IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3248 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
AUGUST 2, 2007 
Received 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
AN ACT 
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make tech-
nical corrections, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SAFETEA-LU Tech-
nical Corrections Act of 2007’’. 
TITLE I—HIGHWAY PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL COR-
RECTIONS. 
(a) CORRECTION OF INTERNAL REFERENCES IN DIS-
ADVANTAGED
BUSINESS
ENTERPRISES.—Paragraphs 
(3)(A) and (5) of section 1101(b) of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1156) are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 
(b) CORRECTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION 
AUTHORITY.—Section 1102(c)(5) of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1158) is amended by striking 
‘‘among the States’’. 
(c) CORRECTION OF FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.— 
Section 1119 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1190) is amended by striking subsection (m) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(m) FOREST HIGHWAYS.—Of the amounts made 
available for public lands highways under section 1101— 
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‘‘(1) not more than $20,000,000 for each fiscal 
year may be used for the maintenance of forest 
highways; 
‘‘(2) not more than $1,000,000 for each fiscal 
year may be used for signage identifying public 
hunting and fishing access; and 
‘‘(3) not more than $10,000,000 for each fiscal 
year shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
pay the costs of facilitating the passage of aquatic 
species beneath forest roads (as defined in section 
101(a) of title 23, United States Code), including 
the costs of constructing, maintaining, replacing, 
and removing culverts and bridges, as appropriate.’’. 
(d) CORRECTION
OF DESCRIPTION
OF NATIONAL 
CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.— 
Item number 1 of the table contained in section 1302(e) 
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1205) 
is amended in the State column by inserting ‘‘LA,’’ after 
‘‘TX,’’. 
(e) CORRECTION OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 376 HIGH 
PRIORITY DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(c)(79) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
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1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and on United States Route 422’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1105(e)(5)(B)(i)(I) 
of 
the 
Intermodal 
Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2033; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
United States Route 422’’. 
(f) CORRECTION
OF
INFRASTRUCTURE
FINANCE 
SECTION.—Section 1602(d)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users (119 Stat. 1247) is amended by striking 
‘‘through 189 as sections 601 through 609, respectively’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 190 as sections 601 through 610, 
respectively’’. 
(g) CORRECTION OF PROJECT FEDERAL SHARE.— 
Section 1964(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1519) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘only for the States of Alaska, 
Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, and 
South Dakota,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 120(b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 120’’. 
(h) TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND 
OPERATIONS
DEFINED.—Section 101(a) of title 23, 
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United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(39) TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS
MANAGE-
MENT AND OPERATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘transpor-
tation systems management and operations’ 
means an integrated program to optimize the 
performance of existing infrastructure through 
the implementation of multimodal and inter-
modal, cross-jurisdictional systems, services, 
and projects designed to preserve capacity and 
improve security, safety, and reliability of the 
transportation system. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘transpor-
tation systems management and operations’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) regional operations collaboration 
and coordination activities between trans-
portation and public safety agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) improvements to the transpor-
tation system, such as traffic detection and 
surveillance, arterial management, freeway 
management, demand management, work 
zone management, emergency manage-
ment, electronic toll collection, automated 
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enforcement, traffic incident management, 
roadway weather management, traveler in-
formation services, commercial vehicle op-
erations, traffic control, freight manage-
ment, and coordination of highway, rail, 
transit, bicycle, and pedestrian oper-
ations.’’. 
(i) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE IN APPORTIONMENT 
OF
HIGHWAY
SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM 
FUNDS.—Effective 
October 
1, 
2006, 
section 
104(b)(5)(A)(iii) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highways’’. 
(j) CORRECTION OF AMENDMENT TO ADVANCE CON-
STRUCTION.—Section 115 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(c). 
(k) CORRECTION OF HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.— 
Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) 
as subsections (e) through (i), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating the second subsection (c) 
(relating to Federal share) as subsection (d); 
(3) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by inserting ‘‘(112 
Stat. 257)’’ after ‘‘21st Century’’; and 
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(D) by inserting after ‘‘highway safety im-
provement programs’’ the following: ‘‘(and sep-
arately the set aside for the high risk rural road 
program)’’. 
SEC. 102. MAGLEV. 
(a) FUNDING.—Section 1101(a)(18) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1155) is amended by strik-
ing subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(B) $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 and 2009.’’. 
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section 1307 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1217) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) CONTRACT
AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
under section 1101(a)(18) shall be available for obligation 
in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except 
that the funds shall not be transferable and shall remain 
available until expended, and the Federal share of the cost 
of a project to be carried out with such funds shall be 
80 percent.’’. 
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(c) ALLOCATION.—Section 1307 of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1217) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts made available 
to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall allocate— 
‘‘(1) 50 percent to the Nevada department of 
transportation who shall cooperate with the Cali-
fornia-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission for 
the MAGLEV project between Las Vegas and 
Primm, Nevada, as a segment of the high-speed 
MAGLEV system between Las Vegas, Nevada, and 
Anaheim, California; and 
‘‘(2) 50 percent for existing MAGLEV projects 
located east of the Mississippi River using such cri-
teria as the Secretary deems appropriate.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on October 1, 2006. 
SEC. 103. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFI-
CANCE AND NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRA-
STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
(a) PROJECT OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFI-
CANCE.—The table contained in section 1301(m) of the 
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Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1203) is amended— 
(1) in item number 4 by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘$7,400,000 for planning, 
design, and construction of a new American border 
plaza at the Blue Water Bridge in or near Port 
Huron; $12,600,000 for integrated highway realign-
ment and grade separations at Port Huron to elimi-
nate road blockages from NAFTA rail traffic’’; 
(2) in item number 19 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘For purposes of construc-
tion and other related transportation improvements 
associated with the rail yard relocation in the vicin-
ity of Santa Teresa’’; and 
(3) in item number 22 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Redesign and reconstruc-
tion of interchanges 298 and 299 of I–80 and ac-
companying improvements to any other public roads 
in the vicinity, Monroe County’’. 
(b) NATIONAL
CORRIDOR
INFRASTRUCTURE
IM-
PROVEMENT PROJECT.—The table contained in section 
1302(e) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1205) is amended in item number 23 by striking the 
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project description and inserting ‘‘Improvements to State 
Road 312, Hammond’’. 
SEC. 104. IDLING REDUCTION FACILITIES. 
Section 111(d) of title 23, United States Code, is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 105. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—The table contained 
in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1256) is amended— 
(1) in item number 34 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Removal and Reconfig-
uration of Interstate ramps, I–40, Memphis’’; 
(2) by striking item number 61; 
(3) in item number 87 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘M–291 highway outer 
road improvement project’’; 
(4) 
in 
item 
number 
128 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,800,000’’; 
(5) in item number 154 by striking ‘‘Virginia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Eveleth’’; 
(6) in item number 193 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improvements to or ac-
cess to Route 108 to enhance access to the business 
park near Rumford’’; 
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(7) in item number 240 by striking ‘‘$800,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,400,000’’; 
(8) by striking item number 248; 
(9) in item number 274 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Intersection improve-
ments at Belleville and Ecorse Roads and approach 
roadways, and widen Belleville Road from Ecorse to 
Tyler, Van Buren Township, Michigan’’; 
(10) in item number 277 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct connector road 
from 
Rushing 
Drive 
North 
to 
Grand 
Ave., 
Williamson County’’; 
(11) in item number 395 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Plan and construct inter-
change at I–65, from existing SR–109 to I–65’’; 
(12) 
in 
item 
number 
463 
by 
striking 
‘‘Cookeville’’ and inserting ‘‘Putnam County’’; 
(13) in item number 576 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way ac-
quisition, and construction of Nebraska Highway 35 
between Norfolk and South Sioux City, including an 
interchange at Milepost 1 on I–129’’; 
(14) in item number 595 by striking ‘‘Street 
Closure at’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation improve-
ment project near’’; 
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(15) in item number 649 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construction and en-
hancement of the Fillmore Avenue Corridor, Buf-
falo’’; 
(16) in item number 655 by inserting ‘‘, safety 
improvement construction,’’ after ‘‘Environmental 
studies’’; 
(17) in item number 676 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘St. Croix River crossing 
project, Wisconsin State Highway 64, St. Croix 
County, Wisconsin, to Minnesota State Highway 36, 
Washington County’’; 
(18) in item number 770 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improve existing Horns 
Hill Road in North Newark, Ohio, from Waterworks 
Road to Licking Springs Road’’; 
(19) in item number 777 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Akutan Airport access’’; 
(20) in item number 829 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘$400,000 to conduct New 
Bedford/Fairhaven Bridge modernization study; 
$1,000,000 to design and build New Bedford Busi-
ness Park access road’’; 
(21) in item number 881 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Pedestrian safety im-
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