12th Avenue to CSAH 13, including bridge and ap-
proaches, ramps, intersecting roadways, signals, turn 
lanes, and multiuse trail, North Branch’’; 
(36) in item number 1852 by striking ‘‘Milepost 
9.3’’ and inserting ‘‘Milepost 24.3’’; 
(37) in item numbers 1926 and 2893 by strik-
ing the project descriptions and inserting ‘‘Grading, 
paving roads, and the transfer of rail-to-truck for 
the intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport, Co-
lumbus, Ohio’’; 
(38) in item number 1933 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Enhance Byzan-
tine Latino Quarter transit plazas at Normandie 
and Pico, and Hoover and Pico, Los Angeles, by im-
proving streetscapes, including expanding concrete 
and paving’’; 
(39) in item number 1975 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Point MacKenzie 
Access Road improvements in Matanuska-Susitna 
Borough’’; 
(40) in item number 2015 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Heidelberg Bor-
ough/Scott Township/Carnegie Borough for design, 
engineering,
acquisition,
and
construction
of 
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streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting and 
safety upgrades, and parking improvements’’; 
(41) in item number 2087 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Railroad crossing 
improvement on Illinois Route 82 in Geneseo’’; 
(42) in item number 2211 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Construct road 
projects and transportation enhancements as part of 
or connected to RiverScape Phase III, Montgomery 
County, Ohio’’; 
(43) in item number 2234 by striking the 
project description and amount and inserting ‘‘North 
Atherton Signal Coordination Project in Centre 
County’’ and ‘‘$400,000’’, respectively; 
(44) in item number 2316 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Construct a new 
bridge at Indian Street, Martin County’’; 
(45) in item number 2420 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Preconstruction 
and construction activities of U.S. 51 between the 
Assumption Bypass and Vandalia’’; 
(46) in item number 2482 by striking ‘‘Coun-
try’’ and inserting ‘‘County’’; 
(47) in item number 2663 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Rosemead Boule-
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vard safety enhancement and beautification, Temple 
City’’; 
(48) in item number 2671 by striking ‘‘from 2 
to 5 lanes and improve alignment within rights-of- 
way in St. George’’ and inserting ‘‘, St. George’’; 
(49) in item number 2743 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Improve safety of 
culvert replacement on 250th Rd. between 460th St. 
and Cty Hwy 20 in Grandview Township, Edgar 
County’’; 
(50) by striking item number 2800; 
(51) in item number 2826 by striking ‘‘State 
Street and Cajon Boulevard’’ and inserting ‘‘Palm 
Avenue’’; 
(52) in item number 2931 by striking ‘‘Frazho 
Road’’ and inserting ‘‘Martin Road’’; 
(53) in item number 3047 by inserting ‘‘and 
roadway improvements’’ after ‘‘safety project’’; 
(54) in item number 3078 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘U.S. 2/Sultan 
Basin Road improvements in Sultan’’; 
(55) in item number 3174 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Improving Outer 
Harbor access through planning, design, construc-
tion, and relocations of Southtowns Connector–NY 
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Route 5, Fuhrmann Boulevard, and a bridge con-
necting the Outer Harbor to downtown Buffalo at 
the Inner Harbor’’; 
(56) in item number 3219 by striking ‘‘Forest’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Warren’’; 
(57) in item number 3254 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Reconstruct PA 
Route 274/34 Corridor, Perry County’’; 
(58) in item number 3260 by striking ‘‘Lake 
Shore Drive’’ and inserting ‘‘Lakeshore Drive and 
parking facility/entrance improvements serving the 
Museum of Science and Industry’’; 
(59) in item number 3368 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Plan, design, and 
engineering, Ludlam Trail, Miami’’; 
(60) in item number 3410 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, purchase 
land, and construct sound walls along the west side 
of I–65 from approximately 950 feet south of the 
Harding Place interchange south to Hogan Road’’; 
(61) in item number 3537 by inserting ‘‘and 
the study of alternatives along the North South Cor-
ridor,’’ after ‘‘Valley’’; 
(62) in item number 3582 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Improving Outer 
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Harbor access through planning, design, construc-
tion, and relocations of Southtowns Connector–NY 
Route 5, Fuhrmann Boulevard, and a bridge con-
necting the Outer Harbor to downtown Buffalo at 
the Inner Harbor’’; 
(63) in item number 3604 by inserting ‘‘/Kane 
Creek Boulevard’’ after ‘‘500 West’’; 
(64) in item number 3632 by striking the 
State, project description, and amount and inserting 
‘‘FL’’, ‘‘Pine Island Road pedestrian overpass, city 
of Tamarac’’, and ‘‘$610,000’’, respectively; 
(65) in item number 3634 by striking the mat-
ters in the State, project description, and amount 
columns and inserting ‘‘FL’’, ‘‘West Avenue Bridge, 
city of Miami Beach’’, and ‘‘$620,000’’, respectively; 
(66) in item number 3673 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Improve marine 
dry-dock and facilities in Ketchikan’’; 
(67) in item number 2942 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Redesigning the 
intersection of Business U.S. 322/High Street and 
Rosedale Avenue and constructing a new East Cam-
pus Drive between High Street (U.S. 322) and 
Matlock Street at West Chester University, West 
Chester, Pennsylvania’’; 
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(68) in item number 2781 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Highway and road 
signage, road construction, and other transportation 
improvement and enhancement projects on or near 
Highway 26, in Riverton and surrounding areas’’; 
(69) in item number 2430 by striking ‘‘200 
South Interchange’’ and inserting ‘‘400 South Inter-
change’’; 
(70) by striking item number 20; 
(71)
in
item
number
424
by
striking 
‘‘$264,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$644,000’’; 
(72) in item number 1210 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Town of New 
Windsor—Riley Road, Shore Drive, and area road 
improvements’’; 
(73) by striking item numbers 68, 905, and 
1742; 
(74)
in
item
number
1059
by
striking 
‘‘$240,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$420,000’’; 
(75)
in
item
number
2974
by
striking 
‘‘$120,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$220,000’’; 
(76) by striking item numbers 841, 960, and 
2030; 
(77)
in
item
number
1278
by
striking 
‘‘$740,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$989,600’’; 
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(78)
in
item
number
207
by
striking 
‘‘$13,600,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,200,000’’; 
(79)
in
item
number
2656
by
striking 
‘‘$12,228,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,970,000’’; 
(80)
in
item
number
1983
by
striking 
‘‘$1,600,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’; 
(81)
in
item
number
753
by
striking 
‘‘$2,700,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,200,000’’; 
(82)
in
item
number
by
striking 
‘‘$6,560,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,480,000’’; 
(83)
in
item
number
2338
by
striking 
‘‘$1,600,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,800,000’’; 
(84)
in
item
number
1533
by
striking 
‘‘$392,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$490,000’’; 
(85)
in
item
number
1354
by
striking 
‘‘$40,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’; 
(86)
in
item
number
3106
by
striking 
‘‘$400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’; 
(87)
in
item
number
799
by
striking 
‘‘$1,600,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’; 
(88) in item number 159— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Construct interchange for 
146th St. and I–69’’ and inserting ‘‘Upgrade 
146th St. to I–69 Access’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘$2,400,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$3,200,000’’; 
(89) by striking item number 2936; 
(90) in item number 3138 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Elimination of 
highway-railway crossing along the KO railroad from 
Salina to Osborne to increase safety and reduce con-
gestion’’; 
(91) in item number 2274 by striking ‘‘between 
Farmington and Merriman’’ and inserting ‘‘between 
Hines Drive and Inkster, Flamingo Street between 
Ann Arbor Trail and Joy Road, and the intersection 
of Warren Road and Newburgh Road’’; 
(92) in item number 52 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Pontiac Trail between E. 
Liberty and McHattie Street’’; 
(93) in item number 1544 by striking ‘‘con-
nector’’; 
(94) in item number 2573 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Rehabilitation of 
Sugar Hill Road in North Salem, NY’’; 
(95) in item number 1450 by striking ‘‘III–VI’’ 
and inserting ‘‘III–VII’’; 
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(96) in item number 2637 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Construction, road 
and safety improvements in Geauga County, OH’’; 
(97) in item number 2342 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Streetscaping, bi-
cycle trails, and related improvements to the I-90/ 
SR-615 interchange and adjacent area and Heisley 
Road in Mentor, including acquisition of necessary 
right-of-way within the Newell Creek development to 
build future bicycle trails and bicycle staging areas 
that will connect into the existing bicycle trail sys-
tem at I-90/SR-615, widening the Garfield Road 
Bridge over I-90 to provide connectivity to the exist-
ing bicycle trail system between the I-90/SR-615 
interchange and Lakeland Community College, and 
acquisition of additional land needed for the preser-
vation of the Lake Metroparks Greenspace Corridor 
with the Newell Creek development adjacent to the 
I-90/SR-615 interchange’’; 
(98) in item number 161 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct False Pass 
causeway and road to the terminus of the south arm
breakwater project’’; 
(99) in item number 2002 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Dowling Road ex-
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tension/reconstruction west from Minnesota Drive to 
Old Seward Highway, Anchorage’’; 
(100) in item number 2023 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Biking and pedes-
trian trail construction, Kentland’’; 
(101) in item number 2035 by striking ‘‘Re-
place’’ and inserting ‘‘Repair’’; 
(102) in item number 2511 by striking ‘‘Re-
place’’ and inserting ‘‘Rehabilitate’’; 
(103) in item number 2981 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Roadway improve-
ments on Highway 262 on the Navajo Nation in 
Aneth’’; 
(104) in item number 2068 by inserting ‘‘and 
approaches’’ after ‘‘capacity’’; 
(105) in item number 98 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Right-of-way acquisition 
and construction for the 77th Street reconstruction 
project, including the Lyndale Avenue Bridge over 
I–494, Richfield’’; 
(106) in item number 1783 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Clark Road access 
improvements, Jacksonville’’; 
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(107) in item number 2711 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Main Street Road 
Improvements through Springfield, Jacksonville’’; 
(108) in item number 3485 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Improve SR 105 
(Hecksher Drive) from Drummond Point to August 
Road, including bridges across the Broward River 
and Dunns Creek, Jacksonville’’; 
(109) in item number 3486 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Construct im-
provements to NE 19th Street/NE 19th Terrace 
from NE 3rd Avenue to NE 8th Avenue, Gaines-
ville’’; 
(110) in item number 3487 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Construct im-
provements to NE 25th Street from SR 26 (Univer-
sity Blvd.) to NE 8th Avenue, Gainesville’’; 
(111) in item number 803 by striking ‘‘St. 
Clair County’’ and inserting ‘‘city of Madison’’; 
(112) in item number 615 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Roadway improve-
ments to Jackson Avenue between Jericho Turnpike 
and Teibrook Avenue’’; 
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(113) in item number 889 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘U.S. 160, State 
Highway 3 to east of the Florida River’’; 
(114) in item number 324 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Paving a portion 
of H–58 from Buck Hill to 4,000 feet east of Hurri-
cane River’’; 
(115) in item number 301 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Improvements for 
St. Georges Avenue between East Baltimore Avenue 
on the southwest and Chandler Avenue on the north-
east’’; 
(116) in item number 1519 by inserting ‘‘at the 
intersection of Quincy/West Drinker/Electric Streets 
near the Dunmore School complex’’ after ‘‘roadway 
redesign’’; 
(117) in item number 2604 by inserting ‘‘on 
Coolidge, Bridge (from Main to Monroe), Skytop 
(from Gedding to Skytop), Atwell (from Bear Creek 
Rd. to Pittston Township), Wood (to Bear Creek 
Rd.), Pine, Oak (from Penn Avenue to Lackawanna 
Avenue), McLean, Second, and Lolli Lane’’ after 
‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(118) in item number 1157 by inserting ‘‘on 
Mill Street from Prince Street to Roberts Street, 
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John Street from Roberts Street to end, Thomas 
Street from Roberts Street to end, Williams Street 
from Roberts Street to end, Charles Street from 
Roberts Street to end, Fair Street from Roberts 
Street to end, Newport Avenue from East Kirmar 
Avenue to end’’ after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(119) in item number 805 by inserting ‘‘on Oak 
Street from Stark Street to the township line at 
Mayock Street and on East Mountain Boulevard’’ 
after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(120) in item number 2704 by inserting ‘‘on 
West Cemetery Street and Frederick Courts’’ after 
‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(121) in item number 3136 by inserting ‘‘on 
Walden Drive and Greenwood Hills Drive’’ after 
‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(122) in item number 1363 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineer-
ing, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 
streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, safety 
improvements, handicap access ramps, parking, and 
roadway redesign on Bilbow Street from Church 
Street to Pugh Street, on Pugh Street from Swallow 
Street to Main Street, Jones Lane from Main Street 
to Hoblak Street, Cherry Street from Green Street 
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etery on Mountain Road (S.R. 1007)’’ after ‘‘road-
way redesign’’; 
(126) in item number 2308 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineer-
ing, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 
streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, safety 
improvements, parking, and roadway redesign, in-
cluding a project to establish emergency access to 
Catherino
Drive
from
South
Valley
Avenue
in 
Throop Borough, Lackawanna County’’; 
(127) in item number 967 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineer-
ing, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 
streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, safety 
improvements, parking, roadway redesign, and catch 
basin restoration and replacement on Cherry Street, 
Willow
Street,
Eno
Street,
Flat
Road,
Krispin 
Street, Parrish Street, Carver Street, Church Street, 
Franklin Street, Carolina Street, East Main Street, 
and Rear Shawnee Avenue in Plymouth Borough, 
Luzerne County’’; 
(128) in item number 989 by inserting ‘‘on Old 
Ashley Road, Ashley Street, Phillips Street, First 
Street, Ferry Road, and Division Street’’ after 
‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
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(344) in item number 4541 by striking ‘‘of the 
New Jersey Turnpike, Carteret’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
the Tremley Point Connector Road of the New Jer-
sey Turnpike’’; 
(345) in item number 4006 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Improvement to 
Alice’s Road/105th Street Corridor including bridge, 
interchange, roadway, right-of-way, and enhance-
ments’’; and 
(346) in item number 2901 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Purchase of land 
and conservation easements within U.S. 24 study 
area in Lucas, Henry, and Fulton Counties, Ohio’’. 
(b) UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, unused obligation au-
thority made available for an item in section 1702 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) that is re-
pealed, or authorized funding for such an item that is re-
duced, by this section shall be made available— 
(1) for an item in section 1702 of that Act that 
is added or increased by this section and that is in 
the same State as the item for which obligation au-
thority or funding is repealed or reduced; 
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(2) in an amount proportional to the amount of 
obligation authority or funding that is so repealed or 
reduced; and 
(3)
individually
for
projects
numbered
through 3676 pursuant to section 1102(c)(4)(A) of 
that Act (119 Stat. 1158). 
(c) TRANSFER OF PROJECT FUNDS.—The Secretary 
of Transportation shall transfer to the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard amounts made available to carry out the 
project described in item number 4985 of the table con-
tained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(119 Stat. 1447) to carry out that project, in accordance 
with the Act of June 21, 1940, commonly known as the 
‘‘Truman-Hobbs Act’’, (33 U.S.C. 511 et seq.). 
(d) ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY USE OF SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDS.—Of the funds ap-
portioned to each State under section 104(b)(3) of title 
23, United States Code, a State may expend for each of 
fiscal years 2007 through 2009 not more than $1,000,000 
for the following activities: 
(1) Participation in the Joint Operation Center 
for
Fuel
Compliance
established
under
section 
143(b)(4)(H) of title 23, United States Code, within 
the Department of the Treasury, including the fund-
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ing of additional positions for motor fuel tax en-
forcement officers and other staff dedicated on a 
full-time basis to participation in the activities of the 
Center. 
(2) Development, operation, and maintenance of 
electronic filing systems to coordinate data exchange 
with the Internal Revenue Service by States that im-
pose a tax on the removal of taxable fuel from any 
refinery and on the removal of taxable fuel from any 
terminal. 
(3) Development, operation, and maintenance of 
electronic single point of filing in conjunction with 
the Internal Revenue Service by States that impose 
a tax on the removal of taxable fuel from any refin-
ery and on the removal of taxable fuel from any ter-
minal. 
(4) Development, operation, and maintenance of 
a certification system by a State of any fuel sold to 
a State or local government (as defined in section 
4221(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) 
for the exclusive use of the State or local govern-
ment or sold to a qualified volunteer fire department 
(as defined in section 150(e)(2) of such Code) for its 
exclusive use. 
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(5) Development, operation, and maintenance of 
a certification system by a State of any fuel sold to 
a nonprofit educational organization (as defined in 
section 4221(d)(5) of such Code) that includes 
verification of the good standing of the organization 
in the State in which the organization is providing 
educational services. 
(e) PROJECT FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 1964 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1519) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Federal share of the cost of the 
projects described in item numbers 1284 and 3093 in the 
table contained in section 1702 of this Act shall be 100 
percent.’’. 
SEC. 106. NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1807(a)(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(119 Stat. 1460) is amended by striking ‘‘Minneapolis-St. 
Paul,
Minnesota’’
and
inserting
‘‘Minneapolis,
Min-
nesota’’. 
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SEC. 107. CORRECTION OF INTERSTATE AND NATIONAL 
HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATIONS. 
(a) TREATMENT.—Section 1908(a) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1469) is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (3). 
(b) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section 1908(b) 
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1470) 
is amended by striking ‘‘from the Arkansas State line’’ 
and inserting ‘‘from Interstate Route 540’’. 
SEC. 108. FUTURE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
Section 1909(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(119 Stat. 1471) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
of paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2007’’; 
(2) in paragraph (11)(C) by striking ‘‘the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; 
(3) in paragraph (11)(D)(i) by striking ‘‘, on a 
reimbursable basis,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (15) by striking ‘‘$1,400,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007’’ and insert-
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ing
‘‘$1,400,000
for
fiscal
year
2006
and 
$3,400,000 for fiscal year 2007’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (14), (15), 
(16), and (17) as paragraphs (15), (16), (17), and 
(18), respectively; and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available to 
carry out this section may be expended only to sup-
port the activities of the Commission. No data, anal-
yses, reports, or any other documents prepared for 
the Commission to fulfill its duties may be provided 
to or shared with other commissions or task forces 
until such data, analyses, reports, or documents 
have been made available to the public.’’. 
SEC. 109. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION; BUY AMERICA. 
(a) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—Section 1926 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1483) is amended 
by striking ‘‘The Department’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Department’’. 
(b) BUY AMERICA.—Section 1928 of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1484) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) the current application by the Federal 
Highway Administration of the Buy America test, 
that is only applied to components or parts of a 
bridge project and not the entire bridge project, is 
inconsistent with this sense of Congress;’’. 
SEC. 110. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. 
The table contained in section 1934(c) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1486) is amended— 
(1) in item number 436 by inserting ‘‘, Saole,’’ 
after ‘‘Sua’’; 
(2) in item number 448 by inserting ‘‘by remov-
ing asphalt and concrete and reinstalling blue cob-
blestones’’ after ‘‘streets’’; 
(3) by striking item number 451; 
(4)
in
item
number
452
by
striking 
‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 
(5) in item number 12 by striking ‘‘Yukon 
River’’ and inserting ‘‘Kuskokwim River’’; 
(6) in item number 18 by striking ‘‘Engineering 
and Construction in Merced County’’ and inserting 
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‘‘and safety improvements/realignment of SR 165 
project study report and environmental studies in 
Merced and Stanislaus Counties’’; 
(7) in item number 38 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Relocation of the Newark 
Train Station’’; 
(8) in item number 57 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Kingsland bypass from 
CR 61 to I–95, Camden County’’; 
(9) in item number 114 by striking ‘‘IA-32’’ 
and inserting ‘‘SW’’ after ‘‘Construct’’; 
(10) in item number 122 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way ac-
quisition, and construction of the SW Arterial and 
connections to U.S. 20, Dubuque County’’; 
(11) in item number 130 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improvements and reha-
bilitation to rail and bridges on the Appanoose 
County Community Railroad’’; 
(12) in item number 133 by striking ‘‘IA-32’’; 
(13) in item number 138 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘West Spencer Beltway 
Project’’; 
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(14) in item number 142 by striking ‘‘MP 9.3, 
Segment I, II, and III’’ and inserting ‘‘Milepost 
24.3’’; 
(15) in item number 161 by striking ‘‘Bridge 
replacement on Johnson Drive and Nall Ave.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Construction improvements’’; 
(16) in item number 182 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improve U.S. 40, M.D. 
715 interchange, and other roadways in the vicinity 
of Aberdeen Proving Ground to support BRAC-re-
lated growth’’; 
(17) in item number 198 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct 1 or more 
grade separated crossings of I–75 and make associ-
ated improvements to improve local and regional 
east-west mobility between Mileposts 279 and 282’’; 
(18) in item number 201 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Alger County, paving a 
portion of H–58 from Buck Hill to a point located 
4,000 feet east of the Hurricane River’’; 
(19) in item number 238 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Develop and construct the 
St. Mary water project road and bridge infrastruc-
ture, including a new bridge and approaches across 
St. Mary River, stabilization and improvements to 
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United States Route 89, and road/canal from Siphon 
Bridge
to
Spider
Lake,
on
the
condition
that 
$2,500,000 of the amount made available to carry 
out this item may be made available to the Bureau 
of Reclamation for use for the Swift Current Creek 
and
Boulder
Creek
bank
and
bed
stabilization 
project in the Lower St. Mary Lake drainage’’; 
(20) in item number 329 by inserting ‘‘, Tulsa’’ 
after ‘‘technology’’; 
(21) in item number 358 by striking ‘‘fuel- 
celled’’ and inserting ‘‘fueled’’; 
(22) in item number 374 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct a 4-lane high-
way between Maverick Junction and the Nebraska 
border’’; and 
(23) in item number 402 by striking ‘‘from 2 
to 5 lanes and improve alignment within rights-of- 
way in St. George’’ and inserting ‘‘, St. George’’. 
SEC. 111. I–95/CONTEE ROAD INTERCHANGE DESIGN. 
Section 1961 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1518) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘STUDY’’ 
and inserting ‘‘DESIGN’’; 
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(2) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) DESIGN.—The Secretary shall make available 
the funds authorized to be appropriated by this section 
for the design of the I–95/Contee Road interchange in 
Prince George’s County, Maryland.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (b); and 
(4) in subsection (b)(1) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’. 
SEC. 112. HIGHWAY RESEARCH FUNDING. 
(a) F–SHRP FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2009, at any time at which an apportionment is made of 
the sums authorized to be appropriated for the surface 
transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air 
quality improvement program, the National Highway Sys-
tem, the Interstate maintenance program, the bridge pro-
gram, or the highway safety improvement program, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall— 
(1) deduct from each apportionment an amount 
not to exceed 0.205 percent of the apportionment; 
and 
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(2) transfer or otherwise make that amount 
available to carry out section 510 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Section 5101 of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘509, 
and 510’’ and inserting ‘‘and 509’’; 
(B)
in
subsection
(a)(4)
by
striking 
‘‘$69,700,000’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,400,000 for fiscal 
year 2005, $69,700,000 for fiscal year 2006, 
$76,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 
2008, and $78,900,000 for fiscal year 2009’’; 
and 
(C) in subsection (b) by inserting after ‘‘50 
percent’’ the following ‘‘or, in the case of funds 
appropriated by subsection (a) to carry out sec-
tion 5201, 5202, or 5203 of this Act, 80 per-
cent’’. 
(2) FUTURE
STRATEGIC
HIGHWAY
RESEARCH 
PROGRAM.—Section 5210 of such Act (119 Stat. 
1804) is amended— 
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(A) by striking subsection (c); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 
under this section shall be available for obligation in the 
same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chap-
ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Fed-
eral share shall be determined under section 510(f) of that 
title. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
Funds made available under this section shall be subject 
to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety construction programs under section 
1102 the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (23 U.S.C. 104 
note; 119 Stat. 1157) or any other Act. 
(e)
EQUITY
BONUS
FORMULA.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in allocating funds for the eq-
uity bonus program under section 105 of title 23, United 
States Code, for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall make the required 
calculations under that section as if this section had not 
been enacted. 
(f) FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—Of the 
amount made available by section 5101(a)(1) of the Safe, 
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Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779)— 
(1) at least $1,000,000 shall be made available 
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to carry 
out section 502(h) of title 23, United States Code; 
and 
(2) at least $4,900,000 shall be made available 
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to carry 
out section 502(i) of that title. 
(g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION
RESEARCH.— 
Section 502 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the first subsection (h), relating 
to infrastructure investment needs reports beginning 
with the report for January 31, 1999. 
(2) ADVANCED TRAVEL FORECASTING PROCE-
DURES PROGRAM.—Section 5512(a)(2) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1829) is 
amended by striking ‘‘PROGRAM APPRECIATION.—’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM APPLICATION.—’’. 
(3)
UNIVERSITY
TRANSPORTATION
RE-
SEARCH.—Section 5506 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
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(A) in subsection (c)(2)(B) by striking 
‘‘tier’’ and inserting ‘‘Tier’’; 
(B) in subsection (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘In order to’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—Nothing in paragraph 
(1) requires a nonprofit institution of higher learn-
ing designated as a Tier II university transportation 
center to maintain total expenditures as described in 
paragraph (1) in excess of the amount of the grant 
awarded to the institution.’’; and 
(C) in subsection (k)(3) by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to 
carry out this section’’ and inserting ‘‘For each 
of fiscal years 2007 through 2009, the Sec-
retary shall expend not more than 1.5 percent 
of amounts made available to carry out this sec-
tion’’. 
SEC. 113. RESCISSION. 
Section 10212 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef-
ficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (as 
amended by section 1302 of the Pension Protection Act 
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of 2006 (Public Law 109–280)) (119 Stat. 1937; 120 
Stat. 780) is amended by striking ‘‘$8,593,000,000’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘$8,710,000,000’’. 
SEC. 114. TEA–21 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.—Section 
1108(f)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (23 U.S.C. 133 note; 112 Stat. 141) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
(b) PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.—The table con-
tained in section 1602 of such Act (112 Stat. 257) is 
amended— 
(1) in item number 1096 (as amended by sec-
tion 1703(a)(11) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
Users (119 Stat. 1454)) by inserting ‘‘, and plan-
ning and construction to Heisley Road,’’ before ‘‘in 
Mentor, Ohio’’; 
(2) in item number 1646 by striking ‘‘and con-
struction’’ and inserting ‘‘construction, reconstruc-
tion, resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and re-
paving’’; and 
(3) in item number 614 by inserting ‘‘and for 
NJ Carteret, NJ Ferry Service Terminal’’ after 
‘‘east’’. 
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SEC.
115.
HIGH
PRIORITY
CORRIDOR
AND
INNOVATIVE 
PROJECT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS.—Section 1105(c) of 
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1212) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (63) by striking ‘‘and United 
States Routes 1, 3, 9, 17, and 46,’’ and inserting 
‘‘United States Routes 1, 9, and 46, and State 
Routes 3 and 17,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (64)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘United States Route 42’’ 
and inserting ‘‘State Route 42’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Interstate Route 676’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Interstate Routes 76 and 676’’. 
(b) INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.—Item number 89 of the 
table contained in section 1107(b) of the Intermodal Sur-
face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2052) is amended in the matter under the column with 
the heading ‘‘INNOVATIVE PROJECTS’’ by inserting ‘‘and 
contiguous counties’’ after ‘‘Michigan’’. 
SEC. 116. DEFINITION OF REPEAT INTOXICATED DRIVER 
LAW. 
Section 164(a)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) receive— 
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‘‘(i) a driver’s license suspension for 
not less than 1 year; or 
‘‘(ii) a combination of suspension of 
all driving privileges for the first 45 days 
of the suspension period followed by a rein-
statement of limited driving privileges for 
the purpose of getting to and from work, 
school, or an alcohol treatment program if 
an ignition interlock device is installed on 
each of the motor vehicles owned or oper-
ated, or both, by the individual; 
‘‘(B) be subject to the impoundment or im-
mobilization of, or the installation of an ignition 
interlock system on, each motor vehicle owned 
or operated, or both, by the individual;’’. 
SEC. 117. RESEARCH TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Section 5506(e)(5)(C) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$2,225,000’’and inserting 
‘‘$2,250,000’’. 
SEC. 118. BUY AMERICA WAIVER NOTIFICATION AND AN-
NUAL REPORTS. 
(a) WAIVER NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Trans-
portation makes a finding under section 313(b) of 
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title 23, United States Code, with respect to a 
project, the Secretary shall— 
(A) publish in the Federal Register, before 
the date on which such finding takes effect, a 
detailed written justification as to the reasons 
that such finding is needed; and 
(B) provide notice of such finding and an 
opportunity for public comment on such finding 
for a period of not to exceed 60 days. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed 
to require the effective date of a finding referred to 
in paragraph (1) to be delayed until after the close 
of the public comment period referred to in para-
graph (1)(B). 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than February 1 
of each year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate a report on the projects for which 
the Secretary made findings under section 313(b) of title 
23, United States Code, during the preceding calendar 
year and the justifications for such findings. 
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SEC. 119. EFFICIENT USE OF EXISTING HIGHWAY CAPAC-
ITY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall 
conduct a study on the impacts of converting left and right 
highway safety shoulders to travel lanes. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) analyze instances in which safety shoulders 
are used for general purpose vehicle traffic, high oc-
cupancy vehicles, and public transportation vehicles; 
(2) analyze instances in which safety shoulders 
are not part of the roadway design; 
(3) evaluate whether or not conversion of safety 
shoulders or the lack of a safety shoulder in the 
original roadway design has a significant impact on 
the number of accidents or has any other impact on 
highway safety; and 
(4) compile relevant statistics. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study. 
SEC. 120. FUTURE INTERSTATE DESIGNATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall designate, as a future Inter-
state Route 69 Spur, the Audubon Parkway and, as a fu-
ture Interstate Route 66 Spur, the Natcher Parkway in 
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Owensboro, Kentucky. Any segment of such routes shall 
become part of the Interstate System (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of title 23, United States Code) at such time 
as the Secretary determines that the segment— 
(1) meets the Interstate System design stand-
ards approved by the Secretary under section 109(b) 
of title 23, United States Code; and 
(2) connects to an existing Interstate System 
segment. 
(b) SIGNS.—Section 103(c)(4)(B)(iv) of title 23, 
United States Code, shall apply to the designations under 
subsection (a); except that a State may install signs on 
the 2 parkways that are to be designated under subsection 
(a) indicating the approximate location of each of the fu-
ture Interstate System highways. 
(c)
REMOVAL
OF
DESIGNATION.—The
Secretary 
shall remove designation of a highway referred to in sub-
section (a) as a future Interstate System route if the Sec-
retary, as of the last day of the 25-year period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act, has not made the 
determinations under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a) with respect to such highway. 
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SEC. 121. EMERGENCY RELIEF. 
Section 1112 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1171) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘There’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) CALIFORNIA.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 
may use funds authorized to carry out the emergency re-
lief program under section 125 of such title to reimburse 
the California State department of transportation for ac-
tual and necessary costs of maintenance and operation, 
less the amount of fares earned, for additional public 
transportation services and traveler information services 
which were provided by such department of transportation 
as a temporary substitute for highway traffic service fol-
lowing the freeway collapse at the interchange connecting 
Interstate Routes 80, 580, and 880 near the San Fran-
cisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, on April 29, 2007, until the 
reopening of that facility on June 29, 2007. The Federal 
share of the cost of activities reimbursed under this sub-
section shall be 100 percent.’’. 
SEC. 122. PROJECT FLEXIBILITY. 
Section 1935(b)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi-
ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
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Users (119 Stat. 1510) is amended by inserting ‘‘project 
numbered 1322 and the’’ after ‘‘the’’. 
SEC. 123. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act (including subsection (b)), this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this Act (other than the amendments made by sec-
tions 101(g), 103, 105, 110, and 201(o)) to the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109– 
59; 119 Stat. 1144) shall— 
(A) take effect as of the date of enactment 
of that Act; and 
(B) be treated as being included in that 
Act as of that date. 
(2) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.—Each provision 
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public 
Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) (including the amend-
ments made by that Act) (as in effect on the day be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act) that is 
amended by this Act (other than sections 101(g), 
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103, 105, 110, and 201(o)) shall be treated as not 
being enacted. 
TITLE II—TRANSIT PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. TRANSIT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) SECTION 5302.—Section 5302(a)(10) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘charter,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘charter, sightseeing,’’. 
(b) SECTION 5303.— 
(1) Section 5303(f)(3)(C)(ii) of such title is 
amended by striking subclause (II) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(II) FUNDING.—For fiscal year 
2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
in addition to other funds made avail-
able to the metropolitan planning or-
ganization for the Lake Tahoe region 
under this chapter and title 23, prior 
to any allocation under section 202 of 
this title and notwithstanding the allo-
cation provisions of section 202, the 
Secretary shall set aside 1⁄2 of 1 per-
cent of all funds authorized to be ap-
propriated
for
such
fiscal
year
to 
carry out section 204 and shall make 
such funds available to the metropoli-
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109 
(6) SECTION 3046.—Section 3046(a)(7) of such 
Act (119 Stat. 1708) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘hydrogen fuel cell vehi-
cles’’ and inserting ‘‘hydrogen fueled vehicles’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘hydrogen fuel cell em-
ployee shuttle vans’’ and inserting ‘‘hydrogen 
fueled employee shuttle vans’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘in Allentown, Pennsyl-
vania’’ and inserting ‘‘to the DaVinci Center in 
Allentown, Pennsylvania’’. 
(7) SECTION
3050.—Section 3050(b) of such 
Act (119 Stat. 1713) is amended by inserting ‘‘by 
negotiating the extension of the existing agreement 
between mile post 191.13 and mile post 185.1 to 
mile post 165.9 in Rhode Island’’ before the period 
at the end. 
(p) TRANSIT TUNNELS.—In carrying out section 
5309(d)(3)(D) of title 49, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall specifically analyze, evalu-
ate, and consider— 
(1) the congestion relief, improved mobility, and 
other benefits of transit tunnels in those projects 
which include a transit tunnel, and 
(2) the associated ancillary and mitigation costs 
necessary to relieve congestion, improve mobility, 
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110 
and
decrease
air
and
noise
pollution
in
those 
projects which do not include a transit tunnel, but 
where a transit tunnel was one of the alternatives 
analyzed. 
(q) REPEAL OF PROHIBITION.—The second sentence 
of section 321 of the Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 (99 Stat. 
1287) is repealed. 
(r) KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, PROPERTY ACQUISI-
TION.—The acquisition of property for the city of Knox-
ville, Tennessee, for the Knoxville, Tennessee, Central Sta-
tion project shall be deemed to qualify as an acquisition 
of land for protective purposes pursuant to section 
622.101 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary 
of Transportation may allow the costs of such acquisition 
to be credited toward the non-Federal share for the 
project. 
TITLE III—OTHER SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO HIGH- 
PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—Section 31104(f) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the designa-
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tion and heading for paragraph (1) and by striking para-
graph (2). 
(b) NEW ENTRANT AUDITS.— 
(1) CORRECTIONS
OF
REFERENCES.—Section 
4107(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1720) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Section 31104’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Section 31144’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(c)’’ 
after ‘‘the second subsection’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7112 
of such Act (119 Stat. 1899) is amended by striking 
subsection (c). 
(c)
PROHIBITED
TRANSPORTATION.—Section 
4114(c)(1) of the such Act (119 Stat. 1726) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the second subsection (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(f)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE RELATING TO MEDICAL EXAM-
INERS.—Section 4116(f) of such Act (119 Stat. 1728) is 
amended by striking ‘‘amendment made by subsection 
(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘amendments made by subsections (a) 
and (b)’’. 
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(e) ROADABILITY TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Sec-
tion 31151(a)(3)(E)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 
(f) CORRECTION OF SUBSECTION REFERENCE.—Sec-
tion 4121 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1734) is amended by striking ‘‘31139(f)(5)’’ and inserting 
‘‘31139(g)(5)’’. 
(g) CDL LEARNER’S PERMIT PROGRAM TECHNICAL 
CORRECTION.—Section 4122(2)(A) of such Act (119 Stat. 
1734) is amended by striking ‘‘license’’ and inserting ‘‘li-
censes’’. 
(h) CDL INFORMATION SYSTEM FUNDING REF-
ERENCE.—Section 31309(f) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘31318’’ and inserting 
‘‘31313’’. 
(i)
CLARIFICATION
OF
REFERENCE.—Section 
229(a)(1) of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improve-
ment Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 119 Stat. 1743) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘of title 49, United States Code,’’ 
after ‘‘31502’’. 
(j)
REGISTRATION
OF
BROKERS.—Section 
4142(c)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
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1747) is amended by inserting ‘‘each place it appears’’ be-
fore the semicolon. 
(k) REDESIGNATION OF SECTION.—The second sec-
tion 39 of chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, relat-
ing to commercial motor vehicles required to stop for in-
spections, and the item relating to such section in the 
analysis for such chapter, are redesignated as section 40. 
(l) OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.—Section 5503 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘Surface 
Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005’’, 
and inserting ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Reauthorization 
Act of 2005’’; and 
(2) by redesignating the first subsection (h), re-
lating to authorization of appropriations, as sub-
section (i) and moving it after the second subsection 
(h). 
(m) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRA-
TION SYSTEM.—Section 13908 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REG-
ISTRATION SYSTEM.—Fees collected under this section 
may be credited to the Department of Transportation ap-
propriations account for purposes for which such fees are 
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collected and shall be available for expenditure for such 
purposes until expended.’’. 
(n) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINITION.— 
Section 14504a(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘a motor carrier required to make 
any filing or pay any fee to a State with respect to the 
motor carrier’s authority or insurance related to operation 
within such State, the motor carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
termining the size of a motor carrier or motor private car-
rier’s fleet in calculating the fee to be paid by a motor 
carrier or motor private carrier pursuant to subsection 
(f)(1), the motor carrier or motor private carrier’’. 
(o) CLARIFICATION OF UNREASONABLE BURDEN.— 
Section 14504a(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘interstate’’ the last place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘intrastate’’. 
(p)
CONTENTS
OF
AGREEMENT
TYPO.—Section 
14504a(f)(1)(A)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ the last place it appears. 
(q) OTHER UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYS-
TEM TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 14504a of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘the a’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a’’; 
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