109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3453
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 2005, Part V’’. 
SEC. 2. ADVANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a)(1) of the Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (23 U.S.C. 
104 note; 118 Stat. 1144; 119 Stat. 324; 119 Stat. 346; 
119 Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is amended by striking 
‘‘and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, 
Part IV’’ and inserting ‘‘the Surface Transportation Ex-
tension Act of 2005, Part IV, and the Surface Transpor-
tation Extension Act of 2005, Part V’’. 
(b) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS.—
(1) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
MINIMUM
GUAR-
ANTEE.—Section 2(b)(4) of such Act (119 Stat. 
324; 119 Stat. 346; 119 Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$2,301,370,400’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$2,324,000,000’’. 
(2) EXTENSION OF OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGE SET-
ASIDE.—Section 144(g)(3) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘July 27’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘July 30’’.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—
Section 1101(l)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century (118 Stat. 1145; 119 Stat. 324; 119 
Stat. 346; 119 Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$27,968,968,718 for the period of October 1, 
2004, 
through 
July 
27, 
2005’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$28,243,990,320 for the period of October 1, 2004, 
through July 30, 2005’’. 
(d) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 2(e) of 
the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part 
V (118 Stat. 1146; 119 Stat. 324; 119 Stat. 346; 119 
Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘July 27’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 30’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and the Surface Trans-
portation Extension Act of 2005, Part IV’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Surface Transportation Exten-
sion Act of 2005, Part IV, and the Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part 
V’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘82.2 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘83 percent’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘July 27, 2005, shall not 
exceed $28,520,554,600’’ and inserting ‘‘July 
30, 2005, shall not exceed $28,801,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$525,205,602’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$530,370,000’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘July 27’’ and 
inserting ‘‘July 30’’. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
Section 4(a) of the Surface Transportation Extension 
Act of 2004, Part V (118 Stat. 1147; 119 Stat. 325; 119 
Stat. 346; 119 Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$289,334,862’’ and inserting ‘‘$292,179,920’’. 
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; 
118 Stat. 1147; 119 Stat. 325; 119 Stat. 346; 
119 Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is amended—
(i) in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘$226,027,450 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through July 27, 2005’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$228,250,000 for the period of Octo-
ber 1, 2004, through July 30, 2005’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence by striking 
‘‘$10,684,934’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,790,000’’. 
(B) PUBLIC
LANDS
HIGHWAYS.—Section 
1101(a)(8)(B) of such Act (112 Stat. 112; 118 
Stat. 1148; 119 Stat. 325; 119 Stat. 346; 119 
Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$202,191,828 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through July 27, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘$204,180,000 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through July 30, 2005’’. 
(C) PARK
ROADS
AND
PARKWAYS.—Sec-
tion 1101(a)(8)(C) of such Act (112 Stat. 112; 
118 Stat. 1148; 119 Stat. 325; 119 Stat. 346; 
119 Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$135,616,470 for the period of Octo-
ber 1, 2004, through July 27, 2005’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$136,950,000 for the period of Octo-
ber 1, 2004, through July 30, 2005’’. 
(D) 
REFUGE
ROADS.—Section 
1101(a)(8)(D) of such Act (112 Stat. 112; 118 
Stat. 1148; 119 Stat. 326; 119 Stat. 346; 119 
Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is amended by strik-