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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Highway Funding Equity Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM GUARANTEE.

    Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and subsections (c) through 
        (f);
            (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (e);
            (3) by inserting after the section heading the following:
    ``(a) Guarantee.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through 
        2009, the Secretary shall allocate among the States amounts 
        sufficient to ensure that the percentage for each State of the 
        total apportionments for the fiscal year for the National 
        Highway System under section 103(b), the high priority projects 
        program under section 117, the Interstate maintenance program 
        under section 119, the surface transportation program under 
        section 133, metropolitan planning under section 134, the 
        highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program under 
        section 144, the congestion mitigation and air quality 
        improvement program under section 149, the recreational trails 
        program under section 206, the Appalachian development highway 
        system under subtitle IV of title 40, and the minimum guarantee 
        under this paragraph, equals or exceeds the percentage 
        determined for the State under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) State percentages.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the percentage for each State 
                referred to in paragraph (1) is the percentage that is 
                equal to 95 percent of the ratio that--
                            ``(i) the estimated tax payments 
                        attributable to highway users in the State paid 
                        into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
                        Mass Transit Account) in the most recent fiscal 
                        year for which data are available; bears to
                            ``(ii) the estimated tax payments 
                        attributable to highway users in all States 
                        paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
                        the Mass Transit Account) in the most recent 
                        fiscal year for which data are available.
                    ``(B) Exception.--In the case of a State having a 
                population density of less than 50 individuals per 
                square mile according to the 2000 decennial census, the 
                percentage referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the 
                greater of--
                            ``(i) the percentage determined under 
                        subparagraph (A); or
                            ``(ii) the percentage specified in 
                        subsection (e).
    ``(b) Treatment of Funds.--
            ``(1) Programmatic distribution.--The Secretary shall 
        apportion the amounts made available under this section that 
        exceed $2,800,000,000 so that the amount apportioned to each 
        State under this paragraph for each program referred to in 
        subsection (a)(1) (other than the high priority projects 
        program, metropolitan planning, the recreational trails 
        program, the Appalachian development highway system, and the 
        minimum guarantee under subsection (a)) is equal to the product 
        obtained by multiplying--
                    ``(A) the amount to be apportioned under this 
                paragraph; and
                    ``(B) the ratio that--
                            ``(i) the amount of funds apportioned to 
                        the State for each program referred to in 
                        subsection (a)(1) (other than the high priority 
                        projects program, metropolitan planning, the 
                        recreational trails program, the Appalachian 
                        development highway system, and the minimum 
                        guarantee under subsection (a)) for a fiscal 
                        year; bears to
                            ``(ii) the total amount of funds 
                        apportioned to the State for that program for 
                        the fiscal year.
            ``(2) Remaining distribution.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary shall apportion the remainder of funds made 
                available under this section to the States, and 
                administer those funds, in accordance with section 
                104(b)(3).
                    ``(B) Inapplicable requirements.--Paragraphs (1), 
                (2), and (3) of section 133(d) shall not apply to 
                amounts apportioned in accordance with this paragraph.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each 
of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
    ``(d) Guarantee of 95 Percent Return.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through 
        2009, before making any apportionment under this title, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) determine whether the sum of the percentages 
                determined under subsection (a)(2) for the fiscal year 
                exceeds 100 percent; and
                    ``(B) if the sum of the percentages exceeds 100 
                percent, proportionately adjust the percentages 
                specified in the table contained in subsection (e) to 
                ensure that the sum of the percentages determined under 
                subsection (a)(1)(B) for the fiscal year equals 100 
                percent.
            ``(2) Eligibility threshold for adjustment.--The Secretary 
        may make an adjustment under paragraph (1) for a State for a 
        fiscal year only if the percentage for the State in the table 
        contained in subsection (e) is equal to or exceeds 95 percent 
        of the ratio determined for the State under subsection 
        (a)(1)(B)(i) for the fiscal year.
            ``(3) Limitation on adjustments.--Adjustments of the 
        percentages in the table contained in subsection (e) in 
        accordance with this subsection shall not result in a total of 
        the percentages determined under subsection (a)(2) that exceeds 
        100 percent.''; and
            (4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), 
        by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsections 
        (a)(2)(B)(ii) and (d)''.
[EX A]: Highway Funding Equity Act of 2005 - Amends Federal highway law to revise Federal highway minimum guarantee requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation, for each of FY 2005 through 2009, to allocate among the States amounts sufficient to ensure that the percentage for each State of the total apportionments for the fiscal year for certain Federal-aid highway programs (including the basic minimum guarantee under this Act) equals or exceeds 95 percent of the ratio that the estimated gas tax payments attributable to highway users in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) bears to such payments attributable to highway users in all States (with a specified exception for any State having a population density of less than 50 individuals per square mile).

Provides for: (1) the programmatic distribution of funds above $2.8 billion for certain Federal-aid highway programs; (2) the apportionment of the remainder of funds to the States; and (3) required adjustments where the sum of State percentages exceeds 100 percent.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Pollution Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) mercury and mercury compounds are highly toxic to 
        humans, ecosystems, and wildlife;
            (2) as many as 10 percent of women in the United States of 
        childbearing age have mercury in their bloodstreams at a level 
        that could pose risks to their unborn babies, and hundreds of 
        thousands of children born annually in the United States are at 
        risk of neurological problems relating to mercury exposure in 
        utero;
            (3) the most significant source of mercury exposure to 
        people in the United States is ingestion of mercury-
        contaminated fish;
            (4) the long-term solution to mercury pollution is to 
        minimize global mercury use and releases of mercury to 
        eventually achieve reduced contamination levels in the 
        environment, rather than reducing fish consumption, since 
        uncontaminated fish represents a critical and healthy source of 
        nutrition for people worldwide;
            (5) mercury pollution is a transboundary pollutant that--
                    (A) is deposited locally, regionally, and globally; 
                and
                    (B) affects bodies of water near industrial areas, 
                such as the Great Lakes, as well as bodies of water in 
                remote areas, such as the Arctic Circle;
            (6) of the approximately 30 plants in the United States 
        that produce chlorine, only 7 use the obsolete ``mercury cell'' 
        chlor-alkali process, and 4 have not yet committed to phasing 
        out mercury use;
            (7)(A) less than 5 percent of the total quantity of 
        chlorine and caustic soda produced in the United States comes 
        from the chlor-alkali plants described in paragraph (6) that 
        use the mercury cell chlor-alkali process;
            (B) cost-effective alternatives are available and in use in 
        the remaining 95 percent of chlorine and caustic soda 
        production; and
            (C) other countries, including Japan, have already banned 
        the mercury cell chlor-alkali process;
            (8) the chlor-alkali industry acknowledges that--
                    (A) mercury can contaminate products manufactured 
                at mercury cell facilities; and
                    (B) the use of some of those products results in 
                the direct and indirect release of mercury;
            (9) despite those quantities of mercury known to have been 
        used or to be in use, neither the chlor-alkali industry nor the 
        Environmental Protection Agency is able--
                    (A) to adequately account for the disposition of 
                the mercury used at those facilities; or
                    (B) to accurately estimate current mercury 
                emissions; and
            (10) it is critically important that the United States work 
        aggressively toward the minimization of supply, demand, and 
        releases of mercury, both domestically and internationally.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    Congress declares that the United States should develop policies 
and programs that will--
            (1) reduce mercury use and emissions within the United 
        States;
            (2) reduce mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury 
        currently in use or circulation within the United States; and
            (3) reduce exposures to mercury, particularly exposures of 
        women of childbearing age and young children.

SEC. 4. USE OF MERCURY IN CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA MANUFACTURING.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 6 the 
following:

``SEC. 6A. USE OF MERCURY IN CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA MANUFACTURING.

    ``(a) Definition of Chlor-alkali Facility.--In this section, the 
term `chlor-alkali facility' means a facility used for the manufacture 
of chlorine or caustic soda using a mercury cell process.
    ``(b) Prohibition.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, it shall be unlawful to manufacture chlorine or 
        caustic soda using mercury cells at any facility in the United 
        States.
            ``(2) Notice.--The owner or operator of any existing chlor-
        alkali facility shall notify the Administrator no later than 
        June 30, 2012, whether it will--
                    ``(A) replace its chlor-alkali facility with a new 
                manufacturing facility that does not use mercury; or
                    ``(B) cease operations.
            ``(3) Closure.--A chlor-alkali facility for which a closure 
        notice is filed under paragraph (2)(B) shall cease 
        manufacturing chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells no 
        later than June 30, 2013.
            ``(4) Replacement.--A chlor-alkali facility for which a 
        replacement notice is filed under paragraph (2)(A) may continue 
        to manufacture chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells 
        until all of the permitting, financing, engineering, and 
        construction of a non-mercury replacement facility is complete, 
        or June 30, 2015, whichever is earlier.
    ``(c) Export Ban.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
section, the export of any elemental mercury or the sale of elemental 
mercury for purposes of export, including compounds and mixtures 
containing elemental mercury, by the owner or operator of a chlor-
alkali facility is prohibited.
    ``(d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section affects the 
ability of the owner or operator of any chlor-alkali facility to store 
elemental mercury in accordance with section 5(g)(2) of the Mercury 
Export Ban Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 6939f).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The table of contents of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 6 the following:

``Sec. 6A. Use of mercury in chlorine and caustic soda 
                            manufacturing.''.
    (2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 15 of such Act are each 
amended by striking ``or 6'' and inserting ``, 6 or 6A''.
[EX A]: Mercury Pollution Reduction Act - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly of women of childbearing age and young children.

Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit: (1) the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells at any facility in the United States; and (2) the export of any elemental mercury or the sale of elemental mercury for purposes of export, including compounds and mixtures containing elemental mercury, by the owner or operator of a chlor-alkali facility.

Requires the owner or operator of any existing chlor-alkali facility to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) no later than June 30, 2012, on whether the owner or operator will replace its chlor-alkali facility with a new manufacturing facility that does not use mercury or cease operations. Requires a chlor-alkali facility for which a closure notice is filed to cease manufacturing chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells no later than June 30, 2013. Authorizes a chlor-alkali facility for which a replacement notice is filed to continue to manufacture chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells until all of the permitting, financing, engineering, and construction of a non-mercury replacement facility is complete or June 30, 2015, whichever is earlier.

Provides that this Act does not affect the ability of the owner or operator of any chlor-alkali facility to store elemental mercury in accordance with the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safety and Accountability in 
Construction Act''.

SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY.

    (a) Submission of Project Management Plans.--Section 106(a)(1) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ``such'' and 
inserting ``the project management plan and such other''.
    (b) Independent Safety Reviews.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, 
        is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 413. Independent safety reviews
    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Transportation (or the Secretary's designee) is authorized to contract 
with a qualified independent engineer to objectively analyze the 
planning, design, construction methods, and materials used to construct 
any highway project financed with Federal funds if the Secretary (or 
the Secretary's designee) determines that--
            ``(1) the project may endanger public safety;
            ``(2) the planning, design, or construction of the project 
        differs from the State's existing Project Management Plan;
            ``(3) the project is experiencing significant cost 
        overruns; or
            ``(4) there is a reasonable basis for requiring a safety 
        review of the project by an independent engineer.
    ``(b) Selection of Independent Engineer.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the Secretary makes a determination 
        under subsection (a), the Secretary shall select and hire an 
        engineer to conduct the analysis described in subsection (a).
            ``(2) Qualifications.--The engineer selected under this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) shall be a registered professional engineer 
                with a background in the appropriate engineering 
                discipline;
                    ``(B) shall have significant knowledge and 
                experience in highway projects; and
                    ``(C) may not have any prior association with the 
                project to be reviewed or any affiliation with any 
                project participant.
            ``(3) Notification requirement.--If an engineer is selected 
        under this section, the Secretary shall notify--
                    ``(A) the members of Congress of the districts in 
                which the project being reviewed is located; and
                    ``(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate;
                    ``(C) the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
                of the Senate; and
                    ``(D) the Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
    ``(c) Access.--
            ``(1) In general.--The transportation department of each 
        State in which a highway project is being reviewed by an 
        independent engineer selected under subsection (b), and any 
        contractors involved in the project, shall provide the engineer 
        with reasonable access to the plans, records, and construction 
        sites of the project.
            ``(2) Contract provisions.--Beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of this section, each contract relating to a highway 
        project receiving Federal financial assistance shall 
        explicitly--
                    ``(A) authorize the Secretary of Transportation to 
                conduct a safety review in accordance with this 
                section; and
                    ``(B) require the parties to comply with paragraph 
                (1).
    ``(d) Reports.--
            ``(1) Analysis findings.--At the conclusion of the analysis 
        described in subsection (a), the independent engineer shall 
        submit a report containing the findings of such analysis to--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of Transportation;
                    ``(B) the Inspector General of the Department of 
                Transportation;
                    ``(C) the Administrator of the Federal Highway 
                Administration; and
                    ``(D) the transportation department of the State in 
                which the project is located.
            ``(2) Internal review.--The Inspector General of the 
        Department of Transportation shall ensure compliance with the 
        requirements under this section and shall submit a report 
        describing such compliance to--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of Transportation;
                    ``(B) the Administrator of the Federal Highway 
                Administration; and
                    ``(C) the appropriate congressional committees.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $15,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this 
section.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections in chapter 4 
        of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:

``413. Independent safety reviews.''.

SEC. 3. TUNNEL INSPECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 151 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and tunnel'' 
        after ``bridge'';
            (2) in subsections (a) and (c), by inserting ``and Tunnel'' 
        after ``Bridge'' each place it appears in the subsection 
        headings;
            (3) by inserting ``and tunnel'' after ``bridge'' each place 
        it appears;
            (4) by inserting ``and tunnels'' after ``bridges'' each 
        place it appears; and
            (5) in subsection (d), by striking ``section 104(a), 
        section 502, and section 144 of this title.'' and inserting 
        ``sections 104(a), 144, and 502 for the bridge inspection 
        program and sections 104(a) and 502 for the tunnel inspection 
        program.''.
    (b) Surface Transportation Program.--Section 133(b)(1) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, tunnels (including 
safety inspections),'' after ``highways)''.
[EX A]:
Safety and Accountability in Construction Act - Requires state transportation departments to submit project management plans for federal-aid highway projects to the Secretary of Transportation for approval.

Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a qualified independent engineer to provide independent safety reviews of federally-financed highway projects if certain determinations are made.

Requires the Secretary to establish a national tunnel inspection program (including national standards for the inspection of such tunnels).

Authorizes states to obligate apportioned surface transportation program funds for: (1) the construction and repair of tunnels; and (2) tunnel safety inspections.