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over a period of 5 years and deposited into the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and available for projects eligible 
under chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code. 
(2) The United States will not be responsible for any 
environmental cleanup of any land with respect to which such 
release is made. 
(3) All airport and aviation-related equipment located at 
Rialto Municipal Airport and owned by the City of Rialto before 
the date of the release will be transferred to a commercial 
airport referred to in paragraph (1)(A). 
SEC. 4409. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 218 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘prior to the date of the 
enactment of the reauthorization of the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘Alaska Marine 
Highway System’ includes all existing or planned transportation 
facilities and equipment in Alaska, including the lease, purchase, 
or construction of vessels, terminals, docks, floats, ramps, staging 
areas, parking lots, bridges and approaches thereto, and necessary 
roads.’’. 
SEC. 4410. RALPH M. BARTHOLOMEW VETERANS’ MEMORIAL BRIDGE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The bridge joining the Island of Gravina 
to the community of Ketchican, Alaska, constructed pursuant to 
section 144(g)(1)(E) of title 23, United States Code, is designated 
as the ‘‘Ralph M. Bartholomew Veterans’ Memorial Bridge’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the bridge 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Ralph M. Bartholomew Veterans’ Memorial Bridge’’. 
SEC. 4411. DON YOUNG’S WAY. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Knik Arm bridge in Alaska to be 
planned, designed, and constructed pursuant to section 117 of title 
23, United States Code, as high priority project number 2465 under 
section 1702 of this Act, is designated as ‘‘Don Young’s Way’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the bridge 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to ‘‘Don Young’s Way’’. 
SEC. 4412. QUALITY BANK ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF TAPS QUALITY BANK ADJUSTMENTS.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘TAPS quality bank adjustments’’ means monetary 
adjustments paid by or to a shipper of oil on the Trans Alaska 
Pipeline System through the operation of a quality bank to com-
pensate for the value of the oil of the shipper that is commingled 
in the Pipeline. 
(b) PROCEEDINGS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In a proceeding commenced before the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission may not order retroactive changes in TAPS quality 
bank adjustments for any period before February 1, 2000. 
(2) PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED AFTER THE DATE OF ENACT-
MENT.—In a proceeding commenced after the date of enactment
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of this Act, the Commission may not order retroactive changes 
in TAPS quality bank adjustments for any period that exceeds 
the 15-month period immediately preceding the earliest date 
of the first order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
imposing quality bank adjustments in the proceeding. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR CLAIMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A claim relating to a quality bank under 
this section shall be filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission not later than 2 years after the date on which 
the claim arose. 
(2) FINAL
ORDER.—Not later than 15 months after the 
date on which a claim is filed under paragraph (1), the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue a final order with 
respect to the claim. 
SEC. 4413. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 
Section 5006(d) of Public Law 101–380 is amended by inserting 
‘‘annual’’ before ‘‘amount’’.
TITLE V—RESEARCH 
Subtitle A—Funding 
SEC. 5101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account): 
(1) SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 
AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—To carry out sections 502, 503, 
506, 507, 509, and 510 of title 23, United States Code, and 
sections 5201, 5203, 5204, 5309, 5501, 5502, 5503, 5504, 5506, 
5511, 5512, and 5513 of this title $196,400,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available. 
(2) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—To carry out section 504 
of title 23, United States Code, and section 5502 of this Act 
$26,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009. 
(3) BUREAU
OF
TRANSPORTATION
STATISTICS.—For the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics to carry out section 111 
of title 49, United States Code, $27,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2005 through 2009. 
(4) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—To carry out 
sections 5505 and 5506 of title 49, United States Code, 
$69,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009. 
(5) 
INTELLIGENT
TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS
(ITS) 
RESEARCH.—To carry out subtitle C of this title, and section 
511 of title 23, United States Code, $110,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2005 through 2009. 
(6) ITS DEPLOYMENT.—To carry out sections 5208 and 5209 
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 
Stat. 458; 112 Stat. 460), $122,000,000 for fiscal year 2005. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.—Funds 
authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) 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 a project or activity carried out using 
such funds shall be 50 percent, unless otherwise expressly provided
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by this Act (including the amendments made by this Act) or other-
wise determined by the Secretary, and such funds shall remain 
available until expended and shall not be transferable. 
SEC. 5102. OBLIGATION CEILING. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total of all 
obligations from amounts made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by section 5101(a) 
of this Act shall be $410,888,888 for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2009. 
SEC. 5103. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Research and development are critical to developing 
and maintaining a transportation system that meets the goals 
of safety, mobility, economic vitality, efficiency, equity, and 
environmental protection. 
(2) Federally sponsored surface transportation research and 
development has produced many successes. The development 
of rumble strips has increased safety; research on materials 
has increased the lifespan of pavements, saving money and 
reducing the disruption caused by construction; and Geographic 
Information Systems have improved the management and effi-
ciency of transit fleets. 
(3) Despite these important successes, the Federal surface 
transportation research and development investment represents 
less than 1 percent of overall Government spending on surface 
transportation. 
(4) While Congress increased funding for overall transpor-
tation programs by about 40 percent in the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century, funding for transportation 
research and development remained relatively flat. 
(5) The Federal investment in research and development 
should be balanced between short-term applied and long-term 
fundamental research and development. The investment should 
also cover a wide range of research areas, including research 
on materials and construction, research on operations, research 
on transportation trends and human factors, and research 
addressing the institutional barriers to deployment of new tech-
nologies. 
(6) That it is in the United States interest to increase 
the Federal investment in transportation research and develop-
ment, and to conduct research in critical research gaps, in 
order to ensure that the transportation system meets the goals 
of safety, mobility, economic vitality, efficiency, equity, and 
environmental protection. 
Subtitle B—Research, Technology, and 
Education 
SEC. 5201. RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION. 
(a) RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION.—Title 23, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in the table of chapters by striking the item relating 
to chapter 5 and inserting the following:
‘‘5. Research, Technology, and Education ....................................................
501’’;
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and 
(2) by striking the heading for chapter 5 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 5—RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND 
EDUCATION’’. 
(b) STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES GOVERNING RESEARCH AND TECH-
NOLOGY INVESTMENTS.—Section 502 of such title is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (g) as sub-
sections (b) through (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) 
the following: 
‘‘(a) BASIC PRINCIPLES GOVERNING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
INVESTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) COVERAGE.—Surface transportation research and tech-
nology development shall include all activities leading to tech-
nology development and transfer, as well as the introduction 
of new and innovative ideas, practices, and approaches, through 
such mechanisms as field applications, education and training, 
and technical support. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
RESPONSIBILITY.—Funding and conducting 
surface transportation research and technology transfer activi-
ties shall be considered a basic responsibility of the Federal 
Government when the work—
‘‘(A) is of national significance; 
‘‘(B) supports research in which there is a clear public 
benefit and private sector investment is less than optimal; 
‘‘(C) supports a Federal stewardship role in assuring 
that State and local governments use national resources 
efficiently; or 
‘‘(D) presents the best means to support Federal policy 
goals compared to other policy alternatives. 
‘‘(3) ROLE.—Consistent with these Federal responsibilities, 
the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) conduct research; 
‘‘(B) support and facilitate research and technology 
transfer activities by State highway agencies; 
‘‘(C) share results of completed research; and 
‘‘(D) support and facilitate technology and innovation 
deployment. 
‘‘(4) PROGRAM CONTENT.—A surface transportation research 
program shall include—
‘‘(A) fundamental, long-term highway research; 
‘‘(B) research aimed at significant highway research 
gaps and emerging issues with national implications; and 
‘‘(C) research related to policy and planning. 
‘‘(5) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—Federal surface transportation 
research and development activities shall address the needs 
of stakeholders. Stakeholders include States, metropolitan plan-
ning organizations, local governments, the private sector, 
researchers, research sponsors, and other affected parties, 
including public interest groups. 
‘‘(6) COMPETITION AND PEER REVIEW.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this chapter, the Secretary shall award, to the