2004, $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $395,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006, $395,000,000 for fiscal year 
2007, $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 
$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The amounts authorized 
to be appropriated by paragraph (1) are authorized 
for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To administer the provisions of law to 
be financed from appropriations for the Federal-
aid highway program and programs authorized 
under chapter 2. 
‘‘(B) To make transfers of such sums as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate to the 
Appalachian Regional Commission for adminis-
trative activities associated with the Appa-
lachian development highway system.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘sum deducted 
under’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated by’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by striking ‘‘sums deducted under’’ and 
inserting ‘‘amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration’’.
(b) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section 104(b) of 
such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the deduction authorized by sub-
section (a) and’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$36,400,000 for each fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,000,000 for fiscal year 
2004, 
$40,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2005, 
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2007, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$18,800,000 for each of fis-
cal years 1998 through 2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘$20,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 
2009’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Section 104(j) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘submit to Congress a report’’ 
and inserting ‘‘transmit to Congress a report, and also 
make such report available to the public in a user-friendly 
format via the Internet,’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 104 of such 
title is amended—
(1) in subsection (f)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘, after making the deduc-
tion authorized by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘remaining’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘deducted’’ and 
inserting ‘‘authorized to be appropriated’’. 
(e) PUERTO
RICO
HIGHWAY
PROGRAM.—Section 
1214(r) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen-
tury (112 Stat. 209; 117 Stat. 1114; 118 Stat. 1149) is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘1101(a)(15) 
for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2005’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1101(a)(24) for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2009 of the Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘1101(a)(15) of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘1101(a)(24) of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users’’. 
SEC. 1104. MINIMUM GUARANTEE. 
To be supplied. 
SEC. 1105. PROJECT APPROVAL AND OVERSIGHT. 
Section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) OVERSIGHT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
an oversight program to monitor the effective and effi-
cient use of funds authorized to carry out this title. 
At a minimum, the program shall be responsive to all 
areas related to financial integrity and project deliv-
ery. 
‘‘(2) FINANCIAL INTEGRITY.—
‘‘(A) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.—
The Secretary shall perform annual reviews that 
address elements of the State transportation de-
partments’ financial management systems that 
affect projects approved under subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) PROJECT COSTS.—The Secretary shall 
develop minimum standards for estimating 
project costs and shall periodically evaluate the 
States’ practices for estimating project costs, 
awarding contracts, and reducing project costs. 
‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITY
OF
THE
STATES.—
The States are responsible for determining that 
subrecipients of Federal funds under this title 
have sufficient accounting controls to properly 
manage such Federal funds. The Secretary shall 
periodically review the States’ monitoring of sub-
recipients.