(FHWA–RD–01–157) that was delivered to Con-
gress in 2002. 
(2) The ongoing cost of corrosion on United 
States highway bridges represents a needless waste 
of taxpayer dollars. 
(3) One-third of the ongoing cost of corrosion 
on United States highway bridges would be saved if 
existing, fully-developed corrosion prevention tech-
nologies were applied to bridge decks and their sub-
structures. 
(4) The application of corrosion technologies to 
United States highway bridges is necessary, but cur-
rently underused. 
(5)
The application of corrosion prevention 
strategies should be required in the design and reha-
bilitation of bridge structures that use Federal fund-
ing and the development of new corrosion prevention 
technologies should be encouraged. 
SEC. 3. CORROSION MITIGATION AND PREVENTION PLANS 
FOR BRIDGES RECEIVING FEDERAL FUND-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 149 the 
following: 
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‘‘§ 150. Corrosion mitigation and prevention plans 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may approve Fed-
eral assistance for a project for construction of a bridge 
using amounts apportioned under section 104(b)(1) or 
104(b)(3) or a project for replacement or rehabilitation 
of a bridge under section 144 only if— 
‘‘(1) the State or States applying for such as-
sistance develop and submit to the Secretary a cor-
rosion mitigation and prevention plan for the bridge; 
and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary approves the plan. 
‘‘(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may ap-
prove a corrosion mitigation and prevention plan for a 
bridge submitted by a State or States under subsection 
(a) only if the plan contains, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(1) An estimate of the expected useful life of 
the bridge. 
‘‘(2) An estimate of environmental exposure of 
the bridge, including marine, deicer application, in-
dustrial, rural, rainfall, temperature, freeze-thaw, 
and other factors that influence corrosion prevention 
and corrosion mitigation strategies. 
‘‘(3) An identification of the functional classi-
fication of the bridge. 
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‘‘(4) Details of corrosion mitigation and preven-
tion methods that will be used with respect to the 
bridge, taking into account— 
‘‘(A) material selection; 
‘‘(B) coating considerations; 
‘‘(C) cathodic protection considerations; 
‘‘(D) design considerations for corrosion; 
and 
‘‘(E) concrete requirements. 
‘‘(5) Details of a project maintenance program 
for the life of the bridge. 
‘‘(6) A certification that the plan was developed 
by the State or States and approved by a corrosion 
expert. 
‘‘(7) A certification that each individual con-
ducting inspections of Federal-aid highway bridges 
in the State or States receives training from a corro-
sion expert. 
‘‘(c) APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL.—The Secretary 
shall approve or disapprove each corrosion mitigation and 
prevention plan submitted by a State or States under sub-
section (a). If the Secretary disapproves a plan, the Sec-
retary shall inform the State or States of the reasons for 
the disapproval and shall permit the State or States to 
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resubmit the plan with such modifications as the Secretary 
determines necessary. 
‘‘(d) 
MODIFICATIONS
FOLLOWING
PLAN
AP-
PROVAL.—A State or States may modify a corrosion miti-
gation and prevention plan approved under subsection (c) 
to incorporate newly developed corrosion prevention tech-
niques, methods, applications, and best practices if the 
State or States provide advance written notice of the modi-
fication to the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) CORROSION EXPERT.—In this section, the term 
‘‘corrosion expert’’ means an individual who is accredited 
or certified as being qualified by an international technical 
society dedicated to the mitigation and prevention of cor-
rosion or who is a registered professional engineer who 
has certification or licensing that includes education and 
experience in corrosion prevention and control of bridges. 
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall take ef-
fect beginning on the first day of the second fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the Secretary may waive the application of re-
quirements of this section with respect to a bridge 
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for the 6-month period beginning on the first day re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) a corrosion mitigation and prevention 
plan has been submitted for the bridge before 
such first day; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that such a 
waiver is appropriate. 
‘‘(g) FUNDING.—Funds made available to a State 
under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), and 144 may be used 
by the State for activities to comply with the requirements 
of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 149 the following: 
‘‘150. Corrosion mitigation and prevention plans.’’. 
Æ 
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