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ing ‘‘forest development roads’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘National Forest System roads’’.
(3) Section 202(e) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Refuge System,’’ and
inserting ‘‘Refuge System and the various national
fish hatcheries,’’.
(4) Section 204 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘public
lands highways,’’ and inserting ‘‘public lands
highways, recreation roads, forest highways,’’;
and
(B) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘public
lands highways’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘public lands highways, recreation roads,
and forest highways’’.
(5) Section 205 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting the following:
‘‘§ 205. National Forest System roads and trails’’;
and
(B) in subsections (a) and (d), by striking
‘‘forest development roads’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘National Forest System roads’’.
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(6) The analysis for chapter 2 of title 23, United
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating
to section 205 and inserting the following:
‘‘205. National Forest System roads and trails.’’.
(7) Section 217(c) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘refuge roads,’’ after
‘‘Indian reservation roads,’’.
SEC. 1807. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 144 of title 23, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking the section heading and all that
follows through subsection (a) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘§ 144. Highway bridge program
‘‘(a) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT.—Congress finds
and declares that it is in the vital interest of the United
States that a highway bridge program be established to en-
able States to improve the condition of their bridges through
replacement, rehabilitation, and systematic preventative
maintenance on highway bridges over waterways, other top-
ographical barriers, other highways, or railroads at any
time at which the States and the Secretary determine that
a bridge is unsafe because of structural deficiencies, phys-
ical deterioration, or functional obsolescence.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the
following:
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‘‘(d) PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On application by a State to
the Secretary for assistance in replacing or rehabili-
tating a highway bridge that has been determined to
be eligible for replacement or rehabilitation under
subsection (b) or (c), the Secretary may approve Fed-
eral participation in—
‘‘(A) replacing the bridge with a com-
parable bridge; or
‘‘(B) rehabilitating the bridge.
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC KINDS OF REHABILITATION.—On
application by a State to the Secretary for assistance
in painting, seismic retrofit, or preventative mainte-
nance of, or installation of scour countermeasures or
applying calcium magnesium acetate, sodium acetate/
formate, or other environmentally acceptable, mini-
mally corrosive anti-icing and de-icing compositions
to, the structure of a highway bridge, the Secretary
may approve Federal participation in the painting,
seismic retrofit, or preventative maintenance of, or
installation of scour countermeasures or application
of acetate or sodium acetate/formate or such anti-
icing or de-icing composition to, the structure.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall determine
the eligibility of highway bridges for replacement
or rehabilitation for each State based on the
number of unsafe highway bridges in the State.
‘‘(B) 
PREVENTATIVE
MAINTENANCE.—A
State may carry out a project for preventative
maintenance on a bridge, seismic retrofit of a
bridge, or installation of scour countermeasures
to a bridge under this section without regard to
whether the bridge is eligible for replacement or
rehabilitation under this section.’’;
(3) in subsection (e)—
(A) in the third sentence, by striking
‘‘square footage’’ and inserting ‘‘area’’;
(B) in the fourth sentence—
(i) by striking ‘‘by the total cost of any
highway bridges constructed under sub-
section (m) in such State, relating to re-
placement of destroyed bridges and ferry-
boat services, and,’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting
‘‘2003’’; and
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(C) in the seventh sentence, by striking ‘‘the
Federal-aid primary system’’ and inserting
‘‘Federal-aid highways’’;
(4) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(f) SET ASIDES.—
‘‘(1) DISCRETIONARY BRIDGE PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out the bridge
program under this section for each of fiscal
years 2005 through 2009, all but $140,794,340
shall be apportioned as provided in subsection
(e).
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The $140,794,340 re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall be available
at the discretion of the Secretary, except that not
to exceed $23,465,723 of that amount shall be
available only for projects for the seismic retrofit
of bridges.
‘‘(C) SET ASIDES.—For fiscal year 2005,
the Secretary shall provide—
‘‘(i) $46,931,446 to the State of Nevada
for construction of a replacement of the fed-
erally-owned bridge over the Hoover Dam
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in the Lake Mead National Recreation
Area;
‘‘(ii) $46,931,446 to the State of Mis-
souri for construction of a structure over the
Mississippi River to connect the city of St.
Louis, Missouri, to the State of Illinois; and
‘‘(iii) not less than 40 percent of the
amount made available under subparagraph
(B) for the fiscal year for the seismic ret-
rofit of bridges for multilane, suspension
bridges that—
‘‘(I) were open to traffic prior to
1940; and
‘‘(II) are located in high-seismic
zones.’’.
‘‘(2) OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 15 per-
cent of the amount apportioned to each State in
each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be
expended for projects to replace, rehabilitate, per-
form systematic preventative maintenance or
seismic retrofit, or apply calcium magnesium ac-
etate, sodium acetate/formate, or other environ-
mentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-
icing and de-icing compositions or install scour
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countermeasures to highway bridges located on
public roads, other than those on a Federal-aid
highway, or to complete the Warwick Intermodal
Station (including the construction of a people
mover between the Station and the T.F. Green
Airport).
‘‘(B) REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES.—The
Secretary, after consultation with State and
local officials, may, with respect to the State, re-
duce the requirement for expenditure for bridges
not on a Federal-aid highway if the Secretary
determines that the State has inadequate needs
to justify the expenditure.
‘‘(C) PILOT
PROGRAM.—Not less than 20
percent of the amount apportioned to the States
of 
Colorado, 
lllllllll, 
and
lllllllll, for each of fiscal years
2005 through 2009 shall be expended for off-sys-
tem bridge pilot projects.’’;
(5) in subsection (i)—
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘Such reports’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘to Congress.’’; and
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(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) biennially submit such reports as are re-
quired under this subsection to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress simultaneously with the report re-
quired by section 502(g).’’;
(6) in the first sentence of subsection (n), by
striking ‘‘all standards’’ and inserting ‘‘all general
engineering standards’’;
(7) in subsection (o)—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘title (including this
section)’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘200 percent of’’ after
‘‘shall not exceed’’; and
(B) in paragraph (4)(B)—
(i) in the second sentence, by inserting
‘‘200 percent of’’ after ‘‘not to exceed’’; and
(ii) in the last sentence, by striking
‘‘title’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’;
(8) by redesignating subsections (h) through (q)
as subsections (g) through (p), respectively; and
(9) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(q) CONTINUATION OF ANNUAL MATERIALS REPORT
ON NEW BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND BRIDGE REHABILI-
TATION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
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of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary
shall publish in the Federal Register a report describing
construction materials used in new Federal-aid bridge con-
struction and bridge rehabilitation projects.
‘‘(r) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under
paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of a
project payable from funds made available to carry
out this section shall be the share applicable under
section 120(b), as adjusted under section 120(d).
‘‘(2) INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—The Federal share of
the cost of a project on the Interstate System payable
from funds made available to carry out this section
shall be the share applicable under section 120(a).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to section 144 and
inserting the following:
‘‘144. Highway bridge program.’’.
SEC. 1808. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code (as amended by section 1702(a)),
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 170. Appalachian development highway system
‘‘(a) APPORTIONMENT.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall appor-
tion funds made available under section 1101(7) of
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act of 2005 for fiscal years 2005
through 2009 among States based on the latest avail-
able estimate of the cost to construct highways and
access roads for the Appalachian development high-
way system program prepared by the Appalachian
Regional Commission under section 14501 of title 40.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds described in para-
graph (1) shall be available to construct highways
and access roads under chapter 145 of title 40.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE.—Funds made avail-
able under section 1101(7) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi-
ble, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005 for
the Appalachian development highway system shall be
available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds
were apportioned under this chapter, except that—
‘‘(1) the Federal share of the cost of any project
under this section shall be determined in accordance
with subtitle IV of title 40; and
‘‘(2) the funds shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) USE OF TOLL CREDITS.—Section 120(j)(1) of
title 23, United States Code is amended by inserting
‘‘and the Appalachian development highway system
program under subtitle IV of title 40’’ after ‘‘(other
than the emergency relief program authorized by sec-
tion 125’’.
(2) ANALYSIS.—The analysis of chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code (as amended by section
1702(b)), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘170. Appalachian development highway system.’’.
SEC. 1809. MULTISTATE CORRIDOR PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code (as amended by 1808(a)), is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 171. Multistate corridor program
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Secretary
shall carry out a program to—
‘‘(1) support and encourage multistate transpor-
tation planning and development;
‘‘(2) facilitate transportation decisionmaking
and coordinate project delivery involving multistate
corridors; and
‘‘(3) support the planning, development, and
construction of high priority corridors identified by
section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
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tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240;
105 Stat. 2032).
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—A State transportation
department and a metropolitan planning organization may
receive and administer funds provided under this section.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall make
allocations under this program for—
‘‘(1) multistate highway and multimodal plan-
ning studies and construction; and
‘‘(2) coordinated planning, development, and
construction of high priority corridors identified by
section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240;
105 Stat. 2032).
‘‘(d) OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) STUDIES.—All studies funded under this
program shall be consistent with the continuing, coop-
erative, and comprehensive planning processes re-
quired by sections 134 and 135.
‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—All construction funded
under this program shall be consistent with section
133(b)(1).
‘‘(e) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall select
studies and projects to be carried out under the program
based on—