SEC. 108. FUTURE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
Section 1909(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1471) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of 
paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2007’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2007’’; 
(2) in paragraph (11)(C) by striking ‘‘the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; 
(3) in paragraph (11)(D)(i) by striking ‘‘, on a 
reimbursable basis,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (15) by striking ‘‘$1,400,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,400,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $3,400,000 for 
fiscal year 2007’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (14), (15), (16), 
and (17) as paragraphs (15), (16), (17), and (18), re-
spectively; and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available to 
carry out this section may be expended only to sup-
port the activities of the Commission. No data, anal-
yses, reports, or any other documents prepared for the 
Commission to fulfill its duties may be provided to or 
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shared with other commissions or task forces until 
such data, analyses, reports, or documents have been 
made available to the public.’’. 
SEC. 109. BUY AMERICA. 
Section 1928 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1484) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) 
as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) the current application by the Federal 
Highway Administration of the Buy America test is 
only applied to components or parts of a bridge 
project and not the entire bridge project and this is 
inconsistent with this sense of Congress;’’. 
SEC. 110. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. 
The table contained in section 1934(c) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1486) is amended— 
(1) in item number 436 by inserting ‘‘, Saole,’’ 
after ‘‘Sua’’; and 
(2) in item number 448 by inserting ‘‘by remov-
ing asphalt and concrete and reinstalling blue cobble-
stones’’ after ‘‘streets’’. 
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SEC. 111. BIA INDIAN ROAD PROGRAM. 
Section 1939(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1511) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘For the villages’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the villages’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘, and the Secretary’’ and insert-
ing a period and the following: 
‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2006.—The Secretary’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) FISCAL
YEAR
2007.—The Secretary shall 
pay, from amounts made available to carry out sec-
tion 202(d) of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2007, the tribal organizations listed in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) the difference be-
tween the Federal share of the costs of the projects list-
ed in such paragraphs and the amounts paid to the 
respective tribal organizations for such projects under 
this section in fiscal year 2006.’’. 
SEC. 112. I–95/CONTEE ROAD INTERCHANGE DESIGN. 
Section 1961 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1518) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘STUDY’’ 
and inserting ‘‘DESIGN’’ ; 
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(2) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) DESIGN.—The Secretary shall make available the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by this section for the 
design of the I–95/Contee Road interchange in Prince 
George’s County, Maryland.’’; and 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(b). 
SEC. 113. HIGHWAY RESEARCH FUNDING. 
(a) F–SHRP FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009, 
at any time at which an apportionment is made of the sums 
authorized to be appropriated for the surface transportation 
program, the congestion mitigation and air quality im-
provement program, the National Highway System, the 
Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, or the 
highway safety improvement program, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) deduct from each apportionment an amount 
not to exceed 0.205 percent of the apportionment; and 
(2) transfer or otherwise make that amount 
available to carry out section 510 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) FUNDING.—Section 5101 of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘509, 
and 510’’ and inserting ‘‘and 509’’; 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(a)(4) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$69,700,000’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,400,000 for fiscal 
year 2005, $69,700,000 for fiscal year 2006, 
$76,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 
2008, and $78,900,000 for fiscal year 2009’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b) by inserting after ‘‘50 
percent’’ the following ‘‘or, in the case of funds 
appropriated by subsection (a) to carry out sec-
tion 5201, 5202, or 5203 of this Act, 80 percent’’. 
(2) FUTURE
STRATEGIC
HIGHWAY
RESEARCH 
PROGRAM.—Section 5210 of such Act (119 Stat. 
1804) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 
under this section shall be available for obligation in the 
same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chap-
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ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal 
share shall be determined under section 510(f) of that title. 
(d) APPLICABILITY
OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
Funds made available under this section shall be subject 
to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety construction programs under section 
1102 the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 
119 Stat. 1157) or any other Act. 
(e) EQUITY BONUS FORMULA.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, in allocating funds for the equity 
bonus program under section 105 of title 23, United States 
Code, for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make the required calcula-
tions under that section as if this section had not been en-
acted. 
(f) FUNDING
FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—Of the 
amount made available by section 5101(a)(1) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779)— 
(1) at least $1,000,000 shall be made available 
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to carry 
out section 502(h) of title 23, United States Code; and 
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(2) at least $4,900,000 shall be made available 
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to carry 
out section 502(i) of that title. 
(g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION
RESEARCH.— 
Section 502 of title 23, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking the first subsection (h), relating to in-
frastructure investment needs reports beginning with 
the report for January 31, 1999. 
(2) ADVANCED
TRAVEL
FORECASTING
PROCE-
DURES
PROGRAM.—Section 5512(a)(2) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1829) is 
amended by striking ‘‘PROGRAM APPRECIATION.—’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM APPLICATION.—’’. 
(3) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.— 
Section 5506 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘In order to’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Nothing in paragraph (1) 
requires a nonprofit institution of higher learning 
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