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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Tribal Transportation Program
Improvement Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1101(a)(8)(A) of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 112) is
amended by striking ''of such title'' and all that follows and
inserting ''of that title--
''(i) $225,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
''(ii) $275,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2003;
''(iii) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
''(iv) $425,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
and
''(v) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2006 through 2009.''.
(b) Obligation Ceiling.--Section 1102(c)(1) of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 116) is
amended--
(1) by striking ''distribute obligation'' and inserting the
following: ''distribute--
''(A) obligation'';
(2) by inserting ''and'' after the semicolon at the end;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(B) for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2003,
any amount of obligation authority made available for
Indian reservation road bridges under section
202(d)(4), and for Indian reservation roads under
section 204, of title 23, United States Code;''.
(c) Additional Authorization of Contract Authority for States With
Indian Reservations.--Section 1214(d)(5)(A) of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 202 note; 112 Stat. 206) is
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: '',
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, $4,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2008 and 2009''.
(d) Indian Reservation Road Bridges.--Section 202(d)(4) of title
23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking ''(B) Reservation.--Of the
amounts'' and all that follows through ''to replace,''
and inserting the following:
''(B) Funding.--
''(i) Reservation of funds.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
there is authorized to be appropriated from the
Highway Trust Fund $15,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2004 through 2009 to carry out
planning, design, engineering, construction,
and inspection of projects to replace,''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
''(ii) Availability.--Funds made available
to carry out this subparagraph shall be
available for obligation in the same manner as
if the funds were apportioned under chapter
1.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (D)--
(A) by striking ''(D) Approval requirement.--'' and
inserting the following:
''(D) Approval and need requirements.--''; and
(B) by striking ''only on approval of the plans,
specifications, and estimates by the Secretary.'' and
inserting ''only--
''(i) on approval by the Secretary of
plans, specifications, and estimates relating
to the projects; and
''(ii) in amounts directly proportional to
the actual need of each Indian reservation, as
determined by the Secretary based on the number
of deficient bridges on each reservation and
the projected cost of rehabilitation of those
bridges.''.
(e) Fair and Equitable Distribution.--Section 202(d) of title 23,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(5) Fair and equitable distribution.--To ensure that the
distribution of funds to an Indian tribe under this subsection
is fair, equitable, and based on valid transportation needs of
the Indian tribe, the Secretary shall--
''(A) verify the existence, as of the date of the
distribution, of all roads that are part of the Indian
reservation road system; and
''(B) distribute funds based only on those
roads.''.
(f) Indian Reservation Roads Planning.--Section 204(j) of title 23,
United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking ''2
percent'' and inserting ''4 percent''.

SEC. 3. INDIAN RESERVATION RURAL TRANSIT PROGRAM.

Section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
''(k) Indian Reservation Rural Transit Program.--
''(1) Definition of indian tribe.--In this subsection, the
term 'Indian tribe' has the meaning given the term in section 4
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
(25 U.S.C. 450b).
''(2) Program.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation
shall establish and carry out a program to provide
competitive grants to Indian tribes to establish rural
transit programs on reservations or other land under
the jurisdiction of the Indian tribes.
''(B) Amount of grants.--The amount of a grant
provided to an Indian tribe under subparagraph (A)
shall be based on the need of the Indian tribe, as
determined by the Secretary of Transportation.
''(3) Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for each fiscal year, of the amount made available to carry out
this section under section 5338 for the fiscal year, the
Secretary of Transportation shall use $20,000,000 to carry out
this subsection.''.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the maintenance of roads on Indian reservations is a
responsibility of the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(2) amounts made available by the Federal Government as of
the date of enactment of this Act for maintenance of roads on
Indian reservations under section 204(c) of title 23, United
States Code, comprise only 30 percent of the annual amount of
funding needed for maintenance of roads on Indian reservations
in the United States; and
(3) any amounts made available for construction of roads on
Indian reservations will be wasted if those roads are not
properly maintained.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Congress
should annually provide to the Bureau of Indian Affairs such funding as
is necessary to carry out all maintenance of roads on Indian
reservations in the United States.
A:
Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to authorize appropriations for Indian reservation roads under the Federal Lands Highways Program through FY 2009.Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from distributing, for years after FY 2003, any amount of obligation authority made available for Indian reservation road bridges and roads.Authorizes appropriations to carry out the planning, design, engineering, construction, and inspection of certain projects concerning deficient Indian reservation road bridges through FY 2009.Raises from two percent to four percent the ceiling for the amount of funds made available for Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year that may be allocated to Indian tribal governments applying for transportation planning pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue grants to Indian tribes to establish rural transit programs on reservations or other land under the jurisdiction of the tribes. Authorizes appropriations.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the maintenance of roads on Indian reservations is a responsibility of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) Congress should annually provide to the Bureau such funding as is necessary to carry out all maintenance of roads on Indian reservations.