I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1533
To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to environmental
improvements, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 6, 1997
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to
environmental improvements, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘National Initiative on
Surface Transportation and the Environment Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Section 149(b) of title 23,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘nonattainment area’’ the
first place it appears ‘‘(including an area subse-
quently redesignated as an attainment area)’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or thereafter’’ after ‘‘1994’’.
(b) PRIORITY
FOR PROJECTS WITH LONG-TERM
SUSTAINABLE AIR QUALITY BENEFITS.—Section 149 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) PRIORITY FOR PROJECTS WITH LONG-TERM
SUSTAINABLE AIR QUALITY BENEFITS.—The Secretary,
after consultation with the Administrator, shall establish
a system for ranking projects and programs that are likely
to have long-term sustainable air quality benefits, includ-
ing energy efficiency, and for providing priority funding
under this section for projects and programs that are
ranked the highest under such system.’’.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purposes of carrying out the congestion mitigation and air
quality improvement program under title 23, United
States Code, there is authorized to be appropriated out
of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) $1,300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In order to provide the
increased authorization of appropriations under subsection
(c), it is the sense of Congress that the authorization of
appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for the Na-
tional Highway System and the surface transportation
program 
shall 
be 
reduced 
in 
the 
aggregate 
by
$400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003.
SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT AND CLEANUP OF BROWNFIELD
SITES.
(a) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section 103(i) of
title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(14) In accordance with all applicable Federal
law and regulations, participation in assessment and
cleanup of brownfield sites relating to projects fund-
ed under this title, projects on the rights-of-way of
facilities constructed on such system under this title
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph, and projects for development of a brown-
field site if such development will provide a sub-
stantive and demonstrable benefit to transportation
on such system, including reduction of congestion,
increased use of mass transit, and improved access
to a transportation facility. Contributions toward
these efforts may occur in advance of project con-
struction only if such efforts are consistent with all
applicable requirements of Federal law and regula-
tions and State transportation planning processes.’’.
(b) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.—
(1) ELIGIBLE
PROJECTS.—Section 133(b) of
title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(12) In accordance with all applicable Federal
law and regulations, participation in assessment and
cleanup of brownfield sites relating to projects fund-
ed under this title, projects on the rights-of-way of
facilities constructed under this title before, on, or
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph,
and projects for development of a brownfield site if
such development will provide a substantive and de-
monstrable benefit to motor vehicle transportation,
including reduction of congestion, increased use of
mass transit, and improved access to a transpor-
tation facility. Contributions toward these efforts
may occur in advance of project construction only if
such efforts are consistent with all applicable re-
quirements of Federal law and regulations and State
transportation planning processes.’’.
(2) FUNDING
FOR
URBANIZED
AREAS
OVER
200,000 POPULATION.—Section 133(d) of such title is
amended—
(A) in paragraph (3)(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘62.5’’ and inserting
‘‘70’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘37.5’’ and inserting
‘‘30’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(C) by striking ‘‘62.5’’
and inserting ‘‘70’’.
(3) DEFINITIONS.—Section 133 of such title is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section
103(i), the following definitions apply:
‘‘(1) BROWNFIELD SITE.—The term ‘brownfield
site’ means a parcel of land that contains or con-
tained abandoned or underused commercial, indus-
trial, or public facility, the expansion or redevelop-
ment of which may be complicated by the presence
or potential presence of hazardous substances, pol-
lutants, or contaminants.
‘‘(2) FACILITY.—The term ‘facility’ has the
meaning such term has under section 101 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
‘‘(3) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘haz-
ardous substance’ has the meaning such term has
under such section 101.