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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2381
To complete construction of the 13-State Appalachian development highway 
system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2003
Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. MOLLOHAN, and Mr. STRICKLAND) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To complete construction of the 13-State Appalachian 
development highway system, 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 ‘‘Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System Completion Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
the Appalachian development highway system program
under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, 
$840,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009. 
(b) APPORTIONMENT.—The Secretary shall appor-
tion funds made available by subsection (a) for fiscal years 
2004 through 2009 among the States based on the latest 
available cost-to-complete estimate for the Appalachian 
development highway system under section 14501 of title 
40, United States Code, prepared by the Appalachian Re-
gional Commission. 
(c) APPLICABILITY
OF TITLE 23.—Funds made 
available by subsection (a) shall be available for obligation 
in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except 
that—
(1) the Federal share of the cost of any project 
carried out using the funds shall be determined in 
accordance with section 14501 of title 40, United 
States Code; and 
(2) the funds shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law enacted before, on, or after the date 
of enactment of this Act, any obligation limitation enacted 
for any of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall not apply 
to obligations authorized for the Appalachian development
highway system program under section 14501 of title 40, 
United States Code. 
(e) LOANS BETWEEN STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—On notice to the Secretary 
of Transportation, a State that receives an appor-
tionment under subsection (b) may lend any amount 
of contract authority or obligation authority avail-
able to the State pursuant to the apportionment to 
any other State that is eligible for such an appor-
tionment for use by the borrowing State for activi-
ties eligible under section 14501 of title 40, United 
States Code. 
(2) REPAYMENT.—Any loan under paragraph 
(1) shall be repaid not later than September 30, 
2009. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the Federal lands highway 
program under section 204, or the Appalachian 
development highway system program under 
section 201 of the Appalachian Regional Devel-
opment Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or the Federal lands highway program 
under section 204,’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘necessary—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘to administer’’ and 
inserting ‘‘necessary to administer’’; and 
(ii) by striking clause (ii); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) APPALACHIAN
DEVELOPMENT
HIGHWAY 
SYSTEM.—Whenever an apportionment is made of 
the sums made available for expenditure on the Ap-
palachian development highway system program 
under section 14501 of title 40, the Secretary shall 
deduct such a sum, in an amount not to exceed 2⁄5 
of 1 percent of the sums made available, as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate—
‘‘(A) to administer that section; and 
‘‘(B) to make transfers to the Appalachian 
Regional Commission to pay the costs of admin-
istrative activities associated with the Appa-
lachian development highway system.’’. 
(g) MINIMUM GUARANTEE.—Section 105 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘Appalachian development highway sys-
tem,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Appa-
lachian development highway system,’’ each place it 
appears.
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