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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1881

To amend title 23, United States Code, to make available for obligation

such sums as are necessary to pay the Federal share of completion

of construction of the Appalachian development highway system, and

for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 18, 1996

Mr. BYRD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, to make available

for obligation such sums as are necessary to pay the

Federal share of completion of construction of the Appalachian development highway system, 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.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Appalachian Develop5 ment Highway System Completion Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the Appalachian Regional Development Act

2 of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.) enacted into law a Federal

3 commitment to the completion of the Appalachian

4 development highway system for the purpose of ex5 panding highway access to the Appalachian region;

6 (2) economic prosperity within the Appalachian

7 region since that time has been brought about by,

8 and has centered around, the availability of adequate

9 highway access;

10 (3) the rationale behind the completion of the

11 Appalachian development highway system is as

12 sound today as it was in 1965, but while the Inter13 state System is nearly 100 percent complete, the Ap14 palachian development highway system is only 76

15 percent complete;

16 (4) those areas in which the Appalachian devel17 opment highway system is not yet complete suffer

18 from inadequate road systems characterized by low

19 travel speeds, long travel distances, and unsafe con20 ditions; and

21 (5) there are unfinished miles of the Appalach22 ian development highway system in all 13 of the

23 States with counties in the statutorily-designated

24 Appalachian region.
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1 SEC. 3. COMPLETION OF APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT

2 HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

3 Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is

4 amended—

5 (1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding

6 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and subsection (j)’’

7 after ‘‘subsection (f)’’;

8 (2) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub9 section (k); and

10 (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the follow11 ing:

12 ‘‘(j) APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYS13 TEM.—

14 ‘‘(1) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—On October

15 1 of each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003, after

16 making the deduction authorized by subsection (a)

17 and the set aside authorized by subsection (f), the

18 Secretary shall set aside proportionally from the

19 funds authorized to be appropriated for expenditure

20 on programs authorized under this title, except for

apportionments under section 157, 1 21 ⁄6 of the total

22 estimated cost of completion of construction of the

23 Appalachian development highway system authorized

24 by section 201 of the Appalachian Regional Develop25 ment Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.), as determined

26 by the Secretary, and shall apportion the funds to
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1 the 13 States in the Appalachian region in accord2 ance with each State’s portion of the total estimated

3 cost of completion.

4 ‘‘(2) OTHER STATE FUNDS.—Obligational au5 thority made available to a State under paragraph

6 (1) shall not be considered in determining the appor7 tionments and allocations that the State shall be en8 titled to receive, under this title and other law, of

9 amounts in the Highway Trust Fund.

10 ‘‘(3) INAPPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITA11 TIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

12 any obligation limitation enacted for any of fiscal

13 years 1998 through 2003 shall not apply to obliga14 tions authorized under paragraph (1).

15 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY.—Funds authorized under

16 paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex17 pended.’’.

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