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(2) is constructed with Federal assistance pro-
vided under title 23, United States Code; and 
(3) is in actual operation as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any segment of highway on the 
Federal-aid system described in that subsection that, 
as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the seg-
ment, will have the same number of nontoll lanes as 
were in existence prior to that date. 
(2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.—A high- 
occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane 
shall not be subject to this section, and shall not be 
considered to be a nontoll lane for purposes of deter-
mining whether a highway will have fewer nontoll 
lanes than prior to the date of imposition of the toll, 
if— 
(A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the 
number of passengers specified by the entity op-
erating the toll lane may use the toll lane with-
out paying a toll, unless otherwise specified by 
the appropriate county, town, municipal or 
other local government entity, or public toll road 
or transit authority; or
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(B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that 
was converted to a toll lane was constructed as 
a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane 
under a plan approved by the appropriate coun-
ty, town, municipal or other local government 
entity, or public toll road or transit authority. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to provide credit as-
sistance unless not less than 3 days before any application 
approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 
and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of 
Transportation provides notification in writing to the fol-
lowing committees: the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of 
the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 
a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 
amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 125. Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(j) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN OTHER 
WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS.—If any segment of the United 
States Route 41 corridor, as described in section 
1105(c)(57) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991, is designated as a route on the Interstate 
System, a vehicle that could operate legally on that segment 
before the date of such designation may continue to operate 
on that segment, without regard to any requirement under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(k) OPERATION
OF VEHICLES
ON CERTAIN MIS-
SISSIPPI HIGHWAYS.—If any segment of United States 
Route 78 in Mississippi from mile marker 0 to mile marker 
113 is designated as part of the Interstate System, no limit 
established under this section may apply to that segment 
with respect to the operation of any vehicle that could have 
legally operated on that segment before such designation. 
‘‘(l) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN KENTUCKY 
HIGHWAYS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any segment of highway 
described in paragraph (2) is designated as a route 
on the Interstate System, a vehicle that could operate 
legally on that segment before the date of such des-
ignation may continue to operate on that segment, 
without regard to any requirement under subsection 
(a).
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‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION
OF
HIGHWAY
SEGMENTS.— 
The highway segments referred to in paragraph (1) 
are as follows: 
‘‘(A) Interstate Route 69 in Kentucky (for-
merly the Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky) 
Parkway) from the Interstate Route 24 Inter-
change, near Eddyville, to the Edward T. 
Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway Interchange. 
‘‘(B) The Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) 
Parkway (to be designated as Interstate Route 
69) in Kentucky from the Wendell H. Ford 
(Western Kentucky) Parkway Interchange to 
near milepost 77, and on new alignment to an 
interchange on the Audubon Parkway, if the seg-
ment is designated as part of the Interstate Sys-
tem.’’. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 
of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134
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of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112– 
141, $271,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail-
able for implementation, execution or administration of 
motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized 
under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $271,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2015, of which 
$9,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2017, is for the research and technology pro-
gram, and of which $34,545,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017, is for information 
management: Provided further, That $2,300,000 shall be 
made available for commercial motor vehicle operator 
grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as 
amended by Public Law 112–141, of which $1,300,000 is 
to be made available from prior year unobligated contract 
authority provided in Public Law 112–141, or other appro-
priations or authorization acts: Provided further, That of 
unobligated contract authority provided in Public Law 
112–141, or other appropriations or authorization acts for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’,
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$6,700,000 shall be made available for enforcement and in-
vestigation activities related to the safe transportation of 
energy products, information management and technology 
needs related to the monitoring of high-risk carriers and 
carriers operating under consent agreements, and the Cap-
ital Improvement Plan for border facilities and field offices, 
and an additional $4,000,000 shall be made available to 
administer the study required under section 133 of this Act, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2017: Provided further, That the Secretary shall complete 
final regulatory action on the implementation of 49 United 
States Code 31137 no later than June 1, 2015. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 
31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 
and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public 
Law 112–141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of motor car-
rier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of
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SEC. 132. None of the funds limited or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be used by the Secretary to 
enforce any regulation prohibiting a State from issuing a 
commercial learner’s permit to individuals under the age 
of eighteen if the State had a law authorizing the issuance 
of commercial learner’s permits to individuals under eight-
een years of age as of May 9, 2011. 
SEC. 133. (a) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ENFORCE-
MENT.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to en-
force sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and such sections shall have no force or 
effect from the date of enactment of this Act until the later 
of September 30, 2015, or upon submission of the final re-
port issued by the Secretary under this section. The restart 
provisions in effect on June 30, 2013, shall be in effect dur-
ing this period. 
(b) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.—As soon as possible after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall publish a Notice in the Federal Register and 
on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
website announcing that the provisions in the rule referred 
to in subsection (a) shall have no force or effect from the 
date of enactment of this Act through September 30, 2015,
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and the restart rule in effect on June 30, 2013, shall imme-
diately be in effect. 
(c) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE (CMV) DRIVER RE-
START STUDY.—Within 90 days of the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a naturalistic study 
of the operational, safety, health and fatigue impacts of the 
restart provisions in sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations, on commercial motor vehi-
cle drivers. The study required under this subsection shall— 
(1) compare the work schedules and assess oper-
ator fatigue between the following two groups of com-
mercial motor vehicle drivers, each large enough to 
produce statistically significant results: 
(A) commercial motor vehicle drivers who 
operate under such provisions, in effect between 
July 1, 2013, and the day before the date of en-
actment of this Act, and 
(B) commercial motor vehicle drivers who 
operate under the provisions in effect on June 
30, 2013. 
(2) compare, at a minimum, the 5-month work 
schedules, and assess safety critical events (crashes, 
near crashes and crash-relevant conflicts) and oper-
ator fatigue between the commercial motor vehicle 
drivers identified under subsection (c)(1) of this sec-
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tion from a statistically significant sample of drivers 
comprised of fleets of all sizes, including long-haul, re-
gional and short-haul operations in various sectors of 
the industry, including flat-bed, refrigerated, tank, 
and dry-van, to the extent practicable; 
(3) assess drivers’ safety critical events, fatigue 
and levels of alertness, and driver health outcomes by 
using both electronic and captured record of duty sta-
tus, including the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT), 
e-logging data, actigraph watches and cameras or 
other on-board monitoring systems that record or 
measure safety critical events and driver alertness; 
(4) utilize data from electronic logging devices, 
consistent to the extent practicable, with the antici-
pated requirements for such devices in section 
31137(b) of title 49, United States Code, from motor 
carriers and drivers of commercial motor vehicles, 
notwithstanding any limitation on the use of such 
data under section 31137(e) of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(5) include the development of an initial study 
plan and final report, each of which shall be subject 
to an independent peer review by a panel of individ-
uals with relevant medical and scientific expertise.
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(d) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Prior to the study required 
under this subsection commencing and within 60 days of 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
a plan outlining the scope and methodology for the study 
to the Department of Transportation Inspector General. 
(1) Within 30 days of receiving the plan, the Of-
fice of Inspector General shall review and report 
whether it includes— 
(A) a sufficient number of participating 
drivers to produce statistically significant results 
consistent with subsection (c)(2); 
(B) the use of reliable technologies to assess 
the operational, safety and fatigue components of 
the study to produce consistent and valid results; 
(C) appropriate performance measures to 
properly evaluate the study outcomes; and 
(D) an appropriate selection of the inde-
pendent review panel under subsection (c)(5). 
(2) The Office of Inspector General shall report 
its findings, conclusions and any recommendations to 
the Secretary and to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations within 30 days of receipt of 
the plan.
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(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
submit a final report on the findings and conclusions of 
the study and the Department’s recommendations on wheth-
er the provisions in effect on July 1, 2013, provide a greater 
net benefit for the operational, safety, health and fatigue 
impacts of the restart provisions to the Inspector General 
within 210 days of receiving the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral report required in subsection (d)(2). 
(1) Within 60 days of receipt of the Secretary’s 
findings and recommendations in subsection (e), the 
Inspector General shall report to the Secretary and 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on the study’s compliance with the requirements out-
lined under subsection (c). 
(2) Upon submission of the Office of the Inspec-
tor General report in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall submit its report to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and make the report pub-
lically available on its website. 
(f) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall certify in writing in a manner addressing the Inspec-
tor General’s findings and recommendations in subsection 
(d)(1) and (e)(1) of this section that the Secretary has met 
the requirements as described in section (c) and (d).
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(g) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXCEPTION.—The 
study and the Office of the Inspector General reviews shall 
not be subject to section 3506 or 3507 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 134. None of the funds limited or otherwise made 
available under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs’’ may be used to deny an application 
to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program permit for 
a motor carrier based on that carrier’s Hazardous Mate-
rials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier has the oppor-
tunity to submit a written description of corrective actions 
taken, and other documentation the carrier wishes the Sec-
retary to consider, including submitting a corrective action 
plan, and the Secretary determines the actions or plan is 
insufficient to address the safety concerns that resulted in 
that Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service rate. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety au-
thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
title 49, United States Code, $130,000,000, of which 
$20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2016.
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MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs 
of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $148,050,000, of which 
$11,300,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2016, for the Student In-
centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 
which $1,200,000 shall remain available until expended for 
training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa-
cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy: Provided, That amounts apportioned for the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only 
upon allotments made personally by the Secretary of Trans-
portation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams: Provided further, That the Superintendent, Deputy 
Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource