I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2274
To amend title 23, United States Code, to designate the National Highway
System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 7, 1995
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. PETRI, Mr. MINETA, and Mr. RAHALL) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to designate the
National Highway System, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘National Highway System Designation Act of 1995’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Secretary defined.
TITLE I—NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Sec. 101. National highway system designation.
Sec. 102. Distribution of fiscal year 1997 highway funds.
Sec. 103. Treatment of fiscal year 1997 transit funds.
TITLE II—HIGHWAY FUNDING RESTORATION
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 203. State high priority project restoration program.
Sec. 204. Rescissions.
Sec. 205. State unobligated balance flexibility.
Sec. 206. Minimum allocation.
Sec. 207. Relief from mandates.
Sec. 208. Definitions.
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Distribution of transit operating assistance limitation.
Sec. 302. Accountability for high cost Federal-aid projects.
Sec. 303. Letters of intent and full financing grant and early systems work
agreements.
Sec. 304. Report on capital projects.
Sec. 305. Repeal and modification of existing projects.
Sec. 306. Miscellaneous transit projects.
Sec. 307. Metropolitan planning for transit projects.
Sec. 308. Contracting for engineering and design services.
Sec. 309. Intercity bus transportation.
Sec. 310. Formula grant program.
Sec. 311. Accessibility of over-the-road buses to individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 312. Alaska railroad.
Sec. 313. Alcohol and controlled substances testing.
Sec. 314. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.
Sec. 315. Safety research initiatives.
Sec. 316. Public transit vehicles exemption.
Sec. 317. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
Sec. 318. Quality improvement.
Sec. 319. Applicability of transportation conformity requirements.
Sec. 320. Quality through competition.
Sec. 321. Applicability of certain vehicle weight limitations in Wisconsin.
Sec. 322. Treatment of Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, agreement.
Sec. 323. Metric requirements and signs.
Sec. 324. Istea technical clarification.
Sec. 325. Metropolitan planning for highway projects.
Sec. 326. Non-Federal share for certain toll bridge projects.
Sec. 327. Discovery and admission as evidence of certain reports and surveys.
Sec. 328. National recreational trails.
Sec. 329. Identification of high priority corridors.
Sec. 330. High priority corridor feasibility studies.
Sec. 331. High cost bridge projects.
Sec. 332. Congestion relief projects.
Sec. 333. High priority corridors on National Highway System.
Sec. 334. High priority corridor projects.
Sec. 335. Rural access projects.
Sec. 336. Urban access and mobility projects.
Sec. 337. Innovative projects.
Sec. 338. Intermodal projects.
Sec. 339. Miscellaneous revisions to Surface Transportation and Uniform Relo-
cation Assistance Act of 1987.
Sec. 340. Eligibility.
Sec. 341. Orange County, California, toll roads.
Sec. 342. Miscellaneous studies.
Sec. 343. Collection of bridge tolls.
Sec. 344. National driver register.
SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Transportation.
TITLE I—NATIONAL HIGHWAY
SYSTEM
SEC. 101. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION.
Section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
‘‘(c) INITIAL DESIGNATION OF NHS.—The National
Highway System as submitted by the Secretary of Trans-
portation on the map entitled ‘Official Submission, Na-
tional Highway System, Federal Highway Administra-
tion’, and dated September 1, 1995, is hereby designated
within the United States, including the District of Colum-
bia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
‘‘(d) MODIFICATIONS TO THE NHS.—
‘‘(1) PROPOSED
MODIFICATIONS.—The Sec-
retary may submit for approval to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
of the House of Representatives proposed modifica-
tions to the National Highway System. The Sec-
retary may only propose a modification under this
subsection if the Secretary determines that such
modification meets the criteria and requirements of
subsection (b). Proposed modifications may include
new segments and deletion of existing segments of
the National Highway System.
‘‘(2) APPROVAL OF CONGRESS REQUIRED.—A
modification to the National Highway System may
only take effect if a law has been enacted approving
such modification.
‘‘(3) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS.—
‘‘(A) INITIAL SUBMISSION.—Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of the
National Highway System Designation Act of
1995, the Secretary shall submit under para-
graph (1) proposed modifications to the Na-
tional Highway System. Such modifications
shall include a list and description of additions
to the National Highway System consisting of
connections to major ports, airports, inter-
national border crossings, public transportation
and transit facilities, interstate bus terminals,
rail and other intermodal transportation facili-
ties.
‘‘(B) 
CONGRESSIONAL
HIGH
PRIORITY
CORRIDORS.—Upon the completion of feasibility
studies, the Secretary shall submit under para-
graph (1) proposed modifications to the Na-
tional Highway System consisting of any con-
gressional high priority corridor or any segment
thereof established by section 1105 of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 (105 Stat. 2037) which was not identified
on the National Highway System designated by
subsection (c).’’.
SEC. 102. DISTRIBUTION OF FISCAL YEAR 1997 HIGHWAY
FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary shall not apportion or allocate,
prior to August 1, 1997, any funds authorized to be ap-
propriated or made available for fiscal year 1997 under—
(1) title 23, United States Code (other than
sections 125 and 157), except amounts necessary for
the administration of the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration under section 104(a);
(2) title I or VI of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (other than
sections 1103 through 1108);
(3) title IV of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1982; or
(4) section 203(b) of this Act, relating to the
State high priority project restoration program.
(b) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—
(1) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of deter-
mining allocations under section 157(a)(4) of title
23, United States Code, the Secretary shall treat ap-
portionments and allocations that are subject to sub-
section (a) as having been made on October 1, 1996.
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Amounts made available
under section 157 of such title in fiscal year 1997
shall not be obligated at a rate higher than the his-
torical rate of obligation of funds made available
under such section.
SEC. 103. TREATMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 1997 TRANSIT
FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary shall not apportion or allocate
prior to August 1, 1997, any of the funds authorized to
be appropriated or made available for fiscal year 1997
under section 5338 of title 49, United States Code (other
than amounts necessary for administrative expenses of the
Federal Transit Administration).
(b) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION
ON OBLIGATIONS.—
Any funds appropriated after the date of the enactment
of this Act to carry out sections 5303–5306, 5308, 5310,
5311, 5313, 5314, 5317, 5320, 5327, 5334(a), and
5334(c) of title 49, United States Code, and substitute
transit projects under section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United
States Code, and to carry out section 5309 of title 49,
United States Code, may not be obligated before August
1, 1997.
TITLE II—HIGHWAY FUNDING
RESTORATION
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Highway Funding
Restoration Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 202. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds and declares that—
(1) Federal infrastructure spending on high-
ways is critical to the efficient movement of goods
and people in the United States;
(2) section 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 has been esti-
mated to result in fiscal year 1996 highway spend-
ing being reduced by as much as $4,200,000,000;
(3) such section 1003(c) will cause every State
to lose critical funds from the Highway Trust Fund
that can never be recouped; and
(4) the funding reduction would have disastrous
effects on the national economy, impede interstate
commerce, and jeopardize the 40-year Federal in-
vestment in the Nation’s highway system.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to make the program categories in the cur-
rent Federal-aid highway program more flexible so
that States may fund current, high-priority projects
in fiscal year 1996;
(2) to eliminate programs that are not critical
during fiscal year 1996 and to reallocate funds so
that the States will be able to continue their core
transportation infrastructure programs;
(3) to restore funding for exempt highway pro-
grams;
(4) to ensure the equitable distribution of funds
to urbanized areas with a population over 200,000
in a manner consistent with the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; and
(5) to suspend certain penalties that would be
imposed on the States in fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 203. STATE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT RESTORATION
PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each of fiscal
years 1996 and 1997, or as soon as possible thereafter,
the Secretary shall allocate among the States the amounts
made available to carry out this section for Interstate
highway substitute, National Highway System, surface
transportation program, Interstate, congestion mitigation
and air quality improvement program, bridge, hazard
elimination, and rail-highway crossings projects.
(b) ALLOCATION FORMULA.—Funds made available
to carry out this section shall be allocated among the
States in accordance with the following table:
States:
Allocation Percentages
Alabama ............................................................................................. 1.80
Alaska ................................................................................................ 1.20
Arizona ............................................................................................... 1.43
Arkansas ............................................................................................ 1.42
California ........................................................................................... 9.17
Colorado ............................................................................................. 1.27
Connecticut ........................................................................................ 1.74
Delaware ............................................................................................ 0.39
District of Columbia .......................................................................... 0.52
Florida ............................................................................................... 4.04
Georgia ............................................................................................... 2.92
Hawaii ................................................................................................ 0.54
Idaho .................................................................................................. 0.70
Illinois ................................................................................................ 3.88
Indiana ............................................................................................... 2.18
Iowa .................................................................................................... 1.27
Kansas ............................................................................................... 1.13
Kentucky ............................................................................................ 1.53
Louisiana ........................................................................................... 1.52
Maine ................................................................................................. 0.65
Maryland ............................................................................................ 1.68
Massachusetts .................................................................................... 4.11
Michigan ............................................................................................. 2.75
Minnesota ........................................................................................... 1.69
Mississippi .......................................................................................... 1.11
Missouri ............................................................................................. 2.28
Montana ............................................................................................. 0.93
Nebraska ............................................................................................ 0.79
Nevada ............................................................................................... 0.69
New Hampshire ................................................................................. 0.48
New Jersey ......................................................................................... 2.86
New Mexico ........................................................................................ 1.02
New York ........................................................................................... 5.35
North Carolina ................................................................................... 2.62
North Dakota ..................................................................................... 0.64
Ohio .................................................................................................... 3.64
Oklahoma ........................................................................................... 1.36
Oregon ................................................................................................ 1.23
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................... 4.93
Rhode Island ...................................................................................... 0.56
South Carolina ................................................................................... 1.42
South Dakota ..................................................................................... 0.69
Tennessee ........................................................................................... 2.00
Texas .................................................................................................. 6.21
Utah ................................................................................................... 0.73
Vermont ............................................................................................. 0.43
Virginia .............................................................................................. 2.28
Washington ........................................................................................ 2.05
West Virginia ..................................................................................... 1.15
Wisconsin ........................................................................................... 1.90
Wyoming ............................................................................................ 0.65
Puerto Rico ........................................................................................ 0.46
Territories ..........................................................................................
0.01.
(c) EFFECT OF ALLOCATIONS.—Funds distributed to
States under subsection (b) shall not affect calculations
to determine allocations to States under section 157 of
title 23, United States Code, and sections 1013(c),
1015(a), and 1015(b) of the Intermodal Surface Trans-
portation Efficiency Act of 1991. Funds made available
to carry out this section which are derived from section
204 of this Act shall not be treated as funds authorized
by such Act for purposes of section 1003(c) of such Act.
(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, amounts made available to carry
out this section shall be available for obligation for the
fiscal year for which such amounts are made available plus
the 3 succeeding fiscal years and shall be subject to the
provisions of title 23, United States Code. Obligation limi-
tations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety con-
struction programs established by the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and subsequent
laws shall apply to obligations made under this section.
(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF OVER
200,000.—
(1) GENERAL
RULE.—The percentage deter-
mined under paragraph (2) of funds allocated to a
State under this section for a fiscal year shall be ob-
ligated in urbanized areas of the State with an ur-
banized population of over 200,000 under section
133(d)(3) of title 23, United States Code.
(2) PERCENTAGE.—The percentage referred to
in paragraph (1) is the percentage determined by di-
viding—
(A) the total amount of the reduction in
funds which would have been attributed under
section 133(d)(3) of title 23, United States
Code, to urbanized areas of the State with an
urbanized population of over 200,000 for fiscal
year 1996 as a result of the application of sec-
tion 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface Trans-
portation Efficiency Act of 1991; by
(B) the total amount of the reduction in
authorized funds for fiscal year 1996 that
would have been allocated to the State, and
that would have been apportioned to the State,
as a result of the application of such section
1003(c).
(f) LIMITATION
ON PLANNING EXPENDITURES.—
One-half of 1 percent of amounts allocated to each State
under this section in any fiscal year may be available for
expenditure for the purpose of carrying out the require-
ments of section 134 of title 23, United States Code (re-
lating to transportation planning). 11⁄2 percent of the
amounts allocated to each State under this section in any
fiscal year may be available for expenditure for the pur-
pose of carrying out activities referred to in subsection (c)
of section 307 of such title (relating to transportation
planning and research).
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to
carry out this section $340,655,000 for fiscal year 1996
and $155,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.
(h) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 23.—
Except as otherwise provided in this section, funds allo-
cated under this section shall be available for obligation
in the same manner and for the same purposes as if such
funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United
States Code.
(i) TERRITORIES DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘territories’’ means the Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer-
ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands.
SEC. 204. RESCISSIONS.
(a) RESCISSIONS.—Effective October 1, 1995, and
after any necessary reductions are made under section
1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991, the following unobligated balances
available on September 30, 1995, of funds made available
for the following provisions are hereby rescinded:
(1) $78,993.92 made available by section
131(c) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act
of 1982.
(2) $798,701.04 made available by section
131(j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act
of 1982.
(3) $1,500,000 made available by section
106(a)(1) of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(4) $942,249 made available for section
149(a)(66) of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(5) 
$88,195 
made 
available 
for 
section
149(a)(111)(C) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(6) $155,174.41 made available for section
149(a)(111)(E) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(7) $36,979.05 made available for section
149(a)(111)(J) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(8) $34,281.53 made available for section
149(a)(111)(K) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(9) $164,000 made available for section
149(a)(111)(L) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(10) $86,070.82 made available for section
149(a)(111)(M) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(11) $52,834 made available for section
149(a)(95) of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(12) $909,000 made available for section
149(a)(99) of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(13) $3,817,000 made available for section
149(a)(35) of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(14) $797,800 made available for section
149(a)(100) of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
(15) $55.43 made available by section 149(c)(3)
of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Reloca-
tion Assistance Act of 1987.
(16) $20,357,000 made available by section
1012(b)(6) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(17) $18,536,000 made available by section
1003(a)(7) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(18) $1,000,000 made available by item number
38 of the table contained in section 1108(b) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991.
(19) $150,000,000 deducted by the Secretary
under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.
(20) $10,800,000 made available by section
5338(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code.
(b) REDUCTIONS IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS.—
(1) 
MAGNETIC
LEVITATION.—Section
1036(d)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1986) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting
‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1994,’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A) by striking
‘‘$125,000,000’’ the first place it appears and
all that follows through ‘‘1997’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (B) by striking
‘‘1996, and 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘and 1996’’.
(2) HIGHWAY
SAFETY
PROGRAMS.—Section
2005(1) of such Act (105 Stat. 2079) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting a comma; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, 1995, 1996, and 1997’’
and inserting ‘‘and 1995, and $146,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997’’.
(c) CONGESTION PRICING PILOT PROGRAM TRANS-
FERS.—The amounts made available for fiscal years 1996
and 1997 to carry out section 1012(b) of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.
1938) shall be available to carry out section 203 of this
Act, relating to the State high priority restoration pro-
gram.
SEC. 205. STATE UNOBLIGATED BALANCE FLEXIBILITY.
(a) REDUCTION IN FEDERAL FUNDING.—
(1) NOTIFICATION OF STATES.—On October 1,
1995, the Secretary shall notify each State of the
total amount of the reduction in authorized funds
for fiscal year 1996 that would have been allocated
to such State, and that would have been apportioned
to such State, as a result of application of section
1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991.
(2) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FUNDING.—In de-
termining the amount of any reduction under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall deduct—
(A) the amount allocated to each State in
fiscal year 1996 to carry out section 203 of this
Act, relating to the State high priority project
restoration program; and
(B) any amounts made available under sec-
tion 157(a)(4)(B)(iii) of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 1996.
(b) UNOBLIGATED BALANCE FLEXIBILITY.—Upon
request of a State, the Secretary shall make available to
carry out projects described in section 203(a) of this Act
in fiscal year 1996 an amount not to exceed the amount
determined under subsection (a) for the State. Such funds
shall be made available from authorized funds that were
allocated or apportioned to such State and were not obli-
gated as of September 30, 1995. The State shall designate
on or before November 1, 1995, which of such authorized
funds are to be made available under this section to carry
out such projects. The Secretary shall make available be-
fore November 15, 1995, funds designated under the pre-
ceding sentence to the State.
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF OVER
200,000.—Funds which were apportioned to the State
under section 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code,
and attributed to urbanized areas of a State with an ur-
banized population of over 200,000 under section
133(d)(3) of such title may only be designated by the
State under subsection (b) if the metropolitan planning
organization designated for such area concurs, in writing,
with such designation.
(d) CONGESTION MITIGATION
AND AIR QUALITY
BALANCES.—States may designate under subsection (b)
funds apportioned under section 104(b)(2) of title 23,
United States Code, and not obligated as of September
30, 1995, to carry out projects described in section 203(a)
of this Act only if such funds will be obligated in areas
described in section 104(b)(2) of such title.
(e) INTERSTATE
CONSTRUCTION
BALANCES.—A
State may not designate under subsection (b) any more
than 1⁄3 of funds apportioned or allocated to the State for
Interstate construction and not obligated as of September
30, 1995.
(f) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, amounts designated under sub-
section (b) shall be available for obligation for fiscal year
1996 plus the 3 succeeding fiscal years and shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of title 23, United States Code. Obli-
gation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs established by the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and
subsequent laws shall apply to obligations made under this
section.
(g) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect calcula-
tions to determine allocations to States under section 157
of title 23, United States Code, and sections 1013(c),
1015(a), and 1015(b) of the Intermodal Surface Trans-
portation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(h) STATE.—In this section and section 203, the
term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning such term has under sec-
tion 401 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 206. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.
(a) FORMULA.—Section 157(a)(4) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘In fiscal’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘funds authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (f)’’ after ‘‘shall allocate’’;
(3) by moving subparagraph (A), as designated
by paragraph (1) of this subsection, 2 ems to the
right; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
ALLOCATION.—If the
aggregate amount allocated to the States under
subparagraph (A) after application of section
1003(c) the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 for any fiscal year be-
ginning after September 30, 1995, is less than
the amount authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section for such fiscal year, then
the excess of such authorized amount shall be
allocated as follows:
‘‘(i) The Secretary shall first allocate
to each State such amount as may be nec-
essary to increase the allocation under sub-
paragraph (A) to the amount that would
have been allocated to the State for such
fiscal year if the full amount of the funds
authorized to be appropriated for such fis-
cal year by such Act out of the Highway
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Iowa .................................................................................... 1.27
Kansas ................................................................................ 1.13
Kentucky ............................................................................. 1.53
Louisiana ............................................................................ 1.52
Maine .................................................................................. 0.65
Maryland ............................................................................. 1.68
Massachusetts ..................................................................... 4.11
Michigan ............................................................................. 2.75
Minnesota ........................................................................... 1.69
Mississippi .......................................................................... 1.11
Missouri .............................................................................. 2.28
Montana .............................................................................. 0.93
Nebraska ............................................................................. 0.79
Nevada ................................................................................ 0.69
New Hampshire .................................................................. 0.48
New Jersey ......................................................................... 2.86
New Mexico ........................................................................ 1.02
New York ............................................................................ 5.35
North Carolina ................................................................... 2.62
North Dakota ..................................................................... 0.64
Ohio .................................................................................... 3.64
Oklahoma ............................................................................ 1.36
Oregon ................................................................................ 1.23
Pennsylvania ....................................................................... 4.93
Rhode Island ....................................................................... 0.56
South Carolina .................................................................... 1.42
South Dakota ..................................................................... 0.69
Tennessee ........................................................................... 2.00
Texas .................................................................................. 6.21
Utah .................................................................................... 0.73
Vermont .............................................................................. 0.43
Virginia ............................................................................... 2.28
Washington ......................................................................... 2.05
West Virginia ...................................................................... 1.15
Wisconsin ............................................................................ 1.90
Wyoming ............................................................................. 0.65
Puerto Rico ......................................................................... 0.46
Territories ...........................................................................
0.01.
‘‘(C) TERRITORIES
DEFINED.—In this
paragraph, the term ‘territories’ means the Vir-
gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands.’’.
(b) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF OVER
200,000 IN FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997.—Section 157
of such title is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsection (e) and (f), respectively, and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE
FOR URBANIZED AREAS
OF
OVER 200,000 IN FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The percentage deter-
mined under paragraph (2) of funds allocated to a
State under subsection (a)(4)(B)(iii) for each of fis-
cal years 1996 and 1997 shall be obligated in urban-
ized areas of the State with an urbanized population
of over 200,000 under section 133(d)(3).
‘‘(2) PERCENTAGE.—The percentage referred to
in paragraph (1) is the percentage determined by di-
viding—
‘‘(A) the total amount of the reduction in
funds which would have been attributed under
section 133(d)(3) to urbanized areas of the
State with an urbanized population of over
200,000 for fiscal year 1996 as a result of the
application of section 1003(c) of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991;
by
‘‘(B) the total amount of the reduction in
authorized funds for fiscal year 1996 that
would have been allocated to the State, and
that would have been apportioned to the State,
as a result of the application of such section
1003(c).’’.
(c) FUNDING.—Section 157(f) of such title, as redes-
ignated by subsection (b), is amended by inserting before
the period the following: ‘‘and before October 1, 1995,
$1,101,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, $1,378,000,000 for
fiscal year 1997’’.
SEC. 207. RELIEF FROM MANDATES.
(a) MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.—The Secretary shall
not take any action pursuant to or enforce the provisions
of section 303(c) of title 23, United States Code, with re-
spect to any State during fiscal year 1996.
(b) ASPHALT PAVEMENT CONTAINING RECYCLED
RUBBER.—Section 1038 of the Intermodal Surface Trans-
portation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1987–1990)
is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (d).
SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS.
In this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—The term ‘‘author-
ized funds’’ means funds authorized to be appro-
priated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) to carry out title 23,
United States Code (other than sections 402 and
410) and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef-
ficiency Act of 1991 and subject to an obligation
limitation.
(2) URBANIZED AREA.—The term ‘‘urbanized
area’’ has the meaning such term has under section
101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSIT OPERATING ASSIST-
ANCE LIMITATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any limitation
otherwise imposed on operating assistance under section
5307 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall
distribute such limitation so that each urbanized area (as
such term is defined under section 5302 of such title) that
had a population under the 1990 decennial census of the
United States of less than 200,000 will receive, under the
distribution of such limitation for fiscal year 1996, 75 per-
cent of the amount the area received under the distribu-
tion of such limitation for fiscal year 1995.
(b) CONSIDERATION.—In the distribution of the limi-
tation referred to in subsection (a) to urbanized areas that
had a population under the 1990 decennial census of
1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct each such
area to consider the needs and resources of transit au-
thorities operating within the area when the limitation is
distributed among all transit authorities operating in the
area.
SEC. 302. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIGH COST FEDERAL-AID
PROJECTS.
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall require
each recipient of Federal financial assistance for a high-
way or transit project with an estimated total cost of
$1,000,000,000 or more to submit to the Secretary an an-
nual financial plan. Such plan shall be based on detailed
annual estimates of the cost to complete the remaining
elements of the project and on reasonable assumptions,
as determined by the Secretary, of future increases in the
cost to complete the project.
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS ON WITHHOLDING OF AS-
SISTANCE.—As part of an annual report to be submitted
under subsection (c), the Secretary shall make a rec-
ommendation to Congress on whether or not future Fed-
eral assistance should be withheld with respect to any
project described in subsection (a) for which an annual
financial plan is not submitted under subsection (a) or for
which the Secretary determines that the estimates or as-
sumptions referred to in subsection (a) are not reasonable.
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress an annual report on the financial plans submitted
to the Secretary under this section, and any recommenda-
tion made by the Secretary under subsection (b), in the
preceding fiscal year.
SEC. 303. LETTERS OF INTENT AND FULL FINANCING
GRANT AND EARLY SYSTEMS WORK AGREE-
MENTS.
Section 5309(g) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by indenting and dropping paragraph (1)
down 1 line;
(2) by moving all the paragraphs, subpara-
graphs, and clauses of such section 2 ems to the
right;
(3) by inserting after ‘‘(1)’’ the first place it ap-
pears the following: ‘‘LETTERS OF INTENT.—’’;
(4) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking ‘‘Public
Works and Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Trans-
portation and Infrastructure’’;
(5) by inserting after (2) the first place it ap-
pears ‘‘FULL FINANCING GRANT AGREEMENTS.—’’;