108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4635
AN ACT
To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor
carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out
of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a
law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century.
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 ‘‘Surface Transpor-
tation Extension Act of 2004, Part III’’.
SEC. 2. ADVANCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of the Surface
Transportation Extension Act of 2003 (23 U.S.C. 104
note; 117 Stat. 1110; 118 Stat. 478; 118 Stat. 627) is
amended by striking ‘‘and the Surface Transportation Ex-
tension Act of 2004, Part II’’ and inserting ‘‘the Surface
Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part II, and the
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III’’.
(b) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS.—
(1) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
MINIMUM
GUAR-
ANTEE.—Section 2(b)(4) of such Act is amended by
striking 
‘‘$2,100,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$2,333,333,333’’.
(2) EXTENSION OF OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGE SET-
ASIDE.—Section 144(g)(3) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘June 30’’ inserting
‘‘July 31’’.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—
Section 1101(c)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (117 Stat. 1111; 118 Stat. 478; 118
Stat. 627) is amended by striking ‘‘$24,270,225,000 for
the period of October 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004’’
and inserting ‘‘$26,998,288,667 for the period of October
1, 2003, through July 31, 2004’’.
(d) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 2(e) of
the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 (117
Stat. 1111; 118 Stat. 478; 118 Stat. 627) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)
of paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘June 30’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘July 31’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘of 2004 and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of 2004,’’;
(B) by inserting after ‘‘Part II’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and the Surface Transportation Ex-
tension Act of 2004, Part III’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘and such Act’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘ and such Acts’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking ‘‘9⁄12’’ and
inserting ‘‘10⁄12’’;
(4) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘June 30’’ and inserting
‘‘July 31’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘$25,382,250,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$28,202,500,000’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘$479,250,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$532,500,000’’; and
(5) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘June 30’’ and
inserting ‘‘July 31’’.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
Section 4(a) of the Surface Transportation Extension
Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 1113; 118 Stat. 479; 118 Stat.
628) is amended by striking ‘‘$337,500,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$343,628,000’’.
SEC. 4. OTHER FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAMS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER
TITLE I OF TEA–21.—
(1) FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.—
(A) INDIAN
RESERVATION
ROADS.—Sec-
tion 1101(a)(8)(A) of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 112;
117 Stat. 1113; 118 Stat. 479; 118 Stat. 628)
is amended—
(i) in the first sentence by striking
‘‘$206,250,000 for the period of October 1,
2003, through June 30, 2004’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$229,166,667 for the period of Octo-
ber 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence by striking
‘‘$9,750,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$10,833,333’’.
(B) PUBLIC
LANDS
HIGHWAYS.—Section
1101(a)(8)(B) of such Act (112 Stat. 112; 117
Stat. 1113; 118 Stat. 480; 118 Stat. 628) is
amended by striking ‘‘$184,500,000 for the pe-
riod of October 1, 2003, through June 30,
2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$205,000,000 for the pe-
riod of October 1, 2003, through July 31,
2004’’.
(C) PARK
ROADS
AND
PARKWAYS.—Sec-
tion 1101(a)(8)(C) of such Act (112 Stat. 112;
117 Stat. 1113; 118 Stat. 480; 118 Stat. 628)
is amended by striking ‘‘$123,750,000 for the
period of October 1, 2003, through June 30,
2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$137,500,000 for the pe-
riod of October 1, 2003, through July 31,
2004’’.
(D) 
REFUGE
ROADS.—Section
1101(a)(8)(D) of such Act (112 Stat. 112; 117
Stat. 1113; 118 Stat. 480; 118 Stat. 628) is
amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 for the pe-
riod of October 1, 2003, through June 30,
2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$16,666,667 for the pe-