109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2566
AN ACT 
To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor 
carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out 
of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a 
law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 
21st Century.
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 ‘‘Surface Transpor-
tation Extension Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. ADVANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a)(1) of the Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (23 U.S.C. 
104 note; 118 Stat. 1144) is amended by striking ‘‘as 
amended by this section’’ and inserting ‘‘as amended by 
this Act and the Surface Transportation Extension Act 
of 2005’’. 
(b) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS.—
(1) 
ADMINISTRATION
OF
FUNDS.—Section 
2(b)(3) of such Act (118 Stat. 1145) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the amendment made under subsection 
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1101(l) of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century’’. 
(2) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
MINIMUM
GUAR-
ANTEE.—Section 2(b)(4) of such Act is amended by 
striking 
‘‘$1,866,666,667’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$2,100,000,000’’. 
(3) EXTENSION OF OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGE SET-
ASIDE.—Section 144(g)(3) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘May 31’’ inserting 
‘‘June 30’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—
Section 1101(l)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century (118 Stat. 1145) is amended by striking 
‘‘$22,685,936,000 for the period of October 1, 2004, 
through May 31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,521,678,000 
for the period of October 1, 2004, through June 30, 
2005’’. 
(d) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 2(e) of 
the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part 
V (118 Stat. 1146) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—
‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION AUTHOR-
ITY.—Subject to paragraph (2), for the period of 
October 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, the Sec-
retary shall distribute the obligation limitation made 
available for Federal-aid highways and highway safe-
ty construction programs under the heading ‘FED-
ERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’ in title I of division H of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (23 U.S.C. 
104 note; 118 Stat. 3204), in accordance with sec-
tion 110 of such title (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 118 Stat. 
3209); except that the amount of obligation limita-
tion to be distributed for such period for each pro-
gram, project, and activity specified in sections 
110(a)(1), 110(a)(2), 110(a)(4), and 110(a)(5) of 
such title shall equal the greater of—
‘‘(A) the funding authorized for such pro-
gram, project, or activity in this Act and the 
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005 
(including any amendments made by this Act 
and such Act); or 
‘‘(B) 9⁄12 of the funding provided for or 
limitation set on such program, project, or ac-
tivity in title I of division H of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF AU-
THORITY DISTRIBUTED.—The total amount of obli-
gation limitation distributed under paragraph (1) for 
the period of October 1, 2004, through June 30, 
2005, shall not exceed $26,025,000,000; except that 
this limitation shall not apply to $479,250,000 in 
obligations for minimum guarantee for such period. 
‘‘(3) TIME
PERIOD
FOR
OBLIGATIONS
OF 
FUNDS.—After June 30, 2005, no funds shall be ob-
ligated for any Federal-aid highway program project 
until the date of enactment of a law reauthorizing 
the Federal-aid highway program.
‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obli-
gation of obligation authority distributed under this 
subsection shall be considered to be an obligation for 
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs for fiscal year 2005 for the purposes 
of the matter under the heading ‘FEDERAL-AID 
HIGHWAYS’ in title I of division H of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (23 U.S.C. 104 
note; 118 Stat. 3204).’’. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
Section 4(a) of the Surface Transportation Extension 
Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 1147) is amended by striking 
‘‘$234,682,667’’ and inserting ‘‘$264,018,000’’. 
SEC. 4. OTHER FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER 
TITLE I OF TEA–21.—
(1) FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.—
(A) INDIAN
RESERVATION
ROADS.—Sec-
tion 1101(a)(8)(A) of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 112; 
118 Stat. 1147) is amended—
(i) in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘$183,333,333 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through May 31, 2005’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$206,250,000 for the period of Octo-
ber 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence by striking 
‘‘$8,666,667’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,750,000’’. 
(B) PUBLIC
LANDS
HIGHWAYS.—Section 
1101(a)(8)(B) of such Act (112 Stat. 112; 118 
Stat. 
1148) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$164,000,000 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through May 31, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘$184,500,000 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through June 30, 2005’’. 
(C) PARK
ROADS
AND
PARKWAYS.—Sec-
tion 1101(a)(8)(C) of such Act (112 Stat. 112; 
118 Stat. 1148 is amended by striking 
‘‘$110,000,000 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through May 31, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘$123,750,000 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through June 30, 2005’’ . 
(D) 
REFUGE
ROADS.—Section 
1101(a)(8)(D) of such Act (112 Stat. 112; 118 
Stat. 
1148) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$13,333,333 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through May 31, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘$15,000,000 for the period of October 1, 
2004, through June 30, 2005’’.