I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3686 
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to promote the integration 
of local land use planning and transportation planning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 
Mr. GERLACH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to promote 
the integration of local land use planning and transpor-
tation planning. 
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 ‘‘Growing Smarter 
Through Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) It is in the national interest to encourage 
States and local governments to integrate land use 
planning with transportation planning in order to—
(A) promote the long-term conservation 
and preservation of undeveloped open spaces 
and farmland; and 
(B) stimulate the revitalization of estab-
lished urban centers while meeting the Nation’s 
immediate and long-term transportation needs. 
(2) It is further in the national interest to en-
sure that Federal funds used to plan, design, build, 
and maintain transportation infrastructure are uti-
lized to promote the integration of land use planning 
and transportation planning and to ensure that 
transportation projects resulting from the process 
are consistent with applicable land use plans of af-
fected units of general purpose local government. 
(3) Conservation and preservation of undevel-
oped open spaces and farmland are consistent with 
economic development. 
SEC. 3. HIGHWAY PLANNING. 
(a) METROPOLITAN PLANNING.— 
(1) SCOPE
OF
PLANNING
PROCESS.—Section 
134(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (F);
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (G) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) ensure consistency with local land 
use plans.’’. 
(2) LONG-RANGE
TRANSPORTATION
PLAN.— 
Section 134(g) of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(7) COORDINATION WITH AFFECTED UNITS OF 
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The metropolitan planning 
organization shall coordinate the development of the 
long-range transportation plan with affected units of 
general purpose local government to ensure consist-
ency with local land use plans.’’. 
(3) LOCAL LAND USE PLAN DEFINED.—Section 
134 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(p) LOCAL LAND USE PLAN DEFINED.—In this 
section and section 135, the term ‘local land use plan’ 
means a municipal, multimunicipal, county, or multi-
county comprehensive plan or transportation improvement 
plan.’’. 
(b) STATEWIDE PLANNING.—
(1) SCOPE
OF
PLANNING
PROCESS.—Section 
135(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (F); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (G) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) ensure consistency with local land 
use plans.’’. 
(2) LONG-RANGE
TRANSPORTATION
PLAN.— 
Section 135(e) of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(6) COORDINATION WITH AFFECTED UNITS OF 
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The State shall coordinate 
the development of the long-range transportation 
plan with affected units of general purpose local gov-
ernment to ensure consistency with local land use 
plans.’’. 
SEC. 4. TRANSIT PLANNING. 
(a) METROPOLITAN PLANNING.— 
(1) SCOPE
OF
PLANNING
PROCESS.—Section 
5303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed—