and other best practices to facilitate productive and timely 
expenditures for projects that are small, low impact, and 
constructed within an existing built environment. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund 
(other 
than 
the 
Mass 
Transit 
Account) 
$500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 
to carry out this section. 
(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘‘ac-
tive transportation’’ means mobility options powered 
primarily by human energy, including bicycling and 
walking. 
(2) ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.—The 
term ‘‘active transportation network’’ means facili-
ties built for active transportation, including side-
walks, bikeways, and pedestrian and bicycle trails, 
that connect between destinations within a commu-
nity or metropolitan region. 
(3) ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION
SPINE.—The 
term ‘‘active transportation spine’’ means facilities 
built for active transportation, including sidewalks, 
bikeways, and pedestrian and bicycle trails that con-
nect between communities, metropolitan regions, or 
States. 
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(4) 
COMMUNITY.—The 
term 
‘‘community’’ 
means a geographic area that is socioeconomically 
interdependent and may include rural, suburban, 
and urban jurisdictions. 
(5) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble organization’’ means— 
(A) a local or regional governmental orga-
nization, including a metropolitan planning or-
ganization or regional planning organization or 
council; 
(B) a multi-county special district; 
(C) a State; 
(D) a multi-state group of governments; or 
(E) an Indian tribe. 
(6) ELIGIBLE
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
project’’ means an active transportation project or 
group of projects— 
(A) within or between a community or 
group of communities, at least one of which 
falls within the jurisdiction of an eligible orga-
nization, which has submitted an application 
under this section; and 
(B) that has— 
(i) a total cost of not less than 
$15,000,000; or 
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(ii) with respect to planning and de-
sign grants, planning and design costs of 
not less than $100,000. 
(7) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4(e) of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
(9) TOTAL PROJECT COST.—The term ‘‘total 
project cost’’ means the sum total of all costs in-
curred in the development of a project that are ap-
proved by the Secretary as reasonable and nec-
essary, including— 
(A) the cost of acquiring real property; 
(B) the cost of site preparation, demoli-
tion, and development; 
(C) expenses related to the issuance of 
bonds or notes; 
(D) fees in connection with the planning, 
execution, and financing of the project; 
(E) the cost of studies, surveys, plans, per-
mits, insurance, interest, financing, tax, and as-
sessment costs; 
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(F) the cost of construction, rehabilitation, 
reconstruction, and equipping the project; 
(G) the cost of land improvements; 
(H) contractor fees; 
(I) the cost of training and education re-
lated to the safety of users of any bicycle or pe-
destrian network or spine constructed as part of 
an eligible project; and 
(J) any other cost that the Secretary de-
termines is necessary and reasonable. 
Æ 
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