to the Committee and Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on the Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate a report on any waivers granted under 
subsection (b).’’. 
SEC. 119. EFFICIENT USE OF EXISTING HIGHWAY CAPAC-
ITY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall 
conduct a study on the impacts of converting left and right 
highway safety shoulders to travel lanes. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) analyze instances in which safety shoulders 
are used for general purpose vehicle traffic, high oc-
cupancy vehicles, and public transportation vehicles; 
(2) analyze instances in which safety shoulders 
are not part of the roadway design; 
(3) evaluate whether or not conversion of safety 
shoulders or the lack of a safety shoulder in the 
original roadway design has a significant impact on 
the number of accidents or has any other impact on 
highway safety; and 
(4) compile relevant statistics. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study. 
SEC. 120. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act (including subsection (b)), this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this Act (other than the amendments made by sec-
tions 103, 105, 110, and 201(o)) to the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 
Stat. 1144) shall— 
(A) take effect as of the date of enactment 
of that Act; and 
(B) be treated as being included in that 
Act as of that date. 
(2) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.—Each provision 
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public 
Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) (including the amend-
ments made by that Act) (as in effect on the day be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act) that is 
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amended by this Act (other than sections 103, 105, 
110, and 201(o)) shall be treated as not being en-
acted. 
TITLE II—TRANSIT PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. TRANSIT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) SECTION 5302.—Section 5302(a)(10) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘charter,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘charter, sightseeing,’’. 
(b) SECTION 5303.— 
(1)
Section
5303(j)(3)(D)
of
such
title
is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or the identified phase’’ 
before ‘‘within the time’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the identified phase’’ 
before the period at the end. 
(2) Section 5303(k)(2) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘a metropolitan planning area serving’’. 
(c) SECTION 5307.—Section 5307(b) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘mass 
transportation’’
and
inserting
‘‘public
transpor-
tation’’; and 
(2)
in
paragraph
(3)
by
striking
‘‘section 
5305(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5303(k)’’. 
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(d) SECTION 5309.—Section 5309(m) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading for paragraph (2)(A) by 
striking ‘‘MAJOR
CAPITAL’’ and inserting ‘‘CAP-
ITAL’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (7)(B) by striking ‘‘section 
3039’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3045’’. 
(e) SECTION 5311.—Section 5311 of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘for any 
purpose other than operating assistance’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘for a capital project or project administrative 
expenses’’; 
(2) in subsections (g)(1)(A) and (g)(1)(B) by 
striking ‘‘capital’’ after ‘‘net’’; and 
(3) in subsection (i)(1) by striking ‘‘Sections 
5323(a)(1)(D) and 5333(b) of this title apply’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Section 5333(b) applies’’. 
(f) SECTION 5312.—The heading for section 5312(c) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘MASS TRANSPOR-
TATION’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION’’. 
(g) SECTION 5314.—Section 5314(a)(3) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 5323(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 5333(b)’’. 
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(h) SECTION 5319.—Section 5319 of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 5307(k)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 5307(d)(1)(K)’’. 
(i) SECTION 5320.—Section 5320 of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘intra— 
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘intraagency’’; 
(2)
in
subsection
(b)(5)(A)
by
striking 
‘‘5302(a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘5302(a)(1)’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(1) by inserting ‘‘to admin-
ister this section and’’ after ‘‘5338(b)(2)(J)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) TRANSFERS TO LAND MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary may transfer amounts avail-
able under paragraph (1) to the appropriate Federal 
land management agency to pay necessary costs of 
the agency for such activities described in paragraph 
(1) in connection with activities being carried out 
under this section.’’. 
(j) SECTION 5323.—Section 5323(n) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 5336(e)(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 5336(d)(2)’’. 
(k) SECTION 5325.—Section 5325(b) of such title is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end ‘‘adopted before August 10, 2005’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(l) SECTION 5336.— 
(1) APPORTIONMENTS OF FORMULA GRANTS.— 
Section 5336 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Of the 
amount’’ and all that follows before paragraph 
(1) and inserting ‘‘Of the amount apportioned 
under subsection (i)(2) to carry out section 
5307—’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (a) and (h)(2) of section 5338’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (a)(1)(C)(vi) and (b)(2)(B) 
of section 5338’’; and 
(C) by redesignating subsection (c), as 
added by section 3034(c) of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1628), as 
subsection (k). 
(2)
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
3034(d)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
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Users (119 Stat. 1629), is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’. 
(m) SECTION 5337.—Section 5337(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘for each of 
fiscal years 1998 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for each 
of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’. 
(n) SECTION 5338.—Section 5338(d)(1)(B) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘section 5315(a)(16)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 5315(b)(2)(P)’’. 
(o) SAFETEA–LU.— 
(1) SECTION 3037.—Section 3037(c)(3) of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1636) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Phase II’’. 
(2) SECTION 3040.—Section 3040(4) of such 
Act
(119
Stat.
1639)
is
amended
by
striking 
‘‘$7,871,895,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,872,893,000’’. 
(3) SECTION 3043.— 
(A)
PORTLAND,
OREGON.—Section 
3043(b)(27) of such Act (119 Stat. 1642) is 
amended
by
inserting
‘‘/Milwaukie’’
after 
‘‘Mall’’. 
(B) SAN DIEGO.—Section 3043(c)(105) of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1645) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘LOSSAN Del Mar-San Diego—Rail Cor-
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ridor Improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘LOSSAN 
Rail Corridor Improvements’’. 
(C) SAN DIEGO.—Section 3043(c)(217) of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1648) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘San Diego’’ and inserting ‘‘San Diego 
Transit’’. 
(D) LIVERMORE.—Section 3043(c) of such 
Act (119 Stat. 1645) is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (102) the following: 
‘‘(102A)
Livermore,
California—Livermore 
Amador Valley Transit Authority BRT.’’. 
(E) SACRAMENTO.—Section 3043(c)(204) 
of such Act (119 Stat. 647) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Downtown’’. 
(4) SECTION 3044.— 
(A) PROJECTS.—The table contained in 
section 3044(a) of such Act (119 Stat. 1652) is 
amended— 
(i) in item 25— 
(I) by striking ‘‘$217,360’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$167,360’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘$225,720’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$175,720’’; 
(ii) in item number 36 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Los An-
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geles County Metropolitan Transportation 
Authority (LACMTA) for bus and bus-re-
lated facilities in the LACMTA’s service 
area’’; 
(iii) in item number 71 by inserting 
‘‘Metropolitan Bus Authority’’ after ‘‘Puer-
to Rico’’; 
(iv) in item number 84 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Improve-
ments to the existing Sacramento Inter-
modal Facility (Sacramento Valley Sta-
tion)’’; 
(v) in item number 94 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Pacific 
Transit, WA Vehicle Replacement’’; 
(vi) in item number 120 by striking 
‘‘Dayton Airport Intermodal Rail Feasi-
bility Study’’ and inserting ‘‘Greater Day-
ton Regional Transit Authority bus facili-
ties’’; 
(vii) in item number 152 by inserting 
‘‘Metropolitan Bus Authority’’ after ‘‘Puer-
to Rico’’; 
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(viii) in item number 416 by striking 
‘‘Improve marine intermodal’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Improve marine dry-dock and’’; 
(ix) by adding at the end— 
(I) in the project description col-
umn ‘‘666. New York City, NY, reha-
bilitation of subway stations to in-
clude passenger access improvements 
including escalators or installation of 
infrastructure for security and surveil-
lance purposes’’; and 
(II) in each of the FY08 and 
FY09
columns
by
inserting 
‘‘$50,000’’; 
(x) in item number 457— 
(I) by striking ‘‘$65,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$0’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘$67,500’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$0’’; and 
(xi) in item number 458— 
(I) by striking ‘‘$65,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$130,000’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘$67,500’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$135,000’’; and 
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(xii) in item number 57 by striking 
the project description and inserting ‘‘Wil-
mington, NC, maintenance, operations and 
administration, transfer facilities’’. 
(B) SPECIAL
RULE.—Section 3044(c) of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1705) is amended— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, or other entity,’’ 
after ‘‘State or local governmental author-
ity’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘projects numbered 
258 and 347’’ and inserting ‘‘projects 
numbered 258, 347, and 411’’. 
(5)
SECTION
3046.—Section
3046(a)(7)
of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1708) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘hydrogen fuel cell vehi-
cles’’ and inserting ‘‘hydrogen fueled vehicles’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘hydrogen fuel cell em-
ployee shuttle vans’’ and inserting ‘‘hydrogen 
fueled employee shuttle vans’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘in Allentown, Pennsyl-
vania’’ and inserting ‘‘to the DaVinci Center in 
Allentown, Pennsylvania’’. 
(6) SAN GABRIEL VALLEY––GOLD LINE FOOT-
HILL EXTENSION PHASE II.—In evaluating the local 
share of the San Gabriel Valley––Gold Line Foothill 
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Extension Phase II project authorized by section 
3043(b)(33) of such Act (119 Stat. 1642) in the 
new starts rating process, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall give consideration to project elements 
of the San Gabriel Valley––Gold Line Foothill Ex-
tension Phase I project advanced with 100 percent 
non-Federal funds. 
TITLE III—OTHER PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO HIGH- 
PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—Section 31104(f) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the designa-
tion and heading for paragraph (1) and by striking para-
graph (2). 
(b) NEW ENTRANT AUDITS.— 
(1) CORRECTIONS
OF
REFERENCES.—Section 
4107(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1720) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Section 31104’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Section 31144’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(c)’’ 
after ‘‘the second subsection’’. 
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7112 
of such Act (119 Stat. 1899) is amended by striking 
subsection (c). 
(c)
PROHIBITED
TRANSPORTATION.—Section 
4114(c)(1) of the such Act (119 Stat. 1726) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the second subsection (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(f)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE RELATING TO MEDICAL EXAM-
INERS.—Section 4116(f) of such Act (119 Stat. 1728) is 
amended by striking ‘‘amendment made by subsection 
(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘amendments made by subsections (a) 
and (b)’’. 
(e) ROADABILITY TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Sec-
tion 31151(a)(3)(E)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 
(f) CORRECTION OF SUBSECTION REFERENCE.—Sec-
tion 4121 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1734) is amended by striking ‘‘31139(f)(5)’’ and inserting 
‘‘31139(g)(5)’’. 
(g) CDL LEARNER’S PERMIT PROGRAM TECHNICAL 
CORRECTION.—Section 4122(2)(A) of such Act (119 Stat. 
1734) is amended by striking ‘‘license’’ and inserting ‘‘li-
censes’’. 
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(h) CDL INFORMATION SYSTEM FUNDING REF-
ERENCE.—Section 31309(f) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘31318’’ and inserting 
‘‘31313’’. 
(i)
CLARIFICATION
OF
REFERENCE.—Section 
229(a)(1) of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improve-
ment Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 119 Stat. 1743) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘of title 49, United States Code,’’ 
after ‘‘31502’’. 
(j)
REGISTRATION
OF
BROKERS.—Section 
4142(c)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1747) is amended by inserting ‘‘each place it appears’’ be-
fore the semicolon. 
(k) REDESIGNATION OF SECTION.—The second sec-
tion 39 of chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, relat-
ing to commercial motor vehicles required to stop for in-
spections, and the item relating to such section in the 
analysis for such chapter, are redesignated as section 40. 
(l) OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.—Section 5503 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘Surface 
Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005’’, 
and inserting ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Reauthorization 
Act of 2005’’; and 
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(2) by redesignating the first subsection (h), re-
lating to authorization of appropriations, as sub-
section (i) and moving it after the second subsection 
(h). 
(m) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRA-
TION SYSTEM.—Section 13908 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f) and by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REG-
ISTRATION SYSTEM.—Fees collected under this section 
may be credited to the Department of Transportation ap-
propriations account for purposes for which such fees are 
collected and shall be available for expenditure for such 
purposes until expended.’’. 
(n) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINITION.— 
Section 14504a(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘a motor carrier required to make 
any filing or pay any fee to a State with respect to the 
motor carrier’s authority or insurance related to operation 
within such State, the motor carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
termining the size of a motor carrier or motor private car-
rier’s fleet in calculating the fee to be paid by a motor 
carrier or motor private carrier pursuant to subsection 
(f)(1), the motor carrier or motor private carrier’’. 
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(o) CLARIFICATION OF UNREASONABLE BURDEN.— 
Section 14504a(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘interstate’’ the last place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘intrastate’’. 
(p)
CONTENTS
OF
AGREEMENT
TYPO.—Section 
14504a(f)(1)(A)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ the last place it appears. 
(q) OTHER UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYS-
TEM TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 14504a of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘the a’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) by striking ‘‘in 
connection with the filing of proof of financial re-
sponsibility’’. 
(r) TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION PROVISIONS.— 
Section 4305(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1764) is amended by striking ‘‘12 months’’ and in-
serting ‘‘24 months’’. 
(s)
IDENTIFICATION
OF
VEHICLES.—Section 
14506(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: 
‘‘or under an applicable State law if, on October 1, 2006, 
the State has a form of highway use taxation not subject 
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