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(18) in item number 374 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct a 4-lane high-
way between Maverick Junction and the Nebraska 
border’’; and 
(19) in item number 402 by striking ‘‘from 2 to 
5 lanes and improve alignment within rights-of-way 
in St. George’’ and inserting ‘‘, St. George’’. 
SEC. 12. HIGHWAY RESEARCH FUNDING. 
(a) F–SHRP FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009, 
at any time at which an apportionment is made of the sums 
authorized to be appropriated for the surface transportation 
program, the congestion mitigation and air quality im-
provement program, the National Highway System, the 
Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, or the 
highway safety improvement program, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) deduct from each apportionment an amount 
not to exceed 0.205 percent of the apportionment; and 
(2) transfer or otherwise make that amount 
available to carry out section 510 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Section 5101 of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
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Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘509, 
and 510’’ and inserting ‘‘and 509’’; 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(a)(4) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$69,700,000’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,400,000 for fiscal 
year 2005, $69,700,000 for fiscal year 2006, 
$76,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 
2008, and $78,900,000 for fiscal year 2009’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘or, in 
the case of funds appropriated by subsection (a) 
to carry out section 5201, 5202, or 5203, 80 per-
cent’’ after ‘‘50 percent’’. 
(2) FUTURE
STRATEGIC
HIGHWAY
RESEARCH 
PROGRAM.—Section 5210 of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Leg-
acy for Users (119 Stat. 1804) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 
under this section shall be available for obligation in the 
same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chap-
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ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal 
share shall be determined under section 510(f) of that title. 
(d) APPLICABILITY
OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
Funds made available under this section shall be subject 
to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety construction programs under section 
1102 the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 
119 Stat. 1157) or any other Act. 
(e) EQUITY BONUS FORMULA.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, in allocating funds for the equity 
bonus program under section 105 of title 23, United States 
Code, for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make the required calcula-
tions under that section as if this section had not been en-
acted. 
(f) FUNDING
FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—Of the 
amount made available by section 5101(a)(1) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779)— 
(1) at least $1,000,000 shall be made available 
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to carry 
out section 502(h) of title 23, United States Code; and 
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