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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
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be considered to be a historic site under section 
303 of title 49 or section 138 of this title, as 
applicable. 
‘‘(C) CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, RES-
TORATION, AND REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES.—
Subparagraph (B) does not prohibit a State 
from carrying out construction, maintenance, 
restoration, or rehabilitation activities for a por-
tion of the Interstate System referred to in sub-
paragraph (B) upon compliance with section 
303 of title 49 or section 138 of this title, as 
applicable, and section 106 of the National His-
toric Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 
470f).’’. 
SEC. 6005. INTERSTATE COMPACTS. 
Section 5213(d), as inserted by section 6001(a) of 
this Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—The consent of 
Congress is granted to any 2 or more States—
‘‘(A) to enter into agreements or compacts, 
not in conflict with any law of the United 
States, for cooperative efforts and mutual as-
sistance in support of activities authorized 
under this section as the activities pertain to
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interstate areas and localities within the States; 
and 
‘‘(B) to establish such agencies, joint or 
otherwise, as the States may determine desir-
able for making the agreements and compacts 
effective. 
‘‘(3) LAKE TAHOE REGION.—
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘Lake Tahoe region’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘region’ in subdivision (a) of ar-
ticle II of the Tahoe Regional Planning Com-
pact, as set forth in the first section of Public 
Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3234). 
‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING
PROC-
ESS.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(i) establish with the Federal land 
management agencies that have jurisdic-
tion over land in the Lake Tahoe region a 
transportation planning process for the re-
gion; and 
‘‘(ii) coordinate the transportation 
planning process with the planning process 
required of State and local governments 
under this section and section 5214. 
‘‘(C) INTERSTATE COMPACT.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), notwithstanding subsection (b), to 
carry out the transportation planning proc-
ess required by this section, the consent of 
Congress is granted to the States of Cali-
fornia and Nevada to designate a metro-
politan planning organization for the Lake 
Tahoe region, by agreement between the 
Governors of the States of California and 
Nevada and units of general purpose local 
government that together represent at 
least 75 percent of the affected population 
(including the central city or cities (as de-
fined by the Bureau of the Census)), or in 
accordance with procedures established by 
applicable State or local law. 
‘‘(ii) 
INVOLVEMENT
OF
FEDERAL 
LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.—
‘‘(I) 
REPRESENTATION.—The 
policy board of a metropolitan plan-
ning organization designated under 
clause (i) shall include a representa-
tive of each Federal land management 
agency that has jurisdiction over land 
in the Lake Tahoe region.
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‘‘(II) FUNDING.—In addition to 
funds made available to the metropoli-
tan planning organization under other 
provisions of title 23 and under chap-
ter 53, not more than 1 percent of the 
funds allocated under section 202 of 
title 23 may be used to carry out the 
transportation planning process for 
the Lake Tahoe region under this 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(D) ACTIVITIES.—Highway projects in-
cluded in transportation plans developed under 
this paragraph—
‘‘(i) shall be selected for funding in a 
manner that facilitates the participation of 
the Federal land management agencies 
that have jurisdiction over land in the 
Lake Tahoe region; and 
‘‘(ii) may, in accordance with chapter 
2 of title 23, be funded using funds allo-
cated under section 202 of title 23. 
‘‘(4) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—The right to 
alter, amend or repeal interstate compacts entered 
into under this subsection is expressly reserved.’’.
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SEC. 6006. DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
Section 5213(g), as inserted by section 6001(a) of 
this Act, is amended by inserting before paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each metropolitan plan-
ning organization shall prepare, and update periodi-
cally, according to a schedule that the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate, a transportation plan for 
its metropolitan planning area in accordance with 
the requirements of this subsection. The metropoli-
tan planning organization shall prepare and update 
such plan every 4 years (or more frequently, if the 
metropolitan planning organization elects to update 
more frequently) in the case of each of the following: 
‘‘(A) Any area designated as nonattain-
ment, as defined in section 107(d) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)). 
‘‘(B) Any area that was nonattainment 
and subsequently designated to attainment in 
accordance with section 107(d)(3) of that Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(3)) and that is subject to 
a maintenance plan under section 175A of that 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7505a). 
In the case of any other area required to have a 
transportation plan in accordance with the require-
ments of this subsection, the metropolitan planning