

13 industry through the use of United States tech14 nology and equipment in construction of improve15 ments to the Pan American Highway.

16 (6) Findings on environmental considerations,

17 including environmental considerations relating to

18 the Darien Gap.

19 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit

21 to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted

22 under this section.
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1 TITLE II—FEDERAL TRANSIT

2 PROGRAMS

3 SEC. 201. SECTION 3 PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.

4 (a) ASSURED TIMETABLE FOR FINAL DESIGN

5 STAGE.—Section 3(a)(6)(C) of the Federal Transit Act

6 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(6)(C)) is amended by inserting

7 before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or, if an envi8 ronmental impact statement is not required for such

9 project, the date of completion of an environmental assess10 ment for such project or of a finding of no significant im11 pact’’.

12 (b) RAIL MODERNIZATION.—Section 3(h) of such Act

13 is amended in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ and

14 inserting ‘‘subsection’’.

15 (c) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Section 3(i)(5)(C) of such

16 Act is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-Aid Highway Act

17 of 1991’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘title 23, United

18 States Code,’’.

19 (d) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR PROGRAMS OF

20 INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—Section 3011(b) of the

21 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

22 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602 note; 105 Stat. 2098) is amended

23 by inserting after ‘‘interrelated projects’’ the following:

24 ‘‘but excluding any project for which a timetable for

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1 a provision of law other than section 3(a)(6) of the Fed2 eral Transit Act and for which such timetable is different

3 than the timetable established by such section’’.

4 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3007 of

5 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

6 1991 (105 Stat. 2091) is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (5)(B) by striking the comma

8 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

9 semicolon; and

10 (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the comma

11 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

12 final period.

13 SEC. 202. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

14 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 8 of the

15 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607) is amended—

16 (1) in subsection (f)(5) by inserting ‘‘of title 23,

17 United States Code’’ after ‘‘133’’;

18 (2) in subsection (f)(9) by striking ‘‘of this

19 title’’ and inserting ‘‘of such title’’;

20 (3) in subsection (f)(11) by inserting ‘‘pas21 sengers and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;

22 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub23 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

24 (B), respectively;
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1 (5) in subsection (i)(3) by striking ‘‘this title

2 and the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘title

3 23, United States Code, and this Act’’;

4 (6) in subsection (i)(4) by striking ‘‘or pursuant

5 to the Federal Transit’’ and inserting ‘‘, or pursuant

6 to this’’;

7 (7) in subsection (i)(5) by inserting ‘‘of title 23,

8 United States Code,’’ after ‘‘section 134’’;

9 (8) in subsection (i)(5) by inserting ‘‘of such

10 title’’ after ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

11 (9) in subsection (i)(5) by inserting ‘‘of such

12 title’’ after ‘‘133(d)(3)’’ each place it appears;

13 (10) in subsection (i)(5) by striking ‘‘the Fed14 eral Transit’’ the first 2 places it appears and in15 serting ‘‘this’’;

16 (11) in subsection (i)(5) by striking ‘‘section

17 8(o) of the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sub18 section (o) of this section’’;

19 (12) in subsection (m)(1) by striking ‘‘or the

20 Federal Transit’’ and inserting ‘‘, or this’’;

21 (13) in each of subsections (p)(2) and (p)(4) by

22 striking ‘‘section 8’’ the first place it appears and in23 serting ‘‘this section’’;

24 (14) in subsection (p)(2) by striking ‘‘section 8

25 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’;
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1 (15) in subsection (p)(3) by striking ‘‘subpara2 graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and

3 (16) in subsection (p)(5) by striking ‘‘para4 graph’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’.

5 (b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—Section 8(f) of

6 such Act is amended by adding at the end the following

7 new paragraph:

8 ‘‘(16) Recreational travel and tourism.’’.

9 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 8(k) of such Act

10 is amended by striking the last sentence.

11 (d) NONATTAINMENT AREA REQUIREMENTS.—Sec12 tion 8(l) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘transit’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘highway’’.

14 SEC. 203. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.

15 (a) TRANSIT SECURITY SYSTEMS.—Section 9(e)(3)

16 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607a(e)(3))

17 is amended by inserting before ‘‘and any other’’ in the

18 last sentence the following: ‘‘employing law enforcement

19 or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to such

20 systems;’’.

21 (b) LIMITATION ON FUNDING OF OPERATING AS22 SISTANCE.—Section 9(k)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by

23 adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘If an ur24 banized area had a population under the 1980 decennial

25 census of the United States of more than 1,000,000 and
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1 has a population under the 1990 decennial census of less

2 than 1,000,000, the maximum percentage of funds which

3 may be used for operating assistance for purposes of the

4 first sentence shall be 90 percent of the amount of funds

5 apportioned in fiscal year 1982 under such paragraphs

6 (1)(A), (2)(A), and (3)(A) to such area.’’.

7 (c) GRANDFATHER OF CERTAIN URBANIZED

8 AREAS.—Section 9(s)(2) of such Act is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘fiscal year 1993,’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years

10 1993 and 1994,’’.

11 (d) FERRYBOAT OPERATIONS.—For purposes of cal12 culating apportionments under section 9 of the Federal

13 Transit Act for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

14 1993, 50 percent of the ferryboat revenue vehicle miles

15 and 50 percent of the ferryboat route miles attributable

16 to service provided to the city of Avalon, California, for

17 which the operator receives Federal assistance shall be in18 cluded in the calculation of ‘‘fixed guideway vehicle reve19 nue miles’’ and ‘‘fixed guideway route miles’’ attributable

20 to the Los Angeles urbanized area under sections 9(b)(2)

21 and 15 of such Act.

22 SEC. 204. MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT BLOCK GRANTS.

23 Section 9B(a) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

24 App. 1607a–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsections (b)

25 and (c) of’’.
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1 SEC. 205. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING.

2 (a) NATIONAL CENTER.—Section 11(b)(10)(A) of

3 the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. 1607c(b)(10)(A)) is

4 amended by striking ‘‘technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Tech5 nology’’.

6 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO

7 FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CEN8 TERS.—Section 11(b)(12) of such Act is amended by

9 striking ‘‘102’’ and inserting ‘‘1002’’.

10 (c) INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE

11 TRANSPORTATION POLICY STUDIES.—Section 11(c) of

12 such Act is amended—

13 (1) in the heading to paragraph (1) by striking

14 ‘‘INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INTER15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR’’; and

16 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘an institute

17 for national’’ and inserting ‘‘an international insti18 tute for’’.

19 SEC. 206. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

20 (a) RAIL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AGREEMENTS.—Section

21 12(c)(1) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App.

22 1608(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘payments for the

23 capital portions of rail trackage rights agreements,’’ after

24 ‘‘rights-of-way,’’.

25 (b) TURNKEY SYSTEM PROJECT.—Section 12(l) of

26 such Act is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ‘‘is’’ and in2 serting ‘‘may be’’; and

3 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the date of

4 the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date

5 of the enactment of the Intermodal Surface

6 Transportaton Efficiency Act of 1991’’.

7 (c) SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS.—Section 12 of such

8 Act is further amended by adding at the end the following

9 new subsection:

10 ‘‘(n) SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a recipient of assistance

12 under this Act determines that facilities and equip13 ment and other assets (including land) acquired, in

14 whole or in part, with such assistance are no longer

15 needed for the purposes for which they were ac16 quired, the Secretary shall authorize the sale of the

17 assets with no further obligation to the Federal Gov18 ernment if the Secretary determines that—

19 ‘‘(A) there are no purposes eligible for as20 sistance under this Act for which the asset

21 should be used; and

22 ‘‘(B) the proceeds from the sale of the

23 asset will be used by the recipient to procure

24 items eligible for capital assistance under this

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1 ‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The

2 provisions of this subsection shall be in addition to

3 and not in lieu of any other provision of law govern4 ing use and disposition of facilities and equipment

5 under an assistance agreement.’’.

6 SEC. 207. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY AND REAPPORTION7 MENT OF SECTION 16 FUNDS.

8 Section 16 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

9 App. 1612) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after

11 the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1);

12 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the

13 end of paragraph (2) and inserting a period;

14 (3) in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (3)

15 and inserting the following:

16 ‘‘Eligible capital expenses under this subsection may in17 clude, at the option of the recipient, the acquisition of

18 transportation services under a contract, lease, or other

19 arrangement.’’;

20 (4) in subsection (c)(4) by striking ‘‘the enact21 ment of the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the

22 date of the enactment of the Intermodal Surface

23 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991’’;

24 (5) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the

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1 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Sums appor2 tioned under this subsection shall be available for

3 obligation by the State for a period of 3 years fol4 lowing the close of the fiscal year for which the sums

5 are apportioned and any amounts remaining unobli6 gated at the end of such period shall be

7 reapportioned among the States for the succeeding

8 fiscal year.’’;

9 (6) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘handicapped

10 and elderly individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘elderly per11 sons and persons with disabilities’’; and

12 (7) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘such individ13 uals’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons’’.

14 SEC. 208. RURAL TRANSIT PROGRAM.

15 The second sentence of section 18(a) of the Federal

16 Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1614(a)) is amended by

17 striking the final period.

18 SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATIONS.

19 (a) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FROM TRUST

20 FUND.—Section 21(a)(1) of the Federal Transit Act (49

21 U.S.C. App. 1617(a)(1)) is amended—

22 (1) by striking ‘‘8 9B,’’ and inserting ‘‘6, 8,

23 9B, 10,’’; and

24 (2) by inserting ‘‘20,’’ after ‘‘18,’’.
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1 (b) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FROM GENERAL

2 FUND.—Section 21(a)(2) of such Act is amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘8 9,’’ and inserting ‘‘6, 8, 9,

4 10,’’; and

5 (2) by inserting ‘‘20,’’ after ‘‘18,’’.

6 (c) SETASIDE FOR PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND

7 RESEARCH.—Section 21(c) of such Act is amended—

8 (1) by inserting ‘‘beginning after September 30,

9 1992,’’ after ‘‘each fiscal year’’;

10 (2) by striking ‘‘or appropriated’’ each place it

11 appears;

12 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the State pro13 gram under’’; and

14 (4) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘the national

15 program under’’.

16 (d) OTHER SETASIDES.—Section 21(d) of such Act

17 is amended by striking ‘‘or appropriated’’ each place it ap18 pears.

19 (e) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE TRANSFER TRAN20 SIT PROJECTS.—Section 21(e) of such Act is amended by

21 striking ‘‘$160,000,000’’ and all that follows through the

22 period at the end and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years beginning

23 after September 30, 1991, not to exceed $324,843,000.

24 Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.
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1 SEC. 210. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.

2 Section 23(h) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

3 App. 1619(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsections (a)(1)

4 through (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

5 SEC. 211. PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

6 (a) STATE PROGRAM.—Section 26(a) of the Federal

7 Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1622(a)) is amended to read

8 as follows:

9 ‘‘(a) ALLOCATION OF PLANNING FUNDS.—

10 ‘‘(1) TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PRO11 GRAM.—Fifty percent of the funds made available

12 under sections 21(b)(3)(D) and 21(c)(3) shall be

13 available for the transit cooperative research pro14 gram to be administered as follows:

15 ‘‘(A) INDEPENDENT GOVERNING BOARD.—

16 The Secretary shall establish an independent

17 governing board for such program to rec18 ommend such transit research, development,

19 and technology transfer activities as the Sec20 retary deems appropriate. The members of the

21 board shall include, at a minimum, 1 represent22 ative from the national trade association rep23 resenting the taxicab-paratransit industry and 1

24 representative from the national association

25 that represents the intercity, regular route, pri26 vate, over-the-road bus service industry.
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1 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—

2 The Secretary may make grants to, and enter

3 into cooperative agreements with, the National

4 Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities

5 as the Secretary determines are appropriate.

6 ‘‘(2) STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.—The

7 remaining 50 percent of funds made available under

8 sections 21(b)(3)(D) and 21(c)(3) shall be appor9 tioned to the States for grants and contracts consist10 ent with the purposes of sections 6, 8, 10, 11, and

11 20 of this Act in the ratio which the population in

12 urbanized areas in each State bears to the total pop13 ulation in urbanized areas in all the States, as

14 shown by the latest available decennial census, except that no State shall receive less than 1 15 ⁄2 of 1

16 percent of the amount apportioned under this sub17 section. In any case in which a statewide transit

18 agency is responsible under State law for the financ19 ing, construction, and operation, directly, by lease,

20 contract, or otherwise, of statewide public transpor21 tation services, such agency shall be the recipient for

22 receiving and dispensing funds under this para23 graph.

24 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION WITHIN A STATE.—A State

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1 under paragraph (2) to be used to supplement funds

2 available under paragraph (1), as the State deems

3 appropriate.’’.

4 (b) NATIONAL PROGRAM.—Section 26(b) of such Act

5 is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘section

7 21(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 21(b)(3)(E) and

8 21(c)(4)’’; and

9 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘annually’’

10 after ‘‘$2,000,000’’.

11 (c) PILOT PROJECT.—Section 26(c)(4) of such Act

12 is amended by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this

13 Act’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the date of the

14 enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi15 ciency Act of 1991’’.

16 SEC. 212. NEEDS SURVEY AND TRANSFERABILITY STUDY.

17 Section 27(b) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

18 App. 1623(b)) is amended—

19 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(3)’’; and

20 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘such sec21 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9(j) of this Act’’.

22 SEC. 213. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RAIL FIXED GUIDE23 WAY SYSTEM.

24 Section 28 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

25 App. 1624(b)) is amended—
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1 (1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘RAIL’’

2 before ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’; and

3 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘rail’’ be4 fore ‘‘fixed guideway’’.

5 SEC. 214. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.

6 Section 29 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

7 App. 1625) is amended in the heading to subsection (b)

8 by striking ‘‘FUNDING’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAINING OF

9 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION PER10 SONNEL’’.

11 SEC. 215. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

12 The Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1601–

13 1625) is amended by adding at the end the following new

14 section:

15 ‘‘SEC. 30. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

16 ‘‘(a) STATES WITH LARGE AREAS OF INDIAN AND

17 CERTAIN PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS.—In the case of any

18 State containing nontaxable Indian lands, individual and

19 tribal, and public domain lands (both reserved and unre20 served) exclusive of national forests and national parks

21 and monuments, exceeding 5 percent of the total area of

22 all lands in the State, the Federal share which, but for

23 this subsection, would be applicable for any construction

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1 of the remaining cost equal to the percentage that the area

2 of all such lands in the State is of its total area.

3 ‘‘(b) STATES WITH LARGE AREAS OF INDIAN AND

4 PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS AND NATIONAL FORESTS,

5 PARKS, AND MONUMENTS.—In the case of any State con6 taining nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal,

7 public domain lands (both reserved and unreserved), na8 tional forests, and national parks and monuments, the

9 Federal share which, but for this subsection, would be ap10 plicable for any construction project under this Act shall

11 be increased by a percentage of the remaining cost equal

12 to the percentage that the area of all such lands in such

13 State is of its total area.

14 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM SHARE.—Notwithstanding sub15 sections (a) and (b) of this section, the Federal share for

16 any construction project under this Act shall not exceed

17 95 percent of the total cost of such project.

18 ‘‘(d) GRANT RECIPIENT AGREEMENT.—In any case

19 where a grant recipient elects to have the Federal share

20 provided in subsection (b) of this section, the grant recipi21 ent must enter into an agreement with the Secretary cov22 ering a period of not less than 1 year, requiring grant re23 cipient to use solely for purposes eligible for assistance

24 (other than operating assistance) under this Act (other

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1 during the period covered by such agreement the dif2 ference between the grant recipient’s share as provided in

3 subsection (b) and what its share would be if it elected

4 to pay the share provided in subsection (a) for all projects

5 subject to such agreement.’’.

6 SEC. 216. PERFORMANCE REPORTS ON MASS TRANSIT SYS7 TEMS.

8 Section 308(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is

9 amended by striking ‘‘January of each even-numbered

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1994, January 1995, and

11 January of each odd-numbered year thereafter’’.

12 SEC. 217. MISCELLANEOUS MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS.

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

14 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi15 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122–2123) is amended by

16 inserting after ‘‘Hudson River Waterfront Transportation

17 System’’ the following: ‘‘(including corridor connections to

18 and within the city of Bayonne)’’.

19 (b) ADDITIONAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AND RIGHT-OF20 WAY PURCHASE FOR GILROY SERVICE.—Section 3035(h)

21 of such Act (105 Stat. 2130) is amended—

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

23 ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and

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

25 ‘‘October 31, 1996,’’.
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1 (c) DALLAS LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

2 (1) MULTIYEAR GRANT AGREEMENT.—Section

3 3035(i) of such Act (105 Stat. 2130) is amended—

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

5 ‘‘9.6 miles’’;

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

7 ‘‘not to exceed 14 stations’’;

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

9 inserting ‘‘the program of interrelated projects

10 identified in section 3(a)(8)(C)(vii) of the Fed11 eral Transit Act’’; and

12 (D) by striking ‘‘of such elements’’ and in13 serting ‘‘element of such program of inter14 related projects’’.

15 (2) PROGRAM OF INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—

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

17 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(8)(C)(vii)) is amended by

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

19 Route 20, L.B.J. Freeway’’.

20 (d) SOUTH BOSTON.—Section 3035(j) of the Inter21 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

22 (105 Stat. 2130–2131) is amended by inserting ‘‘the sec23 ond place it appears’’ after ‘‘striking ‘—’ ’’.

24 (e) ORLANDO STREETCAR DOWNTOWN TROLLEY

25 PROJECT.—Section 3035(l) of such Act (105 Stat. 2131)
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1 is amended by inserting after ‘‘engineering’’ the following:

2 ‘‘and the initiation of final design, construction, land and

3 equipment acquisition, and related activities’’.

4 (f) SAN DIEGO MID COAST FIXED GUIDEWAY

5 PROJECT.—Section 3035(u) of such Act (105 Stat. 2132)

6 is amended—

7 (1) in the subsection heading by striking

8 ‘‘LIGHT RAIL’’ and inserting ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’;

9 and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘Light Rail’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘Fixed Guideway’’.

12 (g) EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.—Section 3035(z)

13 of such Act (105 Stat. 2133) is amended by striking

14 ‘‘1992’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘1994’’ and

15 by striking ‘‘electrically powered bus’’ and inserting ‘‘al16 ternatively fueled vehicle’’.

17 SEC. 218. CROSS REFERENCE TO FEDERAL TRANSIT ACT.

18 Section 176 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506)

19 is amended in each of subsections (c)(2) and (d) by strik20 ing ‘‘Urban Mass Transportation’’ each place it appears

21 and inserting ‘‘Federal Transit’’.
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1 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS

2 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

3 PROGRAMS

4 SEC. 301. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRA5 TION PLAN AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX

6 AGREEMENT.

7 Section 4008(j) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor8 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2155) is amend9 ed—

10 (1) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘102’’

11 and inserting ‘‘1002’’; and

12 (2) by striking the third sentence.

13 SEC. 302. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS.

14 Section 6058 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor15 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2194–2195) is

16 amended—

17 (1) in the second sentence of subsection (d) by

18 striking ‘‘projects undertaken pursuant to subsection

19 (c) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘activities under20 taken with funds made available under subsection

21 (b) and activities undertaken with funds subject to

22 subsection (c)’’;

23 (2) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘102’’ and in24 serting ‘‘1002’’; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section:

3 ‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS

4 OF LAW.—A person (including a public agency) that does

5 not receive assistance under title 23, United States Code,

6 the Federal Transit Act, or any provision of this Act

7 (other than the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Act

8 of 1991) shall not be subject to any Federal design stand9 ard, law, or regulation applicable to persons receiving such

10 assistance solely by reason of such person receiving assist11 ance under this section.’’.

12 SEC. 303. TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE, AMENDMENTS.

13 The analysis for chapter 1 of title 49, United States

14 Code, is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘Sec. 110. Saint Lawrence Sea16 way Development Corporation.’’; and

17 (2) by striking ‘‘Sec. 111.’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘111.’’.

19 SEC. 304. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF

20 1982 AMENDMENTS.

21 (a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.—

22 Section 402 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act

23 of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2302) is amended—

24 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(N) by striking ‘‘give’’

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1 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘3’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘5’’.

3 (b) CARGO CARRYING UNIT LIMITATION.—Section

4 411(j)(5)(D) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2311(j)(5)(D))

5 is amended by striking ‘‘prohibited under’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘subject to’’.

7 SEC. 305. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT OF

8 1986 AMENDMENTS.

9 (a) SECTION 12011.—Section 12011 of the Commer10 cial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App.

11 2710) is amended—

12 (1) in each of subsections (a) and (b) by strik13 ing ‘‘104(b)(5), and 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii) by striking

16 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’.

17 (b) SECTION NUMBER REDESIGNATION.—Such Act

18 is further amended by redesignating the second section

19 12020, relating to violation of out-of-service orders, as

20 12021.

21 SEC. 306. CLEVELAND HARBOR, OHIO.

22 The description of a portion of Cleveland Harbor,

23 Ohio, contained in section 1079(d) of the Intermodal Sur24 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘279.31 feet’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘269.31 feet’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘127.28 feet’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘137.28 feet’’;

5 (3) by striking the comma following ‘‘Grid Sys6 tem’’;

7 (4) by striking ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ east’’ the first

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′

9 west’’;

10 (5) by striking ‘‘north-westerly’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘northwesterly’’;

12 (6) by striking ‘‘174,764 square feet (4.012

13 acres)’’ and inserting ‘‘175,143 (4.020 acres)’’; and

14 (7) by striking the semicolon at the end and in15 serting a period.

16 SEC. 307. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND UNIFORM RE17 LOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1987 AMEND18 MENTS.

19 Section 317(b) of the Surface Transportation and

20 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (49 U.S.C.

21 App. 1608 note; 101 Stat. 233) is amended—

22 (1) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by inserting ‘‘or

23 cooperative agreement’’ after ‘‘contract’’ each place

24 it appears; and
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(7) CONVERSION OF CONTRACTS.—The Sec4 retary may convert existing contracts entered into

5 under this subsection into cooperative agreements.’’.

6 SEC. 308. INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFI7 CIENCY ACT TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

8 (a) NATIONAL RECREATIONAL TRAILS.—Section

9 1302 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

10 Act of 1991 (16 U.S.C. 1261; 105 Stat. 2064–2068) is

11 amended—

12 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘Act’’ each

13 place it appears and inserting ‘‘part’’;

14 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B) by inserting after

15 ‘‘reserves’’ the following: ‘‘an amount equivalent to’’;

16 (3) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘national

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

18 (4) by adding at the end of subsection (d)(1)

19 the following:

20 ‘‘The 3 percent limitation in the preceding sentence

21 shall not apply to expenditures to pay the cost of

22 conducting the 1-time national survey described in

23 subparagraph (C).’’;

24 (5) in subsection (e)(8)(B) by inserting ‘‘the

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1 (6) in subsection (e)(8)(B) by inserting ‘‘funds

2 may be’’ before ‘‘expended or committed’’.

3 (b) SOUTHERN FLORIDA COMMUTER RAIL.—Section

4 3014 of such Act (105 Stat. 2108) is amended by striking

5 ‘‘(49 U.S.C. 1607a)’’.

6 (c) SECTION 6017.—Section 6017 of such Act (105

7 Stat. 2183) is amended by striking ‘‘502(a)’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘5002(a)’’.

9 SEC. 309. IMPROVED BUS SAFETY.

10 (a) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

11 SAFETY REGULATIONS TO BUS OPERATIONS OF PRIVATE

12 MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS.—Section 206 of the

13 Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 (49 U.S.C. App. 2505)

14 is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the

15 following new subsection:

16 ‘‘(h) APPLICABILITY TO BUS OPERATIONS OF PRI17 VATE MOTOR CARRIER OF PASSENGERS.—Not later than

18 6 months after the date of the enactment of this sub19 section, the Secretary shall issue regulations making the

20 relevant commercial motor carrier safety regulations is21 sued under subsection (a) applicable to all operations by

22 private motor carriers of commercial motor vehicles pro23 viding transportation of passengers in interstate com24 merce.’’.
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1 (b) EDUCATION PROGRAM.—Not later than 6 months

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

3 of Transportation shall develop and implement an edu4 cation program to inform all private motor carriers of pas5 sengers that they must comply with the Federal commer6 cial motor vehicle safety regulations issued under section

7 206 of the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 when provid8 ing commercial motor vehicle transportation of passengers

9 in interstate commerce.

10 (c) REPORTS.—

11 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 12

12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act,

13 the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Con14 gress a report describing in detail the regulations

15 that have been issued pursuant to subsection (a) and

16 the status of the education program being developed

17 and implemented under subsection (b).

18 (2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Each year for a

19 period of 4 years on the annual anniversary date of

20 the report submitted to Congress under paragraph

21 (1), the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to

22 Congress a report describing in detail the status of

23 enforcement of the Federal commercial motor vehicle

24 safety regulations issued under section 206 of the

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2 providing transportation of passengers in interstate

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