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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1347 

To provide funding for projects to reduce traffic congestion and improve 

travel options in the metropolitan Washington region. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2005 

Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. TOM DAVIS of 

Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To provide funding for projects to reduce traffic congestion 

and improve travel options in the metropolitan Washington region. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End D.C. Regional 

5 Traffic Gridlock Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON REGION TRANSPOR7 TATION PROJECTS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 

9 shall make grants to the National Capital Region Trans-
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1 portation Planning Board of the Metropolitan Washington 

2 Council of Governments (in this section referred to as the 

3 ‘‘Board’’) to carry out transportation projects to reduce 

4 traffic congestion and improve travel options in the metro5 politan Washington region. 

6 (b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—— 

7 (1) PROJECT PURPOSES.—Projects eligible for 

8 assistance under this section shall be limited to 

9 projects of regional significance selected by the 

10 Board for one or more of the following purposes: 

11 (A) Establishing and operating an inte12 grated traffic management and incident re13 sponse program. 

14 (B) Expanding use of intelligent transpor15 tation systems. 

16 (C) Improving access to transit facilities. 

17 (D) Improving pedestrian safety. 

18 (E) Promoting telecommuting and tele19 working. 

20 (F) Expanding the network of non21 motorized trails. 

22 (2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out 

23 projects under this section, the following activities 

24 shall be eligible for assistance: 
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1 (A) Any effort to improve coordination of 

2 transportation planning and land use planning. 

3 (B) The design, construction, and mainte4 nance of facilities and services. 

5 (C) The operation of such facilities. 

6 (D) The provision of services. 

7 (E) The deployment of demand reduction 

8 and traffic management measures. 

9 (c) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS.—— 

10 (1) PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.—Except as 

11 otherwise determined by the Secretary, projects car12 ried out under this section shall be subject to— 

13 (A) for highway projects, the planning re14 quirements of title 23, United States Code; and 

15 (B) for transit projects, the planning re16 quirements of chapter 53 of title 49, United 

17 States Code. 

18 (2) CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.—Except as 

19 otherwise determined by the Secretary, construction 

20 standards applicable to the construction of highway 

21 and transit projects under titles 23 and 49, United 

22 States Code, shall apply to the construction of high23 way and transit projects under this section. 
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1 (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

2 of a project carried out under this section shall be 75 per3 cent. 

4 (e) MAINTENANCE OF FUNDING AND EFFORT.—— 

5 (1) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts made 

6 available to carry out this section shall be in addi7 tion to other Federal, State, and local transportation 

8 funding for the metropolitan Washington region ju9 risdictions. 

10 (2) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—In using 

11 funds provided under this section, a metropolitan 

12 Washington region jurisdiction shall maintain the 

13 expenditures of the jurisdiction for transportation in 

14 the metropolitan Washington region at a level that 

15 is not less than the level of the expenditures main16 tained by the jurisdiction for the fiscal year pre17 ceding the fiscal year for which the funds are re18 ceived. 

19 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

21 out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 

22 through 2009. Of such amounts, not to exceed $100,000 

23 per fiscal year may be used for administrative expenses. 

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