HR 5689 RFS 
1747) is amended by inserting ‘‘each place it appears’’ be-
fore the semicolon. 
(k) REDESIGNATION OF SECTION.—The second sec-
tion 39 of chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, relat-
ing to commercial motor vehicles required to stop for in-
spections, and the item relating to such section in the 
analysis for such chapter, are redesignated as section 40. 
(l) OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.—Section 5503 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘Surface 
Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005’’, 
and inserting ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Reauthorization 
Act of 2005’’; and 
(2) by redesignating the first subsection (h), re-
lating to authorization of appropriations, as sub-
section (i) and moving it after the second subsection 
(h). 
(m) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRA-
TION SYSTEM.—Section 13908 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f) and by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REG-
ISTRATION SYSTEM.—Fees collected under this section 
may be credited to the Department of Transportation ap-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:30 Jun 30, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00027
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5689.RFS
H5689
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HR 5689 RFS 
propriations account for purposes for which such fees are 
collected and shall be available for expenditure for such 
purposes until expended.’’. 
(n) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINITION.— 
Section 14504a(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘a motor carrier required to make 
any filing or pay any fee to a State with respect to the 
motor carrier’s authority or insurance related to operation 
within such State, the motor carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
termining the size of a motor carrier or motor private car-
rier’s fleet in calculating the fee to be paid by a motor 
carrier or motor private carrier pursuant to subsection 
(f)(1), the motor carrier or motor private carrier’’. 
(o) CLARIFICATION OF UNREASONABLE BURDEN.— 
Section 14504a(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘interstate’’ the last place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘intrastate’’. 
(p) CONTENTS
OF
AGREEMENT
TYPO.—Section 
14504a(f)(1)(A)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ the last place it appears. 
(q) OTHER UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYS-
TEM TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 14504a of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘the a’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a’’; and 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:30 Jun 30, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00028
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5689.RFS
H5689
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HR 5689 RFS 
(2) in subsection (f)(1)(i) by striking ‘‘in con-
nection with the filing of proof of financial responsi-
bility’’. 
SEC. 14. HIGHWAY RESEARCH FUNDING. 
(a) F-SHRP FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2009, whenever an apportionment is made of the sums 
authorized to be appropriated for the surface transpor-
tation program, the congestion mitigation and air quality 
improvement program, the National Highway System, the 
Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, and 
the highway safety improvement program, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall deduct from each of such sums 
an amount not to exceed 0.205 percent of each such sum 
and shall transfer the amount so deducted, and make such 
amount available, to carry out section 510 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section 
5101(a)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1179) is amended by striking ‘‘509, and 510’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and 509’’. 
(2) Section 5210 of such Act (119 Stat. 1804) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); and 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:30 Jun 30, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00029
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5689.RFS
H5689
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HR 5689 RFS 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 
under this section shall be available for obligation in the 
same manner as if such funds were apportioned under 
chapter 1 of such title, except that the Federal share shall 
be determined under section 510(f) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
Funds made available under this section shall be subject 
to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety construction programs in section 1102 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 119 
Stat. 1157) or any other Act. 
(e) EQUITY
BONUS
FORMULA.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in allocating funds for the eq-
uity bonus program under section 105 of title 23, United 
States Code, for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall make the required 
calculations under such section as if this section had not 
been enacted. 
(f) FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—Of the 
amount made available by section 5101(a)(1) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:30 Jun 30, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00030
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5689.RFS
H5689
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HR 5689 RFS 
Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779), at least 
$1,000,000 shall be made available for each of fiscal years 
2006 through 2009 to carry out section 502(h) of title 
23, United States Code, and at least $4,900,000 shall be 
made available for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 
to carry out section 502(i) of such title. 
(g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 502 of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
first subsection (h), relating to infrastructure investment 
needs reports beginning with the report for January 31, 
1999. 
(2) Section 5512(a)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users (119 Stat. 1829) is amended by striking ‘‘PRO-
GRAM APPRECIATION.—’’ and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM APPLI-
CATION.—’’. 
SEC. 15. RESEARCH TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) 
UNIVERSITY
TRANSPORTATION
RESEARCH 
GRANTS.—Section 5506(e)(5)(C) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$2,225,000’’and in-
serting ‘‘$2,250,000’’. 
(b) 
UNIVERSITY
TRANSPORTATION
RESEARCH 
FUNDING.—Section 5101(a)(4) of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users (119 Stat. 1779) is amended by striking 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:30 Jun 30, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00031
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5689.RFS
H5689
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HR 5689 RFS 
‘‘$69,700,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$40,400,000 for fiscal year 2005, $76,400,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, and 
$78,900,000 for fiscal year 2009’’. 
SEC. 16. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO HAZ-
ARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) DEFINITION OF HAZMAT EMPLOYEES.—Section 
7102(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1982) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘clause (i) of subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘clause 
(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)’’. 
(b) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section 
5103a(g)(1)(B)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 
(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LAWS.—Section 
7124(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1908) is amended by inserting ‘‘the first place it appears’’ 
before ‘‘and inserting’’. 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:30 Jun 30, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00032
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5689.RFS
H5689
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HR 5689 RFS 
(d) SECTION HEADING.—Section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the section 
designation and heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘§ 5128. Authorization of appropriations’’. 
(e) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 
57 of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the item 
relating to section 5701 by striking ‘‘Transportation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘transportation’’. 
(f) NORMAN Y. MINETA RESEARCH AND SPECIAL 
PROGRAMS IMPROVEMENT ACT.—Section 5(b) of the Nor-
man Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improve-
ment Act (49 U.S.C. 108 note; 118 Stat. 2427) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘(including delegations by the Secretary 
of Transportation)’’ after ‘‘All orders’’. 
SEC. 17. RESCISSION. 
Section 10212 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef-
ficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(119 
Stat. 
1937) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$8,543,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘$8,713,000,000’’. 
SEC. 18. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; except 
that the amendments made by this Act (other than sec-
tions 8, 11(m), and 12) to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:30 Jun 30, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00033
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5689.RFS
H5689
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HR 5689 RFS 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(Public Law 109–59) and the amendment made by section 
13(a) of this Act shall take effect simultaneously with the 
enactment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. For pur-
poses of all Federal laws, the amendments made by this 
Act (other than sections 8, 11(m), and 12) to the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users shall be treated as being included 
in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor-
tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users at the time of the 
enactment of such Act, and the provisions of such Act (in-
cluding the amendments made by such Act) (as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) that 
are amended by this Act (other than sections 8, 11(m), 
and 12) shall be treated as not being enacted. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 28, 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:30 Jun 30, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00034
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5689.RFS
H5689
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS