I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 242
To provide financial assistance for the repair, reconstruction, and rehabilita-
tion of highways, bridges, transit facilities, airports, and wastewater
treatment works.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. LIPINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Public Works and Transportation and Ways and Means
AUGUST 23, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Miss COLLINS
of Michigan, Mr. TUCKER, and Mr. OBERSTAR
A BILL
To provide financial assistance for the repair, reconstruction,
and rehabilitation of highways, bridges, transit facilities,
airports, and wastewater treatment works.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Infrastructure Now
For America’s-Tomorrow Act of 1993’’.
TITLE I—INFRASTRUCTURE
REPAIR
SEC. 101. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator of the Federal
Highway Administration shall make grants to States and
units of local government for—
(1) projects for the repair, reconstruction, and
rehabilitation of highways and bridges; and
(2) projects for the construction of highway
lanes for high occupancy vehicles.
(b) APPLICATIONS.—A State or unit of local govern-
ment shall be eligible to receive a grant under this section
only if the State or unit of local government submits to
the Administrator an application which is in such form
and contains such information as the Administrator may
require.
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost
of a project to be carried out by a State or unit of local
government using amounts from grants made available
under this section shall not exceed 80 percent.
(d) LOANS TO COVER NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator may
make loans to a State or unit of local government
receiving a grant for a project under this section to
assist the State or unit of local government in cover-
ing the non-Federal share of the cost of the project.
(2) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—A loan made
under this subsection shall be subject to such terms
and conditions as the Administrator may prescribe.
(3) INTEREST RATE.—A loan made under this
subsection shall bear interest at a rate to be deter-
mined by the Administrator. Such rate shall be at
or below the current average market yield on out-
standing marketable obligations of the United States
with remaining periods to maturity comparable to
the term of the loan.
(4) MAXIMUM TERM.—A loan made under this
subsection shall be repaid in full on or before (A)
the date of completion of the project for which the
loan was made, or (B) the last day of the 2-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of issuance of the loan,
whichever occurs first.
(5) REPAYMENTS.—Repayments on a loan
made under this subsection in a fiscal year shall be
deposited into the Infrastructure Now For Ameri-
ca’s-Tomorrow Trust Fund and shall be available to
the Administrator for making grants and loans
under this section in succeeding fiscal years.
(e) MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR PROJECTS IN METRO-
POLITAN AREAS.—Not less than 20 percent of the aggre-
gate amount made available in a fiscal year to carry out
this section shall be used to make grants and loans for
projects located in (or otherwise for the benefit of) the
50 largest metropolitan areas in population, as determined
by the Administrator using the most recent information
available from the Bureau of the Census.
(f) AVAILABILITY FOR OBLIGATION.—Funds granted
to a State or unit of local government under this section
shall remain available for obligation by the State or unit
of local government until the last day of the 2nd fiscal
year beginning after the fiscal year in which the State or
unit of local government receives such funds. Funds not
obligated by the last day of such 2nd fiscal year shall be
used by the Administrator to make grants and loans under
this section to other States and units of local government
in the first 60 days of the following fiscal year.
(g) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—No grant may be
made to a State or unit of local government under this
section unless the State or unit of local government enters
into such agreements with the Administrator as the Ad-
ministrator may require to ensure that the State or unit
of local government will maintain its aggregate expendi-
tures from all other sources for activities eligible for
grants under this section at or above the average level of
such expenditures in the 2 fiscal years preceding the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(h) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.—
The Administrator may make grants under this section
only with respect to projects which are consistent with
transportation management programs developed by States
and metropolitan planning organizations pursuant to sec-
tions 134 and 135 of title 23, United States Code.
(i) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Each State or unit
of local government receiving a grant under this section
shall report to the Administrator on an annual basis con-
cerning the use of such grant.
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated out of the Infrastructure
Now 
For 
America’s-Tomorrow 
Trust 
Fund
$1,000,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years
1994, 1995, and 1996 to carry out this section.
SEC. 102. TRANSIT FACILITIES.
(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator of the Federal
Transit Administration shall make grants to States and
units of local government for projects for the repair, recon-
struction, and rehabilitation of transit facilities.
(b) APPLICATIONS.—A State or unit of local govern-
ment shall be eligible to receive a grant under this section
only if the State or unit of local government submits to
the Administrator an application which is in such form
and contains such information as the Administrator may
require.
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost
of a project to be carried out by a State or unit of local
government using amounts from grants made available
under this section shall not exceed 80 percent.
(d) LOANS TO COVER NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator may
make loans to a State or unit of local government
receiving a grant for a project under this section to
assist the State or unit of local government in cover-
ing the non-Federal share of the cost of the project.
(2) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—A loan made
under this subsection shall be subject to such terms
and conditions as the Administrator may prescribe.
(3) INTEREST RATE.—A loan made under this
subsection shall bear interest at a rate to be deter-
mined by the Administrator. Such rate shall be at
or below the current average market yield on out-
standing marketable obligations of the United States
with remaining periods to maturity comparable to
the term of the loan.