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for such fiscal year revise a distribution of the obligation limitation
made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate
the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute
sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in
addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year
giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances
of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United
States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day before the enact-
ment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) of
title 23, United States Code, and under section 1015 of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation limitation shall apply
to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5
of title 23, United States Code, except that obligation authority
made available for such programs under such limitation shall
remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—Not later
than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation limita-
tion under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the
States any funds: (1) that are authorized to be appropriated for
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways programs (other than
the program under section 160 of title 23, United States Code)
and for carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United
States Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 4 of
title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary determines
will not be allocated to the States, and will not be available for
obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation
limitation for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States shall
be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority
under subsection (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available
for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, United
States Code.
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal
year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set forth
in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used and shall
be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction pro-
grams for future fiscal years.
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111
may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose
of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such
funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 112. Of the funds made available to the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics in fiscal year 2005, $400,000 shall be
available to administer section 5402 of title 39, United States Code.
SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century,
item number 89 is amended by striking ‘‘Construct I–495/Route
2 interchange east of existing interchange to provide access to
commuter rail station, Littleton’’ and inserting ‘‘Ayer commuter
rail station improvements, land acquisition and parking improve-
ments’’.