Union Calendar No. 184

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3276

[Report No. 103–337]

A BILL

To make technical corrections to title 23, United

Act of 1991, and for other purposes.Intermodal Surface Transportation EfficiencyStates Code, the Federal Transit Act, and the

NOVEMBER 8, 1993

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 184

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3276

[Report No. 103–337]

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

NOVEMBER 8, 1993

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 13, 1993]

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

3 ‘‘Intermodal Surface Transportation Technical Corrections

4 Act’’.

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Secretary defined.

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. Maintenance.

Sec. 113. Certification acceptance.

Sec. 114. Availability of funds.

Sec. 115. Federal share.

Sec. 116. Payment to States for construction.

Sec. 117. Relocation of utility facilities.

Sec. 118. Advances to States.

Sec. 119. Emergency relief.

Sec. 120. Applicability of axle weight limitations.

Sec. 121. Toll roads.

Sec. 122. Rail-highway crossings.

Sec. 123. Surface transportation program.

Sec. 124. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 125. Statewide planning.

Sec. 126. Control of junkyards.

Sec. 127. Nondiscrimination.

Sec. 128. Enforcement of requirements.

Sec. 129. Availability of rights-of-way.

Sec. 130. Highway bridge program.

Sec. 131. Great River Road.

Sec. 132. Hazard elimination program.

Sec. 133. Use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets.

Sec. 134. National maximum speed limit.

Sec. 135. Minimum allocation.

Sec. 136. National minimum drinking age.

Sec. 137. Revocation of drivers’ licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses.

Sec. 138. Reimbursement for segments of interstate system constructed without

Federal assistance.
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Sec. 139. Federal lands highway program.

Sec. 140. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkway.

Sec. 141. State highway department.

Sec. 142. Management systems.

Sec. 143. State planning and research.

Sec. 144. Appropriation for highway purposes of Federal lands.

Sec. 145. International highway transportation outreach program.

Sec. 146. Highway safety programs.

Sec. 147. National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.

Sec. 148. Alcohol-impaired driving counter measures.

Sec. 149. Public transit facilities.

Sec. 150. Use of recycled paving material.

Sec. 151. Work zone safety.

Sec. 152. High cost bridge project.

Sec. 153. Congestion relief project.

Sec. 154. High priority corridors on National Highway System.

Sec. 155. High priority corridor project.

Sec. 156. Rural access projects.

Sec. 157. Urban access and mobility projects.

Sec. 158. Innovative projects.

Sec. 159. Intermodal project.

Sec. 160. Miscellaneous Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

amendments.

Sec. 161. Disadvantaged business enterprise program.

Sec. 162. Amendments to Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

Sec. 163. Freeway service patrols.

Sec. 164. 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. Nondiscrimination.

Sec. 210. Authorizations.

Sec. 211. Project management oversight.

Sec. 212. Planning and research program.

Sec. 213. Needs survey and transferability study.

Sec. 214. State responsibility for rail fixed guideway system.

Sec. 215. National Transit Institute.

Sec. 216. Increased Federal share.

Sec. 217. Performance reports on mass transit systems.

Sec. 218. Miscellaneous multiyear contracts.

Sec. 219. Cross reference to Federal Transit Act.

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

PROGRAMS

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

tax agreement.
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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.

4 TITLE I—TITLE 23 PROGRAMS

5 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

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

7 amended by striking the 1st undesignated paragraph of

8 such section that relates to public lands highways.

9 SEC. 102. REFERENCES TO DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SYS10 TEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGH11 WAYS.

12 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the Inter13 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

14 Stat. 1914–1915) is amended—

15 (1) in the 3d undesignated paragraph by strik16 ing ‘‘National System of’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D.

17 Eisenhower System of’’; and

18 (2) in the 7th undesignated paragraph by strik19 ing ‘‘Interstate and Defense Highway System’’ and
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1 inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Inter2 state and Defense Highways’’.

3 (b) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section

4 1001 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

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

6 amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking ‘‘Na7 tional’’.

8 (c) DEFINITION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN TITLE

9 23.—The undesignated paragraph of section 101(a) of title

10 23, United States Code, relating to the Interstate System,

11 is amended by striking ‘‘National’’.

12 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO VEHICLE WEIGHT

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

14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘National’’ each place it ap15 pears and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

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

17 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (49

18 U.S.C. App. 2311(j)) is amended in each of paragraphs (1),

19 (5)(D), and (6)(A) by striking ‘‘National’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

21 (f) LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE DEFINED.—Sec22 tion 4007(f) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi23 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2153) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘National’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.
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1 (g) COMMEMORATION.—Section 6012 of the Inter2 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23

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

4 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘NA5 TIONAL’’; and

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

7 SEC. 103. FEDERAL-AID SYSTEMS.

8 (a) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section 103(b)(4)

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

10 ‘‘and all corridors identified in section 1105(c) of the Inter11 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991’’ after

12 ‘‘by the States’’.

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

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

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

16 title is amended—

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

18 striking ‘‘projects on the Federal-aid secondary sys19 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘surface transportation program

20 projects’’;

21 (2) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ‘‘and’’ be22 fore ‘‘$240,000,000’’; and

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

24 comma after ‘‘October 1, 1991’’.
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1 SEC. 104. APPORTIONMENT.

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

3 States Code, is amended—

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

5 inserting ‘‘for this chapter’’; and

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

7 and inserting ‘‘under this chapter’’.

8 (b) CROSS REFERENCE TO INTERSTATE CONSTRUC9 TION PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Section 104(b)(5)(A) of

10 such title is amended by striking ‘‘118(b)(2)’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘118(b)(1)’’.

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

13 such title is amended by striking the comma following

14 ‘‘1984’’ each place it appears.

15 (d) REPEAL OF URBAN SYSTEM APPORTIONMENT.—

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

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

18 title is amended by striking ‘‘(j)’’.

19 (f) TRANSFERABILITY AMONG SAFETY AND BRIDGE

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

21 striking ‘‘Not more than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘any

22 other of such sections’’ the second place it appears and in23 serting the following: ‘‘Not more than 40 percent of the

24 amount which is apportioned in any fiscal year to each

25 State under section 144 or which is reserved for such fiscal

26 year under section 133(d)(1) only for carrying out section
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1 130 or 152 may be transferred from the apportionment

2 under section 144 or one of the reservations under section

3 133(d)(1) to the apportionment or reservation under such

4 other section if such a transfer is requested by the State

5 highway department and is approved by the Secretary as

6 being in the public interest. The Secretary may approve the

7 transfer of 100 percent of the apportionment under section

8 144 or one of the reservations under section 133(d)(1) to

9 the apportionment or reservation under such other section’’.

10 SEC. 105. PROGRAMS OF PROJECTS.

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

12 23, United States Code, and the item relating to such sec13 tion in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title are each re14 pealed.

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

16 such title is amended—

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

18 program approval,’’; and

19 (2) by striking ‘‘included in an approved pro20 gram’’.

21 (c) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS OF COR22 RIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—Section 1105(g)(7)

23 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

24 1991 (105 Stat. 2036) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(7) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS

2 OF CORRIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—In se3 lecting projects for inclusion in a plan or program

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

5 State may give priority to high priority segments of

6 corridors identified under subsection (c) of this sec7 tion.’’.

8 SEC. 106. ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

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

10 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘subsection

11 (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

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

13 title is amended—

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

15 and inserting ‘‘for any project eligible for assistance

16 under this chapter’’;

17 (2) by striking ‘‘on such highway’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘on such project’’; and

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

20 project’’.

21 (c) RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND FUNDS.—Sec22 tion 108(c) of such title is amended—

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

24 passenger transit facilities on any Federal-aid sys-
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1 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any project eligible for assistance

2 under this chapter’’; and

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

4 for the actual construction’’ and all that follows

5 through ‘‘Secretary’’ the last place it appears and in6 serting ‘‘actual construction of such project on rights7 of-way with respect to which funds are advanced

8 under this subsection, whichever shall occur first, the

9 right-of-way revolving fund shall be credited with an

10 amount equal to the Federal share of the funds ad11 vanced, as provided in section 120 of this title, out

12 of any funds apportioned under this chapter to the

13 State in which such project is located and available

14 for obligation for such projects and the State shall re15 imburse the Secretary’’.

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

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

18 ‘‘this title’’.

19 SEC. 107. STANDARDS.

20 Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amend21 ed—

22 (1) in subsection (h) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid

23 system’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’; and

24 (2) in subsection (q) by striking ‘‘under sections’’

25 and inserting ‘‘under section’’.
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1 SEC. 108. LETTING OF CONTRACTS.

2 Section 112(f) of title 23, United States Code, relating

3 to applicability to contracts for projects on the secondary

4 system, is repealed.

5 SEC. 109. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE.

6 Section 113 of title 23, United States Code, is amend7 ed—

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

9 projects on’’ and all that follows through ‘‘authorized

10 under’’ and inserting ‘‘highway projects on Federal11 aid highways authorized under’’;

12 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘upon the Fed13 eral-aid systems,’’ and inserting ‘‘on Federal-aid

14 highways,’’; and

15 (3) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘of the Federal16 aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’.

17 SEC. 110. CONSTRUCTION.

18 Section 114 of title 23, United States Code, is amend19 ed—

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

21 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys22 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway or portion

23 thereof’’;

24 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘highways or

25 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys-
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1 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid highway or por2 tion thereof’’; and

3 (3) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘highways or

4 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys5 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any Federal-aid highway or por6 tion thereof’’.

7 SEC. 111. ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.

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

9 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

11 SPECIFICATIONS,’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECT AP12 PROVAL’’; and

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

14 second comma after ‘‘144’’.

15 (b) ADVANCED PLANNING.—Notwithstanding any

16 other provision of law, upon application of a State, the Sec17 retary shall pay to the State the Federal share of the cost

18 of transportation planning carried out (including transpor19 tation planning carried out by metropolitan planning orga20 nizations), after September 30, 1991, and before December

21 18, 1991, in accordance with all procedures and all require22 ments applicable to such planning under title 23, United

23 States Code. Such payment shall be made to the State from

24 funds apportioned to the State under such title and avail25 able for carrying out transportation planning.
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1 SEC. 112. MAINTENANCE.

2 Section 116 of title 23, United States Code, is amend3 ed—

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘highway’’ before ‘‘project’’ the

5 first place it appears in each of subsections (a) and

6 (c);

7 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘no longer con8 stitutes a part of a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘is no longer a Federal-aid highway’’; and

10 (3) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid

11 secondary system’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid high12 way’’.

13 SEC. 113. CERTIFICATION ACCEPTANCE.

14 Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amend15 ed—

16 (1) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘2000(d)’’ and

17 inserting ‘‘2000d’’; and

18 (2) by striking subsection (f), relating to dis19 charge of the Secretary’s responsibilities with respect

20 to the secondary system.

21 SEC. 114. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

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

23 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

25 construction in a State’’ and inserting ‘‘completion of

26 the Interstate System in a State’’; and
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1 (2) in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘for com2 pletion of the Interstate System’’ after ‘‘shall be allo3 cated’’.

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 all

7 that follows through the period at the end of the second sen8 tence and inserting ‘‘for obligation at the discretion of the

9 Secretary for projects to complete the Interstate System.’’.

10 (c) SET-ASIDE FOR 4R PROJECTS.—Section 118(c)(2)

11 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘of’’ after

12 ‘‘$64,000,000 for each’’.

13 SEC. 115. FEDERAL SHARE.

14 (a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM PROJECTS.—Section 120(a)

15 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting

16 before ‘‘including a project’’ the following: ‘‘including a

17 project the cost for which is included in the 1991 interstate

18 cost estimate and’’.

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

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

21 (c) EMERGENCY RELIEF.—The first sentence of section

22 120(e) of such title is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘system, including’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘, including a highway on’’;

25 (2) by striking ‘‘on a project on such system’’;
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘and

2 (b)’’; and

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

4 days’’.

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

6 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub7 section:

8 ‘‘(j) PLANNING PROJECTS.—The Federal share payable

9 on account of any project to be carried out with funds set

10 aside under section 104(f) of this title shall be 80 percent

11 of the costs thereof unless the Secretary determines that the

12 interest of the Federal-aid highway program would best be

13 served by decreasing or eliminating the non-Federal share

14 of such costs.’’.

15 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 208(2) of the

16 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of

17 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3338(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section

18 120(a) of title 23, United States Code;’’.

19 SEC. 116. PAYMENT TO STATES FOR CONSTRUCTION.

20 Section 121 of title 23, United States Code, is amend21 ed—

22 (1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘After’’ and in23 serting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this title,

24 after’’; and
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1 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid

2 system’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’.

3 SEC. 117. RELOCATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES.

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

5 amended—

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

7 inserting ‘‘eligible for assistance under this chapter’’;

8 and

9 (2) by striking the last sentence.

10 SEC. 118. ADVANCES TO STATES.

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

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

13 systems, including the Interstate System, he’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘a project eligible for assistance under this title, the Sec15 retary’’.

16 SEC. 119. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

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

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

19 by striking all preceding ‘‘Provided’’ and inserting the fol20 lowing: ‘‘The Secretary may expend funds from the emer21 gency fund herein authorized for projects for repair or re22 construction on Federal-aid highways in accordance with

23 the provisions of this chapter:’’.

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

25 such title is further amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘authorized’’ in the second sen2 tence and all that follows through the period at the

3 end of such sentence and inserting ‘‘authorized on

4 Federal-aid highways.’’; and

5 (2) by striking ‘‘the Disaster Relief and Emer6 gency Assistance Act (Public Law 93–288)’’ and in7 serting ‘‘The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

8 Emergency Assistance Act’’.

9 SEC. 120. APPLICABILITY OF AXLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.

10 (a) WISCONSIN STATE ROUTE 78 AND UNITED STATES

11 ROUTE 51.—Section 127 of title 23, United States Code,

12 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub13 section:

14 ‘‘(f) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAULING

15 VEHICLES ON CERTAIN WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS.—If the

16 104-mile portion of Wisconsin State Route 78 and United

17 States Route 51 between Interstate Route 94 near Portage,

18 Wisconsin, and Wisconsin State Route 29 south of Wausau,

19 Wisconsin, is designated as part of the Interstate System

20 under section 139(a) of title 23, United States Code, the

21 single axle, tandem axle, gross vehicle weight, and bridge

22 formula limits set forth in subsection (a) shall not apply

23 to the operation on such 104-mile portion of any vehicle

24 which could legally operate on such 104-mile portion before

25 the date of the enactment of this subsection.’’.
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1 (b) VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS IN THE STATE OF

2 OHIO.—

3 (1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Transportation

4 shall review the Federal and State commercial motor

5 vehicle weight limitations applicable to Federal-aid

6 highways in the State of Ohio.

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

8 Transportation determines, on the basis of the review

9 conducted under paragraph (1), that it is in the pub10 lic interest, the Secretary may waive application of

11 the vehicle weight limitations of section 127(a) of title

12 23, United States Code, and of the State certification

13 requirements of sections 141(b) and 141(c) of such

14 title, in whole or in part, to highways on the Dwight

15 D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense

16 Highways in the State of Ohio for short wheel-base

17 vehicles for such period as the Secretary determines

18 may be necessary to permit a reasonable period of de19 preciation for short wheel-base vehicles purchased be20 fore October 1, 1991.

21 (3) MORATORIUM ON WITHHOLDING OF

22 FUNDS.—Until the Secretary of Transportation makes

23 a determination relating to the public interest under

24 paragraph (2), the Secretary shall not withhold funds

25 under section 127(a) or 141(c) of title 23, United
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1 States Code, from apportionment to the State of Ohio

2 for failure to comply with such section with respect

3 to short wheel-base vehicles.

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

5 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

7 inserting ‘‘118(b)(2)’’; and

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

9 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘July 6, 1991’’.

10 SEC. 121. TOLL ROADS.

11 (a) USE OF REVENUES.—Section 129(a)(3) of title 23,

12 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘all toll reve13 nues received’’ and all that follows through the period at

14 the end of the first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘toll

15 revenues received from operation of the toll facility will be

16 used for financing and any other obligations in respect of

17 the facility, for reserves, for reasonable return to investors

18 financing the project (as determined by the State), and for

19 the costs necessary for the proper operation and mainte20 nance of the toll facility, including reconstruction, resur21 facing, restoration, and rehabilitation.’’.

22 (b) REFERENCE TO FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS.—The

23 last sentence of section 129(a)(4) of such title is amended

24 by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed25 eral-aid highways’’.
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1 (c) LOANS.—Section 129(a)(7) of such title is amend2 ed—

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

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

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

6 and inserting ‘‘entity’’;

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

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

9 (4) by striking ‘‘all Federal environmental re10 quirements have been complied with and permits ob11 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Environmental

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

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

14 such loan’’;

15 (6) by inserting after the fifth sentence the fol16 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Any such loan to a public en17 tity shall bear interest at such rate as the State deter18 mines appropriate.’’; and

19 (7) by striking ‘‘the time the loan was obligated’’

20 and inserting ‘‘the date of the initial funding of the

21 loan’’.

22 (d) CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY

23 TERMINAL FACILITIES.—Section 129 of such title is amend24 ed—
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1 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by strik2 ing ‘‘the route of which’’ and all that follows through

3 the period at the end of such sentence and inserting

4 ‘‘the route of which has been classified as a public

5 road and has not been designated as a route on the

6 Interstate System.’’; and

7 (2) in subsection (c)(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ pre8 ceding ‘‘repair’’.

9 (e) PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 129(d) of such title is

10 amended—

11 (1) in each of paragraphs (1) and (3) by striking

12 ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’;

13 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘State of Penn14 sylvania’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘States

15 of Pennsylvania and West Virginia’’; and

16 (3) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘the’’ before

17 ‘‘State of Georgia’’.

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 con21 cerning the Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, en22 tered into under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the

23 city of Rock Island, Illinois, or its assigns, to construct,

24 maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi

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1 or near the city of Davenport, Iowa’’, approved March 18,

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

3 had been entered into under section 129 of title 23, United

4 States Code, as in effect on December 17, 1991, and may

5 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. 122. RAIL-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS.

13 Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is amend14 ed—

15 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Except as pro16 vided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to’’;

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

18 place it appears;

19 (3) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘except as pro20 vided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to’’;

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

22 and’’;

23 (5) in subsection (e) by striking the last sentence;
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1 (6) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating

2 subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and (g), re3 spectively; and

4 (7) in subsection (f) as so redesignated by strik5 ing ‘‘railroad highway’’ and inserting ‘‘railroad-high6 way’’.

7 SEC. 123. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

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

9 United States Code, is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘subsections (b)

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

12 (b)(4)’’;

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

14 and inserting ‘‘to be’’; and

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

16 State’’ the following: ‘‘or the designated transpor17 tation authority of the State’’.

18 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1007(b)(1) of

19 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

20 1991 (105 Stat. 1930) is amended—

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

22 ‘‘104(b)’’; and

23 (2) by striking ‘‘to read as follows’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new

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1 SEC. 124. 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 (g)(2)(B)

8 by striking ‘‘long-range’’ and inserting ‘‘long range’’;

9 (3) in subsection (f)(11) by inserting ‘‘passengers

10 and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;

11 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub12 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

13 (B); and

14 (5) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘the Federal-Aid

15 Highway Act of 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’.

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

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

18 new paragraph:

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

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

21 is amended by striking the last sentence.

22 (d) CONFORMING CHAPTER ANALYSIS AMENDMENT.—

23 The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amended by strik24 ing

‘‘134. Transportation planning in certain urban areas.’’

25 and inserting
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‘‘134. Metropolitan planning.’’.

1 SEC. 125. STATEWIDE PLANNING.

2 Section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is amend3 ed—

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

5 and inserting the following new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(1) The transportation needs identified through

7 use of the management systems required by section

8 303 of this title.’’;

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

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

11 the identification of a rural priority local road and

12 bridge system,’’;

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

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

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

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

17 striking ‘‘commercial motor vehicles’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘passengers and freight’’;

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

20 and inserting ‘‘transportation needs’’;

21 (6) in each of subsections (e) and (f)(1) by in22 serting ‘‘Indian tribal governments,’’ after ‘‘private

23 providers of transportation,’’; and

24 (7) in subsection (h)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘United States Code,’’ and

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

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

4 ‘‘this title’’; and

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

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

7 Federal Transit Act,’’.

8 SEC. 126. CONTROL OF JUNKYARDS.

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

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

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

12 highways’’.

13 (b) PRIMARY SYSTEM DEFINED.—Section 136 of such

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

15 subsection:

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

17 this section, the term ‘primary system’ means the Federal18 aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any

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

20 National Highway System.’’.

21 SEC. 127. NONDISCRIMINATION.

22 (a) STATE ASSURANCES.—Section 140(a) of title 23,

23 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘any of the

24 Federal-aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid high25 ways’’.
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1 (b) TRAINING.—Section 140(b) of such title is amend2 ed—

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘operator of a Youth Corps cen4 ter,’’ after ‘‘nonprofit),’’;

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

6 program’’; and

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

8 SEC. 128. ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.

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

10 amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid primary system’’ and

11 all that follows through ‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed12 eral-aid highways, including highways on’’.

13 SEC. 129. AVAILABILITY OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

14 Section 142 of title 23, United States Code, is amend15 ed—

16 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘the surface’’

17 and inserting ‘‘surface’’; and

18 (2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘exits’’ and in19 serting ‘‘exists’’.

20 SEC. 130. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.

21 (a) SET ASIDES.—Section 144(g) of title 23, United

22 States Code, is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘103’’ and in24 serting ‘‘1003’’;
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1 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘OFF-SYSTEM

2 BRIDGES’’ and inserting ‘‘BRIDGES NOT ON FEDERAL3 AID HIGHWAYS’’;

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

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

6 are functionally classified as local or rural minor col7 lectors’’; and

8 (4) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘bridges not on

9 a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘such bridges’’.

10 (b) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 144(i) of such title

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

12 (c) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING BRIDGE APPORTION13 MENT CRITERIA.—The criteria for apportionment of funds

14 used by the Department of Transportation under section

15 144 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on Septem16 ber 30, 1991, shall remain in effect until September 30,

17 1997, or until changed by law, whichever occurs first.

18 SEC. 131. GREAT RIVER ROAD.

19 Section 148(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is

20 amended by striking ‘‘centers of the State’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘centers of the States’’.

22 SEC. 132. HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

23 Section 152 of title 23, United States Code, is amend24 ed—
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1 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘authorized’’

2 and inserting ‘‘available’’; and

3 (2) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and redes4 ignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections

5 (d), (e), and (f), respectively.

6 SEC. 133. USE OF SAFETY BELTS AND MOTORCYCLE HEL7 METS.

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

9 153 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘the date of the

11 enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘December

12 31, 1991’’; and

13 (2) in subsection (i)(3) by striking ‘‘the date of

14 the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem15 ber 31, 1991,’’.

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

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

18 it appears.

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

20 amended—

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

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

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

24 day of fiscal year 1995 or’’ after ‘‘If,’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘1994,’’ and in2 serting ‘‘1995,’’; and

3 (4) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking ‘‘under sec4 tion 402’’ and inserting ‘‘by this subsection’’.

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

6 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the meaning

8 such term has under chapter 4 of this title.’’.

9 SEC. 134. NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT.

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

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

12 Interstate System’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or more’’

13 and inserting ‘‘described in clause (2) or (3) of this sub14 section’’.

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

16 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

17 1968–1970) is amended—

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

19 State’’ after ‘‘apportionments’’;

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

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

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

23 (3) in subsection (c) by redesignating para24 graphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec25 tively; and
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1 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) of sub2 section (c) the following new paragraph:

3 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—

4 ‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—A State must obli5 gate at least 50 percent of its funds transferred

6 pursuant to this subsection for a fiscal year for

7 speed limit enforcement and public information

8 and education.

9 ‘‘(B) WAIVER.—Upon request of a State, the

10 Secretary may waive the requirement of sub11 paragraph (A) for any fiscal year if in the pre12 ceding fiscal year the State was in compliance

13 with the speed limit requirements established

14 pursuant to paragraph (1).’’.

15 SEC. 135. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

16 Section 157 of title 23, United States Code, is amend17 ed—

18 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘118(b)(2)’’

19 and inserting ‘‘118(b)(1)’’;

20 (2) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by striking ‘‘year

21 1989’’ and inserting ‘‘years 1989’’; and

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

23 subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), re24 spectively.
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1 SEC. 136. NATIONAL MINIMUM DRINKING AGE.

2 Section 158 of title 23, United States Code, is amend3 ed—

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

5 104(b)(6)’’ each place it appears and inserting

6 ‘‘104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)’’;

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

8 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

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

10 ‘‘104(b)(5)(B), or 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘104(b)(3), or 104(b)(5)(B)’’; and

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

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

14 SEC. 137. REVOCATION OF DRIVERS’ LICENSES OF INDIVID15 UALS CONVICTED OF DRUG OFFENSES.

16 Section 159 of title 23, United States Code, is amended

17 in each of subsections (b)(3) and (b)(4) by striking ‘‘118(b)’’

18 and inserting ‘‘118’’.

19 SEC. 138. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SEGMENTS OF INTER20 STATE SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT FED21 ERAL ASSISTANCE.

22 Section 160 of title 23, United States Code, is amend23 ed—

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

25 and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (g), the amount’’;

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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section:

3 ‘‘(g) PUERTO RICO.—Notwithstanding any other pro4 vision of this section, Puerto Rico shall receive in a fiscal

year 1 5 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant

6 to subsection (f) for such fiscal year. No State (including

7 the District of Columbia) which has a reimbursement per8 centage in the table contained in subsection (c) of 0.50 shall

9 have its reimbursement amount in fiscal years 1996 and

10 1997 reduced as a result of the enactment of the preceding

11 sentence.’’.

12 SEC. 139. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

13 (a) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS ALLOCATION.—Section

14 202(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by strik15 ing ‘‘66 percent of the remainder’’ and inserting ‘‘the re16 maining 66 percent’’.

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

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

19 development’’ each place it appears.

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

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

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

23 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘planning, re24 search, engineering, and construction’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘construction or improvement’’

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

3 construction’’.

4 (d) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

5 PROJECTS.—Section 204(c) of such title is amended by in6 serting ‘‘of’’ after ‘‘15 percent’’.

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

8 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub9 section:

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

11 other provision of law, funds available for Federal lands

12 highway programs shall be treated as obligated if—

13 ‘‘(1) the Secretary authorizes engineering and re14 lated work for a particular project; or

15 ‘‘(2) the Secretary approves plans, specifications,

16 and estimates for procurement of construction under

17 section 106 or 117 of this title.’’.

18 (f) REFERENCE TO PARK ROADS.—Section

19 1003(a)(6)(C) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

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

21 (1) by striking ‘‘HIGHWAYS’’ in the subpara22 graph heading and inserting ‘‘ROADS’’; and

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

24 preceding ‘‘$69,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘roads’’.
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1 (g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1032(b)(2) (A)

2 of such Act (105 Stat. 1974) is amended by striking ‘‘im3 provements’’ and inserting ‘‘improvement’’.

4 SEC. 140. BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN

5 WALKWAY.

6 Section 217 of title 23, United States Code, is amend7 ed—

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

9 walkways and’’ before ‘‘bicycle transportation facili10 ties’’;

11 (2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘and the Federal

12 share’’ and all that follows through ‘‘80 percent’’;

13 (3) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection

14 (k); and

15 (4) by inserting after subsection (i) the following

16 new subsection:

17 ‘‘(j) INCLUSION OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND BICY18 CLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN PLANNING.—

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

20 approve under this chapter a highway project for new

21 construction or reconstruction within the boundaries

22 of a State along which a pedestrian walkway or bicy23 cle transportation facility is required to be included

24 under the State’s transportation improvement plan

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1 walkway or bicycle transportation facility is part of

2 such highway project.

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

4 to approve a project for construction of a pedestrian

5 walkway or bicycle transportation facility under

6 paragraph (1)—

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

8 construction is not feasible or that use of the

9 walkway or facility would pose a safety risk to

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

11 ‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that there

12 will be no substantial transportation or recre13 ation benefit resulting from the project.’’.

14 SEC. 141. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

15 Section 302(b) of title 23, United States Code, is

16 amended by striking ‘‘on the Federal-aid secondary system,

17 financed with secondary funds,’’ and inserting ‘‘not on the

18 National Highway System’’.

19 SEC. 142. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

20 Section 303 of title 23, United States Code, is amended

21 in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking ‘‘1 year after

22 the date of the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘De23 cember 18, 1992’’.
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1 SEC. 143. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.

2 Section 307 of title 23, United States Code, is amend3 ed—

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

5 inserting ‘‘104(b)’’;

6 (2) in subsection (e)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘climac7 tic’’ and inserting ‘‘climatic’’;

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

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

10 (4) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘section’’ the

11 first place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’;

12 (5) in the heading to subsection (f)(3) by insert13 ing ‘‘EARTHQUAKE’’ after ‘‘NATIONAL’’; and

14 (6) in subsection (f)(3) by inserting ‘‘Earth15 quake’’ after ‘‘National’’.

16 SEC. 144. APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES OF

17 FEDERAL LANDS.

18 Section 317(d) of title 23, United States Code, is

19 amended by striking ‘‘system’’ and inserting ‘‘highway’’.

20 SEC. 145. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION

21 OUTREACH PROGRAM.

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

23 amended by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this sec24 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.
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1 SEC. 146. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

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

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

4 (1) by striking ‘‘section 4007’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘section 4004’’; and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘performance criteria’’ and in7 serting ‘‘performance goals’’.

8 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 402(b)

9 of such title is amended—

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

11 the end of each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) and in12 serting a semicolon;

13 (2) in paragraph (1)(C) by inserting ‘‘, includ14 ing Indian tribal governments,’’ after ‘‘subdivisions of

15 such State’’;

16 (3) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking the period at

17 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

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

19 (5) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and re20 designating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3).

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

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

23 (d) APPLICATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY.—Section 402(i)

24 of such title is amended to read as follows:

25 ‘‘(i) APPLICATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of the appli2 cation of this section in Indian country, the terms

3 ‘State’ and ‘Governor of a State’ include the Sec4 retary of the Interior and the term ‘political subdivi5 sion of a State’ includes an Indian tribe. Notwith6 standing the provisions of subsection (b)(1)(C), 95

7 percent of the funds transferred to the Secretary of the

8 Interior under this section shall be expended by In9 dian tribes to carry out highway safety programs

10 within their jurisdictions. The provisions of sub11 section (b)(1)(D) shall be applicable to Indian tribes,

12 except to those tribes with respect to which the Sec13 retary determines that application of such provisions

14 would not be practicable.

15 ‘‘(2) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For the pur16 poses of this subsection, the term ‘Indian country’

17 means—

18 ‘‘(A) all land within the limits of any In19 dian reservation under the jurisdiction of the

20 United States, notwithstanding the issuance of

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

22 through the reservation;

23 ‘‘(B) all dependent Indian communities

24 within the borders of the United States whether

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1 ritory thereof and whether within or without the

2 limits of a State; and

3 ‘‘(C) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles

4 to which have not been extinguished, including

5 rights-of-way running through such allotments.’’.

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

7 title is amended to read as follows:

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

9 from time to time conduct a rulemaking process to deter10 mine those highway safety programs that are most effective

11 in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and deaths. Any rule

12 under this subsection shall be promulgated taking into ac13 count consideration of the views of the States having a

14 major role in establishing such programs. When a rule pro15 mulgated in accordance with this subsection takes effect,

16 only those programs established by such rule as most effec17 tive in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and deaths shall

18 be eligible to receive Federal financial assistance under this

19 section.’’.

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

21 title is amended by striking subsection (k).

22 (g) SECTION 2005.—Section 2005(1) of the Intermodal

23 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

24 2079) is amended by striking ‘‘, 1994,’’ and inserting ‘‘and

25 1994 and $146,000,000 for each of fiscal years’’.
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1 SEC. 147. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADVISORY COMMIT2 TEE.

3 Section 404(d) of title 23, United States Code, is

4 amended by striking ‘‘Commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘Transpor5 tation’’.

6 SEC. 148. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTER MEAS7 URES.

8 Section 410(d)(1)(E) of title 23, United States Code,

9 is amended by striking ‘‘the date of enactment of this sec10 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.

11 SEC. 149. PUBLIC TRANSIT FACILITIES.

12 Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor13 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by striking ‘‘this

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

15 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations

16 Act, 1993’’.

17 SEC. 150. USE OF RECYCLED PAVING MATERIAL.

18 Section 1038(e) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor19 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 109 note) is

20 amended—

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

22 (1);

23 (2) by striking the period at the end of para24 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

25 (3) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(3) the term ‘State’ has the meaning such term

2 has under section 101 of title 23, United States

3 Code.’’.

4 SEC. 151. WORK ZONE SAFETY.

5 Section 1051 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor6 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is

7 amended—

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

9 ‘‘appurtenances,’’;

10 (2) by inserting ‘‘training,’’ after ‘‘traffic control

11 plans,’’; and

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen13 tence: ‘‘The Secretary shall annually review, and pro14 vide to State and local governments, information and

15 recommendations concerning safety practices that can

16 enhance safety at highway construction sites, includ17 ing information relating to new safety technologies,

18 services, traffic control plans, training, and work

19 zone-related bidding practices.’’.

20 SEC. 152. HIGH COST BRIDGE PROJECT.

21 The table contained in section 1103(b) of the Inter22 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

23 Stat. 2027–2028) is amended in item number 5, relating

24 to Gloucester Point, Virginia, by inserting after ‘‘York
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1 River’’ the following: ‘‘and for repair, strengthening, and

2 rehabilitation of the existing bridge’’.

3 SEC. 153. CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECT.

4 The table contained in section 1104(b) of the Inter5 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

6 Stat. 2029–2031) is amended—

7 (1) in item number 10, relating to San Diego,

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

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

10 Route 15’’; and

11 (2) in item number 43, relating to West Vir12 ginia, by striking ‘‘Coal Fields’’ and inserting ‘‘Coal13 fields’’.

14 SEC. 154. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGH15 WAY SYSTEM.

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

17 1105(c)(3) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi18 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by inserting

19 before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including (A)

20 a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Paducah, Ben21 ton, Hopkinsville, Bowling Green, Columbia, Somerset,

22 London, Hazard, Jenkins, and Pikeville, Kentucky, to

23 Williamson, West Virginia, and (B) a West Virginia cor24 ridor from Williamson to the vicinity of Welch, West Vir25 ginia, sharing a common corridor with the Interstate Route
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1 I–73/74 corridor (referred to in item 12 of the table con2 tained in subsection (f)), and from the vicinity of Welch

3 to Beckley, West Virginia, as part of the Coalfields Express4 way described in section 1069(v)’’.

5 (b) INDIANAPOLIS TO HOUSTON CORRIDOR.—Section

6 1105(c)(18) of such Act (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by

7 inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, in8 cluding a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Hen9 derson, Sturgis, Smithland, Paducah, Bardwell, and Hick10 man, Kentucky’’.

11 SEC. 155. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR PROJECT.

12 The table contained in section 1105(f) of the Inter13 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

14 Stat. 2033–2035) is amended in item number 26, relating

15 to Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, by striking ‘‘Newberry’’

16 and inserting ‘‘Evansville’’.

17 SEC. 156. RURAL ACCESS PROJECTS.

18 The table contained in section 1106(a)(2) of the Inter19 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

20 Stat. 2037–2042) is amended—

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

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

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

24 from south of Carmi to State Route 141 in southeast25 ern White County’’;
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1 (2) in item number 52, relating to Bedford

2 Springs, Pennsylvania, by striking ‘‘and Hunting3 ton’’ and inserting ‘‘Cambria, Franklin, and Hun4 tingdon’’;

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

6 Texas, by striking ‘‘with’’ and inserting ‘‘with Inter7 state 10 through’’;

8 (4) in item number 75, relating to Pennsylvania,

9 by striking ‘‘Widen’’ and all that follows through

10 ‘‘lanes’’ and inserting ‘‘Road improvements on a 14-

11 mile segment of U.S. Route 15 in Tioga County,

12 Pennsylvania’’;

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

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

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

16 by striking ‘‘Raton-Clayton Rd., Clayton, New Mex17 ico’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Rt. 64/87 from Raton, New

18 Mexico, through Clayton to the Texas-New Mexico

19 State line’’; and

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

21 County, Texas (SH199)—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘Parker County’’ and in23 serting ‘‘Parker and Tarrant Counties’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘to four-’’ and inserting ‘‘in

2 Tarrant County, to freeway standards and in

3 Parker County to a 4-’’.

4 SEC. 157. URBAN ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROJECTS.

5 The table contained in section 1106(b)(2) of the Inter6 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

7 Stat. 2043–2047) is amended—

8 (1) in item number 13, relating to Joliet, Illi9 nois, by striking ‘‘and construction and interchange

10 at Houbolt Road and I–80’’; and

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

12 California, by striking ‘‘For a grade’’ and all that fol13 lows through ‘‘Corridor’’ and inserting ‘‘For grade

14 separations and other improvements in the city of

15 Compton, California’’.

16 SEC. 158. INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.

17 The table contained in section 1107(b) of the Inter18 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

19 Stat. 2048–2059) is amended—

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

21 Virginia, by inserting ‘‘methods of facilitating public

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

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

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

25 85’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on U.S. Route 80 west
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1 of Montgomery, Alabama, and connecting to I–65

2 south of Montgomery and I–85 east of Montgomery’’;

3 (3) in item number 52, relating to Pennsylvania,

4 by striking ‘‘off Interstate’’ and all that follows

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

6 improvements off Interstate 81 between Pittston and

7 Hazleton,’’;

8 (4) in item number 61, relating to Mojave, Cali9 fornia, by striking ‘‘Mojave’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘Victorville’’ and by inserting ‘‘Mojave’’ after ‘‘recon11 struct’’;

12 (5) in item number 100, relating to Arkansas, by

13 striking ‘‘Thornton’’ and inserting ‘‘Little Rock’’;

14 (6) in item number 113, relating to Durham

15 County, North Carolina, by inserting after ‘‘Route

16 147’’ the following: ‘‘, including the interchange at I–

17 85’’; and

18 (7) in item number 114, relating to Corpus

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

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

21 4-lane divided highway’’.

22 SEC. 159. INTERMODAL PROJECT.

23 The table contained in section 1108(b) of the Inter24 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105
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1 Stat. 2060–2063) is amended in item number 9, relating

2 to E. Haven/Wallingford, Connecticut—

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

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

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

6 SEC. 160. MISCELLANEOUS INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANS7 PORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT AMENDMENTS.

8 (a) CROSS REFERENCE IN HIGHWAY USE TAX EVA9 SION PROGRAM.—Section 1040(a) of the Intermodal Sur10 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 101

11 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and in12 serting ‘‘(f)’’.

13 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON QUALITY IMPROVE14 MENT.—Section 1043(b) of such Act (105 Stat. 1993) is

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

16 (c) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MIS17 CELLANEOUS PROJECTS.—Section 1069 of such Act is

18 amended—

19 (1) by striking the last sentence of subsection (y);

20 and

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub22 section:

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

24 carry out this section shall remain available until ex25 pended.’’.
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1 (d) FINAL RULE FOR ROADSIDE BARRIERS AND SAFE2 TY APPURTENANCES.—Section 1073(b) of such Act (105

3 Stat. 2012) is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘2 years’’.

5 (e) INTERSTATE STUDY COMMISSION.—Section 1099

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

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

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

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

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

11 place it appears the following: ‘‘appointed by the Gov12 ernors of the States of Maryland and Virginia and

13 the Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively’’;

14 and

15 (4) by striking ‘‘appointed by the Governors and

16 the Mayor’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1 each for Maryland,

17 Virginia, and the District of Columbia appointed by

18 the Governors and the Mayor, respectively’’.

19 (f) DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT TRAINING PRO20 GRAM.—Section 2006(b) of such Act (23 U.S.C. 403 note;

21 105 Stat. 2080) is amended by inserting ‘‘Federal’’ before

22 ‘‘Advisory’’.

23 (g) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO CER24 TAIN HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 2009 of such

25 Act (105 Stat. 2080) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’;

2 (2) by striking ‘‘211(b)’’ the first place it ap3 pears and inserting ‘‘211’’;

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

5 (4) by striking subsection (b).

6 SEC. 161. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PRO7 GRAM.

8 In administering section 1003(b) of the Intermodal

9 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the limita10 tion on annual gross receipts of a small business concern

11 set forth in paragraph (2)(A) of such section shall be the

12 only limitation on annual gross receipts which applies to

13 small business concerns.

14 SEC. 162. AMENDMENTS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

15 AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT

16 OF 1987.

17 (a) NEW RIVER, WEST VIRGINIA.—Section 149(a)(62)

18 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As19 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 191) is amended by striking

20 ‘‘in the vicinity of’’ and inserting ‘‘on the west side of’’.

21 (b) BURBANK-GLENDALE-PASADENA AIRPORT, CALI22 FORNIA.—Section 149(a)(69) of such Act (101 Stat. 191)

23 is amended—

24 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘highway’’;
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1 (2) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and con2 struction of terminal and parking facilities at such

3 airport’’; and

4 (3) by striking ‘‘by making’’ in the second sen5 tence and all that follows through the period at the

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

7 feasibility study and conducting preliminary engi8 neering, design, and construction of a link between

9 such airport and the commuter rail system that is

10 being developed by the Los Angeles County Metropoli11 tan Transportation Authority.’’.

12 SEC. 163. FREEWAY SERVICE PATROLS.

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

14 Secretary shall find that it is not feasible, any funds ex15 pended in a fiscal year directly or indirectly for freeway

16 service patrols from amounts made available to a State

17 under titles I and III of the Intermodal Surface Transpor18 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 shall be expended with pri19 vately owned or privately operated business concerns. The

20 preceding sentence shall not apply to any publicly owned

21 or operated freeway service patrol that was in operation

22 before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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

24 term ‘‘freeway service patrol’’ means automotive road serv25 ice vehicles and automotive towing vehicles operated in a
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1 continuous, dedicated service as part of an incident man2 agement program.

3 SEC. 164. PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY.

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

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

6 American Highway.

7 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study to be conducted under sub8 section (a) shall at a minimum include the following ele9 ments:

10 (1) Findings on the benefits of constructing a

11 highway at Darien Gap, Panama and Colombia.

12 (2) Recommendations for a self-financing ar13 rangement for completion and maintenance of the

14 Pan American Highway.

15 (3) Recommendations for establishing a Pan

16 American highway authority to monitor financing,

17 construction, maintenance, and operations of the Pan

18 American Highway.

19 (4) Findings on the benefits to trade and pros20 perity of a more efficient Pan American Highway.

21 (5) Findings on the benefits to United States in22 dustry through the use of United States technology

23 and equipment in construction of improvements to the

24 Pan American Highway.
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1 (6) Findings on environmental considerations,

2 including environmental considerations relating to

3 the Darien Gap.

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

5 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to

6 Congress a report on the results of the study conducted

7 under this section.

8 TITLE II—FEDERAL TRANSIT

9 PROGRAMS

10 SEC. 201. SECTION 3 PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.

11 (a) LETTERS OF INTENT.—Section 3(a)(4)(E) of the

12 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(4)(E)) is

13 amended—

14 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘letters of in15 tent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall not exceed

16 the’’ and inserting ‘‘letters of intent, early systems

17 work agreements, and full funding grant agreements

18 shall not exceed the’’; and

19 (2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘new let20 ters issued’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall not ex21 ceed any’’ and inserting ‘‘new letters issued and con22 tingent commitments included in early systems work

23 agreements and full funding agreements shall not ex24 ceed any’’.
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1 (b) ASSURED TIMETABLE FOR FINAL DESIGN

2 STAGE.—Section 3(a)(6)(C) of the Federal Transit Act (49

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

4 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or, if an environmental

5 impact statement is not required for such project, the date

6 of completion of an environmental assessment for such

7 project or of a finding of no significant impact’’.

8 (c) RAIL MODERNIZATION.—Section 3(h) of such Act

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

10 inserting ‘‘subsection’’.

11 (d) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Section 3(i)(5)(C) of such

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

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

14 States Code,’’.

15 (e) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR PROGRAMS OF

16 INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—Section 3011(b) of the Inter17 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (49

18 U.S.C. App. 1602 note; 105 Stat. 2098) is amended by in19 serting after ‘‘interrelated projects’’ the following: ‘‘but ex20 cluding any project for which a timetable for project review

21 or for Federal funding is provided for by a provision of

22 law other than section 3(a)(6) of the Federal Transit Act

23 and for which such timetable is different than the timetable

24 established by such section’’.
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1 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3007 of the

2 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

3 (105 Stat. 2091) is amended—

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

5 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

6 semicolon; and

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

8 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

9 final period.

10 SEC. 202. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

11 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 8 of the Fed12 eral Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607) is amended—

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

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

15 (2) in subsection (f)(9) by striking ‘‘of this title’’

16 and inserting ‘‘of such title’’;

17 (3) in subsection (f)(11) by inserting ‘‘passengers

18 and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;

19 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub20 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

21 (B), respectively;

22 (5) in subsection (i)(3) by striking ‘‘this title

23 and the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘title 23,

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

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

3 to this’’;

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

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

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

7 title’’ after ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

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

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

10 (10) in subsection (i)(5) by striking ‘‘the Federal

11 Transit’’ the first 2 places it appears and inserting

12 ‘‘this’’;

13 (11) in subsection (i)(5) by striking ‘‘section 8(o)

14 of the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

15 (o) of this section’’;

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

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

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

19 striking ‘‘section 8’’ the first place it appears and in20 serting ‘‘this section’’;

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

22 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’;

23 (15) in subsection (p)(3) by striking ‘‘subpara24 graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and
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1 (16) in subsection (p)(5) by striking ‘‘para2 graph’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’.

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

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

5 new paragraph:

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

7 (c) LONG RANGE PLAN.—Section 8(g)(2)(B) of such

8 Act is amended by striking ‘‘long-range’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘long range’’.

10 (d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 8(k) of such Act

11 is amended by striking the last sentence.

12 (e) NONATTAINMENT AREA REQUIREMENTS.—Section

13 8(l) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘transit’’ and in14 serting ‘‘highway’’.

15 SEC. 203. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.

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

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

18 amended by inserting before ‘‘and any other’’ in the last

19 sentence the following: ‘‘employing law enforcement or secu20 rity personnel in areas within or adjacent to such sys21 tems;’’.

22 (b) LIMITATION ON FUNDING OF OPERATING ASSIST23 ANCE.—Section 9(k)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by add24 ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘If an urbanized

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1 the United States of more than 1,000,000 and has a popu2 lation under the 1990 decennial census of less than

3 1,000,000, the maximum percentage of funds which may be

4 used for operating assistance for purposes of the first sen5 tence shall be 90 percent of the amount of funds apportioned

6 in fiscal year 1982 under such paragraphs (1)(A), (2)(A),

7 and (3)(A) to such area.’’.

8 (c) GRANDFATHER OF CERTAIN URBANIZED AREAS.—

9 Section 9(s)(2) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal

10 year 1993,’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 1993 and

11 1994,’’.

12 (d) FERRYBOAT OPERATIONS.—For purposes of cal13 culating apportionments under section 9 of the Federal

14 Transit Act for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

15 1993, 50 percent of the ferryboat revenue vehicle miles and

16 50 percent of the ferryboat route miles attributable to serv17 ice provided to the city of Avalon, California, for which the

18 operator receives public assistance shall be included in the

19 calculation of ‘‘fixed guideway vehicle revenue miles’’ and

20 ‘‘fixed guideway route miles’’ attributable to the Los Angeles

21 urbanized area under sections 9(b)(2) 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 the

3 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. 1607c(b)(10)(A)) is amend4 ed by striking ‘‘technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Technology’’.

5 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO FUND6 ING FOR UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.—Section

7 11(b)(12) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘102’’ and

8 inserting ‘‘1002’’.

9 (c) INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE TRANS10 PORTATION POLICY STUDIES.—Section 11(c) of such Act is

11 amended—

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

13 ‘‘INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INTER14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR’’;

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

16 for national’’ and inserting ‘‘an international insti17 tute for’’;

18 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘through the

19 Institute for Transportation Research and Education

20 and’’ and inserting a comma;

21 (4) in paragraph (3) by inserting a comma after

22 ‘‘South Florida’’; and

23 (5) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘through the

24 Institute for Transportation Research and Edu25 cation’’.
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1 SEC. 206. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

2 (a) RAIL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AGREEMENTS.—Section

3 12(c)(1) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App.

4 1608(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘payments for the cap5 ital portions of rail trackage rights agreements,’’ after

6 ‘‘rights-of-way,’’.

7 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The first sentence of

8 section 12(f)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘such

9 State of local’’ and inserting ‘‘such State or local’’.

10 (c) TURNKEY SYSTEM PROJECT.—Section 12(l) of such

11 Act is amended—

12 (1) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ‘‘is’’ and in13 serting ‘‘may be’’; and

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

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

16 enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportaton

17 Efficiency Act of 1991’’.

18 (d) SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS.—Section 12 of such Act

19 is further amended by adding at the end the following new

20 subsection:

21 ‘‘(n) SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS.—

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

23 under this Act determines that facilities and equip24 ment and other assets (including land) acquired, in

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

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1 the Secretary shall authorize the sale of the assets

2 with no further obligation to the Federal Government

3 if the Secretary determines that—

4 ‘‘(A) there are no purposes eligible for as5 sistance under this Act for which the asset should

6 be used; and

7 ‘‘(B) the proceeds from the sale of the asset

8 will be used by the recipient to procure items eli9 gible for capital assistance under this Act.

10 ‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The pro11 visions of this subsection shall be in addition to and

12 not in lieu of any other provision of law governing

13 use and disposition of facilities and equipment under

14 an assistance agreement.’’.

15 SEC. 207. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY AND REAPPORTION16 MENT OF SECTION 16 FUNDS.

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

18 1612) is amended—

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

20 semicolon at the end of paragraph (1);

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

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

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

24 and inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘Eligible capital expenses under this subsection may in2 clude, at the option of the recipient, the acquisition of trans3 portation services under a contract, lease, or other arrange4 ment.’’;

5 (4) in subsection (c)(4) by striking ‘‘the enact6 ment of the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the

7 date of the enactment of the Intermodal Surface

8 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991’’;

9 (5) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the fol10 lowing new paragraph:

11 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Sums appor12 tioned under this subsection shall be available for ob13 ligation by the State for a period of 2 years following

14 the close of the fiscal year for which the sums are ap15 portioned and any amounts remaining unobligated at

16 the end of such period shall be reapportioned among

17 the States for the succeeding fiscal year.’’;

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

19 and elderly individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘elderly per20 sons and persons with disabilities’’; and

21 (7) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘such individ22 uals’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons’’.
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1 SEC. 208. RURAL TRANSIT PROGRAM.

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

3 Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1614(a)) is amended by strik4 ing the final period.

5 SEC. 209. NONDISCRIMINATION.

6 Section 19 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App.

7 1615) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ each place it appears;

9 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and

10 (5) as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively;

11 (3) in subsection (c) as so redesignated—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)’’;

13 (B) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’;

14 (C) by striking ‘‘paragraph (a)’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;

16 (D) by striking ‘‘(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’;

17 (E) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)’’;

18 (F) by striking ‘‘(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)’’;

19 and

20 (G) by striking ‘‘(iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D)’’;

21 and

22 (4) in subsection (d) as so redesignated by strik23 ing ‘‘(a)(3)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c)(2)(B)’’.
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1 SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATIONS.

2 (a) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FROM TRUST

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

4 U.S.C. App. 1617(a)(1)) is amended—

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

6 10,’’; and

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

8 (b) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FROM GENERAL

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

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

11 10,’’; and

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

13 (c) SETASIDE FOR PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND RE14 SEARCH.—Section 21(c) of such Act is amended—

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

16 1992,’’ after ‘‘each fiscal year’’;

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

18 appears;

19 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the State pro20 gram under’’; and

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

22 program under’’.

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

24 amended by striking ‘‘or appropriated’’ each place it ap25 pears.
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1 (e) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE TRANSFER TRANSIT

2 PROJECTS.—Section 21(e) of such Act is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘$160,000,000’’ and all that follows through the period

4 at the end and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years beginning after

5 September 30, 1991, not to exceed $324,843,000. Such sums

6 shall remain available until expended.’’.

7 SEC. 211. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.

8 Section 23 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App.

9 1619) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘or 18’’ and in11 serting ‘‘and 18’’; and

12 (2) in subsection (h) by striking ‘‘subsections (a)

13 (1) through (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

14 SEC. 212. PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

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

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

17 as follows:

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

19 ‘‘(1) TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PRO20 GRAM.—Fifty percent of the funds made available

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

22 available for the transit cooperative research program

23 to be administered as follows:

24 ‘‘(A) INDEPENDENT GOVERNING BOARD.—

25 The Secretary shall establish an independent
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1 governing board for such program to recommend

2 such transit research, development, and tech3 nology transfer activities as the Secretary deems

4 appropriate.

5 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—

6 The Secretary may make grants to, and enter

7 into cooperative agreements with, the National

8 Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities

9 as the Secretary determines are appropriate.

10 ‘‘(2) STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.—The re11 maining 50 percent of funds made available under

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

13 to the States for grants and contracts consistent with

14 the purposes of sections 6, 8, 10, 11, and 20 of this

15 Act in the ratio which the population in urbanized

16 areas in each State bears to the total population in

17 urbanized areas in all the States, as shown by the lat18 est available decennial census, except that no State

shall receive less than 1 19 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount

20 apportioned under this subsection. In any case in

21 which a statewide transit agency is responsible under

22 State law for the financing, construction, and oper23 ation, directly, by lease, contract, or otherwise, of

24 statewide public transportation services, such agency
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1 shall be the recipient for receiving and dispensing

2 funds under this paragraph.

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

4 may authorize a portion of its funds made available

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

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

7 appropriate.’’.

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

9 is amended—

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

11 21(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 21(b)(3)(E) and

12 21(c)(4)’’; and

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

14 after ‘‘$2,000,000’’.

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

16 amended by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this Act’’

17 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the date of the enact18 ment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

19 Act of 1991’’.

20 SEC. 213. NEEDS SURVEY AND TRANSFERABILITY STUDY.

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

22 App. 1623(b)) is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(3)’’;

24 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘such sections’’

25 and inserting ‘‘section 9(j) of this Act’’; and
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1 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘With’’ and in2 serting ‘‘with’’.

3 SEC. 214. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RAIL FIXED GUIDE4 WAY SYSTEM.

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

6 1624(b)) is amended—

7 (1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘RAIL’’

8 before ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’; and

9 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘rail’’ before

10 ‘‘fixed guideway’’.

11 SEC. 215. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.

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

13 1625) is amended in the heading to subsection (b) by strik14 ing ‘‘FUNDING’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAINING OF STATE AND

15 LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL’’.

16 SEC. 216. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

17 The Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1601–1625)

18 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

19 ‘‘SEC. 30. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

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

21 CERTAIN PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS.—In the case of any State

22 containing nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal,

23 and public domain lands (both reserved and unreserved) ex24 clusive of national forests and national parks and monu25 ments, exceeding 5 percent of the total area of all lands in
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1 the State, the Federal share which, but for this subsection,

2 would be applicable for any construction project under this

3 Act shall be increased by a percentage of the remaining cost

4 equal to the percentage that the area of all such lands in

5 the State is of its total area.

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

7 PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS AND NATIONAL FORESTS, PARKS,

8 AND MONUMENTS.—In the case of any State containing

9 nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal, public do10 main lands (both reserved and unreserved), national forests,

11 and national parks and monuments, the Federal share

12 which, but for this subsection, would be applicable for any

13 construction project under this Act shall be increased by

14 a percentage of the remaining cost equal to the percentage

15 that the area of all such lands in such State is of its total

16 area.

17 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM SHARE.—Notwithstanding subsections

18 (a) and (b) of this section, the Federal share for any con19 struction project under this Act shall not exceed 95 percent

20 of the total cost of such project.

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

22 where a grant recipient elects to have the Federal share pro23 vided in subsection (b) of this section, the grant recipient

24 must enter into an agreement with the Secretary covering

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1 to use solely for purposes eligible for assistance (other than

2 operating assistance) under this Act (other than paying its

3 share of projects approved under this Act) during the period

4 covered by such agreement the difference between the grant

5 recipient’s share as provided in subsection (b) and what its

6 share would be if it elected to pay the share provided in

7 subsection (a) for all projects subject to such agreement.’’.

8 SEC. 217. PERFORMANCE REPORTS ON MASS TRANSIT SYS9 TEMS.

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

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

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

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

14 SEC. 218. MISCELLANEOUS MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS.

15 (a) PORTLAND WESTSIDE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

16 Section 3035(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

17 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2129) is amended by in18 serting at the end the following: ‘‘The Hillsboro Extension

19 to the Westside Light Rail Project shall be considered by

20 the Federal Transit Administration as a single project ex21 tending from downtown Portland, Oregon, to downtown

22 Hillsboro, Oregon, for the purposes of project review, eval23 uation, and approval of construction under section 3(i) of

24 the Federal Transit Act and for the purpose of preparing

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

2 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi3 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122–2123) is amended by

4 inserting after ‘‘Hudson River Waterfront Transportation

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

6 and within the city of Bayonne)’’.

7 (c) ADDITIONAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AND RIGHT-OF8 WAY PURCHASE FOR GILROY SERVICE.—Section 3035(h)

9 of such Act (105 Stat. 2130) is amended—

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

11 ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and

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

13 ‘‘October 31, 1996,’’.

14 (d) DALLAS LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

15 (1) MULTIYEAR GRANT AGREEMENT.—Section

16 3035(i) of such Act (105 Stat. 2130) is amended—

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

18 ‘‘9.6 miles’’;

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

20 ‘‘not to exceed 14 stations’’;

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

22 inserting ‘‘the program of interrelated projects

23 identified in section 3(a)(8)(C)(vii) of the Fed24 eral Transit Act’’; and
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1 (D) by striking ‘‘of such elements’’ and in2 serting ‘‘element of such program of interrelated

3 projects’’.

4 (2) PROGRAM OF INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—

5 Section 3(a)(8)(C)(vii) of the Federal Transit Act (49

6 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(8)(C)(vii)) is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘Camp Wisdom’’ and inserting ‘‘Interstate Route

8 20, L.B.J. Freeway’’.

9 (e) SOUTH BOSTON.—Section 3035(j) of the Inter10 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

11 Stat. 2130–2131) is amended—

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘the second place it appears’’

13 after ‘‘striking ‘—’ ’’; and

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Funds

15 made available for the South Boston Piers

16 Transitway in fiscal year 1994 for alternatives anal17 ysis may also be used for construction.’’.

18 (f) KANSAS CITY LIGHT RAIL LINE.—Section 3035(k)

19 of such Act (105 Stat. 2131) is amended by striking

20 ‘‘$1,500,000 in fiscal year 1992, and $4,400,000 in fiscal

21 year 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,900,000’’.

22 (g) ORLANDO STREETCAR DOWNTOWN TROLLEY

23 PROJECT.—Section 3035(l) of such Act (105 Stat. 2131) is

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1 ‘‘and the initiation of final design, construction, land and

2 equipment acquisition, and related activities’’.

3 (h) SAN DIEGO MID COAST FIXED GUIDEWAY

4 PROJECT.—Section 3035(u) of such Act (105 Stat. 2132)

5 is amended—

6 (1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘LIGHT

7 RAIL’’ and inserting ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’; and

8 (2) by striking ‘‘Light Rail’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘Fixed Guideway’’.

10 (i) EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.—Section 3035(z) of

11 such Act (105 Stat. 2133) is amended by striking ‘‘1992’’

12 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘1994’’ and by striking

13 ‘‘electrically powered bus’’ and inserting ‘‘alternatively

14 fueled vehicle’’.

15 (j) BALTIMORE-CENTRAL LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION.—

16 Section 3035(nn)(1) of such Act (105 Stat. 2134–2135) is

17 amended by striking ‘‘as follows:

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

19 year 1993.

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

21 year 1994.’’

22 and inserting ‘‘and shall not be less than $60,000,000.’’.

23 (k) JACKSONVILLE AUTOMATED SKYWAY EXPRESS EX24 TENSION.—Section 3035(vv) of such Act (105 Stat. 2136)

25 is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(vv) JACKSONVILLE AUTOMATED SKYWAY EXPRESS

2 EXTENSION.—Not later than April 30, 1994, the Secretary

3 shall negotiate and sign an agreement which modifies the

4 full funding agreement signed on September 27, 1991, with

5 the Jacksonville Transportation Authority for phase 1–B

6 of the north segment of the Automated Skyway Express

7 project to make available $15,000,000 in already appro8 priated funds and $35,000,000 under section 3(k)(1)(B) of

9 the Federal Transit Act to carry out construction of the lo10 cally preferred alternative for an operable segment of a not

11 to exceed 1.8 mile extension to such project.’’.

12 SEC. 219. CROSS REFERENCE TO FEDERAL TRANSIT ACT.

13 Section 176 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506) is

14 amended in each of subsections (c)(2) and (d) by striking

15 ‘‘Urban Mass Transportation’’ each place it appears and

16 inserting ‘‘Federal Transit’’.

17 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS SUR18 FACE TRANSPORTATION PRO19 GRAMS

20 SEC. 301. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRA21 TION PLAN AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX

22 AGREEMENT.

23 Section 4008(j) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor24 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2155) is amended
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1 by striking ‘‘102’’ in the second sentence and inserting

2 ‘‘1002’’.

3 SEC. 302. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS.

4 (a) OPERATIONAL TESTING PROJECTS.—Section

5 6055(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi6 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2192–2193) is amended by

7 inserting ‘‘and enter into cooperative agreements and con8 tracts with’’ after ‘‘The Secretary may make grants to’’.

9 (b) FUNDING.—Section 6058 of such Act (105 Stat.

10 2194–2195) is amended—

11 (1) in the second sentence of subsection (d) by

12 striking ‘‘projects undertaken pursuant to subsection

13 (c) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘activities under14 taken with funds made available under subsection (b)

15 and activities undertaken with funds subject to sub16 section (c)’’;

17 (2) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘102’’ and in18 serting ‘‘1002’’; and

19 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub20 section:

21 ‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF

22 LAW.—A person (including a public agency) that does not

23 receive assistance under title 23, United States Code, the

24 Federal Transit Act, or any provision of this Act (other

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1 shall not be subject to any Federal design standard, law,

2 or regulation applicable to persons receiving such assistance

3 solely by reason of such person receiving assistance under

4 this section.’’.

5 SEC. 303. TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE, AMENDMENTS.

6 The analysis for chapter 1 of title 49, United States

7 Code, is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘Sec. 110. Saint Lawrence Sea9 way Development Corporation.’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘Sec. 111.’’ and inserting ‘‘111.’’.

11 SEC. 304. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF

12 1982 AMENDMENTS.

13 (a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.—Sec14 tion 402 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of

15 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2302) is amended—

16 (1) by moving each of subparagraphs (H)

17 through (N) (including any clauses therein) 2 ems to

18 the left;

19 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(N) by striking ‘‘give’’

20 and inserting ‘‘gives’’; and

21 (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘3’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘5’’.

23 (b) CARGO CARRYING UNIT LIMITATION.—Section

24 411(j)(5)(D) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2311(j)(5)(D)) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘prohibited under’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘subject to’’.

3 SEC. 305. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT OF

4 1986 AMENDMENTS.

5 (a) SECTION 12011.—Section 12011 of the Commer6 cial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2710)

7 is amended—

8 (1) in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking

9 ‘‘104(b)(5), and 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3),

10 and 104(b)(5)’’; and

11 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii) by striking

12 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’.

13 (b) SECTION NUMBER REDESIGNATION.—Such Act is

14 further amended by redesignating the second section 12020,

15 relating to violation of out-of-service orders, as 12021.

16 SEC. 306. CLEVELAND HARBOR, OHIO.

17 Section 1079 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor18 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2018–2019) is

19 amended—

20 (1) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub21 section (b) and inserting a period; and

22 (2) in subsection (d)—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘279.31 feet’’ and inserting

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘127.28 feet’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘137.28 feet’’;

3 (C) by striking the comma following ‘‘Grid

4 System’’;

5 (D) by striking ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ east’’ the

6 first place it appears and inserting

7 ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ west’’;

8 (E) by striking ‘‘north-westerly’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘northwesterly’’; and

10 (F) by striking ‘‘174,764 square feet (4.012

11 acres)’’ and inserting ‘‘175,143 (4.020 acres)’’.

12 SEC. 307. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND UNIFORM RELO13 CATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1987 AMEND14 MENTS.

15 Section 317(b) of the Surface Transportation and Uni16 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (49 U.S.C. App.

17 1608 note; 101 Stat. 233) is amended—

18 (1) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by inserting ‘‘or

19 cooperative agreement’’ after ‘‘contract’’ each place it

20 appears; and

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new para22 graph:

23 ‘‘(7) CONVERSION OF CONTRACTS.—The Sec24 retary may convert existing contracts entered into

25 under this subsection into cooperative agreements.’’.
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1 SEC. 308. INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFI2 CIENCY ACT TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

3 (a) NATIONAL RECREATIONAL TRAILS.—Section 1302

4 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

5 1991 (105 Stat. 2064–2068) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘Act’’ each place

7 it appears and inserting ‘‘part’’;

8 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B) by inserting after ‘‘re9 serves’’ the following: ‘‘an amount equivalent to’’;

10 (3) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘national

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

12 (4) by adding at the end of subsection (d)(1) the

13 following:

14 ‘‘The 3 percent limitation in the preceding sentence

15 shall not apply to expenditures to pay the cost of con16 ducting the 1-time national survey described in sub17 paragraph (C).’’;

18 (5) in subsection (e)(8)(B) by inserting ‘‘the

19 State’’ before ‘‘may be exempted’’; and

20 (6) in subsection (e)(8)(B) by inserting ‘‘funds

21 may be’’ before ‘‘expended or committed’’.

22 (b) SOUTHERN FLORIDA COMMUTER RAIL.—Section

23 3014 of such Act (105 Stat. 2108) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘(49 U.S.C. 1607a)’’.
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1 (c) ROAD TESTING OF LCV’S.—Section 4007(d)(1) of

2 such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2302 note) is amended by striking

3 ‘‘on board’’ and inserting ‘‘onboard’’.

4 (d) NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INTERMODAL TRANS5 PORTATION.—Section 5005 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 301 note;

6 105 Stat. 2160–2162) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘11 mem8 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘15 members’’;

9 (2) in subsection (d)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘3 mem10 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘7 members’’; and

11 (3) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and in12 serting ‘‘1994’’.

13 (e) SECTION 6017.—Section 6017 of such Act (105

14 Stat. 2183) is amended by striking ‘‘502(a)’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘5002(a)’’.

16 SEC. 309. IMPROVED BUS SAFETY.

17 (a) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

18 SAFETY REGULATIONS TO BUS OPERATIONS OF PRIVATE

19 MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS.—Section 206 of the

20 Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 (49 U.S.C. App. 2505)

21 is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the fol22 lowing new subsection:

23 ‘‘(h) APPLICABILITY TO BUS OPERATIONS OF PRIVATE

24 MOTOR CARRIER OF PASSENGERS.—Not later than 6

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1 the Secretary shall issue regulations making the relevant

2 commercial motor carrier safety regulations issued under

3 subsection (a) applicable to all operations by private motor

4 carriers of commercial motor vehicles providing transpor5 tation of passengers in interstate commerce.’’.

6 (b) EDUCATION PROGRAM.—Not later than 6 months

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

8 of Transportation shall develop and implement an edu9 cation program to inform all private motor carriers of pas10 sengers that they must comply with the Federal commercial

11 motor vehicle safety regulations issued under section 206

12 of the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 when providing

13 commercial motor vehicle transportation of passengers in

14 interstate commerce.

15 (c) REPORTS.—

16 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 12 months

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary of Transportation shall submit to Congress a

19 report describing in detail the regulations that have

20 been issued pursuant to subsection (a) and the status

21 of the education program being developed and imple22 mented under subsection (b).

23 (2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Each year for a

24 period of 4 years on the annual anniversary date of

25 the report submitted to Congress under paragraph
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1 (1), the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to

2 Congress a report describing in detail the status of en3 forcement of the Federal commercial motor vehicle

4 safety regulations issued under section 206 of the

5 Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 to operations by

6 private motor carriers of commercial motor vehicles

7 providing transportation of passengers in interstate

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