Title: Finish the ADHS Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Finish the ADHS Act
This bill sets aside funding from the Highway Trust Fund for the Appalachian development highway system (a network of highways linking the region to national interstates) and prescribes a method to allocate the funding.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2284 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2284

  To authorize appropriations for the Appalachian development highway 
                    system, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2021

 Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Casey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize appropriations for the Appalachian development highway 
                    system, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Finish the ADHS Act''.

SEC. 2. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated out of the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the 
Appalachian development highway system under subtitle IV of title 40, 
United States Code--
            (1) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
            (2) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
            (3) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
            (4) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
            (5) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
    (b) Apportionment.--The Secretary shall apportion funds made 
available under subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026 among the States with unfinished Appalachian development highway 
system corridors or unconverted ``Advance Construction'' amounts using 
the readiness apportionment methodology described in the report of the 
Appalachian Regional Commission entitled ``Appalachian Development 
Highway System Planned Construction for 2021 to 2030 Report'', or a 
subsequent revised report, subject to the requirements that--
            (1) each such State receives an amount of not less than 
        $20,000,000 for each fiscal year; and
            (2) a State shall not receive an apportionment that 
        exceeds--
                    (A) the remaining funds needed to complete the 
                Appalachian development highway corridor or corridors 
                in the State, as identified in the latest available 
                cost to complete estimate for the system prepared by 
                the Appalachian Regional Commission; or
                    (B) 30 percent of the total amount made available 
                under subsection (a) for the fiscal year.
    (c) Treatment.--Amounts made available under subsection (a) shall 
be available for obligation in the same manner as if apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that--
            (1) the Federal share of the cost of any project carried 
        out with those amounts shall be determined in accordance with 
        section 14501 of title 40, United States Code; and
            (2) the amounts--
                    (A) shall be available to construct highways and 
                access roads under section 14501 of title 40, United 
                States Code; and
                    (B) shall remain available until expended.
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