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cluding regulations issued to carry out such 
Act.’’. 
(b) ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGE INVENTORY.—Section 
202(d)(2) of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(E) ALASKA NATIVE ROAD INVENTORY.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For fiscal year 
2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, any 
allocation of sums authorized to be appro-
priated for Indian reservation roads in 
Alaska shall be based on an inventory of 
roads within the exterior boundaries of vil-
lage corporation land selected pursuant to 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that includes all 
routes previously included in such an in-
ventory. The Secretary of Transportation 
and the Secretary of the Interior may in-
clude, in the inventory of roads, those pro-
posed for inclusion by tribal village govern-
ments from among community streets 
within the village and those proposed pri-
mary access routes for inclusion by tribal 
village governments, including roads and 
trails between villages (including links over
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water), roads and trails to landfills, roads 
and trails to drinking water sources, roads 
and trails to natural resources identified 
for economic development, and roads and 
trails that provide access to intermodal ter-
mini, such as airports, harbors, or boat 
landings. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON PRIMARY ACCESS 
ROUTES.—For purposes of this subpara-
graph, a proposed primary access route is 
the shortest practicable route connecting 2 
points of the proposed route.’’. 
(c) GRANTS
FOR
FINANCING
TRANSPORTATION 
DEBT.—Section 202(d)(2)(A) of such title is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘; ex-
cept that, beginning October 1, 2004, the Secretary may 
use up to 3 percent of such funds for making grants to 
Indian tribes for the purpose of financing transportation 
debt for individual Indian reservation roads subject to all 
requirements governing Federal assistance for Indian 
roads under this section and section 204’’. 
(d) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF TRANSPOR-
TATION
FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.—Section 
102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRIBAL 
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.—The Department of Transpor-
tation shall have, within the office of the Secretary, a Dep-
uty Assistant Secretary for Tribal Government Affairs ap-
pointed by the President to plan, coordinate, and imple-
ment the Department of Transportation policy and pro-
grams serving Indian tribes and tribal organizations and 
to coordinate tribal transportation programs and activities 
in all offices and administrations of the Department and 
to be a participant in any negotiated rulemaking related 
to, or has impact on, projects, programs, or funding asso-
ciated with the tribal transportation program.’’. 
(e) ALASKA
NATIVE
VILLAGE
TRANSPORTATION 
PROGRAM.—
(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—Not 
later 
than 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary and the Denali Commission, in coordina-
tion with the Alaska Federation of Natives, shall es-
tablish an Alaska Native Village transportation pro-
gram to pay the costs of planning, design, construc-
tion, and maintenance of road and other surface
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transportation facilities identified by Alaska Native 
Villages. 
(2) ALASKA
NATIVE
VILLAGE
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘Alaska Native Village’’ 
has the same meaning such term has as used by the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs in administering the In-
dian reservation road program under section 202 of 
title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 1119. CONSERVATION MEASURES. 
(a) REFUGE ROADS.—Section 204(k)(1) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(2) by redesigning subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) construction, maintenance, and im-
provement of wildlife observation infrastructure; 
and’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated) 
by striking ‘‘maintenance and improvements’’ and 
inserting ‘‘construction, maintenance, and improve-
ments’’.
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(b) FOREST HIGHWAYS.—Of the amounts made 
available for public lands highways under section 1101—
(1) not to exceed $20,000,000 per fiscal year 
may be used for the maintenance of forest highways; 
(2) not to exceed $2,500,000 per fiscal year 
may be used to repair culverts and bridges on forest 
highways to facilitate appropriate fish passage and 
ensure reasonable flows and to maintain and remove 
such culverts and bridges as appropriate; and 
(3) not to exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year 
may be used for signage identifying public hunting 
and fishing access. 
(c) WILDLIFE
VEHICLE
COLLISION
REDUCTION 
STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
a study of methods to reduce collisions between 
motor vehicles and wildlife (in this subsection re-
ferred to as ‘‘wildlife vehicle collisions’’). 
(2) CONTENTS.—
(A) AREAS OF STUDY.—The study shall in-
clude an assessment of the causes and impacts 
of wildlife vehicle collisions and solutions and 
best practices for reducing such collisions.
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(B) METHODS
FOR
CONDUCTING
THE 
STUDY.—In carrying out the study, the Sec-
retary shall—
(i) conduct a thorough literature re-
view; and 
(ii) survey current practices of the 
Department of Transportation. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study, 
the Secretary shall consult with appropriate experts 
in the field of wildlife vehicle collisions. 
(4) REPORT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall transmit to Congress a report on 
the results of the study. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The report shall include 
a description of each of the following: 
(i) Causes of wildlife vehicle collisions. 
(ii) Impacts of wildlife vehicle colli-
sions. 
(iii) Solutions to and prevention of 
wildlife vehicle collisions. 
(5) MANUAL.—
(A) DEVELOPMENT.—Based upon the re-
sults of the study, the Secretary shall develop a