I 
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 high- 
commuter corridors, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commuter Parkway 
Safety and Reliability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDORS. 
Section 203(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) HIGH-COMMUTER CORRIDORS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 
National Park Service shall carry out a pro-
gram under the Federal lands transportation 
program to provide funding for high-commuter 
corridors. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING FOR HIGH-COMMUTER COR-
RIDORS.— 
‘‘(i) REQUEST.—If the Director deter-
mines that a high-commuter corridor re-
quires additional investment, based on the 
criteria described in clause (iv), the Direc-
tor, with respect to such corridor, shall 
provide to the State— 
‘‘(I) information on condition of 
pavements and bridges; 
‘‘(II) an estimate of the amounts 
needed to bring such corridor into a 
state of good repair, taking into con-
sideration any planned future invest-
ments; and 
‘‘(III) at the discretion of the Di-
rector, a request to the National Park 
Service, under the authority of section 
132, or to the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, under the authority of 
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section 104, to provide funding to ad-
dress the condition of the corridor. 
‘‘(ii) STATE
RESPONSE.—Not later 
than 45 days after the date of receipt of 
the request described in clause (i)(III), the 
State shall— 
‘‘(I) approve the request; 
‘‘(II) deny the request and ex-
plain the reasons for such denial; or 
‘‘(III) request any additional in-
formation necessary to take action on 
the request. 
‘‘(iii) NOTIFICATION
TO
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The Director shall provide to 
the Secretary of Transportation a copy of 
any request or response described under 
clauses (i)(III) and (ii). 
‘‘(iv) CRITERIA.—In making a deter-
mination under clause (i), the Director, 
with respect to the corridor, shall con-
sider— 
‘‘(I) the condition of roads, 
bridges, and tunnels; and 
‘‘(II) the average annual daily 
traffic. 
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‘‘(C) 
HIGH-COMMUTER
CORRIDOR
DE-
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘high-com-
muter corridor’ means a Federal lands trans-
portation facility administered by the National 
Park Service that has average annual daily 
traffic of not less than 20,000 vehicles. 
‘‘(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available to carry out the Federal lands trans-
portation program, there are authorized to be 
appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other 
than 
the 
Mass 
Transit 
Account) 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026 to carry out this paragraph.’’. 
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