H. R. 3996 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 
An Act 
To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier 
safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II’’. 
(b) RECONCILIATION
OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall reduce the amount apportioned or allocated for a pro-
gram, project, or activity under this Act in fiscal year 2016 by 
amounts apportioned or allocated pursuant to the Surface Transpor-
tation Extension Act of 2015, including the amendments made 
by that Act, for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and 
ending on November 20, 2015. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; reconciliation of funds; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION 
Subtitle A—Federal-Aid Highways 
Sec. 1001. Extension of Federal-aid highway programs. 
Sec. 1002. Administrative expenses. 
Subtitle B—Extension of Highway Safety Programs 
Sec. 1101. Extension of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration highway 
safety programs. 
Sec. 1102. Extension of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration programs. 
Sec. 1103. Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act. 
Subtitle C—Public Transportation Programs 
Sec. 1201. Formula grants for rural areas. 
Sec. 1202. Apportionment of appropriations for formula grants. 
Sec. 1203. Authorizations for public transportation. 
Sec. 1204. Bus and bus facilities formula grants. 
Subtitle D—Hazardous Materials 
Sec. 1301. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 2001. Extension of Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority.
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TITLE I—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION 
PROGRAM EXTENSION 
Subtitle A—Federal-Aid Highways 
SEC. 1001. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001(a) of the Highway and Transpor-
tation Funding Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1840) is amended by striking 
‘‘November 20, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 4, 2015’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) HIGHWAY
TRUST
FUND.—Section 1001(b)(1)(B) of the 
Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 
1840) is amended by striking ‘‘for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2015, and ending on November 20, 2015, 51⁄366 
of the total amount’’ and inserting ‘‘for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2015, and ending on December 4, 2015, 65⁄366 
of the total amount’’. 
(2) GENERAL
FUND.—Section 1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 (23 
U.S.C. 202 note) is amended by striking ‘‘and $4,180,328 out 
of the general fund of the Treasury to carry out the program 
for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on 
November 20, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘and $5,327,869 out of the 
general fund of the Treasury to carry out the program for 
the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on 
December 4, 2015’’. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001(c)(1)(B) of the Highway and 
Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1840) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘November 20, 2015,’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 4, 2015,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘51⁄366’’ and inserting ‘‘65⁄366’’. 
(2) OBLIGATION
CEILING.—Section 1102 of MAP–21 (23 
U.S.C. 104 note) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (a)(4) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) $7,134,218,915 for the period beginning on October 
1, 2015, and ending on December 4, 2015.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(12) by striking ‘‘, and for the 
period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on 
November 20, 2015, only in an amount equal to 
$639,000,000, less any reductions that would have other-
wise been required for that year by section 251A of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a), then multiplied by 51⁄366 for that 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘, and for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2015, and ending on December 4, 2015, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000, less any reductions 
that would have otherwise been required for that year 
by section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a), then multiplied 
by 65⁄366 for that period’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)—