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asset condition and performance of the National 
Highway System in accordance with paragraph (5) 
and supporting the progress toward the achievement 
of the national goals identified in section 150. 
‘‘(3) PLAN CONTENTS.—A State asset manage-
ment plan shall, at a minimum, be in a form that 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate and in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a summary listing of the pavement 
and bridge assets on the National Highway Sys-
tem in the State, including a description of the 
condition of those assets; 
‘‘(B) asset management objectives and meas-
ures; 
‘‘(C) performance gap identification; 
‘‘(D) lifecycle cost and risk management 
analysis; 
‘‘(E) a financial plan; and 
‘‘(F) investment strategies. 
‘‘(4) STANDARDS AND MEASURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of the MAP–21, the Secretary 
shall, in consultation with State departments of
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transportation and other stakeholders, estab-
lish— 
‘‘(i) minimum standards for States to 
use in developing and operating pavement 
management systems and bridge manage-
ment systems; 
‘‘(ii) measures for States to use to as-
sess— 
‘‘(I) the condition of pavements on 
the Interstate system; 
‘‘(II) the condition of pavements 
on the National Highway System (ex-
cluding the Interstate); 
‘‘(III) the condition of bridges on 
the National Highway System; 
‘‘(IV) the performance of the 
Interstate System; and 
‘‘(V) the performance of the Na-
tional Highway System (excluding the 
Interstate System); 
‘‘(iii) the data elements that are nec-
essary to collect and maintain data, and a 
standardized process for collection and shar-
ing of data with appropriate governmental 
entities at the Federal, State, and local lev-
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els (including metropolitan planning orga-
nizations), to carry out paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(iv) minimum levels for— 
‘‘(I) the condition of pavement on 
the Interstate System; and 
‘‘(II) the condition of bridges on 
the National Highway System. 
‘‘(B) STATE PARTICIPATION.—In carrying 
out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) provide States not less than 90 
days to comment on any regulation pro-
posed by the Secretary under that subpara-
graph; and 
‘‘(ii) take into consideration any com-
ments of the States relating to a proposed 
regulation received during that comment pe-
riod. 
‘‘(5) STATE PERFORMANCE TARGETS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
TARGETS.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date on which the 
Secretary promulgates final regulations under 
paragraph (4), each State, in consultation with 
metropolitan planning organizations, shall estab-
lish targets that address each of the performance 
measures identified in paragraph (4)(A)(ii).
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‘‘(B) PERIODIC UPDATES.—Each State shall 
periodically update the targets established under 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(6) REQUIREMENT
FOR
PLAN.—To obligate 
funding apportioned under section 104(b)(1), each 
State shall have in effect— 
‘‘(A) a risk-based asset management plan 
for the National Highway System in accordance 
with this section, developed through a process de-
fined and approved by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) State targets that address the perform-
ance measures identified in paragraph (4)(B). 
‘‘(7) CERTIFICATION
OF
PLAN
DEVELOPMENT 
PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which a State submits a request 
for approval of the process used by the State to 
develop the State asset management plan for the 
National Highway System, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) review the process; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) certify that the process meets 
the requirements established by the Sec-
retary; or
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‘‘(II) deny certification and specify ac-
tions necessary for the State to take to cor-
rect deficiencies in the State process. 
‘‘(B) RECERTIFICATION.—Not less often 
than every 4 years, the Secretary shall review 
and recertify that the process used by a State to 
develop and maintain the State asset manage-
ment plan for the National Highway System 
meets the requirements for the process, as estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.—If the Sec-
retary denies certification under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall provide the State with— 
‘‘(i) not less than 90 days to cure the 
deficiencies of the plan, during which time 
period all penalties and other legal impacts 
of a denial of certification shall be stayed; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a written statement of the specific 
actions the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary for the State to cure the plan. 
‘‘(8) PERFORMANCE REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of the MAP–21 and
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biennially thereafter, a State shall submit to the 
Secretary a report that describes— 
‘‘(i) the condition and performance of 
the National Highway System in the State; 
‘‘(ii) progress in achieving State tar-
gets for each of the performance measures 
for the National Highway System; and 
‘‘(iii) the effectiveness of the investment 
strategy documented in the State asset man-
agement plan for the National Highway 
System. 
‘‘(B) FAILURE
TO
ACHIEVE
TARGETS.—A 
State that does not achieve or make significant 
progress toward achieving the targets of the State 
for performance measures described in subpara-
graph (A)(ii) for 2 consecutive reports submitted 
under this paragraph shall include in the next 
report submitted a description of the actions the 
State will undertake to achieve the targets. 
‘‘(9) PROCESS.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of the MAP–21, the Secretary 
shall, by regulation and in consultation with State 
departments of transportation, establish the process to 
develop the State asset management plan described in