I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5689 
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2006 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PETRI, and Mr. 
DEFAZIO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make tech-
nical corrections, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL COR-
RECTIONS. 
(a) CORRECTION OF INTERNAL REFERENCES IN DIS-
ADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.—Section 1101(b) 
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1156) 
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is amended in each of paragraphs (3)(A) and (5) by strik-
ing ‘‘(1)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(2)’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF 
OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Section 1102(c)(5) of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1158) is amended 
by striking ‘‘among the States’’. 
(c) CORRECTION
OF DESCRIPTION
OF NATIONAL 
CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.— 
Item number 1 of the table contained in section 1302(e) 
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1205) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘LA,’’ after ‘‘TX,’’ in the listing 
of States. 
(d) CORRECTION OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 376 HIGH- 
PRIORITY DESIGNATION.—(1) Section 1105(c)(79) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
(105 Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by striking 
‘‘and on United States Route 422’’. 
(2) Section 1105(e)(5)(B)(i)(I) of such Act (105 
Stat. 2033; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
United States Route 422’’. 
(e) CORRECTION OF AMENDMENT TO ADVANCE CON-
STRUCTION.—Section 115 of title 23, United States Code, 
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is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(c). 
(f) CORRECTION OF AMENDMENT TO MOVE AND RE-
DESIGNATE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE SECTION.—Sec-
tion 1602(d)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1247) is amended by striking ‘‘through 189 as sec-
tions 601 through 609, respectively’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 190 as sections 601 through 610, respectively’’. 
(g) CORRECTION TO ADD DEFINITION FOR TRANS-
PORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.— 
Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(39) TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS
MANAGE-
MENT AND OPERATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘transpor-
tation systems management and operations’ 
means an integrated program to optimize the 
performance of existing infrastructure through 
the implementation of multimodal and inter-
modal, cross-jurisdictional systems, services, 
and projects designed to preserve capacity and 
improve security, safety, and reliability of the 
transportation system. 
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‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘transpor-
tation systems management and operations’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) regional operations collaboration 
and coordination activities between trans-
portation and public safety agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) improvements to the transpor-
tation system such as traffic detection and 
surveillance, arterial management, freeway 
management, demand management, work 
zone management, emergency manage-
ment, electronic toll collection, automated 
enforcement, traffic incident management, 
roadway weather management, traveler in-
formation services, commercial vehicle op-
erations, traffic control, freight manage-
ment, and coordination of highway, rail, 
transit, bicycle, and pedestrian oper-
ations.’’. 
(h) CORRECTIONS TO REFERENCE IN APPORTION-
MENT
OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
FUNDS.—Section 104(b)(5)(A)(iii) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal-aid sys-
tem’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid 
highways’’. 
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(i) TRANSFER
OF UNUSED PROTECTIVE-DEVICE 
FUNDS
TO OTHER HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM PROJECTS.—Section 130(e)(2) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘purposes 
under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘highway safety im-
provement program purposes’’. 
(j) CORRECTION OF NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PRO-
GRAM COVERAGE.—Section 162 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(B) by striking ‘‘a Na-
tional Scenic Byway under subparagraph (A)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a National Scenic Byway, an All-Amer-
ican Road, or one of America’s Byways under para-
graph (1)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ‘‘or All- 
American Road’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘All-American Road, or one of America’s Byways’’. 
(k) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE IN TOLL PROVI-
SION.—Section 166(b)(5)(C) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (4)’’. 
(l) CORRECTION OF RECREATIONAL TRAILS PRO-
GRAM
APPORTIONMENT
EXCEPTIONS.—Section 
206(d)(3)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
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by striking ‘‘(B), (C), and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) and 
(C)’’. 
(m) 
CORRECTION
OF
MISCELLANEOUS
TYPO-
GRAPHICAL ERRORS.—(1) Section 1401 of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1226) is amended by redes-
ignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), 
respectively. 
(2) Section 1404(f)(2)(A) of such Act (119 Stat. 
1229) is amended— 
(A) by striking the comma after ‘‘training’’; 
and 
(B) by striking the comma after ‘‘volunteers’’. 
SEC. 2. NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1807(a)(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(119 Stat. 1460) is amended by striking ‘‘Minneapolis-St. 
Paul, Minnesota’’ and inserting ‘‘Minneapolis, Min-
nesota’’. 
SEC. 3. GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD. 
Section 1940 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1511) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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