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(3) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and
(4) by inserting after subsection (i) the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(j) INCLUSION OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND BI-
CYCLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN PLANNING.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary may not
approve under this chapter a highway project for
new construction or reconstruction within the bound-
aries of a State along which a pedestrian walkway
or bicycle transportation facility is required to be in-
cluded under the State’s transportation improvement
plan developed under section 135 unless such pedes-
trian walkway or bicycle transportation facility is
part of such highway project.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary does not have
to approve a project for construction of a pedestrian
walkway or bicycle transportation facility under
paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) if the Secretary determines that such
construction is not feasible or that use of the
walkway or facility would pose a safety risk to
pedestrians or bicyclists, as the case may be; or
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‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that there
will be no substantial transportation or recre-
ation benefit resulting from the project.’’.
SEC. 241. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Section 302(b) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘on the Federal-aid secondary sys-
tem, financed with secondary funds,’’ and inserting ‘‘not
on the National Highway System’’.
SEC. 242. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
Section 303 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking
‘‘1 year after the date of the enactment of this section’’
and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1992’’.
SEC. 243. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.
Section 307 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘104’’ and
inserting ‘‘104(b)’’;
(2) in subsection (e)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘climac-
tic’’ and inserting ‘‘climatic’’;
(3) in subsection (e)(13) by striking the
quotation marks preceding ‘‘$35,000,000’’;
(4) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘section’’
the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’;
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(5) in the heading to subsection (f)(3) by in-
serting ‘‘EARTHQUAKE’’ after ‘‘NATIONAL’’; and
(6) in subsection (f)(3) by inserting ‘‘Earth-
quake’’ after ‘‘National’’.
SEC. 244. APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES OF
FEDERAL LANDS.
Section 317(d) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘system’’ and inserting ‘‘highway’’.
SEC. 245. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION
OUTREACH PROGRAM.
Section 325(a)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this
section’’ and inserting ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.
SEC. 246. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of title 23, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 402. Highway safety programs
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall have a highway
safety program approved by the Secretary which is de-
signed to reduce traffic accidents and deaths, injuries, and
property damage resulting therefrom.
‘‘(b) UNIFORM GUIDELINES.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The State highway safe-
ty programs approved under this section shall be in
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accordance with uniform guidelines promulgated by
the Secretary.
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE
CRITERIA.—The uniform
guidelines shall be expressed in terms of perform-
ance criteria.
‘‘(3) PURPOSES.—The uniform guidelines shall
include, at a minimum, criteria relating to—
‘‘(A) reducing injuries and deaths resulting
from motor vehicles being driven in excess of
posted speed limits;
‘‘(B) encouraging the proper use of occu-
pant protection devices (including the use of
safety belts and child restraint systems) by oc-
cupants of motor vehicles and increasing public
awareness of the benefit of motor vehicles
equipped with airbags;
‘‘(C) reducing deaths and injuries resulting
from persons driving motor vehicles while im-
paired by alcohol or a controlled substance;
‘‘(D) reducing deaths and injuries result-
ing from accidents involving motorcycles;
‘‘(E) reducing injuries and deaths resulting
from accidents involving school buses; and
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‘‘(F) improving law enforcement services in
motor vehicle accident prevention, traffic super-
vision, and post-accident procedures.
‘‘(4) 
EFFECTIVENESS
DETERMINATION.—A
State highway safety program relating to a guideline
established pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be con-
sidered a most effective program for purposes of
subsection (i) unless the Secretary determines, after
a rulemaking process under subsection (i), that it
should not be so considered and submits a report to
Congress describing the reasons for the determina-
tion.
‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL
PURPOSES.—The uniform
guidelines may include provisions to improve driver
performance (including driver education, driver test-
ing to determine proficiency to operate motor vehi-
cles, driver examinations (both physical and mental)
and driver licensing) and to improve pedestrian per-
formance and bicycle safety. In addition the uniform
guidelines may include provisions for an effective
record system of accidents (including injuries and
deaths resulting therefrom), accident investigations
to determine the probable causes of accidents, inju-
ries, and deaths, vehicle registration, operation, and
inspection, highway design and maintenance (includ-
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ing lighting, markings, and surface treatment), traf-
fic control, vehicle codes and laws, surveillance of
traffic for detection and correction of high or poten-
tially high accident locations, and emergency serv-
ices.
‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY TO FEDERALLY ADMINIS-
TERED AREAS.—The uniform guidelines which are
applicable to State highway safety programs shall, to
the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary,
be applicable to federally administered areas where
a Federal department or agency controls the high-
ways or supervises traffic operations.
‘‘(7) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Implementation of a highway safety program
under this section shall not be construed to require
the Secretary to require compliance with every uni-
form guideline, or with every element of every uni-
form guideline, in every State.
‘‘(8) COOPERATION
IN
PROMULGATION.—Uni-
form guidelines promulgated by the Secretary to
carry out this section shall be developed in coopera-
tion with the States, their political subdivisions, ap-
propriate Federal departments and agencies, and
such other public and private organizations as the
Secretary deems appropriate.