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participation would not be in the public interest. A State 
participating in the review process must require all State 
agencies with jurisdiction to be subject to and comply with 
the review process to the same extent as a Federal agency. 
‘(i) ASSISTANCE TO AFFECTED STATE AND FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—
‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For a project that is subject 
to the environmental review process established 
under this section and for which funds are made 
available to a State under title 23 or chapter 53, the 
Secretary may approve a request by the State to 
provide funds so made available to affected Federal 
agencies (including the Department of Transpor-
tation), State agencies, and Indian tribes partici-
pating in the environmental review process for the 
project. Such funds may be provided only to support 
activities that directly and meaningfully contribute 
to expediting and improving transportation project 
planning and delivery. Such activities may include 
dedicated staffing, training of agency personnel, in-
formation gathering and mapping, and development 
of programmatic agreements. The Secretary may 
also use funds made available under section 204 of 
title 23 for a project for the purposes specified in
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this subsection with respect to the environmental re-
view process for the project. 
‘(2) AMOUNTS.—Requests under paragraph (1) 
may be approved only for the additional amounts 
that the Secretary determines are necessary for the 
Federal agencies, State agencies, or Indian tribes 
participating in the environmental review process to 
meet the time limits for environmental review. 
‘(3) CONDITION.—A request under paragraph 
(1) to expedite time limits for environmental review 
may be approved only if such time limits are less 
than the customary time necessary for such review.’. 
(c) EXISTING
ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW
PROC-
ESSES.—Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect 
any existing environmental review process approved by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 6003. POLICY ON HISTORIC SITES. 
(a) TITLE 49.—Section 303 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘(d) SPECIAL RULES FOR HISTORIC SITES.—
‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements of this 
section are deemed to be satisfied in any case in 
which the treatment of a historic site has been 
agreed upon in accordance with section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f)
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and the agreement includes a determination that the 
program or project will not have an adverse effect on 
the historic site. 
‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—This sub-
section does not apply in any case in which the Advi-
sory Council on Historic Preservation determines, 
concurrent with or prior to the conclusion of section 
106 consultation, that allowing section 106 compli-
ance to satisfy the requirements of this section 
would be inconsistent with the objectives of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act. The Council shall 
make such a determination if petitioned to do so by 
a section 106 consulting party, unless the Council 
affirmatively finds that the views of the requesting 
party have been adequately considered and that sec-
tion 106 compliance will adequately protect historic 
properties. 
‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
‘(A) SECTION
106
CONSULTATION.—The 
term ‘‘section 106 consultation’’ means the con-
sultation process required under section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470f).
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‘(B) ADVERSE
EFFECT.—The term ‘‘ad-
verse effect’’ means altering, directly or indi-
rectly, any of the characteristics of a historic 
property that qualify the property for inclusion 
in the National Register in a manner that 
would diminish the integrity of the property’s 
location, design, setting, materials, workman-
ship, feeling, or association.’. 
(b) TITLE 23.—Section 138 of title 23, United States 
Code is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘(a) Policy.—’ before ‘It is’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘In carrying’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘(c) STUDIES.—In carrying’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) (as des-
ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 
‘(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR HISTORIC SITES.—
‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements of this 
section are deemed to be satisfied in any case in 
which the treatment of a historic site has been 
agreed upon in accordance with section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) 
and the agreement includes a determination that the
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program or project will not have an adverse effect on 
the historic site. 
‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—This sub-
section does not apply in any case in which the Advi-
sory Council on Historic Preservation determines, 
concurrent with or prior to the conclusion of section 
106 consultation, that allowing section 106 compli-
ance to satisfy the requirements of this section 
would be inconsistent with the objectives of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act. The Council shall 
make such a determination if petitioned to do so by 
a section 106 consulting party, unless the Council 
affirmatively finds that the views of the requesting 
party have been adequately considered and that sec-
tion 106 compliance will adequately protect historic 
properties. 
‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
‘(A) SECTION
106
CONSULTATION.—The 
term ‘‘section 106 consultation’’ means the con-
sultation process required under section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470f). 
‘(B) ADVERSE
EFFECT.—The term ‘‘ad-
verse effect’’ means altering, directly or indi-
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rectly, any of the characteristics of a historic 
property that qualify the property for inclusion 
in the National Register in a manner that 
would diminish the integrity of the property’s 
location, design, setting, materials, workman-
ship, feeling, or association.’. 
SEC. 6004. EXEMPTION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM. 
Section 103(c) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘(5) EXEMPTION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—
‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Interstate System shall 
not be considered to be a historic site under 
section 303 of title 49 or section 138 of this 
title, regardless of whether the Interstate Sys-
tem or portions of the Interstate System are 
listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National 
Register of Historic Places. 
‘(B) INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS.—Subject to 
subparagraph (C), a portion of the Interstate 
System that possesses an independent feature 
of historic significance (such as a historic 
bridge or a highly significant engineering fea-
ture) that is listed on, or eligible for listing on, 
the National Register of Historic Places, shall