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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity
Act of 1998’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Savings clause.
TITLE I—FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
Sec. 101. Amendments to title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 103. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 104. Apportionments.
Sec. 105. Interstate maintenance program.
Sec. 106. National Highway System.
Sec. 107. Highway bridge program.
Sec. 108. Surface transportation program.
Sec. 109. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
Sec. 110. High risk road safety improvement program.
Sec. 111. Minimum allocation.
Sec. 112. Appalachian Development Highway System.
Sec. 113. High cost Interstate System reconstruction and improvement
program.
Sec. 114. Recreational trails program.
Sec. 115. National corridor planning and development program.
Sec. 116. Coordinated border infrastructure and safety program.
Sec. 117. Federal lands highways program.
Sec. 118. National scenic byways program.
Sec. 119. Variable pricing pilot program.
Sec. 120. Toll roads, bridges, and tunnels.
Sec. 121. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
Sec. 122. Highway use tax evasion projects.
Sec. 123. Performance bonus program.
Sec. 124. Metropolitan planning.
Sec. 125. Statewide planning.
Sec. 126. Roadside safety technologies.
Sec. 127. Discretionary program authorizations.
Sec. 128. Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge.
Sec. 129. Training.
Sec. 130. Transportation assistance for Olympic cities.
Sec. 131. National Defense Highways.
Sec. 132. Miscellaneous surface transportation programs.
Sec. 133. Eligibility.
Sec. 134. Fiscal, administrative, and other amendments.
Sec. 135. Access of motorcycles.
Sec. 136. Amendments to prior surface transportation authorization laws.
Sec. 137. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways.
Sec. 138. Hazard elimination program.
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Sec. 139. Project administration.
Sec. 140. Contracting for engineering and design services.
Sec. 141. Commercial motor vehicle study.
Sec. 142. New York Avenue Transportation Development Authority.
Sec. 143. Definitions.
Sec. 144. Substitute project.
Sec. 145. Use of HOV lanes by electric vehicles.
TITLE II—HIGHWAY SAFETY
Sec. 201. Amendments to title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 202. Highway safety programs.
Sec. 203. Highway safety research and development.
Sec. 204. Occupant protection incentive grants.
Sec. 205. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.
Sec. 206. State highway safety data improvements.
Sec. 207. National Driver Register.
Sec. 208. Safety studies.
Sec. 209. Effectiveness of laws establishing maximum blood alcohol concentra-
tions.
Sec. 210. Authorizations of appropriations.
Sec. 211. Transportation injury research.
TITLE III—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
Sec. 301. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Metropolitan planning.
Sec. 304. Transportation improvement program.
Sec. 305. Transportation management areas.
Sec. 306. Urbanized area formula grants.
Sec. 307. Mass Transit Account block grants.
Sec. 308. Capital program grants and loans.
Sec. 309. Dollar value of mobility improvements.
Sec. 310. Formula grants and loans for special needs of elderly individuals and
individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 311. Formula program for other than urbanized areas.
Sec. 312. Research, development, demonstration, and training projects.
Sec. 313. National planning and research programs.
Sec. 314. National transit institute.
Sec. 315. University research institutes.
Sec. 316. Transportation centers.
Sec. 317. Bus testing facilities.
Sec. 318. Bicycle facilities.
Sec. 319. General provisions on assistance.
Sec. 320. Contract requirements.
Sec. 321. Special procurements.
Sec. 322. Project management oversight and review.
Sec. 323. Study on alcohol and controlled substances random testing rate cal-
culation.
Sec. 324. Administrative procedures.
Sec. 325. Reports and audits.
Sec. 326. Apportionment of appropriations for formula grants.
Sec. 327. Apportionment of appropriations for fixed guideway modernization.
Sec. 328. Authorizations.
Sec. 329. Obligation ceiling.
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Sec. 330. Access to jobs challenge grant pilot program.
Sec. 331. Adjustments for the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 1997.
Sec. 332. Projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing
systems.
Sec. 333. Projects for bus and bus-related facilities.
Sec. 334. Project management oversight.
Sec. 335. Privatization.
Sec. 336. School transportation safety.
Sec. 337. Urbanized area formula study.
Sec. 338. Coordinated transportation services.
Sec. 339. Final assembly of buses.
Sec. 340. Clean fuel vehicles.
TITLE IV—MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
Sec. 401. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 402. State grants.
Sec. 403. Information systems.
Sec. 404. Automobile transporter defined.
Sec. 405. Inspections and reports.
Sec. 406. Exemptions and pilot programs.
Sec. 407. Safety regulation.
Sec. 408. Improved interstate school bus safety.
Sec. 409. Repeal of certain obsolete miscellaneous authorities.
Sec. 410. Commercial vehicle operators.
Sec. 411. Interim border safety improvement program.
Sec. 412. Vehicle weight enforcement.
Sec. 413. Participation in international registration plan and international fuel
tax agreement.
Sec. 414. Telephone hotline for reporting safety violations.
Sec. 415. Insulin treated diabetes mellitus.
Sec. 416. Performance-based CDL testing.
Sec. 417. Postaccident alcohol testing.
Sec. 418. Driver fatigue.
Sec. 419. Safety fitness.
Sec. 420. Hazardous materials transportation regulation and farm service vehi-
cles.
Sec. 421. Truck trailer conspicuity.
Sec. 422. DOT implementation plan.
Sec. 423. Electronic data study.
TITLE V—PROGRAMMATIC REFORMS AND STREAMLINING
Sec. 501. Project approval and oversight.
Sec. 502. Environmental streamlining.
Sec. 503. Major investment study integration.
Sec. 504. Financial plan.
Sec. 505. Uniform transferability of Federal-aid highway funds.
Sec. 506. Discretionary grant selection criteria and process.
Sec. 507. Elimination of regional office responsibilities.
Sec. 508. Authority for Congress to make midcourse corrections to the highway
and transit programs.
TITLE VI—TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Sec. 601. Amendments to title 23, United States Code.
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Sec. 602. Applicability of title 23.
Sec. 603. Transfers of funds.
Sec. 604. Notice.
Sec. 605. Sense of the Congress on the year 2000 problem.
Subtitle A—Surface Transportation Research, Technology, and Education
PART I—HIGHWAY RESEARCH
Sec. 611. Research.
Sec. 612. State planning and research.
Sec. 613. International highway transportation outreach program.
PART II—TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, AND
TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT
Sec. 621. National Highway Institute.
Sec. 622. National technology deployment initiative.
Sec. 623. Education and training programs.
Sec. 624. University transportation research.
Sec. 625. Funding allocations.
PART III—BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS AND MISCELLANEOUS
PROGRAMS
Sec. 631. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Sec. 632. Transportation technology innovation and demonstration program.
Sec. 633. Transportation research and technology development.
Subtitle B—Intelligent Transportation Systems
Sec. 651. Definitions.
Sec. 652. Scope of program.
Sec. 653. General authorities and requirements.
Sec. 654. National ITS program plan.
Sec. 655. Technical assistance, planning, research, and operational tests.
Sec. 656. ITS deployment.
Sec. 657. Funding allocations.
Sec. 658. Global positioning satellite data.
Sec. 659. Repeal.
TITLE VII—TRUTH IN BUDGETING
Sec. 701. Budgetary treatment of Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 702. Applicability.
TITLE VIII—RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY PROGRAM
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Amendments relating to recreational boating safety program.
Sec. 803. Amendment of National Sea Grant College Program Act.
TITLE IX—RAILROADS
Sec. 901. High-speed rail.
Sec. 902. Light density rail line pilot projects.
Sec. 903. Miami-Orlando-Tampa corridor project.
Sec. 904. Alaska Railroad.
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Sec. 905. Railway-highway crossing hazard elimination in high speed rail cor-
ridors.
Sec. 906. Railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing.
TITLE X—CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING
Sec. 1001. Conditions for implementation of funding.
Sec. 1002. Sense of the Congress with respect to veterans programs.
TITLE XI—EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF HIGHWAY-
RELATED TAXES AND TRUST FUND
Sec. 1101. Short title; amendment of 1986 Code.
Sec. 1102. Extension of highway-related taxes and trust fund.
Sec. 1103. Modifications to Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 1104. Provisions relating to Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.
Sec. 1105. Repeal of excise tax on tires.
Sec. 1106. Repeal of 4.3 cent excise tax on diesel fuel and gasoline used in
trains.
Sec. 1107. Delay in effective date of new requirement for approved diesel or
kerosene terminals.
Sec. 1108. Simplified fuel tax refund procedures.
Sec. 1109. Repeal of National Recreational Trails Trust Fund.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) INTERSTATE
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Inter-
state System’’ has the meaning such term has under
section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Transportation.
SEC. 3. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, an amend-
ment made by this Act shall not affect any funds appor-
tioned or allocated before the date of the enactment of
this Act.