103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3276

AN ACT

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
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3276

AN ACT

To make technical corrections to title 23, United States

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

purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

5 ‘‘Intermodal Surface Transportation Technical Correc6 tions Act’’.
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1 (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.

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.
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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.

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.
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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

13 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

14 (105 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

20 inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Inter21 state and Defense Highways’’.

22 (b) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section

23 1001 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

24 Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 105 Stat. 1915–1916)
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1 is amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking

2 ‘‘National’’.

3 (c) DEFINITION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN TITLE

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

5 title 23, United States Code, relating to the Interstate

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

7 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO VEHICLE WEIGHT

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

9 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘National’’ each place it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

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

12 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (49

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

14 (1), (5)(D), and (6)(A) by striking ‘‘National’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

16 (f) LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE DEFINED.—

17 Section 4007(f) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

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

19 striking ‘‘National’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisen20 hower’’.

21 (g) COMMEMORATION.—Section 6012 of the Inter22 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23

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

24 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘NA25 TIONAL’’; and
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1 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘National’’.

2 SEC. 103. FEDERAL-AID SYSTEMS.

3 (a) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section

4 103(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by

5 inserting ‘‘and all corridors identified in section 1105(c)

6 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

7 of 1991’’ after ‘‘by the States’’.

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

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

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

11 such title is amended—

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

13 striking ‘‘projects on the Federal-aid secondary sys14 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘surface transportation program

15 projects’’;

16 (2) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ‘‘and’’ be17 fore ‘‘$240,000,000’’; and

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

19 comma after ‘‘October 1, 1991’’.

20 SEC. 104. APPORTIONMENT.

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

22 States Code, is amended—

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

24 and inserting ‘‘for this chapter’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘upon the Federal-aid systems’’

2 and inserting ‘‘under this chapter’’.

3 (b) CROSS REFERENCE TO INTERSTATE CONSTRUC4 TION PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Section 104(b)(5)(A) of

5 such title is amended by striking ‘‘118(b)(2)’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘118(b)(1)’’.

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

8 of such title is amended by striking the comma following

9 ‘‘1984’’ each place it appears.

10 (d) REPEAL OF URBAN SYSTEM APPORTIONMENT.—

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

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

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

14 (f) TRANSFERABILITY AMONG SAFETY AND BRIDGE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 section 130 or 152 may be transferred from the apportion23 ment under section 144 or one of the reservations under

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

25 under such other section if such a transfer is requested
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1 by the State highway department and is approved by the

2 Secretary as being in the public interest. The Secretary

3 may approve the transfer of 100 percent of the apportion4 ment under section 144 or one of the reservations under

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

6 under such other section’’.

7 SEC. 105. PROGRAMS OF PROJECTS.

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

9 23, United States Code, and the item relating to such sec10 tion in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title are each

11 repealed.

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

13 such title is amended—

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

15 program approval,’’; and

16 (2) by striking ‘‘included in an approved pro17 gram’’.

18 (c) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS OF

19 CORRIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—Section

20 1105(g)(7) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef21 ficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2036) is amended to read

22 as follows:

23 ‘‘(7) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS

24 OF CORRIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—In se25 lecting projects for inclusion in a plan or program
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1 under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, a

2 State may give priority to high priority segments of

3 corridors identified under subsection (c) of this sec4 tion.’’.

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

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

7 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘sub8 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

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

10 title is amended—

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

12 and inserting ‘‘for any project eligible for assistance

13 under this chapter’’;

14 (2) by striking ‘‘on such highway’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘on such project’’; and

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

17 project’’.

18 (c) RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND FUNDS.—Sec19 tion 108(c) of such title is amended—

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

21 passenger transit facilities on any Federal-aid sys22 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any project eligible for assist23 ance under this chapter’’; and

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

25 for the actual construction’’ and all that follows
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1 through ‘‘Secretary’’ the last place it appears and

2 inserting ‘‘actual construction of such project on

3 rights-of-way with respect to which funds are ad4 vanced under this subsection, whichever shall occur

5 first, the right-of-way revolving fund shall be cred6 ited with an amount equal to the Federal share of

7 the funds advanced, as provided in section 120 of

8 this title, out of any funds apportioned under this

9 chapter to the State in which such project is located

10 and available for obligation for such projects and the

11 State shall reimburse the Secretary’’.

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

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

14 ‘‘this title’’.

15 SEC. 107. STANDARDS.

16 Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is

17 amended—

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

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

20 (2) in subsection (q) by striking ‘‘under sec21 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘under section’’.

22 SEC. 108. LETTING OF CONTRACTS.

23 Section 112(f) of title 23, United States Code, relat24 ing to applicability to contracts for projects on the second25 ary system, is repealed.
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1 SEC. 109. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE.

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

3 amended—

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

5 projects on’’ and all that follows through ‘‘author6 ized under’’ and inserting ‘‘highway projects on Fed7 eral-aid highways authorized under’’;

8 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘upon the Fed9 eral-aid systems,’’ and inserting ‘‘on Federal-aid

10 highways,’’; and

11 (3) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘of the Fed12 eral-aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid high13 way’’.

14 SEC. 110. CONSTRUCTION.

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

16 amended—

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

18 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys19 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway or portion

20 thereof’’;

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

22 or portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys23 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid highway or por24 tion thereof’’; and

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

26 or portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys-
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1 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any Federal-aid highway or

2 portion thereof’’.

3 SEC. 111. ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.

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

5 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

7 SPECIFICATIONS,’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECT AP8 PROVAL’’; and

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

10 second comma after ‘‘144’’.

11 (b) ADVANCED PLANNING.—Notwithstanding any

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

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

14 cost of transportation planning carried out (including

15 transportation planning carried out by metropolitan plan16 ning organizations), after September 30, 1991, and before

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

18 all requirements applicable to such planning under title

19 23, United States Code. Such payment shall be made to

20 the State from funds apportioned to the State under such

21 title and available for carrying out transportation plan22 ning.

23 SEC. 112. MAINTENANCE.

24 Section 116 of title 23, United States Code, is

25 amended—
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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘highway’’ before ‘‘project’’ the

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

3 (c);

4 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘no longer con5 stitutes a part of a Federal-aid system’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘is no longer a Federal-aid highway’’; and

7 (3) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘the Federal8 aid secondary system’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid

9 highway’’.

10 SEC. 113. CERTIFICATION ACCEPTANCE.

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

12 amended—

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

14 inserting ‘‘2000d’’; and

15 (2) by striking subsection (f), relating to dis16 charge of the Secretary’s responsibilities with respect

17 to the secondary system.

18 SEC. 114. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

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

20 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

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

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

3 allocated’’.

4 (b) SET ASIDE FOR INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 ‘‘$64,000,000 for each’’.

14 SEC. 115. FEDERAL SHARE.

15 (a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM PROJECTS.—Section

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

19 interstate cost estimate and’’.

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

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

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

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

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

3 (b)’’; and

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

5 days’’.

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

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

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

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

13 that the interest of the Federal-aid highway program

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

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

17 the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development

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

19 ‘‘section 120(a) of title 23, United States Code;’’.

20 SEC. 116. PAYMENT TO STATES FOR CONSTRUCTION.

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

22 amended—

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

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

25 after’’; and
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1 (2) 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’’

7 and inserting ‘‘eligible for assistance under this

8 chapter’’; 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 insert14 ing ‘‘a project eligible for assistance under this title, the

15 Secretary’’.

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

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

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow13 ing new subsection:

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 Por18 tage, Wisconsin, and Wisconsin State Route 29 south of

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

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

21 Code, the single axle, tandem axle, gross vehicle weight,

22 and bridge formula limits set forth in subsection (a) shall

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

24 any vehicle which could legally operate on such 104-mile
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1 portion before the date of the enactment of this sub2 section.’’.

3 (b) VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS IN THE STATE

4 OF OHIO.—

5 (1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Transportation

6 shall review the Federal and State commercial motor

7 vehicle weight limitations applicable to Federal-aid

8 highways in the State of Ohio.

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

10 Transportation determines, on the basis of the re11 view conducted under paragraph (1), that it is in the

12 public interest, the Secretary may waive application

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

14 title 23, United States Code, and of the State cer15 tification requirements of sections 141(b) and 141(c)

16 of such title, in whole or in part, to highways on the

17 Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and De18 fense Highways in the State of Ohio for short wheel19 base vehicles for such period as the Secretary deter20 mines may be necessary to permit a reasonable pe21 riod of depreciation for short wheel-base vehicles

22 purchased before October 1, 1991.

23 (3) MORATORIUM ON WITHHOLDING OF

24 FUNDS.—Until the Secretary of Transportation

25 makes a determination relating to the public interest
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1 under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall not with2 hold funds under section 127(a) or 141(c) of title

3 23, United States Code, from apportionment to the

4 State of Ohio for failure to comply with such section

5 with respect to short wheel-base vehicles.

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

7 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

9 and inserting ‘‘118(b)(2)’’; and

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

11 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘July 6, 1991’’.

12 SEC. 121. TOLL ROADS.

13 (a) USE OF REVENUES.—Section 129(a)(3) of title

14 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘all toll

15 revenues received’’ and all that follows through the period

16 at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following:

17 ‘‘toll revenues received from operation of the toll facility

18 will be used for financing and any other obligations in re19 spect of the facility, for reserves, for reasonable return to

20 investors financing the project (as determined by the

21 State), and for the costs necessary for the proper oper22 ation and maintenance of the toll facility, including recon23 struction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation.’’.

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

25 last sentence of section 129(a)(4) of such title is amended
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1 by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed2 eral-aid highways’’.

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

4 amended—

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

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

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

8 and inserting ‘‘entity’’;

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

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

11 (4) by striking ‘‘all Federal environmental re12 quirements have been complied with and permits ob13 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Environmental

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

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

16 ‘‘Any such loan’’;

17 (6) by inserting after the fifth sentence the fol18 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Any such loan to a public en19 tity shall bear interest at such rate as the State de20 termines appropriate.’’; and

21 (7) by striking ‘‘the time the loan was obli22 gated’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the initial funding

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

2 TERMINAL FACILITIES.—Section 129 of such title is

3 amended—

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

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

6 through the period at the end of such sentence and

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

8 a public road and has not been designated as a route

9 on the Interstate System.’’; and

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

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

13 is amended—

14 (1) in each of paragraphs (1) and (3) by strik15 ing ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’;

16 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘State of

17 Pennsylvania’’ each place it appears and inserting

18 ‘‘States of Pennsylvania and West Virginia’’; and

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

20 ‘‘State of Georgia’’.

21 (f) TREATMENT OF CENTENNIAL BRIDGE, ROCK IS22 LAND, ILLINOIS, AGREEMENT.—For purposes of section

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

24 concerning the Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois,

25 entered into under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing
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1 the city of Rock Island, Illinois, or its assigns, to con2 struct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mis3 sissippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois, and to a

4 place at or near the city of Davenport, Iowa’’, approved

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

6 agreement had been entered into under section 129 of title

7 23, United States Code, as in effect on December 17,

8 1991, and may be modified accordingly.

9 (g) TREATMENT OF I–95 AND PENNSYLVANIA TURN10 PIKE.—For purposes of section 129 of title 23, United

11 States Code, the project for construction of an interchange

12 between Interstate Route 95 and the Pennsylvania Turn13 pike shall be treated as a reconstruction project described

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

15 SEC. 122. RAIL-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS.

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

17 amended—

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

19 provided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub20 ject to’’;

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

22 place it appears;

23 (3) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘except as pro24 vided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘subject

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

2 and’’;

3 (5) in subsection (e) by striking the last sen4 tence;

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

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

7 respectively; and

8 (7) in subsection (f) as so redesignated by strik9 ing ‘‘railroad highway’’ and inserting ‘‘railroad-high10 way’’.

11 SEC. 123. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

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

13 United States Code, is amended—

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

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

16 and (b)(4)’’;

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

18 and inserting ‘‘to be’’; and

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

20 State’’ the following: ‘‘or the designated transpor21 tation authority of the State’’.

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

23 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

24 of 1991 (105 Stat. 1930) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘104(b)(3)’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘104(b)’’; and

3 (2) by striking ‘‘to read as follows’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘by inserting after paragraph (2) the following

5 new paragraph’’.

6 SEC. 124. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

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

8 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

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

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

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

14 ‘‘long range’’;

15 (3) in subsection (f)(11) by inserting ‘‘pas16 sengers and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;

17 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub18 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

19 (B); and

20 (5) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘the Federal21 Aid Highway Act of 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘this

22 title’’.

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

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

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

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

3 title is amended by striking the last sentence.

4 (d) CONFORMING CHAPTER ANALYSIS AMEND5 MENT.—The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amend6 ed by striking

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

7 and inserting

‘‘134. Metropolitan planning.’’.

8 SEC. 125. STATEWIDE PLANNING.

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

10 amended—

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

12 and inserting the following new paragraph:

13 ‘‘(1) The transportation needs identified

14 through use of the management systems required by

15 section 303 of this title.’’;

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

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

18 the identification of a rural priority local road and

19 bridge system,’’;

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

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

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

2 striking ‘‘commercial motor vehicles’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘passengers and freight’’;

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

5 and inserting ‘‘transportation needs’’;

6 (6) in each of subsections (e) and (f)(1) by in7 serting ‘‘Indian tribal governments,’’ after ‘‘private

8 providers of transportation,’’; and

9 (7) in subsection (h)—

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

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

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

13 ‘‘this title’’; and

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

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

16 Federal Transit Act,’’.

17 SEC. 126. CONTROL OF JUNKYARDS.

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

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

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

21 highways’’.

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

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

24 new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(n) PRIMARY SYSTEM DEFINED.—For purposes of

2 this section, the term ‘primary system’ means the Federal3 aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any

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

5 National Highway System.’’.

6 SEC. 127. NONDISCRIMINATION.

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

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

9 Federal-aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid high10 ways’’.

11 (b) TRAINING.—Section 140(b) of such title is

12 amended—

13 (1) by inserting ‘‘operator of a Youth Corps

14 center,’’ after ‘‘nonprofit),’’;

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

16 program’’; and

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

18 SEC. 128. ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.

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

20 amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid primary system’’

21 and all that follows through ‘‘including’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘Federal-aid highways, including highways on’’.

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

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

25 amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘the sur2 face’’ and inserting ‘‘surface’’; and

3 (2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘exits’’ and in4 serting ‘‘exists’’.

5 SEC. 130. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.

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

7 States Code, is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘103’’ and in9 serting ‘‘1003’’;

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

11 BRIDGES’’ and inserting ‘‘BRIDGES NOT ON FED12 ERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’;

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

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

15 are functionally classified as local or rural minor col16 lectors’’; and

17 (4) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘bridges not

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

19 bridges’’.

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

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

22 (c) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING BRIDGE APPOR23 TIONMENT CRITERIA.—The criteria for apportionment of

24 funds used by the Department of Transportation under

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1 on September 30, 1991, shall remain in effect until Sep2 tember 30, 1997, or until changed by law, whichever oc3 curs first.

4 SEC. 131. GREAT RIVER ROAD.

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

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

7 ‘‘centers of the States’’.

8 SEC. 132. HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

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

10 amended—

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

12 and inserting ‘‘available’’; and

13 (2) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and re14 designating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as sub15 sections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.

16 SEC. 133. USE OF SAFETY BELTS AND MOTORCYCLE HEL17 METS.

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

19 153 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

21 the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘De22 cember 31, 1991’’; and

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

24 the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘De25 cember 31, 1991,’’.
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1 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Section 153(f)(2) of

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

3 it appears.

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

5 amended—

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

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

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

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

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

11 inserting ‘‘1995,’’; and

12 (4) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking ‘‘under sec13 tion 402’’ and inserting ‘‘by this subsection’’.

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

15 amended by adding at the end the following new para16 graph:

17 ‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean18 ing such term has under chapter 4 of this title.’’.

19 SEC. 134. NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT.

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

21 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘on the

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

23 and inserting ‘‘described in clause (2) or (3) of this sub24 section’’.
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1 (b) NEW PROGRAM.—Section 1029 of the Intermodal

2 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

3 1968–1970) is amended—

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

5 State’’ after ‘‘apportionments’’;

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

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

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

9 (3) in subsection (c) by redesignating para10 graphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), re11 spectively; and

12 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) of sub13 section (c) the following new paragraph:

14 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—

15 ‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—A State must obli16 gate at least 50 percent of its funds transferred

17 pursuant to this subsection for a fiscal year for

18 speed limit enforcement and public information

19 and education.

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

21 the Secretary may waive the requirement of

22 subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year if in the

23 preceding fiscal year the State was in compli24 ance with the speed limit requirements estab25 lished pursuant to paragraph (1).’’.
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1 SEC. 135. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

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

3 amended—

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

5 and inserting ‘‘118(b)(1)’’;

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

7 1989’’ and inserting ‘‘years 1989’’; and

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

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

10 respectively.

11 SEC. 136. NATIONAL MINIMUM DRINKING AGE.

12 Section 158 of title 23, United States Code, is

13 amended—

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

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

16 ‘‘104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)’’;

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

18 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

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

20 ‘‘104(b)(5)(B), or 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘104(b)(3), or 104(b)(5)(B)’’; and

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

23 striking ‘‘118(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘118’’.
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1 SEC. 137. REVOCATION OF DRIVERS’ LICENSES OF INDIVID2 UALS CONVICTED OF DRUG OFFENSES.

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

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

6 SEC. 138. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SEGMENTS OF INTER7 STATE SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT

8 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

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

10 amended—

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

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

13 amount’’; and

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

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

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

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

22 shall have its reimbursement amount in fiscal years 1996

23 and 1997 reduced as a result of the enactment of the pre24 ceding sentence.’’.
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1 SEC. 139. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

2 (a) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS ALLOCATION.—Sec3 tion 202(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

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

5 ‘‘the remaining 66 percent’’.

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

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

8 development’’ each place it appears.

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 construction’’.

17 (d) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

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

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

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

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

22 subsection:

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

24 other provision of law, funds available for Federal lands

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1 ‘‘(1) the Secretary authorizes engineering and

2 related work for a particular project; or

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

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

6 (f) REFERENCE TO PARK ROADS.—Section

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

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

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

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

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

13 (g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1032(b)(2)

14 (A) of such Act (105 Stat. 1974) is amended by striking

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

16 SEC. 140. BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN

17 WALKWAY.

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

19 amended—

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

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

23 (2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘and the Fed24 eral share’’ and all that follows through ‘‘80 per25 cent’’;
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1 (3) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub2 section (k); and

3 (4) by inserting after subsection (i) the follow4 ing new subsection:

5 ‘‘(j) INCLUSION OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND BI6 CYCLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN PLANNING.—

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

8 approve under this chapter a highway project for

9 new construction or reconstruction within the bound10 aries of a State along which a pedestrian walkway

11 or bicycle transportation facility is required to be in12 cluded under the State’s transportation improvement

13 plan developed under section 135 unless such pedes14 trian walkway or bicycle transportation facility is

15 part of such highway project.

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

17 to approve a project for construction of a pedestrian

18 walkway or bicycle transportation facility under

19 paragraph (1)—

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

21 construction is not feasible or that use of the

22 walkway or facility would pose a safety risk to

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1 ‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that there

2 will be no substantial transportation or recre3 ation benefit resulting from the project.’’.

4 SEC. 141. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

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

6 amended by striking ‘‘on the Federal-aid secondary sys7 tem, financed with secondary funds,’’ and inserting ‘‘not

8 on the National Highway System’’.

9 SEC. 142. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

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

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

12 ‘‘1 year after the date of the enactment of this section’’

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

14 SEC. 143. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.

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

16 amended—

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

18 inserting ‘‘104(b)’’;

19 (2) in subsection (e)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘climac20 tic’’ and inserting ‘‘climatic’’;

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

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

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

24 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’;
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1 (5) in the heading to subsection (f)(3) by in2 serting ‘‘EARTHQUAKE’’ after ‘‘NATIONAL’’; and

3 (6) in subsection (f)(3) by inserting ‘‘Earth4 quake’’ after ‘‘National’’.

5 SEC. 144. APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES OF

6 FEDERAL LANDS.

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

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

9 SEC. 145. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION

10 OUTREACH PROGRAM.

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

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

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

14 SEC. 146. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

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

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

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

18 ‘‘section 4004’’; and

19 (2) by striking ‘‘performance criteria’’ and in20 serting ‘‘performance goals’’.

21 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—Section

22 402(b) of such title is amended—

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

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

25 inserting a semicolon;
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1 (2) in paragraph (1)(C) by inserting ‘‘, includ2 ing Indian tribal governments,’’ after ‘‘subdivisions

3 of such State’’;

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

5 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

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

7 (5) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and re8 designating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3).

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

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

11 (d) APPLICATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY.—Section

12 402(i) of such title is amended to read as follows:

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

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of the ap15 plication of this section in Indian country, the terms

16 ‘State’ and ‘Governor of a State’ include the Sec17 retary of the Interior and the term ‘political subdivi18 sion of a State’ includes an Indian tribe. Notwith19 standing the provisions of subsection (b)(1)(C), 95

20 percent of the funds transferred to the Secretary of

21 the Interior under this section shall be expended by

22 Indian tribes to carry out highway safety programs

23 within their jurisdictions. The provisions of sub24 section (b)(1)(D) shall be applicable to Indian tribes,

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1 retary determines that application of such provisions

2 would not be practicable.

3 ‘‘(2) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For the pur4 poses of this subsection, the term ‘Indian country’

5 means—

6 ‘‘(A) all land within the limits of any In7 dian reservation under the jurisdiction of the

8 United States, notwithstanding the issuance of

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

10 through the reservation;

11 ‘‘(B) all dependent Indian communities

12 within the borders of the United States whether

13 within the original or subsequently acquired ter14 ritory thereof and whether within or without

15 the limits of a State; and

16 ‘‘(C) all Indian allotments, the Indian ti17 tles to which have not been extinguished, in18 cluding rights-of-way running through such al19 lotments.’’.

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

21 title is amended to read as follows:

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

23 from time to time conduct a rulemaking process to deter24 mine those highway safety programs that are most effec25 tive in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and deaths. Any
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1 rule under this subsection shall be promulgated taking

2 into account consideration of the views of the States hav3 ing a major role in establishing such programs. When a

4 rule promulgated in accordance with this subsection takes

5 effect, only those programs established by such rule as

6 most effective in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and

7 deaths shall be eligible to receive Federal financial assist8 ance under this section.’’.

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

10 title is amended by striking subsection (k).

11 SEC. 147. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADVISORY COMMIT12 TEE.

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

14 amended by striking ‘‘Commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘Trans15 portation’’.

16 SEC. 148. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTER MEAS17 URES.

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

19 is amended by striking ‘‘the date of enactment of this sec20 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.

21 SEC. 149. PUBLIC TRANSIT FACILITIES.

22 Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor23 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by striking ‘‘this

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1 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations

2 Act, 1993’’.

3 SEC. 150. USE OF RECYCLED PAVING MATERIAL.

4 Section 1038(e) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor5 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 109 note) is

6 amended—

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

8 (1);

9 (2) by striking the period at the end of para10 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

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

13 term has under section 101 of title 23, United

14 States Code.’’.

15 SEC. 151. WORK ZONE SAFETY.

16 Section 1051 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor17 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is

18 amended—

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

20 after ‘‘appurtenances,’’;

21 (2) by inserting ‘‘training,’’ after ‘‘traffic con22 trol plans,’’; and

23 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen24 tence: ‘‘The Secretary shall annually review, and

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1 and recommendations concerning safety practices

2 that can enhance safety at highway construction

3 sites, including information relating to new safety

4 technologies, services, traffic control plans, training,

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

6 SEC. 152. HIGH COST BRIDGE PROJECT.

7 The table contained in section 1103(b) of the Inter8 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

9 (105 Stat. 2027–2028) is amended in item number 5, re10 lating to Gloucester Point, Virginia, by inserting after

11 ‘‘York River’’ the following: ‘‘and for repair, strengthen12 ing, and rehabilitation of the existing bridge’’.

13 SEC. 153. CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECT.

14 The table contained in section 1104(b) of the Inter15 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

16 (105 Stat. 2029–2031) is amended—

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

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

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

20 Route 15’’; and

21 (2) in item number 43, relating to West Vir22 ginia, by striking ‘‘Coal Fields’’ and inserting ‘‘Coal23 fields’’.
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1 SEC. 154. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGH2 WAY SYSTEM.

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

4 1105(c)(3) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi5 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by insert6 ing before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including

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

8 Benton, Hopkinsville, Bowling Green, Columbia, Somer9 set, London, Hazard, Jenkins, and Pikeville, Kentucky, to

10 Williamson, West Virginia, and (B) a West Virginia cor11 ridor from Williamson to the vicinity of Welch, West Vir12 ginia, sharing a common corridor with the Interstate

13 Route I–73/74 corridor (referred to in item 12 of the table

14 contained in subsection (f)), and from the vicinity of

15 Welch to Beckley, West Virginia, as part of the Coalfields

16 Expressway described in section 1069(v)’’.

17 (b) INDIANAPOLIS TO HOUSTON CORRIDOR.—Section

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

19 inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, in20 cluding a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Hen21 derson, Sturgis, Smithland, Paducah, Bardwell, and Hick22 man, Kentucky’’.

23 SEC. 155. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR PROJECT.

24 The table contained in section 1105(f) of the Inter25 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

26 (105 Stat. 2033–2035) is amended in item number 26,
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1 relating to Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, by striking

2 ‘‘Newberry’’ and inserting ‘‘Evansville’’.

3 SEC. 156. RURAL ACCESS PROJECTS.

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

5 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

6 (105 Stat. 2037–2042) is amended—

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

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

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

10 from south of Carmi to State Route 141 in south11 eastern White County’’;

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

13 Springs, Pennsylvania, by striking ‘‘and Hunting14 ton’’ and inserting ‘‘Cambria, Franklin, and Hun15 tingdon’’;

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

17 Texas, by striking ‘‘with’’ and inserting ‘‘with Inter18 state 10 through’’;

19 (4) in item number 75, relating to Pennsylva20 nia, by striking ‘‘Widen’’ and all that follows

21 through ‘‘lanes’’ and inserting ‘‘Road improvements

22 on a 14-mile segment of U.S. Route 15 in Lycoming

23 County, Pennsylvania’’;

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

25 striking ‘‘Minerva, Ohio’’ and insert ‘‘Lisbon, Ohio’’;
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1 (6) in item number 93, relating to New Mexico,

2 by striking ‘‘Raton-Clayton Rd., Clayton, New Mex3 ico’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Rt. 64/87 from Raton, New

4 Mexico, through Clayton to the Texas-New Mexico

5 State line’’; and

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

7 County, Texas (SH199)—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘Parker County’’ and in9 serting ‘‘Parker and Tarrant Counties’’; and

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

11 ‘‘in Tarrant County, to freeway standards and

12 in Parker County to a 4-’’.

13 SEC. 157. URBAN ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROJECTS.

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

15 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

16 (105 Stat. 2043–2047) is amended—

17 (1) in item number 13, relating to Joliet, Illi18 nois, by striking ‘‘and construction and interchange

19 at Houbolt Road and I–80’’; and

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

21 California, by striking ‘‘For a grade’’ and all that

22 follows through ‘‘Corridor’’ and inserting ‘‘For grade

23 separations and other improvements in the city of

24 Compton, California’’.
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1 SEC. 158. INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.

2 The table contained in section 1107(b) of the Inter3 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

4 (105 Stat. 2048–2059) is amended—

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

6 Virginia, by inserting ‘‘methods of facilitating public

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

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

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

10 85’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on U.S. Route 80 west

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

12 south of Montgomery and I–85 east of Montgom13 ery’’;

14 (3) in item number 52, relating to Pennsylva15 nia, by striking ‘‘off Interstate’’ and all that follows

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

17 improvements off Interstate 81 between Pittston and

18 Hazleton,’’;

19 (4) in item number 61, relating to Mojave, Cali20 fornia, by striking ‘‘Mojave’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘Victorville’’ and by inserting ‘‘Mojave’’ after ‘‘re22 construct’’;

23 (5) in item number 100, relating to Arkansas,

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

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

26 County, North Carolina, by inserting after ‘‘Route
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1 147’’ the following: ‘‘, including the interchange at

2 I–85’’; and

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

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

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

6 4-lane divided highway’’.

7 SEC. 159. INTERMODAL PROJECT.

8 The table contained in section 1108(b) of the Inter9 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

10 (105 Stat. 2060–2063) is amended in item number 9, re11 lating to E. Haven/Wallingford, Connecticut—

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

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

14 and

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

16 SEC. 160. MISCELLANEOUS INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANS17 PORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT AMENDMENTS.

18 (a) CROSS REFERENCE IN HIGHWAY USE TAX EVA19 SION PROGRAM.—Section 1040(a) of the Intermodal Sur20 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C.

21 101 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended by striking ‘‘(e)’’

22 and inserting ‘‘(f)’’.

23 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON QUALITY IMPROVE24 MENT.—Section 1043(b) of such Act (105 Stat. 1993) is

25 amended by inserting ‘‘General’’ after ‘‘Comptroller’’.
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1 (c) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MIS2 CELLANEOUS PROJECTS.—Section 1069 of such Act is

3 amended—

4 (1) by striking the last sentence of subsection

5 (y); and

6 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub7 section:

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

9 carry out this section shall remain available until ex10 pended.’’.

11 (d) FINAL RULE FOR ROADSIDE BARRIERS AND

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

13 (105 Stat. 2012) is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and

14 inserting ‘‘2 years’’.

15 (e) INTERSTATE STUDY COMMISSION.—Section 1099

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 Governors of the States of Maryland and Virginia

23 and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, respec24 tively’’; and
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1 (4) by striking ‘‘appointed by the Governors

2 and the Mayor’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1 each for Mary3 land, Virginia, and the District of Columbia ap4 pointed by the Governors and the Mayor, respec5 tively’’.

6 (f) DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT TRAINING PRO7 GRAM.—Section 2006(b) of such Act (23 U.S.C. 403 note;

8 105 Stat. 2080) is amended by inserting ‘‘Federal’’ before

9 ‘‘Advisory’’.

10 (g) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO

11 CERTAIN HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 2009

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

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

14 (2) by striking ‘‘211(b)’’ the first place it ap15 pears and inserting ‘‘211’’;

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

17 and

18 (4) by striking subsection (b).

19 SEC. 161. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PRO20 GRAM.

21 In administering section 1003(b) of the Intermodal

22 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the limita23 tion on annual gross receipts of a small business concern

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1 only limitation on annual gross receipts which applies to

2 small business concerns.

3 SEC. 162. AMENDMENTS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

4 AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

5 ACT OF 1987.

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

7 149(a)(62) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform

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

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

10 the west side of’’.

11 (b) BURBANK-GLENDALE-PASADENA AIRPORT,

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

13 191) is amended—

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

15 (2) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and con16 struction of terminal and parking facilities at such

17 airport’’; and

18 (3) by striking ‘‘by making’’ in the second sen19 tence and all that follows through the period at the

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

21 feasibility study and conducting preliminary engi22 neering, design, and construction of a link between

23 such airport and the commuter rail system that is

24 being developed by the Los Angeles County Metro25 politan Transportation Authority.’’.
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1 SEC. 163. FREEWAY SERVICE PATROLS.

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

3 Secretary shall find that it is not feasible, any funds ex4 pended in a fiscal year directly or indirectly for freeway

5 service patrols from amounts made available to a State

6 under titles I and III of the Intermodal Surface Transpor7 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 shall be expended with pri8 vately owned or privately operated business concerns. The

9 preceding sentence shall not apply to any publicly owned

10 or operated freeway service patrol that was in operation

11 before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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

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

14 service vehicles and automotive towing vehicles operated

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

16 management program.

17 SEC. 164. PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY.

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

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

20 American Highway.

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

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

23 elements:

24 (1) Findings on the benefits of constructing a

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1 (2) Recommendations for a self-financing ar2 rangement for completion and maintenance of the

3 Pan American Highway.

4 (3) Recommendations for establishing a Pan

5 American highway authority to monitor financing,

6 construction, maintenance, and operations of the

7 Pan American Highway.

8 (4) Findings on the benefits to trade and pros9 perity of a more efficient Pan American Highway.

10 (5) Findings on the benefits to United States

11 industry through the use of United States tech12 nology and equipment in construction of improve13 ments to the Pan American Highway.

14 (6) Findings on environmental considerations,

15 including environmental considerations relating to

16 the Darien Gap.

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

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

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

20 under this section.
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1 TITLE II—FEDERAL TRANSIT

2 PROGRAMS

3 SEC. 201. SECTION 3 PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.

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

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

6 amended—

7 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘letters of

8 intent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall not ex9 ceed the’’ and inserting ‘‘letters of intent, early sys10 tems work agreements, and full funding grant agree11 ments shall not exceed the’’; and

12 (2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘new let13 ters issued’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall not

14 exceed any’’ and inserting ‘‘new letters issued and

15 contingent commitments included in early systems

16 work agreements and full funding agreements shall

17 not exceed any’’.

18 (b) ASSURED TIMETABLE FOR FINAL DESIGN

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

20 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(6)(C)) is amended by inserting

21 before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or, if an envi22 ronmental impact statement is not required for such

23 project, the date of completion of an environmental assess24 ment for such project or of a finding of no significant im25 pact’’.
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1 (c) RAIL MODERNIZATION.—Section 3(h) of such Act

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

3 inserting ‘‘subsection’’.

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

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

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

7 States Code,’’.

8 (e) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR PROGRAMS OF

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

10 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

11 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602 note; 105 Stat. 2098) is amended

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

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

14 project review or for Federal funding is provided for by

15 a provision of law other than section 3(a)(6) of the Fed16 eral Transit Act and for which such timetable is different

17 than the timetable established by such section’’.

18 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3007 of

19 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

20 1991 (105 Stat. 2091) is amended—

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

22 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

23 semicolon; and
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1 (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the comma

2 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

3 final period.

4 SEC. 202. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

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

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

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

8 United States Code’’ after ‘‘133’’;

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

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

11 (3) in subsection (f)(11) by inserting ‘‘pas12 sengers and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;

13 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub14 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

15 (B), respectively;

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

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

18 23, United States Code, and this Act’’;

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

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

21 to this’’;

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

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

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

25 title’’ after ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;
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1 (9) in subsection (i)(5) by inserting ‘‘of such

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

3 (10) in subsection (i)(5) by striking ‘‘the Fed4 eral Transit’’ the first 2 places it appears and in5 serting ‘‘this’’;

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

7 8(o) of the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sub8 section (o) of this section’’;

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

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

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

12 striking ‘‘section 8’’ the first place it appears and in13 serting ‘‘this section’’;

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

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

16 (15) in subsection (p)(3) by striking ‘‘subpara17 graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and

18 (16) in subsection (p)(5) by striking ‘‘para19 graph’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’.

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

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

22 new paragraph:

23 ‘‘(16) Recreational travel and tourism.’’.
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1 (c) LONG RANGE PLAN.—Section 8(g)(2)(B) of such

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

3 ‘‘long range’’.

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

5 is amended by striking the last sentence.

6 (e) NONATTAINMENT AREA REQUIREMENTS.—Sec7 tion 8(l) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘transit’’ and

8 inserting ‘‘highway’’.

9 SEC. 203. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.

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

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

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

13 last sentence the following: ‘‘employing law enforcement

14 or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to such

15 systems;’’.

16 (b) LIMITATION ON FUNDING OF OPERATING AS17 SISTANCE.—Section 9(k)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by

18 adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘If an ur19 banized area had a population under the 1980 decennial

20 census of the United States of more than 1,000,000 and

21 has a population under the 1990 decennial census of less

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

23 may be used for operating assistance for purposes of the

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1 apportioned in fiscal year 1982 under such paragraphs

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

3 (c) GRANDFATHER OF CERTAIN URBANIZED

4 AREAS.—Section 9(s)(2) of such Act is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘fiscal year 1993,’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years

6 1993 and 1994,’’.

7 (d) FERRYBOAT OPERATIONS.—For purposes of cal8 culating apportionments under section 9 of the Federal

9 Transit Act for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

10 1993, 50 percent of the ferryboat revenue vehicle miles

11 and 50 percent of the ferryboat route miles attributable

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

13 which the operator receives public assistance shall be in14 cluded in the calculation of ‘‘fixed guideway vehicle reve15 nue miles’’ and ‘‘fixed guideway route miles’’ attributable

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

17 and 15 of such Act.

18 SEC. 204. MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT BLOCK GRANTS.

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

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

21 and (c) of’’.

22 SEC. 205. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING.

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

24 the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. 1607c(b)(10)(A)) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Tech2 nology’’.

3 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO

4 FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CEN5 TERS.—Section 11(b)(12) of such Act is amended by

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

7 (c) INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE

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

9 such Act is amended—

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

11 ‘‘INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INTER12 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR’’;

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

14 for national’’ and inserting ‘‘an international insti15 tute for’’;

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

17 Institute for Transportation Research and Edu18 cation and’’ and inserting a comma;

19 (4) in paragraph (3) by inserting a comma

20 after ‘‘South Florida’’; and

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

22 Institute for Transportation Research and Edu23 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

5 capital 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

11 such 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

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

16 of the enactment of the Intermodal Surface

17 Transportaton Efficiency Act of 1991’’.

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

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

20 new 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 quired, the Secretary shall authorize the sale of the

2 assets with no further obligation to the Federal Gov3 ernment if the Secretary determines that—

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

6 should be used; and

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

8 asset will be used by the recipient to procure

9 items eligible for capital assistance under this

10 Act.

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

12 provisions of this subsection shall be in addition to

13 and not in lieu of any other provision of law govern14 ing use and disposition of facilities and equipment

15 under an assistance agreement.’’.

16 SEC. 207. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY AND REAPPORTION17 MENT OF SECTION 16 FUNDS.

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

19 App. 1612) is amended—

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

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

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

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

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

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1 ‘‘Eligible capital expenses under this subsection may in2 clude, at the option of the recipient, the acquisition of

3 transportation services under a contract, lease, or other

4 arrangement.’’;

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

10 following new paragraph:

11 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Sums appor12 tioned under this subsection shall be available for

13 obligation by the State for a period of 2 years fol14 lowing the close of the fiscal year for which the sums

15 are apportioned and any amounts remaining unobli16 gated at the end of such period shall be

17 reapportioned among the States for the succeeding

18 fiscal year.’’;

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

20 and elderly individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘elderly per21 sons and persons with disabilities’’; and

22 (7) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘such individ23 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

4 striking the final period.

5 SEC. 209. NONDISCRIMINATION.

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

7 App. 1615) is amended—

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

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

10 and (5) as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respec11 tively;

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

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

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

15 (C) by striking ‘‘paragraph (a)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;

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

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

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

20 and

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

22 and

23 (4) in subsection (d) as so redesignated by

24 striking ‘‘(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,

6 9B, 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

14 RESEARCH.—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

24 is amended by striking ‘‘or appropriated’’ each place it ap25 pears.
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1 (e) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE TRANSFER TRAN2 SIT PROJECTS.—Section 21(e) of such Act is amended by

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

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

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

6 Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.

7 SEC. 211. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.

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

9 App. 1619) is amended—

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

11 inserting ‘‘and 18’’; and

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

13 (a) (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 pro23 gram 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 rec2 ommend such transit research, development,

3 and technology transfer activities as the Sec4 retary deems 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

11 remaining 50 percent of funds made available under

12 sections 21(b)(3)(D) and 21(c)(3) shall be appor13 tioned to the States for grants and contracts consist14 ent with the purposes of sections 6, 8, 10, 11, and

15 20 of this Act in the ratio which the population in

16 urbanized areas in each State bears to the total pop17 ulation in urbanized areas in all the States, as

18 shown by the latest available decennial census, except that no State shall receive less than 1 19 ⁄2 of 1

20 percent of the amount apportioned under this sub21 section. In any case in which a statewide transit

22 agency is responsible under State law for the financ23 ing, construction, and operation, directly, by lease,

24 contract, or otherwise, of statewide public transpor25 tation services, such agency shall be the recipient for
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1 receiving and dispensing funds under this para2 graph.

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

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

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

18 enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi19 ciency 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 sec25 tions’’ 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.

6 App. 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’’ be10 fore ‘‘fixed guideway’’.

11 SEC. 215. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.

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

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

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

15 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION PER16 SONNEL’’.

17 SEC. 216. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

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

19 1625) is amended by adding at the end the following new

20 section:

21 ‘‘SEC. 30. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

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

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

24 State containing nontaxable Indian lands, individual and

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1 served) exclusive of national forests and national parks

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

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

4 this subsection, would be applicable for any construction

5 project under this Act shall be increased by a percentage

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

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

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

9 PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS AND NATIONAL FORESTS,

10 PARKS, AND MONUMENTS.—In the case of any State con11 taining nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal,

12 public domain lands (both reserved and unreserved), na13 tional forests, and national parks and monuments, the

14 Federal share which, but for this subsection, would be ap15 plicable for any construction project under this Act shall

16 be increased by a percentage of the remaining cost equal

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

18 State is of its total area.

19 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM SHARE.—Notwithstanding sub20 sections (a) and (b) of this section, the Federal share for

21 any construction project under this Act shall not exceed

22 95 percent of the total cost of such project.

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

24 where a grant recipient elects to have the Federal share

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1 ent must enter into an agreement with the Secretary cov2 ering a period of not less than 1 year, requiring grant re3 cipient to use solely for purposes eligible for assistance

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

5 than paying its share of projects approved under this Act)

6 during the period covered by such agreement the dif7 ference between the grant recipient’s share as provided in

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

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

10 subject to such agreement.’’.

11 SEC. 217. PERFORMANCE REPORTS ON MASS TRANSIT SYS12 TEMS.

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

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

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

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

17 SEC. 218. MISCELLANEOUS MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS.

18 (a) PORTLAND WESTSIDE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

19 Section 3035(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

20 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2129) is amended by

21 inserting at the end the following: ‘‘The Hillsboro Exten22 sion to the Westside Light Rail Project shall be considered

23 by the Federal Transit Administration as a single project

24 extending from downtown Portland, Oregon, to downtown

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1 uation, and approval of construction under section 3(i) of

2 the Federal Transit Act and for the purpose of preparing

3 a report under section 3(j) of such Act.’’.

4 (b) NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT.—Section

5 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi6 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122–2123) is amended by

7 inserting after ‘‘Hudson River Waterfront Transportation

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

9 and within the city of Bayonne)’’.

10 (c) ADDITIONAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AND RIGHT-OF11 WAY PURCHASE FOR GILROY SERVICE.—Section 3035(h)

12 of such Act (105 Stat. 2130) is amended—

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

14 ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and

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

16 ‘‘October 31, 1996,’’.

17 (d) DALLAS LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

18 (1) MULTIYEAR GRANT AGREEMENT.—Section

19 3035(i) of such Act (105 Stat. 2130) is amended—

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

21 ‘‘9.6 miles’’;

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

23 ‘‘not to exceed 14 stations’’;

24 (C) by striking ‘‘such light rail line’’ and

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1 identified in section 3(a)(8)(C)(vii) of the Fed2 eral Transit Act’’; and

3 (D) by striking ‘‘of such elements’’ and in4 serting ‘‘element of such program of inter5 related projects’’.

6 (2) PROGRAM OF INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—

7 Section 3(a)(8)(C)(vii) of the Federal Transit Act

8 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(8)(C)(vii)) is amended by

9 striking ‘‘Camp Wisdom’’ and inserting ‘‘Interstate

10 Route 20, L.B.J. Freeway’’.

11 (e) SOUTH BOSTON.—Section 3035(j) of the Inter12 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

13 (105 Stat. 2130–2131) is amended—

14 (1) by inserting ‘‘the second place it appears’’

15 after ‘‘striking ‘—’ ’’; and

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Funds

17 made available for the South Boston Piers

18 Transitway in fiscal year 1994 for alternatives anal19 ysis may also be used for construction.’’.

20 (f) KANSAS CITY LIGHT RAIL LINE.—Section

21 3035(k) of such Act (105 Stat. 2131) is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘$1,500,000 in fiscal year 1992, and $4,400,000 in

23 fiscal year 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,900,000’’.

24 (g) ORLANDO STREETCAR DOWNTOWN TROLLEY

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1 is amended by inserting after ‘‘engineering’’ the following:

2 ‘‘and the initiation of final design, construction, land and

3 equipment acquisition, and related activities’’.

4 (h) SAN DIEGO MID COAST FIXED GUIDEWAY

5 PROJECT.—Section 3035(u) of such Act (105 Stat. 2132)

6 is amended—

7 (1) in the subsection heading by striking

8 ‘‘LIGHT RAIL’’ and inserting ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’;

9 and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘Light Rail’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘Fixed Guideway’’.

12 (i) EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.—Section 3035(z)

13 of such Act (105 Stat. 2133) is amended by striking

14 ‘‘1992’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘1994’’ and

15 by striking ‘‘electrically powered bus’’ and inserting ‘‘al16 ternatively fueled vehicle’’.

17 (j) BALTIMORE-CENTRAL LIGHT RAIL EXTEN18 SION.—Section 3035(nn)(1) of such Act (105 Stat. 2134–

19 2135) is amended by striking ‘‘as follows:

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

21 year 1993.

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

23 year 1994.’’

24 and inserting ‘‘and shall not be less than $60,000,000.’’.
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1 (k) JACKSONVILLE AUTOMATED SKYWAY EXPRESS

2 EXTENSION.—Section 3035(vv) of such Act (105 Stat.

3 2136) is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘(vv) JACKSONVILLE AUTOMATED SKYWAY EXPRESS

5 EXTENSION.—Not later than April 30, 1994, the Sec6 retary shall negotiate and sign an agreement which modi7 fies the full funding agreement signed on September 27,

8 1991, with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority for

9 phase 1–B of the north segment of the Automated Skyway

10 Express project to make available $15,000,000 in already

11 appropriated funds and $35,000,000 under section

12 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act to carry out con13 struction of the locally preferred alternative for an oper14 able segment of a not to exceed 1.8 mile extension to such

15 project.’’.

16 SEC. 219. CROSS REFERENCE TO FEDERAL TRANSIT ACT.

17 Section 176 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506)

18 is amended in each of subsections (c)(2) and (d) by strik19 ing ‘‘Urban Mass Transportation’’ each place it appears

20 and inserting ‘‘Federal Transit’’.
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1 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS

2 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

3 PROGRAMS

4 SEC. 301. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRA5 TION PLAN AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX

6 AGREEMENT.

7 Section 4008(j) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor8 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2155) is amended

9 by striking ‘‘102’’ in the second sentence and inserting

10 ‘‘1002’’.

11 SEC. 302. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS.

12 (a) OPERATIONAL TESTING PROJECTS.—Section

13 6055(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi14 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2192–2193) is amended by

15 inserting ‘‘and enter into cooperative agreements and con16 tracts with’’ after ‘‘The Secretary may make grants to’’.

17 (b) FUNDING.—Section 6058 of such Act (105 Stat.

18 2194–2195) is amended—

19 (1) in the second sentence of subsection (d) by

20 striking ‘‘projects undertaken pursuant to subsection

21 (c) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘activities under22 taken with funds made available under subsection

23 (b) and activities undertaken with funds subject to

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1 (2) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘102’’ and in2 serting ‘‘1002’’; and

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 section:

5 ‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS

6 OF LAW.—A person (including a public agency) that does

7 not receive assistance under title 23, United States Code,

8 the Federal Transit Act, or any provision of this Act

9 (other than the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Act

10 of 1991) shall not be subject to any Federal design stand11 ard, law, or regulation applicable to persons receiving such

12 assistance solely by reason of such person receiving assist13 ance under this section.’’.

14 SEC. 303. TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE, AMENDMENTS.

15 The analysis for chapter 1 of title 49, United States

16 Code, is amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘Sec. 110. Saint Lawrence Sea18 way Development Corporation.’’; and

19 (2) by striking ‘‘Sec. 111.’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘111.’’.

21 SEC. 304. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF

22 1982 AMENDMENTS.

23 (a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.—

24 Section 402 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act

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1 (1) by moving each of subparagraphs (H)

2 through (N) (including any clauses therein) 2 ems to

3 the left;

4 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(N) by striking ‘‘give’’

5 and inserting ‘‘gives’’; and

6 (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘3’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘5’’.

8 (b) CARGO CARRYING UNIT LIMITATION.—Section

9 411(j)(5)(D) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2311(j)(5)(D))

10 is amended by striking ‘‘prohibited under’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘subject to’’.

12 SEC. 305. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT OF

13 1986 AMENDMENTS.

14 (a) SECTION 12011.—Section 12011 of the Commer15 cial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App.

16 2710) is amended—

17 (1) in each of subsections (a) and (b) by strik18 ing ‘‘104(b)(5), and 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)’’; and

20 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii) by striking

21 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’.

22 (b) SECTION NUMBER REDESIGNATION.—Such Act

23 is further amended by redesignating the second section

24 12020, relating to violation of out-of-service orders, as

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1 SEC. 306. CLEVELAND HARBOR, OHIO.

2 Section 1079 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor3 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2018–2019) is

4 amended—

5 (1) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub6 section (b) and inserting a period; and

7 (2) in subsection (d)—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘279.31 feet’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘269.31 feet’’;

10 (B) by striking ‘‘127.28 feet’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘137.28 feet’’;

12 (C) by striking the comma following ‘‘Grid

13 System’’;

14 (D) by striking ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ east’’ the

15 first place it appears and inserting

16 ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ west’’;

17 (E) by striking ‘‘north-westerly’’ and in18 serting ‘‘northwesterly’’; and

19 (F) by striking ‘‘174,764 square feet

20 (4.012 acres)’’ and inserting ‘‘175,143 (4.020

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1 SEC. 307. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND UNIFORM RE2 LOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1987 AMEND3 MENTS.

4 Section 317(b) of the Surface Transportation and

5 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (49 U.S.C.

6 App. 1608 note; 101 Stat. 233) is amended—

7 (1) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by inserting ‘‘or

8 cooperative agreement’’ after ‘‘contract’’ each place

9 it appears; and

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new

11 paragraph:

12 ‘‘(7) CONVERSION OF CONTRACTS.—The Sec13 retary may convert existing contracts entered into

14 under this subsection into cooperative agreements.’’.

15 SEC. 308. INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFI16 CIENCY ACT TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

17 (a) NATIONAL RECREATIONAL TRAILS.—Section

18 1302 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

19 Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2064–2068) is amended—

20 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘Act’’ each

21 place it appears and inserting ‘‘part’’;

22 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B) by inserting after

23 ‘‘reserves’’ the following: ‘‘an amount equivalent to’’;

24 (3) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘national

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1 (4) by adding at the end of subsection (d)(1)

2 the following:

3 ‘‘The 3 percent limitation in the preceding sentence

4 shall not apply to expenditures to pay the cost of

5 conducting the 1-time national survey described in

6 subparagraph (C).’’;

7 (5) in subsection (e)(8)(B) by inserting ‘‘the

8 State’’ before ‘‘may be exempted’’; and

9 (6) in subsection (e)(8)(B) by inserting ‘‘funds

10 may be’’ before ‘‘expended or committed’’.

11 (b) SOUTHERN FLORIDA COMMUTER RAIL.—Section

12 3014 of such Act (105 Stat. 2108) is amended by striking

13 ‘‘(49 U.S.C. 1607a)’’.

14 (c) ROAD TESTING OF LCV’S.—Section 4007(d)(1)

15 of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2302 note) is amended by

16 striking ‘‘on board’’ and inserting ‘‘onboard’’.

17 (d) NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INTERMODAL TRANS18 PORTATION.—Section 5005 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 301

19 note; 105 Stat. 2160–2162) is amended—

20 (1) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘11 mem21 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘15 members’’;

22 (2) in subsection (d)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘3 mem23 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘7 members’’; and

24 (3) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and in25 serting ‘‘1994’’.
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1 (e) SECTION 6017.—Section 6017 of such Act (105

2 Stat. 2183) is amended by striking ‘‘502(a)’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘5002(a)’’.

4 SEC. 309. IMPROVED BUS SAFETY.

5 (a) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

6 SAFETY REGULATIONS TO BUS OPERATIONS OF PRIVATE

7 MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS.—Section 206 of the

8 Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 (49 U.S.C. App. 2505)

9 is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the

10 following new subsection:

11 ‘‘(h) APPLICABILITY TO BUS OPERATIONS OF PRI12 VATE MOTOR CARRIER OF PASSENGERS.—Not later than

13 6 months after the date of the enactment of this sub14 section, the Secretary shall issue regulations making the

15 relevant commercial motor carrier safety regulations is16 sued under subsection (a) applicable to all operations by

17 private motor carriers of commercial motor vehicles pro18 viding transportation of passengers in interstate com19 merce.’’.

20 (b) EDUCATION PROGRAM.—Not later than 6 months

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

22 of Transportation shall develop and implement an edu23 cation program to inform all private motor carriers of pas24 sengers that they must comply with the Federal commer25 cial motor vehicle safety regulations issued under section
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1 206 of the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 when provid2 ing commercial motor vehicle transportation of passengers

3 in interstate commerce.

4 (c) REPORTS.—

5 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 12

6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act,

7 the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Con8 gress a report describing in detail the regulations

9 that have been issued pursuant to subsection (a) and

10 the status of the education program being developed

11 and implemented under subsection (b).

12 (2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Each year for a

13 period of 4 years on the annual anniversary date of

14 the report submitted to Congress under paragraph

15 (1), the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to

16 Congress a report describing in detail the status of

17 enforcement of the Federal commercial motor vehicle

18 safety regulations issued under section 206 of the

19 Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 to operations by

20 private motor carriers of commercial motor vehicles
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1 providing transportation of passengers in interstate

2 commerce.

Passed the House of Representatives November 8,

1993.

Attest:

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