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Union Calendar No. 151
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2516
[Report No. 105–270]
To extend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
through March 31, 1998.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PETRI, and Mr. RAHALL) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
SEPTEMBER 25, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 23, 1997]
A BILL
To extend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991 through March 31, 1998.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
This Act makes funds available for the Federal-aid
highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and mass
transportation programs for the first 6 months of fiscal year
1998 by extending the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 to ensure the continuation of such
programs while a multiyear reauthorization is developed.
This extension is structured to allow programmatic, appor-
tionment formula, and funding adjustments for the second
6 months of fiscal year 1998 through enactment of a
multiyear program.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM
FUNDING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1003 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.
1918–1922) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS FOR THE PERIOD OC-
TOBER 1, 1997, THROUGH MARCH 31, 1998.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For Federal-aid highways
and 
highway 
safety 
construction 
programs,
$11,942,375,000 are authorized to be appropriated
out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) during the period October 1, 1997,
through March 31, 1998, and shall be distributed in
accordance with this subsection.
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
DISCRETIONARY
PROGRAMS.—Of
the amounts made available by paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall deduct $32,500,000 to carry out sec-
tion 118(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, for the
period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998, and
shall deduct $30,250,000 to carry out the discre-
tionary program under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec-
tion 144(g) of such title during such period.
‘‘(3) STATE ALLOCATION PERCENTAGES.—From
amounts remaining after making the deductions
under paragraph (2) and application of paragraphs
(4) and (5), the Secretary shall determine the amount
to be apportioned among the States in accordance
with the following table:
‘‘State:
Percentage:
Alabama ............................................
2.0026
Alaska ................................................
1.0499
Arizona .............................................
1.4627
Arkansas ...........................................
1.5268
California .........................................
8.9046
Colorado ............................................
1.0443
Connecticut .......................................
1.9229
Delaware ...........................................
0.4057
District of Columbia ........................
0.4436
Florida ..............................................
4.4867
Georgia ..............................................
3.2899
Hawaii ..............................................
0.6435
Idaho .................................................
0.6314
Illinois ...............................................
3.6779
Indiana .............................................
2.4581
Iowa ..................................................
1.1364
Kansas ...............................................
1.1383
Kentucky ...........................................
1.6617
Louisiana ..........................................
1.4831
Maine ................................................
0.6458
Maryland ..........................................
1.4512
Massachusetts ....................................
3.5632
Michigan ...........................................
3.0432
Minnesota .........................................
1.4547
‘‘State:
Percentage:
Mississippi ........................................
1.1286
Missouri ............................................
2.2677
Montana ............................................
0.7857
Nebraska ............................................
0.7501
Nevada ..............................................
0.6218
New Hampshire ................................
0.4764
New Jersey ........................................
2.6851
New Mexico .......................................
0.8767
New York ...........................................
5.7882
North Carolina .................................
2.7408
North Dakota ....................................
0.5972
Ohio ...................................................
3.4702
Oklahoma ..........................................
1.5021
Oregon ...............................................
1.1378
Pennsylvania ....................................
4.5007
Rhode Island .....................................
0.4708
South Carolina .................................
1.6019
South Dakota ....................................
0.5990
Tennessee ...........................................
2.0954
Texas .................................................
6.9197
Utah ..................................................
0.6672
Vermont .............................................
0.4287
Virginia .............................................
2.4440
Washington .......................................
1.7603
West Virginia ...................................
1.1088
Wisconsin ..........................................
2.0159
Wyoming ...........................................
0.5999
Puerto Rico .......................................
0.4312.
‘‘(4) STATE PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds to be ap-
portioned to each State under paragraph (3), the
Secretary shall ensure that the State is appor-
tioned an amount of such funds, determined
under subparagraph (B), for the Interstate
maintenance program, the National Highway
System, the bridge program, the surface trans-
portation program, the congestion mitigation
and air quality improvement program, mini-
mum allocation under section 157 of title 23,
United States Code, Interstate reimbursement
under section 160 of such title, the donor State
bonus under section 1013(c) of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991,
hold harmless under section 1015(a) of such Act,
90 percent of payments adjustments under sec-
tion 1015(b) of such Act, metropolitan planning
under section 134 of such title, section 1015(c)
and an amount equal to the funds provided
under sections 1103 through 1108 of such Act,
and funding restoration under section 202 of the
National Highway System Designation Act of
1995.
‘‘(B) FORMULA.—The amount which each
State is to be apportioned under this subsection
for each item referred to in subparagraph (A)
shall be in the same ratio that each State was
apportioned funds for such item or allocated
funds under sections 1103 through 1108 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991 to the total of all such funds appor-
tioned, and allocated under such sections, to such
State for such items for fiscal year 1997.
‘‘(C) MINIMUM
ALLOCATION.—Not more
than $319,500,000 of the funds apportioned to
ing ‘and in the period October 1, 1997, through
March 31, 1998’ after ‘1997’.’’.
(b) FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.—Section 1003(a)(6)
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 (105 Stat. 1919) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘and
$95,500,000 for the period October 1, 1997, through
March 31, 1998’’ before the period;
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘1995,’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and $86,000,000 for the
period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’’
before the period; and
(3) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘1995,’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and $42,000,000 for the
period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’’
before the period.
(c) CERTAIN ALLOCATED PROGRAMS.—
(1) 
HIGHWAY
USE
TAX
EVASION.—Section
1040(f)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat 1992–1993) is
amended by inserting ‘‘and $2,500,000 for the period
October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’’ before the
period at the end of the first sentence.
(2) SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.—Section 1047(d)
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1998) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘1994,’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and $7,000,000 for the
period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’’
before the period at the end of the first sentence.
(3) 
FERRY
BOAT
CONSTRUCTION.—Section
1064(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef-
ficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2005) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘1996,’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and $9,000,000 for the
period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’’
after ‘‘1997’’.
(d) FISCAL YEAR 1998 OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—
(1) AMENDMENTS TO ISTEA.—Section 1002 of
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
of 1991 (105 Stat. 1916–1918) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (5);
(ii) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (6)
the following:
‘‘(7) $21,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998.—The
Secretary shall distribute on October 1, 1997, 50 percent
of the limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways
and highway safety construction programs imposed by the
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1998, and 50 percent of such limitation
on July 1, 1998.’’.
(2) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section (in-
cluding the amendments made by this section) shall
apply to any funds made available before October 1,
1997, for carrying out sections 125 and 157 of title
23, United States Code, and sections 1103 through
1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.
(a) NHSTA HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section
2005(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2079) is amended by inserting
‘‘and $83,000,000 for the period October 1, 1997, through
March 31, 1998’’ before the period at the end.
(b) 
ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED
DRIVING
COUNTER-
MEASURES.—Section 410 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘5’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘6’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ‘‘and fifth’’
and inserting ‘‘fifth, and sixth’’;
(3) in subsection (d)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘two’’
and inserting ‘‘3’’; and
(4) in subsection (j)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘1997,’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and $12,500,000 for the
period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’’
after ‘‘1997’’ the second place it appears.
(c) NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.—Section 30308(a)
of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘1994,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and $1,855,000 for the period
October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’’ after
‘‘1996’’.
(d) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The total of all obliga-
tions for highway traffic safety grants under sections 402
and 410 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 1998
shall not exceed $186,500,000.
SEC. 4. FEDERAL TRANSIT PROGRAMS.
(a) EXTENSION.—Title III of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2087–
2140) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 3049. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL TRANSIT PROGRAMS
FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 1997, THROUGH
MARCH 31, 1998.
‘‘(a) ALLOCATING AMOUNTS.—Section 5309(m) of title
49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘and for
the period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’ after
‘1997’.
‘‘(b) APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIXED
GUIDEWAY MODERNIZATION.—Section 5337(a) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘and for the
period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’ after
‘1997’.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 5338 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended—
‘‘(1) by adding at the end of subsection (a)(1) the
following:
‘‘ ‘(F) $1,284,792,000 for the period October 1,
1997, through March 31, 1998.’;
‘‘(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a)(2) the
following:
‘‘ ‘(F) $213,869,000 for the period October 1,
1997, through March 31, 1998.’;
‘‘(3) by adding at the end of subsection (b)(1) the
following:
‘(F) $1,162,708,000 for the period October 1,
1997, through March 31, 1998.’;
‘‘(4) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘and not more
than $1,500,000 for the period October 1, 1997,
through March 31, 1998’ after ‘1997,’;
‘‘(5) in subsection (e) by inserting ‘and not more
than $3,000,000 is available from the Fund (except
the Account) for the Secretary for the period October
1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’ after ‘1997,’;
‘‘(6) in subsection (h)(3) by inserting ‘$3,000,000
is available for section 5317 for the period October 1,
1997, through March 31, 1998’ after ‘1997’;
‘‘(7) in subsection (j)(5)—
‘‘(A) by striking ‘and’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B);
‘‘(B) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘; and’; and
‘‘(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘ ‘(D) the lesser of $1,500,000 or an amount
the Secretary determines is necessary is available
for the period October 1, 1997, through March
31, 1998.’;
‘‘(8) in subsection (k) by striking ‘or (e)’ and in-
serting ‘(e), or (m)’; and
‘‘(9) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘ ‘(m) SECTION 5316 FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1,
1997, THROUGH MARCH 31, 1998.—Not more than the fol-
lowing amounts may be appropriated to the Secretary from
the Fund (except the Account) for the period October 1,
1997, through March 31, 1998:
‘‘ ‘(1) $125,000 to carry out section 5316(a) of
this title;
‘‘ ‘(2) $1,500,000 to carry out section 5316(b) of
this title;
‘‘ ‘(3) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(c) of
this title;
‘‘ ‘(4) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(d) of
this title; and
‘‘ ‘(5) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(e) of
this title.’ ’’.
(b) OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS.—
(1) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS AND LOANS.—The
total of all obligations from the Mass Transit Account
of the Highway Trust Fund for carrying out section
5309 of title 49, United States Code, relating to dis-
cretionary grants and loans, for fiscal year 1998 shall
not exceed $2,000,000,000.
(2) FORMULA TRANSIT PROGRAMS.—The total of
all obligations for formula transit programs under
sections 5307, 5310, 5311, and 5336 of title 49, Unit-
ed States Code, for fiscal year 1998 shall not exceed
$2,210,000,000.
SEC. 5. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM.
(a) EXTENSION OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM FOR PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 1997, THROUGH
MARCH 1, 1998.—Section 31104(a) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) not more than $45,000,000 for the period
October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998.’’.
(b) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The total of all obliga-
tions for carrying out the motor carrier safety program
under section 31102 title 49, United States Code, for fiscal
year 1998 shall not exceed $85,325,000.
SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
(a) BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.—Sec-
tion 6006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2172–2174) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘Chapter I’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘1996,’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and $12,500,000 for the
period October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’’
after ‘‘1997’’.
(b) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.—Section
6058(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2194) is amended by inserting
‘‘and $56,500,000 for the period October 1, 1997, through
March 31, 1998’’ after ‘‘1997’’.