In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

September 29, 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1887) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, and

for other purposes’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

3 ‘‘National Highway System Designation Act of 1994’’.
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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Secretary defined.

TITLE I—NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION AND OTHER

PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. National Highway System designation.

Sec. 102. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.

Sec. 103. Quality improvement.

Sec. 104. Contracting for engineering and design services.

Sec. 105. Highway safety promotion program.

Sec. 106. Project eligibility.

Sec. 107. Wisconsin substitute project.

Sec. 108. Use of recycled paving material.

Sec. 109. Work zone safety.

Sec. 110. Corrected projects.

Sec. 111. Rescissions.

Sec. 112. Additional projects.

Sec. 113. Study of radio and microwave technology for commercial and other

motor vehicles.

Sec. 114. Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency.

Sec. 115. Railway-highway crossings project.

Sec. 116. New River Parkway, West Virginia.

Sec. 117. National recreational trails.

Sec. 118. Coal Heritage.

Sec. 119. Limitations on funding of operating assistance.

Sec. 120. Intercity bus transportation.

Sec. 121. Repeals of existing projects.

Sec. 122. Miscellaneous transit projects.

Sec. 123. Multiyear contract for metro rail project.

Sec. 124. Metric system signing.

Sec. 125. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 126. Statewide planning.

Sec. 127. High priority corridor feasibility study.

Sec. 128. Reevaluation.

Sec. 129. Funding.

Sec. 130. Nondivisible loads.

Sec. 131. Commercial motor vehicle accidents.

TITLE II—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO ISTEA AND RELATED

LAWS

Sec. 201. Definitions.

Sec. 202. References to Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense

Highways.

Sec. 203. Federal-Aid Systems.

Sec. 204. Apportionment.

Sec. 205. Programs of projects.

Sec. 206. Advance acquisition of rights-of-way.

Sec. 207. Standards.

Sec. 208. Letting of contracts.

Sec. 209. Prevailing rate of wage.

Sec. 210. Construction.

Sec. 211. Advance construction.
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Sec. 212. Maintenance.

Sec. 213. Certification acceptance.

Sec. 214. Availability of funds.

Sec. 215. Federal share.

Sec. 216. Payment to States for construction.

Sec. 217. Relocation of utility facilities.

Sec. 218. Advances to States.

Sec. 219. Emergency relief.

Sec. 220. Applicability of axle weight limitations.

Sec. 221. Toll roads.

Sec. 222. Rail-highway crossings.

Sec. 223. Surface transportation program.

Sec. 224. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 225. Statewide planning.

Sec. 226. Control of junkyards.

Sec. 227. Nondiscrimination.

Sec. 228. Enforcement of requirements.

Sec. 229. Availability of rights-of-way.

Sec. 230. Highway bridge program.

Sec. 231. Great River Road.

Sec. 232. Hazard elimination program.

Sec. 233. Use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets.

Sec. 234. National maximum speed limit.

Sec. 235. Minimum allocation.

Sec. 236. National minimum drinking age.

Sec. 237. Revocation of drivers’ licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses.

Sec. 238. Reimbursement for segments of Interstate System constructed without

Federal assistance.

Sec. 239. Federal lands highway program.

Sec. 240. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkway.

Sec. 241. State Highway Department.

Sec. 242. Management systems.

Sec. 243. State planning and research.

Sec. 244. Appropriation for highway purposes of Federal lands.

Sec. 245. International highway transportation outreach program.

Sec. 246. Highway safety programs.

Sec. 247. National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.

Sec. 248. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.

Sec. 249. Public transit facilities.

Sec. 250. Roadside barrier technology.

Sec. 251. Pensacola, Florida.

Sec. 252. High cost bridge projects.

Sec. 253. Congestion relief projects.

Sec. 254. High priority corridors on National Highway System.

Sec. 255. High priority corridor projects.

Sec. 256. Rural access projects.

Sec. 257. Urban access and mobility projects.

Sec. 258. Innovative projects.

Sec. 259. Intermodal projects.

Sec. 260. Miscellaneous Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

amendments.

Sec. 261. Disadvantaged business enterprise program.

Sec. 262. Amendments to Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

Sec. 263. Freeway service patrols.
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Sec. 264. Pan American Highway.

Sec. 265. Section 3 program amendments.

Sec. 266. Metropolitan planning.

Sec. 267. Formula grant program.

Sec. 268. Mass transit account block grants.

Sec. 269. Grants for research and training.

Sec. 270. General provisions.

Sec. 271. Period of availability and reapportionment of section 16 funds.

Sec. 272. Rural transit program.

Sec. 273. Nondiscrimination.

Sec. 274. Authorizations.

Sec. 275. Project management oversight.

Sec. 276. Planning and research program.

Sec. 277. Needs survey and transferability study.

Sec. 278. State responsibility for rail fixed guideway system.

Sec. 279. National Transit Institute.

Sec. 280. Increased Federal share.

Sec. 281. Performance reports on mass transit systems.

Sec. 282. Cross reference to Federal Transit Act.

Sec. 283. Participation in International Registration Plan and International

Fuel Tax Agreement.

Sec. 284. Intelligent vehicle-highway systems.

Sec. 285. Title 49, United States Code, amendments.

Sec. 286. Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 amendments.

Sec. 287. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 amendments.

Sec. 288. Cleveland Harbor, Ohio.

Sec. 289. Other Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act technical

amendments.

1 SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED.

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

3 of Transportation.

4 TITLE I—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

5 SYSTEM DESIGNATION AND

6 OTHER PROVISIONS

7 SEC. 101. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION.

8 (a) DESIGNATION; MODIFICATIONS.—Section 103 of

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

10 subsection (b) the following:

11 ‘‘(c) INITIAL DESIGNATION OF NHS.—The National

12 Highway System as submitted by the Secretary of Trans-
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1 portation on the map entitled ‘Official Submission, Na2 tional Highway System, Federal Highway Administra3 tion’, and dated May 10, 1994, is hereby designated within

4 the United States, including the District of Columbia and

5 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

6 ‘‘(d) MODIFICATIONS TO THE NHS.—

7 ‘‘(1) PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary

8 may submit for approval to the Committee on Envi9 ronment and Public Works of the Senate and the

10 Committee on Public Works and Transportation of

11 the House of Representatives proposed modifications

12 to the National Highway System. The Secretary may

13 only propose a modification under this subsection if

14 the Secretary determines that such modification meets

15 the criteria and requirements of subsection (b). Pro16 posed modifications may include new segments and

17 deletion of existing segments of the National Highway

18 System.

19 ‘‘(2) APPROVAL OF CONGRESS REQUIRED.—A

20 modification to the National Highway System may

21 only take effect if a law has been enacted approving

22 such modification.

23 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED SUBMISSION.—Not later than 2

24 years after the date of the enactment of the National

25 Highway System Designation Act of 1994, the Sec-
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1 retary shall submit under paragraph (1) proposed

2 modifications to the National Highway System. Such

3 modifications shall include a list and description of

4 additions to the National Highway System consisting

5 of—

6 ‘‘(A) connections to major ports, airports,

7 international border crossings, public transpor8 tation and transit facilities, interstate bus termi9 nals, rail and other intermodal transportation

10 facilities; and

11 ‘‘(B) any congressional high priority cor12 ridor or any segment thereof established by sec13 tion 1105 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor14 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2037)

15 which was not identified on the National High16 way System designated by subsection (c), subject

17 to the completion of feasibility studies.’’.

18 (b) PROPOSED NTS.—Not later than 2 years after the

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit

20 to Congress a proposal for a comprehensive National Trans21 portation System using the National Highway System as

22 the backbone for establishing the National Transportation

23 System. In developing such proposal, the Secretary shall

24 consult with and consider the views of States and metropoli25 tan planning organizations.
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1 SEC. 102. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IM2 PROVEMENT PROGRAM.

3 (a) APPORTIONMENT FORMULA.—Section 104(b)(2) of

4 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 1994’’ after

6 ‘‘State’’ each place it appears;

7 (2) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 1994’’ after

8 ‘‘States’’ the first place it appears;

9 (3) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

10 year 1994’’ after ‘‘Act’’;

11 (4) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

12 year 1994’’ after ‘‘subpart’’;

13 (5) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

14 year 1994’’ after ‘‘subpart’’;

15 (6) in subparagraph (D) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

16 year 1994’’ after ‘‘subpart’’;

17 (7) in subparagraph (E) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

18 year 1994’’ after ‘‘subpart’’;

19 (8) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 1994’’ after ‘‘car20 bon monoxide’’; and

21 (9) by inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 1994’’ after ‘‘rel22 ative populations’’.

23 (b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Section 149(b) of such title

24 is amended by inserting before ‘‘of a national ambient’’

25 each place it appears ‘‘or maintenance’’.
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1 (c) STATES WITHOUT A NONATTAINMENT AREA.—Sec2 tion 149(c) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘in fiscal

3 year 1994’’ after ‘‘Act’’.

4 SEC. 103. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

5 (a) LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.—Section 106 of title

6 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

7 the following:

8 ‘‘(e) LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.—

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es10 tablish a program to require States to conduct an

11 analysis of the life-cycle costs of all projects on the

12 National Highway System.

13 ‘‘(2) ANALYSIS OF LIFE-CYCLE COSTS DE14 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘analysis of life15 cycle costs’ means a process for evaluating the total

16 economic worth of one or more projects by analyzing

17 both initial costs as well as discounted future costs,

18 such as maintenance, reconstruction, rehabilitation,

19 restoring, and resurfacing costs, over the life of the

20 project or projects.’’.

21 (b) VALUE ENGINEERING.—Section 106 of such title

22 is amended by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(f) VALUE ENGINEERING FOR NHS.—

24 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall estab25 lish a program to require States to carry out a value
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1 engineering analysis for all projects on the National

2 Highway System.

3 ‘‘(2) VALUE ENGINEERING DEFINED.—For pur4 poses of this subsection, the term ‘value engineering

5 analysis’ means a systematic process of review and

6 analysis of a project or activity during its design

7 phase by a multidisciplined team of persons not origi8 nally involved in the project or activity in order to

9 provide suggestions for reducing the total cost of the

10 project or activity and providing a project or activity

11 of equal or better quality. Such suggestions may in12 clude a combination or elimination of inefficient or

13 expensive parts of the original proposed design for the

14 project or activity and total redesign of the proposed

15 project or activity using different technologies, mate16 rials, or methods so as to accomplish the original pur17 pose of the project or activity.’’.

18 (c) GUARANTEE AND WARRANTY CLAUSES.—Section

19 112 of such title is amended—

20 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection

21 (g); and

22 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:

23 ‘‘(f) GUARANTEE AND WARRANTY CLAUSES.—The Sec24 retary shall, by regulation, permit a State highway depart25 ment, in accordance with standards developed by the Sec-
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1 retary in such regulations, to include a clause in a contract

2 for the construction of any Federal-aid highway project re3 quiring the contractor to warrant the materials and work

4 performed in accordance with the contractor’s obligations

5 and responsibilities under the terms of the contract. The

6 warranty or guarantee clause shall be reasonably related

7 to the materials and work performed and in accordance

8 with the contractor’s obligations and responsibilities under

9 the terms of the contract, and shall not be construed to re10 quire the contractor to perform maintenance.’’.

11 (d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate

13 a rulemaking proceeding for developing standards under

14 section 112(f) of title 23, United States Code, as added by

15 subsection (c) of this section.

16 SEC. 104. CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

17 SERVICES.

18 (a) PERMANENT PROGRAM.—Section 112(b)(2) of title

19 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

20 the following new subparagraphs:

21 ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE AND AUDITS.—Any

22 contract or subcontract awarded in accordance

23 with subparagraph (A), whether funded in whole

24 or in part with Federal-aid highway funds, shall

25 be performed and audited in compliance with
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1 cost principles contained in the Federal acquisi2 tion regulations of part 31 of title 48 of the Code

3 of Federal Regulations.

4 ‘‘(D) INDIRECT COST RATES.—Instead of

5 performing its own audits, a recipient of funds

6 under a contract or subcontract awarded in ac7 cordance with subparagraph (A) shall accept in8 direct cost rates established in accordance with

9 the Federal acquisition regulations for 1-year

10 applicable accounting periods by a cognizant

11 government agency or independent certified pub12 lic accountant if such rates are not currently

13 under dispute. Once a firm’s indirect cost rates

14 are accepted, the recipient of such funds shall

15 apply such rates for the purposes of contract esti16 mation, negotiation, administration, reporting,

17 and contract payment and shall not be limited

18 by administrative or de facto ceilings in accord19 ance with section 15.901(c) of such title 48. A re20 cipient of such funds requesting or using the cost

21 and rate data described in this subparagraph

22 shall notify any affected firm before such request

23 or use. Such data shall be confidential and shall

24 not be accessible or provided, in whole or in

25 part, to any other firm or to any government
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1 agency which is not part of the group of agencies

2 sharing cost data under this subparagraph, ex3 cept by written permission of the audited firm.

4 If prohibited by law, such cost and rate data

5 shall not be disclosed under any circumstances.

6 ‘‘(E) STATE OPTION.—Subparagraphs (C)

7 and (D) shall take effect 2 years after the date

8 of the enactment of this subparagraph with re9 spect to all States; except that if a State, during

10 such 2-year period, adopts by statute an alter11 native process intended to promote engineering

12 and design quality and ensure maximum com13 petition by professional companies of all sizes

14 providing engineering and design services, such

15 subparagraphs shall not apply with respect to

16 such State.’’.

17 (b) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 1092 of the

18 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

19 (23 U.S.C. 112 note; 105 Stat. 2024) is repealed.

20 SEC. 105. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROMOTION PROGRAM.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 23, United States

22 Code, is amended by inserting after section 312 the follow23 ing new section:
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1 ‘‘§ 313. Highway safety promotion program

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall carry out

3 education, research, development, and technology transfer

4 activities to promote the safe operation and maintenance

5 of commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce.

6 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—To carry out the purposes of this sec7 tion, the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter into co8 operative agreements with—

9 ‘‘(1) a not-for-profit membership organization

10 that has been engaged exclusively in truck-related re11 search and education since 1985; and

12 ‘‘(2) not-for-profit organizations engaged in com13 mercial motor vehicle safety research.

14 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs

15 of activities carried out under this section shall be 100 per16 cent.

17 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Out of administrative funds deducted

18 under section 104(a) of this title for each of fiscal years

19 1995 through 1997, the Secretary shall make available—

20 ‘‘(1) for making grants and entering into cooper21 ative agreements under subsection (b)(1) $1,000,000;

22 and

23 ‘‘(2) for making grants and entering into cooper24 ative agreements under subsection (b)(2) $500,000.

25 Such funds shall remain available until expended.
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1 ‘‘(e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any

2 other provision of law, approval by the Secretary of a grant

3 under this section shall be deemed a contractual obligation

4 of the United States for payment of the Federal share of

5 the grant.

6 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Annually, beginning on Janu7 ary 1, 1996, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a re8 port which provides information on the progress and activi9 ties of the programs conducted under this section.’’.

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for

11 chapter 3 of such title is amended by inserting after the

12 item relating to section 312 the following:

‘‘313. Highway safety promotion program.’’.

13 SEC. 106. PROJECT ELIGIBILITY.

14 Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of

15 1956 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘such costs may be

17 further’’; and

18 (2) by striking ‘‘, and (2) the amount of such

19 costs shall not include the portion of the project be20 tween High Street and Causeway Street’’.

21 SEC. 107. WISCONSIN SUBSTITUTE PROJECT.

22 (a) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (b) of section

23 1045 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

24 Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1994) is amended to read as follows:

25 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—
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1 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Upon approval of any

2 substitute project or projects under subsection (a)—

3 ‘‘(A) the costs of construction of the eligible

4 transitway project for which such project or

5 projects are substituted shall not be eligible for

6 funds authorized under section 108(b) of the Fed7 eral-Aid Highway Act of 1956; and

8 ‘‘(B) a sum equal to the amount that would

9 have been apportioned to the State of Wisconsin

10 on October 1, 1994, under section 104(b)(5)(A) of

11 title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary had

12 not approved such project or projects shall be

13 available to the Secretary from the Highway

14 Trust Fund to incur obligations for the Federal

15 share of the costs of such substitute project or

16 projects.

17 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available

18 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obliga19 tion on and after October 1, 1994. Amounts made

20 available under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain avail21 able until expended and shall be subject to any limi22 tation on obligations for Federal-aid highways estab23 lished by law.

24 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23 U.S.C.—

25 Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B)
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1 shall be available for obligation in the same manner

2 as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of

3 title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal

4 share of the cost of any project carried out with such

5 funds shall be determined in accordance with section

6 103(e)(4)(D) of such title.’’.

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

8 (1) SUBSECTION (c).—The second sentence of

9 subsection (c) of section 1045 of such Act is amended

10 by striking ‘‘the authority of section 103(e)(4) of title

11 23, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘section

12 21(a)(2) of the Federal Transit Act’’.

13 (2) SUBSECTION (d)(1).—Subsection (d)(1) of

14 section 1045 of such Act is amended by striking

15 ‘‘project for’’ and all that follows through the period

16 at the end thereof and inserting ‘‘transit project.’’.

17 (3) SUBSECTION (d).—Subsection (d) of section

18 1045 of such Act is amended by striking paragraph

19 (3) and by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph

20 (3).

21 (c) REDUCTION OF INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION AU22 THORIZATION.—Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway

23 Act of 1956 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000,000 for the

24 fiscal year ending September 30, 1996’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘$1,800,000,000, reduced by the amount made available
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1 under section 1045(b)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface

2 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, for the fiscal year

3 ending September 30, 1996’’.

4 SEC. 108. USE OF RECYCLED PAVING MATERIAL.

5 (a) DOT GUIDANCE.—Section 1038(c)(1) of the Inter6 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23

7 U.S.C. 109 note) is amended by striking ‘‘an interest in

8 the use of such asphalt’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘con9 cern in fulfilling the minimum utilization requirements of

10 subsection (d)(1). Such technology transfer activities and

11 training programs shall be initiated without delay and

12 shall include all eligible uses of recycled rubber, alternative

13 applications, and other materials and shall focus on achiev14 ing the best performance results for all eligible uses. Not

15 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this

16 sentence, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report

17 detailing the plans to implement this subsection.

18 (b) STATE CERTIFICATION.—Section 1038(d)(1) of

19 such Act is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘established by this section.’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘, other materials, and alternative applica22 tions established by this section. Each State shall also

23 annually certify its progress in its waste tire abate24 ment program under paragraph (7).’’;
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘1995’’ the first place it appears

2 and inserting ‘‘1996’’;

3 (3) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘1994’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘1995’’;

5 (4) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘1995’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘1996’’;

7 (5) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’

8 after the semicolon at the end;

9 (6) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘1996;

10 and’’ and inserting ‘‘1997.’’; and

11 (7) by striking subparagraph (D).

12 (c) OTHER MATERIALS.—Section 1038(d)(2) of such

13 Act is amended by striking the period at the end and insert14 ing the following: ‘‘; except that, of that amount, no more

than 1 15 ⁄2 may be met with the use of asphalt containing re16 claimed asphalt in fiscal years 1996 and 1997. For the pur17 poses of this paragraph, cold in-place recycling technology

18 shall be allowable.’’.

19 (d) PENALTY.—Section 1038(d)(4) of such Act is

20 amended—

21 (1) by inserting before ‘‘The’’ the following: ‘‘(A)

22 WITHHOLDING.—’’;

23 (2) by indenting subparagraph (A), as des24 ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, and mov25 ing such paragraph 2 ems to the right;
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1 (3) by inserting before ‘‘utilization requirement’’

2 the following: ‘‘by which such State does not satisfy

3 the’’; and

4 (4) by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(B) ESCROW ACCOUNT.—Apportionments

6 withheld from a State by the Secretary under

7 this subsection shall be placed in escrow for 2

8 years pending satisfaction of the minimum utili9 zation requirement of paragraph (1) and pend10 ing satisfaction of the requirement for which the

11 apportionments were originally withheld. Pend12 ing satisfaction of such requirements, the with13 held apportionment shall be returned to the

14 State.

15 ‘‘(C) SUNSET PROVISION.—If a State which

16 has apportionments withheld under this para17 graph has not satisfied current minimum utili18 zation requirements of paragraph (1) within 2

19 years and has not fulfilled the previous require20 ments for which such apportionments were with21 held, then the apportionments held in the escrow

22 account shall be returned to the Highway Trust

23 Fund.’’.

24 (e) INDIVIDUAL STATE REDUCTION.—Section

25 1038(d)(7) of such Act is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘prior to disposal’’; and

2 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Sec3 retary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall

4 exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1), any

5 State that has implemented a documented waste tire

6 abatement program if such program will result in the

7 elimination of tire stockpiles by 1997.’’.

8 (f) ALTERNATIVE APPLICATION.—Section 1038(d) of

9 such Act is further amended by adding at the end the

10 following:

11 ‘‘(8) ALTERNATIVE APPLICATIONS.—

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may for any

year meet up to 1 13 ⁄2 of the minimum utilization

14 requirement established by paragraph (1) (ex15 cluding any deduction a State may take pursu16 ant to subsection (c)) by using an equivalent

17 amount of recycled rubber for alternative appli18 cations, other than making asphalt pavement,

19 if—

20 ‘‘(i) the State certifies that the alter21 native application does not present a threat

22 to safety, human health, or the environment;

23 and
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1 ‘‘(ii) it is demonstrated that such alter2 native applications provide equal or en3 hanced engineering benefits.

4 ‘‘(B) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary, in con5 sultation with the Administrator, shall issue

6 guidelines with respect to compliance with alter7 native applications under the conditions set forth

8 in clauses (i) and (ii).’’.

9 (g) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1038(e) of such Act is

10 amended—

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

12 (1);

13 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting before ‘‘taken’’

14 the following: ‘‘(other than tire buffings defined as a

15 byproduct of the retreading industry) or any products

16 produced from the processing of whole scrap tires or

17 tire materials’’;

18 (3) by striking the period at the end of para19 graph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and

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

21 ‘‘(3) the term ‘alternative applications’ means

22 uses of recycled rubber in such civil engineering ap23 plications such as noise and safety barriers, other

24 safety hardware, fences, soil retaining walls, slope sta25 bilization measures, subgrade insulation, and light-
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1 weight fill, where the product or material containing

2 recycled rubber provides a benefit to the highway con3 struction and is left in place as a result of the high4 way construction; such term does not apply to prod5 ucts or materials, such as traffic cones or vehicles,

6 which are used only temporarily in construction of

7 the highway;

8 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Administrator’ means the Admin9 istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and

10 ‘‘(5) the term ‘State’ has the meaning such term

11 has under section 101 of title 23, United States

12 Code.’’.

13 SEC. 109. WORK ZONE SAFETY.

14 Section 1051 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor15 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is

16 amended—

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

18 ‘‘appurtenances,’’;

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

20 plans,’’; and

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen22 tence: ‘‘The Secretary shall annually review, and pro23 vide to State and local governments, information and

24 recommendations concerning safety practices that can

25 enhance safety at highway construction sites, includ-
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1 ing information relating to new safety technologies,

2 services, traffic control plans, training, and work

3 zone-related bidding practices. The Secretary is di4 rected to develop within the program a process for as5 suring that, for each project, there will be a person

6 trained and certified who will have the responsibility

7 and authority for assuring that the provisions of the

8 traffic control plan and other safety aspects of the

9 work zone are effectively administered.’’.

10 SEC. 110. CORRECTED PROJECTS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The purpose of this section is to

12 provide assistance for certain highway projects in order to

13 correct errors and omissions in the Intermodal Surface

14 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary is

16 authorized to carry out the projects described in this sub17 section. There is authorized to be appropriated out of the

18 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac19 count) for fiscal year 1995 to carry out each such project

20 the amount listed for each such project:

City/State Projects Amount in

millions

1. North Minnesota ............... Construction and reconstruction of Forest

Highway 11 connecting Aurora-Hoyt Lakes

and Silver Bay, MN.

8.5

2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ................................. Reconstruction of the Old Delaware Avenue

Service Road. 1.6
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1 (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable on

2 account of any project under this section shall be 80 percent

3 of the cost thereof.

4 (d) DELEGATION TO STATES.—Subject to the provi5 sions of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall

6 delegate responsibility for construction of a project or

7 projects under this section to the State in which such project

8 or projects are located upon request of such State.

9 (e) ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.—When a State which

10 has been delegated responsibility for construction of a

11 project under this section—

12 (1) has obligated all funds allocated under this

13 section for construction of such project; and

14 (2) proceeds to construct such project without the

15 aid of Federal funds in accordance with all proce16 dures and all requirements applicable to such project,

17 except insofar as such procedures and requirements

18 limit the State to the construction of projects with the

19 aid of Federal funds previously allocated to it;

20 the Secretary, upon the approval of the application of a

21 State, shall pay to the State the Federal share of the cost

22 of construction of the project when additional funds are al23 located for such project under this section.

24 (f) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized

25 by this section shall be available for obligation in the same
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1 manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter

2 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal

3 share of the cost of any project under this section shall be

4 determined in accordance with this section and such funds

5 shall remain available until expended. Funds authorized by

6 this section shall not be subject to any obligation limitation.

7 SEC. 111. RESCISSIONS.

8 (a) RESCISSIONS.—Effective October 1, 1994, the fol9 lowing unobligated balances on September 30, 1994, of

10 funds made available for the following provisions are hereby

11 rescinded:

12 (1) $78,993.92 made available by section 131(c)

13 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.

14 (2) $26,500,000 made available by section

15 404(a)(2) of the Surface Transportation Assistance

16 Act of 1982.

17 (3) $1,500,000 made available by section

18 106(a)(1) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform

19 Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

20 (4) $942,249 made available for section

21 149(a)(66) of the Surface Transportation and Uni22 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

23 (5) $376,194.94 made available for section

24 149(a)(111)(C) of the Surface Transportation and

25 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
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1 (6) $36,979.05 made available for section

2 149(a)(111)(J) of the Surface Transportation and

3 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

4 (7) $34,281.53 made available for section

5 149(a)(111)(K) of the Surface Transportation and

6 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

7 (8) $258,131.85 made available for section

8 149(a)(111)(L) of the Surface Transportation and

9 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

10 (9) $446,768 made available for section

11 149(a)(92) of the Surface Transportation and Uni12 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

13 (10) $2,058,323 made available for section

14 149(a)(94) of the Surface Transportation and Uni15 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

16 (11) $52,834 made available for section

17 149(a)(95) of the Surface Transportation and Uni18 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

19 (12) $427,340 made available for section

20 149(a)(99) of the Surface Transportation and Uni21 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

22 (13) $3,559,837 made available for section

23 149(a)(35) of the Surface Transportation and Uni24 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
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1 (14) $797,800 made available for section

2 149(a)(100) of the Surface Transportation and Uni3 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.

4 (15) $55.43 made available by section 149(c)(3)

5 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Reloca6 tion Assistance Act of 1987.

7 (16) $49,700,000 made available by section

8 1012(b)(6) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

9 Efficiency Act of 1991.

10 (17) $29,300,000 made available by section

11 1003(a)(7) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

12 Efficiency Act of 1991.

13 (18) $150,000,000 made available by section

14 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor15 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.

16 (19) $1,500,000 made available by section

17 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor18 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.

19 (20) $10,800,000 made available by section

20 21(a)(1) of the Federal Transit Act.

21 (b) REDUCTIONS IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS.—Section

22 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

23 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1986) is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ the second place

25 it appears and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘$125,000,000’’ each place it ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘$62,500,000’’.

3 SEC. 112. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary is

5 authorized to carry out the projects described in this sub6 section. There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal

7 years 1995, 1996, and 1997 to carry out each such project

8 the amounts listed for each such project:

State Project name

Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

1. Alabama .................... Birmingham Northern Beltline ................................ 2.900

2. Alabama .................... Black Warrior River Bridge Study ......................... 0.100

3. Alabama .................... I–759 Extension ........................................................ 20.000

4. Alabama .................... AL182/1–10 Evacuation Connector Improvements 4.000

5. Alabama .................... Patton Island Bridge Construction .......................... 9.000

6. Alabama .................... Montgomery Outer Loop Beltway ............................ 3.000

7. Arizona ...................... Gila River Crossing ................................................... 6.000

8. Arizona ...................... US93 Upgrade: Kingman to Lake Mead ................. 3.000

9. Arizona ...................... Veterans Memorial Overpass .................................... 5.000

10. Arkansas .................... US71 Upgrade: Alma to Louisiana Border ............ 3.000

11. Arkansas .................... US71 Upgrade: I–40 to Fayetteville ........................ 3.500 7.000

13. Arkansas .................... Lake Bull Shoals Bridge ........................................... 0.400

14. Arkansas .................... Van Buren Regional Intermodal Facility ............... 0.100

15. Arkansas .................... US63 Bypass Upgrade, Jonesboro ........................... 5.000

16. Arkansas .................... Conway Bypass Study and Design ......................... 3.000

17. California .................. CA84/I–580 Interchange Construction .................... 4.000

18. California .................. CA4 Freeway Expansion, Pittsburg ........................ 2.000

19. California .................. Galena Street Improvements/I–15 Interchange

Construction.

2.000

20. California .................. CA56 Extension: I–5 to I–15 ................................... 3.000

21. California .................. Stocker Street/La Cienega Interchange .................... 7.100

22. California .................. South Lake Tahoe Loop Road Reconfiguration ...... 2.000

23. California .................. Bristol Street Improvement Project ......................... 3.000

24. California .................. CA30 Extension/Gap Closure ................................... 2.000 5.000

25. California .................. CA87 Corridor Construction .................................... 7.000

26. California .................. CA113 Railroad Grade Separation ......................... 5.240

27. California .................. Third Feather River Bridge ..................................... 1.500

28. California .................. I–5/Highway 99W Interchange ................................ 0.500

29. California .................. CA113/I–5 Interchange and Improvements ............ 0.500

30. California .................. CA905 Congestion Mitigation .................................. 4.000 5.000

31. California .................. CA119/US101/Rice Avenue Interchange Upgrade .. 1.000

32. California .................. Humboldt Bay Port Access Enhancement ............... 10.000

33. California .................. CA7 Improvements: CA98 to I–8 ............................. 2.000

34. California .................. Ontario Airport Ground Access ............................... 4.000

35. California .................. CA71 Planning and Design, Riverside County ...... 2.000

36. California .................. CA57 Interchange, Brea ............................................ 0.950

37. California .................. CA41 Expansion ........................................................ 3.000

38. California .................. I–15 Widening: Victorville to Barstow .................... 2.000 14.000

39. California .................. I–15 Access, George Air Force Base ......................... 1.000

40. California .................. Arden-Garden Connector .......................................... 6.000

41. California .................. CA126 Improvements: I–5 to McBean Parkway .... 4.000

42. California .................. CA138–Avenue P–8 Improvements: CA14 to 50th

St, E.

2.000

43. California .................. CA4 Upgrade ............................................................. 19.000

44. California .................. Mare Island Access Study ......................................... 1.000
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Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

45. California .................. CA237—Maude Avenue/Middlefield Road Interchange.13.500

46. California .................. I–205 Widening: I–580 to I–5 ................................. 3.000

47. California .................. I–710/Firestone Boulevard Interchange ................... 5.800

48. California .................. CA58 Upgrade, Bakersfield ...................................... 2.000 2.500

49. California .................. CA178 Crosstown Corridor: CA 178 to CA99 ......... 2.000 2.500

50. California .................. I–5 Capacity Enhancement ...................................... 9.400

51. California .................. Alameda Corridor ...................................................... 4.000 5.000

52. California .................. Arbor Vitae Street Expansion .................................. 4.000

53. California .................. Pacific Coast Highway Palisades Bluff Stabilization.5.000

54. California .................. US101—Sonoma County Congestion Relief ........... 4.000

55. California .................. US101—Marin County HOV Lanes ....................... 1.000

56. Colorado ..................... Powers Boulevard Corridor ...................................... 1.000

57. Colorado ..................... 120th Avenue Improvements ..................................... 5.500

58. Connecticut ................ Regional Transportation Center Improvements,

Norwich.

6.000

59. Connecticut ................ Hartford Riverfront Access ....................................... 3.000

60. Connecticut ................ Seaview Avenue Reconstruction ............................... 2.000

61. District of Columbia . Constitution Avenue Rehabilitation ......................... 3.000

62. District of Columbia . Independence Avenue Rehabilitation ....................... 0.590

63. District of Columbia First Street Rehabilitation ....................................... 0.260

64. Florida ..................... Fuller—Warren Bridge ............................................. 2.000 19.000

65. Florida ..................... Jacksonville Airport Access Road ............................ 2.000

66. Florida ..................... Midpoint Bridge and Corridor ................................. 2.000 5.000

67. Florida ..................... FL7/US441 Widening ............................................... 5.000

68. Florida ..................... I–4/Greeneway Interchange ...................................... 4.000 2.000

69. Florida ..................... US301/University Parkway Intersection Upgrade . 2.000

70. Florida ..................... Palm Beach Port Road Relocations ......................... 0.265 5.000

71. Florida ..................... Eller Drive/I–595 Improvements ............................. 2.600

72. Florida ..................... Northeast Dade Bike Path ........................................ 1.135

73. Georgia .................... GA61 Connector with I–20 ....................................... 7.200

74. Georgia .................... Appalachian Scenic Parkway .................................. 4.000

75. Georgia .................... GA92 Corridor Upgrade, Cherokee County ............. 1.700 20.000

76. Georgia .................... GA9 Widening, Roswell ............................................ 8.300

77. Georgia .................... Sidney-Lanier Bridge Reconstruction ..................... 4.000 6.000

78. Georgia .................... University Center Pedestrian Corridor, Atlanta .... 12.960

79. Hawaii ..................... Kuakini Street Improvements .................................. 1.500

80. Illinois ..................... Sauget Road Extension ............................................. 3.100 0.818

81. Illinois ..................... West Boulevard Extension ........................................ 0.900

82. Illinois ..................... IL159 Relocation, Edwardsville ............................... 6.000

83. Illinois ..................... US67/IL267 Improvements ...................................... 4.000

84. Illinois ..................... Centennial Bridge Improvements ............................. 1.000

85. Illinois ..................... Business Loop 55 Widening: I–55 to Clearwater

Ave.

5.000

86. Illinois ..................... Central Avenue Bypass, Chicago ............................. 15.000

87. Illinois ..................... US20 Improvements: East Dubuque to Galena ...... 2.000

88. Illinois ..................... Peoria—Chicago Highway ....................................... 3.000 2.000

89. Illinois ..................... Springfield Veterans Parkway ................................. 2.000 2.000

90. Illinois ..................... Grand View Drive Improvements ............................ 3.000

91. Illinois ..................... Heartland Riverfront Project ................................... 2.000

92. Illinois ..................... US67: Macomb to Jacksonville ................................. 1.000

93. Illinois ..................... Brush Creek Connector .............................................. 3.000

94. Illinois ..................... Richton Road Improvements, Crete ......................... 1.720

95. Illinois ..................... Steger Roadway Improvements, Steger ................... 0.720

96. Illinois ..................... Polk Avenue Extension, Richton Park ..................... 0.336

97. Illinois ..................... Minooka Street Improvements, Minooka ................. 0.334

98. Illinois ..................... Rathje Road Improvements, Peotone ....................... 0.320

99. Illinois ..................... Main Street Improvements, Ottawa ........................ 0.312

100. Illinois ..................... Otter Creek Road Improvements, Streator .............. 0.270

101. Indiana .................... 96th Street Upgrade .................................................. 2.000 5.000

102. Indiana .................... Hoosier Heartland Corridor: Ft. Wayne to Lafayette.3.000

103. Indiana .................... I–265 Extension ........................................................ 10.000

104. Indiana .................... US231 Reconstruction .............................................. 10.000

105. Indiana .................... Evansville—Bloomington Corridor ......................... 5.000

106. Indiana .................... Lafayette Rail Relocation ......................................... 5.000 18.500

107. Indiana .................... Six Points Road Interchange ................................... 1.500
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Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

108. Indiana .................... City of Columbus ‘‘Front Door’’ .............................. 8.000

109. Indiana .................... IN67 Improvements ................................................... 1.000

110. Indiana .................... East Chicago Marine Access Road ........................... 4.834

111. Indiana .................... Lake Shore Drive Extension Study ......................... 0.600

112. Iowa ......................... I–29 Corridor Improvements, Sioux City ............... 2.000

113. Iowa ......................... IA330: Marshalltown to Des Moines ........................ 6.000

114. Iowa ......................... Burlington Iowa Southern Arterial Connector ....... 0.880

115. Iowa ......................... US 63: Bremer County to Minnesota Border ......... 3.000

116. Iowa ......................... IA5 Relocation ........................................................... 10.000

117. Kentucky .................. US231 Relocation ...................................................... 5.000

118. Kentucky .................. US27 Improvements .................................................. 1.000 3.000

119. Kentucky .................. KY114 Widening: Salyersville to US23 .................. 1.000 5.000

120. Louisiana ................ I–10/I–12 Baton Rouge Bypass ............................... 1.000

121. Louisiana ................ I–210/Nelson Access Road ......................................... 3.000

122. Louisiana ................ I–10: St. Charles Parish Line to Tulane Avenue ... 2.000 3.000

123. Maryland ................. MD5/MD373 Interchange ......................................... 10.000

124. Maryland ................. MD235 Improvements ............................................... 5.000

125. Maryland ................. MD237 Improvements ............................................... 3.882

126. Maryland ................. Beltway Advanced Traffic Monitoring .................... 3.000

127. Massachusetts .......... Lincoln Square, Southbridge Street Gateways ....... 2.400

128. Massachusetts .......... I–90/MA146 Reconstruction ..................................... 1.600

129. Massachusetts .......... Franklin County Bikeway ........................................ 2.250

130. Michigan .................. US23 Expansion ....................................................... 3.000

131. Michigan .................. Bay City Road Interchange ..................................... 3.000

132. Michigan .................. M–59 Corridor ........................................................... 20.000

133. Michigan .................. Highway Safety Improvements ................................ 20.000

134. Michigan .................. Ambassador Bridge Facilities .................................. 10.000

135. Michigan .................. Monroe Rail Consolidation ....................................... 10.000

136. Michigan .................. Detroit Airport Access Road ..................................... 5.000

137. Michigan .................. US31 Improvements: Holland to Grand Haven ..... 1.200

138. Michigan .................. M–6: Grand Rapids South Beltline Construction .. 6.800 4.000

139. Michigan .................. M–102/Grand River Interchange Redesign ............. 4.000

140. Michigan .................. McClellan Avenue ...................................................... 2.300

141. Michigan .................. US31 Upgrade, Berrien County .............................. 2.000 5.000

142. Minnesota ................ TH610–Crosstown Expressway ................................ 1.000 3.000

143. Minnesota ................ Trunk Highway 33 Improvements ........................... 9.680

144. Minnesota ................ 34th Street Corridor .................................................. 2.000

145. Minnesota ................ TH212 Construction ................................................. 3.000

146. Minnesota ................ 77th Street Improvements ......................................... 5.000 10.000

147. Minnesota ................ Wabasha Street Bridge Replacement ....................... 9.000 11.000

148. Mississippi ............... Norrell Road Interchange ......................................... 3.000

149. Missouri ................... Lindbergh Boulevard Relocation .............................. 5.000

150. Missouri ................... St. Joseph Loop Expressway .................................... 8.300

151. Missouri ................... Chouteau Bridge Replacement ................................. 9.000

152. Missouri ................... Cape Girardeau Bridge Replacement ...................... 6.250 5.000

153. Missouri ................... MO21 Upgrade .......................................................... 13.400

154. Missouri ................... MO Highway M Relocation ...................................... 3.000

155. Missouri ................... I–255/MO231 Intersection ........................................ 1.600

156. Missouri ................... Hannibal Bridge Replacement ................................. 1.000 2.000

157. Montana .................. MT323 Upgrade ......................................................... 5.000

158. Montana .................. Belgrade/I–90 Interchange ........................................ 2.110

159. Nebraska .................. Niobrara, NE/Springfield, SD Bridge ..................... 3.000

160. Nebraska .................. 27th Street and Highway 2 Pedestrian Bridge ...... 0.413

161. Nebraska .................. South and East Beltway Study, Lincoln ................ 0.400

162. Nevada ..................... Spring Mountain I–15 Interchange ......................... 5.000

163. Nevada ..................... I–80/Sparks Road Pyramid Interchange ................ 1.000 4.000

164. New Hampshire ...... Second Nashua River Crossing ................................ 3.000 1.500

165. New Hampshire ...... Manchester Airport Access Road Construction ....... 5.000

166. New Jersey ............... I–287 Improvements: I–78 to US22 ........................ 4.000

167. New Jersey ............... NJ21/McCarter Highway Improvements ................. 5.000

168. New Jersey ............... NJ17/NJ4 Interchange, Paramus ............................ 3.000

169. New Mexico .............. Santa Fe Relief Route ............................................... 5.000

170. New Mexico .............. Sunport Boulevard East Corrdior ........................... 1.400

171. New Mexico .............. US70/Las Cruces Frontage Road System ............... 3.000

172. New York ................. Utica-Rome Expressway ........................................... 6.250 5.000

173. New York ................. Westchester/Putnam Intelligent Vehicle Highway

Systems.

2.000

174. New York ................. NY60 Reconstruction, Ellicott .................................. 3.000
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Authorization

in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

175. New York ................. Quay Street Extension, Niagara Falls .................... 2.240

176. New York ................. Delaware Street Reconstruction, Tonawanda ......... 2.100

177. New York ................. Williams Road Widening, Wheatfield ...................... 1.060

178. New York ................. Lockport Corridor Study, Erie and Niagara Counties.0.800

179. New York ................. Rochester-Brockport Access Study ............................ 0.800

180. New York ................. NY531 Extension Study: Ogden to Sweden ............ 0.400

181. New York ................. Jericho Turnpike Improvements: New York City to

Herricks Road.

4.000 2.000

182. New York ................. New York Thruway Upgrade .................................... 5.000

183. New York ................. US9 Reconstruction, Plattsburgh ............................. 1.750

184. New York ................. International Bridge Feasibility Study .................. .250

185. New York ................. New York Intermodal Facilities Study .................... 1.000

186. New York ................. NY277 Reconstruction, Cheektowaga ....................... 4.000

187. New York ................. Main Street Bascule Bridge ..................................... 2.000

188. New York ................. Bronx/North Manhattan Intelligent Vehicle Highway System.6.480

189. New York ................. Latta Road Improvements, Monroe County ............ 6.000

190. New York ................. Baldwinsville Bypass ................................................ 5.000

191. North Carolina ........ US220 Construction .................................................. 3.000

192. North Carolina ........ US17 Bridge Replacement ........................................ 5.000

193. North Carolina ........ Charlotte Beltway East Segment ............................. 2.000

194. North Carolina ........ US64 Improvements .................................................. 6.185

194A. North Carolina ..... Peace St. Crossing in Thomasville ........................... 2.415

194B. North Carolina ..... Unity St. Crossing in Thomasville .......................... 1.400

195. North Carolina ........ US74 Improvements .................................................. 10.000

196. North Carolina ........ US19/23 Upgrade ...................................................... 1.000

197. North Carolina ........ Southern Charlotte Outer Loop ................................ 5.000

198. Ohio .......................... Lorain Central Corridor ........................................... 5.000

199. Ohio .......................... US23–Fostoria Bypass ............................................. 3.000

200. Ohio .......................... US22/US33–Lancaster Bypass ................................ 1.000 5.800

201. Ohio .......................... Boston Road Interchange .......................................... 1.000

202. Ohio .......................... Cleveland Gateway Project ....................................... 1.000

203. Ohio .......................... New Intermodal Terminal, Fearing Boulevard ...... 5.000

204. Ohio .......................... US30: OH235 to US68 ............................................. 4.000

205. Ohio .......................... Alum Creek Drive Improvements ............................. 2.000 4.000

206. Ohio .......................... US30 Widening: Wooster to Riceland ..................... 3.400 10.000

207. Ohio .......................... Mt. Vernon to I–71 Connector Study ...................... 1.600

208. Ohio .......................... OH43 Improvements ................................................. 3.920

209. Ohio .......................... Cuyahoga River Bridge, Cleveland .......................... 4.320

210. Ohio .......................... Cleveland Pedestrian Walkway ................................ 1.440

211. Ohio .......................... Pomeroy to Ravenswood Access Improvements ....... 8.900

212. Ohio .......................... Youngstown-Hubbard Expressway ........................... 10.000

212A. Ohio ....................... Trotwood Connector in Montgomery Co., Ohio ....... .750

213. Oklahoma ................. I–44 Widening: Arkansas River to Yale Avenue .... 6.250 5.000

214. Oregon ...................... Jordon Cove Road Safety Improvements ................ 0.529

215. Oregon ...................... Salem Bypass Improvements ................................... 4.471

216. Oregon ...................... Columbia Slough Intermodal Projects ..................... 5.000

217. Pennsylvania ........... Philadelphia Traffic Signal Controllers .................. 1.800

218. Pennsylvania ........... Philadelphia Bicycle Network .................................. 0.472

219. Pennsylvania ........... Tioga Marine Terminal ............................................ 8.000

220. Pennsylvania ........... US15 Upgrade—Tioga County ................................ 5.952

221. Pennsylvania ........... US 219 Truck Route—Osterhout Street .................. 2.880

222. Pennsylvania ........... PA948 Improvements, Forest County ...................... 1.168

223. Pennsylvania ........... Pennsylvania Pier 98, Philadelphia ........................ 1.000

224. Pennsylvania ........... PA2001 Improvements, Pike County ....................... 4.800 0.300

225. Pennsylvania ........... PA14 Improvements, Bradford County ................... 4.800

226. Pennsylvania ........... PA3011 Improvements, Scranton ............................ 3.500

227. Pennsylvania ........... PA1069 Widening, Athens ........................................ 0.200 1.400

228. Pennsylvania ........... US219 Improvements, Cambria County ................. 10.000

229. Pennsylvania ........... PA56 Improvements: Johnstown to Cessna ............. 8.000

230. Pennsylvania ........... US 22—Section B07 Reconstruction ....................... 8.000

231. Pennsylvania ........... US219 Improvements: Carrolltown to I–80 ............ 1.000 2.000

232. Rhode Island ........... Davisville Bridges ..................................................... 5.000

233. South Carolina ........ US17 Bridges ............................................................. 2.485 1.515

234. South Carolina ........ US301 Improvements ................................................ 1.515

235. South Dakota .......... Vermillion Bridge ...................................................... 4.600

236. Tennessee ................. Harding Place Extension ......................................... 5.000
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in millions

from highway

trust fund

(other than

mass transit

account)

Authorization

in millions

from general

fund of the

Treasury

237. Tennessee ................. Gay Street Bridge Rehabilitation ............................ 5.760

238. Tennessee ................. Foothills Parkway—Missing Link ........................... .490 10.000

239. Tennessee ................. Old Nashville Highway Bridge ................................ 4.000

240. Tennessee ................. Murfreesboro Alternative Transportation System .. 1.000

241. Tennessee ................. I–81 Interchange Construction ................................. 1.200

242. Tennessee ................. Memphis Outer Loop Beltway .................................. 2.000

243. Texas ........................ TX121 Upgrade Study .............................................. 2.500

244. Texas ........................ Border Highway Extension ...................................... 10.000

245. Texas ........................ NASA Road 1 Upgrade ............................................. 4.500 15.000

246. Texas ........................ US59 Upgrade, Ft. Bend County ............................ 0.500

247. Texas ........................ US67 Widening ......................................................... 5.416

248. Texas ........................ Loop 12 Widening ..................................................... 2.200

249. Texas ........................ TX36 Improvements .................................................. 5.000

250. Texas ........................ Brownsville Navigation District Access ................... 1.680

251. Texas ........................ Brownsville 6th & 7th Streets Improvements ......... 1.600

252. Utah ......................... US89 Upgrade ........................................................... 4.000

253. Utah ......................... I–15/University Avenue Interchange ....................... 3.000

254. Utah ......................... 20th East Highway Project ...................................... 6.000

255. Utah ......................... I–15 Corridor Improvements, Salt Lake County .... 6.000

256. Virgin Islands ......... Christiansted Bypass ................................................ 5.000

257. Virginia ................... Coleman Bridge Expansion ...................................... 2.000

258. Virginia ................... I–95/Outer Connector/VA627 Interchange ............... 2.000

259. Virginia ................... Coalfields Expressway ............................................... 5.000

260. Virginia ................... VA123 Philadelphia, Northern Virginia ................. 10.000

261. Virginia ................... Fairfax County Parkway/Franconia-Springfield

Parkway.

5.000

262. Virginia ................... I–81 to I–40 ‘‘I–83’’ Connector ................................ 5.000

263. Virginia ................... Pinners Point Connector .......................................... 4.400

264. Virginia ................... S. Battlefield Boulevard/VA168 ............................... 5.000

265. Virginia ................... 14th Street Bridge Lane Addition ........................... 5.000 7.000

266. Washington .............. I–5/196th Street Interchange .................................... 3.336

267. Washington .............. WA305 Improvements ............................................... 0.672

268. Washington .............. Port Angeles Multi-Model Center ............................. 6.400

269. Washington .............. WA18 Improvements: 312th Way to Maple Valley . 4.000 1.000

270. Washington .............. I–405/Northeast 8th Street Interchange ................... 1.000

271. Washington .............. US12 Improvements .................................................. 9.000

272. Washington .............. US395 Improvements ................................................ 9.000

273. Washington .............. Chelan/Douglas Transportation Center ................... 2.000

274. Washington .............. Mill Plain Extension ................................................. 5.000

275. West Virginia .......... Fairmont Riverside Expressway .............................. 10.000 ...................

276. West Virginia .......... New River Parkway .................................................. 14.400

277. Wisconsin ................. Janesville River Street Realignment ....................... 3.454

278. Wisconsin ................. Main Street Bridge Replacement, Racine ............... 2.000

279. Wisconsin ................. CTH P Improvements ............................................... 0.480

280. Wisconsin ................. WI29 Upgrade ........................................................... 10.000

281. Wisconsin ................. Oshkosh Rail Relocation ........................................... 6.000

282. Wisconsin ................. US10 Upgrade: Anderson Road to CTH U ............ 4.000

283. Wisconsin ................. US41 Upgrade: Kaukauna to CTH F ..................... ................... 3.000

1 (b) ALLOCATION PERCENTAGES FOR HTF FUNDS.—

2 65.86 percent of the amount allocated by subsection (a) from

3 the Highway Trust Fund for each project authorized by sub4 section (a) shall be available for obligation in fiscal year

5 1995. 17.07 percent of such amount shall be available for

6 obligation in each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
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1 (c) APPROPRIATIONS CAP.—Of the amounts authorized

2 to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury

3 by subsection (a), not more than $300,000,000 may be ap4 propriated in any single fiscal year.

5 (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable on

6 account of any project under this section shall be 80 percent

7 of the cost thereof.

8 (e) DELEGATION TO STATES.—Subject to the provi9 sions of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall

10 delegate responsibility for construction of a project or

11 projects under this section to the State in which such project

12 or projects are located upon request of such State.

13 (f) ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.—When a State which

14 has been delegated responsibility for construction of a

15 project under this section—

16 (1) has obligated all funds allocated under this

17 section for construction of such project; and

18 (2) proceeds to construct such project without the

19 aid of Federal funds in accordance with all proce20 dures and all requirements applicable to such project,

21 except insofar as such procedures and requirements

22 limit the State to the construction of projects with the

23 aid of Federal funds previously allocated to it;

24 the Secretary, upon the approval of the application of a

25 State, shall pay to the State the Federal share of the cost
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1 of construction of the project when additional funds are al2 located for such project under this section.

3 (g) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized

4 by this section from the Highway Trust Fund shall be avail5 able for obligation in the same manner as if such funds

6 were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States

7 Code, except that the Federal share of the cost of any project

8 under this section shall be determined in accordance with

9 this section and such funds shall remain available until ex10 pended. Funds authorized by this section shall not be subject

11 to any obligation limitation.

12 SEC. 113. STUDY OF RADIO AND MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY

13 FOR COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MOTOR VEHI14 CLES.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6057 of the Intermodal

16 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

17 2194) is amended by redesignating subsection (b) as sub18 section (c) and by inserting after subsection (a) the follow19 ing new subsection:

20 ‘‘(b) STUDY OF RADIO AND MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY

21 FOR COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct

23 a research study to develop and evaluate radio and

24 microwave technology for furtherance of safety in

25 commercial and other motor vehicles.
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1 ‘‘(2) EQUIPMENT.—Equipment developed under

2 the study to be conducted under paragraph (1) shall

3 be directed toward, but not limited to, warning driv4 ers of obstructions in a highway or limited visibility

5 conditions caused by snow, rain, fog, or dust.

6 ‘‘(3) SAFETY APPLICATIONS.—In conducting the

7 study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall deter8 mine whether the technology described in paragraph

9 (1) has other safety applications consistent with the

10 goals of this Act.’’.

11 (b) FUNDING.—Such section is further amended by

12 adding at the end the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Of the funds made available in fiscal

14 year 1995 to carry out section 6058(b), $500,000 shall be

15 used to conduct the study under subsection (b).’’.

16 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur17 ther amended—

18 (1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘AND

19 OTHER’’ after ‘‘COMMERCIAL’’; and

20 (2) in the heading to subsection (a) by inserting

21 ‘‘OF SAFETY TECHNOLOGY FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR

22 VEHICLES’’ after ‘‘STUDY’’.
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1 SEC. 114. FOOTHILL/EASTERN TRANSPORTATION COR2 RIDOR AGENCY.

3 (a) FEDERAL LINE OF CREDIT.—For the purpose of

4 carrying out a demonstration of the construction of public

5 toll roads in Orange County, California, authorized by sec6 tion 129(d) of title 23, United States Code, there is author7 ized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the Secretary to

8 enter into an agreement to make a line of credit available,

9 with a principal amount not to exceed $120,000,000 to the

10 public entity or entities with the statutory authority to con11 struct such facilities.

12 (b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The line of credit under this

13 section shall be available for draws during the period begin14 ning on the date of completion of construction and ending

15 on the last day of the tenth calendar year following the date

16 construction of the facilities is completed.

17 (c) PURPOSES.—The line of credit under this section

18 shall be available to pay the costs of extraordinary repair

19 and replacement of the facilities, unexpected Federal or

20 State environmental restrictions, operation and mainte21 nance expenses of the facilities, and debt service on tax-ex22 empt or taxable obligations financing the facilities.

23 (d) LIMITATIONS.—

24 (1) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.—With respect to

25 capital expenditures, draws on the line of credit

26 under this section shall only be made if and to the
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1 extent proceeds from the sale of the obligations issued

2 by the public entity or entities which otherwise would

3 be available for such purposes are exhausted, or are

4 otherwise unavailable for the payment of such capital

5 expenditures.

6 (2) EXPENSES.—With respect to expenses, in7 cluding operation and maintenance expenses and debt

8 service, a draw on the line of credit under this section

9 shall only be made if revenues from toll operations

10 and capitalized interest are insufficient (or are other11 wise unavailable) for such purposes.

12 (3) PER YEAR.—No more than 10 percent of the

13 total principal amount of the line of credit under this

14 section shall be available for draws in any one year.

15 (4) THIRD PARTY CREDITOR RIGHTS.—No third

16 party creditor of the public entity or entities shall

17 have any right against the Federal Government with

18 respect to draws on the line of credit under this sec19 tion.

20 (5) AVAILABILITY FOR PARTICULAR COSTS.—

21 There is no guaranteed availability of proceeds of the

22 line of credit under this section for the payment of

23 any particular cost of the public entity or entities

24 which might be financed under this section.
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1 (e) INTEREST RATE AND REPAYMENT PERIOD.—Any

2 draws (except for operation and maintenance expenses) on

3 the line of credit under this section shall accrue interest at

4 the 30-year United States Treasury bond rate beginning on

5 the date such draws are made and shall be repaid in not

6 more than 30 years; except that any draws under the line

7 of credit for operation and maintenance expenses shall ac8 crue interest at the 3-year United States Treasury note rate

9 beginning on the date such draws are made and shall be

10 repaid in not more than 3 years.

11 SEC. 115. RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS PROJECT.

12 Of the funds appropriated by Public Law 103–122 for

13 railroad-highway crossings projects, $20,000,000 shall be

14 made available for costs, not to exceed 80 percent, of a

15 project to reduce rail-highway conflicts on M–59 near Pon16 tiac, Michigan, and a project on Bristol Road near Flint,

17 Michigan. From the $20,000,000 made available under the

18 preceding sentence, $500,000 shall be made available to im19 prove and upgrade Maple Road at Bishop Airport, Michi20 gan.

21 SEC. 116. NEW RIVER PARKWAY, WEST VIRGINIA.

22 (a) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—

23 (1) COMPLETION OF STUDIES.—The Secretary

24 shall require, as a matter of the highest priority, the

25 completion of all remaining studies associated with
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1 the project authorized by section 149(a)(69) of the

2 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As3 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 191).

4 (2) SCHEDULE.—Notwithstanding any other

5 provision of law, the Secretary is authorized and di6 rected to establish a schedule—

7 (A) for the completion by other Federal

8 agencies of any reviews required by law of such

9 studies; and

10 (B) by which the reconciliation of any dis11 crepancies among reviewing Federal agencies

12 must be met.

13 (3) DEADLINE.—The schedule referred to in

14 paragraph (2) shall provide for the project referred to

15 in paragraph (1) to proceed to construction before De16 cember 31, 1995.

17 (b) VISITORS CENTER.—

18 (1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants

19 to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the

20 Director of the National Park Service, for the plan21 ning, design, and construction of a visitors center,

22 and such other related facilities as may be determined

23 to be necessary, to facilitate visitor understanding

24 and enjoyment of scenic, historic, cultural, and rec25 reational resources accessible by the New River Park-
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1 way, West Virginia, and any related buildings as

2 may be determined to be necessary for the adminis3 tration of the parkway.

4 (2) SITE.—The visitors center, related facilities,

5 and buildings referred to in paragraph (1) shall be lo6 cated at a suitable location on a site for which title

7 is held by the United States in the vicinity of the

8 intersection of the New River Parkway and Interstate

9 Route 64 or along the New River Parkway itself.

10 (3) CONSULTATION.—The Director of the Na11 tional Park Service shall consult with the New River

12 Parkway Authority and the State of West Virginia in

13 the planning, design, and construction of the visitors

14 center, related facilities, and buildings referred to in

15 paragraph (1).

16 (4) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available

17 pursuant to section 1003(a)(6)(C) of the Intermodal

18 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

19 Stat. 1919) $1,300,000 for fiscal year 1995 and

20 $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1996 shall be made avail21 able for the purposes of carrying out this subsection.

22 Such funds shall remain available until expended.
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1 SEC. 117. NATIONAL RECREATIONAL TRAILS.

2 (a) STATE ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1302(c) of the Inter3 modal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 (33 U.S.C.

4 1261(c)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘Act’’ each place it appears and

6 inserting ‘‘part’’;

7 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking subparagraph

8 (B) and redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as

9 subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and

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

11 ‘‘(3) SIXTH YEAR PROVISION.—On and after the

12 date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment

13 of this part, a State shall be eligible to receive moneys

14 under this part in a fiscal year only if the State

15 agrees to expend from non-Federal sources for carry16 ing out projects under this part an amount equal to

17 20 percent of the amount received by the State under

18 this part in such fiscal year.’’.

19 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Section 1302(d)(1) of

20 such Act (33 U.S.C. 1261(d)(1)) is amended—

21 (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘national

22 surveys’’ and inserting ‘‘a 1-time national survey’’;

23 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara24 graph (C);
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1 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub2 paragraph (E) and inserting after subparagraph (C)

3 the following:

4 ‘‘(D) contracting for services with other

5 land management agencies; and’’; and

6 (4) by adding the end the following:

7 ‘‘The 3 percent limitation in the preceding sentence

8 shall not apply to expenditures to pay the cost of con9 ducting the 1-time national survey described in sub10 paragraph (C).’’.

11 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1302(e) of such Act

13 (33 U.S.C. 1261(e)) is amended by redesignating

14 paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (6),

15 (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and by inserting after

16 paragraph (4) the following:

17 ‘‘(5) ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.—

18 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—To the extent prac19 ticable and consistent with other requirements of

20 this section, in complying with paragraph (4), a

21 State shall give priority to project proposals

22 which provide for the redesign, reconstruction,

23 nonroutine maintenance, or relocation of trails

24 in order to mitigate and minimize the impact to

25 the natural environment.
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1 ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE.—The State shall receive

2 guidance for determining compliance with sub3 paragraph (A) from the recreational trail advi4 sory board satisfying the requirements of sub5 section (c)(2)(A).’’.

6 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

7 1302(e)(4) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1261(e)(4)) is

8 amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (6) and (8)(B)’’

9 and inserting paragraphs ‘‘(7) and (9)(B)’’.

10 (d) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 1302(e)(7) of such Act, as

11 redesignated by subsection (c), is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘(7) SMALL STATE EXCLUSION.—

13 Any State’’ and inserting the following:

14 ‘‘(7) EXCLUSIONS.—

15 ‘‘(A) SMALL STATE.—Any State’’;

16 (2) by moving the text of subparagraph (A), as

17 so designated, 2 ems to the right; and

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

19 ‘‘(B) BEST INTEREST OF A STATE.—Any

20 State which determines based on trail needs

21 identified in its State Comprehensive Outdoor

22 Recreation Plan that it is in the best interest of

23 the State to be exempt from the requirements of

24 paragraph (4) may apply to the Secretary for

25 such an exemption. Before approving or dis-
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1 approving an application for such an exemption,

2 the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg3 ister notice of receipt of the application and pro4 vide an opportunity for public comment on the

5 application.’’.

6 (e) RETURN OF MONEYS NOT EXPENDED.—Section

7 1302(e)(9) of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (c),

8 is amended—

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘the State’’ before ‘‘may be ex10 empted’’; and

11 (2) by striking ‘‘and expended or committed’’

12 and all that follows before the period.

13 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

14 1302 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1261) is amended by adding

15 at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap18 propriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other

19 than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this sec20 tion and section 1303 $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.

21 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds au22 thorized by paragraph (1) shall be available for obli23 gation in the same manner as if the funds were ap24 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States

25 Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of ac-
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1 tivities conducted with such funds shall be as pro2 vided in this section, such funds shall not be subject

3 to any obligation limitation other than subsection

4 (d)(3), and such funds shall remain available until

5 expended.

6 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT.—Funds authorized by para7 graph (1) shall be treated as if such funds were part

8 of the National Recreational Trails Trust Fund for

9 purposes of making allocations to the States under

10 subsection (d).’’.

11 (g) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 1303 of such Act

12 (16 U.S.C. 1262) is amended—

13 (1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘11 members’’

14 and inserting ‘‘12 members’’;

15 (2) in subsection (b) by redesignating para16 graphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and

17 (5), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (1)

18 the following:

19 ‘‘(2) 1 member appointed by the Secretary rep20 resenting individuals with disabilities;’’.

21 SEC. 118. COAL HERITAGE.

22 (a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to the

23 State of West Virginia for the purpose of erecting signs or

24 other informational devices depicting Coal Heritage along

25 public roads identified as ‘‘Heritage Tour Routes’’ and
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1 ‘‘Tour Route Connectors’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Alternative

2 Concept C’’ in the the study entitled ‘‘A Coal Mining Herit3 age Study: Southern West Virginia’’ (1993, United States

4 Department of the Interior, National Park Service) and

5 along additional public roads which provide access to the

6 interpretive sites and areas identified on such map. Such

7 signs or devices shall be devised by the West Virginia Divi8 sion of Culture and History with the concurrence of the

9 West Virginia Division of Highways and shall be subject

10 to public comment.

11 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—With respect to areas

12 along the roads referred to in subsection (a) which are ad13 ministered by Federal, State, local, or nonprofit entities,

14 the Secretary may, pursuant to cooperative agreements with

15 such entities and in consultation with the State of West Vir16 ginia, provide technical assistance in the development of in17 terpretive devices and information in order to contribute

18 to public appreciation of the historical, cultural, natural,

19 scenic, and recreational sites along such roads.

20 (c) FUNDING.—Of amounts made available pursuant

21 to section 1047(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor22 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1998), there shall

23 be available $1,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal

24 years 1995 and 1996 for the purposes of carrying out this

25 section. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
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1 SEC. 119. LIMITATIONS ON FUNDING OF OPERATING AS2 SISTANCE.

3 Section 9(k)(2) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

4 App. 1607a(k)(3)) is amended—

5 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C)

6 as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;

7 (2) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by

8 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘INCREASE.—’’ before

9 ‘‘Beginning’’;

10 (3) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by

11 paragraph (1)—

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

13 DEFINED.—’’ before ‘‘As’’; and

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

15 (4) by moving subparagraphs (E) and (F), as re16 designated by paragraph (1), 4 ems to the right; and

17 (5) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and subparagraph (A) and

18 inserting the following:

19 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON FUNDING OF OPERATING

20 ASSISTANCE.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of funds

22 apportioned under this section which may be

23 used for operating assistance shall not exceed 80

24 percent of the amount of funds apportioned in

25 fiscal year 1982 under paragraphs (1)(A),

26 (2)(A), and (3)(A) of section 5(a) of this Act to
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1 an urbanized area with a population of

2 1,000,000 or more, 90 percent of funds so appor3 tioned to an urbanized area with a population

4 of 200,000 or more and less than 1,000,000 pop5 ulation; and 95 percent of funds so apportioned

6 to an urbanized area of less than 200,000 popu7 lation. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,

8 an urbanized area that first became an urban9 ized area under the 1980 census or thereafter

10 may use each fiscal year for operating assistance

not to exceed an amount equal to 2 11 ⁄3 of its appor12 tionment during the first full year it received

13 funds under this section.

14 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN URBAN15 IZED AREAS WITH REDUCED POPULATIONS.—If

16 an urbanized area had a population under the

17 1980 decennial census of the United States of

18 more than 1,000,000 and has a population under

19 the 1990 decennial census of less than 1,000,000,

20 the maximum percentage of funds which may be

21 used for operating assistance for purposes of sub22 paragraph (A) shall be 90 percent of the amount

23 of funds apportioned in fiscal year 1982 under

24 such paragraphs (1)(A), (2)(A), and (3)(A) to

25 such area.
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1 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS

2 OF LESS THAN 200,000.—If an urbanized area

3 had a population under the 1990 decennial cen4 sus of the United States of less than 200,000, 100

5 percent of the funds apportioned to such area

6 under this section for each of fiscal years 1995,

7 1996, and 1997 may be used for operating assist8 ance, notwithstanding any limitation otherwise

9 imposed on operating assistance.

10 ‘‘(D) OFFSET.—The amount of funds ap11 portioned under this section to each urbanized

12 area with a population of 200,000 or more in

13 each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 which

14 may be used for operating assistance but for this

15 subparagraph shall be reduced by the amount de16 termined by multiplying—

17 ‘‘(i) the aggregate amount of increases

18 of operating assistance under subparagraph

19 (C) in such fiscal year; by

20 ‘‘(ii) the quotient determined by divid21 ing—

22 ‘‘(I) the amount of funds appor23 tioned under this section to such area

24 in such fiscal year which may be used
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1 for operating assistance but for this

2 subparagraph; by

3 ‘‘(II) the aggregate amount of

4 funds apportioned to all urbanized

5 areas with a population of 200,000 or

6 more under this section in such fiscal

7 year but for this subparagraph which

8 may be used for operating assistance.’’.

9 SEC. 120. INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION.

10 (a) BASIC PROGRAM.—Section 18(i)(1) of the Federal

11 Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1614(i)(1)) is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘15 percent’’;

13 (2) by inserting ‘‘, and 7.5 percent of such

14 amounts in fiscal year 1995’’ after ‘‘1994’’; and

15 (3) by inserting after ‘‘demonstration projects,’’

16 the following: ‘‘the purchase of accessibility devices,’’.

17 (b) DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM.—Section 3 of such Act

18 (49 U.S.C. App. 1602) is amended by adding at the end

19 the following new subsection:

20 ‘‘(o) INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION.—Of the

21 amounts made available by subsection (k)(1)(C) in each fis22 cal year beginning after September 30, 1994, the Secretary

23 shall make to operators of intercity bus transportation sys24 tems capital grants to support such systems, including the

25 purchase of accessibility devices, an amount equal to 7.5
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1 percent of the amounts made available under section 18 in

2 such fiscal year. The Federal grant for any project under

3 this subsection shall be 80 percent of the net project cost;

4 except that the Federal grant for the purchase of accessibil5 ity devices under this subsection shall be 90 percent of the

6 net project cost.’’.

7 SEC. 121. REPEALS OF EXISTING PROJECTS.

8 (a) LONG BEACH METRO LINK FIXED RAIL

9 PROJECT.—Section 3035(o) of the Intermodal Surface

10 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131) is

11 repealed.

12 (b) HONOLULU RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT.—Section

13 3035(ww) of such Act (105 Stat. 2136) is repealed.

14 SEC. 122. MISCELLANEOUS TRANSIT PROJECTS.

15 (a) PORTLAND WESTSIDE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

16 Section 3035(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

17 Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2129) is amended—

18 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ after

19 ‘‘WESTSIDE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—’’;

20 (2) by striking the last sentence;

21 (3) by indenting paragraph (1) and moving it 2

22 ems to the right; and

23 (4) by adding at the end the following:

24 ‘‘(2) AMENDMENT.—
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1 ‘‘(A) NEGOTIATION.—Within 90 days after

2 the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the

3 Secretary shall negotiate and sign an amend4 ment to the Westside Light Rail Project

5 multiyear grant agreement authorized under

6 paragraph (1) with the Tri-County Metropolitan

7 Transportation District of Oregon to carry out

8 the final design and construction of the locally

9 preferred alternative for the Hillsboro extension,

10 systems related costs as authorized in Public

11 Law 102–240, and acquisition of low floor light

12 rail vehicles, as set forth in Public Law 102–388.

13 ‘‘(B) ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION; CONTINGENT

14 COMMITMENT.—The amendment negotiated

15 under this paragraph shall provide for the use of

16 advance construction authority under section

17 3(l) of the Federal Transit Act and for the use

18 of contingent commitment authority under sec19 tion 3(a)(4)(C) of the Federal Transit Act for the

20 activities set forth in subparagraph (A) for an

21 amount equivalent to the Federal share author22 ized under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act

23 for each specific activity; except that the Federal

24 share of the cost of the final design and construc-
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1 tion of the Hillsboro extension shall not exceed

1 2 ⁄3.

3 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR ADVANCE CON4 STRUCTION.—In the event that the Tri-County

5 Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon

6 uses advance construction authority under this

7 paragraph, the Secretary shall convert that au8 thority into a grant and shall reimburse the Tri9 County Metropolitan Transportation District of

10 Oregon from funds made available under section

11 3 of the Federal Transit Act in fiscal years 1998

12 and 1999 for the Federal share of the amounts

13 expended (plus any eligible financing costs).

14 ‘‘(D) INTEGRATED PROJECT FINANCING

15 PLAN.—The amendment negotiated under this

16 paragraph shall also include an integrated

17 project financing plan to permit the interchange18 able use of Federal funds for activities set forth

19 in paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A) to

20 maintain the entire project construction sched21 ule.

22 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT AS A SINGLE PROJECT.—The

23 Hillsboro extension to the Westside Light Rail Project

24 shall be considered by the Federal Transit Adminis25 tration as a single project extending from downtown
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1 Portland, Oregon, to downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, for

2 the purposes of project review, evaluation, and ap3 proval of construction under section 3(i) of the Fed4 eral Transit Act and for the purpose of preparing a

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

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

7 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi8 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122–2123) is amended—

9 (1) by inserting after ‘‘Hudson River Waterfront

10 Transportation System’’ the following: ‘‘(including

11 corridor connections to and within the city of Ba12 yonne)’’; and

13 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Concourse,’’ the following:

14 ‘‘the West Shore Line,’’.

15 (c) NORTH BAY FERRY SERVICE.—Section 3035(c) of

16 such Act (105 Stat. 2129) is amended by striking

17 ‘‘$8,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’ and in18 serting ‘‘$17,000,000’’.

19 (d) STATEN ISLAND-MIDTOWN MANHATTAN FERRY

20 SERVICE.—Section 3035(d) of such Act is amended by

21 striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’

22 and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’.

23 (e) CENTRAL AREA CIRCULATOR PROJECT.—Section

24 3035(e) of such Act is amended by striking the last sentence.
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1 (f) SALT LAKE CITY LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—Section

2 3035(f) of such Act is amended by inserting after ‘‘includ3 ing’’ the following: ‘‘related high-occupancy vehicle lane,

4 intermodal corridor design,’’.

5 (g) LOS ANGELES-SAN DIEGO RAIL CORRIDOR IM6 PROVEMENT PROJECT.—Section 3035(g) of such Act is

7 amended by striking ‘‘not less than’’ and all that follows

8 through ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000’’.

9 (h) ADDITIONAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AND RIGHT-OF10 WAY PURCHASE FOR GILROY SERVICE.—Section 3035(h)

11 of such Act is amended—

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

13 ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and

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

15 ‘‘October 31, 1996,’’.

16 (i) DALLAS LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—

17 (1) MULTIYEAR GRANT AGREEMENT.—Section

18 3035(i) of such Act is amended—

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

20 ‘‘9.6 miles’’;

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

22 ‘‘not to exceed 14 stations’’;

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

24 inserting ‘‘the program of interrelated projects
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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 interrelated

5 projects’’.

6 (2) PROGRAM OF INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—

7 Section 3(a)(8)(C)(vii) of the Federal Transit Act (49

8 U.S.C. App. 1602(a)(8)(C)(vii)) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘Camp Wisdom’’ and inserting ‘‘Interstate Route

10 20, L.B.J. Freeway’’.

11 (j) SOUTH BOSTON.—Section 3035(j) of the Inter12 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

13 Stat. 2130–2131) is amended—

14 (1) by striking ‘‘$278,000,000’’ each place it ap15 pears and inserting ‘‘$323,000,000’’;

16 (2) by inserting ‘‘the second place it appears’’

17 after ‘‘striking ‘—’ ’’; and

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Funds

19 made available for the South Boston Piers

20 Transitway in fiscal year 1994 for alternatives anal21 ysis may also be used for construction.’’.

22 (k) KANSAS CITY LIGHT RAIL LINE.—Section 3035(k)

23 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$1,500,000 in fiscal

24 year 1992, and $4,400,000 in fiscal year 1993’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘$5,900,000’’.
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1 (l) DOWNTOWN ORLANDO CIRCULATOR PROJECT.—

2 Section 3035(l) of such Act is amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

4 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;

5 (2) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘$12,000,000’’; and

7 (3) by striking ‘‘for’’ the second place it appears

8 and all that follows through the period at the end and

9 inserting ‘‘and the completion of final design, con10 struction, land and equipment acquisition, and relat11 ed activities for the Downtown Orlando Circulator

12 project.’’.

13 (m) DETROIT LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—Section

14 3035(m) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘not less than’’

15 the first place it appears and all that follows through

16 ‘‘1993,’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000’’.

17 (n) LAKEWOOD-FREEHOLD-MATTAWAN OR

18 JAMESBURG RAIL PROJECT.—Section 3035(p) of such Act

19 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000’’ and all that follows

20 through ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,800,000’’.

21 (o) CHARLOTTE LIGHT RAIL STUDY.—Section 3035(r)

22 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$125,000’’ and all that

23 follows through ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’.

24 (p) SAN DIEGO MID COAST FIXED GUIDEWAY

25 PROJECT.—Section 3035(u) of such Act is amended—
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1 (1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘LIGHT

2 RAIL’’ and inserting ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

4 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;

5 (3) by striking ‘‘, $2,000,000’’ and all that fol6 lows through ‘‘right-of-way,’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘$42,000,000’’; and

8 (4) by striking ‘‘Light Rail’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘Fixed Guideway’’.

10 (q) RAILTRAN COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT.—Section

11 3035(x) of such Act is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

13 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘$2,480,000’’ and all that follows

15 through ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,680,000’’.

16 (r) EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.—Section 3035(z) of

17 such Act is amended by striking the first sentence and in18 serting the following: ‘‘From funds provided under section

19 3(k)(1)(c) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall

20 make available $63,600 to Eureka Springs Transit for the

21 purchase of an alternative fueled vehicle, which is accessible

22 to and usable by individuals with disabilities.’’.

23 (s) BALTIMORE-CENTRAL LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION.—

24 Section 3035(nn) of such Act is amended—

25 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘as follows:
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1 ‘‘(A) Not less than $30,000,000 for fiscal

2 year 1993.

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

4 year 1994.’’

5 and inserting ‘‘and shall be $60,000,000.’’; and

6 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘as follows’’

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

8 subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘totaling

9 $160,000,000.’’.

10 (t) JACKSONVILLE AUTOMATED SKYWAY EXPRESS EX11 TENSION.—Section 3035(vv) of such Act is amended to read

12 as follows:

13 ‘‘(vv) JACKSONVILLE AUTOMATED SKYWAY EXPRESS

14 EXTENSION.—Not later than December 31, 1994, the Sec15 retary shall negotiate and sign an agreement which modi16 fies the full funding agreement signed on September 27,

17 1991, with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority for

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

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

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

21 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act to carry out construc22 tion of the locally preferred alternative for an operable seg23 ment of a not to exceed 1.8 mile extension to such project.’’.

24 (u) DULLES CORRIDOR RAIL PROJECT.—Section

25 3035(aaa) of such Act is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

2 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘$16,000,000’’; and

5 (3) by striking ‘‘the completion’’ and all that fol6 lows through ‘‘engineering for’’.

7 (v) CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT

8 PROJECT.—Section 3035(bbb) of such Act is amended to

9 read as follows:

10 ‘‘(bbb) CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT

11 PROJECT.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B)

12 of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail13 able $300,000,000 for the Central Puget Sound Regional

14 Transit Project.’’.

15 (w) CANAL STREET CORRIDOR LIGHT RAIL.—Section

16 3035(fff) of such Act is amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘No later than April 30, 1992,

18 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and

19 (2) by striking ‘‘negotiate’’ and all that follows

20 through ‘‘includes’’ and inserting ‘‘make available’’;

21 and

22 (3) by striking ‘‘$4,800,000’’ and all that follows

23 through ‘‘statement for’’ and inserting ‘‘$44,800,000

24 to construct’’.

25 (x) ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.—
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1 (1) SANTA CRUZ BUS FACILITY CONSOLIDA2 TION.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C)

3 of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

4 available $4,120,000 for the Santa Cruz Bus Facility

5 Consolidation project.

6 (2) SANTA CRUZ FIXED GUIDEWAY.—From funds

7 provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal

8 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

9 $4,750,000 for the Santa Cruz Fixed Guideway

10 project.

11 (3) SAN FRANCISCO FERRY BUILDING RENOVA12 TION.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B)

13 of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

14 available $1,250,000 for the San Francisco Ferry

15 Building Renovation project.

16 (4) AC TRANSIT BUS IMPROVEMENTS.—From

17 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

18 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

19 $10,000,000 to the Alameda County Transit District

20 for the purchase of buses.

21 (5) DENVER SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR LIGHT

22 RAIL.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B)

23 of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

24 available $13,000,000 for the Denver Southwest Cor25 ridor Light Rail project.
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1 (6) GRIFFIN LINE TRANSITWAY.—From funds

2 provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal

3 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

4 $4,900,000 for the Griffin Line Transitway project.

5 (7) TAMPA TO LAKELAND COMMUTER RAIL.—

6 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the

7 Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail8 able $16,300,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland Com9 muter Rail project.

10 (8) RAVENSWOOD RAPID TRANSIT LINE.—From

11 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(A) of the Federal

12 Transit Act, and before the formula distribution of

13 funds under such section, the Secretary shall make

14 available $20,000,000 to the Chicago Transit Author15 ity for the reconstruction of track on the Ravenswood

16 Rapid Transit line between Kimball Terminal and

17 Clark Junction and between Armitage Avenue and

18 Tower 18.

19 (9) FITCHBURG INTERMODAL FACILITY.—From

20 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

21 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

22 $2,250,000 for the Fitchburg Intermodal Facility.

23 (10) EAST-WEST TRANSITWAY.—From funds pro24 vided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit

25 Act, the Secretary shall make available $5,000,000 for
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1 the East-West Transitway project in Montgomery

2 County, Maryland.

3 (11) MINNEAPOLIS.—From funds provided under

4 section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Sec5 retary shall make available $20,000,000 for the Min6 nesota Central Corridor Light Rail project.

7 (12) HOBOKEN TERMINAL FACILITY IMPROVE8 MENTS.—From funds provided under section

9 3(k)(1)(A) of the Federal Transit Act, and before the

10 formula distribution of funds under such section, the

11 Secretary shall make available $8,000,000 to rehabili12 tate the Hoboken Terminal and Yard Complex in Ho13 boken, New Jersey.

14 (13) WEST 72D STREET TRANSIT STATION.—

15 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(A) of the

16 Federal Transit Act, and before the formula distribu17 tion of funds under such section, the Secretary shall

18 make available $9,500,000 to refurbish and expand

19 the West 72d Street Transit Station in New York,

20 New York.

21 (14) TREN URBANO LIGHT RAIL LINE.—From

22 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed23 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

24 $40,000,000 for the Tren Urbano Light Rail project

25 in Puerto Rico.
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1 (15) MEMPHIS RIVERFRONT LOOP.—From funds

2 provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal

3 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

4 $5,900,000 for the Memphis Riverfront Loop Light

5 Rail project.

6 (16) DART NORTH CENTRAL LIGHT RAIL EXTEN7 SION.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B)

8 of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

9 available $18,628,000 for the DART North Central

10 Light Rail Extension project.

11 (17) AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.—From funds

12 provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal

13 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

14 $5,000,000 for the Austin Light Rail project.

15 (18) EDMONDS MULTI-MODAL CENTER.—From

16 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed17 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

18 $400,000 for fixed guideway improvements in the vi19 cinity of the Edmonds, Washington ferry terminal.

20 (19) MILWAUKEE BUS PURCHASE.—From funds

21 provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

22 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

23 $10,000,000 to purchase transit buses in Milwaukee

24 County, Wisconsin.
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1 (20) TRI-STATE TRANSIT AUTHORITY PUR2 CHASE.—From funds provided under section

3 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

4 shall make available $3,416,000 to the Tri-State

5 Transit Authority in Huntington, West Virginia, for

6 the purchase of transit vehicles, equipment, and relat7 ed right-of-way facility costs.

8 (21) ALASKA MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYS9 TEM.—Notwithstanding section 3(a) of the Federal

10 Transit Act, from funds provided under section

11 3(k)(1)(B), the Secretary shall make available

12 $20,000,000 to the State of Alaska for the Alaska Ma13 rine Transportation System project.

14 (22) LONG BEACH BUS PURCHASE.—From funds

15 provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

16 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

17 $3,000,000 to the Long Beach Public Transportation

18 Company for the purchase of buses and spare parts.

19 (23) PALM DESERT PEOPLE MOVER.—From

20 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed21 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

22 $5,000,000 for the Palm Desert People Mover Project.

23 (24) LOS ANGELES/BURBANK/GLENDALE/SAN

24 FERNANDO VALLEY LIGHT RAIL/INTERMODAL CONNEC25 TION.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B)
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1 of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

2 available $10,000,000 for the Los Angeles/Burbank/

3 Glendale/San Fernando Valley Light Rail/Intermodal

4 Connection project.

5 (25) ORANGE COUNTY TRANSITWAY.—From

6 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed7 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

8 $15,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway

9 Project, including the connector in Costa Mesa, Cali10 fornia .

11 (26) GOLDEN EMPIRE TRANSIT LIGHT RAIL.—

12 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the

13 Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail14 able $2,000,000 for the Golden Empire Transit Light

15 rail project.

16 (27) DELAWARE AREA RAPID TRANSIT BUS PUR17 CHASE.—From funds provided under section

18 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

19 shall make available $5,000,000 to the Delaware Area

20 Rapid Transit District for the purchase of buses.

21 (28) TRI-COUNTY COMMUTER RAIL.—From funds

22 provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal

23 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

24 $20,000,000 for capital improvements to Tri-Rail

25 Commuter Rail Service.
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1 (29) SAFETY AND SECURITY PILOT PROJECT.—

2 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the

3 Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail4 able $2,750,000 for a safety and security pilot project

5 in Champaign-Urbana, Rock Island, and Springfield,

6 Illinois.

7 (30) METRA WISCONSIN CENTRAL COMMUTER

8 RAIL LINE.—From funds provided under section

9 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

10 shall make available $5,000,000 for capital improve11 ments to provide commuter rail service between Anti12 och, Illinois, and Chicago Union Station.

13 (31) CINCINNATI NORTHEAST/NORTHERN KEN14 TUCKY RAIL LINE.—From funds provided under sec15 tion 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Sec16 retary shall make available $6,000,000 for the Cin17 cinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky Rail Line

18 project.

19 (32) WORCESTER INTERMODAL CENTER.—From

20 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

21 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

22 $20,000,000 for the Union Station Intermodal Center

23 project.

24 (33) BOSTON COLLEGE ALTERNATIVE FUELS/EN25 VIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY BUS DEMONSTRATION
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1 PROJECT.—From funds provided under section

2 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

3 shall make available $1,600,000 to Boston College for

4 the alternative fuels/environmental efficiency bus dem5 onstration project.

6 (34) SHADY GROVE TO FREDERICK CORRIDOR.—

7 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the

8 Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail9 able $5,000,000 to the State of Maryland for a cor10 ridor study of transit options in the Shady Grove to

11 Frederick Corridor.

12 (35) BALTIMORE REGIONAL TRANSIT CORRIDOR

13 STUDY.—From funds provided under section

14 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

15 shall make available $10,000,000 to the State of

16 Maryland for a study of transit corridors in the Bal17 timore and southern Maryland regions.

18 (36) WEST TRENTON LINE.—From funds pro19 vided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit

20 Act, the Secretary shall make available $10,000,000 to

21 make capital improvements for the West Trenton

22 Commuter Rail Line.

23 (37) WHITEHALL FERRY TERMINAL.—From

24 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed25 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available
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1 $20,000,000 for reconstruction of the Whitehall Ferry

2 Terminal in New York, New York.

3 (38) BUFFALO CROSSROADS STATION.—From

4 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Fed5 eral Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

6 $9,000,000 to the Niagara Frontier Transportation

7 Authority for the Crossroads Station project.

8 (39) COLUMBUS NORTH CORRIDOR/OSU LINK.—

9 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the

10 Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail11 able $10,000,000 for the Columbus North Corridor/

12 OSU Link project.

13 (40) BAYFRONT CENTRE INTERMODAL COM14 PLEX.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C)

15 of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make

16 available $8,000,000 for the Bayfront Centre Inter17 modal Complex project.

18 (41) ST. LOUIS METRO LINK EXTENSIONS.—

19 From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the

20 Federal Transit Act, the Secretary shall make avail21 able $16,000,000 for the St. Clair extension to the St.

22 Louis Metro Link light rail transit system,

23 $2,450,000 for the Cross-County extension to such sys24 tem, and $3,450,000 for the St. Charles extension to

25 such system.
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1 (42) ALBANY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FA2 CILITY.—From funds provided under section

3 3(k)(1)(C), the Secretary shall make available

4 $590,000 for the multimodal transportation facility

5 in Albany, Oregon.

6 (43) MIAMI METRORAIL NORTH CORRIDOR EX7 TENSION.—From funds provided under section

8 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

9 shall make available $15,000,000 for the northern ex10 tension of the Metrorail rapid transit system in

11 Miami, Florida.

12 (44) VALPARAISO-CHICAGO COMMUTER CORRIDOR

13 STUDY.—From funds provided under section

14 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

15 shall make available $56,000 to determine the feasibil16 ity of restoring commuter rail service between

17 Valparaiso, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois.

18 (45) AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF

19 NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.—From funds pro20 vided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit

21 Act, the Secretary shall make available $3,434,000 for

22 construction of a bus maintenance facility in Elk

23 County, satellite garage in Potter County, and CNG

24 fueling equipment in DuBois for the Area Transpor25 tation Authority of North Central Pennsylvania.
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1 (46) JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.—From funds

2 provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

3 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

4 $2,700,000 for the purchase of buses and repair of a

5 storage and repair facility and associated fuel storage

6 tanks for the Cambria County Transit Authority,

7 Pennsylvania.

8 (47) INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.—From

9 funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

10 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

11 $600,000 for the purchase of buses for the Indiana

12 County Transit Authority, Pennsylvania.

13 (48) ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.—From funds

14 provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

15 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

16 $1,200,000 for the purchase of buses and spare parts,

17 an electronic public information system and capital

18 improvements to the Altoona Transportation Center

19 to Altoona Metro Transit, Pennsylvania.

20 (49) DUBOIS/FALLS CREEK/SANDY TOWNSHIP,

21 PENNSYLVANIA.—From funds provided under section

22 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Secretary

23 shall make available $480,000 for the purchase of

24 buses and lift-equipped vans for the DuBois/Falls
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1 Creek/Sandy Township Area Transit Authority,

2 Pennsylvania.

3 (50) TACOMA EASTERN RAIL.—From funds pro4 vided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit

5 Act, the Secretary shall make available $4,000,000 to

6 the city of Tacoma, Washington, for the Tacoma

7 Eastern Rail project from Tacoma to Ashford.

8 (51) PITTSBURGH BUSWAY.—From funds pro9 vided under section 3(k)(1)(B) of the Federal Transit

10 Act, the Secretary shall make available $5,036,000 for

11 the Pittsburgh Busway project.

12 (52) ILLINOIS BUS PROJECTS.—From funds pro13 vided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit

14 Act, the Secretary shall make available $5,000,000 for

15 the purchase of buses in Peoria, Champaign-Urbana,

16 Rockford, PACE in the suburban area of Chicago,

17 and other nonurbanized area systems in Illinois.

18 (53) SOUTHWEST BROOKLYN TRANSIT STATION

19 AND TRACK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.—From funds

20 provided under section 3(k)(1)(A) of the Federal

21 Transit Act, and before formula distribution of funds

22 under such section, the Secretary shall make available

23 $4,000,000 to make station and track improvements

24 in Southwest Brooklyn, New York.
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1 (54) WISCONSIN BUS PROJECTS.—From funds

2 provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal

3 Transit Act, the Secretary shall make available

4 $2,600,000 for the purchase of buses, vans, and bus5 related facilities to the State of Wisconsin.

6 (y) 1996 OLYMPIC AND PARA-OLYMPIC BUS

7 GRANTS.—From funds provided under section 3(k)(1)(C) of

8 the Federal Transit Act in fiscal year 1995, the Secretary

9 shall transfer $16,000,000 to the program being carried out

10 under section 9 of such Act to make available $10,400,000

11 in capital and operating grants for the 1996 Olympic and

12 Para-Olympic games and $5,600,000 in capital and operat13 ing grants for the 1996 Para-Olympic games. The Federal

14 share of such grants shall be 100 percent.

15 (z) CALSTART CONSORTIUM.—From funds provided

16 under section 3(k)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act, the Sec17 retary shall make available $5,000,000 to the CALSTART

18 Consortium to perform the services described in section

19 6071(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi20 ciency Act of 1991.

21 SEC. 123. MULTIYEAR CONTRACT FOR METRO RAIL

22 PROJECT.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3034 of the Intermodal

24 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

25 2126–2129) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (b)(3)(A) by striking

2 ‘‘$695,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$720,000,000’’;

3 (2) by adding at the end of subsection (e)(3) the

4 following:

5 ‘‘(D) SCOPE.—The amended contract under

6 subparagraph (A) shall provide Federal assist7 ance for the design and construction of an in8 terim operable segment of the East Side Exten9 sion, consisting of a line running generally east

10 from Union Station of approximately 3.7 miles

11 in length or in accordance with the East Side

12 Extension locally preferred alternative, when ap13 proved by the Board of the Los Angeles County

14 Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

15 ‘‘(E) FUNDING.—The $25,000,000 increase

16 in authorization provided for Minimum Oper17 able Segment-3 under the National Highway

18 System Designation Act of 1994 shall be made

19 available by the Secretary for funding the scope

20 of the East Side Extension described in subpara21 graph (D). These funds shall be in addition to

22 the amounts provided for the East Side Exten23 sion in the contract executed in May 1993 pur24 suant to subsection (b) of this section.’’.
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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3034(i)(3) of such Act is

2 amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘7 stations’’ and inserting ‘‘12

4 stations’’;

5 (2) by striking ‘‘11.6’’ and inserting ‘‘15.4’’; and

6 (3) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting

7 the following:

8 ‘‘(C) One line, known as the East Side Ex9 tension locally preferred alternative, running

10 generally east from Union Station for approxi11 mately 6.8 miles to the Whittier/Atlantic Sta12 tion, with 6 intermediate stations.’’.

13 SEC. 124. METRIC SYSTEM SIGNING.

14 (a) PLACEMENT OF SIGNS.—Before September 30,

15 1997, the Secretary may not require the States to expend

16 any Federal or State funds to construct, erect, or otherwise

17 place any sign relating to any speed limit, distance, or

18 other measurement on any highway for the purpose of hav19 ing such sign establish such speed limit, distance, or other

20 measurement using the metric system.

21 (b) MODIFICATION OF SIGNS.—Before September 30,

22 1997, the Secretary may not require the States to expend

23 any Federal or State funds to modify any sign relating to

24 any speed limit, any distance, or other measurement on any

25 highway for the purpose of having such sign establish such
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1 speech limit, distance, or measurement using the metric sys2 tem.

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of subsections (a) and

4 (b), the following definitions apply:

5 (1) HIGHWAY.—The term ‘‘highway’’ has the

6 meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23,

7 United States Code.

8 (2) METRIC SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘metric system’’

9 has the meaning the term ‘‘metric system of measure10 ment’’ has under section 4 of the Metric Conversion

11 Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205c).

12 SEC. 125. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

13 Section 134(g)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code,

14 is amended by inserting after ‘‘transit,’’ the following: ‘‘air15 port, port, inland waterway,’’.

16 SEC. 126. STATEWIDE PLANNING.

17 (a) INTEGRATED STATE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

18 FACILITIES.—Section 135(e) of title 23, United States

19 Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence the

20 following: ‘‘The plan shall, at a minimum, identify trans21 portation facilities (including major roadways, transit, air22 port, port, inland waterway, and multimodal and inter23 modal facilities) that should function as an integrated State

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1 that serve important national and regional transportation

2 functions.’’.

3 (b) MEETING FUNDING NEEDS OF INTERNATIONAL

4 BORDER CROSSING COMMUNITIES.—Such section is further

5 amended by inserting after the first sentence the following:

6 ‘‘The State plan must consider the special transportation

7 requirements created by international motor vehicle border

8 crossings if applicable to such State.’’.

9 SEC. 127. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR FEASIBILITY STUDY.

10 With amounts available to the Secretary under section

11 1105(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi12 ciency Act of 1991, the Secretary in cooperation with the

13 States of Virginia and West Virginia shall conduct a study

14 to determine the feasibility of establishing a route for the

15 East-West Transamerica Corridor (designated pursuant to

16 section 1105(c)(3) of such Act) from Beckley, West Virginia,

17 utilizing a corridor entering Virginia near the city of Cov18 ington then moving south from the Allegheny Highlands to

19 serve Roanoke and continuing east to Lynchburg. From

20 there such route would continue across Virginia to the

21 Hampton Roads-Norfolk area.

22 SEC. 128. REEVALUATION.

23 (a) INITIATION.—After completion of current construc24 tion on Interstate Route 10 and Gessner Road, Texas, the
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1 Secretary shall initiate a reevaluation in consultation with

2 State and local officials of—

3 (1) a proposed exit ramp from the Sam Houston

4 Tollway eastbound direct connector to the eastbound

5 Interstate Route 10 frontage road between Beltway 8

6 and Gessner Road; and

7 (2) a proposed entrance ramp from the

8 westbound Interstate Route 10 frontage road between

9 Gessner Road and Beltway 8 to the westbound direct

10 connector to the Sam Houston Tollway in Houston,

11 Harris County, Texas.

12 (b) DEADLINE FOR DECISION.—The Secretary shall

13 issue a decision on the proposed ramps referred to in sub14 section (a) within 6 months after completion of the con15 struction referred to in subsection (a).

16 SEC. 129. FUNDING.

17 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of

18 how the existing Federal-aid highway and transit funding

19 is utilized by States and metropolitan planning organiza20 tions to address transportation needs.

21 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of

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

23 Congress a report containing the results of the study con24 ducted under this section.
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1 SEC. 130. NONDIVISIBLE LOADS.

2 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment

3 of this Act, the Secretary shall institute a rulemaking pro4 ceeding to define the term ‘‘vehicles and loads which cannot

5 be easily dismantled or divided’’ as used in section 127 of

6 title 23, United States Code, including consideration of a

7 commodity-specific definition of such term. The Secretary

8 shall complete the proceeding required by this subsection not

9 later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this

10 Act. The Secretary may apply such regulations to all vehicle

11 loads operating on the National Highway System if the Sec12 retary determines that it is in the public interest.

13 SEC. 131. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.

14 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of

15 methods to reduce accidents on Federal-aid highways

16 caused by drivers falling asleep while operating a commer17 cial motor vehicle used to transport freight.

18 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of

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

20 Congress a report on the results of the study conducted

21 under subsection (a).
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1 TITLE II—TECHNICAL CORREC2 TIONS TO ISTEA AND RELAT3 ED LAWS

4 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

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

6 amended by striking the 1st undesignated paragraph of

7 such section that relates to public lands highways.

8 SEC. 202. REFERENCES TO DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SYS9 TEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGH10 WAYS.

11 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the Inter12 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

13 Stat. 1914–1915) is amended—

14 (1) in the 3d undesignated paragraph by strik15 ing ‘‘National System of’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D.

16 Eisenhower System of’’; and

17 (2) in the 7th undesignated paragraph by strik18 ing ‘‘Interstate and Defense Highway System’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Inter20 state and Defense Highways’’.

21 (b) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section

22 1001 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

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

24 amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking ‘‘Na25 tional’’.
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1 (c) DEFINITION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN TITLE

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

3 23, United States Code, relating to the Interstate System,

4 is amended by striking ‘‘National’’.

5 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO VEHICLE WEIGHT

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

7 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘National’’ each place it ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

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

10 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (49

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

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

13 ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

14 (f) LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE DEFINED.—Sec15 tion 4007(f) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi16 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2153) is amended by striking

17 ‘‘National’’ and inserting ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower’’.

18 (g) COMMEMORATION.—Section 6012 of the Inter19 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23

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

21 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘NA22 TIONAL’’; and

23 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘National’’.
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1 SEC. 203. FEDERAL-AID SYSTEMS.

2 (a) INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section 103(e)(1) of title

3 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the next

4 to the last sentence.

5 (b) SUBSTITUTE PROJECTS.—Section 103(e)(4) of

6 such title is amended—

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

8 striking ‘‘projects on the Federal-aid secondary sys9 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘surface transportation program

10 projects’’;

11 (2) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ‘‘and’’ be12 fore ‘‘$240,000,000’’; and

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

14 comma after ‘‘October 1, 1991’’.

15 SEC. 204. APPORTIONMENT.

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

17 States Code, is amended—

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

19 inserting ‘‘for this chapter’’; and

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

21 and inserting ‘‘under this chapter’’.

22 (b) CROSS REFERENCE TO INTERSTATE CONSTRUC23 TION PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Section 104(b)(5)(A) of

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

25 ‘‘118(b)(1)’’.
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1 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 104(b)(5)(B) of

2 such title is amended by striking the comma following

3 ‘‘1984’’ each place it appears.

4 (d) REPEAL OF URBAN SYSTEM APPORTIONMENT.—

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

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

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

8 (f) TRANSFERABILITY AMONG SAFETY AND BRIDGE

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

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

11 other of such sections’’ the second place it appears and in12 serting the following: ‘‘Not more than 40 percent of the

13 amount which is apportioned in any fiscal year to each

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

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

16 130 or 152 may be transferred from the apportionment

17 under section 144 or one of the reservations under section

18 133(d)(1) to the apportionment or reservation under such

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

20 highway department and is approved by the Secretary as

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

22 transfer of 100 percent of the apportionment under section

23 144 or one of the reservations under section 133(d)(1) to

24 the apportionment or reservation under such other section’’.
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1 SEC. 205. PROGRAMS OF PROJECTS.

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

3 23, United States Code, and the item relating to such sec4 tion in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title are each re5 pealed.

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

7 such title is amended—

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

9 program approval,’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘included in an approved pro11 gram’’.

12 (c) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS OF COR13 RIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—Section 1105(g)(7)

14 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

15 1991 (105 Stat. 2036) is amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘(7) PRIORITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY SEGMENTS

17 OF CORRIDORS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—In se18 lecting projects for inclusion in a plan or program

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

20 State may give priority to high priority segments of

21 corridors identified under subsection (c) of this sec22 tion.’’.

23 SEC. 206. ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

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

25 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘subsection

26 (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
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1 (b) APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Section 108(a) of such

2 title is amended—

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

4 and inserting ‘‘for any project eligible for assistance

5 under this chapter’’;

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

7 ‘‘on such project’’; and

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

9 project’’.

10 (c) RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND FUNDS.—Sec11 tion 108(c) of such title is amended—

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

13 passenger transit facilities on any Federal-aid sys14 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any project eligible for assistance

15 under this chapter’’; and

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

17 for the actual construction’’ and all that follows

18 through ‘‘Secretary’’ the last place it appears and in19 serting ‘‘actual construction of such project on rights20 of-way with respect to which funds are advanced

21 under this subsection, whichever shall occur first, the

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

23 amount equal to the Federal share of the funds ad24 vanced, as provided in section 120 of this title, out

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1 State in which such project is located and available

2 for obligation for such projects and the State shall re3 imburse the Secretary’’.

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

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

6 ‘‘this title’’.

7 SEC. 207. STANDARDS.

8 Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amend9 ed—

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

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

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

13 and inserting ‘‘under section’’.

14 SEC. 208. LETTING OF CONTRACTS.

15 Section 112(g) of title 23, United States Code, relating

16 to applicability to contracts for projects on the secondary

17 system, as redesignated by section 103(c) of this Act, is re18 pealed.

19 SEC. 209. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE.

20 Section 113 of title 23, United States Code, is amend21 ed—

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

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

24 under’’ and inserting ‘‘highway projects on Federal25 aid highways authorized under’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘upon the Fed2 eral-aid systems,’’ and inserting ‘‘on Federal-aid

3 highways,’’; and

4 (3) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘of the Federal5 aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’.

6 SEC. 210. CONSTRUCTION.

7 Section 114 of title 23, United States Code, is amend8 ed—

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

10 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys11 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway or portion

12 thereof’’;

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

14 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys15 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid highway or por16 tion thereof’’; and

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

18 portions of highways located on a Federal-aid sys19 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘any Federal-aid highway or por20 tion thereof’’.

21 SEC. 211. ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.

22 Section 115 of title 23, United States Code, is amend23 ed—
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1 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘PLANS,

2 SPECIFICATIONS,’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECT AP3 PROVAL’’; and

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

5 second comma after ‘‘144’’.

6 SEC. 212. MAINTENANCE.

7 Section 116 of title 23, United States Code, is amend8 ed—

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

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

11 (c);

12 (2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘no longer con13 stitutes a part of a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting

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

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

16 secondary system’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal-aid high17 way’’.

18 SEC. 213. CERTIFICATION ACCEPTANCE.

19 Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amend20 ed—

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

22 inserting ‘‘2000d’’; and

23 (2) by striking subsection (f), relating to dis24 charge of the Secretary’s responsibilities with respect

25 to the secondary system.
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1 SEC. 214. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

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

3 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

6 the Interstate System in a State’’; and

7 (2) in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘for com8 pletion of the Interstate System’’ after ‘‘shall be allo9 cated’’.

10 (b) SET-ASIDE FOR INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION

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

12 striking the period at the end of the first sentence and all

13 that follows through the period at the end of the second sen14 tence and inserting ‘‘for obligation at the discretion

15 of the Secretary for projects to complete the Interstate

16 System.’’.

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

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

19 ‘‘$64,000,000 for each’’.

20 SEC. 215. FEDERAL SHARE.

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

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

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

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

25 cost estimate and’’.
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1 (b) SAFETY PROJECTS.—Section 120(c) of such title

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

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

4 120(e) of such title is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘system, including’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘, including a highway on’’;

7 (2) by striking ‘‘on a project on such system’’;

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

9 (b)’’; and

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

11 days’’.

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

13 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub14 section:

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

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

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

18 of the costs thereof unless the Secretary determines that the

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

20 served by decreasing or eliminating the non-Federal share

21 of such costs.’’.

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

23 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of

24 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3338(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section

25 120(a) of title 23, United States Code;’’.
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1 SEC. 216. PAYMENT TO STATES FOR CONSTRUCTION.

2 Section 121 of title 23, United States Code, is amend3 ed—

4 (1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘After’’ and in5 serting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this title,

6 after’’; and

7 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘Federal-aid

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

9 SEC. 217. RELOCATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES.

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

11 amended—

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

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

14 and

15 (2) by striking the last sentence.

16 SEC. 218. ADVANCES TO STATES.

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

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

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

20 ‘‘a project eligible for assistance under this title, the Sec21 retary’’.

22 SEC. 219. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

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

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

25 by striking all preceding ‘‘Provided’’ and inserting the fol26 lowing: ‘‘The Secretary may expend funds from the emer-
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1 gency fund herein authorized for projects for repair or re2 construction on Federal-aid highways in accordance with

3 the provisions of this chapter:’’.

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

5 such title is further amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘authorized’’ in the second sen7 tence and all that follows through the period at the

8 end of such sentence and inserting ‘‘authorized on

9 Federal-aid highways.’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘the Disaster Relief and Emer11 gency Assistance Act (Public Law 93–288)’’ and in12 serting ‘‘The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

13 Emergency Assistance Act’’.

14 SEC. 220. APPLICABILITY OF AXLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.

15 (a) WISCONSIN STATE ROUTE 78 AND UNITED STATES

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

17 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub18 section:

19 ‘‘(f) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAULING

20 VEHICLES ON CERTAIN WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS.—If the

21 104-mile portion of Wisconsin State Route 78 and United

22 States Route 51 between Interstate Route 94 near Portage,

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

24 Wisconsin, is designated as part of the Interstate System

25 under section 139(a) of title 23, United States Code, the
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1 single axle, tandem axle, gross vehicle weight, and bridge

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

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

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

5 the date of the enactment of this subsection.’’.

6 (b) VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS IN THE STATE OF

7 OHIO.—

8 (1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Transportation

9 shall review the Federal and State commercial motor

10 vehicle weight limitations applicable to Federal-aid

11 highways in the State of Ohio.

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

13 Transportation determines, on the basis of the review

14 conducted under paragraph (1), that it is in the pub15 lic interest, the Secretary may waive application of

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

17 23, United States Code, and of the State certification

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

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

20 D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense

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

22 vehicles for such period as the Secretary determines

23 may be necessary to permit a reasonable period of de24 preciation for short wheel-base vehicles purchased be25 fore October 1, 1991.
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1 (3) MORATORIUM ON WITHHOLDING OF

2 FUNDS.—Until the Secretary of Transportation makes

3 a determination relating to the public interest under

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

5 under section 127(a) or 141(c) of title 23, United

6 States Code, from apportionment to the State of Ohio

7 for failure to comply with such section with respect

8 to short wheel-base vehicles.

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

10 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

12 inserting ‘‘118(b)(2)’’; and

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

14 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘July 6, 1991’’.

15 SEC. 221. TOLL ROADS.

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

17 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘all toll reve18 nues received’’ and all that follows through the period at

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

20 revenues received from operation of the toll facility will be

21 used for financing and any other obligations in respect of

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

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

24 the costs necessary for the proper operation and mainte-
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1 nance of the toll facility, including reconstruction, resur2 facing, restoration, and rehabilitation.’’.

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

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

5 by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed6 eral-aid highways’’.

7 (c) LOANS.—Section 129(a)(7) of such title is amend8 ed—

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

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

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

12 and inserting ‘‘entity’’;

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

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

15 (4) by striking ‘‘all Federal environmental re16 quirements have been complied with and permits ob17 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Environmental

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

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

20 such loan’’;

21 (6) by inserting after the fifth sentence the fol22 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Any such loan to a public en23 tity shall bear interest at such rate as the State deter24 mines appropriate.’’; and
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1 (7) by striking ‘‘the time the loan was obligated’’

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

3 loan’’.

4 (d) CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY

5 TERMINAL FACILITIES.—Section 129 of such title is amend6 ed—

7 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by strik8 ing ‘‘the route of which’’ and all that follows through

9 the period at the end of such sentence and inserting

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

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

12 Interstate System.’’; and

13 (2) in subsection (c)(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ pre14 ceding ‘‘repair’’.

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

16 amended—

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

18 ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’;

19 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘State of Penn20 sylvania’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘States

21 of Pennsylvania and West Virginia’’; and

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

23 ‘‘State of Georgia’’.

24 (f) TREATMENT OF CENTENNIAL BRIDGE, ROCK IS25 LAND, ILLINOIS, AGREEMENT.—For purposes of section
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1 129(a)(6) of title 23, United States Code, the agreement con2 cerning the Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, en3 tered into under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the

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

5 maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi

6 River at or near Rock Island, Illinois, and to a place at

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

8 1938 (52 Stat. 110), shall be treated as if such agreement

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

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

11 be modified accordingly.

12 (g) TREATMENT OF I–95 AND PENNSYLVANIA TURN13 PIKE.—For purposes of section 129 of title 23, United

14 States Code, the project for construction of an interchange

15 between Interstate Route 95 and the Pennsylvania Turn16 pike shall be treated as a reconstruction project described

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

18 SEC. 222. RAIL-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS.

19 Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is amend20 ed—

21 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Except as pro22 vided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to’’;

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

24 place it appears;
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1 (3) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘except as pro2 vided in subsection (d) of’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to’’;

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

4 and’’;

5 (5) in subsection (e) by striking the last sentence;

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

7 subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and (g), re8 spectively; and

9 (7) in subsection (f) as so redesignated by strik10 ing ‘‘railroad highway’’ and inserting ‘‘railroad-high11 way’’.

12 SEC. 223. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

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

14 United States Code, is amended—

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

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

17 (b)(4)’’;

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

19 and inserting ‘‘to be’’; and

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

21 State’’ the following: ‘‘or the designated transpor22 tation authority of the State’’.

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

24 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

25 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 inserting

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

5 paragraph’’.

6 SEC. 224. 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 (g)(2)(B)

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

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

15 and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;

16 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub17 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

18 (B); and

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

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

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

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

23 new paragraphs:

24 ‘‘(16) Recreational travel and tourism.

25 ‘‘(17) Revitalization of the central urban core.’’.
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1 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 134(k) of such title

2 is amended by striking the last sentence.

3 (d) CONFORMING CHAPTER ANALYSIS AMENDMENT.—

4 The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amended by strik5 ing

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

6 and inserting

‘‘134. Metropolitan planning.’’.

7 SEC. 225. STATEWIDE PLANNING.

8 Section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is amend9 ed—

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

11 and inserting the following new paragraph:

12 ‘‘(1) The transportation needs identified through

13 use of the management systems required by section

14 303 of this title.’’;

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

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

17 the identification of a rural priority local road and

18 bridge system,’’;

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

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

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

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

23 striking ‘‘commercial motor vehicles’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘passengers and freight’’;
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1 (5) in subsection (d)(3) by striking ‘‘concerns’’

2 and inserting ‘‘transportation needs’’;

3 (6) in each of subsections (e) and (f)(1) by in4 serting ‘‘Indian tribal governments,’’ after ‘‘private

5 providers of transportation,’’; and

6 (7) in subsection (h)—

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

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

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

10 ‘‘this title’’; and

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

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

13 Federal Transit Act,’’.

14 SEC. 226. CONTROL OF JUNKYARDS.

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

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

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

18 highways’’.

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

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

21 subsection:

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

23 this section, the term ‘primary system’ means the Federal24 aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any
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1 highway which is not on such system but which is on the

2 National Highway System.’’.

3 SEC. 227. NONDISCRIMINATION.

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

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

6 Federal-aid systems’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid high7 ways’’.

8 (b) TRAINING.—Section 140(b) of such title is amend9 ed—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘for the surface transportation

11 program’’; and

12 (2) by striking ‘‘the bridge program’’.

13 SEC. 228. ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.

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

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

16 all that follows through ‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed17 eral-aid highways, including highways on’’.

18 SEC. 229. AVAILABILITY OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

19 Section 142 of title 23, United States Code, is amend20 ed—

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

22 and inserting ‘‘surface’’; and

23 (2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘exits’’ and in24 serting ‘‘exists’’.
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1 SEC. 230. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.

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

3 States Code, is amended—

4 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘103’’ and in5 serting ‘‘1003’’;

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

7 BRIDGES’’ and inserting ‘‘BRIDGES NOT ON FEDERAL8 AID HIGHWAYS’’;

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

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

11 are functionally classified as local or rural minor col12 lectors’’; and

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

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

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

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

17 (c) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING BRIDGE APPORTION18 MENT CRITERIA.—The criteria for apportionment of funds

19 used by the Department of Transportation under section

20 144 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on Septem21 ber 30, 1991, shall remain in effect until September 30,

22 1997, or until changed by law, whichever occurs first.

23 SEC. 231. GREAT RIVER ROAD.

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

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

26 ‘‘centers of the States’’.
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1 SEC. 232. HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

2 Section 152 of title 23, United States Code, is amend3 ed—

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

5 and inserting ‘‘available’’; and

6 (2) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and redes7 ignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections

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

9 SEC. 233. USE OF SAFETY BELTS AND MOTORCYCLE HEL10 METS.

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

12 153 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

15 31, 1991’’; and

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

17 the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem18 ber 31, 1991,’’.

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

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

21 it appears.

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

23 amended—

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

25 in’’ and inserting ‘‘by the last day of’’;
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1 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘by the last

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

3 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘1994,’’ and in4 serting ‘‘1995,’’; and

5 (4) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking ‘‘under sec6 tion 402’’ and inserting ‘‘by this subsection’’.

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

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

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

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

11 SEC. 234. NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT.

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

13 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘on the

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

15 and inserting ‘‘described in clause (2) or (3) of this sub16 section’’.

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

18 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

19 1968–1970) is amended—

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

21 State’’ after ‘‘apportionments’’;

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

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

24 State under section 402 of such title if the State’’;
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1 (3) in subsection (c) by redesignating para2 graphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec3 tively; and

4 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) of sub5 section (c) the following new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—

7 ‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—A State must obli8 gate at least 50 percent of its funds transferred

9 pursuant to this subsection for a fiscal year for

10 speed limit enforcement and public information

11 and education.

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

13 Secretary may waive the requirement of sub14 paragraph (A) for any fiscal year if in the pre15 ceding fiscal year the State was in compliance

16 with the speed limit requirements established

17 pursuant to paragraph (1).’’.

18 SEC. 235. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

19 Section 157 of title 23, United States Code, is amend20 ed—

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

22 and inserting ‘‘118(b)(1)’’;

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

24 1989’’ and inserting ‘‘years 1989’’; and
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1 (3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating

2 subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), re3 spectively.

4 SEC. 236. NATIONAL MINIMUM DRINKING AGE.

5 Section 158 of title 23, United States Code, is amend6 ed—

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

8 104(b)(6)’’ each place it appears and inserting

9 ‘‘104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)’’;

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

11 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

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

13 ‘‘104(b)(5)(B), or 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘104(b)(3), or 104(b)(5)(B)’’; and

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

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

17 SEC. 237. REVOCATION OF DRIVERS’ LICENSES OF INDIVID18 UALS CONVICTED OF DRUG OFFENSES.

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

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

21 and inserting ‘‘118’’.
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1 SEC. 238. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SEGMENTS OF INTER2 STATE SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT FED3 ERAL ASSISTANCE.

4 Section 160 of title 23, United States Code, is amend5 ed—

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

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

8 and

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

11 ‘‘(g) PUERTO RICO.—Notwithstanding any other pro12 vision of this section, Puerto Rico shall receive in a fiscal

year 1 13 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant

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

15 the District of Columbia) which has a reimbursement per16 centage in the table contained in subsection (c) of 0.50 shall

17 have its reimbursement amount in fiscal years 1996 and

18 1997 reduced as a result of the enactment of the preceding

19 sentence.’’.

20 SEC. 239. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

21 (a) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS ALLOCATION.—Section

22 202(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by strik23 ing ‘‘66 percent of the remainder’’ and inserting ‘‘the re24 maining 66 percent’’.
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1 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 203 of such

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

3 development’’ each place it appears.

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

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

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

7 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘planning, re8 search, engineering, and construction’’; and

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

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

11 construction’’.

12 (d) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

13 PROJECTS.—Section 204(c) of such title is amended by in14 serting ‘‘of’’ after ‘‘15 percent’’.

15 (e) INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS PLANNING.—The

16 first sentence of section 204(j) of such title is amended to

17 read as follows: ‘‘An Indian tribal government receiving

18 funds under the Indian reservation roads program may use

19 up to 10 percent of its annual allocation under such pro20 gram for transportation planning activities pursuant to the

21 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education

22 Assistance Act.’’.

23 (f) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Section 204 of such title

24 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub25 section:
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1 ‘‘(k) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any

2 other provision of law, funds available for Federal lands

3 highway programs shall be treated as obligated if—

4 ‘‘(1) the Secretary authorizes engineering and re5 lated work for a particular project; or

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

7 and estimates for procurement of construction under

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

9 (g) SET-ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF

10 INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 204 of such title is further

11 amended by adding at the end the following:

12 ‘‘(l) SET-ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF

13 INDIAN TRIBES.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Up to 1 percent of the funds

15 made available for Indian reservation roads for each

16 fiscal year shall be set aside by the Secretary of the

17 Interior for transportation-related administrative ex18 penses of Indian tribal governments.

19 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary of the Inte20 rior shall make available to each Indian tribal gov21 ernment with an approved application under para22 graph (3) an equal percentage of any sum set aside

23 pursuant to paragraph (1).

24 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To receive funds under this

25 paragraph, an Indian tribal government must submit
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1 to the Secretary of the Interior for approval an appli2 cation in accordance with the requirements of the In3 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance

4 Act. The Secretary of the Interior shall approve any

5 such application that demonstrates that the applicant

6 has the capability to carry out transportation plan7 ning activities or is in the process of establishing such

8 a capability.’’.

9 (h) TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—

10 Section 204 of such title is further amended by adding at

11 the end the following:

12 ‘‘(m) TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—

13 In making expenditures for transportation enhancement ac14 tivities as required under section 133, a State shall consider

15 any application submitted to the State by an Indian tribal

16 government seeking assistance to conduct such activities.’’.

17 (i) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

18 PROJECTS BY THE SECRETARY.—Section 204 of such title

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

20 ‘‘(n) APPROVAL OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD

21 PROJECTS BY THE SECRETARY.—

22 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The

23 Secretary shall establish a pilot program (hereinafter

24 in this subsection referred to as the ‘program’) for the

25 purposes described in paragraph (2) and shall carry
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1 out such program in each of fiscal years 1995, 1996,

2 and 1997.

3 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program

4 shall be to permit an Indian tribal government to

5 apply directly to the Secretary for authorization to

6 conduct projects on Indian reservation roads using

7 amounts allocated to the Indian tribal government

8 under the Indian reservation roads program.

9 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT AS STATES.—Except as other10 wise provided by the Secretary, an Indian tribal gov11 ernment submitting an application to the Secretary

12 under the program shall be subject to the same re13 quirements as a State applying for approval of a

14 Federal-aid highway project.

15 ‘‘(4) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—

16 ‘‘(A) APPLICATIONS.—An Indian tribal gov17 ernment seeking to participate in the program

18 shall submit to the Secretary an application

19 which is in such form and contains such infor20 mation as the Secretary may require.

21 ‘‘(B) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICI22 PANTS.—The Secretary shall select not more than

23 10 Indian tribal governments to participate in

24 the program.
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1 ‘‘(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary,

2 in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior,

3 shall provide technical assistance to Indian tribal

4 governments participating in the program.

5 ‘‘(6) TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon request

6 of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior shall

7 provide to the Secretary such assistance as may be

8 necessary for implementation of the program.

9 ‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than September 30,

10 1997, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a re11 port on the results of the program. In developing such

12 report, the Secretary shall solicit the comments of In13 dian tribal governments participating in the pro14 gram.’’.

15 (j) REFERENCE TO PARK ROADS.—Section

16 1003(a)(6)(C) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

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

18 (1) by striking ‘‘HIGHWAYS’’ in the subpara19 graph heading and inserting ‘‘ROADS’’; and

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

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

22 (k) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1032(b)(2) (A)

23 of such Act (105 Stat. 1974) is amended by striking ‘‘im24 provements’’ and inserting ‘‘improvement’’.
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1 SEC. 240. BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN

2 WALKWAY.

3 Section 217 of title 23, United States Code, is amend4 ed—

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

6 walkways and’’ before ‘‘bicycle transportation facili7 ties’’;

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

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

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

11 (k); and

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

13 new subsection:

14 ‘‘(j) INCLUSION OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND BICY15 CLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN PLANNING.—

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

17 approve under this chapter a highway project for new

18 construction or reconstruction within the boundaries

19 of a State along which a pedestrian walkway or bicy20 cle transportation facility is required to be included

21 under the State’s transportation improvement plan

22 developed under section 135 unless such pedestrian

23 walkway or bicycle transportation facility is part of

24 such highway project.

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

26 to approve a project for construction of a pedestrian
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1 walkway or bicycle transportation facility under

2 paragraph (1)—

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

4 construction is not feasible or that use of the

5 walkway or facility would pose a safety risk to

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

7 ‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that there

8 will be no substantial transportation or recre9 ation benefit resulting from the project.’’.

10 SEC. 241. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

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

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

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

14 National Highway System’’.

15 SEC. 242. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

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

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

18 the date of the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘De19 cember 18, 1992’’.

20 SEC. 243. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.

21 Section 307 of title 23, United States Code, is amend22 ed—

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

24 inserting ‘‘104(b)’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (e)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘climac2 tic’’ and inserting ‘‘climatic’’;

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

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

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

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

7 (5) in the heading to subsection (f)(3) by insert8 ing ‘‘EARTHQUAKE’’ after ‘‘NATIONAL’’; and

9 (6) in subsection (f)(3) by inserting ‘‘Earth10 quake’’ after ‘‘National’’.

11 SEC. 244. APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES OF

12 FEDERAL LANDS.

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

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

15 SEC. 245. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION

16 OUTREACH PROGRAM.

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

18 amended by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this sec19 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.

20 SEC. 246. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of title 23, United

22 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

23 ‘‘§ 402. Highway safety programs

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall have a highway

25 safety program approved by the Secretary which is designed
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1 to reduce traffic accidents and deaths, injuries, and prop2 erty damage resulting therefrom.

3 ‘‘(b) UNIFORM GUIDELINES.—

4 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The State highway safety

5 programs approved under this section shall be in ac6 cordance with uniform guidelines promulgated by the

7 Secretary.

8 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—The uniform

9 guidelines shall be expressed in terms of performance

10 criteria.

11 ‘‘(3) PURPOSES.—The uniform guidelines shall

12 include, at a minimum, criteria relating to—

13 ‘‘(A) reducing injuries and deaths resulting

14 from motor vehicles being driven in excess of

15 posted speed limits;

16 ‘‘(B) encouraging the proper use of occu17 pant protection devices (including the use of

18 safety belts and child restraint systems) by occu19 pants of motor vehicles and increasing public

20 awareness of the benefit of motor vehicles

21 equipped with airbags;

22 ‘‘(C) reducing deaths and injuries resulting

23 from persons driving motor vehicles while im24 paired by alcohol or a controlled substance;
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1 ‘‘(D) reducing deaths and injuries resulting

2 from accidents involving motorcycles;

3 ‘‘(E) reducing injuries and deaths resulting

4 from accidents involving school buses; and

5 ‘‘(F) improving law enforcement services in

6 motor vehicle accident prevention, traffic super7 vision, and post-accident procedures.

8 ‘‘(4) EFFECTIVENESS DETERMINATION.—A State

9 highway safety program relating to a guideline estab10 lished pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be considered

11 a most effective program for purposes of subsection (i)

12 unless the Secretary determines, after a rulemaking

13 process under subsection (i), that it should not be so

14 considered and submits a report to Congress describ15 ing the reasons for the determination.

16 ‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL PURPOSES.—The uniform

17 guidelines may include provisions to improve driver

18 performance (including driver education, driver test19 ing to determine proficiency to operate motor vehicles,

20 driver examinations (both physical and mental) and

21 driver licensing) and to improve pedestrian perform22 ance and bicycle safety. In addition the uniform

23 guidelines may include provisions for an effective

24 record system of accidents (including injuries and

25 deaths resulting therefrom), accident investigations to
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1 determine the probable causes of accidents, injuries,

2 and deaths, vehicle registration, operation, and in3 spection, highway design and maintenance (including

4 lighting, markings, and surface treatment), traffic

5 control, vehicle codes and laws, surveillance of traffic

6 for detection and correction of high or potentially

7 high accident locations, and emergency services.

8 ‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY TO FEDERALLY ADMINIS9 TERED AREAS.—The uniform guidelines which are

10 applicable to State highway safety programs shall, to

11 the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary,

12 be applicable to federally administered areas where a

13 Federal department or agency controls the highways

14 or supervises traffic operations.

15 ‘‘(7) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUC16 TION.—Implementation of a highway safety program

17 under this section shall not be construed to require the

18 Secretary to require compliance with every uniform

19 guideline, or with every element of every uniform

20 guideline, in every State.

21 ‘‘(8) COOPERATION IN PROMULGATION.—Uni22 form guidelines promulgated by the Secretary to

23 carry out this section shall be developed in coopera24 tion with the States, their political subdivisions, ap25 propriate Federal departments and agencies, and such
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1 other public and private organizations as the Sec2 retary deems appropriate.

3 ‘‘(9) ASSISTANCE OF OTHER FEDERAL DEPART4 MENTS.—The Secretary may make arrangements with

5 other Federal departments and agencies for assistance

6 in the preparation of uniform guidelines for the high7 way safety programs contemplated by this subsection

8 and in the administration of such programs. Such de9 partments and agencies are directed to cooperate in

10 such preparation and administration, on a reimburs11 able basis.

12 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not ap14 prove a State highway safety program under this sec15 tion which does not—

16 ‘‘(A) provide that the Governor of the State

17 shall be responsible for the administration of the

18 program through a State highway safety agency

19 which shall have adequate powers and be suit20 ably equipped and organized to carry out, to the

21 satisfaction of the Secretary, such program;

22 ‘‘(B) authorize political subdivisions of the

23 State to carry out local highway safety programs

24 within their jurisdictions as a part of the State

25 highway safety program if such local highway
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1 safety programs are approved by the Governor

2 and are in accordance with the uniform guide3 lines promulgated by the Secretary under this

4 section;

5 ‘‘(C) except as provided in paragraph (2),

6 provide that at least 40 percent of all Federal

7 funds apportioned under this section to the State

8 for any fiscal year will be expended by the polit9 ical subdivisions of the State, including Indian

10 tribal governments, in carrying out local high11 way safety programs authorized in accordance

12 with subparagraph (B); and

13 ‘‘(D) provide adequate and reasonable ac14 cess for the safe and convenient movement of in15 dividuals with disabilities, including those in

16 wheelchairs, across curbs constructed or replaced

17 on or after July 1, 1976, at all pedestrian cross18 walks throughout the State.

19 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re20 quirement of paragraph (1)(C), in whole or in part,

21 for a fiscal year for any State whenever the Secretary

22 determines that there is an insufficient number of

23 local highway safety programs to justify the expendi24 ture in the State of such percentage of Federal funds

25 during the fiscal year.
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1 ‘‘(3) USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR TRAFFIC EN2 FORCEMENT.—The Secretary may encourage States to

3 use technologically advanced traffic enforcement de4 vices (including the use of automatic speed detection

5 devices such as photo-radar) by law enforcement offi6 cers.

7 ‘‘(d) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING PROGRAM.—

8 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es9 tablish a highway safety program for the collection

10 and reporting of data on traffic-related deaths and

11 injuries by the States. Under such program, the

12 States shall collect and report to the Secretary such

13 data as the Secretary may require.

14 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program

15 under this subsection are to ensure national uniform

16 data on such deaths and injuries and to allow the

17 Secretary to make determinations for use in develop18 ing programs to reduce such deaths and injuries and

19 making recommendations to Congress concerning leg20 islation necessary to implement such programs.

21 ‘‘(3) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program

22 under this subsection shall include information ob23 tained by the Secretary under section 4004 of the

24 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

25 1991 and provide for annual reports to the Secretary
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1 on the efforts being made by the States in reducing

2 deaths and injuries occurring at highway construc3 tion sites and the effectiveness and results of such ef4 forts.

5 ‘‘(4) REPORTING CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall

6 establish minimum reporting criteria for the program

7 under this subsection. Such criteria shall include, but

8 not be limited to, criteria on deaths and injuries re9 sulting from police pursuits, school bus accidents, and

10 speeding, on traffic-related deaths and injuries at

11 highway construction sites and on the configuration

12 of commercial motor vehicles involved in motor vehi13 cle accidents.

14 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—

15 ‘‘(1) FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Funds

16 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec17 tion shall be used to aid the States to conduct the

18 highway safety programs approved in accordance

19 with subsection (a), including development and im20 plementation of manpower training programs, and of

21 demonstration programs that the Secretary deter22 mines will contribute directly to the reduction of traf23 fic accidents and deaths and injuries resulting there24 from.
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1 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Funds au2 thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

3 shall be subject to a deduction not to exceed 5 percent

4 for the necessary costs of administering the provisions

5 of this section, and the remainder shall be appor6 tioned among the several States under subsection (f).

7 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section au8 thorizes the appropriation or expenditure of funds—

9 ‘‘(A) for highway construction, mainte10 nance, or design (other than design of safety fea11 tures of highways to be incorporated into guide12 lines); or

13 ‘‘(B) for any purpose for which funds are

14 authorized by section 403 of this title.

15 ‘‘(f) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.—

16 ‘‘(1) FORMULA.—After the deduction under sub17 section (e)(2), the remainder of the funds authorized

18 to be appropriated to carry out this section shall be

19 apportioned 75 percent in the ratio which the popu20 lation of each State bears to the total population of

21 all the States, as shown by the latest available Federal

22 census, and 25 percent in the ratio which the public

23 road mileage in each State bears to the total public

24 road mileage in all States.
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1 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM PERCENTAGE.—The annual apportionment to each State shall not be less than 1 2 ⁄2 of

3 1 percent of the total apportionment; except that the

4 apportionments to the Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer5 ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands shall not be less than 1 6 ⁄4 of 1 percent

7 of the total apportionment.

8 ‘‘(3) APPROVED HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM.—

9 The Secretary shall not apportion any funds under

10 this subsection to any State which is not implement11 ing a highway safety program approved by the Sec12 retary in accordance with this section.

13 ‘‘(4) REDUCTION OF APPORTIONMENT.—Funds

14 apportioned under this section to any State, that does

15 not have a highway safety program approved by the

16 Secretary or that is not implementing an approved

17 program, shall be reduced by amounts equal to not

18 less than 50 percent of the amounts that would other19 wise be apportioned to the State under this section,

20 until such time as the Secretary approves such pro21 gram or determines that the State is implementing an

22 approved program, as appropriate. The Secretary

23 shall consider the gravity of the State’s failure to have

24 or implement an approved program in determining

25 the amount of the reduction.
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1 ‘‘(5) APPORTIONMENT OF WITHHELD FUNDS.—

2 The Secretary shall promptly apportion to the State

3 the funds withheld from its apportionment if the Sec4 retary approves the State’s highway safety program

5 or determines that the State has begun implementing

6 an approved program, as appropriate, prior to the

7 end of the fiscal year for which the funds were with8 held. If the Secretary determines that the State did

9 not correct its failure within such period, the Sec10 retary shall reapportion the withheld funds to the

11 other States in accordance with the formula specified

12 in this subsection not later than 30 days after such

13 determination.

14 ‘‘(6) DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC ROAD MILE15 AGE.—For the purposes of this subsection, the term a

16 ‘public road’ means any road under the jurisdiction

17 of, and maintained by, a public authority and open

18 to public travel. As used in this subsection, public

19 road mileage shall be determined as of the end of the

20 calendar year preceding the year in which the funds

21 are apportioned and shall be certified to by the Gov22 ernor of the State and subject to approval by the Sec23 retary.

24 ‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided

2 in this subsection, all provisions of chapter 1 of this

3 title that are applicable to National Highway System

4 highway funds, other than provisions relating to the

5 apportionment formula and provisions limiting the

6 expenditure of such funds to the Federal-aid systems,

7 shall apply to the highway safety funds authorized to

8 be appropriated to carry out this section.

9 ‘‘(2) INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS.—If the Sec10 retary determines that a provision of chapter 1 of this

11 title is inconsistent with this section, such provision

12 shall not apply to funds authorized to be appro13 priated to carry out this section.

14 ‘‘(3) CREDIT FOR STATE AND LOCAL EXPENDI15 TURES.—The aggregate of all expenditures made dur16 ing any fiscal year by a State and its political sub17 divisions (exclusive of Federal funds) for carrying out

18 the State highway safety program (other than plan19 ning and administration) shall be available for the

20 purpose of crediting such State during such fiscal

21 year for the non-Federal share of the cost of any

22 project under this section (other than one for plan23 ning or administration) without regard to whether

24 such expenditures were actually made in connection

25 with such project.
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1 ‘‘(4) INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR CERTAIN

2 INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS.—In the case of a local

3 highway safety program carried out by an Indian

4 tribe, if the Secretary is satisfied that an Indian tribe

5 does not have sufficient funds available to meet the

6 non-Federal share of the cost of such program, the

7 Secretary may increase the Federal share of the cost

8 thereof payable under this title to the extent nec9 essary.

10 ‘‘(5) TREATMENT OF TERM ‘STATE HIGHWAY DE11 PARTMENT’.—In applying the provisions of chapter 1

12 of this title in carrying out this section, the term

13 ‘State highway department’ as used in such provi14 sions shall mean the Governor of a State for the pur15 poses of this section.

16 ‘‘(h) APPLICATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of the appli18 cation of this section in Indian country, the terms

19 ‘State’ and ‘Governor of a State’ include the Sec20 retary of the Interior and the term ‘political subdivi21 sion of a State’ includes an Indian tribe. Notwith22 standing the provisions of subsection (c)(1)(C), 95

23 percent of the funds transferred to the Secretary of the

24 Interior under this section shall be expended by In25 dian tribes to carry out highway safety programs
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1 within their jurisdictions. The provisions of sub2 section (c)(1)(D) shall be applicable to Indian tribes,

3 except to those tribes with respect to which the Sec4 retary determines that application of such provisions

5 would not be practicable.

6 ‘‘(2) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For the pur7 pose of this subsection, the term ‘Indian country’

8 means—

9 ‘‘(A) all land within the limits of any In10 dian reservation under the jurisdiction of the

11 United States, notwithstanding the issuance of

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

13 through the reservation;

14 ‘‘(B) all dependent Indian communities

15 within the borders of the United States whether

16 within the original or subsequently acquired ter17 ritory thereof and whether within or without the

18 limits of a State; and

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

20 to which have not been extinguished, including

21 rights-of-way running through such allotments.

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

23 from time to time conduct a rulemaking process to deter24 mine those highway safety programs that are most effective

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1 under this subsection shall be promulgated taking into ac2 count consideration of the views of the States having a

3 major role in establishing such programs. When a rule pro4 mulgated in accordance with this subsection takes effect,

5 only those programs established by such rule as most effec6 tive in reducing traffic accidents, injuries, and deaths shall

7 be eligible to receive Federal financial assistance under this

8 section.’’.

9 (b) SECTION 2005.—Section 2005(1) of the Intermodal

10 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

11 2079) is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ the first place it appears

13 and inserting a comma; and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘, 1994,’’ and inserting ‘‘and

15 1994, and $146,000,000 for each of fiscal years’’.

16 SEC. 247. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADVISORY COMMIT17 TEE.

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

19 amended by striking ‘‘Commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘Transpor20 tation’’.

21 SEC. 248. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTER22 MEASURES.

23 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 410(d)(1)(E)

24 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the
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1 date of enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘December

2 18, 1991’’.

3 (b) BASIC GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—Section 410(d)(3) of

4 such title is amended—

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and

6 (2) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(B) A State shall be treated as having met the

8 requirement of this paragraph if—

9 ‘‘(i) the State provides to the Secretary a

10 written certification that the highest court of the

11 State has issued a decision indicating that im12 plementation of subparagraph (A) would con13 stitute a violation of the constitution of the

14 State; and

15 ‘‘(ii) the State demonstrates to the satisfac16 tion of the Secretary—

17 ‘‘(I) that the alcohol fatal crash in18 volvement rate in the State has decreased in

19 each of the 3 most recent calendar years for

20 which statistics for determining such rate

21 are available; and

22 ‘‘(II) that the alcohol fatal crash in23 volvement rate in the State has been lower

24 than the average such rate for all States in

25 each of such calendar years.’’.
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1 SEC. 249. PUBLIC TRANSIT FACILITIES.

2 Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor3 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by striking ‘‘this

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

5 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations

6 Act, 1993’’.

7 SEC. 250. ROADSIDE BARRIER TECHNOLOGY.

8 Section 1058 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor9 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 109 note; 105 Stat.

10 2003) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘median’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘or temporary crashworthy’’;

13 (2) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘crashworthy’’

14 after ‘‘Innovative’’;

15 (3) in the heading of subsection (c) by inserting

16 ‘‘CRASHWORTHY’’ after ‘‘INNOVATIVE’’;

17 (4) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘crashworthy’’

18 after ‘‘innovative’’;

19 (5) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘median’’;

20 (6) by inserting ‘‘or guiderail’’ after ‘‘guard21 rail’’; and

22 (7) by inserting before the period at the end of

23 subsection (c) ‘‘, and meets or surpasses the require24 ments of the National Cooperative Highway Research

25 Program 350 for longitudinal barriers’’.
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1 SEC. 251. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.

2 Section 1086(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor3 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2022) is amended

4 by striking ‘‘Not later than 2 years after the date of the

5 enactment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘On or before June

6 18, 1995,’’.

7 SEC. 252. HIGH COST BRIDGE PROJECTS.

8 The table contained in section 1103(b) of the Inter9 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

10 Stat. 2027–2028) is amended—

11 (1) in item number 5, relating to Gloucester

12 Point, Virginia, by inserting after ‘‘York River’’ the

13 following: ‘‘and for repair, strengthening, and reha14 bilitation of the existing bridge’’; and

15 (2) in item number 10, relating to Shakopee,

16 Minnesota, by inserting ‘‘project, including the bypass

17 of’’ after ‘‘replacement’’.

18 SEC. 253. CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECTS.

19 The table contained in section 1104(b) of the Inter20 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

21 Stat. 2029–2031) is amended—

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

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

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

25 Route 15’’; and
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1 (2) in item number 43, relating to West Vir2 ginia, by striking ‘‘Coal Fields’’ and inserting ‘‘Coal3 fields’’.

4 SEC. 254. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGH5 WAY SYSTEM.

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

7 1105(c)(3) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi8 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by inserting

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

10 a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Paducah, Ben11 ton, Hopkinsville, Bowling Green, Columbia, Somerset,

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

13 Williamson, West Virginia, and (B) a West Virginia cor14 ridor from Williamson to the vicinity of Welch, West Vir15 ginia, sharing a common corridor with the I–73/74 corridor

16 (referred to in item 12 of the table contained in subsection

17 (f)), and from the vicinity of Welch to Beckley, West Vir18 ginia, as part of the Coalfields Expressway described in sec19 tion 1069(v)’’.

20 (b) INDIANAPOLIS TO HOUSTON CORRIDOR.—Section

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

22 inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, in23 cluding a Kentucky corridor centered on the cities of Hen24 derson, Sturgis, Smithland, Paducah, Bardwell, and Hick25 man, Kentucky’’.
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1 SEC. 255. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR PROJECTS.

2 The table contained in section 1105(f) of the Inter3 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

4 Stat. 2033–2035) is amended—

5 (1) in item 1, relating to Pennsylvania, by in6 serting after ‘‘For’’ the following: ‘‘the segment de7 scribed in item 6 of this table and, after completion

8 of such segment, for’’; and

9 (2) in item number 26, relating to Indiana,

10 Kentucky, Tennessee, by striking ‘‘Newberry’’ and in11 serting ‘‘Evansville’’.

12 SEC. 256. RURAL ACCESS PROJECTS.

13 (a) PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS.—The table contained in

14 section 1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor15 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2037–2042) is

16 amended—

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

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

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

20 from south of Carmi to State Route 141 in southeast21 ern White County’’;

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

23 Springs, Pennsylvania, by striking ‘‘and Hunting24 ton’’ and inserting ‘‘Franklin, and Huntingdon’’;
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1 (3) in item number 61, relating to Lubbock,

2 Texas, by striking ‘‘with’’ and inserting ‘‘with Inter3 state 10 through’’;

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

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

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

7 mile segment of U.S. Route 15 in Lycoming County,

8 Pennsylvania’’;

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

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

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

12 by striking ‘‘Raton-Clayton Rd., Clayton, New Mex13 ico’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Rt. 64/87 from Raton, New

14 Mexico, through Clayton to the Texas-New Mexico

15 State line’’; and

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

17 County, Texas (SH199)—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘Parker County’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Parker and Tarrant Counties’’; and

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

21 Tarrant County, to freeway standards and in

22 Parker County to a 4-’’.

23 (b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Section 1106(a) of such

24 Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(8) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to

2 funds otherwise made available by this subsection for

3 the project described in item number 52 of the table

4 contained in paragraph (2), there shall be available

5 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

6 Transit Account) for carrying out such project

7 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $1,300,000 per

8 fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997.’’.

9 SEC. 257. URBAN ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROJECTS.

10 The table contained in section 1106(b)(2) of the Inter11 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

12 Stat. 2043–2047) is amended—

13 (1) in item number 13, relating to Joliet, Illi14 nois, by striking ‘‘and construction and interchange

15 at Houbolt Road and I–80’’; and

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

17 California, by striking ‘‘For a grade’’ and all that fol18 lows through ‘‘Corridor’’ and inserting ‘‘For grade

19 separations and other improvements in the city of

20 Compton, California’’.

21 SEC. 258. INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.

22 The table contained in section 1107(b) of the Inter23 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

24 Stat. 2048–2059) is amended—
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1 (1) in item 20, relating to Holidaysburg, Penn2 sylvania—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘Holidaysburg,’’ the first

4 place it appears; and

5 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or other projects in the

6 counties of Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, and

7 Huntingdon as selected by the State of Penn8 sylvania’’ after ‘‘Pennsylvania’’ the second place

9 it appears;

10 (2) in item number 29, relating to Blacksburg,

11 Virginia, by inserting ‘‘methods of facilitating public

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

13 (3) in item number 35, relating to Alabama, by

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

15 85’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on U.S. Route 80 west

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

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

18 (4) in item number 52, relating to Pennsylvania,

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

20 through ‘‘Pennsylvania’’ and inserting ‘‘and other

21 highway projects within a 30-mile vicinity of Inter22 state Route 81 or Interstate Route 80 in northeastern

23 Pennsylvania’’;

24 (5) in item number 61, relating to Mojave, Cali25 fornia, by striking ‘‘Mojave’’ and inserting
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1 ‘‘Victorville’’ and by inserting ‘‘Mojave’’ after ‘‘recon2 struct’’;

3 (6) in item number 76, relating to Tennessee—

4 (A) by inserting after ‘‘I–81’’ the following:

5 ‘‘interchange at’’; and

6 (B) by striking ‘‘Interchange’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘or Kendrick Creek Road’’;

8 (7) in item number 100, relating to Arkansas, by

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

10 (8) in item number 113, relating to Durham

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

12 147’’ the following: ‘‘, including the interchange at I–

13 85’’; and

14 (9) in item number 114, relating to Corpus

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

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

17 4-lane divided highway’’.

18 SEC. 259. INTERMODAL PROJECTS.

19 The table contained in section 1108(b) of the Inter20 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105

21 Stat. 2060–2063) is amended—

22 (1) in item number 5, relating to Pennsylvania,

23 by striking ‘‘Upgrading’’ and inserting ‘‘To study the

24 need to upgrade’’ and by inserting ‘‘to a 4-lane lim25 ited access highway’’ after ‘‘Airport’’;
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1 (2) in item number 9, relating to E. Haven/Wal2 lingford, Connecticut—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘$8.8’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘$7.5’’;

5 (B) by striking ‘‘$2.4’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘$2.0’’; and

7 (C) by striking ‘‘$0.7’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘$0.6’’;

9 (3) in item 38, relating to Provo, Utah, strike

10 ‘‘South’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Airport’’ and

11 insert ‘‘East-West Connector from United States

12 Highway 89–189, Provo, Utah’’; and

13 (4) in item 51, relating to Long Beach, Califor14 nia, by inserting ‘‘(including a grade separation

15 project for the Los Alamitos traffic circle at Lakewood

16 Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway)’’ after ‘‘Ac17 cess’’.

18 SEC. 260. MISCELLANEOUS INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANS19 PORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT AMENDMENTS.

20 (a) CROSS REFERENCE IN HIGHWAY USE TAX EVA21 SION PROGRAM.—Section 1040(a) of the Intermodal Sur22 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 101

23 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and in24 serting ‘‘(f)’’.
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1 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON QUALITY IMPROVE2 MENT.—Section 1043(b) of such Act (105 Stat. 1993) is

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

4 (c) COALFIELDS EXPRESSWAY.—Section 1069(v) of

5 such Act (105 Stat. 2010) is amended by striking ‘‘97, 10,

6 16, and 93’’ and inserting ‘‘16, and 83’’.

7 (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MIS8 CELLANEOUS PROJECTS.—Section 1069 of such Act is

9 amended—

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

11 and

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub13 section:

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

15 carry out this section shall remain available until ex16 pended.’’.

17 (e) FINAL RULE FOR ROADSIDE BARRIERS AND SAFE18 TY APPURTENANCES.—Section 1073(b) of such Act (105

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

20 ‘‘2 years’’.

21 (f) INTERSTATE STUDY COMMISSION.—Section 1099 of

22 such Act (105 Stat. 2026) is amended—

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

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

25 inserting ‘‘the enactment of this Act’’;
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1 (3) by inserting after ‘‘Columbia’’ the second

2 place it appears the following: ‘‘appointed by the Gov3 ernors of the States of Maryland and Virginia and

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

5 and

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

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

8 Virginia, and the District of Columbia appointed by

9 the Governors and the Mayor, respectively’’.

10 (g) DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT TRAINING PRO11 GRAM.—Section 2006(b) of such Act (23 U.S.C. 403 note;

12 105 Stat. 2080) is amended by inserting ‘‘Federal’’ before

13 ‘‘Advisory’’.

14 (h) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO CER15 TAIN HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 2009 of such

16 Act (105 Stat. 2080) is amended—

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

18 (2) by striking ‘‘211(b)’’ the first place it ap19 pears and inserting ‘‘211’’;

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

21 (4) by striking subsection (b).

22 SEC. 261. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PRO23 GRAM.

24 In administering section 1003(b) of the Intermodal

25 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the limita-
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1 tion on annual gross receipts of a small business concern

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

3 only limitation on annual gross receipts which applies to

4 small business concerns.

5 SEC. 262. AMENDMENTS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

6 AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT

7 OF 1987.

8 (a) SECTION 149.—Section 149(a)(69) of the Surface

9 Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of

10 1987 (101 Stat. 191), relating to Burbank-Glendale-Pasa11 dena Airport, California, is amended—

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

13 (2) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and con14 struction of terminal and parking facilities at such

15 airport’’; and

16 (3) by striking ‘‘by making’’ in the second sen17 tence and all that follows through the period at the

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

19 feasibility study and conducting preliminary engi20 neering, design, and construction of a link between

21 such airport and the commuter rail system that is

22 being developed by the Los Angeles County Metropoli23 tan Transportation Authority.’’.

24 (b) SECTION 317.—Section 317(b) of such Act (49

25 U.S.C. App. 1608 note; 101 Stat. 233) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by inserting ‘‘or

2 cooperative agreement’’ after ‘‘contract’’ each place it

3 appears; and

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new para5 graph:

6 ‘‘(7) CONVERSION OF CONTRACTS.—The Sec7 retary may convert existing contracts entered into

8 under this subsection into cooperative agreements.’’.

9 SEC. 263. FREEWAY SERVICE PATROLS.

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

11 Secretary shall find that it is not feasible, any funds ex12 pended in a fiscal year directly or indirectly for freeway

13 service patrols from amounts made available to a State

14 under titles I and III of the Intermodal Surface Transpor15 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 shall be expended with pri16 vately owned or privately operated business concerns. The

17 preceding sentence shall not apply to any publicly owned

18 or operated freeway service patrol that was in operation

19 before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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

21 term ‘‘freeway service patrol’’ means automotive road serv22 ice vehicles and automotive towing vehicles operated in a

23 continuous, dedicated service as part of an incident man24 agement program.
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1 SEC. 264. PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY.

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

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

4 American Highway.

5 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study to be conducted under sub6 section (a) shall at a minimum include the following ele7 ments:

8 (1) Findings on the benefits of constructing a

9 highway at Darien Gap, Panama and Colombia.

10 (2) Recommendations for a self-financing ar11 rangement for completion and maintenance of the

12 Pan American Highway.

13 (3) Recommendations for establishing a Pan

14 American highway authority to monitor financing,

15 construction, maintenance, and operations of the Pan

16 American Highway.

17 (4) Findings on the benefits to trade and pros18 perity of a more efficient Pan American Highway.

19 (5) Findings on the benefits to United States in20 dustry through the use of United States technology

21 and equipment in construction of improvements to the

22 Pan American Highway.

23 (6) Findings on environmental considerations,

24 including environmental considerations relating to

25 the Darien Gap.
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1 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of

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

3 Congress a report on the results of the study conducted

4 under this section.

5 SEC. 265. SECTION 3 PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.

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

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

8 amended—

9 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘letters of in10 tent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall not exceed

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

12 work agreements, and full funding grant agreements

13 shall not exceed the’’; and

14 (2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘new let15 ters issued’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall not ex16 ceed any’’ and inserting ‘‘new letters issued and con17 tingent commitments included in early systems work

18 agreements and full funding agreements shall not ex19 ceed any’’.

20 (b) ASSURED TIMETABLE FOR FINAL DESIGN

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

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

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

24 impact statement is not required for such project, the date
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1 of completion of an environmental assessment for such

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

3 (c) OREGON LIGHT RAIL PROGRAM.—Section

4 3(a)(8)(C)(v) of such Act is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘Westside’’ the first place it ap6 pears;

7 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘101–584;’’; and

8 (3) by inserting before the period at the end the

9 following ‘‘; and the locally preferred alternative for

10 the South/North Corridor Project between Clackamas

11 County, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, and Clark County,

12 Washington’’.

13 (d) RAIL MODERNIZATION.—Section 3(h) of such Act

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

15 inserting ‘‘subsection’’.

16 (e) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Section 3(i)(5)(C) of such

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

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

19 States Code,’’.

20 (f) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR PROGRAMS OF

21 INTERRELATED PROJECTS.—Section 3011(b) of the Inter22 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (49

23 U.S.C. App. 1602 note; 105 Stat. 2098) is amended by in24 serting after ‘‘interrelated projects’’ the following: ‘‘but ex25 cluding any project for which a timetable for project review
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1 or for Federal funding is provided for by a provision of

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

3 and for which such timetable is different than the timetable

4 established by such section’’.

5 (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3007 of the

6 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

7 (105 Stat. 2091) is amended—

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

9 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

10 semicolon; and

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

12 which precedes the closing quotation marks and the

13 final period.

14 SEC. 266. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

15 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 8 of the Fed16 eral Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607) is amended—

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

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

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

20 and inserting ‘‘of such title’’;

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

22 and’’ before ‘‘freight’’;

23 (4) in subsection (g)(5) by redesignating sub24 paragraphs (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and

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

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

3 United States Code, and this Act’’;

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

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

6 to this’’;

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

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

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

10 title’’ after ‘‘104(b)(3)’’;

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

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

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

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

15 ‘‘this’’;

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

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

18 (o) of this section’’;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 new paragraph:

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

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

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

11 ‘‘long range’’.

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

13 is amended by striking the last sentence.

14 (e) NONATTAINMENT AREA REQUIREMENTS.—Section

15 8(l) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘transit’’ and in16 serting ‘‘highway’’.

17 SEC. 267. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.

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

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

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

21 sentence the following: ‘‘employing law enforcement or secu22 rity personnel in areas within or adjacent to such sys23 tems;’’.

24 (b) GRANDFATHER OF CERTAIN URBANIZED AREAS.—

25 Section 9(s)(2) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal
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1 year 1993,’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 1993 and

2 1994,’’.

3 (c) FERRYBOAT OPERATIONS.—For purposes of cal4 culating apportionments under section 9 of the Federal

5 Transit Act for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

6 1994, 50 percent of the ferryboat revenue vehicle miles and

7 50 percent of the ferryboat route miles attributable to serv8 ice provided to the city of Avalon, California, for which the

9 operator receives public assistance shall be included in the

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

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

12 urbanized area under sections 9(b)(2) and 15 of such Act.

13 SEC. 268. MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT BLOCK GRANTS.

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

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

16 and (c) of’’.

17 SEC. 269. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING.

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

19 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. 1607c(b)(10)(A)) is amend20 ed by striking ‘‘technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Technology’’.

21 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILING TO FUND22 ING FOR UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.—Section

23 11(b)(12) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘102’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘1002’’.
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1 (c) UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES.—Section

2 11(c) of such Act is amended—

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

4 ‘‘INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INTER5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR’’;

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

7 for national’’ and inserting ‘‘an international insti8 tute for’’;

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

10 Institute for Transportation Research and Education

11 and’’ and inserting a comma;

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

13 ‘‘South Florida’’;

14 (5) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as

15 paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively;

16 (6) by inserting after paragraph (5) the follow17 ing:

18 ‘‘(6) INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY

19 AND MANAGEMENT.—

20 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The Massachusetts State

21 highway department shall make grants under

22 this section jointly to the University of Massa23 chusetts, Harvard University, and the Massachu24 setts Institute of Technology to establish and op25 erate an interdisciplinary institute to carry out
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1 research and training on issues and operations

2 in urban transportation policy and on strategies

3 for the improvement of urban transportation

4 management and to disseminate the findings

5 thereof.

6 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—The Massachusetts State

7 highway department shall expend, from amounts

8 made available to it for each of the fiscal years

9 1995 through 1997 under section 307(c) of title

10 23, United States Code, $1,000,000 per fiscal

11 year to carry out the purposes of this para12 graph.’’; and

13 (7) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by para14 graph 5 of this subsection by striking ‘‘through the

15 Institute for Transportation Research and Edu16 cation’’.

17 SEC. 270. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

18 (a) CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

19 SERVICES.—Section 12(b) of the Federal Transit Act (49

20 U.S.C. App. 1608(b)) is amended by adding at the end the

21 following new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULES FOR ENGINEERING AND DE23 SIGN CONTRACTS.—

24 ‘‘(A) PERFORMANCE AND AUDITS.—Any

25 contract or subcontract awarded in accordance
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1 with paragraph (4), whether funded in whole or

2 in part with Federal transit funds, shall be per3 formed and audited in compliance with cost

4 principles contained in the Federal acquisition

5 regulations of part 31 of title 48 of the Code of

6 Federal Regulations.

7 ‘‘(B) INDIRECT COST RATES.—Instead of

8 performing its own audits, a recipient of funds

9 under a contract or subcontract awarded in ac10 cordance with paragraph (4) shall accept indi11 rect cost rates established in accordance with the

12 Federal acquisition regulations for 1-year appli13 cable accounting periods by a cognizant govern14 ment agency or independent certified public ac15 countant if such rates are not currently under

16 dispute. Once a firm’s indirect cost rates are ac17 cepted, the recipient of such funds shall apply

18 such rates for the purposes of contract esti19 mation, negotiation, administration, reporting,

20 and contract payment and shall not be limited

21 by administrative or de facto ceilings in accord22 ance with section 15.901(c) of such title 48. A re23 cipient of such funds requesting or using the cost

24 and rate data described in this subparagraph

25 shall notify any affected firm before such request
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1 or use. Such data shall be confidential and shall

2 not be accessible or provided, in whole or in

3 part, to any other firm or to any government

4 agency which is not part of the group of agencies

5 sharing cost data under this subparagraph, ex6 cept by written permission of the audited firm.

7 If prohibited by law, such cost and rate data

8 shall not be disclosed under any circumstances.

9 ‘‘(C) STATE OPTION.—Subparagraphs (A)

10 and (B) shall take effect 2 years after the date

11 of the enactment of this paragraph with respect

12 to all States; except that if a State, during such

13 2-year period, adopts by statute an alternative

14 process intended to promote engineering and de15 sign quality and ensure maximum competition

16 by professional companies of all sizes providing

17 engineering and design services, such subpara18 graphs shall not apply with respect to such

19 State.’’.

20 (b) RAIL TRACKAGE RIGHTS AGREEMENTS.—Section

21 12(c)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘payments

22 for the capital portions of rail trackage rights agreements,’’

23 after ‘‘rights-of-way,’’.
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1 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The first sentence of

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

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

4 (d) TURNKEY SYSTEM PROJECT.—Section 12(l) of

5 such Act is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ‘‘is’’ and in7 serting ‘‘may be’’; and

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

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

10 enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

11 Efficiency Act of 1991’’.

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

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

14 subsection:

15 ‘‘(n) SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS.—

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

17 under this Act determines that facilities and equip18 ment and other assets (including land) acquired, in

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

20 needed for the purposes for which they were acquired,

21 the Secretary shall authorize the sale of the assets

22 with no further obligation to the Federal Government

23 if the Secretary determines that—
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1 ‘‘(A) there are no purposes eligible for as2 sistance under this Act for which the asset should

3 be used; and

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

5 will be used by the recipient to procure items eli6 gible for capital assistance under this Act.

7 ‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The pro8 visions of this subsection shall be in addition to and

9 not in lieu of any other provision of law governing

10 use and disposition of facilities and equipment under

11 an assistance agreement.’’.

12 SEC. 271. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY AND REAPPORTION13 MENT OF SECTION 16 FUNDS.

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

15 1612) is amended—

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

17 semicolon at the end of paragraph (1);

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

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

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

21 and inserting the following:

22 ‘‘Eligible capital expenses under this subsection may in23 clude, at the option of the recipient, the acquisition of trans24 portation services under a contract, lease, or other arrange25 ment.’’;
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1 (4) in subsection (c)(4) by striking ‘‘the enact2 ment of the Federal Transit Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the

3 date of the enactment of the Intermodal Surface

4 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991’’;

5 (5) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the fol6 lowing new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Sums appor8 tioned under this subsection shall be available for ob9 ligation by the State for a period of 2 years following

10 the close of the fiscal year for which the sums are ap11 portioned and any amounts remaining unobligated at

12 the end of such period shall be reapportioned among

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

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

15 and elderly individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘elderly per16 sons and persons with disabilities’’; and

17 (7) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘such individ18 uals’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons’’.

19 SEC. 272. RURAL TRANSIT PROGRAM.

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

21 Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1614(a)) is amended by strik22 ing the final period.

23 SEC. 273. NONDISCRIMINATION.

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

25 1615) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ each place it appears;

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

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

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

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

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

7 (C) by striking ‘‘paragraph (a)’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;

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

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

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

12 and

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

14 and

15 (4) in subsection (d) as so redesignated by strik16 ing ‘‘(a)(3)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c)(2)(B)’’.

17 SEC. 274. AUTHORIZATIONS.

18 (a) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FROM TRUST

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

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

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

22 10,’’; and

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

24 (b) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FROM GENERAL

25 FUND.—Section 21(a)(2) of such Act is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘8 9,’’ and inserting ‘‘6, 8, 9,

2 10,’’; and

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

4 (c) SETASIDE FOR PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND RE5 SEARCH.—Section 21(c) of such Act is amended—

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

7 1992,’’ after ‘‘each fiscal year’’;

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

9 appears;

10 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the State pro11 gram under’’; and

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

13 program under’’.

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

15 amended by striking ‘‘or appropriated’’ each place it

16 appears.

17 (e) COMPLETION OF INTERSTATE TRANSFER TRANSIT

18 PROJECTS.—Section 21(e) of such Act is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘$160,000,000’’ and all that follows through the period

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

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

22 shall remain available until expended.’’.

23 SEC. 275. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.

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

25 1619) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘or 18’’ and in2 serting ‘‘and 18’’; and

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

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

5 SEC. 276. PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

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

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

8 as follows:

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

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

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

13 available for the transit cooperative research program

14 to be administered as follows:

15 ‘‘(A) INDEPENDENT GOVERNING BOARD.—

16 The Secretary shall establish an independent

17 governing board for such program to recommend

18 such transit research, development, and tech19 nology transfer activities as the Secretary deems

20 appropriate.

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

22 The Secretary may make grants to, and enter

23 into cooperative agreements with, the National

24 Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities

25 as the Secretary determines are appropriate.
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1 ‘‘(2) STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.—The re2 maining 50 percent of funds made available under

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

4 to the States for grants and contracts consistent with

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

6 Act in the ratio which the population in urbanized

7 areas in each State bears to the total population in

8 urbanized areas in all the States, as shown by the lat9 est available decennial census, except that no State

shall receive less than 1 10 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount

11 apportioned under this subsection. In any case in

12 which a statewide transit agency is responsible under

13 State law for the financing, construction, and oper14 ation, directly, by lease, contract, or otherwise, of

15 statewide public transportation services, such agency

16 shall be the recipient for receiving and dispensing

17 funds under this paragraph.

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

19 may authorize a portion of its funds made available

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

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

22 appropriate.’’.

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

24 is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘section

2 21(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 21(b)(3)(E) and

3 21(c)(4)’’; and

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

5 after ‘‘$2,000,000’’.

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

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

8 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the date of the enact9 ment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

10 Act of 1991’’.

11 SEC. 277. NEEDS SURVEY AND TRANSFERABILITY STUDY.

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

13 App. 1623(b)) is amended—

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

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

16 and inserting ‘‘section 9(j) of this Act’’; and

17 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘With’’ and in18 serting ‘‘with’’.

19 SEC. 278. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RAIL FIXED GUIDE20 WAY SYSTEM.

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

22 1624(b)) is amended—

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

24 before ‘‘FIXED GUIDEWAY’’; and
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘rail’’ before

2 ‘‘fixed guideway’’.

3 SEC. 279. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.

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

5 1625) is amended in the heading to subsection (b) by strik6 ing ‘‘FUNDING’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAINING OF STATE AND

7 LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL’’.

8 SEC. 280. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

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

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

11 ‘‘SEC. 30. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.

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

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

14 containing nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal,

15 and public domain lands (both reserved and unreserved) ex16 clusive of national forests and national parks and monu17 ments, exceeding 5 percent of the total area of all lands in

18 the State, the Federal share which, but for this subsection,

19 would be applicable for any construction project under this

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

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

22 the State is of its total area.

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

24 PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS AND NATIONAL FORESTS, PARKS,

25 AND MONUMENTS.—In the case of any State containing
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1 nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal, public do2 main lands (both reserved and unreserved), national forests,

3 and national parks and monuments, the Federal share

4 which, but for this subsection, would be applicable for any

5 construction project under this Act shall be increased by

6 a percentage of the remaining cost equal to the percentage

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

8 area.

9 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM SHARE.—Notwithstanding subsections

10 (a) and (b) of this section, the Federal share for any con11 struction project under this Act shall not exceed 95 percent

12 of the total cost of such project.

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

14 where a grant recipient elects to have the Federal share pro15 vided in subsection (b) of this section, the grant recipient

16 must enter into an agreement with the Secretary covering

17 a period of not less than 1 year, requiring grant recipient

18 to use solely for purposes eligible for assistance (other than

19 operating assistance) under this Act (other than paying its

20 share of projects approved under this Act) during the period

21 covered by such agreement the difference between the grant

22 recipient’s share as provided in subsection (b) and what its

23 share would be if it elected to pay the share provided in

24 subsection (a) for all projects subject to such agreement.’’.
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1 SEC. 281. PERFORMANCE REPORTS ON MASS TRANSIT SYS2 TEMS.

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

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

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

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

7 SEC. 282. CROSS REFERENCE TO FEDERAL TRANSIT ACT.

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

9 amended in each of subsections (c)(2) and (d) by striking

10 ‘‘Urban Mass Transportation’’ each place it appears and

11 inserting ‘‘Federal Transit’’.

12 SEC. 283. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRA13 TION PLAN AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX

14 AGREEMENT.

15 Section 4008(j) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor16 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2155) is amended

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

18 ‘‘1002’’.

19 SEC. 284. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS.

20 (a) OPERATIONAL TESTING PROJECTS.—Section

21 6055(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi22 ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2192–2193) is amended by

23 inserting ‘‘and enter into cooperative agreements and con24 tracts with’’ after ‘‘The Secretary may make grants to’’.

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

26 2194–2195) is amended—
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1 (1) in the second sentence of subsection (d) by

2 striking ‘‘projects undertaken pursuant to subsection

3 (c) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘activities under4 taken with funds made available under subsection (b)

5 and activities undertaken with funds subject to sub6 section (c)’’;

7 (2) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘102’’ and in8 serting ‘‘1002’’; and

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

11 ‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF

12 LAW.—A person (including a public agency) that does not

13 receive assistance under title 23, United States Code, the

14 Federal Transit Act, or any provision of this Act (other

15 than the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Act of 1991)

16 shall not be subject to any Federal design standard, law,

17 or regulation applicable to persons receiving such assistance

18 solely by reason of such person receiving assistance under

19 this section.’’.

20 SEC. 285. TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE, AMENDMENTS.

21 The analysis for chapter 1 of title 49, United States

22 Code, is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘Sec. 110. Saint Lawrence Sea24 way Development Corporation.’’; and

25 (2) by striking ‘‘Sec. 111.’’ and inserting ‘‘111.’’.
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1 SEC. 286. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF

2 1982 AMENDMENTS.

3 (a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.—Sec4 tion 402 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of

5 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2302) is amended—

6 (1) by moving each of subparagraphs (H)

7 through (N) (including any clauses therein) 2 ems to

8 the left;

9 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(N) by striking ‘‘give’’

10 and inserting ‘‘gives’’; and

11 (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘3’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘5’’.

13 (b) CARGO CARRYING UNIT LIMITATION.—Section

14 411(j)(5)(D) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2311(j)(5)(D)) is

15 amended by striking ‘‘prohibited under’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘subject to’’.

17 SEC. 287. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT OF

18 1986 AMENDMENTS.

19 (a) SECTION 12011.—Section 12011 of the Commer20 cial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2710)

21 is amended—

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

23 ‘‘104(b)(5), and 104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3),

24 and 104(b)(5)’’; and

25 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii) by striking

26 ‘‘104(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(b)(3)’’.
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1 (b) SECTION NUMBER REDESIGNATION.—Such Act is

2 further amended by redesignating the second section 12020,

3 relating to violation of out-of-service orders, as 12021.

4 SEC. 288. CLEVELAND HARBOR, OHIO.

5 Section 1079 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor6 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2018–2019) is

7 amended—

8 (1) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub9 section (b) and inserting a period; and

10 (2) in subsection (d)—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘279.31 feet’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘269.31 feet’’;

13 (B) by striking ‘‘127.28 feet’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘137.28 feet’’;

15 (C) by striking the comma following ‘‘Grid

16 System’’;

17 (D) by striking ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ east’’ the

18 first place it appears and inserting

19 ‘‘33°¥53′¥08′′ west’’;

20 (E) by striking ‘‘north-westerly’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘northwesterly’’; and

22 (F) by striking ‘‘174,764 square feet (4.012

23 acres)’’ and inserting ‘‘175,143 (4.020 acres)’’.
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1 SEC. 289. OTHER INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

2 EFFICIENCY ACT TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

3 (a) SOUTHERN FLORIDA COMMUTER RAIL.—Section

4 3014 of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

5 of 1991 (105 Stat. 2108) is amended by striking ‘‘(49

6 U.S.C. 1607a)’’.

7 (b) ROAD TESTING OF LCV’S.—Section 4007(d)(1) of

8 such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2302 note) is amended by striking

9 ‘‘on board’’ and inserting ‘‘onboard’’.

10 (c) NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INTERMODAL TRANS11 PORTATION.—Section 5005 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 301 note;

12 105 Stat. 2160–2162) is amended—

13 (1) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘11 mem14 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘15 members’’;

15 (2) in subsection (d)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘3 mem16 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘7 members’’; and

17 (3) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and in18 serting ‘‘1994’’.

19 (d) SECTION 6017.—Section 6017 of such Act (105

20 Stat. 2183) is amended by striking ‘‘502(a)’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘5002(a)’’.

Attest:

Clerk.

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1887

AMENDMENT