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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4896 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a program to improve 
infrastructure development in Appalachia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 29, 2019 
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia (for himself, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. MILLER, and 
Mr. MCKINLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a pro-
gram to improve infrastructure development in Appa-
lachia, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Infrastruc-
ture Development in Appalachia Act’’ or the ‘‘AID in Ap-
palachia Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. BALANCE EXCHANGES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 171. Balance exchanges for infrastructure program 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
ADMINISTRATIVELY
ALLOCATED.—The 
term ‘administratively allocated’ means the alloca-
tion by the Secretary of budget authority for a 
project under the TIFIA program that occurs 
when— 
‘‘(A) a potential applicant has been invited 
into the creditworthiness phase for a project 
under the TIFIA program; or 
‘‘(B) the project is subject to a master 
credit agreement (as defined in section 601(a)), 
in accordance with section 602(b)(2). 
‘‘(2) APPALACHIAN STATE.—The term ‘Appa-
lachian State’ means a State that contains 1 or 
more counties in the Appalachian region (as defined 
in section 14102(a) of title 40). 
‘‘(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 
the Balance Exchanges for Infrastructure Program 
established under subsection (b). 
‘‘(4) TIFIA CARRYOVER BALANCE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘TIFIA car-
ryover balance’ means the amounts made avail-
able for the TIFIA program for previous fiscal 
years that are unobligated and have not been 
administratively allocated. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘TIFIA car-
ryover balance’ includes— 
‘‘(i) the applicable amount of contract 
authority for the amounts described in 
subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) the equivalent amount of obliga-
tion limitation for the fiscal year in which 
the Secretary makes a transfer under sub-
section (f)(2). 
‘‘(5) TIFIA PROGRAM.—The term ‘TIFIA pro-
gram’ has the meaning given the term in section 
601(a). 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program, to be known as the ‘Balance Exchanges 
for Infrastructure Program’, in accordance with this sec-
tion to provide flexibility for the Secretary and States to 
improve highway infrastructure. 
‘‘(c) OFFER TO FUND PROJECTS
OR EXCHANGE 
FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(1) SOLICITATION.—For each fiscal year for 
which an amount is reserved under subsection (f)(1), 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than December 1 of that fis-
cal year— 
‘‘(i) solicit requests from Appalachian 
States to return amounts under subsection 
(d)(1)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) solicit applications from Appa-
lachian States for grants under subsection 
(e); and 
‘‘(B) require that, not later than 60 days 
after the date of the solicitations under sub-
paragraph (A), each Appalachian State that 
elects to participate in the program shall submit 
to the Secretary either— 
‘‘(i) a request that describes the 
amount that the Appalachian State re-
quests 
to 
return 
under 
subsection 
(d)(1)(A); or 
‘‘(ii) an application for a grant under 
subsection (e). 
‘‘(d) EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with each Appalachian State that 
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submits a request under subsection (c)(1)(A)(i) 
under which— 
‘‘(A) the Appalachian State shall return to 
the Secretary all, or at the discretion of the Ap-
palachian State, a portion of, the unobligated 
amounts from the Highway Trust Fund (in-
cluding the applicable amount of contract au-
thority and an equal amount of special no-year 
obligation limitation associated with that con-
tract authority) apportioned to the Appalachian 
State for the Appalachian development highway 
system under section 14501 of title 40 (but not 
including any amounts made available by an ap-
propriations Act without an initial authoriza-
tion); and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary shall transfer to the 
Appalachian State, from amounts transferred to 
the program under subsection (f)(2) for that 
fiscal year, an amount (including the applicable 
amount of contract authority and an equal 
amount of annual obligation limitation) equal to 
the amount that the Appalachian State re-
turned under subparagraph (A) that shall be 
used to carry out projects described in para-
graph (3). 
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‘‘(2) STATE LIMITATION.—The amount of con-
tract authority returned by an Appalachian State 
under paragraph (1)(A) may not exceed the amount 
of the special no-year obligation limitation available 
to the Appalachian State prior to the return of the 
special no-year obligation limitation under that para-
graph. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A project eligible to 
be carried out using funds transferred to an 
Appalachian State under paragraph (1)(B) is a 
project described in subsections (b) and (c) of 
section 133. 
‘‘(B) 
FEDERAL
SHARE.—The 
Federal 
share of the cost of a project carried out using 
funds transferred to an Appalachian State 
under paragraph (1)(B) shall be up to 100 per-
cent, at the discretion of the Appalachian State. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF SECTION 133.—Ex-
cept as otherwise provided in this paragraph, 
section 133 shall not apply to a project carried 
out using funds transferred to an Appalachian 
State under paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(4) TOTAL LIMITATION.—For each fiscal year, 
the total amount exchanged under paragraph (1) 
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shall not exceed the amount available to be trans-
ferred to the program under subsection (f). 
‘‘(5) AMOUNTS EXCHANGED.—For each fiscal 
year, if the total amount requested by all Appa-
lachian States to return under paragraph (1)(A) is 
greater than the amount described in paragraph (4), 
the Secretary shall exchange amounts under para-
graph (1) based on the proportion that— 
‘‘(A) the amount requested to be returned 
for the fiscal year by the Appalachian State; 
bears to 
‘‘(B) the amount requested to be returned 
for the fiscal year by all Appalachian States. 
‘‘(e) APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYS-
TEM CORRIDOR GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts returned to 
the Secretary under subsection (d)(1)(A), the Sec-
retary shall provide grants of contract authority, to 
remain available until expended, and subject to spe-
cial no-year obligation limitation, on a competitive 
basis to Appalachian States for eligible projects de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECT.—A project eligible to 
be carried out with a grant under this subsection is 
a project that is— 
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‘‘(A) eligible under section 14501 of title 
40 as of the date of enactment of this section; 
and 
‘‘(B) reasonably expected to begin con-
struction by not later than 2 years after the 
date of obligation of funds provided under this 
subsection for the project. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an Appalachian State 
shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(4) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of a project carried out using a grant pro-
vided under this subsection shall be up to 100 per-
cent, at the discretion of the Appalachian State. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—An Appalachian State that 
enters into an agreement to exchange funds under 
subsection (d) for any fiscal year shall not be eligible 
to receive a grant under this subsection. 
‘‘(f) TRANSFER FROM TIFIA PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reserve, for the purpose of 
funding transfers under paragraph (2) until the 
transfers are completed, the amount of TIFIA carry-
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