be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2005 through 2010. 
SEC. 3. DIVISION BETWEEN CERTAIN AREAS. 
Section 105(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’. 
SEC. 4. SPECIAL RULE FOR AREAS LESS THAN 5,000 POPU-
LATION. 
Section 133(d)(3)(B) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘for roads functionally classi-
fied as minor arterials and major and minor collec-
tors’’ after ‘‘5,000)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘110’’ and inserting ‘‘150’’. 
SEC. 5. HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILI-
TATION. 
Section 144 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (e)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Funds’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) STATE APPORTIONMENT.—Funds’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) 
DIVISION
BETWEEN
STATE, 
CITIES, 
TOWNS, AND COUNTIES.—Funds apportioned to each
State shall be spent on bridges owned by the State 
and local governments based on the cost of deficient 
bridges at each level of government divided by the 
total cost of deficient bridges in that State.’’. 
(2) in subsection (g)(3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘25 percent’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1987 through 2003’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2005 through 2010’’. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 504(b) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2005 through 2010.’’
SEC. 7. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH. 
Section 505 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Two percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘two and 1⁄2 percent’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
(d) and (e), respectively; and 
(3) by adding after subsection (b) the following:
‘‘(c) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—Not less than 20 per-
cent of the funds subject to subsection (a) that are appor-
tioned to a State for a fiscal year shall be distributed to 
local governments, local planning agencies, including 
multi-jurisdictional rural planning agencies governed by 
local officials, and other transportation bodies responsible 
for transportation planning in nonmetropolitan areas to 
be used for the development of the statewide transpor-
tation improvement program.’’. 
SEC. 8. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Ap-
palachian development highway system program under 
section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, 
$611,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010. 
(b) APPORTIONMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall apportion funds made 
available by subsection (a) for fiscal years 2005 
through 2010 among the States based on the latest 
available cost to complete estimate for the Appa-
lachian development highway system under section 
14501 title 40, United States Code.
(2) LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.—Before 
apportioning amounts to the States under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall make available $11,800,000 
to be equally divided among local development dis-
tricts (as such term is defined in section 14102 of 
title 40, United States Code) to carry out com-
prehensive regional transportation planning activi-
ties, including activities related to linking transpor-
tation and economic development investment within 
the region. 
(b) APPLICABILITY
OF TITLE 23.—Funds made 
available by section 1101(a)(6) of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century for the Appalachian develop-
ment highway system 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 any project under this section 
shall be determined in accordance with section 14501 of 
title 40, United States Code, and such funds shall be avail-
able to construct highways and access roads under such 
section and shall remain available until expended.
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