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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6546 

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to improve the effectiveness 

of transportation programs on Federal lands and to provide funding 

for park roads and parkways and the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in 

Parks Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2010 

Ms. HIRONO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to improve 

the effectiveness of transportation programs on Federal 

lands and to provide funding for park roads and parkways and the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Infra5 structure Improvements on Federal Lands Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS. 

2 (a) PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.—Section 116(d) of 

3 title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) by inserting after ‘‘the State’’ the following: 

5 ‘‘or the appropriate Federal land management agen6 cy’’; and 

7 (2) by inserting after ‘‘a Federal-aid highway’’ 

8 the following: ‘‘or a Federal lands highway’’. 

9 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 204(b)(1) of title 23, 

10 United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

12 (A) by inserting after ‘‘parkways,’’ the fol13 lowing: ‘‘trails that are principally for transpor14 tation purposes,’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period 

17 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(C) maintenance of highways, roads, 

20 parkways, and trails that are principally for 

21 transportation purposes located on public lands, 

22 national parks, and Indian reservations (in ac23 cordance with the safety, bridge, and pavement 

24 management systems established under sub25 section (a)(6)), if the Secretary of the appro26 priate Federal land management agency demVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:02 Dec 20, 2010 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6546.IH H6546

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1 onstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary 

2 that such maintenance will improve the asset 

3 management of such facilities.’’. 

4 (c) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro5 priated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 

6 Mass Transit Account) for park roads and parkways 

7 under section 204 of title 23, United States Code— 

8 (1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

9 (2) $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

10 (3) $605,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

11 (4) $665,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 

12 (5) $730,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and 

13 (6) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 

14 SEC. 3. HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117(d) of title 23, United 

16 States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘thereof;’’ the 

17 following: ‘‘except that the Federal share of the cost of 

18 any portion of a project that is located on public lands 

19 or an Indian reservation, or in a national park or wildlife 

20 refuge, shall be 100 percent and’’. 

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

22 subsection (a) shall apply to projects authorized after the 

23 date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 4. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION IN PARKS AND 

2 PUBLIC LANDS. 

3 (a) QUALIFIED PROJECT.—Section 5320(c)(5) of 

4 title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 

6 by inserting after ‘‘or capital project’’ the following: 

7 ‘‘, or a project described in subparagraph (H),’’; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the ‘‘or’’ at 

9 the end; 

10 (3) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period 

11 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

13 ‘‘(G) is part of a comprehensive alternative 

14 transportation program designed to meet the 

15 transit needs of an eligible area and with re16 spect to which implementation is expected to 

17 last more than one year; or 

18 ‘‘(H) involves financing the costs associ19 ated with operating fixed guideway projects and 

20 systems, buses and related equipment, and bus21 related facilities for which assistance has been 

22 provided under section 5309(b).’’. 

23 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available 

25 from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

26 Trust Fund to carry out section 5320— 


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1 (A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

2 (B) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

3 (C) $121,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

4 (D) $133,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 

5 (E) $146,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and 

6 (F) $161,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 

7 (2) PROJECTS IN NATIONAL PARKS.—Of 

8 amounts made available to carry out section 5320 

9 for each fiscal year specified under paragraph (1), 

10 not less than 60 percent of such amounts shall be 

11 for qualified projects in national parks. 

12 (3) GRANTS AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.— 

13 Amounts made available from the Mass Transit Ac14 count of the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to this 

15 section shall be treated as having been made avail16 able pursuant to section 5338 of title 49, United 

17 States Code, for purposes of subsection (f) of that 

18 section. 

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