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(1) all toll revenues received from operation of 
the toll facility will be used only for—
(A) debt service; 
(B) reasonable return on investment of any 
private person financing the project; and 
(C) any costs necessary for the improve-
ment of and the proper operation and mainte-
nance of the toll facility, including reconstruc-
tion, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation 
of the toll facility; and 
(2) regular audits will be conducted to ensure 
compliance with paragraph (1) and the results of 
such audits will be transmitted to the Secretary. 
(g) LIMITATION ON USE OF INTERSTATE MAINTE-
NANCE FUNDS.—During the term of the pilot program, 
funds apportioned for Interstate maintenance under sec-
tion 104(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, may not 
be used on a facility for which tolls are being collected 
under the program. 
(h) PROGRAM TERM.—The Secretary may approve 
an application of a State for permission to collect a toll 
under this section only if the application is received by 
the Secretary before the last day of the 10-year period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
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(i) INTERSTATE SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘Interstate System’ has the meaning such term 
has under section 101 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 1605. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS. 
Section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘(i) USE OF EXCESS FUNDS.—
‘(1) AUDITS.—A State may audit projects fund-
ed with amounts apportioned under sections 104 and 
144 to determine whether any amounts obligated for 
a project are excess funds. 
‘(2) PLANS FOR USE OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If a 
State determines, after conducting an audit under 
paragraph (1), that funds obligated for a project are 
excess funds, the State may develop a plan for obli-
gating the funds for the design and construction of 
one or more projects that are eligible for funding 
under the program for which the funds were origi-
nally apportioned. 
‘(3) CERTIFICATION
TO
THE
SECRETARY.—A 
State that has developed a plan under paragraph (2) 
shall transmit to the Secretary a certification that 
the State has conducted an audit under paragraph 
(1) and developed the plan in accordance with para-
graph (2).
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‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANS.—After trans-
mitting a certification to the Secretary with respect 
to a plan under paragraph (3), the State may carry 
out the plan. 
‘(5) APPLICABILITY
OF
REQUIREMENTS.—Ex-
cess funds used to carry out a project under this 
section shall be subject to the requirements of this 
title that are applicable to the program for which the 
funds were originally apportioned. 
‘(6) EXCESS
FUNDS
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘excess funds’’ means funds obli-
gated for a project that remain available for the 
project after the project has been completed.’. 
SEC. 1606. SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO STATE INFRA-
STRUCTURE BANK PROGRAM. 
(a) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—Section 189 of title 23, 
United States Code, as amended by section 1602(a) of this 
Act, is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘(c) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—
‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress grants consent to 
2 or more of the States, entering into a cooperative 
agreement under subsection (a) with the Secretary 
for the establishment by such States of a multi-State 
infrastructure bank in accordance with this section,
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to enter into an interstate compact establishing such 
bank in accordance with this section. 
‘(2) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—The right to 
alter, amend or repeal interstate compacts entered 
into under this subsection is expressly reserved.’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL LAW.—Section 189 
of title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 
1602(a) of this Act, is further amended by inserting after 
subsection (g) the following: 
‘(h) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL LAW.—
‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements of this 
title and title 49 that would otherwise apply to funds 
made available under this title or such title and 
projects assisted with those funds shall apply to—
‘(A) funds made available under this title 
or such title and contributed to an infrastruc-
ture bank established under this section, includ-
ing the non-Federal contribution required under 
subsection (g); and 
‘(B) projects assisted by the bank through 
the use of the funds; 
except to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that any requirement of such title (other than sec-
tions 113 and 114 of this title and section 5333 of
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title 49), is not consistent with the objectives of this 
section. 
‘(2) REPAYMENTS.—The requirements of this 
title and title 49 shall apply to repayments from 
non-Federal sources to an infrastructure bank from 
projects assisted by the bank. Such a repayment 
shall be considered to be Federal funds.’. 
Subtitle G—High Priority Projects 
SEC. 1701. HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM. 
(a) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
HIGH
PRIORITY 
PROJECTS.—Section 117(a) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘1602 of the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century’ and inserting ‘1701 of 
the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users’. 
(b) ALLOCATION PERCENTAGES.—Section 117(b) of 
such title is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through 
(6) and inserting the following: 
‘(1) 22.4 percent of such amount shall be avail-
able for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2005; 
‘(2) 20.2 percent of such amount shall be avail-
able for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2006; 
‘(3) 19.3 percent of such amount shall be avail-
able for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2007; 
‘(4) 19.7 percent of such amount shall be avail-
able for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2008; and
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‘(5) 18.4 percent of such amount shall be avail-
able for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2009.’. 
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 117(c) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘; except’ and all that follows 
through ‘cost thereof’. 
(d) ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION.—Section 117(e) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘1602 of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘1701 of the Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users’. 
(e) AVAILABILITY
OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—
Section 117(g) of such title is amended by striking ‘Trans-
portation Equity Act for the 21st Century’ and inserting 
‘Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users’. 
(f) 
FEDERAL-STATE
RELATIONSHIP.—Section 
145(b) of such title is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘described in’ the fol-
lowing: ‘section 1702 of the Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users,’; 
(2) by inserting after ‘for such projects by’ the 
following: ‘section 1101(a)(17) of the Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users,’; and 
(3) by striking ‘117 of title 23, United States 
Code,’ and inserting ‘section 117 of this title,’.
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SEC. 1702. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
Subject to section 117 of title 23, United States 
Code, the amount listed for each high priority project in 
the following table shall be available (from amounts made 
available by section 1101(a)(17) of the Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) for fiscal years 2005 
through 2009 to carry out each such project: To be sup-
plied. 
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous 
Provisions 
SEC. 1801. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION. 
The Department of Transportation and each agency 
therein shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a 
budget justification concurrently with the President’s an-
nual budget submission to Congress under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 1802. MOTORIST INFORMATION. 
Section 124 of of title I of division F of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2004 (118 Stat. 296–297) is 
repealed. 
SEC. 1803. MOTORIST INFORMATION CONCERNING FULL-
SERVICE RESTAURANTS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall initate a rulemaking to 
determine whether or not—
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(1) full-service restaurants should be given pri-
ority on not more than 2 panels of the camping or 
attractions logo specific service signs in the Manual 
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices of the Depart-
ment of Transportation when the food logo specific 
service sign is fully utilized; and 
(2) full service restaurants should be given pri-
ority on not more than two panels of the food logo 
specific service signs in such Manual when the 
camping or attractions logo specific service signs are 
fully utilized. 
SEC. 1804. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON THE NATIONAL 
HIGHWAY SYSTEM. 
Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (23) by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘and the connection 
from Wichita, Kansas, to Sioux City, Iowa, which in-
cludes I–135 from Wichita, Kansas to Salina, Kan-
sas, United States Route 81 from Saline, Kansas, to 
Norfolk, Nebraska, Nebraska State Route 35 from 
Norfolk, Nebraska, to South Sioux City, Nebraska, 
and the connection to I–29 in Sioux City, Iowa’;
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(2) by striking paragraph (34) and inserting 
the following: 
‘(34) The Alameda Corridor-East and South-
west Passage, California. The Alameda Corridor-
East is generally described as the corridor from East 
Los Angeles (terminus of Alameda Corridor) 
through Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and 
Riverside Counties, to termini at Barstow in San 
Bernardino County and Coachella in Riverside 
County. The Southwest Passage shall follow I–10 
from San Bernardino to the Arizona State line.’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘(46) Interstate Route 710 between the ter-
minus at Long Beach, California, to California State 
Route 60. 
‘(47) Interstate Route 87 from the Quebec bor-
der to New York City. 
‘(48) The Route 50 High Plains Corridor along 
the United States Route 50 corridor from Newton, 
Kansas, to Pueblo, Colorado. 
‘(49) The Atlantic Commerce Corridor on Inter-
state Route 95 from Jacksonville, Florida, to Miami, 
Florida. 
‘(50) The East-West Corridor commencing in 
Watertown, New York, continuing northeast through
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New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, 
and terminating in Calais, Maine. 
‘(51) The SPIRIT Corridor on United States 
Route 54 from El Paso, Texas, through New Mex-
ico, Texas, and Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas. 
‘(52) The route in Arkansas running south and 
parallel to United States Route 226 from the reloca-
tion of United States Route 67 to the vicinity of 
United States Route 49 and United States Route 
63. 
‘(53) United States Highway Route 6 from 
Interstate Route 70 to Interstate Route 15, Utah. 
‘(54) The California Farm-to-Market Corridor, 
California State Route 99 from south of Bakersfield 
to Sacramento, California.’; and 
(4) by aligning paragraph (45) with paragraph 
(46). 
SEC. 1805. ADDITIONS TO APPALACHIAN REGION. 
(a) KENTUCKY.—Section 14102(a)(1)(C) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘Nicholas,’ after ‘Morgan,’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘Robertson,’ after ‘Pulaski,’. 
(b) OHIO.—Section 14102(a)(1)(H) of such title is 
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘Ashtabula,’ after ‘Adams,’;
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(2) by inserting ‘Fayette,’ after ‘Coshocton,’; 
(3) by inserting ‘Mahoning,’ after ‘Lawrence,’; 
and 
(4) by inserting ‘Trumbull,’ after ‘Scioto,’. 
(c) TENNESSEE.—Section 14102(a)(1)(K) of such 
title is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘Giles,’ after ‘Franklin,’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln,’ 
after ‘Knox,’. 
(d) VIRGINIA.—Section 14102(a)(1)(L) of such title 
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘Henry,’ after ‘Grayson,’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘Patrick,’ after ‘Montgomery,’. 
SEC. 1806. TRANSPORTATION ASSETS AND NEEDS OF 
DELTA REGION. 
(a) AGREEMENT.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with the Delta Regional Authority (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘DRA’) to conduct a com-
prehensive study of transportation assets and needs for 
all modes of transportation (including passenger and 
freight transportation) in the 8 States comprising the 
Delta region (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Lou-
isiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee).
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(b) CONSULTATION.—Under the agreement, the 
DRA, in conducting the study, shall consult with the De-
partment of Transportation, State transportation depart-
ments, local planning and development districts, local and 
regional governments, and metropolitan planning organi-
zations. 
(c) REPORT.—Under the agreement, the DRA, not 
later than 24 months after the date of entry into the 
agreement, shall submit to the Secretary and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate a final report on the re-
sults of the study, together with such recommendation as 
the DRA considers appropriate. 
(d) PLAN.—Under the agreement, the DRA, upon 
completion of the report, shall establish a regional stra-
tegic plan to implement the recommendations of the re-
port. 
(e) FUNDING.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated out of the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account), $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 
and 2006 to carry out this section.
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(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
by this section shall be available for obligation in the 
same manner and to the same extent as if such 
funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code; except that such funds shall re-
main available until expended and shall not be trans-
ferable. 
SEC. 1807. TOLL FACILITIES WORKPLACE SAFETY STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study on the safety of highway toll collection facilities, in-
cluding toll booths, to determine the safety of the facilities 
for the toll collectors who work in and around the facili-
ties, including consideration of—
(1) the effect of design or construction of the 
facilities on the likelihood of vehicle collisions with 
the facilities; 
(2) the safety of crosswalks used by toll collec-
tors in transit to and from toll booths; 
(3) the extent of the enforcement of speed lim-
its in the vicinity of the facilities; 
(4) the use of warning devices, such as vibra-
tion and rumble strips, to alert drivers approaching 
the facilities; 
(5) the use of cameras to record traffic viola-
tions in the vicinity of the facilities;
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(6) the use of traffic control arms in the vicin-
ity of the facilities; 
(7) law enforcement practices and jurisdictional 
issues that affect safety in the vicinity of the facili-
ties; and 
(8) the incidence of accidents and injuries in 
the vicinity of toll booths. 
(b) DATA COLLECTION.—As part of the study, the 
Secretary shall collect data regarding the incidence of acci-
dents and injuries in the vicinity of highway toll collection 
facilities. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the 
results of the study, together with recommendations for 
improving toll facilities workplace safety. 
(d) FUNDING.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), $500,000 for fiscal 
year 2005.
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(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this section shall be available 
for obligation in the same manner and to the same 
extent as if such funds were apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; expect 
that the Federal share of the cost of the project 
shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain 
available until expended and shall not be transfer-
able. 
SEC. 1808. PAVEMENT MARKING SYSTEMS DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
demonstration project in the State of Alaska, and a dem-
onstration project in the State of Tennessee, to study the 
safety impacts, environmental impacts, and cost effective-
ness of different pavement marking systems and the effect 
of State bidding and procurement processes on the quality 
of pavement marking material employed in highway 
projects. The demonstration projects shall each include an 
evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of increasing 
the width of pavement marking edge lines from 4 inches 
to 6 inches and an evaluation of advanced acrylic water-
borne pavement markings. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2009, the 
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the re-
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sults of the demonstration projects, together with findings 
and recommendations on methods that will optimize the 
cost-benefit ratio of the use of Federal funds on pavement 
marking. 
(c) FUNDING.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), $1,000,000 per fis-
cal year for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 
2009. 
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this section shall be available 
for obligation in the same manner and to the same 
extent as if such funds were apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; expect 
that the Federal share of the cost of the demonstra-
tion projects shall be 100 percent, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended and shall not 
be transferable. 
SEC. 1809. WORK ZONE SAFETY GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and 
implement a work zone safety grant program under which 
the Secretary may make grants to nonprofit organizations
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to provide training to prevent or reduce highway work 
zone injuries and fatalities. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grants may be made 
under the program for the following purposes: 
(1) Training for construction craft workers on 
the prevention of injuries and fatalities in highway 
and road construction. 
(2) Development of guidelines for the preven-
tion of highway work zone injuries and fatalities. 
(3) Training for State and local government 
transportation agencies and other groups imple-
menting guidelines for the prevention of highway 
work zone injuries and fatalities. 
(c) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this 
section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2009. 
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
by this subsection shall be available for obligation in 
the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; ex-
cept that such funds shall not be transferable.
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(d) CONSTRUCTION WORK IN ALASKA.—Section 114 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘(c) CONSTRUCTION WORK IN ALASKA.—
‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that a worker who is employed on a remote project 
for the construction of a highway or portion of a 
highway located on a Federal-aid system in the 
State of Alaska and who is not a domiciled resident 
of the locality shall receive meals and lodging. 
‘(2) LODGING.—The lodging under paragraph 
(1) shall be in accordance with section 1910.142 of 
title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to 
temporary labor camp requirements). 
‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
‘(A) REMOTE.—The term ‘‘remote’’, as 
used with respect to a project, means that the 
project is 75 miles or more from the United 
States Post Office in either Fairbanks, Anchor-
age, Juno, or Ketchikan, Alaska, or is inacces-
sible by road in a 2-wheel drive vehicle. 
‘(B) RESIDENT.—The term ‘‘resident’’, as 
used with respect to a project, means a person
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living within 75 miles of the midpoint of the 
project for at least 12 months.’. 
SEC. 
1810. 
GRANT 
PROGRAM 
TO 
PROHIBIT 
RACIAL 
PROFILING. 
(a) GRANTS.—Subject to the requirements of this 
section, the Secretary shall make grants to a State that—
(1) (A) has enacted and is enforcing a law that 
prohibits the use of racial profiling in the enforce-
ment of State laws regulating the use of Federal-aid 
highways; and 
(B) is maintaining and allows public inspection 
of statistical information for each motor vehicle stop 
made by a law enforcement officer on a Federal-aid 
highway in the State regarding the race and eth-
nicity of the driver and any passengers; or 
(2) provides assurances satisfactory to the Sec-
retary that the State is undertaking activities to 
comply with the requirements of paragraph (1). 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A grant received by a 
State under subsection (a) shall be used by the State—
(1) in the case of a State eligible under sub-
section (a)(1), for costs of—
(A) collecting and maintaining of data on 
traffic stops; 
(B) evaluating the results of the data; and
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(C) developing and implementing programs 
to reduce the occurrence of racial profiling, in-
cluding programs to train law enforcement offi-
cers; and 
(2) in the case of a State eligible under sub-
section (a)(2), for costs of—
(A) activities to comply with the require-
ments of subsection (a)(1); and 
(B) any eligible activity under paragraph 
(1). 
(c) RACIAL PROFILING.—To meet the requirement of 
subsection (a)(1), a State law shall prohibit, in the en-
forcement of State laws regulating the use of Federal-aid 
highways, a State or local law enforcement officer from 
using the race or ethnicity of the driver or passengers to 
any degree in making routine or spontaneous law enforce-
ment decisions, such as ordinary traffic stops on Federal-
aid highways. Nothing in this subsection shall alter the 
manner in which a State or local law enforcement officer 
considers race or ethnicity whenever there is trustworthy 
information, relevant to the locality or time frame, that 
links persons of a particular race or ethnicity to an identi-
fied criminal incident, scheme, or organization. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The total 
amount of grants received by a State under this sec-
tion in a fiscal year may not exceed 5 percent of the 
amount made available to carry out this section in 
the fiscal year. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—A State may not receive a 
grant under subsection (a)(2) in more than 2 fiscal 
years. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this 
section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2009. 
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
by this subsection shall be available for obligation in 
the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, ex-
cept the Federal share of the cost of activities car-
ried out using such funds shall be 100 percent, and 
such funds shall remain available until expended and 
shall not be transferable. 
SEC. 1811. AMERICA’S BYWAYS RESOURCE CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate funds 
made available to carry out this section to the America’s
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Byways Resource Center established pursuant to section 
1215(b)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (112 Stat. 209). 
(b) TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND EDUCATION.—
(1) USE
OF
FUNDS.—The Center shall use 
funds allocated to the Center under this section to 
continue to provide technical support and conduct 
educational activities for the national scenic byways 
program established under section 162 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Technical support 
and educational activities carried out under this sub-
section shall provide local officials and organizations 
associated with National Scenic Byways and All-
American Roads with proactive, technical, and on-
site customized assistance, including training, com-
munications (including a public awareness series), 
publications, conferences, on-site meetings, and 
other assistance considered appropriate to develop 
and sustain such byways and roads. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out 
this section $3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2009.
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(d) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized 
by this section shall be available for obligation in the same 
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 
1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal 
share of the cost of any project or activity carried out 
under this section shall be 100 percent and such funds 
shall remain available until expended and shall not be 
transferable. 
SEC. 1812. TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The donee of the vessel with the 
Unit Identification Code number 13862 is deemed to be 
the owner of that vessel free and clear as of September 
1, 2000. 
(b) FEDERAL CLAIMS.—All Federal claims arising 
from the donation or use of the vessel described in sub-
section (a) are permanently extinguished. 
SEC. 1813. ROAD USER CHARGE EVALUATION PILOT 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
national evaluation pilot project to assess how intelligent 
transportation system technology can be applied to assess 
mileage-based road user charges for the purposes of col-
lecting revenues for the Highway Trust Fund. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE EVALUATED.—The following 
matters shall be evaluated under the pilot project:
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(1) Technical feasibility of imposing mileage-
based road user charges, including cost, reliability, 
and security of on-board and intelligent transpor-
tation systems. 
(2) Compatibility of technology for imposing 
such charges with automobile and truck design. 
(3) Design and testing of a collection system 
for such charges that is secure, low cost, and easy 
to use. 
(4) Methods of ensuring privacy of road users 
and assessing public attitudes and views of motorists 
who participate in field tests of the equipment and 
system. 
(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall transmit annual 
reports on the status of the pilot project and, not later 
than June 30, 2009, a final report on the results of the 
pilot project, together with findings and recommendations, 
to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorize from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
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Account) to carry out this section $1,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006 and $3,500,000 
for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009. 
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
under this subsection shall be available for obligation 
in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; ex-
cept the Federal share of the cost of the pilot project 
shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain 
available until expended and shall not be transfer-
able. 
SEC. 1814. THOMAS P. ‘TIP’ O’NEILL, JR. TUNNEL. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In honor of his service to the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States 
of America, and in recognition of his contributions toward 
the construction of Central Artery Tunnel project in Bos-
ton, the northbound and southbound tunnel of Interstate 
Route 93, located in the city of Boston, which extends 
north of the intersection of Interstate Route 90 and Inter-
state Route 93 to the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill 
Bridge, is designated as the ‘Thomas P. ‘‘Tip’’ O’Neill, 
Jr. Tunnel’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the tunnel referred to in subsection (a) shall be