IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6233 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Received 
NOVEMBER 13, 2006 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
AN ACT 
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make tech-
nical corrections, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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TITLE I—HIGHWAY PROVISIONS 
SECTION 101. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL 
CORRECTIONS. 
(a) CORRECTION OF INTERNAL REFERENCES IN DIS-
ADVANTAGED
BUSINESS
ENTERPRISES.—Paragraphs 
(3)(A) and (5) of section 1101(b) of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1156) are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 
(b) CORRECTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION 
AUTHORITY.—Section 1102(c)(5) of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1158) is amended by striking 
‘‘among the States’’. 
(c) CORRECTION OF FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.— 
Section 1119 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1190) is amended by striking subsection (m) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(m) FOREST HIGHWAYS.—Of the amounts made 
available for public lands highways under section 1101— 
‘‘(1) not more than $20,000,000 for each fiscal 
year may be used for the maintenance of forest 
highways; 
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‘‘(2) not more than $1,000,000 for each fiscal 
year may be used for signage identifying public 
hunting and fishing access; and 
‘‘(3) not more than $10,000,000 for each fiscal 
year shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
pay the costs of facilitating the passage of aquatic 
species beneath forest roads (as defined in section 
101(a) of title 23, United States Code), including 
the costs of constructing, maintaining, replacing, 
and removing culverts and bridges, as appropriate.’’. 
(d) CORRECTION
OF DESCRIPTION
OF NATIONAL 
CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.— 
Item number 1 of the table contained in section 1302(e) 
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1205) 
is amended in the State column by inserting ‘‘LA,’’ after 
‘‘TX,’’. 
(e) CORRECTION OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 376 HIGH 
PRIORITY DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(c)(79) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and on United States Route 422’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1105(e)(5)(B)(i)(I) 
of 
the 
Intermodal 
Surface 
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Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2033; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
United States Route 422’’. 
(f) CORRECTION
OF
INFRASTRUCTURE
FINANCE 
SECTION.—Section 1602(d)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users (119 Stat. 1247) is amended by striking 
‘‘through 189 as sections 601 through 609, respectively’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 190 as sections 601 through 610, 
respectively’’. 
(g) CORRECTION OF PROJECT FEDERAL SHARE.— 
Section 1964(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1519) is amended by striking ‘‘section 120(b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 120’’. 
(h) TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND 
OPERATIONS
DEFINED.—Section 101(a) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(39) TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS
MANAGE-
MENT AND OPERATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘transpor-
tation systems management and operations’ 
means an integrated program to optimize the 
performance of existing infrastructure through 
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the implementation of multimodal and inter-
modal, cross-jurisdictional systems, services, 
and projects designed to preserve capacity and 
improve security, safety, and reliability of the 
transportation system. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘transpor-
tation systems management and operations’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) regional operations collaboration 
and coordination activities between trans-
portation and public safety agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) improvements to the transpor-
tation system, such as traffic detection and 
surveillance, arterial management, freeway 
management, demand management, work 
zone management, emergency manage-
ment, electronic toll collection, automated 
enforcement, traffic incident management, 
roadway weather management, traveler in-
formation services, commercial vehicle op-
erations, traffic control, freight manage-
ment, and coordination of highway, rail, 
transit, bicycle, and pedestrian oper-
ations.’’. 
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(i) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE IN APPORTIONMENT 
OF
HIGHWAY
SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM 
FUNDS.—Effective 
October 
1, 
2006, 
section 
104(b)(5)(A)(iii) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highways’’. 
(j) CORRECTION OF AMENDMENT TO ADVANCE CON-
STRUCTION.—Section 115 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(c). 
(k) CORRECTION OF HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.— 
Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) 
as subsections (e) through (i), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating the second subsection (c) 
(relating to Federal share) as subsection (d); 
(3) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by inserting ‘‘(112 
Stat. 257)’’ after ‘‘21st Century’’; and 
(4) in subsection (a)(2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(119 Stat. 1256)’’. 
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(l) CORRECTION OF TRANSFER OF UNUSED PROTEC-
TIVE-DEVICE FUNDS TO OTHER HIGHWAY SAFETY IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS.—Section 130(e)(2) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘pur-
poses under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘highway safe-
ty improvement program purposes’’. 
(m) CORRECTION OF HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 144 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the section heading by striking ‘‘re-
placement and rehabilitation’’; 
(B) in subsections (b), (c)(1), and (e) by 
striking ‘‘Federal-aid system’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’; 
(C) in subsections (c)(2) and (o) by strik-
ing ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highways’’; 
(D) in the heading to paragraph (4) of 
subsection (d) by inserting ‘‘SYSTEMATIC’’ be-
fore ‘‘PREVENTIVE’’; 
(E) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘off-sys-
tem bridges’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘bridges not on Federal-aid highways’’; 
(F) by striking subsection (f); 
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(G) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(g) 
through (s) as subsections (f) through (r), re-
spectively; 
(H) in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) (as 
redesignated by subparagraph (G)) by striking 
the paragraph heading and inserting ‘‘BRIDGES 
NOT ON FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’; 
(I) in subsection (m) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (G)) by striking the subsection 
heading and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM FOR BRIDGES 
NOT ON FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’; and 
(J) in subsection (n)(4)(B) (as redesig-
nated by subparagraph (G)) by striking ‘‘State 
highway agency’’ and inserting ‘‘State transpor-
tation department’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) 
EQUITY
BONUS
PROGRAM.—Sub-
sections (a)(2)(C) and (b)(2)(C) of section 105 
of title 23, United States Code, are amended by 
striking ‘‘replacement and rehabilitation’’ each 
place it appears. 
(B) ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 1 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended in 
the item relating to section 144 by striking ‘‘re-
placement and rehabilitation’’. 
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(n) CORRECTION
OF NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS 
PROGRAM COVERAGE.—Section 162 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(B) by striking ‘‘a Na-
tional Scenic Byway under subparagraph (A)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a National Scenic Byway, an All-Amer-
ican Road, or one of America’s Byways under para-
graph (1)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ‘‘or All- 
American Road’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘All-American Road, or one of America’s Byways’’. 
(o) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE IN TOLL PROVI-
SION.—Section 166(b)(5)(C) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (4)’’. 
(p) CORRECTION OF RECREATIONAL TRAILS PRO-
GRAM
APPORTIONMENT
EXCEPTIONS.—Section 
206(d)(3)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘(B), (C), and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) and 
(C)’’. 
(q) CORRECTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE.— 
Section 601(a)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘bbb minus, BBB (low),’’ after 
‘‘Baa3,’’. 
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(r) 
CORRECTION
OF
MISCELLANEOUS
TYPO-
GRAPHICAL ERRORS.— 
(1) Section 1401 of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1226) is amended by 
redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
(c) and (d), respectively. 
(2) Section 1404(e) of such Act (119 Stat. 
1229) is amended by inserting ‘‘tribal,’’ after 
‘‘local,’’. 
(3) Section 10211(b)(2) of such Act (119 Stat. 
1937) is amended by striking ‘‘plan administer’’ and 
inserting ‘‘plan and administer’’. 
(4) Section 10212(a) of such Act (119 Stat. 
1937) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘equity bonus,’’ after 
‘‘minimum guarantee,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘freight intermodal connec-
tors’’ and inserting ‘‘railway-highway cross-
ings’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘high risk rural road,’’; 
and 
(D) by inserting after ‘‘highway safety im-
provement programs’’ the following: ‘‘(and sep-
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arately the set aside for the high risk rural road 
program)’’. 
SEC. 102. MAGLEV. 
(a) FUNDING.—Section 1101(a)(18) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1155) is amended by strik-
ing subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(B) $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 and 2009.’’. 
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section 1307 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1217) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) CONTRACT
AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
under section 1101(a)(18) shall be available for obligation 
in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except 
that the funds shall not be transferable and shall remain 
available until expended, and the Federal share of the cost 
of a project to be carried out with such funds shall be 
80 percent.’’. 
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SEC. 103. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFI-
CANCE. 
Item number 22 of the table contained in section 
1301(m) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1204) is amended by striking ‘‘Improvements to I–80, 
Monroe County, PA’’ and inserting ‘‘Redesign and recon-
struction of interchanges 298 and 299 of I–80 and accom-
panying improvements to any other public roads in the 
vicinity, Monroe County’’. 
SEC. 104. NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IM-
PROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
The table contained in section 1302(e) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1205) is amended in 
item number 23 by striking the project description and 
inserting ‘‘Improvements to State Road 312, Hammond’’. 
SEC. 105. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The table contained in section 
1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1256) is amended— 
(1) in item number 34 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Removal and Reconfig-
uration of Interstate ramps, I–40, Memphis’’; 
(2) by striking item number 61; 
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(3) in item number 87 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘M–291 highway outer 
road improvement project’’; 
(4) 
in 
item 
number 
128 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,800,000’’; 
(5) in item number 154 by striking ‘‘Virginia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Eveleth’’; 
(6) in item number 193 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improvements to or ac-
cess to Route 108 to enhance access to the business 
park near Rumford’’; 
(7) in item number 240 by striking ‘‘$800,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,400,000’’; 
(8) by striking item number 248; 
(9) in item number 259 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Corridor study, EIS, and 
ROW acquisition for a bridge from east of the Crow 
Wing Highway 3 bridge crossing the Mississippi 
River in Brainerd to west of the Minnesota State 
Highway 6 bridge crossing the Mississippi River 
north of Crosby’’; 
(10) in item number 274 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Intersection improve-
ments at Belleville and Ecorse Roads and approach 
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