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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5465 
To provide technical and financial support for the completion of the Interstate 
11 environmental impact statement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2019 
Mr. STANTON (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and 
Mrs. KIRKPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide technical and financial support for the completion 
of the Interstate 11 environmental impact statement, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN ROUTES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a segment described 
in subsection (b), the Secretary of Transportation shall 
provide technical and financial assistance, in accordance 
with subsection (c), required to complete a Tier II environ-
mental impact statement for the segment. 
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(b) SEGMENTS DESCRIBED.—A segment referred to 
in subsection (a) is a segment of a route described in 
clause (ii) or (iii) of section 1105(c)(26)(A) of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
(Public Law 102–240; 105 Stat. 2032; 109 Stat. 597) (ex-
cept for a segment of a route located between Wickenburg, 
Arizona, and the Nevada border) for which an environ-
mental impact statement or preliminary engineering has 
been included in— 
(1) the transportation improvement program 
and the transportation plan under section 134 of 
title 23, United States Code, of the applicable met-
ropolitan planning organization; and 
(2) the statewide transportation improvement 
program under section 135 of title 23, United States 
Code, of the applicable State. 
(c) TIMING.— 
(1) INCLUSION IN PLANNING.—To be eligible to 
receive technical and financial assistance under this 
section, not later than 2 years after the date on 
which the record of decision is published for the Tier 
I environmental impact statement for a segment de-
scribed in subsection (b), the applicable metropolitan 
planning organization or State shall include the por-
tion of the segment that is under the jurisdiction of 
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the metropolitan planning organization or State in, 
as applicable— 
(A) the transportation improvement plan 
of the metropolitan planning organization under 
section 134 of title 23, United States Code; or 
(B) the statewide transportation improve-
ment program under section 135 of title 23, 
United States Code, of the State. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date on which a metropolitan planning or-
ganization or State includes the applicable portion of 
a segment described in subsection (b) in the trans-
portation improvement plan of the metropolitan 
planning organization or the statewide transpor-
tation improvement program of the State, as appli-
cable, pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
Transportation shall provide technical and financial 
assistance under subsection (a) to the applicable 
metropolitan planning organization or State. 
(d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available to carry out this section shall supplement, and 
not supplant, funds made available to the applicable met-
ropolitan planning organization or State under title 23, 
United States Code. 
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