I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6483 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to revise certain infrastructure finance 
provisions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2010 
Ms. RICHARDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to revise certain 
infrastructure finance provisions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TIFIA Expansion Act 
of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. TIFIA FUNDING OF QUALIFIED TRANSIT CAPITAL 
PROJECTS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF MASTER CREDIT AGREEMENT.— 
Section 601(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in paragraph (8)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (D) and inserting a period; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) a project or program of related 
projects that— 
‘‘(i) is for the design, acquisition, con-
struction, or rehabilitation of one or more 
transportation projects that reduces emis-
sions of greenhouse gases or has a positive 
impact on congestion; and 
‘‘(ii) receives not more than 30 per-
cent of its funding for capital costs from 
Federal grant funds made available under 
this title or chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) MASTER CREDIT AGREEMENT.—The term 
‘master credit agreement’ means an agreement en-
tered into by and between the Secretary and an obli-
gor for a project defined in paragraph (9)(E) that— 
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‘‘(A) makes contingent commitments of 
one or more secured loans or other Federal 
credit instruments at future dates; 
‘‘(B) establishes the amounts and general 
terms and conditions of such secured loans or 
other Federal credit instruments; 
‘‘(C) identifies the dedicated revenue 
sources that will secure the repayment of such 
secured loans or other Federal credit instru-
ments; and 
‘‘(D) provides for the obligation of funds 
for such secured loans or other Federal credit 
instruments after all requirements under sec-
tion 602(c) have been met for the project, in-
cluding compliance with the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 432i et seq.).’’. 
(b) 
ELIGIBILITY
AND
ELIGIBLE
PROJECTED 
COSTS.—Section 602(a) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by adding before the pe-
riod at the end the following: 
‘‘(1) , including, in the case of a master credit 
agreement, at such time as the disbursement of loan 
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proceeds or the provision of other credit assistance 
pursuant to the master credit agreement’’; and 
(2) in paragraph 3— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ in 
subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graphs (B) and (C)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) MEGA
TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS.—In 
the case of a project defined in section 601(a)(8)(E), 
eligible project costs shall be reasonably anticipated 
to equal or exceed $1,000,000,000.’’. 
(c) SECURED LOANS.—Section 603(b)(2) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘33 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘49 percent’’. 
(d) LINES OF CREDIT.—Section 604(b)(2) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘33 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘49 percent’’. 
(e) FUNDING.—Section 608(a) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘$122,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$375,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2015’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘$2,200,000 
for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2015’’. 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 603(a)(1) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘into agreements’’ the following: ‘‘, including master 
credit agreements,’’. 
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