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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3016 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director of the National 

Park Service to provide funding for high-commuter corridors, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2021 

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director 

of the National Park Service to provide funding for highcommuter corridors, 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 ‘‘Commuter Parkway 

5 Safety and Reliability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDORS. 

7 Section 203(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(6) HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDORS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

2 National Park Service shall carry out a pro3 gram under the Federal lands transportation 

4 program to provide funding for high-commuter 

5 corridors. 

6 ‘‘(B) FUNDING FOR HIGH-COMMUTER COR7 RIDORS.— 

8 ‘‘(i) REQUEST.—If the Director deter9 mines that a high-commuter corridor re10 quires additional investment, based on the 

11 criteria described in clause (iv), the Direc12 tor, with respect to such corridor, shall 

13 provide to the State— 

14 ‘‘(I) information on condition of 

15 pavements and bridges; 

16 ‘‘(II) an estimate of the amounts 

17 needed to bring such corridor into a 

18 state of good repair, taking into con19 sideration any planned future invest20 ments; and 

21 ‘‘(III) at the discretion of the Di22 rector, a request to the National Park 

23 Service, under the authority of section 

24 132, or to the Federal Highway Ad25 ministration, under the authority of 


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1 section 104, to provide funding to ad2 dress the condition of the corridor. 

3 ‘‘(ii) STATE RESPONSE.—Not later 

4 than 45 days after the date of receipt of 

5 the request described in clause (i)(III), the 

6 State shall— 

7 ‘‘(I) approve the request; 

8 ‘‘(II) deny the request and ex9 plain the reasons for such denial; or 

10 ‘‘(III) request any additional in11 formation necessary to take action on 

12 the request. 

13 ‘‘(iii) NOTIFICATION TO THE SEC14 RETARY.—The Director shall provide to 

15 the Secretary of Transportation a copy of 

16 any request or response described under 

17 clauses (i)(III) and (ii). 

18 ‘‘(iv) CRITERIA.—In making a deter19 mination under clause (i), the Director, 

20 with respect to the corridor, shall con21 sider— 

22 ‘‘(I) the condition of roads, 

23 bridges, and tunnels; and 

24 ‘‘(II) the average annual daily 

25 traffic. 


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1 ‘‘(C) HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDOR DE2 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘high-com3 muter corridor’ means a Federal lands trans4 portation facility administered by the National 

5 Park Service that has average annual daily 

6 traffic of not less than 20,000 vehicles. 

7 ‘‘(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA8 TIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise made 

9 available to carry out the Federal lands trans10 portation program, there are authorized to be 

11 appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund 

12 (other than the Mass Transit Account) 

13 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

14 through 2026 to carry out this paragraph.’’. 

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