amount of the funds apportioned to the State
under section 104(b)(3) for such fiscal year de-
termined by multiplying—
‘‘(i) the aggregate amount of funds
required to be obligated in such areas
under paragraph (3) of this subsection (as
in effect on October 1, 1995) for fiscal
year 1996; by
‘‘(ii) the amount determined by divid-
ing—
‘‘(I) the highway funds of the
State for such fiscal year; by
‘‘(II) the highway funds of the
State for fiscal year 1997.’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking
‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘this
section’’;
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(C) 
SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CERTAIN
STATES.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in
the case of a State—
‘‘(i) in which greater than 80 percent
of the population of the State is located in
1 or more metropolitan statistical areas
and greater than 80 percent of the land
area is owned by the United States; or
‘‘(ii) which is noncontiguous with the
continental United States.’’;
(iii) by striking subparagraph (D) and
redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (D);
(iv) in subparagraph (D), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘(A)(i)’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘(A)’’;
(4) in subsection (e)—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and
(B) by striking paragraph (1), as so redes-
ignated, and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION.—The Governor of each
State shall certify to the Secretary before the begin-
ning of each fiscal year that the State will meet all
the requirements of this section and shall notify the
Secretary of the amount of obligations expected to
be incurred for surface transportation program
projects during such fiscal year are as shown by the
surface transportation program category in the
statewide transportation improvement program for
such fiscal year. A State may request adjustment to
the obligation amounts later in such fiscal year. Ac-
ceptance of the notification and certification shall be
deemed a contractual obligation of the United States
for the payment of the surface transportation pro-
gram funds expected to be obligated by the State in
such fiscal year for projects not subject to review by
the Secretary under this chapter.’’;
(5) in subsection (f)—
(A) by striking ‘‘1992 through 1997’’ and
inserting ‘‘1998 through 2002’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and highway safety con-
struction’’ each place it appears.
(b) APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 104(b) is amended
by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM.—
For the surface transportation program:
‘‘(A) For States with an average popu-
lation density of 20 persons per square mile or
fewer and for States with a population of
1,500,000 or fewer and a land area of 10,000
square miles or less, either a percentage share
of apportionments equal to the percentage listed
for such State in section 157(d) of this title or
a share determined under subparagraph (B),
whichever is greater.
‘‘(B) For all other States, a percentage
share of the apportionments remaining equal to
the percentage of estimated tax payments at-
tributable to highway users in the State paid
into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account) in the latest fiscal year
for which data are available.’’.
SEC. 9. POPULATION DETERMINATIONS.
Section 104 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(k) POPULATION DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes
of subsections (b)(3) and (b)(4), population shall be deter-
mined on the basis of the most recent decennial census
for which data are available.’’.
SEC. 10. HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILI-
TATION ACTIVITIES.
(a) REPEAL OF PROGRAM.—Section 144 is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tion for chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating
to section 144.
SEC. 11. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IM-
PROVEMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) ELIMINATION
OF APPORTIONMENTS.—Section
104(b)(2) is repealed.
(b) REPEAL OF PROGRAM.—Section 149 is repealed.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 149.
SEC. 12. APPORTIONMENT ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 157 is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘§ 157. Apportionment adjustment program
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—On October 1 (or as soon as
possible thereafter) of each fiscal year beginning after
September 30, 1997, the Secretary shall allocate among
the States, as defined in section 101 of this title, amounts
sufficient to ensure that the ratio of the highway funds
of the State to the highway funds of all States for the
fiscal year is not less than the percentage listed for the
State in subsection (d).
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENTS.—In addition to
any amounts required to be allocated by subsection (a)
for a fiscal year, a State shall receive additional apportion-
ments so that no State’s percentage of highway funds for
the fiscal year is less than 95 percent of the percentage
of estimated tax payments attributable to highway users
in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other
than the Mass Transit Account) in the latest fiscal year
for which data are available.
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any increase in apportion-
ments necessary to comply with subsection (a) or (b)
for a fiscal year shall be accomplished so that the
ratio of—
‘‘(A) the highway funds of each State with
an average population density of 20 persons per
square mile or fewer and each State with a pop-
ulation of 1,500,000 or less and a land area of
10,000 square miles or less; to
‘‘(B) the highway funds of all States,
for the fiscal year is not less than the percentage
share listed for such State in subsection (d).
‘‘(2) POPULATION DETERMINATIONS.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, population shall be deter-
mined on the basis of the most recent decennial cen-
sus for which data are available.
‘‘(d) STATE PERCENTAGES.—The percentage of total
funding referred to in subsection (a) for each State shall
be determined in accordance with the following table:
Adjustment
‘‘States:
percentage
Alabama .......................................................................................
2.02
Alaska ..........................................................................................
1.24
Arizona .........................................................................................
1.68
Arkansas ......................................................................................
1.32