[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1998]
[Wednesday, April 1, 1998 (30)]
[Pages 317-414]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998 (30)
para.30.1 designation of speaker pro tempore
The House was called to order by the SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY,
who laid before the House the following communication:
Washington, DC,
April 1, 1998.
I hereby designate the Honorable Joel Hefley to act as
Speaker pro tempore on this day.
Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
para.30.2 approval of the journal
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, announced he had examined and
approved the Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday, March 31, 1998.
Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal was approved.
para.30.3 communications
Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV,
were referred as follows:
8341. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Specifically Approved States Authorized to Receive Mares and
Stallions Imported from Regions Where CEM Exists [Docket No.
97-104-1] received March 30, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
8342. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary,
Department of Defense, transmitting a report on the medical
condition of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed
outside the United States as part of a contingency or combat
operation, pursuant to Public Law 105--85; to the Committee
on National Security.
8343. A letter from the Deputy Director for Policy and
Programs, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund,
Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's
final rule--Community Development Financial Institutions
Fund; Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting
Applications for the Community Development Financial
Institutions Program--Core Component [No. 981-0154] received
March 24, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
8344. A letter from the Deputy Director for Policy and
Program, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund,
Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's
final rule--Community Development Financial Institutions
Fund; Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting
Applications for the Community Development Financial
Institutions Program Technical Assistance--Technical
Assistance Component [No. 982-0154] received March 24, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Banking and Financial Services.
8345. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Odometer Disclosure Requirements; Exemptions [Docket No. 87-
09, Notice 16] (RIN: 2127-AG83) received March 27, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Commerce.
8346. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash
Protection [Docket No. NHTSA-97-3191; Notice 2] (RIN: 2127-
AF66) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
8347. A letter from the Acting Director, Minority Business
Development Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule--
Solicitation of Minority Business Development Center
Applications for Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Raleigh/Durham, San
Antonio, El Paso, Statewide New Mexico, Philadelphia,
Williamsburg, Seattle, Honolulu and San Jose [Docket No.
980320072-8072-01] received March 24, 1998, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.
8348. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Securities and
Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's final
rule--Statement of the Commission Regarding Use of Internet
Web Sites to Offer Securities, Solicit Securities
Transactions or Advertise Investment Services Offshore
[Release Nos. 33-7516, 34-39779, IA-1710, IC-23071] received
March 24, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the
Committee on Commerce.
8349. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative
Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's
final rule--Amendments to the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations [22 CFR Part 121] received March 27, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
International Relations.
8350. A letter from the Director, United States Information
Agency, transmitting the 1996 annual report entitled
``International Exchange and Training Activities of the
United States Government''; to the Committee on International
Relations.
8351. A letter from the Chief Financial Officer, Department
of Commerce, transmitting the final version of the
Department's FY 1999 Annual Performance Plan (APP), pursuant
to Public Law 103--62; to the Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight.
8352. A letter from the Deputy Director, Office of
Government Ethics, transmitting the Office's final rule--
Amendment to Clarify Regulatory Intent on Finality of Review
for Complaints Regarding Designation of Positions for
Employee Confidential Financial Disclosure Reporting (RIN:
3209-AA00) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight.
8353. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel
Management, transmitting the Office's final rule--Processing
Garnishment Orders for Child Support and Alimony and
Commercial Garnishment of Federal Employees' Pay (RIN: 3206-
AH43) received March 25, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight.
8354. A letter from the Director, Financial Services,
Library of Congress, transmitting a copy of the financial
statements of the Capitol Preservation Fund for the first
three months of fiscal year 1998 which ended on December 31,
1997, and comparable data for the same period of the previous
fiscal year; to the Committee on House Oversight.
8355. A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the
Administration's final rule-- Civil Enforcement Proceedings:
Opportunity for an In-Person Hearing [Docket No. 961004279-
6279-01; I.D 111695A] (RIN: 0648-AI53) received March 18,
1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Resources.
8356. A letter from the Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Department of Justice, transmitting a draft of proposed
legislation to provide for Drug Testing of and Interventions
With Incarcerated Offenders and Reduce Drug Trafficking and
Related Crime in Correctional Facilities; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
8357. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Drug and Alcohol Testing: Substance Abuse Professional
Evaluation For Drug Use [RSPA Docket PS-128; Amendment 199-
15] (RIN: 2137-AC84] received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8358. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Control of Drug Use and Alcohol Misuse in Natural Gas,
Liquefied Natural Gas, and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline
Operations [Docket No. PS-102; Amendment 199-16] (RIN: 2137-
AC67) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8359. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Pipeline Safety: Periodic Updates to Pipeline Safety
Regulations (1997) [Docket No. RSPA-97-2251; Amdt. Nos. 190-
7; 191-13; 192-83; 193-15; 194-2; 195-61; 198-3; 199-17]
(RIN: 2137-AD03) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8360. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Pipeline Safety: Change in Response Plan Review Cycle [Docket
No. PS-130; Amdt. 194-1] (RIN: 2137-AD12) received March 27,
1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
8361. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Annual Air & Sea Show, Fort Lauderdale, Florida [CGD07-98-
004] (RIN: 2115-AE46) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8362. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Alternate Compliance via Recognized Classification Society
and U.S. Supplement to Rules [CGD 95-010] (RIN: 2115-AF11)
received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
8363. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Whitbread
Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland [CGD 05-98-013] (RIN:
2115-AE46) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8364. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Intracoastal Waterway, St. Augustine, FL [CGD07-98-014] (RIN:
2115-AE46) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8365. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Miami Beach, Florida [CGD07-98-003] (RIN: 2115-AE46) received
March 27, 1998, pursuant to U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
8366. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Approaches to
Annapolis Harbor, Spa Creek, and Severn River, Annapolis,
Maryland [CGD 05-98-016] received March 27, 1998, pursuant to
5 U.S.C.
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801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8367. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Dignitary Arrival/Departure Logan International Airport,
Boston, MA [CGD01-97-004] (RIN: 2115-AA97) received March 27,
1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
8368. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Fort Lauderdale, FL [CGD7-98-017] (RIN: 2115-AE46) received
March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
8369. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--San
Diego Bay and Adjacent Waters, San Diego, CA [COTP San Diego;
98-007] (RIN: 2115-AA97) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8370. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Safety zone; Summer Bay, Unalaska Island, AK [COTP Western
Alaska 98-002] (RIN: 2115-AA97) received March 27, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
8371. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Standards; Rain and Hail Ingestion Standards
[Docket No. 28652; Amendment Nos. 23-53, 25-95, and 33-19]
(RIN: 2120-AF75) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8372. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model SA-366G1
Helicopters [Docket No. 97-SW-31-AD; Amendment 39-10414; AD
98-06-35] (RIN: 2120-AA64] received March 27, 1998, pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure.
8373. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Alexander Schleicher
Segelflugzeugbau Model ASK-21 Sailplanes [Docket No. 97-CE-
109-AD; Amendment 39-10417; AD 98-06-38] (RIN: 2120-AA64)
received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
8374. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Alexander Schleicher
Segelflugzeugbau Model ASK-21 Sailplanes [Docket No. 97-CE-
107-AD; Amendment 39-10416; AD 98-06-37] (RIN: 2120-AA64)
received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
8375. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Learjet Model 31 and 35A Airplanes
[Docket No. 96-NM-202-AD; Amendment 39-10406; AD 98-06-28]
(RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8376. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS 332C, L,
L1, and L2 Helicopters [Docket No. 97-SW-66-AD; Amendment 39-
10418; AD 98-06-39] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 27, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
8377. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace BAe Model ATP
Airplanes [Docket No. 94-NM-212-AD; Amendment 39-10419; AD
98-07-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 27, 1998, pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure.
8378. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model
412 Helicopters and Agusta S.p.A. Model AB412 Helicopters
[Docket No. 97-SW-58-AD; Amendment 39-10421; AD 98-07-03]
(RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 27, 1998, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
8379. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300, A310, and A300-
600 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 97-NM-230-AD; Amendment 39-
10409; AD 98-06-31] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 27, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
8380. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model SA341G and
SA342J Helicopters [Docket No. 97-SW-51-AD; Amendment 39-
10415; AD 98-06-36] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 27, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
8381. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F28 Mark 1000 through
4000 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 96-NM-176-AD; Amendment 39-
10412; AD 98-06-33] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 27, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
8382. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of
Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A330 and A340 Series
Airplanes [Docket No. 97-NM-324-AD; Amendment 39-10402; AD
98-06-24] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 27, 1998, pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure.
8383. A letter from the National Marine Fisheries Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting
the Administration's final rule--Capital Construction Fund;
Interim Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund Procedures
[Docket No.961122326-6326-01; I.D. 081092G] (RIN: 0648-AF22)
received March 24, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
8384. A letter from the Administrator, Small Business
Administration, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation
that would change the interest rate on disaster loans,
establish a disaster mitigation pilot program, and increase
the authorization for funding for the women's business
centers; to the Committee on Small Business.
8385. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulations
Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the
Department's final rule-- Veterans Education: Reduction in
Required Reports (RIN: 2900-AI58) received March 23, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs.
8386. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and
Management Staff, Department of Health and Human Services,
transmitting the Department's final rule--Revocation of
Regulations Under the Tea Importation Act [Docket No. 98N-
0135] received March 24, 1998, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
8387. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Unit, Internal
Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule--Gross
Income Defined [Rev. Rul. 98-19] received March 26, 1998,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
8388. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and
Budget, transmitting a report on government-wide spending to
combat terrorism, pursuant to Public Law 105--85; jointly to
the Committees on National Security and the Judiciary.
8389. A letter from the Chair, Christopher Columbus
Fellowship Foundation, transmitting the FY 1997 Annual Report
of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, pursuant
to Public Law 102--281, section 429(b) (106 Stat. 145);
jointly to the Committees on Banking and Financial Services
and Science.
8390. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to make
technical corrections to the Community Development Banking
and Financial Institutions Act of 1994; jointly to the
Committees on Banking and Financial Services and Government
Reform and Oversight.
8391. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative
Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on Export
Control Assistance Nonproliferation, Antiterroism, Demining
and Related Activities, pursuant to Public Law 105--118;
jointly to the Committees on International Relations and
Appropriations.
8392. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Prison
Industries, Inc., Department of Justice, transmitting the
1997 Annual Report of the Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
(FPI), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 4127; jointly to the Committees
on the Judiciary and Government Reform and Oversight.
8393. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation,
transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to authorize
appropriations for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000 for certain
maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, and
for other purposes, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1110; jointly to
the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and
National Security.
para.30.4 message from the senate
A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks,
announced that the Senate had passed with an amendment in which the
concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the
following title:
H.R. 3579. An act making emergency supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998,
and for other purposes.
The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendment
to the bill (H.R. 3579) ``An Act making emergency supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for
other purposes,'' requests a conference with the House on the
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints
Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Specter, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bond, Mr.
Gorton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burns, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Bennett,
Mr. Campbell, Mr. Craig, Mr. Faircloth, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Byrd, Mr.
Inouye, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Bump
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ers, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reid, Mr. Kohl, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Dorgan, and Mrs. Boxer, to be the conferees on the part of
the Senate.
para.30.5 providing for the consideration of h.r. 2400
Mr. DREIER, by direction of the Committee on Rules, called up the
following resolution (H. Res. 405):
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 2400) to authorize funds for Federal-aid
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and
for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be
dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the
bill and the amendments made in order by this resolution and
shall not exceed two hours and 30 minutes, with two hours
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
on Ways and Means. After general debate the bill shall be
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall
be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose
of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill,
modified by the amendment recommended by the Committee on
Ways and Means now printed in the bill and the amendment
printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution. That amendment in the nature of
a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order
against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are
waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a
substitute shall be in order except those printed in part 2
of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each amendment may
be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be
offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the first time
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment,
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All
points of order against the amendments printed in the report
are waived. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:
(1) postpone until a time during further consideration in the
Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time
for electronic voting on any postponed question that follows
another electronic vote without intervening business,
provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the
first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with
such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may
demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted
in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment
in the nature of a substitute made in order as original text.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
When said resolution was considered.
After debate,
On motion of Mr. DREIER, the previous question was ordered on the
resolution to its adoption or rejection.
The question being put, viva voce,
Will the House agree to said resolution?
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, announced that the yeas had it.
Mr. DREIER demanded that the vote be taken by the yeas and nays,
which demand was supported by one-fifth of the Members present, so the
yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device.
It was decided in the
Yeas
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affirmative
Nays
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para.30.6 [Roll No. 90]
YEAS--357
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Allen
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Capps
Carson
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Clay
Clement
Clyburn
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Condit
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Coyne
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cummings
Cunningham
Danner
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
Engel
English
Ensign
Eshoo
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Filner
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Hefner
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E.B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kasich
Kelly
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Kleczka
Klink
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kucinich
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Lucas
Maloney (CT)
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Metcalf
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Pappas
Parker
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Portman
Poshard
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Reyes
Riley
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rothman
Roukema
Rush
Ryun
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Scott
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shaw
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Snyder
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stabenow
Stark
Stearns
Stokes
Strickland
Stump
Stupak
Sununu
Talent
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Thune
Thurman
Tiahrt
Tierney
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Weygand
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Young (AK)
NAYS--61
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Brown (OH)
Canady
Cardin
Castle
Christensen
Clayton
Conyers
Cramer
Davis (FL)
Deutsch
Dooley
Edwards
Etheridge
Fazio
Ford
Gephardt
Graham
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hoyer
Inglis
Kind (WI)
LaFalce
Lewis (GA)
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (NY)
McDermott
Meek (FL)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Moran (VA)
Morella
Myrick
Obey
Pelosi
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (NC)
Roybal-Allard
Sabo
Salmon
Sanford
Schumer
Shadegg
Shays
Skaggs
Smith, Adam
Spratt
Stenholm
Tanner
Torres
Watt (NC)
Wexler
Wolf
Yates
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--12
Cannon
Cox
Gilchrest
Gonzalez
Jefferson
Kennedy (MA)
Klug
Payne
Rangel
Riggs
Royce
Waters
So the resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said resolution was agreed to
was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.
para.30.7 adjournment of the two houses
Mr. ARMEY, submitted the following privileged concurrent resolution
(H. Con. Res. 257):
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative
day of Wednesday, April 1, 1998, it stand adjourned until
12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 1998, or until noon on the
second day after Members are notified
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to reassemble pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent
resolution, whichever occurs first; and that when the Senate
recesses or adjourns at the close of business on Thursday,
April 2, 1998, Friday, April 3, 1998, Saturday, April 4,
1998, or Sunday, April 5, 1998, pursuant to a motion made by
the Majority Leader, or his designee, in accordance with this
concurrent resolution, it stand recessed or adjourned until
noon on Monday, April 20, 1998, or such time on that day as
may be specified by the Majority Leader or his designee in
the motion to recess or adjourn, or until noon on the second
day after members are notified to reassemble pursuant to
section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs
first.
Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of
the Senate, acting jointly after consultation with the
Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the
Senate, shall notify the Members of the House and the Senate,
respectively, to reassemble whenever, in their opinion, the
public interest shall warrant it.
When said concurrent resolution was considered.
The question being put, viva voce,
Will the House agree to said concurrent resolution?
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, announced that the yeas had it.
Mr. TIERNEY demanded that the vote be taken by the yeas and nays,
which demand was supported by one-fifth of the Members present, so the
yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device.
Yeas
223
It was decided in the
Nays
187
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Answered present
1
para.30.8 [Roll No. 91]
YEAS--223
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Boswell
Boucher
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Carson
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gilman
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Gutknecht
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kelly
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
Mascara
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moran (KS)
Morella
Murtha
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riley
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Traficant
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Yates
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NAYS--187
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Cardin
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frost
Furse
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lantos
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Rahall
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogan
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schaffer, Bob
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Coburn
NOT VOTING--19
Andrews
Borski
Cannon
Cox
Fawell
Gilchrest
Gonzalez
Goode
Greenwood
Jefferson
Kennedy (MA)
Klug
Linder
Payne
Petri
Rangel
Riggs
Royce
Waters
So the concurrent resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said concurrent resolution was
agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of then Senate in said
concurrent resolution.
para.30.9 credit union membership access
Mr. LEACH, pursuant to the order of the House of Tuesday, March 31,
1998, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1151) to amend
the Federal Credit Union Act to clarify existing law and ratify the
longstanding policy of the National Credit Union Administration Board
with regard to field of membership of Federal credit unions; as amended.
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, recognized Mr. LEACH and Mr.
LaFALCE, each for 20 minutes.
After debate,
The question being put, viva voce,
Will the House suspend the rules and pass said bill, as amended?
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, announced that two-thirds of the
Members present had voted in the affirmative.
Mr. FILNER objected to the vote on the ground that a quorum was not
present and not voting.
A quorum not being present,
The roll was called under clause 4, rule XV, and the call was taken by
electronic device.
Yeas
411
When there appeared
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Nays
8
para.30.10 [Roll No. 92]
YEAS--411
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Allen
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Baesler
Baker
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Bartlett
Bass
Bateman
Becerra
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Conyers
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Cox
Coyne
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cummings
Cunningham
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Ehlers
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Ehrlich
Emerson
Engel
English
Ensign
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Filner
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Graham
Granger
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hansen
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Hefner
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kasich
Kelly
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
Kind (WI)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kleczka
Klink
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kucinich
LaFalce
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Lowey
Lucas
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Metcalf
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Morella
Murtha
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Pappas
Parker
Pascrell
Pastor
Pease
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Poshard
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Reyes
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rothman
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryun
Sabo
Salmon
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sanford
Sawyer
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaffer, Bob
Schumer
Scott
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Adam
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Snyder
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stearns
Stenholm
Stokes
Strickland
Stump
Stupak
Sununu
Talent
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Thune
Thurman
Tiahrt
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Walsh
Wamp
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Wexler
Weygand
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wise
Wolf
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NAYS--8
Bachus
Barton
Gillmor
Hostettler
Paul
Paxon
Schaefer, Dan
Watkins
NOT VOTING--11
Cannon
Condit
Gonzalez
Jefferson
Kennedy (MA)
Klug
Payne
Rangel
Royce
Smith (OR)
Waters
So, two-thirds of the Members present having voted in favor thereof,
the rules were suspended and said bill, as amended, was passed.
By unanimous consent, the title was amended so as to read: ``An Act to
amend the Federal Credit Union Act to clarify existing law with regard
to the field of membership of Federal credit unions, to preserve the
integrity and purpose of federal credit unions, to enhance supervisory
oversight of insured credit unions, and for other purposes.''.
A motion to reconsider the votes whereby the rules were suspended and
said bill, as amended, was passed and the title was amended was, by
unanimous consent, laid on the table.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in said
bill.
para.30.11 order of business--resolutions laid on the table
On motion of Mr. SOLOMON, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That House Resolution 309 providing for consideration of the
bill (H.R. 2621) to extend trade authorities procedures with respect to
reciprocal trade agreements, and for other purposes; and House
Resolution 403 providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to
enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a
prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securitites firms,
and other financial service providers, and for other purposes, be laid
on the table.
para.30.12 building efficient surface transportation and equity
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, pursuant to House Resolution 405
and rule XXIII, declared the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill
(H.R. 2400) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, by unanimous consent, designated
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole;
and after some time spent therein,
para.30.13 recorded vote
A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mrs. ROUKEMA:
Strike subsection (b) of section 102 and insert the
following:
(b) Affirmative Action Encouraged; Discrimination or
Preferential Treatment Prohibited.--
(1) Affirmative action encouraged.--It is the policy of the
United States--
(A) to expand the applicant pool for transportation
contracts in order to increase competition;
(B) to encourage participation by businesses owned by women
and minorities in bidding for transportation contracts;
(C) to recruit qualified women and minorities into the
applicant pool for transportation contracts; and
(D) to encourage transportation contractors--
(i) to request businesses owned by women and minorities to
bid for transportation contracts; and
(ii) to include qualified women and minorities into an
applicant pool for transportation contracts;
so long as such expansion, encouragement, recruitment,
request, or inclusion does not involve granting a preference,
based in whole or in part on race, color, national origin, or
sex, in selecting any person for the relevant contract.
(2) Prohibition against discrimination or preferential
treatment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
governmental entity shall, in connection with a
transportation contract--
(A) intentionally discriminate against, or grant a
preference to, any person or group based in whole or in part
on race, color, national origin, or sex; or
(B) require or encourage a contractor or subcontractor to
discriminate intentionally against, or grant a preference to,
any person or group based in whole or in part on race, color,
national origin, or sex.
(3) Definitions.--As used in this subsection--
(A) the term ``transportation contract'' means any contract
or subcontract in connection with any project paid for in
whole or in part with funds derived from amounts authorized
to be appropriated by this Act; and
(B) the term ``preference'' means an advantage of any kind,
and includes a quota, set-aside, numerical goal, timetable,
or other numerical objective.
Yeas
194
It was decided in the
Nays
225
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negative
Answered present
1
para.30.14 [Roll No. 93]
AYES--194
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Deal
DeLay
Dickey
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehrlich
Emerson
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Fossella
Fowler
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gillmor
Gingrich
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
King (NY)
Kingston
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Largent
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Latham
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moran (KS)
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Roukema
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shimkus
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Spence
Stearns
Stenholm
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Upton
Wamp
Watkins
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--225
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Castle
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Ehlers
Engel
English
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Forbes
Ford
Fox
Frank (MA)
Frost
Furse
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gilman
Goode
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Houghton
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDade
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Morella
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pickett
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Quinn
Rahall
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Shuster
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (OR)
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Souder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Walsh
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Radanovich
NOT VOTING--11
Cannon
Gonzalez
Hutchinson
Jefferson
Klug
LaFalce
Payne
Rangel
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Waters
So the amendment was not agreed to.
para.30.15 recorded vote
A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
In section 330(j), strike ``$42,000,000'' and insert
``$150,000,000''.
It was decided in the
Yeas
242
<3-line {>
affirmative
Nays
175
para.30.16 [Roll No. 94]
[Roll No. 94]
AYES--242
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Bartlett
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Calvert
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dickey
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Ehlers
Emerson
Engel
English
Ensign
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Filner
Forbes
Ford
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frost
Furse
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hutchinson
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E.B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kingston
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Morella
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pappas
Pascrell
Pastor
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pickett
Pombo
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Quinn
Rahall
Redmond
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogers
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Shimkus
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Adam
Smith, Linda
Snyder
Souder
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Walsh
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
NOES--175
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehrlich
Everett
Ewing
Foley
Fossella
Fowler
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kim
King (NY)
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Livingston
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moran (KS)
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Oxley
Packard
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rohrabacher
Roukema
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shuster
Snowbarger
Solomon
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Wexler
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--13
Cannon
Gonzalez
Jefferson
Klug
LaFalce
Payne
Rangel
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Scarborough
Smith (MI)
Spratt
Waters
So the amendment was agreed to.
After some further time,
para.30.17 recorded vote
A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mr. GRAHAM:
(a) Highway Project Authorization.--
[[Page 323]]
(1) In section 102(8), strike all after the parenthetical
and insert ``$596,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $816,000,000
for fiscal year 1999, $885,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$885,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $885,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002 and $885,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.''
(2) In section 103(b), strike the ``and'' and all that
follows after paragraph (7) and insert ``and'' after
paragraph (6).
(3) Strike sections 127(b) and 127(c) and redesignate
sections of the bill accordingly.
(b) Transit Project Authorizations.--
(1) In section 328(a) in the matter proposed to be inserted
as section 5338(b)(1) of title 49, strike all that follows
after ``to carry out section 5309'' through the end of such
subsection and insert ``(1) $878,000,000 for fiscal year
1998, (2) $964,800,000 for fiscal year 1999, and (3)
$1,045,200,000 for fiscal years 2000 through 2003.''
(2) In section 329(a) strike ``shall not exceed'' through
the end of such subsection and insert ``(1) $800,000,000 for
fiscal year 1998; (2) $856,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
(3) $1,045,200,000 for fiscal year 2000-2003.''
(3) Strike sections 332 and 333 and redesignate sections of
the bill accordingly.
Yeas
79
It was decided in the
Nays
337
<3-line {>
negative
Answered present
2
para.30.18 [Roll No. 95]
AYES--79
Archer
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Barton
Boehner
Bonilla
Burr
Campbell
Castle
Chabot
Christensen
Coburn
Condit
Cox
Cubin
Deal
Deutsch
Edwards
Ehrlich
Foley
Frelinghuysen
Goss
Graham
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hayworth
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kind (WI)
Kingston
Kolbe
Largent
Leach
Lewis (GA)
McCollum
Miller (FL)
Minge
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Pappas
Parker
Pomeroy
Porter
Rogan
Rohrabacher
Salmon
Sanford
Scarborough
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shays
Skaggs
Smith (MI)
Souder
Stenholm
Stump
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Wamp
Wexler
White
Wolf
Young (FL)
NOES--337
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Allen
Andrews
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker
Baldacci
Barcia
Bartlett
Bass
Bateman
Becerra
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Bryant
Bunning
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Coble
Collins
Combest
Conyers
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cummings
Cunningham
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Emerson
Engel
English
Ensign
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Filner
Forbes
Ford
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frost
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Granger
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Hansen
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hefley
Hefner
Herger
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hutchinson
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
King (NY)
Kleczka
Klink
Knollenberg
Kucinich
LaFalce
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lowey
Lucas
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDade
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Metcalf
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Portman
Poshard
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Reyes
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogers
Rothman
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryun
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Saxton
Schaefer, Dan
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shaw
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Adam
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Snyder
Solomon
Spence
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stearns
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Sununu
Talent
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Thompson
Thune
Thurman
Tiahrt
Tierney
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Walsh
Watkins
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Weygand
Whitfield
Wicker
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Young (AK)
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--2
Lofgren
McCrery
NOT VOTING--12
Cannon
Gonzalez
Jefferson
Klug
McIntosh
Payne
Rangel
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Torres
Waters
Yates
So the amendment was not agreed to.
para.30.19 recorded vote
A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of
the Whole on the following amendment in the nature of a substitute
submitted by Mr. SPRATT:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. TWO-MONTH EXTENSION OF TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is
authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund
such sums as may be necessary to continue funding for an
additional two months each of the programs for which an
extension was provided under the Surface Transportation
Extension Act of 1997 (111 Stat. 2552 et seq.) at the same
monthly rate for which funds were provided for each such
program under such Act.
Yeas
106
It was decided in the
Nays
312
<3-line {>
negative
Answered present
1
para.30.20 [Roll No. 96]
AYES--106
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Bartlett
Barton
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Boehner
Bonilla
Boyd
Brown (OH)
Burr
Campbell
Cardin
Castle
Chabot
Christensen
Clayton
Coburn
Condit
Cox
Crane
Davis (FL)
Deal
Deutsch
Dicks
Doggett
Dooley
Edwards
Eshoo
Etheridge
Fazio
Gillmor
Graham
Hall (TX)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hayworth
Hill
Hobson
Hoyer
Inglis
Jones
Kasich
Kennedy (RI)
Kind (WI)
Kingston
Kolbe
LaFalce
Largent
Lewis (GA)
Livingston
Lofgren
Luther
Maloney (NY)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Moran (VA)
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Obey
Parker
Paul
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (NC)
Roemer
Rogan
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Sabo
Salmon
Sanchez
Sanford
Sawyer
Scarborough
Scott
Sessions
Shadegg
Shays
Sisisky
Skaggs
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Souder
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stenholm
Sununu
Tanner
Taylor (MS)
Thornberry
Thurman
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
White
Whitfield
Wolf
NOES--312
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Allen
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker
Baldacci
Barcia
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Berry
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Brady
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Bryant
Bunning
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Capps
Carson
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Clay
Clement
Clyburn
Coble
Collins
Combest
Conyers
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Crapo
Cubin
Cummings
Cunningham
Danner
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dingell
Dixon
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
Engel
English
Ensign
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Filner
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
[[Page 324]]
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hefley
Hefner
Herger
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hoekstra
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
King (NY)
Kleczka
Klink
Knollenberg
Kucinich
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lowey
Lucas
Maloney (CT)
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDade
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Metcalf
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Morella
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Pappas
Pascrell
Pastor
Paxon
Pease
Pelosi
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Poshard
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Reyes
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Rodriguez
Rogers
Rothman
Roukema
Rush
Ryun
Sanders
Sandlin
Saxton
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Schumer
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shaw
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Spence
Stabenow
Stokes
Strickland
Stump
Stupak
Talent
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thompson
Thune
Tiahrt
Tierney
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Wicker
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
McCrery
NOT VOTING--11
Cannon
Gonzalez
Jefferson
Klug
Payne
Rangel
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Torres
Waters
Yates
So the amendment in the nature of a substitute was not agreed to.
para.30.21 recorded vote
A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of
the Whole on the following amendment in the nature of a substitute
submitted by Mr. KASICH:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Empowerment
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the objective of the Federal highway program has been
to facilitate the construction of a modern freeway system
that promotes efficient interstate commerce by connecting all
States;
(2) that objective has been attained and the Interstate
System connecting all States is near completion;
(3) each State has the responsibility of providing an
efficient transportation network for the residents of the
State;
(4) each State has the means to build and operate a network
of transportation systems, including highways, that best
serves the needs of the State;
(5) each State is best capable of determining the needs of
the State and acting on those needs;
(6) the Federal role in highway transportation has, over
time, usurped the role of the States by taxing fuels used in
the States and then distributing the proceeds to the States
based on the Federal Government's perceptions of what is best
for the States;
(7) the Federal Government has used the Federal gasoline
tax revenues to force all States to take actions that are not
necessarily appropriate for individual States;
(8) the Federal distribution, review, and enforcement
process wastes billions of dollars on unproductive
activities;
(9) Federal mandates that apply uniformly to all 50 States,
regardless of the different circumstances of the States,
cause the States to waste billions of hard-earned tax dollars
on projects, programs, and activities that the States would
not otherwise undertake; and
(10) Congress has expressed a strong interest in reducing
the role of the Federal Government by allowing each State to
manage its own affairs.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to return to the individual States maximum
discretionary authority and fiscal responsibility for all
elements of the national transportation systems that are not
within the direct purview of the Federal Government;
(2) to preserve Federal responsibility for the Dwight D.
Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense
Highways;
(3) to preserve the responsibility of the Department of
Transportation for--
(A) design, construction, and preservation of
transportation facilities on Federal public lands;
(B) national programs of transportation research and
development and transportation safety; and
(C) emergency assistance to the States in response to
natural disasters;
(4) to eliminate to the maximum extent practicable Federal
obstacles to the ability of each State to apply innovative
solutions to the financing, design, construction, operation,
and preservation of State and Federal transportation
facilities; and
(5) with respect to transportation activities carried out
by States, local governments, and the private sector, to
encourage--
(A) competition among States, local governments, and the
private sector; and
(B) innovation, energy efficiency, private sector
participation, and productivity.
SEC. 3. CONTINUATION OF FUNDING FOR CORE HIGHWAY PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Funding.--For the purpose of carrying out title 23,
United States Code, the following sums are authorized to be
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund:
(A) Interstate maintenance program.--For the Interstate
maintenance program under section 119 of title 23, United
States Code, $5,100,000,000 for fiscal year 1999,
$5,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $5,400,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $5,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$5,700,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(B) Interstate and indian reservation bridge program.--For
the Interstate and Indian reservation bridge program under
section 144 of that title $1,217,000,000 for fiscal year
1999, $1,251,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $1,286,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $1,321,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$1,360,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(C) Federal lands highways program.--
(i) Indian reservation roads.--For Indian reservation roads
under section 204 of that title $202,000,000 for fiscal year
1999, $208,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $214,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$225,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(ii) Public lands highways.--For public lands highways
under section 204 of that title $182,000,000 for fiscal year
1999, $187,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $192,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $197,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$201,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(iii) Parkways and park roads.--For parkways and park roads
under section 204 of that title $89,000,000 for fiscal year
1999, $91,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $94,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $97,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$99,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(iv) Highway safety programs.--For highway safety programs
under section 402 of that title $171,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(v) Highway safety research and development.--For highway
safety research and development under section 403 of that
title $44,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(2) Transferability of funds.--Section 104 of title 23,
United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (g) and
inserting the following:
``(g) Transferability of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--To the extent that a State determines
that funds made available under this title to the State for a
purpose are in excess of the needs of the State for that
purpose, the State may transfer the excess funds to, and use
the excess funds for, any surface transportation (including
mass transit and rail) purpose in the State.
``(2) Enforcement.--If the Secretary determines that a
State has transferred funds under paragraph (1) to a purpose
that is not a surface transportation purpose as described in
paragraph (1), the amount of the improperly transferred funds
shall be deducted from any amount the State would otherwise
receive from the Highway Trust Fund for the fiscal year that
begins after the date of the determination.''.
(3) Federal-aid system.--Section 103(a) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``systems are the
Interstate System and the National Highway System'' and
inserting ``system is the Interstate System''.
(4) Interstate maintenance program.--
(A) Funding.--Section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting
the following:
``(B) Interstate maintenance.--For each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003, for the Interstate maintenance program
under section 119, 1 percent to the Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands and the remaining 99 percent apportioned as follows:
``(i)(I) For each State with an average population density
of 20 persons or fewer per square mile, and each State with a
population of 1,500,000 persons or fewer and with a land area
of 10,000 square miles or less, the greater of--
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``(aa) a percentage share of apportionments equal to the
percentage listed for the State in subclause (II); or
``(bb) a share determined under clause (ii).
``(II) The percentage referred to in subclause (I)(aa) is
as follows:
``States: Percentage:
Alabama.........................................................2.02
Alaska..........................................................1.24
Arizona.........................................................1.68
Arkansas........................................................1.32
California......................................................9.81
Colorado........................................................1.23
Connecticut.....................................................1.00
Delaware........................................................0.40
District of Columbia............................................0.13
Florida.........................................................4.77
Georgia.........................................................3.60
Hawaii..........................................................0.55
Idaho...........................................................0.70
Illinois........................................................3.71
Indiana.........................................................2.63
Iowa............................................................1.13
Kansas..........................................................1.10
Kentucky........................................................1.91
Louisiana.......................................................1.63
Maine...........................................................0.50
Maryland........................................................1.64
Massachusetts...................................................1.68
Michigan........................................................3.34
Minnesota.......................................................1.56
Mississippi.....................................................1.23
Missouri........................................................2.45
Montana.........................................................0.95
Nebraska........................................................0.73
Nevada..........................................................0.67
New Hampshire...................................................0.48
New Jersey......................................................2.28
New Mexico......................................................1.05
New York........................................................4.27
North Carolina..................................................2.83
North Dakota....................................................0.63
Ohio............................................................3.77
Oklahoma........................................................1.55
Oregon..........................................................1.23
Pennsylvania....................................................4.12
Puerto Rico.....................................................0.50
Rhode Island....................................................0.55
South Carolina..................................................1.63
South Dakota....................................................0.70
Tennessee.......................................................2.30
Texas...........................................................7.21
Utah............................................................0.71
Vermont.........................................................0.43
Virginia........................................................2.61
Washington......................................................1.75
West Virginia...................................................0.76
Wisconsin.......................................................1.91
Wyoming.........................................................0.66.
``(ii) For each State not described in clause (i), a share
of the apportionments remaining determined in accordance with
the following formula:
``(I) \1/9\ in the ratio that the total rural lane miles in
each State bears to the total rural lane miles in all States
with an average population density greater than 20 persons
per square mile and all States with a population of more than
1,500,000 persons and with a land area of more than 10,000
square miles.
``(II) \1/9\ in the ratio that the total rural vehicle
miles traveled in each State bears to the total rural vehicle
miles traveled in all States described in subclause (I).
``(III) \2/9\ in the ratio that the total urban lane miles
in each State bears to the total urban lane miles in all
States described in subclause (I).
``(IV) \2/9\ in the ratio that the total urban vehicle
miles traveled in each State bears to the total urban vehicle
miles traveled in all States described in subclause (I).
``(V) \3/9\ in the ratio that the total diesel fuel used in
each State bears to the total diesel fuel used in all States
described in subclause (I).''.
(B) Conforming amendments.--Section 119(f) of title 23,
United States Code, is amended--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``If'' and inserting
``For each of fiscal years 1991 through 1997, if''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``through fiscal
year 1997'' after ``thereafter''.
(5) Interstate bridge program.--Section 144 of title 23,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (d)--
(i) by inserting ``on the Federal-aid system as described
in subsection (c)(3)'' after ``highway bridge'' each place it
appears; and
(ii) by inserting ``on the Federal-aid system as described
in subsection (c)(3)'' after ``highway bridges'' each place
it appears;
(B) in the second sentence of subsection (e)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the comma at the end and
inserting a period; and
(iii) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);
(C) in the first sentence of subsection (l), by inserting
``on the Federal-aid system as described in subsection
(c)(3)'' after ``any bridge'';
(D) in subsection (m), by inserting ``on the Federal-aid
system as described in subsection (c)(3)'' after ``any
bridge''; and
(E) in the first sentence of subsection (n), by inserting
``for each of fiscal years 1991 through 1997,'' after ``of
law,''.
(6) National defense highways.--Section 311 of title 23,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ``under subsection
(a) of section 104 of this title'' and inserting ``to carry
out this section''; and
(B) by striking the second sentence.
(7) Termination of minimum allocation.--Section 157 of
title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ``fiscal year 1992
and each fiscal year thereafter'' and inserting ``each of
fiscal years 1992 through 1997''; and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ``the fiscal years
ending on or after September 30, 1983'' and inserting
``fiscal years 1983 through 1997''.
(8) Motor carrier safety grants.--Section 31104 of title
49, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
``(6) not more than $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003.''; and
(B) in subsection (g)(1)--
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``1993-1997'' and
inserting ``1993 through 2003'';
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``1993-1997'' and
inserting ``1993 through 2003''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``1996, and 1997''
and inserting ``1996 through 2003''.
(b) Extension of Highway-Related Taxes and Highway Trust
Fund.--
(1) Extension of taxes.--The following provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by striking
``1999'' each place it appears and inserting ``2004'':
(A) Section 4041(a)(1)(C)(iii)(I) (relating to rate of tax
on certain buses).
(B) Section 4041(a)(2)(B) (relating to rate of tax on
special motor fuels), as amended by section 907(a)(1) of the
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
(C) Section 4041(m)(1)(A) (relating to certain alcohol
fuels), as amended by section 907(b) of the Taxpayer Relief
Act of 1997.
(D) Section 4051(c) (relating to termination).
(E) Section 4071(d) (relating to termination).
(F) Section 4081(d)(1) (relating to termination).
(G) Section 4481(e) (relating to period tax in effect).
(H) Section 4482(c)(4) (relating to taxable period).
(I) Section 4482(d) (relating to special rule for taxable
period in which termination date occurs).
(2) Other provisions.--
(A) Floor stocks refunds.--Section 6412(a)(1) of such Code
(relating to floor stocks refunds) is amended--
(i) by striking ``1999'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2004'', and
(ii) by striking ``2000'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2005''.
(B) Installment payments of highway use tax.--Section
6156(e)(2) of such Code (relating to installment payments of
highway use tax on use of highway motor vehicles) is amended
by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2004''.
(3) Extension of certain exemptions.--The following
provisions of such Code are each amended by striking ``1999''
and inserting ``2004'':
(A) Section 4221(a) (relating to certain tax-free sales).
(B) Section 4483(g) (relating to termination of exemptions
for highway use tax).
(4) Extension of deposits into, and certain transfers from,
trust fund.--
(A) In general.--Subsection (b), and paragraphs (2) and (3)
of subsection (c), of section 9503 of such Code (relating to
the Highway Trust Fund) are each amended--
(i) by striking ``1999'' each place it appears (other than
in subsection (b)(4)) and inserting ``2003'', and
(ii) by striking ``2000'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2004''.
(B) Motorboat and small-engine fuel tax transfers.--
(i) In general.--Paragraphs (4)(A)(i), (5)(A), and (6)(E)
of section 9503(c) of such Code are each amended by striking
``1998'' and inserting ``2003''.
(ii) Conforming amendments to land and water conservation
fund.--Section 201(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-11(b)) is amended--
(I) by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``2003'', and
(II) by striking ``1998'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2004''.
(C) Conforming amendment.--The heading for paragraph (3) of
section 9503(c) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Floor stocks refunds.--''.
(5) Extension and expansion of expenditures from trust
fund.--
(A) Extension of expenditure authority.--Paragraph (1) of
section 9503(c) of such Code is amended by striking ``1998''
and inserting ``2003''.
(B) Expansion of purposes.--Paragraph (1) of section
9503(c) of such Code is amended--
(i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (C), and
(ii) by striking ``1991.'' in subparagraph (D) and all that
follows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting
``1991, or
``(E) authorized to be paid out of the Highway Trust Fund
under the Transportation Empowerment Act.
In determining the authorizations under the Acts referred to
in the preceding subparagraphs, such Acts shall be applied as
in effect on the date of the enactment of the Transportation
Empowerment Act.''.
(c) Termination of Transfers to Mass Transit Account.--
(1) In general.--Section 9503(e)(2) of such Code (relating
to Mass Transit Account) is amended by striking ``2.85
cents'' and inserting ``2.85 cents (zero, on and after
October 1, 1998)''.
(2) Authorization to expend remaining balances in
account.--Section 9503(e)(3) of such Code is amended by
striking ``before October 1, 1998''.
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(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
take effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 4. INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FUND.
(a) In General.--Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Establishment of Infrastructure Special Assistance
Fund.--
``(1) Creation of fund.--There is established in the
Highway Trust Fund a separate fund to be known as the
`Infrastructure Special Assistance Fund' consisting of such
amounts as may be transferred or credited to the
Infrastructure Special Assistance Fund as provided in this
subsection or section 9602(b).
``(2) Transfers to infrastructure special assistance
fund.--On the first day of each fiscal year after 1998 and
before 2003, the Secretary shall transfer $300,000,000 from
the Highway Trust Fund to Infrastructure Special Assistance
Fund.
``(3) Expenditures from infrastructure special assistance
fund.--
``(A) Transitional assistance.--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (iv),
during fiscal years 1999 through 2002, the amount in the
Infrastructure Special Assistance Fund shall be available to
States for transportation-related program expenditures.
``(ii) State share.--
``(I) In general.--Except as provided in clause (v), each
State is entitled to a share of the $1,200,000,000 specified
in paragraph (2) upon enactment of legislation providing 1 of
the 2 funding mechanisms described in clause (iii).
``(II) Determination of state share.--For purposes of
subclause (I), each State's share shall be determined in the
following manner:
``(aa) Multiply the percentage of the amounts appropriated
in the latest fiscal year for which such data are available
to the Highway Trust Fund under subsection (b) which is
attributable to taxes paid by highway users in the State, by
the amount specified in paragraph (2). If the result does not
exceed $15,000,000, the State's share equals $15,000,000. If
the result exceeds $15,000,000, the State's share is
determined under item (bb).
``(bb) Multiply the percentage determined under item (aa),
by the amount specified in clause (i) reduced by an amount
equal to $15,000,000 times the number of States the share of
which is determined under item (aa).
``(iii) Legislative funding mechanisms.--A funding
mechanism is described in this clause as follows:
``(I) A funding mechanism which results in revenues for
transportation-related projects in the State for fiscal year
2003 and each succeeding fiscal year which are equal to the
excess of--
``(aa) the mean annual average of distributions from the
Highway Trust Fund to the State for fiscal years 1992 through
1997; over
``(bb) the distributions from the Highway Trust Fund to the
State for such fiscal year attributable to the core programs
financing rate for such year.
``(II) A funding mechanism which results in an increase in
the State rate of tax on motor fuels equal to the decrease in
the rate of tax on such fuels under section 4081 for fiscal
year 2003 and any succeeding fiscal year.
``(iv) Distribution of remaining amount.--If after
September 30, 2002, a portion of the amount specified in
paragraph (2) remains, the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Transportation, shall, on October 1, 2002,
apportion the portion among the States which received a share
of such amount under clause (ii) and which are not described
in clause (v) using the percentages determined under clause
(ii)(II)(aa) for such States.
``(v) Enforcement of funding mechanism requirement.--If a
State, which enacted legislation providing for a funding
mechanism described in clause (iii), terminates such
mechanism before fiscal year 2003, the State's share
determined under clauses (ii) and (iv) shall be deducted from
any amount the State would otherwise receive from the Highway
Trust Fund for fiscal year 2003.
``(B) Additional expenditures from fund.--
``(i) In general.--Amounts in the Infrastructure Special
Assistance Fund, in excess of the amount specified in
paragraph (2), shall be available, as provided by
appropriation Acts, to the States for any surface
transportation (including mass transit and rail) purpose in
such States, and the Secretary shall apportion such excess
amounts among all States using the percentages determined
under clause (ii)(II)(aa) for such States.
``(ii) Enforcement.--If the Secretary determines that a
State has used amounts under clause (i) for a purpose which
is not a surface transportation purpose as described in
clause (i), the improperly used amounts shall be deducted
from any amount the State would otherwise receive from the
Highway Trust Fund for the fiscal year which begins after the
date of the determination.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
takes effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 5. RETURN OF EXCESS TAX RECEIPTS TO STATES.
(a) In General.--Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Return of Excess Tax Receipts to States for Surface
Transportation Purposes.--
``(1) In general.--On the first day of each of fiscal years
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, the Secretary, in consultation
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall determine--
``(A) the excess highway receipts for such year, and
``(B) allocate such excess highway receipts among the
States (as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States
Code) in proportion to their respective shares of the amount
described in paragraph (2)(A) in the latest fiscal year for
which such data are available which is attributable to
highway users in the State.
Amounts allocated to a State under this paragraph may be used
only for surface transportation (including mass transit and
rail) purposes.
``(2) Excess highway tax receipts.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term `excess highway tax receipts' means,
with respect to any fiscal year, the excess of--
``(A) the aggregate amount which would be appropriated to
the Highway Trust Fund if each of the rates specified in
section 4081(a)(2)(A) were reduced by 4.3 cents, over
``(B) the sum of--
``(i) the aggregate amount which would be appropriated to
the Highway Trust Fund if each of such rates equaled the core
programs financing rate for such year, plus
``(ii) the aggregate of the amounts transferred from the
Highway Trust Fund under paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of
subsection (c) for such year.
``(3) Core programs financing rate.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term `core programs financing rate' means--
``(A) after September 30, 1998, and before October 1, 1999,
12 cents per gallon,
``(B) after September 30, 1999, and before October 1, 2000,
7 cents per gallon,
``(C) after September 30, 2000, and before October 1, 2001,
4 cents per gallon, and
``(D) after September 30, 2001, 3 cents per gallon.
``(4) Enforcement.--If the Secretary determines that a
State has used amounts under subparagraph (A) for a purpose
which is not a surface transportation purpose as described in
paragraph (1), the improperly used amounts shall be deducted
from any amount the State would otherwise receive from the
Highway Trust Fund for the fiscal year which begins after the
date of the determination.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
takes effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 6. INTERSTATE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION COMPACTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Infrastructure bank.--The term ``infrastructure bank''
means a surface transportation infrastructure bank
established under an interstate compact under subsection
(b)(5) and described in subsection (d).
(2) Participating states.--The term ``participating
States'' means the States that are parties to an interstate
compact entered into under subsection (b).
(3) Surface transportation.--The term ``surface
transportation'' includes mass transit and rail.
(4) Surface transportation project.--The term ``surface
transportation project'' means a surface transportation
project, program, or activity described in subsection (b).
(b) Consent of Congress.--In order to increase public
investment, attract needed private investment, and promote an
intermodal transportation network, Congress grants consent to
States to enter into interstate compacts to--
(1) promote the continuity, quality, and safety of the
Interstate System;
(2) develop programs to promote and fund surface
transportation safety initiatives and establish surface
transportation safety standards for the participating States;
(3) conduct long-term planning for surface transportation
infrastructure in the participating States;
(4) develop design and construction standards for
infrastructure described in paragraph (3) to be used by the
participating States; and
(5) establish surface transportation infrastructure banks
to promote regional or other multistate investment in
infrastructure described in paragraph (3).
(c) Financing.--An interstate compact established by
participating States under subsection (b) to carry out a
surface transportation project may provide that, in order to
carry out the compact, the participating States may--
(1) accept contributions from a unit of State or local
government or a person;
(2) use any Federal or State funds made available for that
type of surface transportation project;
(3) on such terms and conditions as the participating
States consider advisable--
(A) borrow money on a short-term basis and issue notes for
the borrowing; and
(B) issue bonds; and
(4) obtain financing by other means permitted under Federal
or State law, including surface transportation infrastructure
banks under subsection (d).
(d) Infrastructure Banks.--
(1) In general.--An infrastructure bank may--
(A) make loans;
(B) under the joint or separate authority of the
participating States with respect to the infrastructure bank,
issue such debt as the infrastructure bank and the
participating States determine appropriate; and
(C) provide other assistance to public or private entities
constructing, or proposing to construct or initiate, surface
transportation projects.
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(2) Forms of assistance.--
(A) In general.--An infrastructure bank may make a loan or
provide other assistance described in subparagraph (C) to a
public or private entity in an amount equal to all or part of
the construction cost, capital cost, or initiation cost of a
surface transportation project.
(B) Subordination of assistance.--The amount of any loan or
other assistance described in subparagraph (C) that is
received for a surface transportation project under this
section may be subordinated to any other debt financing for
the surface transportation project.
(C) Other assistance.--Other assistance referred to in
subparagraphs (A) and (B) includes any use of funds for the
purpose of--
(i) credit enhancement;
(ii) a capital reserve for bond or debt instrument
financing;
(iii) bond or debt instrument financing issuance costs;
(iv) bond or debt issuance financing insurance;
(v) subsidization of interest rates;
(vi) letters of credit;
(vii) any credit instrument;
(viii) bond or debt financing instrument security; and
(ix) any other form of debt financing that relates to the
qualifying surface transportation project.
(3) No obligation of united states.--
(A) In general.--The establishment under this section of an
infrastructure bank does not constitute a commitment,
guarantee, or obligation on the part of the United States to
any third party with respect to any security or debt
financing instrument issued by the bank. No third party shall
have any right against the United States for payment solely
by reason of the establishment.
(B) Statement on instrument.--Any security or debt
financing instrument issued by an infrastructure bank shall
expressly state that the security or instrument does not
constitute a commitment, guarantee, or obligation of the
United States.
(e) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on October
1, 1998.
SEC. 7. FEDERAL-AID FACILITY PRIVATIZATION.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has
the meaning provided in section 105 of title 5, United States
Code.
(2) Privatization.--The term ``privatization'' means the
disposition or transfer of a transportation infrastructure
asset, whether by sale, lease, or similar arrangement, from a
State or local government to a private party.
(3) State or local government.--The term ``State or local
government'' means the government of--
(A) any State;
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States;
(D) any county, municipality, city, town, township, local
public authority, school district, special district,
intrastate district, regional or interstate government
entity, council of governments, or agency or instrumentality
of a local government; or
(E) any federally recognized Indian tribe.
(4) Transportation infrastructure asset.--
(A) In general.--The term ``transportation infrastructure
asset'' means any surface-transportation-related asset
financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government,
including a road, tunnel, bridge, or mass-transit-related or
rail-related asset.
(B) Exclusion.--The term does not include any
transportation-related asset on the Interstate System (as
defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code).
(b) Privatization Initiatives by State and Local
Governments.--The head of each Executive agency shall--
(1) assist State and local governments in efforts to
privatize the transportation infrastructure assets of the
State and local governments; and
(2) subject to subsection (c), approve requests from State
and local governments to privatize transportation
infrastructure assets and waive or modify any condition
relating to the original Federal program that funded the
asset.
(c) Criteria.--The head of an Executive agency shall
approve a request described in subsection (b)(2) if--
(1) the State or local government demonstrates that a
market mechanism, legally enforceable agreement, or
regulatory mechanism will ensure that the transportation
infrastructure asset will continue to be used for the general
objectives of the original Federal program that funded the
asset (which shall not be considered to include every
condition required for the recipient of Federal funds to have
obtained the original Federal funds), so long as needed for
those objectives; and
(2) the private party purchasing or leasing the
transportation infrastructure asset agrees to comply with all
applicable conditions of the original Federal program.
(d) Lack of Obligation To Repay Federal Funds.--A State or
local government shall have no obligation to repay to any
agency of the Federal Government any Federal funds received
by the State or local government in connection with a
transportation infrastructure asset that is privatized under
this section.
(e) Use of Proceeds.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State or local
government may use proceeds from the privatization of a
transportation infrastructure asset to the extent permitted
under applicable conditions of the original Federal program.
(2) Recovery of certain costs.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the State or local government shall be
permitted to recover from the privatization of a
transportation infrastructure asset--
(A) the capital investment in the transportation
infrastructure asset made by the State or local government;
(B) an amount equal to the unreimbursed operating expenses
in the transportation infrastructure asset paid by the State
or local government; and
(C) a reasonable rate of return on the investment made
under subparagraph (A) and expenses paid under subparagraph
(B).
SEC. 8. REDUCTION IN MOTOR FUEL TAXES ON OCTOBER 1, 2002.
(a) Reduction in Tax Rates.--Section 4081(a)(2)(A) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rates of tax) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``18.3 cents'' and inserting ``7.3 cents'',
(2) by striking ``19.3 cents'' and inserting ``8.3 cents'',
and
(3) by striking ``24.3 cents'' and inserting ``7.3 cents''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 4041(a)(2)(B) of such
Code are each amended by striking the number of cents
specified therein and inserting ``4.3 cents''.
(2) Section 6427(b)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by
striking ``7.4 cents'' and inserting ``0.1 cent''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply to fuel removed after September 30, 2002.
(d) Floor Stock Refunds.--
(1) In general.--If--
(A) before October 1, 2002, tax has been imposed under
section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on any
liquid; and
(B) on such date such liquid is held by a dealer and has
not been used and is intended for sale;
there shall be credited or refunded (without interest) to the
person who paid such tax (in this subsection referred to as
the ``taxpayer'') an amount equal to the excess of the tax
paid by the taxpayer over the amount of such tax which would
be imposed on such liquid had the taxable event occurred on
such date.
(2) Time for filing claims.--No credit or refund shall be
allowed or made under this subsection unless--
(A) claim therefor is filed with the Secretary of the
Treasury before April 1, 2003; and
(B) in any case where liquid is held by a dealer (other
than the taxpayer) on October 1, 2002--
(i) the dealer submits a request for refund or credit to
the taxpayer before January 1, 2003; and
(ii) the taxpayer has repaid or agreed to repay the amount
so claimed to such dealer or has obtained the written consent
of such dealer to the allowance of the credit or the making
of the refund.
(3) Exception for fuel held in retail stocks.--No credit or
refund shall be allowed under this subsection with respect to
any liquid in retail stocks held at the place where intended
to be sold at retail.
(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the
terms ``dealer'' and ``held by a dealer'' have the respective
meanings given to such terms by section 6412 of such Code;
except that the term ``dealer'' includes a producer.
(5) Certain rules to apply.--Rules similar to the rules of
subsections (b) and (c) of section 6412 and sections 6206 and
6675 of such Code shall apply for purposes of this
subsection.
SEC. 9. MASS TRANSPORTATION.
(a) In General.--Section 5338 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5338. Authorizations
``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
of Transportation to carry out this chapter--
``(1) $868,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, of which--
``(A) $304,000,000 shall be used to carry out sections 5307
and 5309;
``(B) $95,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 5311;
and
``(C) the amount remaining after allocation under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be used at the discretion of
the Secretary, including for capital expenditure under this
chapter;
``(2) $889,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, of which--
``(A) $212,000,000 shall be used to carry out sections 5307
and 5309;
``(B) $97,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 5311;
and
``(C) the amount remaining after allocation under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be used at the discretion of
the Secretary, including for capital expenditure under this
chapter;
``(3) $916,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which--
``(A) $119,000,000 shall be used to carry out sections 5307
and 5309;
``(B) $100,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 5311;
and
``(C) the amount remaining after allocation under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be used at the discretion of
the Secretary, including for capital expenditure under this
chapter;
``(4) $941,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, of which--
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``(A) $27,000,000 shall be used to carry out sections 5307
and 5309;
``(B) $103,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 5311;
and
``(C) the amount remaining after allocation under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be used at the discretion of
the Secretary, including for capital expenditure under this
chapter; and
``(5) $961,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, of which--
``(A) $0 shall be used to carry out sections 5307 and 5309;
``(B) $105,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 5311;
and
``(C) the amount remaining after allocation under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be used at the discretion of
the Secretary, including for capital expenditure under this
chapter.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
takes effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 10. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, after consultation with the appropriate committees of
Congress, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a
report to Congress describing such technical and conforming
amendments to titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and such
technical and conforming amendments to other laws, as are
necessary to bring those titles and other laws into
conformity with the policy embodied in this Act and the
amendments made by this Act.
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE CONTINGENT UPON CERTIFICATION OF
DEFICIT NEUTRALITY.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure
that--
(1) this Act will become effective only if the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget certifies that this Act
is deficit neutral;
(2) discretionary spending limits are reduced to capture
the savings realized in devolving transportation functions to
the State level; and
(3) the tax reduction made by this Act is not scored under
pay-as-you-go and thereby inadvertently trigger a
sequestration.
(b) Effective Date Contingency.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, this Act and the amendments made by
this Act shall take effect only if--
(1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
(referred to in this section as the ``Director'') submits the
report as required in subsection (c); and
(2) the report contains a certification by the Director
that the reduction in discretionary outlays resulting from
the enactment of this Act (assuming appropriation amounts
described in paragraph (2)(B)) is at least as great as the
sum of the net reduction in receipts and direct spending
provided in this Act for each fiscal year through 2003.
(c) OMB Estimates and Report.--
(1) Requirements.--Not later than 7 calendar days
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall--
(A) estimate the net change in receipts and in direct
spending resulting from the enactment of this Act for each
fiscal year through 2003;
(B) estimate the net change in discretionary outlays
resulting from the reduction in budget authority under this
Act for each fiscal year through 2003;
(C) determine, based on those estimates, whether the
reduction in discretionary outlays resulting from the
enactment of this Act (assuming appropriation amounts
described in paragraph (2)(B)) is at least as great as the
sum of the net reduction in receipts and direct spending
provided in this Act for each fiscal year through 2003; and
(D) submit to the Congress a report setting forth the
estimates and determination.
(2) Applicable assumptions and guidelines.--
(A) Revenue and direct spending estimates.--The revenue and
direct spending estimates required under paragraph (1)(A)
shall be predicated on the same economic and technical
assumptions and scorekeeping guidelines that would be used
for estimates made pursuant to section 252(d) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
902(d)).
(B) Outlay estimates.--The outlay estimates required under
paragraph (1)(B) shall be determined by comparing the
estimated amounts of discretionary outlays that would flow
from the new budget authority authorized in this Act on the
assumption that subsequent appropriation Acts will provide
amounts consistent with this Act (and that obligation
limitations set forth in such appropriation Acts, if any,
equal the corresponding levels of contract authority provided
in this Act) and the corresponding amounts of discretionary
outlays assumed in House Concurrent Resolution 84 (105th
Congress) and House Report 105-116.
(d) Conforming Adjustment to Discretionary Spending
Limits.--Upon compliance with the requirements specified in
subsection (b), the Director shall adjust the adjusted
discretionary spending limits for each fiscal year under
section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) by the estimated
reductions in discretionary outlays under subsection
(c)(1)(B).
(e) Paygo Interaction.--Upon compliance with the
requirements specified in subsection (b), no changes in
receipts or direct spending estimated to result from the
enactment of this Act shall be counted for the purposes of
section 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902(d)).
Yeas
98
It was decided in the
Nays
318
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Answered present
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para.30.22 [Roll No. 97]
AYES--98
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Boehner
Bonilla
Boyd
Brady
Brown (OH)
Burr
Campbell
Canady
Chabot
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coburn
Condit
Cox
Crane
Crapo
Cunningham
Deal
DeLay
Deutsch
Dooley
Dreier
Foley
Goodlatte
Goss
Graham
Hall (TX)
Harman
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hunter
Inglis
Istook
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kind (WI)
Kingston
Kolbe
Largent
Linder
Livingston
Lucas
McCollum
McIntosh
Miller (CA)
Miller (FL)
Moran (VA)
Myrick
Neumann
Obey
Packard
Parker
Paul
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Radanovich
Rogan
Rohrabacher
Salmon
Sanford
Scarborough
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Sisisky
Smith (MI)
Souder
Stark
Stenholm
Stump
Taylor (NC)
Thornberry
Thurman
Wamp
Watkins
Wexler
White
Wolf
Young (FL)
NOES--318
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baker
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Bass
Bateman
Becerra
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Bryant
Bunning
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Castle
Chambliss
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Coble
Collins
Combest
Conyers
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Cubin
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Doolittle
Doyle
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
Engel
English
Ensign
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Filner
Forbes
Ford
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodling
Gordon
Granger
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hill
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hutchinson
Hyde
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
King (NY)
Kleczka
Klink
Knollenberg
Kucinich
LaFalce
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lewis (KY)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McDade
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Metcalf
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Morella
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Oxley
Pallone
Pappas
Pascrell
Pastor
Paxon
Pease
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Quinn
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Reyes
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogers
Rothman
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryun
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Saxton
Schaefer, Dan
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Skaggs
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Adam
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Snyder
Solomon
Spence
Spratt
Stabenow
Stearns
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Sununu
Talent
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Thomas
Thompson
Thune
Tiahrt
Tierney
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Walsh
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
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Weller
Weygand
Whitfield
Wicker
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Young (AK)
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--2
Lofgren
McCrery
NOT VOTING--12
Cannon
Gonzalez
Jefferson
Klug
McCarthy (NY)
Payne
Rangel
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Torres
Waters
Yates
So the amendment in the nature of a substitute was not agreed to.
After some further time,
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. SNOWBARGER, assumed the Chair.
When Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Chairman, pursuant to House
Resolution 405, reported the bill back to the House with an amendment
adopted by the Committee.
The previous question having been ordered by said resolution.
The following amendment, reported from the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union, was agreed to:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Building
Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998''.
(b) Table of Contents.--
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Savings clause.
TITLE I--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
Sec. 101. Amendments to title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 103. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 104. Apportionments.
Sec. 105. Interstate maintenance program.
Sec. 106. National Highway System.
Sec. 107. Highway bridge program.
Sec. 108. Surface transportation program.
Sec. 109. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
Sec. 110. High risk road safety improvement program.
Sec. 111. Minimum allocation.
Sec. 112. Appalachian Development Highway System.
Sec. 113. High cost Interstate System reconstruction and improvement
program.
Sec. 114. Recreational trails program.
Sec. 115. National corridor planning and development program.
Sec. 116. Coordinated border infrastructure and safety program.
Sec. 117. Federal lands highways program.
Sec. 118. National scenic byways program.
Sec. 119. Variable pricing pilot program.
Sec. 120. Toll roads, bridges, and tunnels.
Sec. 121. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
Sec. 122. Highway use tax evasion projects.
Sec. 123. Performance bonus program.
Sec. 124. Metropolitan planning.
Sec. 125. Statewide planning.
Sec. 126. Roadside safety technologies.
Sec. 127. Discretionary program authorizations.
Sec. 128. Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge.
Sec. 129. Training.
Sec. 130. Transportation assistance for Olympic cities.
Sec. 131. National Defense Highways.
Sec. 132. Miscellaneous surface transportation programs.
Sec. 133. Eligibility.
Sec. 134. Fiscal, administrative, and other amendments.
Sec. 135. Access of motorcycles.
Sec. 136. Amendments to prior surface transportation authorization
laws.
Sec. 137. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways.
Sec. 138. Hazard elimination program.
Sec. 139. Project administration.
Sec. 140. Contracting for engineering and design services.
Sec. 141. Commercial motor vehicle study.
Sec. 142. New York Avenue Transportation Development Authority.
Sec. 143. Definitions.
Sec. 144. Substitute project.
Sec. 145. Use of HOV lanes by electric vehicles.
TITLE II--HIGHWAY SAFETY
Sec. 201. Amendments to title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 202. Highway safety programs.
Sec. 203. Highway safety research and development.
Sec. 204. Occupant protection incentive grants.
Sec. 205. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.
Sec. 206. State highway safety data improvements.
Sec. 207. National Driver Register.
Sec. 208. Safety studies.
Sec. 209. Effectiveness of laws establishing maximum blood alcohol
concentrations.
Sec. 210. Authorizations of appropriations.
Sec. 211. Transportation injury research.
TITLE III--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
Sec. 301. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Metropolitan planning.
Sec. 304. Transportation improvement program.
Sec. 305. Transportation management areas.
Sec. 306. Urbanized area formula grants.
Sec. 307. Mass Transit Account block grants.
Sec. 308. Capital program grants and loans.
Sec. 309. Dollar value of mobility improvements.
Sec. 310. Formula grants and loans for special needs of elderly
individuals and individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 311. Formula program for other than urbanized areas.
Sec. 312. Research, development, demonstration, and training projects.
Sec. 313. National planning and research programs.
Sec. 314. National transit institute.
Sec. 315. University research institutes.
Sec. 316. Transportation centers.
Sec. 317. Bus testing facilities.
Sec. 318. Bicycle facilities.
Sec. 319. General provisions on assistance.
Sec. 320. Contract requirements.
Sec. 321. Special procurements.
Sec. 322. Project management oversight and review.
Sec. 323. Study on alcohol and controlled substances random testing
rate calculation.
Sec. 324. Administrative procedures.
Sec. 325. Reports and audits.
Sec. 326. Apportionment of appropriations for formula grants.
Sec. 327. Apportionment of appropriations for fixed guideway
modernization.
Sec. 328. Authorizations.
Sec. 329. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 330. Access to jobs challenge grant pilot program.
Sec. 331. Adjustments for the Surface Transportation Extension Act of
1997.
Sec. 332. Projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to
existing systems.
Sec. 333. Projects for bus and bus-related facilities.
Sec. 334. Project management oversight.
Sec. 335. Privatization.
Sec. 336. School transportation safety.
Sec. 337. Urbanized area formula study.
Sec. 338. Coordinated transportation services.
Sec. 339. Final assembly of buses.
Sec. 340. Clean fuel vehicles.
TITLE IV--MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
Sec. 401. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 402. State grants.
Sec. 403. Information systems.
Sec. 404. Automobile transporter defined.
Sec. 405. Inspections and reports.
Sec. 406. Exemptions and pilot programs.
Sec. 407. Safety regulation.
Sec. 408. Improved interstate school bus safety.
Sec. 409. Repeal of certain obsolete miscellaneous authorities.
Sec. 410. Commercial vehicle operators.
Sec. 411. Interim border safety improvement program.
Sec. 412. Vehicle weight enforcement.
Sec. 413. Participation in international registration plan and
international fuel tax agreement.
Sec. 414. Telephone hotline for reporting safety violations.
Sec. 415. Insulin treated diabetes mellitus.
Sec. 416. Performance-based CDL testing.
Sec. 417. Postaccident alcohol testing.
Sec. 418. Driver fatigue.
Sec. 419. Safety fitness.
Sec. 420. Hazardous materials transportation regulation and farm
service vehicles.
Sec. 421. Truck trailer conspicuity.
Sec. 422. DOT implementation plan.
Sec. 423. Electronic data study.
TITLE V--PROGRAMMATIC REFORMS AND STREAMLINING
Sec. 501. Project approval and oversight.
Sec. 502. Environmental streamlining.
Sec. 503. Major investment study integration.
Sec. 504. Financial plan.
Sec. 505. Uniform transferability of Federal-aid highway funds.
Sec. 506. Discretionary grant selection criteria and process.
Sec. 507. Elimination of regional office responsibilities.
Sec. 508. Authority for Congress to make midcourse corrections to the
highway and transit programs.
TITLE VI--TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Sec. 601. Amendments to title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 602. Applicability of title 23.
Sec. 603. Transfers of funds.
Sec. 604. Notice.
Sec. 605. Sense of the Congress on the year 2000 problem.
Subtitle A--Surface Transportation Research, Technology, and Education
Part I--Highway Research
Sec. 611. Research.
Sec. 612. State planning and research.
Sec. 613. International highway transportation outreach program.
Part II--Transportation Education, Professional Training, and
Technology Deployment
Sec. 621. National Highway Institute.
Sec. 622. National technology deployment initiative.
Sec. 623. Education and training programs.
Sec. 624. University transportation research.
Sec. 625. Funding allocations.
Part III--Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Miscellaneous
Programs
Sec. 631. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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Sec. 632. Transportation technology innovation and demonstration
program.
Sec. 633. Transportation research and technology development.
Subtitle B--Intelligent Transportation Systems
Sec. 651. Definitions.
Sec. 652. Scope of program.
Sec. 653. General authorities and requirements.
Sec. 654. National ITS program plan.
Sec. 655. Technical assistance, planning, research, and operational
tests.
Sec. 656. ITS deployment.
Sec. 657. Funding allocations.
Sec. 658. Global positioning satellite data.
Sec. 659. Repeal.
TITLE VII--TRUTH IN BUDGETING
Sec. 701. Budgetary treatment of Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 702. Applicability.
TITLE VIII--RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY PROGRAM
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Amendments relating to recreational boating safety program.
Sec. 803. Amendment of National Sea Grant College Program Act.
TITLE IX--RAILROADS
Sec. 901. High-speed rail.
Sec. 902. Light density rail line pilot projects.
Sec. 903. Miami-Orlando-Tampa corridor project.
Sec. 904. Alaska Railroad.
Sec. 905. Railway-highway crossing hazard elimination in high speed
rail corridors.
Sec. 906. Railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing.
TITLE X--CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING
Sec. 1001. Conditions for implementation of funding.
Sec. 1002. Sense of the Congress with respect to veterans programs.
TITLE XI--EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF HIGHWAY-RELATED TAXES AND TRUST
FUND
Sec. 1101. Short title; amendment of 1986 Code.
Sec. 1102. Extension of highway-related taxes and trust fund.
Sec. 1103. Modifications to Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 1104. Provisions relating to Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.
Sec. 1105. Repeal of excise tax on tires.
Sec. 1106. Repeal of 4.3 cent excise tax on diesel fuel and gasoline
used in trains.
Sec. 1107. Delay in effective date of new requirement for approved
diesel or kerosene terminals.
Sec. 1108. Simplified fuel tax refund procedures.
Sec. 1109. Repeal of National Recreational Trails Trust Fund.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Interstate system.--The term ``Interstate System'' has
the meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23,
United States Code.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Transportation.
SEC. 3. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, an amendment made
by this Act shall not affect any funds apportioned or
allocated before the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE I--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this
title and title V an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision of law, the reference shall be considered to be
made to a section or other provision of title 23, United
States Code.
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--The following sums are authorized to be
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account):
(1) Interstate maintenance program.--For the Interstate
maintenance program under section 119 of title 23, United
States Code, $4,019,500,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$4,462,600,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $5,006,200,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(2) National highway system.--For the National Highway
System under section 103 of such title $4,978,500,000 for
fiscal year 1998, $5,520,500,000 for fiscal year 1999, and
$6,186,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(3) Bridge program.--For the bridge program under section
144 of such title $3,777,600,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$4,194,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $4,704,800,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(4) Surface transportation program.--For the surface
transportation program under section 133 of such title
$5,601,400,000 for fiscal year 1998, $6,218,900,000 for
fiscal year 1999, and $6,976,300,000 for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2003.
(5) Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement
program.--For the congestion mitigation and air quality
improvement program under section 149 of such title
$1,406,800,000 for fiscal year 1998, $1,561,900,000 for
fiscal year 1999, and $1,752,200,000 for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2003.
(6) High risk road safety improvement program.--For the
high risk road safety improvement program under section 154
of such title $750,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $1,000,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(7) High cost interstate system reconstruction and
improvement program.--For the high cost Interstate System
reconstruction and improvement program under section 160 of
such title $265,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $512,500,000
for fiscal year 1999, $920,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$923,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $922,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002, and $1,067,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(8) Discretionary programs.--For executive and legislative
branch discretionary programs referred to in section 127 of
this Act (including amendments made by such section)
$1,622,400,000 for fiscal year 1998, $2,215,300,000 for
fiscal year 1999, $2,563,600,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$2,563,600,000 for fiscal year 2001, $2,657,600,000 for
fiscal year 2002, and $2,657,600,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(9) Appalachian development highway system program.--For
the Appalachian development highway system program under
section 201 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of
1965 (40 U.S.C. App.) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$400,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $400,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(10) Recreational trails program.--For the recreational
trails program under section 206 of such title $30,000,000
for fiscal year 1998, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(11) Federal lands highways program.--
(A) Indian reservation roads.--For Indian reservation roads
under section 204 of such title $194,000,000 for fiscal year
1998, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $212,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(B) Public lands highways.--For public lands highways under
section 204 of such title $58,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$60,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $60,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(C) Parkways and park highways.--For parkways and park
highways under section 204 of such title $85,300,000 for
fiscal year 1998, $86,200,000 for fiscal year 1999, and
$99,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(D) Forest highways.--For forest highways under section 204
of such title $113,500,000 for fiscal year 1998, $130,000,000
for fiscal year 1999, and $130,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2000 through 2003.
(12) Highway use tax evasion projects.--For highway use tax
evasion projects under section 1040 of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 101 note;
105 Stat. 1992) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(b) Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.--
(1) General rule.--Except to the extent that the Secretary
determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated under titles I, III, and VI of
this Act shall be expended with small business concerns owned
and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals.
(2) Compliance with court orders.--Nothing in this section
limits the eligibility of an entity or person to receive
funds made available under titles I, III, and VI of this Act,
if the entity or person is prevented, in whole or in part,
from complying with paragraph (1) because a Federal court
issues a final order in which the court finds that the
requirement of paragraph (1), or the program established
under paragraph (1), is unconstitutional.
(3) Review by comptroller general.--Not later than 3 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall conduct a review of, and
publish and report to Congress findings and conclusions on,
the impact throughout the United States of administering the
requirement of paragraph (1), including an analysis of--
(A) in the case of small business concerns owned and
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals--
(i) the number of the small business concerns; and
(ii) the participation rates of the small business concerns
in prime contracts and subcontracts funded under titles I,
III, and VI of this Act;
(B) in the case of small business concerns described in
subparagraph (A) that receive prime contracts and
subcontracts funded under titles I, III, and VI of this Act--
(i) the number of the small business concerns;
(ii) the annual gross receipts of the small business
concerns; and
(iii) the net worth of socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals that own and control the small
business concerns;
(C) in the case of small business concerns described in
subparagraph (A) that do not receive prime contracts and
subcontracts funded under titles I, III, and VI of this Act--
(i) the annual gross receipts of the small business
concerns; and
(ii) the net worth of socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals that own and control the small
business concerns;
(D) in the case of business concerns that receive prime
contracts and subcontracts funded under titles I, III, and VI
of this Act, other than small business concerns described in
subparagraph (B)--
(i) the annual gross receipts of the business concerns; and
(ii) the net worth of individuals that own and control the
business concerns;
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(E) the rate of graduation from any programs carried out to
comply with the requirement of paragraph (1) for small
business concerns owned and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged individuals;
(F) the overall cost of administering the requirement of
paragraph (1), including administrative costs, certification
costs, additional construction costs, and litigation costs;
(G) any discrimination, on the basis of race, color,
national origin, or sex, against small business concerns
owned and controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals;
(H)(i) any other factors limiting the ability of small
business concerns owned and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged individuals to compete for prime
contracts and subcontracts funded under titles I, III, and VI
of this Act; and
(ii) the extent to which any of those factors are caused,
in whole or in part, by discrimination based on race, color,
national origin, or sex;
(I) any discrimination, on the basis of race, color,
national origin, or sex, against construction companies owned
and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals in public and private transportation contracting
and the financial, credit, insurance, and bond markets;
(J) the impact on small business concerns owned and
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals of--
(i) the issuance of a final order described in paragraph
(2) by a Federal court that suspends a program established
under paragraph (1); or
(ii) the repeal or suspension of State or local
disadvantaged business enterprise programs; and
(K) the impact of the requirement of paragraph (1), and any
program carried out to comply with paragraph (1), on
competition and the creation of jobs, including the creation
of jobs for socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals.
(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the
following definitions apply:
(A) Small business concern.--The term ``small business
concern'' has the meaning such term has under section 3 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); except that such term
shall not include any concern or group of concerns controlled
by the same socially and economically disadvantaged
individual or individuals which has average annual gross
receipts over the preceding 3 fiscal years in excess of
$16,600,000, as adjusted by the Secretary for inflation.
(B) Socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.--
The term ``socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals'' has the meaning such term has under section
8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) and
relevant subcontracting regulations promulgated pursuant
thereto; except that women shall be presumed to be socially
and economically disadvantaged individuals for purposes of
this subsection.
SEC. 103. OBLIGATION CEILING.
(a) General Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the total of all obligations for Federal-
aid highway programs shall not exceed--
(1) $21,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(2) $25,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
(3) $28,400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through
2003.
(b) Exceptions.--The limitations under subsection (a) shall
not apply to obligations--
(1) under section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
(2) under section 157 of such title;
(3) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act of 1978;
(4) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981;
(5) under sections 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982;
(6) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987;
(7) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; and
(8) under section 104(j) of title 23, United States Code,
relating to high priority projects.
(c) Distribution of Obligation Authority.--For each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary shall--
(1) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative
expenses and programs funded from the administrative takedown
authorized by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code,
and amounts authorized for the highway use tax evasion
program and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;
(2) determine the ratio that--
(A) the obligation limitation imposed by subsection (a) for
such fiscal year less the aggregate of amounts not
distributed under paragraph (1), bears to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for
Federal-aid highway programs (other than sums authorized to
be appropriated for sections referred to in subsection (b))
for such fiscal year less the aggregate of amounts not
distributed under paragraph (1);
(3)(A) multiply the ratio determined under paragraph (2) by
the sums authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year
for each of the programs that are allocated by the Secretary
under this Act and title 23, United States Code (other than
the recreational trails program and programs to which
paragraph (1) applies);
(B) not distribute such amount for each such program (other
than the recreational trails program and programs to which
paragraph (1) applies); and
(C) in administering such program, allocate such amount for
such program;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation imposed by
subsection (a) less the aggregate of amounts not distributed
under paragraphs (1) and (3) and less amounts distributed
under paragraph (5) by allocation in the ratio which sums
authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highway
programs that are apportioned or allocated to each State for
such fiscal year and that are subject to the limitation
imposed by subsection (a) bear to the total of the sums
authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highway
programs that are apportioned or allocated for such fiscal
year and that are subject to the limitation imposed by
subsection (a); and
(5) distribute any amount determined under paragraph (3)
for the recreational trails program in accordance with the
formula set forth in section 104(h) of title 23, United
States Code, for such program.
(d) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary shall--
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent
lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid
highway programs that have been apportioned to a State; and
(2) after August 1 of each of fiscal years 1998 through
2003 revise a distribution of the obligation authority made
available under subsection (c) if a State will not obligate
the amount distributed during that fiscal year and
redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to
obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed
during that fiscal year giving priority to those States
having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under
sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code, under
section 160 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act), and
under section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943-1945).
(e) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to
Transportation Research Programs.--Obligation limitations for
Federal-aid highways programs established by subsection (a)
shall apply to transportation research programs carried out
under chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, and under
title VI of this Act.
(f) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)
for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary
shall distribute to the States any funds (A) that are
authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for
Federal-aid highway programs (other than the program under
section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for carrying
out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States
Code, and chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and (B)
that the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the
States, and will not be available for obligation, in such
fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation
limitation for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the
States shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of
obligation authority under subsection (c)(5). The funds so
distributed shall be available for any purposes described in
section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(2) High cost interstate system reconstruction and
improvement program funds.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the distribution of obligation authority under
subsection (c) for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003,
the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds that
are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year to
carry out the high cost Interstate System reconstruction and
improvement program under section 160 of title 23, United
States Code, and that will not be available for obligation in
such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation
limitation for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the
States shall be made in the same ratio as funds are
apportioned under section 104(b)(5) of such title. The funds
so distributed to a State shall be credited to the State's
apportionment under such section 104(b)(5).
SEC. 104. APPORTIONMENTS.
(a) Administrative Takedown.--Section 104(a) is amended to
read as follows:
``(a) Administrative Takedown.--Whenever an apportionment
is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for
expenditure on Interstate maintenance, the National Highway
System, the bridge program, the surface transportation
program, the congestion mitigation and air quality
improvement program, the high risk road safety program, the
high cost Interstate System reconstruction and improvement
program, the national corridor planning and development
program, the border infrastructure and safety program, and
the Federal lands highways program, the Secretary shall
deduct a sum, in such amount not to exceed 1 percent of all
sums so authorized, as the Secretary may deem necessary for
administering the provisions of law to be financed from
appropriations for the Federal-aid highway program. In making
such determination, the Secretary shall take into account the
unobligated balance of any sums deducted for such purposes in
prior years. The sums so deducted shall remain available
until expended. The Secretary may not transfer any of such
sums to a Federal entity other than the Federal Highway
Administration.''.
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(b) Apportionments.--Section 104(b) is amended to read as
follows:
``(b) Apportionments.--On October 1 of each fiscal year,
the Secretary, after making the deduction authorized by
subsection (a) and the set-aside authorized by subsection
(f), shall apportion the remainder of the sums authorized to
be appropriated for expenditure on Interstate maintenance,
the National Highway System, the surface transportation
program, the congestion mitigation and air quality
improvement program, and the high risk road safety program
for that fiscal year, among the several States in the
following manner:
``(1) National highway system.--For the National Highway
System, 1 percent to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
and the remaining 99 percent apportioned as follows:
``(A) In the case of a State with an average population
density of 20 persons or fewer per square mile, and in the
case of a State with a population of 1,500,000 persons or
fewer and with a land area of 10,000 square miles or less,
the greater of--
``(i) a percentage share of the remaining apportionments
equal to the percentage specified for the State in section
104(h)(1) of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation
and Equity Act of 1998; or
``(ii) a share determined under subparagraph (B).
``(B) Subject to subparagraph (A), in the case of any State
for which the apportionment is not determined under
subparagraph (A)(i), a share of the remaining apportionments
determined in accordance with the following formula:
``(i) \1/9\ of the remaining apportionments in the ratio
that the total rural lane miles in each State bears to the
total rural lane miles in all States for which the
apportionment is not determined under subparagraph (A)(i).
``(ii) \1/9\ of the remaining apportionments in the ratio
that the total rural vehicle miles traveled in each State
bears to the total rural vehicle miles traveled in all States
for which the apportionment is not determined under
subparagraph (A)(i).
``(iii) \2/9\ of the remaining apportionments in the ratio
that the total urban lane miles in each State bears to the
total urban lane miles in all States for which the
apportionment is not determined under subparagraph (A)(i).
``(iv) \2/9\ of the remaining apportionments in the ratio
that the total urban vehicle miles traveled in each State
bears to the total urban vehicle miles traveled in all States
for which the apportionment is not determined under
subparagraph (A)(i).
``(v) \3/9\ of the remaining apportionments in the ratio
that each State's annual contributions to the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) attributable to
commercial vehicles bear to the total of such annual
contributions by all States for which the apportionment is
not determined under subparagraph (A)(i).
``(2) Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement
program.--
``(A) Formula.--For the congestion mitigation and air
quality improvement program, in the ratio which the weighted
nonattainment and maintenance area populations of each State
bear to the total weighted nonattainment and maintenance area
population of all States.
``(B) Calculation of weighted population.--Such weighted
population shall be calculated by multiplying the population
of each area within any State that was a nonattainment or
maintenance area as described in subsection 149(b) for ozone,
carbon monoxide, or particulate matter by a factor of--
``(i) 1.0 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area
has been redesignated as an attainment (maintenance) area
under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act;
``(ii) 1.1 if, at the time of apportionment, the area is
classified as a marginal ozone nonattainment area under
subpart 2 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act;
``(iii) 1.2 if, at the time of apportionment, the area is
classified as a moderate ozone nonattainment area under such
subpart;
``(iv) 1.3 if, at the time of apportionment, the area is
classified as a serious ozone nonattainment area under such
subpart;
``(v) 1.4 if, at the time of apportionment, the area is
classified as a severe ozone nonattainment area under such
subpart;
``(vi) 1.5 if, at the time of apportionment, the area is
classified as an extreme ozone nonattainment area under such
subpart; or
``(vii) 1.2. if, at the time of apportionment, the area is
not a nonattainment or maintenance area as described in
subsection 149(b) of this title for ozone, but is a
nonattainment area for carbon monoxide or particulate matter.
``(C) Additional factors.--If the area was also classified
under subpart 3 or 4 of part D of title I of the Clean Air
Act as a nonattainment area described in section 149(b) for
carbon monoxide or particulate matter or both, the weighted
nonattainment area population of the area, as determined
under clauses (i) through (vi) of subparagraph (B), shall be
further multiplied by a factor of 1.2. For an area that is a
nonattainment area for both carbon monoxide and for
particulate matter and the area's weighted population was
determined under clause (vii) of subparagraph (B), the area's
weighted population shall be further multiplied by a factor
of 1.2. For such areas, the population to which this factor
is applied shall be the larger of the carbon monoxide and the
particulate matter nonattainment area populations.
``(D) Minimum apportionment.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, each State shall receive a
minimum of \1/2\ of 1 percent of the funds apportioned under
this paragraph. The Secretary shall use annual estimates
prepared by the Secretary of Commerce when determining
population figures.
``(3) Surface transportation program.--
``(A) In general.--For the surface transportation program,
2 percent to the State of Alaska for any purpose described in
section 133(b) and the remaining 98 percent apportioned as
follows:
``(i) \1/3\ in the ratio that each State's total population
bears to the total population of all States, using the latest
available annual updates to the Federal decennial census, as
prepared by the Secretary of Commerce.
``(ii) \1/3\ in the ratio that each State's annual
contributions to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) attributable to commercial vehicles bear to
the total of such annual contributions by all States.
``(iii) \1/3\ in the ratio that each State's annual
contributions to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) bear to the total of such annual
contributions by all States.
``(B) Adjustment.--The amount of funds which, but for this
subparagraph, would be apportioned to each State for each
fiscal year under subparagraph (A) shall be increased or
decreased by an amount which, when added to or subtracted
from the aggregate amount of funds apportioned or allocated
to such State for such fiscal year for Interstate
maintenance, National Highway System, surface transportation
program, bridge program, congestion mitigation and air
quality improvement program, high risk road safety program,
recreational trails program, Appalachian Development Highway
System program, and metropolitan planning will ensure that
the aggregate of such apportionments to any State that does
not contribute to the Highway Trust Fund does not exceed the
aggregate of such apportionments to any State that does
contribute to the Highway Trust Fund.
``(4) High risk road safety improvement program.--For the
high risk road safety improvement program--
``(A) \1/3\ in the ratio that each State's total population
bears to the total population of all States, using the latest
available annual updates to the Federal decennial census, as
prepared by the Secretary of Commerce;
``(B) \1/3\ in the ratio that each State's total public
road mileage bears to the total public road mileage of all
States; and
``(C) \1/3\ in the ratio that the total vehicle miles
traveled on public roads in each State bear to the total
vehicle miles traveled on public roads in all States.
``(5) Interstate maintenance.--For resurfacing, restoring,
rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System--
``(A) \1/3\ in the ratio that each State's annual
contributions to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) attributable to commercial vehicles bear to
the total of such annual contributions by all States;
``(B) \1/3\ in the ratio that the total vehicle miles
traveled on Interstate routes open to traffic in each State
bear to the total vehicle miles traveled on such routes in
all States; and
``(C) \1/3\ in the ratio that the total lane miles on such
routes in each State bear to the total lane miles on such
routes in all States.''.
(c) Operation Lifesaver and High Speed Rail Corridors.--
Section 104(d) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``$300,000'' and inserting
``$500,000'';
(2) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and
inserting ``$5,250,000''; and
(3) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) the following:
``Not less than $250,000 of such set-aside shall be available
per fiscal year for eligible improvements to the Minneapolis/
St. Paul-Chicago segment of the Midwest High Speed Rail
Corridor.''.
(d) Certification of Apportionments.--Section 104(e) is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``Certification of Apportionments.--''
after ``(e)'';
(2) by inserting ``(1) In general.--'' before ``On October
1'';
(3) by striking the first parenthetical phrase;
(4) by striking ``and research'' the first place it
appears;
(5) by striking the second sentence;
(6) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Notice to states.--If the Secretary has not made an
apportionment under section 104, 144, or 157 of title 23,
United States Code, on or before the 21st of a fiscal year,
then the Secretary shall transmit, on or before such 21st
day, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment
and Public Works of the Senate a written statement of the
reason for not making such apportionment in a timely
manner.''; and
(7) by indenting paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph
(2) of this subsection, and aligning such paragraph (1) with
paragraph (2) of such section, as added by paragraph (6) of
this subsection.
(e) Metropolitan Planning Set-Aside.--Section 104(f) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``Interstate construction
and Interstate substitute programs'' and inserting
``recreational trails program''; and
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``120(j) of this title''
and inserting ``120(b)''.
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(f) Recreational Trails Program.--Section 104(h) of such
title is amended to read as follows:
``(h) Recreational Trails Program.--
``(1) Administrative costs.--Whenever an apportionment is
made of the sums authorized to be appropriated to carry out
the recreational trails program under section 206, the
Secretary shall deduct an amount, not to exceed 3 percent of
the sums authorized, to cover the cost to the Secretary for
administration of and research and technical assistance under
the recreational trails program and for administration of the
National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee. The
Secretary may enter into contracts with for-profit
organizations or contracts, partnerships, or cooperative
agreements with other government agencies, institutions of
higher learning, or nonprofit organizations to perform these
tasks.
``(2) Apportionment to the states.--After making the
deduction authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the
Secretary shall apportion the remainder of the sums
authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the
recreational trails program for each fiscal year, among the
States in the following manner:
``(A) 50 percent of that amount shall be apportioned
equally among eligible States.
``(B) 50 percent of that amount shall be apportioned among
eligible States in amounts proportionate to the degree of
non-highway recreational fuel use in each of those States
during the preceding year.''.
(g) Cross Reference Corrections.--
(1) Interstate maintenance program.--Subsections (a), (d),
and (f) of section 119 are each amended by striking
``104(b)(5)(B)'' each place it appears and inserting
``104(b)(5)''.
(2) Fringe and corridor parking facilities.--Section
137(f)(1) is amended by striking ``section 104(b)(5)(B) of
this title'' and inserting ``section 104(b)(5)''.
(3) Additions to interstate system.--Section 139 is amended
by striking ``section 104(b)(5)(B) of this title'' each place
it appears and inserting ``section 104(b)(5)''.
(4) Accommodation of other modes.--Section 142(c) is
amended by striking ``section 104(b)(5)(A)'' and inserting
``section 104(b)(5)''.
(5) Minimum drinking ages.--Section 158 is amended--
(A) by striking ``104(b)(2), 104(b)(5), and 104(b)(6)''
each place it appears in subsection (a) and inserting
``104(b)(3), and 104(b)(5)'';
(B) in the heading to subsection (b) is amended by striking
``Period of Availability;''; and
(C) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking ``(1)'' the first place it appears and all
that follows through ``No funds'' and inserting ``No funds'';
and
(ii) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).
(6) Suspension of licenses of individuals convicted of drug
offenses.--Section 159(b) is amended--
(A) by striking ``Period of Availability;'' in the
subsection heading; and
(B) by striking ``(1)'' the first place it appears and all
that follows through ``No funds'' and inserting ``No funds'';
and
(C) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).
(7) Operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated minors.--
Section 161(a) is amended by striking ``(B)'' each place it
appears.
(h) State Percentages for National Highway System
Apportionments.--
(1) In general.--The percentage referred to in section
104(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, for each State
shall be determined in accordance with the following table:
States: Adjustment percentage
Alabama.........................................................2.02
Alaska..........................................................1.24
Arizona.........................................................1.68
Arkansas........................................................1.32
California......................................................9.81
Colorado........................................................1.23
Connecticut.....................................................1.64
Delaware........................................................0.40
District of Columbia............................................0.52
Florida.........................................................4.77
Georgia.........................................................3.60
Hawaii..........................................................0.70
Idaho...........................................................0.70
Illinois........................................................3.71
Indiana.........................................................2.63
Iowa............................................................1.13
Kansas..........................................................1.10
Kentucky........................................................1.91
Louisiana.......................................................1.63
Maine...........................................................0.50
Maryland........................................................1.64
Massachusetts...................................................1.68
Michigan........................................................3.34
Minnesota.......................................................1.56
Mississippi.....................................................1.23
Missouri........................................................2.45
Montana.........................................................0.95
Nebraska........................................................0.73
Nevada..........................................................0.67
New Hampshire...................................................0.48
States: Adjustment percentage
New Jersey......................................................2.28
New Mexico......................................................1.05
New York........................................................4.27
North Carolina..................................................2.83
North Dakota....................................................0.76
Ohio............................................................3.77
Oklahoma........................................................1.55
Oregon..........................................................1.23
Pennsylvania....................................................4.12
Puerto Rico.....................................................0.50
Rhode Island....................................................0.55
South Carolina..................................................1.63
South Dakota....................................................0.70
Tennessee.......................................................2.30
Texas...........................................................7.21
Utah............................................................0.71
Vermont.........................................................0.43
Virginia........................................................2.61
Washington......................................................1.75
West Virginia...................................................0.76
Wisconsin.......................................................1.91
Wyoming.........................................................0.66.
(2) Additional rule.--Any State with lane miles on the
National Highway System totaling between 3,500 and 4,000
miles shall be treated as a State meeting the requirements of
section 104(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for
purposes of such section.
(i) Use of Most Up-to-Date Data.--The Secretary shall use
the most up-to-date data available for the latest fiscal year
for the purposes of making apportionments under this section
and section 157 of title 23, United States Code.
(j) Adjustments for the Surface Transportation Extension
Act of 1997.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and subject to section 2(c) of the Surface Transportation
Extension Act of 1997, the Secretary shall ensure that the
total apportionments for a State for fiscal year 1998 made
under the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act of 1998 (including amendments made by such Act)
shall be reduced by the amount apportioned to such State
under section 1003(d)(1) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(2) Repayment of transferred funds.--The Secretary shall
ensure that any apportionments made to a State for fiscal
year 1998 and adjusted under paragraph (1) shall first be
used to restore in accordance with section 3(c) of the
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 1997 any funds that a
State transferred under section 3 of such Act.
(3) Insufficient funds for repayment.--If a State has
insufficient funds apportioned in fiscal year 1998 under the
Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of
1998 (including amendments made by such Act) to make the
adjustment required by paragraph (1), then the Secretary
shall make an adjustment to any funds apportioned to such
State in fiscal year 1999.
(4) Allocated programs.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, amounts made available for fiscal year 1998
by the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity
Act of 1998 (including amendments made by such Act) for a
program that is continued by both of sections 4, 5, 6, and 7
of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 1997
(including amendments made by such sections) and the Building
Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998
(including amendments made by such Act) shall be reduced by
the amount made available by such sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 for
such programs.
SEC. 105. INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
Section 119 is further amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``and rehabilitating'' and inserting ``,
rehabilitating, and reconstructing'';
(B) by striking ``of this title and'' and inserting a
comma;
(C) by striking ``this sentence'' and inserting ``the
Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of
1998'';
(D) by striking ``of this title;'' and inserting ``, and
any segments that become part of the Interstate System under
section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991;''; and
(E) by striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting ``section
129 or continued in effect by section 1012(d) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and
not voided by the Secretary under section 120(c) of the
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act
of 1987 (101 Stat. 159)'';
(2) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (e); and
(3) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), and (g) as
subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.
SEC. 106. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
(a) Components.--Section 103(b) is amended--
(1) by striking the last 4 sentences of paragraph (2)(B);
(2) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking ``and be subject to
approval by Congress in accordance with paragraph (3)''; and
(3) in paragraph (2)(D) by striking ``and subject to
approval by Congress in accordance with paragraph (3)''.
(b) Maximum Mileage.--Section 103(b) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the
following:
``(3) Maximum mileage.--The mileage of highways on the
National Highway System shall not exceed 155,000 miles;
except that the Secretary may increase or decrease such
maximum mileage by not to exceed 15 percent.''; and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs
(4) and (5), respectively.
(c) Designation.--Section 103(b)(4), as so redesignated by
subsection (b)(2) of this section, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(A) Basic system.--'' before ``The
National'';
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A), as so designated
by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the following:
``(B) Intermodal connectors.--The modifications to the
National Highway System that consist of highway connections
to major ports, airports, international border
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crossings, public transportation and transit facilities,
interstate bus terminals, and rail and other intermodal
transportation facilities, as submitted to Congress by the
Secretary on the map dated May 24, 1996, are designated
within the United States, including the District of Columbia
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.''; and
(3) by indenting such subparagraph (A) and aligning it with
subparagraph (B), as inserted by paragraph (2) of this
subsection.
(d) Modifications.--Section 103(b)(5)(A), as redesignated
by subsection (b)(2) of this section, is amended by inserting
``or, in the case of the strategic highway network, that are
proposed by the Secretary in consultation with appropriate
Federal agencies and the States'' before ``if the
Secretary''.
(e) Conforming Amendments.--Section 103(b) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subsection (b)(2)
of this section, by striking ``Subject to paragraph (7),
the'' and inserting ``The'';
(2) by striking paragraph (7);
(3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (6); and
(4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''.
(f) Technical Amendment.--Section 103 is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of
subsection (i)(3) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii),
respectively;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (13) of
subsection (i) as subparagraphs (A) through (M),
respectively;
(3) by redesignating subsection (i) as paragraph (7);
(4) by moving such paragraph (7) (including such
subparagraphs and clauses) to the end of subsection (b); and
(5) by moving such paragraph (7) (including such
subparagraphs and clauses) 2 ems to the right.
(g) Effect on Existing Apportionments.--The amendments made
by this section shall not affect funds apportioned or
allocated under title 23, United States Code, before the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(h) Intermodal Freight Connectors Study.--
(1) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review the
condition of and improvements made to connectors on the
National Highway System approved by this Act that serve
seaports, airports, and other intermodal freight
transportation facilities since the designation of the
National Highway System and shall report to Congress on the
results of such review.
(2) Review.--In preparing the report, the Secretary shall
review the connectors designated by this Act as part of the
National Highway System and identify projects carried out on
those connectors which were intended to provide and improve
service to an intermodal facility referred to in paragraph
(1) and to facilitate the efficient movement of freight,
including movements of freight between modes.
(3) Identification of impediments.--If the Secretary
determines on the basis of the review that there are
impediments to improving the connectors serving intermodal
facilities referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
identify such impediments, including any funding for such
connectors, and make any appropriate recommendations as part
of the Secretary's report to Congress.
(i) Highway Signs on the National Highway System.--
(1) Competition.--The Secretary shall conduct in accordance
with this subsection a national children's competition to
design a national logo sign for the routes comprising the
National Highway System. Children 14 years of age and under
shall be eligible for such competition.
(2) Panel of judges.--The Secretary shall appoint a panel
of not less than 6 persons to evaluate all designs submitted
under the competition and select a winning design. The panel
shall be composed of--
(A) a representative of the Department of Transportation;
(B) a representative designated by the American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials;
(C) a representative of the motor carrier industry;
(D) a representative of private organizations dedicated to
advancement of the arts; and
(E) a representative of the motoring public.
(3) Report and plan.--Not later than 24 months after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall
initiate and complete the competition and submit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate a report on the results of the
competition, a plan for the placement of logo signs on the
National Highway System, and an estimate of the cost of
implementing such plan.
(j) West Virginia Corridor 10.--The Secretary shall
designate in the State of West Virginia Route 73 between
Route 10 and United States Route 119, Route 10 between Route
80 and Route 73, and Route 80 between United States Route 52
and Route 10 as part of the National Highway System.
SEC. 107. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.
(a) Apportionment Formula.--Section 144(e) is amended by
inserting before the period at the end of the fourth sentence
the following: ``, and, if a State transfers funds
apportioned to it under this section in a fiscal year
beginning after September 30, 1997, to any other
apportionment of funds to such State under this title, the
total cost of deficient bridges in such State and in all
States to be determined for the succeeding fiscal year shall
be reduced by the amount of such transferred funds''.
(b) Discretionary Bridge Set-Aside.--Section 144(g)(1) is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``(A) Fiscal years 1992 through 1997.--''
before ``Of the amounts'';
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Fiscal year 1998.--The amounts authorized for fiscal
year 1998 by section 127(a)(1) of the Building Efficient
Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998 shall be at the
discretion of the Secretary. 25 percent of such amount shall
be available only for projects for the seismic retrofit of a
bridge described in subsection (l).
``(C) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.--The amounts
authorized for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 by
section 127(a)(1) of the Building Efficient Surface
Transportation and Equity Act of 1998 shall be at the
discretion of the Secretary. Not to exceed 25 percent of such
amount shall be available only for projects for the seismic
retrofit of bridges, including projects in the New Madrid
fault region.''; and
(3) by indenting subparagraph (A), as so designated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection, and aligning such
subparagraph (A) with subparagraphs (B) and (C), as inserted
by paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(c) Off System Bridge-Set Aside.--Section 144(g)(3) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``, 1988'' and all that follows through
``1997,'' and inserting ``through 2003,''; and
(2) by striking ``system'' each place it appears and
inserting ``highway''.
(d) Eligibility.--Section 144 is amended--
(1) in subsection (d) by inserting after ``magnesium
acetate'' the following: ``, sodium acetate/formate, or
agriculturally derived, environmentally acceptable, minimally
corrosive anti-icing and de-icing compositions or installing
scour countermeasures'';
(2) in subsection (d) by inserting after ``such acetate''
each place it appears the following: ``or sodium acetate/
formate or such anti-icing or de-icing composition or
installation of such countermeasures''; and
(3) in subsection (g)(3) by inserting after ``magnesium
acetate'' the following: ``, sodium acetate/formate, or
agriculturally derived, environmentally acceptable, minimally
corrosive anti-icing and de-icing compositions or install
scour countermeasures''.
(e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 144(n) is amended by
striking ``system'' and inserting ``highway''.
SEC. 108. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--Section 133(a) is amended by
inserting after ``establish'' the following: ``and
implement''.
(b) Application of Anti-icing and De-icing Compositions to
Bridges.--Section 133(b)(1) is amended by inserting after
``magnesium acetate'' the following: ``, sodium acetate/
formate, or agriculturally derived, environmentally
acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and de-icing
compositions''.
(c) Transportation Control Measures.--Section 133(b)(9) is
amended by striking ``clauses (xii) and'' and inserting
``clause''.
(d) Environmental Restoration and Pollution Abatement
Projects.--Section 133(b) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(12) Environmental restoration and pollution abatement
projects, including the retrofit or construction of storm
water treatment systems, to address water pollution or
environmental degradation caused or contributed to by
existing transportation facilities at the time such
transportation facilities are undergoing reconstruction,
rehabilitation, resurfacing, or restoration; except that the
expenditure of funds under this section for any such
environmental restoration or pollution abatement project
shall not exceed 20 percent of the total cost of the
reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, or restoration
project.''.
(e) Division of Funds.--Section 133(d)(3)(B) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding subsection
(c), up to 15 percent of the amounts required to be obligated
under this subparagraph may be obligated on roads
functionally classified as minor collectors.''.
(f) Program Approval.--Section 133(e)(2) is amended to read
as follows:
``(2) Program approval.--Each State shall submit a project
agreement for each fiscal year, certifying that the State
will meet all the requirements of this section and notifying
the Secretary of the amount of obligations needed to
administer the surface transportation program. Each State
shall request adjustments to the amount of obligations as
needed. The Secretary's approval of the project agreement
shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the United States
for the payment of surface transportation program funds
provided under this title.''.
(g) Conforming Amendment.--Section 133(f) is amended by
striking ``6-fiscal year period 1992 through 1997'' and
inserting ``fiscal years for which funds are made available
by the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity
Act of 1998''.
(h) Encouragement of Use of Youth Conservation or Service
Corps.--The Secretary shall encourage the States to enter
into contracts and cooperative agreements with qualified
youth conservation or service corps to perform appropriate
transportation enhancement projects under chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code.
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SEC. 109. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--Section 149(a) is amended by
inserting after ``establish'' the following: ``and
implement''.
(b) Currently Eligible Projects.--Section 149(b) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``that was designated as a nonattainment
area under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7407(d)) during any part of fiscal year 1994'' and inserting
the following: ``that is or was designated as a nonattainment
area for ozone, carbon monoxide, or particulate matter under
section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)) and
classified pursuant to section 181(a), 186(a), 188(a), or
188(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511(a), 7512(a),
7513(a), or 7513(b)) or is or was designated as a
nonattainment area under such section 107(d) after December
31, 1997,'';
(2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``clauses (xii) and'';
and inserting ``clause'';
(3) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3);
(4) by striking ``standard.'' at the end of paragraph (4)
and inserting ``standard; or''; and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
``(5) if the program or project would have been eligible
for funding on or before September 30, 1997, under guidance
issued by the Secretary to implement this section.''.
(c) Public-Private Partnerships.--Section 149 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(e) Partnerships With Nongovernmental Entities.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this title and in accordance with this subsection, a
metropolitan planning organization, State transportation
department, or other project sponsor may enter into an
agreement with any public, private, or nonprofit entity to
cooperatively implement any project carried out under this
section.
``(2) Forms of participation by entities.--Participation by
an entity under paragraph (1) may consist of--
``(A) ownership or operation of any land, facility,
vehicle, or other physical asset associated with the project;
``(B) cost sharing of any eligible project expense; and
``(C) any other form of participation approved by the
Secretary.
``(3) Allocation of entities.--A State may allocate funds
apportioned under section 104(b)(2) to an entity described in
paragraph (1).
``(4) Alternative fuel projects.--In the case of a project
that will provide for the use of alternative fuels by
privately owned vehicles or vehicle fleets, activities
eligible for funding under this subsection--
``(A) may include the costs of vehicle refueling
infrastructure, including infrastructure that would support
the development, production, and use of innovative water-
phased hydrocarbon fuel emulsion technologies, and other
capital investments associated with the project;
``(B) shall include only the incremental cost of an
alternative fueled vehicle compared to a conventionally
fueled vehicle that would otherwise be borne by a private
party; and
``(C) shall apply other governmental financial purchase
contributions in the calculation of net incremental cost.
``(5) Prohibition on federal participation with respect to
required activities.--A Federal participation payment under
this subsection may not be made to an entity to fund an
obligation imposed under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.) or any other Federal law.
``(6) Water-phased hydrocarbon fuel emulsion.--In this
subsection, the term `water-phased hydrocarbon fuel emulsion'
consists of a hydrocarbon base and water in an amount not
less than 20 percent by volume of the total water-phased fuel
emulsion.''.
(d) Study of Effectiveness of CMAQ Program.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall request the National
Academy of Sciences to study the impact of the congestion
mitigation and air quality improvement program on the air
quality of nonattainment areas. The study shall, at a
minimum--
(A) determine the amount of funds obligated under such
program in each nonattainment area and to make a
comprehensive analysis of the types of projects funded under
such program;
(B) identify any improvements to or degradations of the air
quality in each nonattainment area;
(C) measure the impact of the projects funded under such
program on the air quality of each nonattainment area; and
(D) assess the cost effectiveness of projects funded under
such program in nonattainment areas, including, to the extent
possible, the cost per ton of reductions of ozone and carbon
monoxide and reduction of traffic congestion.
(2) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2000, the National
Academy of Sciences shall transmit to the Secretary, the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the
Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, and
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a
report on the results of the study with recommendations for
modifications to the congestion mitigation and air quality
improvement program in light of the results of the study.
(3) Funding.--Before making the apportionment of funds
under section 104(b)(2) for each of fiscal years 1998 and
1999, the Secretary shall deduct from the amount to be
apportioned under such section for such fiscal year, and make
available, $500,000 for such fiscal year to carry out this
subsection.
SEC. 110. HIGH RISK ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 is amended by inserting after
section 153 the following:
``Sec. 154. High risk road safety improvement program
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and
implement a high risk road safety improvement program in
accordance with this section.
``(b) Eligible Projects.--A State may obligate funds
apportioned to it under section 104(b)(4) only for
construction and operational improvement projects, and for
pavement marking and signing projects, on high risk roads and
only if the primary purpose of the project is to improve
highway safety on a high risk road.
``(c) State Allocation System.--Each State shall establish
a system for allocating funds apportioned to it under section
104(b)(4) among projects eligible for assistance under this
section that have the highest benefits to highway safety.
Such system may include a safety management system
established by the State under section 303 or a survey
established pursuant to section 152(a).
``(d) Transferability.--A State may transfer not to exceed
50 percent of the amount of funds apportioned to it under
section 104(b)(4) for any fiscal year to the apportionment of
such State under section 104(b)(1) or 104(b)(3) or both.
``(e) Applicability of Planning Requirements.--Programming
and expenditure of funds for projects under this section
shall be consistent with the requirements of sections 134 and
135.
``(f) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) High risk road.--The term `high risk road' means any
Federal-aid highway or segment of a Federal-aid highway--
``(A) on which a significant number of severe motor vehicle
crashes occur; or
``(B) which has current, or will likely have, increases in
traffic volume that are likely to create a potential for
severe crash consequences in a significant number of motor
vehicle crashes.
``(2) Severe crash.--The term `severe crash' means a motor
vehicle crash in which a fatality or incapacitating injury
occurs.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 153 the following:
``154. High risk road safety improvement program.''.
(c) Roadway Safety Awareness and Improvement Program.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of identifying high-risk
roadway hazards and effective countermeasures and improving
the collection and public dissemination of information
regarding such hazards and their impact on the number and
severity of motor vehicle crashes, the Secretary shall enter
into an agreement with a private nonprofit national
organization that is dedicated solely to improving roadway
safety.
(2) Terms of agreement.--Under the terms of the agreement
entered into under this subsection, the organization shall--
(A) develop a pilot program to improve the collection of
data pertaining to roadway hazards and design features that
cause or increase the severity of motor vehicle crashes;
(B) develop a public awareness campaign to educate State
and local transportation officials, public safety officials,
and motorists regarding the extent to which roadway hazards
and design features are a factor in motor vehicle crashes;
and
(C) develop and disseminate information to assist State and
local transportation officials, public safety officials, and
motorists in identifying roadway hazards and effective
countermeasures.
(3) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of
entry into the agreement under this subsection, the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a
report on the status of the program authorized by this
subsection. Such report shall be updated each year
thereafter, and a final report shall be transmitted not later
than 5 years after the date of entry into the agreement.
(4) Funding.--Before funds are apportioned under section
104(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal
years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary shall deduct a sum not
to exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year for carrying out this
subsection. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 111. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.
(a) General Rules.--Section 157(a) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)--
(A) by striking ``Thereafter'' and inserting ``Fiscal years
1992-1997''; and
(B) by striking ``fiscal year 1992 and each fiscal year
thereafter'' and inserting ``each of fiscal years 1992
through 1997''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Thereafter.--In fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year
thereafter on October 1, or as soon as possible thereafter,
the Secretary shall allocate among the States amounts
sufficient to ensure that a State's percentage of
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the total apportionments in each such fiscal year for
Interstate maintenance, the National Highway System, the
bridge program, the surface transportation program, the
congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program,
the high priority projects program, the high risk road safety
improvement program, the recreational trails program, the
Appalachian Development Highway System program, and
metropolitan planning shall not be less than 95 percent of
the percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to
highway users in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund,
other than the Mass Transit Account, in the latest fiscal
year for which data are available. In determining allocations
under this paragraph, the Secretary shall not take into
account the 2 percent set aside under section
104(b)(3)(A).''.
(b) Availability of Funds.--Section 157(b) is amended--
(1) by inserting before ``Amounts allocated'' the
following: ``Availability of Funds.--'';
(2) by striking ``Interstate highway substitute,'' and all
that follows through ``crossing projects'' and inserting
``any purpose described in section 133(b)''; and
(3) by inserting before the period at the end ``and section
103(c) of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act of 1998''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 157 is further
amended--
(1) in subsection (d) by striking ``154(f) or''; and
(2) in subsection (e) by inserting before ``In order'' the
following: ``Authorization of Appropriations.--''.
(d) Minimum Allocation Adjustment.--If the Secretary--
(1) determines that--
(A) the ratio of--
(i) the aggregate of funds made available by this Act,
including any amendments made by this Act, that are
apportioned to a State for Federal-aid highway programs
(including funds allocated to the State under sections 104(j)
and 157 of title 23, United States Code) for each fiscal year
beginning after September 30, 1997, to
(ii) the aggregate of such funds apportioned to all States
for such programs for such fiscal year, is less than
(B) the ratio of--
(i) estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in
the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund, other than the
Mass Transit Account, in the latest fiscal year for which
data are available, to
(ii) the estimated tax payments attributable to highway
users in all States paid into such Trust Fund in such latest
fiscal year; and
(2) determines that--
(A) the ratio determined under paragraph (1)(A), is less
than
(B) the ratio of--
(i) the aggregate of funds made available by the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, including any
amendments made by such Act, and section 202 of the National
Highway System Designation Act of 1995 that are apportioned
to the State for Federal-aid highway programs (other than
Federal lands highway programs and projects under sections
1103-1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991) for fiscal years 1992 through 1997, to
(ii) the aggregate of such funds apportioned to all States
for such programs for such fiscal years;
the Secretary shall allocate under such section 157 to the
State amounts sufficient to ensure that the State's
percentage of total apportionments for Federal-aid highway
programs under this Act (including amendments made by this
Act and allocations under such sections 104(j) and 157) for
such fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1997, is equal
to the State's percentage of total apportionments for
Federal-aid highway programs (other than Federal lands
highway programs and projects under sections 1103-1008 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) for
fiscal year 1997 under the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991, including any amendments made by such
Act, and section 202 of the National Highway System
Designation Act of 1995. The allocation shall be made on
October 1 of the fiscal year beginning after September 30,
1997, or as soon as possible thereafter and shall be in
addition to any other allocation to the State under such
section 157 for such fiscal year.
(e) Final Adjustment.--
(1) In general.--In fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year
thereafter on October 1, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, the Secretary shall allocate under section 157 of
title 23, United States Code, among the States amounts
sufficient to ensure that the ratio that--
(A) each State's percentage of the total apportionments for
such fiscal year for Interstate maintenance, National Highway
System, high cost Interstate system reconstruction and
improvement program, surface transportation program,
metropolitan planning, congestion mitigation and air quality
improvement program, high risk road safety improvement
program, bridge program, Appalachian development highway
system, recreational trails program, high priority projects
program, the 2 percent set aside under section 104(b)(3)(A)
of title 23, United States Code, and section 157 of such
title (including subsection (d) of this section and this
subsection), bears to
(B) each State's percentage of estimated tax payments
attributable to highway users in the State paid into the
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in
the latest fiscal year for which data are available;
is not less than 0.90.
(2) Treatment.--The allocation required by this paragraph
shall be in addition to any other allocation under section
157 of title 23, United States Code, including allocations
required by subsection (d) of this section.
SEC. 112. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
(a) Apportionment.--The Secretary shall apportion funds
made available by section 102 of this Act for fiscal years
1998 through 2003 among the States based on the latest
available cost to complete estimate for the Appalachian
development highway system prepared by the Appalachian
Regional Commission, unless the Appalachian Regional
Commission adopts an alternative method for distribution. In
general, no State containing Appalachian development highway
system routes shall receive an apportionment of less than
$1,000,000. For fiscal years 1999 through 2003, any
alternative method for distribution adopted by the
Appalachian Regional Commission must be communicated to the
Secretary at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the
fiscal year in which the apportionment is to be made. Such
funds shall be available to construct highways and access
roads under section 201 of the Appalachian Regional
Development Act of 1965.
(b) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds authorized by section
102 of this Act for the Appalachian development highway
system under section 201 of the Appalachian Regional
Development Act of 1965 shall be available for obligation in
the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the
Federal share of the cost of any project under this section
shall be determined in accordance with such section 201 and
such funds shall remain available until expended.
(c) Federal Share for Pre-Financed Projects.--Section
201(h)(1) of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965
(40 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ``70'' and inserting
``80''.
(d) Deduction for Administrative Expenses.--Section 201 of
such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(i) Deduction for Administrative Expenses.--On October 1
of fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter, or as
soon as is practicable thereafter, there shall be deducted,
for the expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission in
administering the funds authorized under this section for
such year, not to exceed 3.75 percent of the funds made
available for such year under subsection (g) of this
section.''.
(e) Local Participation in Dedesignation Decisions.--
Section 201 of such Act is further amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(j) Local Participation in Dedesignation Decisions.--
Before the State of Ohio may request the dedesignation of
corridor B from the Ohio River in Scioto County to the
Scioto-Adams County line, corridor B1 from the Kentucky State
line to the junction with corridor B at Rosemount, corridor C
from the junction with corridor B at Lucasville to State
Route 159 at Chillicothe, or corridor D from the Adams County
line to the Ohio River in Washington County as segments of
the Appalachian development highway system, the State must
consult about the proposed dedesignation with local elected
officials having jurisdiction over the area in which the
segment is located and conduct public hearings on the
proposed dedesignation in each county in which any part of
the segment is located.''.
(f) Additions to Appalachian Region.--The undesignated
paragraph relating to Georgia of section 403 of such Act is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``Elbert,'' after ``Douglas,''; and
(2) by inserting ``Hart,'' after ``Haralson,''.
SEC. 113. HIGH COST INTERSTATE SYSTEM RECONSTRUCTION AND
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 160 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 160. High cost interstate system reconstruction and
improvement program
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and
implement a high cost Interstate System reconstruction and
improvement program in accordance with this section.
``(b) Eligible Projects.--Funds made available to carry out
the high cost interstate reconstruction and improvement
program under this section for a fiscal year shall be
available for obligation by the Secretary for any major
reconstruction or improvement project to any highway
designated as part of the Interstate System and open to
traffic before the date of the enactment of the Building
Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998. Such
funds shall be made available by the Secretary to any State
applying for such funds only if the Secretary determines
that--
``(1) the total cost of the project is greater than the
lesser of $200,000,000 or 50 percent of the aggregate amount
of funds apportioned to the State under this title for such
fiscal year;
``(2) the project is a ready-to-commence project;
``(3) the State agrees that it will not transfer funds
apportioned to it under section 104(b)(5) for such fiscal
year to any other program category; and
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``(4) the applicant agrees to obligate the funds within 1
year of the date the funds are made available.
``(c) Allocation of Funds.--Subject to subsection (f)(1),
of the funds made available to carry out the program under
this section, the Secretary shall allocate--
``(1) not less than $165,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$412,500,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $670,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2000 through 2003 among States in the ratio
that the estimated cost of carrying out projects determined
by the Secretary to be eligible for funding under subsection
(b) in each State bears to the estimated cost of carrying out
such projects in all of the States; and
``(2) at the discretion of the Secretary, not more than the
amounts set forth in section 127(a)(2) for each of fiscal
years 1998 through 2003 for projects eligible for assistance
under this section to--
``(A) meet an extraordinary need for funding; or
``(B) help expedite completion of a project of national
significance.
``(d) Unallocated Funds.--
``(1) Apportionment.--If, on August 1 of fiscal year 1998
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary determines
that funds authorized to be allocated in such fiscal year for
the program under this section will not be allocated in such
fiscal year as a result of not enough projects being eligible
for assistance under this section, the Secretary shall
apportion under section 104(b)(5) such funds among the States
for the Interstate maintenance program.
``(2) Redistribution of obligation authority.--The
Secretary shall also redistribute on such August 1 any
obligation authority that is allocated for the fiscal year
under section 103(c)(4) of the Building Efficient Surface
Transportation and Equity Act of 1998 attributable to the
program under this section and that the Secretary determines
will not be used before September 30 of such fiscal year
among the States (other than a State from which obligation
authority for such fiscal year is redistributed under section
103(d) of such Act) in the same ratio as set forth in section
103(c)(5) of such Act.
``(e) Applicability of Planning Requirements.--Programming
and expenditure of funds for projects under this section
shall be consistent with the requirements of sections 134 and
135.
``(f) Future Allocations.--
``(1) Fiscal years 1998-2003.--For fiscal years 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, funds to be allocated pursuant to
subsection (c)(1) shall be allocated in the same manner as
funds apportioned under section 104(b)(5). Such funds shall
only be available for projects eligible under subsection (b);
except that if a State does not have a project eligible under
subsection (b), funds allocated to such State under this
paragraph shall be available for any project in such State on
a segment of the Interstate System that is open to traffic.
``(2) Determinations.--The Secretary shall, in cooperation
with States and affected metropolitan planning organizations,
determine--
``(A) the expected condition of the Interstate System over
the next 10 years and the needs of States and metropolitan
planning organizations to reconstruct and improve the
Interstate System; and
``(B) a method to allocate funds made available under this
section that would--
``(i) address the needs identified in subparagraph (A);
``(ii) provide a fair and equitable distribution of such
funds; and
``(iii) allow for States to address any extraordinary
needs.
``(3) Report.--The determination made under paragraph (2)
shall be submitted to Congress in a report not later than
January 1, 2000.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
160 and inserting the following:
``160. High cost interstate system reconstruction and improvement
program.''.
SEC. 114. RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 205 the following:
``Sec. 206. Recreational trails program
``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture,
shall administer a national program for the purposes of
providing and maintaining recreational trails.
``(b) Statement of Intent.--Funds made available to carry
out the recreational trails program under this section are to
be derived from revenues collected through motor fuel taxes
from nonhighway users and are to be used on trails and trail-
related projects which have been planned and developed under
the otherwise existing laws, policies, and administrative
procedures within each State, and which are identified in, or
which further a specific goal of, a trail plan included or
referenced in a statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation
plan required by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.).
``(c) State Eligibility.--A State shall be eligible to
obligate funds apportioned to it under section 104(h) only
if--
``(1) the Governor of the State has designated the State
agency or agencies that will be responsible for administering
funds received under this section; and
``(2) a recreational trail advisory committee on which both
motorized and nonmotorized recreational trail users are
fairly represented exists within the State.
``(d) Federal Share Payable.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs (2),
(3), (4), and (5), the Federal share payable on account of a
project under this section shall not exceed 50 percent.
``(2) Federal agency project sponsor.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, a Federal agency sponsoring a project
under this section may contribute additional Federal funds
toward a project's cost if the share attributable to the
Secretary does not exceed 50 percent and the share
attributable to the Secretary and the Federal agency jointly
does not exceed 80 percent.
``(3) Allowable match from federal programs.--The following
Federal programs may be used to contribute additional Federal
funds toward a project's cost and may be accounted for as
contributing to the non-Federal share:
``(A) State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (Public
Law 92-512).
``(B) HUD Community Development Block Grants (Public Law
93-383).
``(C) Public Works Employment Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-
369).
``(D) Acts establishing national heritage corridors and
areas.
``(E) Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-
300).
``(F) National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993
(Public Law 103-82).
``(G) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-93).
``(4) Programmatic non-federal share.--A State may allow
adjustments of the non-Federal share of individual projects
in a fiscal year if the total Federal share payable for all
projects within the State carried out under this section with
funds apportioned to the State under section 104(h) for such
fiscal year does not exceed 50 percent. For purposes of this
paragraph, a project funded under paragraph (2) or (3) of
this subsection may not be included in the calculation of the
programmatic non-Federal share.
``(5) State administrative costs.--The Federal share
payable on account of the administrative costs of a State
under subsection (e)(1)(A) shall be determined in accordance
with section 120(b).
``(e) Use of Funds.--
``(1) Permissible uses.--A State may use funds apportioned
to it under section 104(h)--
``(A) in an amount not exceeding 7 percent of such funds,
for administrative costs of the State;
``(B) in an amount not exceeding 5 percent of such funds,
for operation of environmental protection education and
safety education programs relating to the use of recreational
trails;
``(C) for development and rehabilitation of urban trail
linkages to provide connections to and among neighborhoods
and community centers and between trails;
``(D) for maintenance of existing recreational trails,
including the grooming and maintenance of trails across snow;
``(E) for restoration of areas damaged by usage of
recreational trails, including back country terrain;
``(F) for development and rehabilitation of trail-side and
trail-head facilities that meet goals identified by the
National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee;
``(G) for provision of features which facilitate the access
and use of trails by persons with disabilities;
``(H) for acquisition of easements for trails, or for trail
corridors identified in a State trail plan;
``(I) for acquisition of fee simple title to property from
a willing seller, when the objective of the acquisition
cannot be accomplished by acquisition of an easement or by
other means;
``(J) for construction of new trails on State, county,
municipal, or private lands, where a recreational need for
such construction is shown; and
``(K) only as otherwise permissible and where necessary and
required by a statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation
plan, for construction of new trails crossing Federal lands
if such construction is approved by the administering agency
of the State and the Federal agency or agencies charged with
management of all impacted lands and if such approval is
contingent upon compliance by the Federal agency with all
applicable laws, including the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C.
1600 et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
``(2) Use not permitted.--A State may not use funds
apportioned to it under section 104(h)--
``(A) for condemnation of any kind of interest in property;
``(B)(i) for construction of any recreational trail on
National Forest System lands for motorized uses unless--
``(I) such lands have been allocated for uses other than
wilderness by an approved forest land and resource management
plan or have been released to uses other than wilderness by
an Act of Congress, and
``(II) such construction is otherwise consistent with the
management direction in such approved land and resource
management plan; or
``(ii) for construction of any recreational trail on Bureau
of Land Management lands for motorized uses unless--
``(I) such lands have been allocated for uses other than
wilderness by an approved Bureau
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of Land Management resource management plan or have been
released to uses other than wilderness by an Act of Congress,
and
``(II) such construction is otherwise consistent with the
management direction in such approved management plans; or
``(C) for upgrading, expanding, or otherwise facilitating
motorized use or access to trails predominantly used by non-
motorized trail users and on which, as of May 1, 1991,
motorized use is either prohibited or has not occurred.
``(3) Grants.--
``(A) In general.--A State may provide funds apportioned to
it under section 104(h) to make grants to private
individuals, organizations, municipal, county, State, and
Federal government entities, and other government entities as
approved by the State after considering guidance from the
recreational trail advisory committee satisfying the
requirements of subsection (c)(2), for uses consistent with
this section.
``(B) Compliance.--A State that makes grants under
subparagraph (A) shall establish measures to verify that
recipients comply with the specified conditions for the use
of grant moneys.
``(4) Assured access to funds.--Except as provided under
paragraph (7), not less than 30 percent of the funds
apportioned to a State in a fiscal year under section 104(h)
shall be reserved for uses relating to motorized recreation,
and not less than 30 percent of such funds shall be reserved
for uses relating to non-motorized recreation.
``(5) Environmental mitigation.--
``(A) Requirement.--To the extent practicable and
consistent with other requirements of this section, in
complying with paragraph (4), a State should give
consideration to project proposals that provide for the
redesign, reconstruction, nonroutine maintenance, or
relocation of trails in order to mitigate and minimize the
impact to the natural environment.
``(B) Guidance.--A recreational trail advisory committee
satisfying the requirements of subsection (c)(2) shall issue
guidance to a State for the purposes of implementing
subparagraph (A).
``(6) Diversified trail use.--
``(A) Requirement.--To the extent practicable and
consistent with other requirements of this section, a State
shall expend funds apportioned to it under section 104(h) in
a manner that gives preference to project proposals which--
``(i) provide for the greatest number of compatible
recreational purposes, including those described in
subsection (g)(3); or
``(ii) provide for innovative recreational trail corridor
sharing to accommodate motorized and non-motorized
recreational trail use.
This paragraph shall remain effective with respect to a State
until such time as the State has allocated not less than 40
percent of funds apportioned to it under section 104(h) in
such manner.
``(B) Compliance.--The State shall receive guidance for
determining compliance with subparagraph (A) from the
recreational trail advisory committee satisfying the
requirements of subsection (c)(2).
``(7) Exemptions.--
``(A) Small state.--Any State with a total land area of
less than 3,500,000 acres and in which nonhighway
recreational fuel use accounts for less than 1 percent of all
such fuel use in the United States shall be exempted from the
requirements of paragraph (4) upon application to the
Secretary by the State demonstrating that it meets the
conditions of this paragraph.
``(B) State recreational trail advisory committee.--If
approved by the State recreational trail advisory committee
satisfying the requirements of subsection (c)(2), the State
may be exempted from the requirements of paragraph (4).
``(8) Continuing recreational use.--At the option of each
State, funds apportioned to it under section 104(h) may be
treated as Land and Water Conservation Fund moneys for the
purposes of section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act.
``(9) Credit for donations of funds, materials, services,
or new right-of-way.--Nothing in this title or any other law
shall prevent a project sponsor from offering to donate
funds, materials, services, or new right-of-way for the
purposes of a project eligible for assistance. Any funds, or
the fair market value of any materials, services, or new
right-of-way may be donated by any project sponsor and shall
be credited to the non-Federal share in accordance with
subsection (d). Any funds or the fair market value of any
materials or services may be provided by a Federal project
sponsor and shall be credited as part of that Federal
agency's share under subsection (d)(2).
``(10) Recreational purpose.--A project funded under this
section is intended to enhance recreational opportunity and
is not subject to the provisions of section 303 of title 49
or section 138 of this title.
``(f) Coordination of Activities.--
``(1) Cooperation by federal agencies.--Each agency of the
United States that manages land on which a State proposes to
construct or maintain a recreational trail pursuant to this
section is encouraged to cooperate with the State and the
Secretary in planning and carrying out the activities
described in subsection (e). Nothing in this section
diminishes or in any way alters the land management
responsibilities, plans, and policies established by such
agencies pursuant to other applicable laws.
``(2) Cooperation by private persons.--
``(A) Written assurances.--As a condition to making
available funds for work on recreational trails that would
affect privately owned land, a State shall obtain written
assurances that the owner of the property will cooperate with
the State and participate as necessary in the activities to
be conducted.
``(B) Public access.--Any use of funds apportioned to a
State under section 104(h) on private lands must be
accompanied by an easement or other legally binding agreement
that ensures public access to the recreational trail
improvements funded by those funds.
``(g) Applicability of Chapter 1.--Funds made available to
carry out this section shall be available for obligation in
the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1; except that the Federal share payable for a
project using such funds shall be determined in accordance
with this section and such funds shall remain available until
expended.
``(h) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Eligible state.--The term `eligible State' means a
State that meets the requirements of subsection (c).
``(2) Nonhighway recreational fuel.--The term `nonhighway
recreational fuel' has the meaning such term has under
section 9503(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
``(3) Recreational trail.--The term `recreational trail'
means a thoroughfare or track across land or snow, used for
recreational purposes such as bicycling, cross-country
skiing, day hiking, equestrian activities (including carriage
driving), jogging or similar fitness activities, skating or
skateboarding, trail biking, overnight or long-distance
backpacking, snowmobiling, aquatic or water activity, or
vehicular travel by motorcycle, four-wheel drive or all-
terrain off-road vehicles, without regard to whether it is a
`National Recreation Trail' designated under section 4 of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1243).
``(4) Motorized recreation.--The term `motorized
recreation' means off-road recreation using any motor-powered
vehicle, except for motorized wheelchairs.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 2 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 205
the following:
``206. Recreational trails program.''.
(c) Repeal of Obsolete Provision.--Section 1302 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (16
U.S.C. 1261) is repealed.
(d) Termination of Advisory Committee.--Section 1303 of
such Act (16 U.S.C. 1262) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(j) Termination.--The advisory committee established by
this section shall terminate on September 30, 2000.''.
(e) Encouragement of Use of Youth Conservation or Service
Corps.--The Secretary shall encourage the States to enter
into contracts and cooperative agreements with qualified
youth conservation or service corps to perform construction
and maintenance of recreational trails under section 206 of
title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 115. NATIONAL CORRIDOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and
implement a program to make allocations to States for
coordinated planning, design, and construction of corridors
of national significance, economic growth, and international
or interregional trade. A State may apply to the Secretary
for allocations under this section.
(b) Eligibility of Corridors.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may make allocations under
this section only with respect to high priority corridors
identified in section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(2) Special rule.--In fiscal years 1998 through 2000, the
Secretary may make, on an interim basis pending
identification by Congress of high priority corridors as part
of a law provided for in section 508 of this Act, allocations
under this section for the creation or upgrade of any other
significant regional or multistate highway corridor not
described in whole or in part in paragraph (1) that the
Secretary determines would--
(A) facilitate international or interregional trade; or
(B) encourage or facilitate major multistate or regional
mobility and economic growth and development in areas
underserved by existing highway infrastructure.
(c) Purposes.--Allocations may be made under this section
for 1 or more of the following purposes:
(1) Feasibility studies.
(2) Comprehensive corridor planning and design activities.
(3) Location and routing studies.
(4) Environmental review.
(5) Multistate and intrastate coordination for corridors
described in subsection (b).
(6) Construction.
(d) Corridor Development and Management Plan.--A State
receiving an allocation under this section shall develop, in
consultation with the Secretary, a development and management
plan for the corridor with respect to which the allocation is
being made. Such plan shall include, at a minimum, the
following elements:
(1) A complete and comprehensive analysis of corridor costs
and benefits.
(2) A coordinated corridor development plan and schedule,
including a timetable for completion of all planning and
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activities, environmental reviews and permits, and
construction of all segments.
(3) A finance plan, including any innovative financing
methods and, if the corridor is a multistate corridor, a
State-by-State breakdown of corridor finances.
(4) The results of any environmental reviews and mitigation
plans.
(5) The identification of any impediments to the
development and construction of the corridor, including any
environmental, social, political and economic objections.
In the case of a multistate corridor, the Secretary shall
ensure that all States having jurisdiction over any portion
of such corridor will participate in the development of such
plan.
(e) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds made available by
section 127(a)(3)(B) of this Act shall be available for
obligation in the same manner as if such funds were
apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
(f) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' has
the meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23,
United States Code.
SEC. 116. COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY
PROGRAM.
(a) General Authority.--The Secretary shall establish and
implement a coordinated border infrastructure and safety
program under which the Secretary may make allocations to any
border State for projects to improve the safe movement of
people and goods at or across the border between the United
States and Canada and the border between the United States
and Mexico.
(b) Eligible Uses.--Allocations under this section may only
be used in a border region for--
(1) improvements to existing transportation and supporting
infrastructure that facilitate cross-border vehicle and cargo
movements;
(2) construction of highways and related safety and safety
enforcement facilities that will facilitate vehicle and cargo
movements related to international trade;
(3) operational improvements, including improvements
relating to electronic data interchange and use of
telecommunications, to expedite cross border vehicle and
cargo movement;
(4) modifications to regulatory procedures to expedite
cross border vehicle and cargo movements; and
(5) international coordination of planning, programming,
and border operation with Canada and Mexico relating to
expediting cross border vehicle and cargo movements.
(c) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary shall make
allocations under this section on the basis of--
(1) expected reduction in commercial and other motor
vehicle travel time through an international border crossing
as a result of the project;
(2) improvements in vehicle and highway safety and cargo
security related to motor vehicles crossing a border with
Canada or Mexico;
(3) strategies to increase the use of existing,
underutilized border crossing facilities and approaches;
(4) leveraging of Federal funds provided under this
section, including use of innovative financing, combination
of such funds with funding provided under other sections of
this Act, and combination with other sources of Federal,
State, local, or private funding;
(5) degree of multinational involvement in the project and
demonstrated coordination with other Federal agencies
responsible for the inspection of vehicles, cargo, and
persons crossing international borders and their counterpart
agencies in Canada and Mexico;
(6) the extent to which the innovative and problem-solving
techniques of the proposed project would be applicable to
other international border crossings;
(7) demonstrated local commitment to implement and sustain
continuing comprehensive border planning processes and
improvement programs; and
(8) such other factors as the Secretary determines are
appropriate to promote border transportation efficiency and
safety.
(d) State Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Facilities.--Due
to the increase in cross-border trade as a result of the
Northern American Free Trade Agreement, of the amounts made
available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, not to
exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and not to exceed
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 shall
be available for the construction of State motor vehicle
safety inspection facilities for the inspection by State
authorities of commercial motor vehicles crossing the border
to ensure the safety of such vehicles.
(e) Allocations.--
(1) Funds.--At least 40 percent of the funds made available
for carrying out this section shall be allocated for projects
in the vicinity of the border of the United States and
Mexico, and at least 40 percent of such funds shall be
allocated for projects in the vicinity of the border of the
United States and Canada.
(2) Projects.--At least 2 of the projects in the vicinity
of the border of the United States with Mexico for which
allocations are made under this section and at least 2 of the
projects in the vicinity of the border of the United States
and Canada for which allocations are made under this section
shall be located at ports of entry with high annual volumes
of traffic.
(f) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds authorized by section
127(a)(3)(A) of this Act shall be available for obligation in
the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
(g) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
(1) Border region.--The term ``border region'' means the
portion of a border State in the vicinity of an international
border with Canada or Mexico.
(2) Border state.--The term ``border State'' means any
State that has a boundary in common with Canada or Mexico.
SEC. 117. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS PROGRAM.
(a) Federal Share Payable.--Section 120 is amended--
(1) in subsection (e)--
(A) by striking ``(c)'' and inserting ``(b)''; and
(B) by striking ``90'' and inserting ``120''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Funds Appropriated to a Federal Land Managing
Agency.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
funds appropriated to any Federal land managing agency may be
used as the non-Federal share payable on account of any
Federal-aid highway project the Federal share of which is
payable with funds apportioned under section 104 or 144 or
allocated under the Federal scenic byways program.
``(k) Funds Appropriated for Federal Lands Highways
Program.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated for carrying out the Federal lands highways
program under section 204 may be used as the non-Federal
share payable on account of any project that is carried out
with funds apportioned under section 104 or 144 or allocated
under the Federal scenic byways program if the project will
provide access to, or be carried out within, Federal or
Indian lands.''.
(b) Allocations.--Section 202 is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
``(b) Allocation of Sums Authorized for Public Lands
Highways.--
``(1) In general.--On October 1 of each fiscal year and
after making the transfer provided for in section 204(i), the
Secretary shall allocate the sums authorized to be
appropriated for such fiscal year for public lands highways
for transportation projects within the boundaries of those
States having unappropriated or unreserved public lands,
nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations, on
the basis of need in such States, respectively, as determined
by the Secretary from applications for such funds by Federal
land managing agencies, Indian tribal governments, and
States.
``(2) Preference.--In allocating sums under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall give preference to those projects that
are significantly impacted by Federal land, recreation, or
resource management activities that are proposed within the
boundaries of a State in which at least 3 percent of the
total public lands in the United States are located.'';
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) by inserting ``Indian Reservation Roads.--'' after
``(d)'';
(B) by inserting ``(1) For fiscal years ending before
october 1, 1999.--'' before ``On October'';
(C) by inserting after ``each fiscal year'' the following:
``ending before October 1, 1999'';
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.--
``(A) In general.--All funds authorized to be appropriated
for Indian reservation roads shall be allocated among Indian
tribes for fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year
in accordance with a formula established by the Secretary of
the Interior under a negotiated rulemaking procedure under
subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5.
``(B) Regulations.--Notwithstanding sections 563(a) and
565(a) of title 5, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue
regulations governing the Indian reservation roads program,
and establishing the funding formula for fiscal year 2000 and
each subsequent fiscal year under this paragraph, in
accordance with a negotiated rulemaking procedure under
subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5. The regulations shall
be issued in final form not later than April 1, 1999, and
shall take effect not later than October 1, 1999.
``(C) Negotiated rulemaking committee.--In establishing a
negotiated rulemaking committee to carry out subparagraph
(B), the Secretary of the Interior shall--
``(i) apply the procedures under subchapter III of chapter
5 of title 5 in a manner that reflects the unique government-
to-government relationship between the Indian tribes and the
United States; and
``(ii) ensure that the membership of the committee includes
only representatives of the Federal Government and of
geographically diverse small, medium, and large Indian
tribes.
``(D) Basis for funding formula.--The funding formula
established for fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal
year under this paragraph shall be based on factors that
reflect--
``(i) the relative needs of the Indian tribes, and
reservation or tribal communities, for transportation
assistance; and
``(ii) the relative administrative capacities of, and
challenges faced by, various Indian tribes, including the
cost of road construction in each Bureau of Indian Affairs
area, geographic isolation and difficulty in maintaining all-
weather access to employment, commerce, health, safety, and
educational resources.''; and
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(E) by indenting paragraph (1), as designated by
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, and aligning paragraph
(1) with paragraph (2), as added by subparagraph (D) of this
paragraph; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Forest Highways.--
``(1) Allocation of funds.--On October 1 of each fiscal
year and after making the transfer provided for in section
204(g), the Secretary shall allocate the sums authorized to
be appropriated for such fiscal year for forest highways as
provided in section 134 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of
1987.
``(2) Project selection.--With respect to allocations under
this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to
projects that provide access to and within the National
Forest System, as identified by the Secretary of Agriculture
through renewable resources and land use planning and the
impact of such planning on existing transportation
facilities.''.
(c) Availability of Funds.--Section 203 is amended--
(1) by striking ``Funds authorized for,'' and inserting
``(a) In General.--Funds authorized for forest highways,'';
(2) in the fourth sentence by inserting ``forest highways''
after ``any fiscal year for''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Time of Obligation.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary's authorization of
engineering and related work for a Federal lands highways
program project or the Secretary's approval of plans,
specifications, and estimates for construction of a Federal
lands highways program project shall be deemed to constitute
a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the
payment of its contribution to such project.''.
(d) Award of Contracts; Transfers--Section 204 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Recognizing the need for all Federal roads that are
public roads to be treated under uniform policies similar to
those that apply to Federal-aid highways, there is
established a coordinated Federal Lands Highways Program
which shall consist of forest highways, public lands
highways, park roads and parkways, and Indian reservation
roads and bridges. The Secretary, in cooperation with the
Secretary of the appropriate Federal land managing agency,
shall develop transportation planning procedures which are
consistent with the metropolitan and Statewide planning
processes in sections 134 and 135 of this title. The
transportation improvement program developed as a part of the
transportation planning process under this section shall be
approved by the Secretary. All regionally significant Federal
Lands Highway Program projects shall be developed in
cooperation with States and metropolitan planning
organizations and be included in appropriate Federal Lands
Highways Program, State, and metropolitan plans and
transportation improvement programs. The approved Federal
Lands Highways Program transportation improvement program
shall be included in appropriate State and metropolitan
planning organization plans and programs without further
action thereon. The Secretary and the Secretary of the
appropriate Federal land managing agency shall develop
appropriate safety, bridge, and pavement management systems
for roads funded under the Federal Lands Highways Program.'';
(2) by striking the first three sentences of subsection (b)
and inserting ``Funds available for forest highways, public
lands highways, park roads and parkways, and Indian
reservation roads shall be used by the Secretary and the
Secretary of the appropriate Federal land managing agency to
pay for the cost of transportation planning, research,
engineering, and construction thereof. The Secretary and the
Secretary of the appropriate Federal land managing agency, as
appropriate, may enter into construction contracts and such
other contracts with a State or civil subdivision thereof or
Indian tribe to carry out this subsection.'';
(3) in the first sentence of subsection (e) by striking
``Secretary of the Interior'' and inserting ``Secretary of
the appropriate Federal land managing agency'';
(4) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:
``(i) Transfers to Secretaries of Federal Land Managing
Agencies.--The Secretary shall transfer to the appropriate
Federal land managing agency from the appropriation for
public lands highways such amounts as may be needed to
cover--
``(1) necessary administrative costs of such agency in
connection with public lands highways; and
``(2) the cost to such agency of conducting necessary
transportation planning serving Federal lands if funding for
such planning is otherwise not provided in this section.'';
and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Set-Aside for Administrative Expenses of Indian
Tribes.--
``(1) In general.--Up to 1 percent of the funds made
available for Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year
shall be set aside by the Secretary of the Interior for
transportation-related administrative expenses of Indian
tribal governments.
``(2) Distribution.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
make available to each Indian tribal government with an
approved application under paragraph (3) an equal percentage
of any sum set aside pursuant to paragraph (1).
``(3) Applications.--To receive funds under this paragraph,
an Indian tribal government must submit to the Secretary of
the Interior for approval an application in accordance with
the requirements of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act. The Secretary of the Interior shall
approve any such application that demonstrates that the
applicant has the capability to carry out transportation
planning activities or is in the process of establishing such
a capability.
``(l) Approval of Indian Reservation Road Projects by the
Secretary.--
``(1) Establishment of pilot program.--The Secretary shall
establish a pilot program (hereinafter in this subsection
referred to as the `program') for the purposes described in
paragraph (2) and shall carry out such program in each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the program shall be to
permit an Indian tribal government to apply directly to the
Secretary for authorization to conduct projects on Indian
reservation roads using amounts allocated to the Indian
tribal government under the Indian reservation roads program.
``(3) Treatment as states.--Except as otherwise provided by
the Secretary, an Indian tribal government submitting an
application to the Secretary under the program shall be
subject to the same requirements as a State applying for
approval of a Federal-aid highway project.
``(4) Selection of participants.--
``(A) Applications.--An Indian tribal government seeking to
participate in the program shall submit to the Secretary an
application which is in such form and contains such
information as the Secretary may require.
``(B) Maximum number of participants.--The Secretary shall
select not more than 10 Indian tribal governments to
participate in the program.
``(5) Technical assistance.--The Secretary, in cooperation
with the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide technical
assistance to Indian tribal governments participating in the
program.
``(6) Transitional assistance.--Upon request of the
Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the
Secretary such assistance as may be necessary for
implementation of the program.
``(7) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2001, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results
of the program. In developing such report, the Secretary
shall solicit the comments of Indian tribal governments
participating in the program.''.
(e) Access to John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the District
of Columbia, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, and the Department of the Interior and in consultation
with other interested persons, shall conduct a study of
methods to improve pedestrian and vehicular access to the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
(2) Report.--Not later than September 30, 1999, the
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a
report containing the results of the study, together with an
assessment of the impacts (including environmental,
aesthetic, economic, and historic impacts) associated with
the implementation of each of the methods examined under the
study.
(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) $500,000 for fiscal year 1998 to
carry out this subsection.
(4) Applicability of title 23, united states code.--Funds
authorized by this subsection shall be available for
obligation in the same manner as if such funds were
apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code,
except that the Federal share of the cost of activities
conducted using such funds shall be 100 percent and such
funds shall remain available until expended.
(f) Smithsonian Institution Transportation Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall allocate amounts made
available by this subsection for obligation at the discretion
of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in
consultation with the Secretary, to carry out projects and
activities described in paragraph (2).
(2) Eligible uses.--Amounts allocated under paragraph (1)
may be obligated only--
(A) for transportation-related exhibitions, exhibits, and
educational outreach programs;
(B) to enhance the care and protection of the Nation's
collection of transportation-related artifacts;
(C) to acquire historically significant transportation-
related artifacts; and
(D) to support research programs within the Smithsonian
Institution that document the history and evolution of
transportation, in cooperation with other museums in the
United States.
(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003 to carry out this subsection.
(4) Applicability of title 23.--Funds authorized by this
subsection shall be available for obligation in the same
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal share
of the cost of any project or activity under this subsection
shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available
until expended.
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(g) New River Parkway.--Of amounts available under section
102(a)(11)(C) of this Act, the Secretary shall allocate
$1,300,000 for fiscal year 1998, $1,200,000 for fiscal year
1999, and $9,900,000 for fiscal year 2000 to the Secretary of
the Interior for the planning, design, and construction of a
visitors center, and such other related facilities as may be
necessary, to facilitate visitor understanding and enjoyment
of the scenic, historic, cultural, and recreational resources
accessible by the New River Parkway in the State of West
Virginia. The center and related facilities shall be located
at a site for which title is held by the United States in the
vicinity of the intersection of the New River Parkway and I-
64. Such funds shall remain available until expended.
(h) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.--
(1) Restoration of train station.--The Secretary shall
allocate amounts made available by this subsection for the
restoration of the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, train station.
(2) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated out of
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)
$400,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 to carry out
this subsection.
(3) Applicability of title 23.--Funds made available to
carry out this subsection shall be available for obligation
in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the
Federal share of the cost of restoration of the train station
under this subsection shall be 80 percent and such funds
shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 118. NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 162. National scenic byways program
``(a) Designation of Roads.--The Secretary shall carry out
a national scenic byways program that recognizes roads having
outstanding scenic, historic, cultural, natural,
recreational, and archaeological qualities by designating
them as `National Scenic Byways' or `All-American Roads'. The
Secretary shall designate roads to be recognized under the
national scenic byways program in accordance with criteria
developed by the Secretary. To be considered for such
designation, a road must be nominated by a State or Federal
land management agency and must first be designated as a
State scenic byway or, for roads on Federal lands, as a
Federal land management agency byway.
``(b) Allocations and Technical Assistance.--
``(1) General authority.--The Secretary shall make
allocations and provide technical assistance to States to--
``(A) implement projects on highways designated as National
Scenic Byways or All-American Roads, or as State scenic
byways; and
``(B) plan, design, and develop a State scenic byways
program.
``(2) Priority projects.--In making allocations under this
subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to--
``(A) eligible projects along highways that are designated
as National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads;
``(B) eligible projects on State-designated scenic byways
that are undertaken to make them eligible for designation as
National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads; and
``(C) eligible projects that will assist the development of
State scenic byways programs.
``(c) Eligible Projects.--The following are projects that
are eligible for Federal assistance under this section:
``(1) Activities related to planning, design, or
development of State scenic byway programs.
``(2) Development of corridor management plans for scenic
byways.
``(3) Safety improvements to a scenic byway to the extent
such improvements are necessary to accommodate increased
traffic and changes in the types of vehicles using the
highway due to such designation.
``(4) Construction along a scenic byway of facilities for
pedestrians and bicyclists, rest areas, turnouts, highway
shoulder improvements, passing lanes, overlooks, and
interpretive facilities.
``(5) Improvements to a scenic byway that will enhance
access to an area for the purpose of recreation, including
water-related recreation.
``(6) Protection of historical, archaeological, and
cultural resources in areas adjacent to scenic byways.
``(7) Development and provision of tourist information to
the public, including interpretive information about scenic
byways.
``(8) development and implementation of scenic byways
marketing programs.
``(d) Federal Share.--The Federal share payable on account
of any project carried out under this section shall be
determined in accordance with section 120(b) of this title.
For any scenic byways project along a public road that
provides access to or within Federal or Indian lands, a
Federal land management agency may use funds authorized for
its use as the non-Federal share of the costs of the project.
``(e) Protection of Scenic Integrity.--
``(1) Scenic integrity.--The Secretary shall not make an
allocation under this section for any project that would not
protect the scenic, historic, recreational, cultural,
natural, and archaeological integrity of a highway and
adjacent areas.
``(2) Savings clause.--The Secretary shall not make any
grant, provide technical assistance, or impose any
requirement on a State under this section that is
inconsistent with the authority of the State provided in this
chapter.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``162. National scenic byways program.''.
(c) Center.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall allocate funds made
available to carry out this subsection to establish a center
for national scenic byways in Duluth, Minnesota, to provide
technical communications and network support for nationally
designated scenic byway routes in accordance with paragraph
(2).
(2) Communications systems.--The center for national scenic
byways shall develop and implement communications systems for
the support of the national scenic byways program. Such
communications systems shall provide local officials and
planning groups associated with designated National Scenic
Byways or All-American Roads with proactive, technical, and
customized assistance through the latest technology which
allows scenic byway officials to develop and sustain their
National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads.
(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this subsection
$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003.
(4) Applicability of title 23.--Funds authorized by this
subsection shall be available for obligation in the same
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal share
of the cost of any project under this subsection shall be 100
percent and such funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 119. VARIABLE PRICING PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and
implement a variable pricing program. In implementing such
program, the Secretary shall solicit the participation of
State and local governments and public authorities for 1 or
more variable pricing pilot programs. The Secretary may enter
into cooperative agreements with as many as 15 of such
governments and public authorities to conduct and monitor the
pilot programs.
(b) Federal Share Payable.--The Federal share payable for a
pilot program under this section shall be 80 percent of the
aggregate cost of the program and the Federal share payable
for any portion of a project conducted under the program may
not exceed 100 percent.
(c) Implementation Costs.--The Secretary may fund all pre-
implementation costs, including public education and project
design, and all of the development and startup costs of a
pilot project under this section, including salaries and
expenses, until such time that sufficient revenues are being
generated by the program to fund its operating costs without
Federal participation; except that the Secretary may not fund
the pre-implementation, development, and startup costs of a
pilot project for more than 3 years.
(d) Use of Revenues.--Revenues generated by any pilot
project under this section must be applied to projects
eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code.
(e) Collection of Tolls.--Notwithstanding sections 129 and
301 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall
allow the use of tolls on the Interstate System as part of a
pilot program under this section, but not as part of more
than 3 of such programs.
(f) Financial Effects on Low-Income Drivers.--Any pilot
program conducted under this section shall include an
analysis of the potential effects of the pilot program on low
income drivers and may include mitigation measures to deal
with any potential adverse financial effects on low-income
drivers.
(g) Reports to Congress.--The Secretary shall monitor the
effect of the pilot programs conducted for a period of at
least 10 years and shall report to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives biennially on the effects such programs are
having on driver behavior, traffic volume, transit ridership,
air quality, drivers of all income levels, and availability
of funds for transportation programs.
(h) HOV Passenger Requirements.--Notwithstanding section
102 of title 23, United States Code, a State may permit
vehicles with fewer than 2 occupants to operate in high-
occupancy vehicle lanes if such vehicles are part of a pilot
program being conducted under this section.
(i) Period of Availability.--Funds allocated by the
Secretary under this section shall remain available for
obligation by the State for a period of 3 years after the
last day of the fiscal year for which such funds are
authorized. Any amounts allocated under this section that
remain unobligated at the end of such period and any amounts
authorized under subsection (i) that remain unallocated by
the end of such period shall be transferred to a State's
apportionment under section 104(b)(3) of title 23, United
States Code, and shall be treated in the same manner as other
funds apportioned under such section.
(j) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds made available to
carry out this section shall be available for obligation in
the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the
Federal share of the
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cost of any project under this section and the availability
of such funds shall be determined in accordance with this
section.
(k) Repeal.--Section 1012(b) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 149 note;
105 Stat. 1938) is repealed.
SEC. 120. TOLL ROADS, BRIDGES, AND TUNNELS.
(a) Increased Federal Share for Certain Safety Projects.--
The first sentence of section 120(c) is amended by inserting
``and transit vehicles'' after ``emergency vehicles''.
(b) Federal Share Payable.--Section 120 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(l) Credit for Non-Federal Share.--
``(1) Eligibility.--A State may use as a credit toward the
non-Federal matching share requirement for any funds made
available to carry out this title (other than the emergency
relief program authorized in section 125) or chapter 53 of
title 49 toll revenues that are generated and used by public,
quasi-public, and private agencies to build, improve, or
maintain highways, bridges, or tunnels that serve the public
purpose of interstate commerce. Such public, quasi-public, or
private agencies shall have built, improved, or maintained
such facilities without Federal funds.
``(2) Maintenance of effort.--
``(A) In general.--The credit for any non-Federal share
provided under this subsection shall not reduce nor replace
State funds required to match Federal funds for any program
under this title.
``(B) Agreements.--In receiving a credit for non-Federal
capital expenditures under this subsection, a State shall
enter into such agreements as the Secretary may require to
ensure that the State will maintain its non-Federal
transportation capital expenditures at or above the average
level of such expenditures for the preceding 3 fiscal years.
``(3) Treatment.--
``(A) Limitation on liability.--Use of a credit for a non-
Federal share under this subsection that is received from a
public, quasi-public, or private agency--
``(i) shall not expose the agency to additional liability,
additional regulation, or additional administrative
oversight; and
``(ii) shall not subject the agency to any additional
Federal design standards, laws, or regulations as a result of
providing the non-Federal match other than those to which the
agency is already subject.
``(B) Chartered multistate agencies.--When a credit that is
received from a chartered multistate agency is applied for a
non-Federal share under this subsection, such credit shall be
applied equally to all charter States.''.
(c) Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Pilot Program.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and
implement an Interstate System reconstruction and
rehabilitation pilot program under which the Secretary,
notwithstanding sections 129 and 301 of title 23, United
States Code, may permit a State to collect tolls on a
highway, bridge, or tunnel on the Interstate System for the
purpose of reconstructing and rehabilitating Interstate
highway corridors that could not otherwise be adequately
maintained or functionally improved without the collection of
tolls.
(2) Limitation on number of facilities.--The Secretary may
permit the collection of tolls under this subsection on 3
facilities on the Interstate System. Each of such facilities
shall be located in a different State.
(3) Eligibility.--In order to be eligible to participate in
the pilot program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an
application that contains, at a minimum, the following:
(A) An identification of the facility on the Interstate
System proposed to be a toll facility, including the age,
condition, and intensity of use of such facility.
(B) In the case of a facility that affects a metropolitan
area, an assurance that the metropolitan planning
organization established under section 134 of title 23,
United States Code, for the area has been consulted
concerning the placement and amount of tolls on the facility.
(C) An analysis demonstrating that such facility could not
be maintained or improved to meet current or future needs
from the State's apportionments and allocations made
available by this Act (including amendments made by this Act)
and from revenues for highways from any other source without
toll revenues.
(D) A facility management plan that includes--
(i) a plan for implementing the imposition of tolls on the
facility;
(ii) a schedule and finance plan for the reconstruction or
rehabilitation of the facility using toll revenues;
(iii) a description of the public transportation agency
which will be responsible for implementation and
administration of the pilot toll reconstruction and
rehabilitation program; and
(iv) a description of whether consideration will be given
to privatizing the maintenance and operational aspects of the
converted facility, while retaining legal and administrative
control of the Interstate route section.
(E) Such other information as the Secretary may require.
(4) Selection criteria.--The Secretary may approve the
application of a State under paragraph (3) only if the
Secretary determines the following:
(A) The State is unable to reconstruct or rehabilitate the
proposed toll facility using existing apportionments.
(B) The facility has a sufficient intensity of use, age, or
condition to warrant the collection of tolls.
(C) The State plan for implementing tolls on the facility
takes into account the interests of local, regional, and
interstate travelers.
(D) The State plan for reconstruction or rehabilitation of
the facility using toll revenues is reasonable.
(E) The State has given preference to the use of an
existing public toll agency with demonstrated capability to
build, operate, and maintain a toll expressway system meeting
criteria for the Interstate System.
(5) Limitations on use of revenues; audits.--Before the
Secretary may permit a State to participate in the pilot
program, the State must enter into an agreement with the
Secretary that provides that--
(A) all toll revenues received from operation of the toll
facility will be used only for debt service, for reasonable
return on investment of any private person financing the
project, and for any costs necessary for the improvement of
and the proper operation and maintenance of the toll
facility, including reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration,
and rehabilitation of the toll facility; and
(B) regular audits will be conducted to ensure compliance
with subparagraph (A) and the results of such audits will be
transmitted to the Secretary.
(6) Limitation on use of interstate maintenance funds.--
During the term of the pilot program, funds apportioned for
Interstate maintenance under section 104(b)(5) of title 23,
United States Code, may not be used on a facility for which
tolls are being collected under the program.
(7) Program term.--The Secretary shall conduct the pilot
program under this section for a term to be determined by the
Secretary but not less than 10 years.
(8) Interstate system defined.--In this subsection, the
term ``Interstate System'' has the same meaning such term has
under section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Bridge Reconstruction or Replacement.--Section
129(a)(1)(C) is amended by striking ``toll-free bridge or
tunnel'' and inserting ``toll-free major bridge or toll-free
tunnel''.
SEC. 121. CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL
FACILITIES.
(a) Obligation of Amounts.--Section 1064(c) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23
U.S.C. 129 note; 105 Stat. 2005) is amended to read as
follows:
``(c) Obligation of Amounts.--Amounts made available out of
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)
to carry out this section may be obligated at the discretion
of the Secretary. Such sums shall remain available until
expended.''.
(b) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of
ferry transportation in the United States and its
possessions--
(A) to identify existing ferry operations, including--
(i) the locations and routes served; and
(ii) the source and amount, if any, of funds derived from
Federal, State, or local government sources supporting ferry
operations; and
(B) to identify potential domestic ferry routes in the
United States and its possessions and to develop information
on those routes.
(2) Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report on the
results of the study required under paragraph (1) to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate.
(c) Ferry Operating and Leasing Amendments.--Section 129(c)
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3) by striking ``owned.'' and inserting
``owned or operated.''; and
(2) in paragraph (6) by striking ``sold, leased, or'' and
inserting ``sold or''.
SEC. 122. HIGHWAY USE TAX EVASION PROJECTS.
(a) Applicability of Title 23.--Section 1040(f) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23
U.S.C. 101 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended to read as
follows:
``(f) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds made available out
of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) to carry out this section shall be available for
obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if
such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23,
United States Code; except that the Federal share of the cost
of any project carried out under this section shall be 100
percent and such funds shall remain available for obligation
for a period of 1 year after the last day of the fiscal year
for which the funds are authorized.''.
(b) Automated Fuel Reporting System.--Section 1040 of such
Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended by
redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h) and by
inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g) Automated Fuel Reporting System.--Of the amounts made
available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003, the Secretary shall make available
sufficient funds to the Internal Revenue Service to establish
and operate an automated fuel reporting system.''.
(c) Technical Amendment.--Section 1040(a) of such Act (23
U.S.C. 101 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended by striking ``by
subsection (e)''.
SEC. 123. PERFORMANCE BONUS PROGRAM.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall develop performance-based
criteria for the distribution of not to exceed 5 percent of
the funds from each of the following programs:
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(1) The Interstate maintenance program under section 119 of
title 23, United States Code.
(2) The bridge program under section 144 of such title.
(3) The high risk road safety improvement program under
section 154 of such title.
(4) The surface transportation program under section 133 of
such title.
(5) The congestion mitigation and air quality improvement
program under section 149 of such title.
(b) Requirements for Development of Criteria.--Performance-
based criteria developed by the Secretary under subsection
(a) shall assess on a statewide basis the following:
(1) For the Interstate maintenance program, whether
pavement conditions on routes on the Interstate System in the
State have consistently been of a high quality or have
recently improved.
(2) For the bridge program, whether the percentage of
deficient bridges in the State has consistently been low or
has recently decreased.
(3) For the high risk road safety improvement program,
whether the level of safety on highways in the State has
consistently been high or has recently improved.
(4) For the surface transportation program, whether the
level of financial effort in State funding for highway and
transit investments has been high or has recently increased.
(5) For the congestion mitigation and air quality
improvement program, whether the environmental performance of
the transportation system has been consistently high or has
improved.
(c) Required Submission.--Not later than 18 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate the
performance-based criteria developed under subsection (a).
SEC. 124. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.
(a) General Requirements.--Section 134(a) is amended by
inserting after ``and goods'' the following: ``and foster
economic growth and development''.
(b) Coordination of MPOs.--Section 134(e) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ``MPO's'' and
inserting ``MPOs'';
(2) by inserting before ``If'' the following: ``(1)
Nonattainment areas.--'';
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Project located in multiple mpos.--If a project is
located within the boundaries of more than one metropolitan
planning organization, the metropolitan planning
organizations shall coordinate plans regarding the
project.''; and
(4) by indenting paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph
(2) of this subsection, and aligning such paragraph (1) with
paragraph (2), as added by paragraph (3) of this subsection.
(c) Goals and Objectives of Planning Process.--Section
134(f) is amended to read as follows:
``(f) Goals and Objectives of Planning Process.--To the
extent that the metropolitan planning organization determines
appropriate, the metropolitan transportation planning process
may include consideration of goals and objectives that--
``(1) support the economic vitality of the metropolitan
area, especially by enabling global competitiveness,
productivity, and efficiency;
``(2) increase the safety and security of the
transportation system for all users;
``(3) increase the accessibility and mobility for people
and freight;
``(4) protect and enhance the environment, conserve energy,
and enhance quality of life;
``(5) enhance the integration and connectivity of the
transportation system, across and between modes, for people
and freight;
``(6) promote efficient system utilization and operation;
and
``(7) preserve and optimize the existing transportation
system.
This subsection shall apply to the development of long-range
transportation plans and transportation improvement
programs.''.
(d) Long-Range Plan.--Section 134(g) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``transportation'' after
``long-range'';
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``, at a minimum'' and
inserting ``contain, at a minimum, the following'';
(3) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(A) by striking ``Identify'' and inserting ``An
identification of ''; and
(B) by striking ``shall consider'' and inserting ``may
consider'';
(4) by striking paragraph (2)(B) and inserting the
following:
``(B) A financial plan that demonstrates how the adopted
transportation plan can be implemented, indicates resources
from public and private sources that are reasonably expected
to be made available to carry out the plan and recommends any
additional financing strategies for needed projects and
programs. The financial plan may include, for illustrative
purposes, additional projects that would be included in the
adopted transportation plan if reasonable additional
resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were
available. For the purpose of developing the transportation
plan, the metropolitan planning organization and State shall
cooperatively develop estimates of funds that will be
available to support plan implementation.'';
(5) in paragraph (4) by inserting after ``employees,'' the
following: ``freight shippers and providers of freight
transportation services,''; and
(6) in paragraph (5) by inserting ``transportation'' before
``plan prepared''.
(e) Transportation Improvement Program.--Section 134(h) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2 years'' and inserting
``3 years''; and
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(B) the following:
``The financial plan may include, for illustrative purposes,
additional projects that would be included in the adopted
transportation plan if reasonable additional resources beyond
those identified in the financial plan were available.''.
(f) Transportation Management Areas.--Section 134(i) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (4) by inserting after ``System'' each
place it appears the following: ``, under the high risk road
safety program,''; and
(2) in paragraph (5)--
(A) by striking ``(1)'' and inserting ``(A)''; and
(B) by striking ``(2)'' and inserting ``(B)''.
SEC. 125. STATEWIDE PLANNING.
(a) Scope of Planning Process.--Section 135(c) is amended
to read as follows:
``(c) Scope of the Planning Process.--To the extent that a
State determines appropriate, the State may consider goals
and objectives in the transportation planning process that--
``(1) support the economic vitality of the Nation, its
States and metropolitan areas, especially by enabling global
competitiveness, productivity and efficiency;
``(2) increase the safety and security of the
transportation system for all users;
``(3) increase the accessibility and mobility for people
and freight;
``(4) protect and enhance the environment, conserve energy,
and enhance the quality of life;
``(5) enhance the integration and connectivity of the
transportation system, across and between modes throughout
the State for people and freight;
``(6) promote efficient system utilization and operation;
and
``(7) preserve and optimize the existing transportation
system.''.
(b) Additional Considerations.--Section 135(d) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Requirements''
and inserting ``Considerations''; and
(2) by striking ``shall, at a minimum,'' and inserting
``may''.
(c) Long-Range Plan.--Section 135(e) is amended by
inserting after ``representatives,'' the following: ``freight
shippers and providers of freight transportation services,''.
(d) Transportation Improvement Program.--Section 135(f) is
amended--
(1) by inserting after the second sentence of paragraph (1)
the following: ``With respect to nonmetropolitan areas of the
State (areas with less than 50,000 population), the program
shall be developed by the State, in cooperation with
officials of affected local governments and officials of
subdivisions of affected local governments which have
jurisdiction over transportation planning, through a process
developed by the State which ensures participation by such
elected officials.'';
(2) in paragraph (1) by inserting after
``representatives,'' the following: ``freight shippers and
providers of freight transportation services,'';
(3) in paragraph (2) by inserting before the last sentence
the following: ``The program may include, for illustrative
purposes, additional projects that would be included in the
program if reasonable additional resources were available.'';
(4) in paragraph (3) by inserting after ``System'' each
place it appears the following: ``, under the high risk road
safety program,'';
(5) in the heading to paragraph (4) by striking
``Biennial'' and inserting ``Triennial''; and
(6) in paragraph (4) by striking ``biennially'' and
inserting ``triennially''.
(e) Participation of Local Elected Officials.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the
effectiveness of the participation of local elected officials
in transportation planning and programming. In conducting the
study, the Secretary shall consider the degree of cooperation
between State, local rural officials, and regional planning
and development organizations in different States.
(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report containing the results of the study with
any recommendations the Secretary determines appropriate as a
result of the study.
SEC. 126. ROADSIDE SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Crash Cushions.--
(1) Guidance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate and issue
a guidance regarding the benefits and safety performance of
redirective and nonredirective crash cushions in different
road applications, taking into consideration roadway
conditions, operating speed limits, the location of the crash
cushion in the right-of-way, and any other relevant factors.
The guidance shall include recommendations on the most
appropriate circumstances for utilization of redirective and
nonredirective crash cushions.
(2) Use of guidance.--States shall use the guidance issued
under this subsection in
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evaluating the safety and cost-effectiveness of utilizing
different crash cushion designs and determining whether
directive or nonredirective crash cushions or other safety
appurtenances should be installed at specific highway
locations.
(b) Traffic Flow and Safety Applications of Road
Barriers.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the
technologies and methods to enhance safety, streamline
construction, and improve capacity by providing positive
separation at all times between traffic, equipment, and
workers on highway construction projects. The study shall
also address how such technologies can be used to improve
capacity and safety at those specific highway, bridge, and
other appropriate locations where reversible lane,
contraflow, and high occupancy vehicle lane operations are
implemented during peak traffic periods.
(2) Factors to consider.--In conducting the study, the
Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, uses of positive
separation technologies related to--
(A) separating workers from traffic flow when work is in
progress;
(B) providing additional safe work space by utilizing
adjacent and available traffic lanes during off-peak hours;
(C) rapid deployment to allow for daily or periodic
restoring lanes for use by traffic during peak hours as
needed;
(D) mitigating congestion caused by construction by--
(i) opening all adjacent and available lanes to traffic
during peak traffic hours; or
(ii) use of reversible lanes to optimize capacity of the
highway by adjusting to directional traffic flow; and
(E) permanent use of positive separation technologies to
create contraflow or reversible lanes to increase the
capacity of congested highways, bridges, and tunnels.
(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secreary shall submit a report to
Congress on the results of the study. The report shall
include findings and recommendations for the use of the
identified technologies to provide positive separation on
appropriate projects and locations. The Secretary shall
provide the report to the States for their use on appropriate
projects on the National Highway System and other Federal-aid
highways.
SEC. 127. DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) Executive Branch Discretionary Programs.--
(1) Bridge discretionary program.--The amount set aside by
the Secretary under section 144(g)(2) of title 23, United
States Code, shall be $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003.
(2) High cost interstate system reconstruction and
improvement program.--The amount the Secretary shall allocate
for the high cost Interstate System reconstruction and
improvement program under section 160(c)(2) of title 23,
United States Code, shall not be more than $100,000,000 for
fiscal year 1998, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1999,
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$252,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $252,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002, and $397,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) Additional executive branch discretionary programs.--Of
amounts made available by section 102(a)(8) of this Act, the
following sums shall be available:
(A) Coordinated border infrastructure and safety program.--
For the coordinated border infrastructure and safety program
under section 116 of this Act $70,000,000 for fiscal year
1998, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $100,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(B) National corridor planning and development program.--
For the national corridor planning and development program
under section 115 of this Act $50,000,000 for fiscal year
1998, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $250,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(C) Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal
facilities.--For construction of ferry boats and ferry
terminal facilities under section 1064 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 129
note; 105 Stat. 2005) $18,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003.
(D) National scenic byways program.--For the national
scenic byway program under section 162 of title 23, United
States Code, $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998
through 2003.
(E) Variable pricing pilot program.--For the variable
pricing pilot program under section 119 of this Act
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $14,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(F) Highway research.--For highway research under sections
307, 308, and 325 of title 23, United States Code,
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $185,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999, and $195,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2003.
(G) Transportation education, professional training, and
technology deployment.--For transportation education,
professional training, and technology deployment under
sections 321, 322, and 326 of title 23, United States Code,
and section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, $50,000,000
for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 and $55,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(H) Transportation technology innovation and demonstration
program.--For Transportation technology innovation and
demonstration program under section 632 of this Act
$43,667,000 for fiscal year 1998, $44,667,000 for fiscal year
1999, $48,167,000 for fiscal year 2000, $47,717,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $47,967,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$48,217,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(I) Intelligence transportation systems programs.--For
intelligence transportation systems programs under subtitle B
of title VI of this Act $175,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003.
(4) Transportation assistance for olympic cities.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 130 of
this Act, relating to transportation assistance for Olympic
cities, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1998
through 2003.
(b) Legislative Branch Discretionary Programs.--
(1) In general.--Section 104 is amended by redesignating
subsection (j) as subsection (k), and by inserting after
subsection (i) the following:
``(j) High Priority Projects Program.--
``(1) In general.--Of amounts made available by section
102(a)(8) of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation
and Equity Act of 1998, $1,025,695,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$1,398,675,000 for fiscal year 1999, $1,678,410,000 for
fiscal year 2000, $1,678,410,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$1,771,655,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $1,771,655,000 for
fiscal year 2003 shall be available for high priority
projects in accordance with this subsection. Such funds shall
remain available until expended.
``(2) Authorization of high priority projects.--The
Secretary is authorized to carry out high priority projects
with funds made available by paragraph (1). Of amounts made
available by paragraph (1), the Secretary, subject to
paragraph (3), shall make available to carry out each project
described in section 127(c) of such Act the amount listed for
such project in such section. Any amounts made available by
this subsection that are not allocated for projects described
in section 127(c) shall be available to the Secretary,
subject to paragraph (3), to carry out such other high
priority projects as the Secretary determines appropriate.
``(3) Allocation percentages.--For each project to be
carried out with funds made available by paragraph (1)--
``(A) 11 percent of the amount allocated by such section
shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year
1998;
``(B) 15 percent of such amount shall be available for
obligation beginning in fiscal year 1999;
``(C) 18 percent of such amount shall be available for
obligation beginning in fiscal year 2000;
``(D) 18 percent of such amount shall be available for
obligation beginning in fiscal year 2001;
``(E) 19 percent of such amount shall be available for
obligation beginning in fiscal year 2002; and
``(F) 19 percent of such amount shall be available for
obligation beginning in fiscal year 2003.
``(4) Federal share.--The Federal share payable on account
of any project carried out with funds made available by
paragraph (1) shall be 80 percent of the total cost thereof.
``(5) Delegation to states.--Subject to the provisions of
title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall delegate
responsibility for carrying out a project or projects, with
funds made available by paragraph (1), to the State in which
such project or projects are located upon request of such
State.
``(6) Advance construction.--When a State which has been
delegated responsibility for a project under this
subsection--
``(A) has obligated all funds allocated under this
subsection of such Act for such project; and
``(B) proceeds to construct such project without the aid of
Federal funds in accordance with all procedures and all
requirements applicable to such project, except insofar as
such procedures and requirements limit the State to the
construction of projects with the aid of Federal funds
previously allocated to it;
the Secretary, upon the approval of the application of a
State, shall pay to the State the Federal share of the cost
of construction of the project when additional funds are
allocated for such project under this subsection and such
section 127(c).
``(7) Nonapplicability of obligation limitation.--Funds
made available by paragraph (1) shall not be subject to any
obligation limitation.''.
(2) Division or segmentation of projects.--Section 145 is
amended--
(A) by inserting ``(a) Protection of State Sovereignty.--''
before ``The authorization''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Division or Segmentation of Projects.--
``(1) In general.--A State carrying out a project with
funds made available by section 104(j) of this title or
section 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, or 1108 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 or
section 149(b) or 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 may divide or
segment the project if such division or segmentation meets
the standards established by the Secretary for division or
segmentation (as the case may be) of projects under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
``(2) Authority of states to construct without federal
assistance.--Any portion of any project divided or segmented
under this section may be constructed without Federal
assistance.''.
(c) High Priority Projects.--Subject to section 104(j)(3)
of title 23, United States
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Code, the amount listed for each high priority project in the
following table shall be available (from amounts made
available by section 104(j) of such title) for fiscal years
1998 through 2003 to carry out each such project:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Dollars in
Millions]
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1. Dist. of Col. Implement traffic 8.000
signalization, freeway
management and motor
vehicle information
systems, Washington,
D.C...................
2. West Virginia Upgrade US 340 between 6.500
West Virginia/Virginia
State line and the
Charles Town Bypass...
3. New York Construct bridge deck 1.000
over the Metro North
right-of-way along
Park Ave. between E.
188th and 189th
Streets...............
4. Oregon Upgrade access road and 1.500
related facilities to
Port Orford, Port
Orford................
5. Minnesota Upgrade Perpich 2.800
Memorial from CR-535
to CSAH 111...........
6. Indiana Upgrade Route 31 and 6.000
other roads, St.
Joseph and Elkhart
Counties..............
7. Illinois Upgrade Western Ave., 0.126
Park Forest...........
8. Washington Undertake FAST Corridor 32.000
improvements with the
amounts provided as
follows: $16,000,000
to construct the North
Duwamish Intermodal
Project, $4,500,000
for the Port of Tacoma
Road project,
$3,000,000 for the SW
Third St./BSNF project
in Auburn, $2,000,000
for the S. 277th St./
UP project in Auburn/
Kent, $2,000,000 for
the S. 180th St.
project in Tukwila,
$1,000,000 for the 8th
St. E/B SNF project in
Pierce Co., and
$1,500,000 for the
Shaw Rd. extension and
Puyallup..............
9. Dist. of Col. Implement Geographical 10.000
Information System,
Washington, D.C.......
10. New York Reconstruct Niagara 3.500
St., Quay St., and 8th
St. including
realignment of Qual
St. and 8th Ave. in
Niagara Falls.........
11. California Upgrade access to 0.500
Sylmar/San Fernando
Metrolink Station and
Westfield Village, Los
Angeles...............
12. Washington Construct Cross Base 0.500
Corridor, Fort Lewis-
McChord AFB...........
13. Illinois Rehabilitate 95th 0.600
Street between 54th
Place and 50th Avenue,
Oak Lawn..............
14. Virginia Reconstruct SR 168 8.000
(Battlefield Blvd.) in
Chesapeake............
15. New York Construct interchange 13.000
and connector road
using ITS testbed
capabilities at I-90
Exit 8................
16. Minnesota Trunk Highway 53 DWP 4.800
railroad bridge
replacement, St. Louis
Co....................
17. Illinois Resurface Cicero Ave. 0.610
between 127th St. and
143rd St., Chicago....
18. Illinois Undertake improvements 1.000
to 127th Street,
Cicero Avenue and
Route 83 to improve
safety and facilitate
traffic flow,
Crestwood.............
19. Illinois Construct I-57 8.150
interchange, Coles Co.
20. Connecticut Construct Harford 3.520
Riverwalk South,
Hartford..............
21. Virgin Islands Upgrade West-East 8.000
corridor through
Charlotte Amalie......
22. Connecticut Improve pedestrian and 4.520
bicycle connections
between Union Station
and downtown New
London................
23. North Carolina Upgrade US 13 1.000
(including Ahoskie
bypass) in Bertie and
Hertford Counties.....
24. Wisconsin Construct Chippewa 6.000
Falls Bypass..........
25. Mississippi Upgrade Brister Rd. 0.510
between Tutwiler and
Coahoma County line,
Tallahatchie Co.......
26. Florida Construct improvements 1.000
to JFK Boulevard,
Eatonville............
27. Illinois Reconstruct Greenbriar 1.400
Rd. with construction
of new turn lanes in
vicinity of John A.
Logan College in
Carterville...........
28. Connecticut Construct overlook and 3.080
access to Niantic Bay.
29. California Construct sound walls 2.532
along SR23 in Thousand
Oaks..................
30. Mississippi Construct I-20 /Norrell 5.000
Road interchange,
Hinds County..........
31. North Carolina Upgrade I-85, 26.000
Mecklenburg and
Cabarrus Counties.....
32. New Jersey Construct, reconstruct 4.000
and integrate multi-
transportation modes,
intermodal
transportation
corridor between
Bayonne, Elizabeth,
and Newark............
33. Texas Road improvements along 2.500
historic mission
trails in San Antonio.
34. Mississippi Construct Lincoln Road 1.500
extension, Lamar Co...
35. Texas Upgrade JFK Causeway, 3.000
Corpus Christi........
36. Florida Enhance access to 1.200
Gateway Marketplace
through improvements
to access roads,
Jacksonville..........
37. California Implement traffic 0.500
management
improvements, Grover
Beach.................
38. California Construct Chatsworth 0.492
Depot Bicycle and
Pedestrian Access
project, Los..........
39. California Reconstruct Palos 0.450
Verdes Drive, Palos
Verdes Estates........
40. Wisconsin Construct freeway 20.000
conversion project on
Highway 41 between
Kaukauna and Brown
County Highway F......
41. California Upgrade Price Canyon 1.100
Road including
construction of
bikeway between San
Luis Obispo and Pismo
Beach.................
42. Arkansas Upgrade US Rt. 67, 2.000
Newport to Missouri
State line............
43. West Virginia Construct I-73/74 15.000
Corridor, including an
interchange with US-
460, Mercer County....
44. Massachusetts Construct Greenfield- 0.900
Montague Bikeways,
Franklin Co...........
45. Vermont Replace Missisquoi Bay 16.000
Bridge................
46. California Upgrade Route 4 East in 10.000
Contra Costa Co.......
47. Minnesota Construct Phalen Blvd. 13.000
between I-35E and I94.
48. Ohio Upgrade North Road 1.200
between US 422 and
East Market St.,
Trumbull Co...........
49. Michigan Construct bike path 5.000
between Mount Clemens
and New Baltimore.....
50. Maryland Upgrade US 29 12.000
interchange with
Randolph Road,
Montgomery Co.........
51. Texas Construct Texas State 6.400
Highway 49 between FM
1735 to Titus/Morris
Co. line..............
52. Wisconsin Upgrade Marshfield 5.000
Blvd., Marshfield.....
53. California Reconstruct the I-710/ 16.000
Firestone Blvd.
interchange...........
54. Massachusetts Construct I-495/Route 2 4.200
interchange east of
existing interchange
to provide access to
commuter rail station,
Littleton.............
55. Maryland Undertake 13.300
transportation
infrastructure
improvements within
Baltimore Empowerment
Zone..................
56. West Virginia Preliminary 2.000
engineering, design
and construction of
the Orgas to Chelayn
Road, Boone Co........
57. Minnesota Upgrade CSAH 1 from 0.480
CSAH 61 to 0.8 miles
north.................
58. South Carolina Widen North Main 9.750
Street, Columbia......
59. Texas Construct 9.900
circumferential
freeway loop around
Texarkana.............
60. Texas Upgrade FM517 between 3.856
Owens and FM 3346,
Galveston.............
61. Michigan Reconstruct Co.Rd. 612 0.910
and Co.Rd. 491,
Montmorency Co........
62. Ohio Construct Chesapeake 5.000
Bypass, Lawrence Co...
63. California Construct I-10/Pepper 8.800
Ave. Interchange......
64. Pennsylvania Construct safety and 8.200
capacity improvements
to Rt. 309 and Old
Packhouse Road
including widening of
Old Packhouse Road
between KidsPeace
National Hospital to
Rt. 309...............
65. Iowa Relocate US 61 to 3.000
bypass Fort Madison...
66. Rhode Island Install directional 0.300
signs in Newport and
surrounding
communities...........
67. Pennsylvania Construct access to 1.600
Tioga Marine Terminal,
Ports of Philadelphia
and Camden............
68. New York Construct bikeway and 2.400
pedestrian trail
improvements,
Rochester.............
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69. Ohio Upgrade U.S. Route 422 4.720
through Girard........
70. Tennessee State Highway 109 1.840
upgrade planning and
engineering...........
71. Virginia Construct 2.000
transportation
demonstration project
utilizing magnetic
levitation technology
along route of `Smart
Road' between
Blacksburg and Roanoke
72. Massachusetts Construct Nowottuck- 4.000
Manhan Bike Trail
connections,
Easthampton, Amherst,
Holyoke, Williamsburg
and Northampton.......
73. New Jersey Reconstruct Essex 2.500
Street Bridge, Bergen
Co....................
74. Illinois Undertake traffic 1.920
mitigation and
circulation
enhancements, 57th and
Lake Shore Drive......
75. Alabama Upgrade County Road 39 1.000
between Highway 84 and
Silver Creek Park,
Clarke Co.............
76. Virginia Construct road 0.125
improvements,
trailhead and related
facilities for Birch
Knob Trail on
Cumberland Mountain...
77. Washington Construct SR 167 1.500
Corridor, Tacoma......
78. Pennsylvania Construct Johnstown- 1.600
Cambria County Airport
Relocation Road.......
79. Mississippi Construct connector 8.500
between US-90 and I-10
in Biloxi.............
80. Alabama Upgrade SR 5 in Perry 1.700
Co....................
81. Maryland Upgrade roads within 3.200
Leakin Park Intermodal
Corridor, Baltimore...
82. Illinois Construct US Route 67 11.700
bypass project around
Roseville.............
83. Pennsylvania Construct California 1.000
University of
Pennsylvania
intermodal facility...
84. Virginia Planning and design for 1.200
Coalfields Expressway,
Buchanan, Dickenson
and Wise Counties.....
85. Oregon Design and engineering 0.500
for Tualatin-Sherwood
Bypass................
86. California Upgrade Route 4 West in 10.000
Contra Costa Co.......
87. Connecticut Construct I-95 26.000
interchange, New Haven
88. Illinois Replace Lebanon Ave. 1.000
Bridge and approaches,
Belleville............
89. Minnesota Upgrade Highway 73 from 3.700
4.5 miles north of
Floodwood to 22.5
miles north of
Floodwood.............
90. Illinois Reconstruct Mt. Erie 3.385
Blacktop in Mt. Erie..
91. Michigan Construct grade 7.000
separation on Sheldon
Road, Plymouth........
92. Connecticut Construct the US Rt. 7 5.000
bypass project,
Brookfield to New
Milford town line.....
93. Mississippi Upgrade Cowan-Lorraine 10.000
Rd. between I-10 and
U.S. 90, Harrison Co..
94. Alabama Construct repairs to 0.600
Pratt Highway Bridge,
Birmingham............
95. Alabama Initiate construction 8.000
on controlled access
highway between city
of Huntsville and
Mississippi State line
96. Michigan Upgrade Walton Blvd. 2.000
between Opdyke and
Squirrel, Oakland Co..
97. Michigan Construct Monroe Rail 6.000
Consolidation Project,
Monroe................
98. Massachusetts Renovate Union Station 7.000
Intermodal
Transportation Center
in Worcester..........
99. Oregon Construct bike path 0.750
paralleling 42nd
Street to link with
existing bike path,
Springfield...........
100. California Improve streets and 0.907
related bicycle lane
in Oak Park, Ventura
Co....................
101. California Construct Arbor Vitae 3.500
Street improvements,
Inglewood.............
102. Mississippi Refurbish Satartia 0.500
Bridge, Yazoo City....
103. Missouri Upgrade Route 169 14.000
between Smithville and
north of I-435, Clay
Co....................
104. Illinois Upgrade U.S. 45 between 19.200
Eldorado and
Harrisburg............
105. Michigan Replace Chevrolet Ave. 1.800
bridge in Genesee Co..
106. Connecticut Reconstruct I-84, 9.470
Hartford..............
107. Massachusetts Improve safety and 2.600
traffic operations on
Main and Green
Streets, Mellrose.....
108. Michigan Preliminary engineering 1.500
and right-of-way
acquisition for
`Intertown South'
route of US 31 bypass,
Emmet County..........
109. Illinois Undertake improvements 1.000
to Campus
Transportation System.
110. California Improve streets in 1.100
Canoga Park and Reseda
areas, Los Angeles....
111. Texas Construct US Rt. 67 7.000
Corridor through San
Angelo................
112. Illinois Upgrade Bishop Ford 1.500
Expressway/142nd St.
interchange...........
113. Texas Construct Galveston 0.730
Island Causeway
Expansion project,
Galveston.............
114. California Reconstruct Harbor 2.000
Blvd./SR22
Interchange, City of
Garden Grove..........
115. Michigan Undertake capital 10.000
improvements to
facilitate traffic
between Lansing and...
116. Virginia Construct Main Street 8.000
Station in Richmond...
117. New York Reconstruct Houston 2.000
Street between Avenue
B to the West Side
Highway, New York City
118. North Carolina Upgrade US 158 3.000
(including bypasses of
Norlina, Macon and
Littleton) in Halifax
and Warren Counties...
119. New York Construct access road 3.000
and entranceway
improvments to airport
in Niagara Falls......
120. New Jersey Upgrade Baldwin Ave. 4.000
intersection to
facilitate access to
waterfront and ferry,
Weehawken.............
121. Massachusetts Undertake vehicular and 2.080
pedestrian movement
improvments within
Central Business
District of Foxborough
122. California Construct I-680HOV 7.000
lanes between Marina
Vista toll plaza to
North Main Street,
Martinez to Walnut
Creek.................
123. Michigan Improvements to Card 1.300
Road between 21 mile
road and 23 mile road
in Macomb Co..........
124. Michigan Upgrade (all weather) 1.700
on US 2, US 41, and M
35....................
125. Oregon Relocate and rebuild 1.600
intersection of
Highway 101 and
Highway 105, Clatsop
Co....................
126. New York Undertake Linden Place 7.000
reconstruction
project, Queens.......
127. Texas Construct Houston 5.500
Street Viaduck project
in Dallas.............
128. Iowa Improve US 65/IA 5 5.000
interchange, Polk Co..
129. Texas Construct segment 18.000
located south of U.S.
290 in Travis County
of a bypass to I-35
known as SH-130 only
on a route running
east of Decker Lake...
130. Illinois Rehabilitate Timber 0.140
Bridge over Little
Muddy River and
approach roadway,
Perry Co..............
131. Connecticut Reconstruct cross road 2.000
over I-95, Waterford..
132. Minnesota Construct pedestrian 0.600
overpass on Highway
169, Mille Lacs
Reservation...........
133. Hawaii Upgrade Kaumualii 10.000
Highway...............
134. Massachusetts Undertake improvements 3.000
to South Station
Intermodal Station....
135. West Virginia Construct Shawnee 5.000
Parkway between
junction with I-73/74
corridor and I-77.....
136. Massachusetts Reconstruct North 1.000
Street, Fitchburg.....
137. Virginia Replace Shore Drive 4.000
Bridge over Petty
Lake, Norfolk.........
138. New Jersey Upgrade Urban 9.700
University Heights
Connector, Newark.....
139. California Implement City of 5.800
Compton traffic signal
systems improvements..
140. California Undertake San Pedro 1.500
Bridge project at SR
1, Pacifica...........
141. Texas Construct grade 16.000
separations in
Manchester............
142. Minnesota Upgrade TH6 between 1.200
Talmoon and Highway 1.
143. North Carolina Construct US Route 17, 4.500
Elizabeth City Bypass.
144. Pennsylvania Undertake 7.000
transportation
enhancement activities
within the Lehigh
Landing Area of the
Delaware and Lehigh
Canal National
Heritage Corridor.....
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145. Texas Upgrade State Highway 5.000
24 from Commerce to
State Highway 19 north
of Cooper.............
146. California Reconstruct I-215 and 2.750
construct HOV lanes
between 2nd Street and
9th Street, San
Bernardino............
147. California Undertake safety 2.800
enhancements along
Monterey County
Railroad highway
grade, Monterey Co....
148. Michigan Upgrade I-94 between M- 8.000
39 and I-96...........
149. Michigan Widen and make 5.000
improvements to
Baldwin and Joslyn
Roads, Oakland Co.....
150. Arkansas Construct Geyer Springs 1.000
RR grade separation,
Little Rock...........
151. New Jersey Construct Route 4/17 8.500
interchange in Paramus
152. West Virginia Upgrade US Rt. 35 35.000
between I-64 and South
Buffalo Bridge........
153. Alabama Construct enhancements 0.800
along 12th Street
between State Highway
11 and Baptist
Princeton Hospital,
Birmingham............
154. Pennsylvania Construct Independence 6.000
Gateway Transportation
Center project,
Philadelphia..........
155. Minnesota Implement Trunk Highway 15.300
8 Corridor projects,
Chisago Co............
156. Missouri Construct extension of 0.800
bike path between
Soulard market area
and Riverfront bike
trail in St. Louis....
157. Mississippi Upgrade Goose Pond 0.200
Subdivision Roads,
Tallahatchie Co.......
158. Iowa Construct controlled 14.925
access four-lane
highway between Des
Moines and Burlington.
159. Maryland Construct improvements 3.200
to Route 50
interchange with
Columbia Pike, Prince
Georges Co............
160. Tennessee Construct Landport 8.000
regional
transportation hub,
Nashville.............
161. California Construct San Francisco 12.500
Regional Intermodal
Terminal..............
162. Texas Relocate railroad 6.000
tracks to eliminate
road crossings, and
provide for the
rehabilitation of
secondary roads
providing access to
various parts of the
Port and the
construction of new
connecting roads to
access new
infrastructure safely
and efficiently,
Brownsville...........
163. Massachusetts Replace Brightman 13.640
Street bridge in Fall
River.................
164. California Construct Alameda 12.750
Corridor East project.
165. Georgia Upgrade US Rt. 27...... 10.000
166. Michigan Upgrade Davison Rd. 4.500
between Belsay and
Irish Roads, Genessee
Co....................
167. Pennsylvania Upgrade PA 228 (Crows 7.200
Run Corridor).........
168. Maine Replace Singing Bridge 1.000
across Taunton Bay....
169. California Roadway improvements to 1.000
provide access to
Hansen Dam Recreation
Area in Los Angeles...
170. Pennsylvania Construct Rt. 819/Rt. 14.400
119 interchange
between Mt. Pleasant
and Scottdale.........
171. Massachusetts Reconstruct Huntington 4.000
Ave. in Boston........
172. Ohio Replace McCuffey Road 3.360
Bridge, Mahoning Co...
173. Michigan Upgrade Rochester Road 12.300
between I-75 and
Torpsey St............
174. California Rehabilitate Artesia 4.000
Blvd..................
175. Illinois Construct improvements 5.200
to McKinley Bridge
over Mississippi River
with terminus points
in Venice, Illinois,
and St. Louis,
Missouri..............
176. Maine Construct I-295 4.500
connector, Portland...
177. Maine Studies and planning 4.000
for reconstruction of
East-West Highway.....
178. Illinois Reconstruct Claire 0.330
Blvd., Robbins........
179. Pennsylvania Upgrade PA Route 21, 7.000
Fayette and Greene
Counties..............
180. California Construct VC Campus 8.000
Parkway Loop System in
Merced................
181. Massachusetts Replace deck of Chain 1.012
Bridge over Merrimack
River.................
182. New York Construct Edgewater 12.000
Road Dedicated Truck
Route.................
183. Illinois Construct Raney Street 4.400
Overpass in Effingham.
184. Pennsylvania Replace Masontown 7.000
bridge, Fayette and
Greene Counties.......
185. Pennsylvania Upgrade US Rt. 22, 10.200
Chickory Mountain
section...............
186. Michigan Upgrade Lalie St., 0.360
Frenchtown Rd., and
Penshee Rd., Ironwood.
187. South Carolina Upgrade US Highway 301 2.950
within Bamberg........
188. Arizona Construct Veterans' 15.000
Memorial overpass in
Pima Co...............
189. Michigan Replace Chalk Hills 0.400
Bridge over Menominee
River.................
190. Michigan Construct intermodal 24.000
freight terminal in
Wayne Co..............
191. Oregon Replace grade crossing 6.710
with separated
crossing and related
improvements, Linn Co.
192. California Reconstruct State Route 10.000
81 (Sierra Ave.) and I-
10 Interchange in
Fontana...............
193. California Construct four-lane 3.000
highway facility
(Hollister Bypass),
San Benito Co.........
194. Maine Replacement and 8.000
renovation of Carlton
Bridge, Bath/Woolwich.
195. Oregon Upgrade I-5/Highway 217 7.000
interchange, Portland.
196. American Samoa Upgrade village roads 11.000
on Tutuila/Manua
Islands, American
Samoa.................
197. New Jersey Eliminate Berlin Circle 8.000
and signalize
intersection in Camden
198. New York Implement Melrose 1.000
Commons geographic
information system....
199. Pennsylvania Reconstruct Lover 5.000
Interchange on I-70,
Washington Co.........
200. Virginia Aquire land and 0.200
construct segment of
Daniel Boone Heritage
Trail (Kane Gap
section), Jefferson
National Forest.......
201. California Construct Sacramento 4.000
Intermodal Station....
202. New York Construct intermodal 7.250
facility in New
Rochelle, Westchester
Co....................
203. New York Reconstruct 79th Street 9.000
Traffic Circle, New
York City.............
204. Pennsylvania Extend North Delaware 5.200
Ave. between Lewis St.
and Orthodox St.,
Philadelphia..........
205. Pennsylvania Upgrade US Rt. 119 6.400
between Homer City and
Blairsville...........
206. West Virginia Relocate segment of 8.000
Route 33 (Scott Miller
Bypass), Roane Co.....
207. Missouri Construct an intermodal 1.200
center at Missouri
Botanical Garden......
208. Maine Rehabilitate Piscataqua 5.250
River bridges, Kittery
209. Wisconsin Upgrade STH 29 between 6.000
IH 94 and Chippewa
Falls.................
210. Illinois Extend and reconstruct 5.690
roadways through
industrial corridor in
Alton.................
211. New Jersey Construct road from the 3.000
Military Ocean
Terminal to the Port
Jersey Pier, Bayonne..
212. Missouri Relocate and 40.000
reconstruct Route 21
between Schenk Rd. to
Town of DeSoto........
213. Michigan Improve drainage on 6th 0.150
Street in Menominee...
214. Pennsylvania Reconstruct and widen 25.000
US Rt. 222 to four-
lane expressway
between Lancaster/
Berks County line and
Grings Mill Rd. and
construction of Warren
Street extenstion in
Reading...............
215. New Jersey Relocate and complete 14.000
construction of new
multi-modal facility,
Weehawken.............
216. Arkansas Construct North Belt 7.000
Freeway...............
217. California Rehabilitate pavement 1.500
throughout Santa
Barbara Co............
218. Virginia Repair historic wooden 2.050
bridges along portion
of Virginia Creeper
Trail maintained by
Town of Abingdon......
219. Arizona Reconstruct I-19, East 10.000
Side Frontage Road,
Ruby Road to Rio Rico
Drive, Nogales........
220. Massachusetts Conduct planning and 0.800
engineering for
connector route
between I-95 and
industrial/business
park, Attleboro.......
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221. Georgia Undertake Perimeter 0.100
Central Parkway
Overpass project and
Ashford Dunwoody
interchange
improvements at I-285,
DeKalb Co.............
222. Ohio Construct Wilmington 5.000
Bypass, Wilmington....
223. Illinois Construct Western 0.925
Springs Pedestrian and
Tunnel project, Cook
Co....................
224. Minnesota Upgrade Cass County 0.960
Road 105 and Crow Wing
County Road 125, East
Gull Lake.............
225. Michigan Upgrade H-58 within 5.600
Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore....
226. California Reconstruct and widen 3.250
Mission Road, Alhambra
227. Texas Reconstruct and widen I- 8.000
35 between North of
Georgetown at Loop 418
to US Rt. 190.........
228. Florida Construct access road 1.000
to St. Johns Ave.
Industrial Park.......
229. Illinois Intersection 1.740
improvements at 79th
and Stoney Island
Blvd., Chicago........
230. Michigan Construct Tawas Beach 2.200
Road/US 23 interchange
improvements, East
Tawas.................
231. Pennsylvania Construct Lawrenceville 10.000
Industrial Access Road
232. Maryland Construct intersection 3.000
improvements to
facilitate access to
NSA facility, Anne
Arundel Co............
233. California Upgrade Del Almo 5.000
Boulevard at I-405....
234. Minnesota Reconstruct and replace 13.000
I-494 Wakota Bridge
from South St. Paul to
Newport, and
approaches............
235. Tennessee Construct separated 0.323
grade crossing at US
41 and US 231,
Murfreesboro..........
236. Michigan Construct four-lane 3.700
boulevard from Dixie
Highway to Walton
Blvd. on Telegraph
Road, Oakland Co......
237. New York Reconstruct Mamaroneck 4.500
Ave., White Plains,
Harrison and
Mamaroneck............
238. Texas Upgrade FM 1764 between 3.000
FM 646 to State
Highway 6.............
239. Texas Construct ramp 8.000
connection between
Hammet St. to Highway
54 ramp to provide
access to I-10 in El
Paso..................
240. New York Undertake studies, 24.000
planning, engineering,
design and
construction of a
tunnel alternative to
reconstruction of
existing elvated
expressway (Gowanus
tunnel project).......
241. New York Rehabilitate segment of 1.470
Henry Hudson Parkway
between Washington
Bridge and Dyckman
St., New York City....
242. Illinois Construct bicycle/ 6.000
pedestrian trail
parallel to light rail
transit system in St.
Clair Co..............
243. Indiana Upgrade 93rd Avenue in 5.900
Merrillville..........
244. Connecticut Construct Greenmanville 8.400
Ave. streetscape
extension, including
feasibility study, in
towns of Groton,
Stonington and Mystic.
245. Illinois Reconstruct Broad 0.350
Street between Maple
St. to Sixth St.,
Evansville............
246. New York Construct Mineola and 16.000
Hicksville Intermodal
Centers in Nassau Co..
247. Colorado Construct Broadway 4.000
Viaduct, Denver.......
248. New Jersey Undertake improvements 16.000
associated with the
South Amboy Regional
Intermodal Center.....
249. Michigan Extend Trowbridge Road 2.500
from Harrison Rd. to
Red Cedar Rd..........
250. Massachusetts Construct improvements 2.400
to North Main St. in
Worcester.............
251. Tennessee Upgrade SR 96 between 3.600
Arno Rd. and SR 252,
Williamson Co.........
252. Louisiana Extend Howard Avenue to 8.000
Union Passenger
Terminal, New Orleans.
253. California Construct bike path 3.000
between Sepulveda
Basin Recreation Area
and Warner Center/
Canoga Park, Los
Angeles...............
254. New York Upgrade Route 17 16.800
between Five Mile
Point and Occanum,
Broome Co.............
255. Ohio Upgrade US Rt. 33 5.000
between vicinity of
Haydenville to
Floodwood (Nelsonville
Bypass)...............
256. Oregon Construct passing lanes 6.800
on Highway 58 between
Kitson Ridge Road and
Mile Post 47, Lane Co.
257. Michigan Upgrade East Jordon 0.400
Road, Boyne City......
258. California Reconstruct Tennessee 1.000
Valley Bridge, Marin
Co....................
259. Illinois Improve access to 93rd 3.000
Street Station,
Chicago...............
260. California Construct I-580 13.200
interchange, Livermore
261. California Construct San Diego and 10.000
Arizona Eastern
Intermodal Yard, San
Ysidro................
262. Michigan Apply ITS technologies 3.700
relating to traffic
control, Lansing......
263. California Construct Palisades 8.000
Bluff Stabilization
project, Santa Monica.
264. Rhode Island Upgrade pedestrian 0.100
traffic facilities,
Bristol...............
265. Rhode Island Implement 0.200
transportation
alternative relating
to Court Street
Bridge, Woonsocket....
266. California Upgrade Industrial 0.600
Parkway Southwest
between Whipple Rd.
and improved segment
of the parkway,
Hayward...............
267. Missouri Replace bridge on Route 1.000
92, Platte Co.........
268. Ohio Upgrade Western Reserve 5.600
Road, Mahoning Co.....
269. Ohio Upgrade SR 124 between 5.000
Five Points and
Ravenswood Bridge,
Meigs Co..............
270. Illinois Undertake streetscaping 1.150
between Damden and
Halsted...............
271. Illinois Construct improvements 3.500
to New Era Road,
Carbondale............
272. New York Construct access 12.000
improvements to Port
of Rochester Harbor,
Rochester.............
273. Rhode Island Reconstruct 0.445
interchanges on Rt.
116 between Rt. 146
and Ashton Viaduct,
Lincoln...............
274. West Virginia Preliminary engineering 1.000
and design for access
road to proposed
location of regional
airport, Lincoln Co...
275. Massachusetts Upgrade Route 2 between 4.000
Philipston and
Greenfield............
276. Ohio Construct grade 19.000
separations at Front
Street and Bagley
Road, Berea...........
277. Pennsylvania Relocate PA 18 between 1.400
9th Ave. and 32nd St.,
Beaver Falls..........
278. California Construct bike paths, 0.625
Thousand Oaks.........
279. Oregon Construct right-of-way 1.282
improvements to
provide improved
pedestrian access to
MAX light rail,
Gresham...............
280. Louisiana Reconstruct I-10 and 8.000
Ryan Street access
ramps and frontage
street improvements,
Lake Charles..........
281. California Upgrade SR 92/El Camino 3.700
interchange, San Mateo
282. Massachusetts Construct Housatonic- 4.000
Hoosic bicycle network
283. Texas Upgrade SH 30, 2.500
Huntsville............
284. Connecticut Replace bridges over 6.550
Harbor Brook, Meriden.
285. Indiana Construct Marina Access 1.000
Road in East Chicago..
286. West Virginia Construct improvements 0.200
on WV 9 including
turning lane and
signalization, Berkely
Co....................
287. Arkansas Upgrade Highway 63, 12.000
Marked Tree to Lake
David.................
288. Dist. of Col. Conduct studies and 1.000
related activities
pertaining to proposed
intermodal
transportation Center,
D.C...................
289. Ohio Undertake improvements 0.900
to Valley Street,
Dayton................
290. Texas Construct US Expressway 7.500
77/83 interchange,
Harlingen.............
291. Texas Construct Loop 197, 4.290
Galveston.............
292. Minnesota Upgrade Highway 53 2.000
between Virginia and
Cook..................
293. California Upgrade intersection of 10.000
Folsom Blvd. and Power
Inn Rd., Sacramento...
294. California Reconstruct Grand 0.500
Avenue between Elm
Street and Halcyon
Road, Arroyo Grande...
295. New York Construct intermodal 10.250
facility in Yonkers,
Westchester Co........
296. Massachusetts Construct bike path 1.700
between Rt. 16
(Everett) to Lynn
Oceanside.............
297. Oregon Design and engineering 0.300
for intermodal
transportation center,
Astoria...............
298. California Construct Port of 8.000
Oakland intermodal
terminal..............
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299. Indiana Upgrade County roads in 8.000
LaPorte County........
300. Alabama Replace bridge over 3.000
Tombigbee River,
Naheola...............
301. Virginia Construct access road 1.700
and related facilities
for Fisher Peak
Mountain Music
Interpretive Center on
Blue Ridge Parkway....
302. Colorado Reconstruct and upgrade 12.000
I-70/I-25 Interchange,
Denver................
303. Alabama Construct improvements 1.000
to 41st Street between
1st Ave. South and
Airport Highway,
Birmingham............
304. New York Replace Route 28 bridge 3.200
over NY State Thruway,
Ulster Co.............
305. Minnesota Reconstruct SE Main 4.000
Ave./I-94 interchange,
Moorhead..............
306. Indiana Construct Gary Marina 10.000
access road
(Buffington Harbor)...
307. Washington Undertake SR 166 slide 6.500
repair................
308. Oregon Construct bike path 0.230
between Main Street/
Highway 99 in Cottage
Grove to Row River
Trail, Cottage Grove..
309. Minnesota Upgrade 10th Street 1.500
South, St. Cloud......
310. Missouri Construct Grand Ave. 2.200
viaduct over Mill
Creek Valley in St.
Louis.................
311. Missouri Construct Strother Rd./ 4.000
I-470 interchange,
Jackson Co............
312. Wisconsin Upgrade U.S. 51 between 5.000
I-90/94 to northern
Wisconsin.............
313. Virginia Construct trailhead and 0.250
related facilities and
restore old Whitetop
Train Station at
terminus of Virginia
Creeper Trail adjacent
to Mount Rogers
National Recreation
Area..................
314. Oregon Reconstruct Lovejoy 7.718
ramp, Portland........
315. Michigan Rehabilitate Lincoln 0.170
St., Negaunee.........
316. New York Construct full access 6.000
controlled expressway
along NY Route 17 at
Parkville, Sullivan
Co....................
317. Texas Construct extension of 1.000
Bay Area Blvd.........
318. California Construct pedestrian 0.500
boardwalk between
terminus of Pismo
Promenade at Pismo
Creek and Grande
Avenue in Gover Beach.
319. Michigan Construct deceleration 0.020
lane in front of 4427
Wilder Road, Bay City.
320. Massachusetts Construct Arlington to 1.000
Boston Bike Path......
321. Virginia Undertake access 2.000
improvements for
Freemason Harbor
Development
Initiative, Norfolk...
322. Oregon Construct bike path 0.808
along Willamette
River, Corvallis......
323. California Upgrade Highway 99 14.300
between State Highway
70 and Lincoln Rd.,
Sutter Co.............
324. Texas Construct US 77/83 3.000
Expressway extension,
Brownsville...........
325. Ohio Undertake improvements 2.080
to open Federal Street
to traffic, Youngstown
326. Massachusetts Upgrade I-495 14.480
interchange 17 and
related improvements
including along Route
140...................
327. Indiana Undertake safety and 2.000
mobility improvements
involving street and
street crossings and
Conrail line, Elkhart.
328. Illinois Reconstruct interchange 34.265
at I-294, 127th St.
and Cicero Ave. with
new ramps to the Tri-
State Tollway, Alsip..
329. Minnesota Construct TH 1 east of 0.240
Northome including
bicycle/pedestrian
trail.................
330. Missouri Construct Jefferson 11.000
Ave. viaduct over Mill
Creek Valley in St.
Louis.................
331. Ohio Construct connector 5.680
road between North
Road and SR46,
Trumbull Co...........
332. Oregon Repair bridge over 10.000
Rogue River, Gold
Beach.................
333. Tennessee Construct I-40/SR 155 9.000
interchange, Davidson.
334. Pennsylvania Upgrade I-95 between 29.000
Lehigh Ave. and
Columbia Ave. and
improvements to Girard
Ave./I-95 interchange,
Philadelphia..........
335. Massachusetts Construct Hyannis 3.200
Intermodal
Transportation Center,
Hyannis...............
336. New York Reconstruct 127th 1.470
Street viaduct, New
York City.............
337. California Construct bicycle path, 0.136
Westlake Village......
338. California Upgrade Osgood Road 2.000
between Washington
Blvd. and South
Grimmer Blvd.,
Freemont..............
339. Tennessee Upgrade Briley Parkway 9.000
between I-40 and
Opreyland.............
340. Minnesota Construct Gunflint 0.800
Realignment project,
Grand Marais..........
341. Maryland Reconstruct Baltimore 15.000
Washington Parkway at
Route 197, Prince
Georges Co............
342. Virgin Islands Construct bypass around 8.000
Christiansted.........
343. Dist. of Col. Rehabilitate Theodore 10.000
Roosevelt Memorial
Bridge................
344. California Construct Los Angeles 8.750
County Gateway Cities
NHS Access............
345. South Carolina Construct pedestrian 0.800
walkway and safety
improvements along SC
277, Richland Co......
346. Ohio Upgrade US Rt. 35 5.000
between vicinity of
Chillicothe to Village
of Richmond Dale......
347. California Extend 7th St. between 2.000
F St. and North 7th
St., Sacramento.......
348. Illinois Construct I-64/North 4.800
Greenmount Rd.
interchange, St. Clair
Co....................
349. Texas Construct 6th and 7th 0.500
Street overpass over
railroad yard,
Brownsville...........
350. Iowa Construct four-lane 11.100
expressway between Des
Moines and
Marshalltown..........
351. Michigan Construct route 3.600
improvements along
Washington Ave.
between Janes Ave. to
Johnson St. and East
Genesee Ave. between
Saginaw River and
Janes Ave., Saginaw...
352. Minnesota Construct pedestrian 0.707
bridge over TH 169 in
Elk River.............
353. Michigan Reconstruct I-75/M-57 14.000
interchange...........
354. Virginia Upgrade Danville Bypass 4.000
in Pittsylvania.......
355. Massachusetts Reconstruct Route 126 4.700
and replace bridge
spanning Route 9, Town
of Framingham.........
356. Alabama Construct improvements 0.900
to 19th Street between
I-59 and Tuxedo
Junction, Birmingham..
357. Ohio Restore Main and First 0.450
Streets to two-way
traffic, Miamisburg...
358. Texas Upgrade FM225, 4.000
Nacogdoches...........
359. California Construct railroad at- 0.500
grade crossings, San
Leandro...............
360. Pennsylvania Improve walking and 2.800
biking trails between
Easton and Lehigh
Gorge State Park
within the Delaware
and Lehigh Canal
National Heritage
Corridor..............
361. Massachusetts Environmental studies, 2.000
preliminary
engineering and design
of North-South
Connector in
Pittsfield to improve
access to I-90........
362. Oregon Upgrade Naito Parkway, 1.500
Portland..............
363. Pennsylvania Make safety 7.000
improvements on PA Rt.
61 (Dusselfink Safety
Project) between Rt.
183 in Cressona and SR
0215 in Mount Carbon..
364. New York Capital improvements 14.000
for the car float
operations in
Brooklyn, New York,
for the New York City
Economic Development
Corp..................
365. California Construct Backbone 0.200
Trail through Santa
Monica National
Recreation Area.......
366. Massachusetts Reconstruct Greenfield 2.500
Road, Montague........
367. North Dakota Upgrade U.S. Route 52 2.400
between Donnybrook and
US Route 2............
368. Pennsylvania Construct Philadelphia 8.000
Intermodal Gateway
Project at 30th St.
Station...............
369. Hawaii Construct Kapaa Bypass. 10.000
370. Missouri Construct bike/ 0.800
pedestrian path
between Delmar
Metrolink Station and
University City loop
business district in
St. Louis.............
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371. Hawaii Replace Sand Island 1.000
tunnel with bridge....
372. Missouri Improve safety and 8.000
traffic flow on Rt. 13
through Clinton.......
373. California Construct improvements 0.368
to Moorpark/Highway
101 interchange,
Bouchard/Highway 101
interchange and
associated street
improvements, Thousand
Oaks..................
374. Texas Construct extension of 1.800
West Austin Street (FM
2609) between Old
Tyler Road and Loop
224, Nacogdoches......
375. Washington Construct passenger 5.000
ferry to serve
Southworth-Seattle....
376. Hawaii Construct interchange 20.000
at junction of
proposed North-South
road and H-1..........
377. South Carolina Construct I-95/I-26 12.000
interchange,
Orangeburg Co.........
378. Ohio Upgrade SR 46 between 3.520
Mahoning Ave. and Salt
Springs Rd., Mahoning
and Trumbull Counties.
379. California Rehabilitate Highway 1 0.500
in Guadalupe..........
380. Massachusetts Design, engineer, and 2.000
right-of-way
acquisition of the
Great River Bridge,
Westfield.............
381. Maine Studies and planning 1.500
for extension of I-95.
382. Michigan Widen Arch St., 0.080
Negaunee..............
383. Texas Construct Concord Road 8.500
Widening project,
Beaumont..............
384. Massachusetts Construct accessibility 4.000
improvments to Charles
Street T Station,
Boston................
385. Oregon Purchase and install 4.500
emitters and receiving
equipment to
facilitate movement of
emergency and transit
vehicles at key
arterial
intersections,
Portland..............
386. Pennsylvania Construct bicycle and 0.180
pedestrian facility
between Boston Bridge
and McKee Point Park,
Allegheny Co..........
387. Oregon Restore transportation 0.700
connection between
Wauna, Astoria and
Port of Astoria.......
388. Pennsylvania Construct Wexford I-79/ 1.100
SR 910 Interchange,
Allegheny Co..........
389. Minnesota Undertake improvements 5.200
to Hennepin County
Bikeway...............
390. New Jersey Construct New Jersey 3.000
Exit 13A Flyover
(extension of Kapowski
Rd. to Trumbull St.)..
391. Texas Implement `Hike and 8.000
Bike' trail program,
Houston...............
392. Puerto Rico Upgrade PR 30 between 8.000
PR 203 in Gurabo to PR
31 in Juncos..........
393. Illinois Planning, engineering 2.000
and first phase
construction of
beltway connector,
Decatur...............
394. Texas Extend Texas State 4.900
Highway 154 between US
80W and State Highway
43S...................
395. Illinois Construct bypass of 0.820
historic stone bridge,
Maeystown.............
396. Ohio Rehabilitate Martin 2.000
Luther King, Jr.
Bridge, Toledo........
397. Missouri Upgrade the Eastern 6.000
Jackson Co.
Expressway, Jackson
Co....................
398. Puerto Rico Upgrade PR 3 between 8.000
Rio Grande and Fajardo
399. Illinois Reconstruct Cossitt 1.485
Ave. in LaGrange......
400. Pennsylvania Facilitate coordination 4.000
of transportation
systems at
intersection of 46th
and Market, and
enhance access and
related measures to
area facilities
including purchase of
vans for reverse
commutes, Philadelphia
401. Connecticut Upgrade bridge over 0.450
Naugatuck River,
Ansonia...............
402. Pennsylvania Construct access road 6.400
to Hastings Industrial
Park, Cambria Co......
403. Pennsylvania Construct Mon-Fayette 20.000
Expressway between
Union Town and
Brownsville...........
404. Washington Reconstruct I-5 1.500
interchange, City of
Lacy..................
405. Dist. of Col. Construct bicycle and 10.000
pedestrian walkway
(Metropolitan Branch
Trail), Union Station
to Silver Spring......
406. New Jersey Upgrade I-78 6.300
interchange and West
Peddie St. ramps,
Newark................
407. Tennessee Implement ITS 2.800
technologies,
Nashville.............
408. Connecticut Construct bicycle and 1.200
pedestrian walkway,
Town of East Hartford.
409. North Carolina Upgrade Highway 55 23.000
between US 64 and
State Route 1121, Wake
and Durham Counties...
410. Virginia Upgrade Route 501 in 1.000
Bedford County........
411. Georgia Construct multi-modal 16.000
passenger terminal,
Atlanta...............
412. Virginia Renovate Greater 5.000
Richmond Transit
transportation
facility, Richmond....
413. Michigan Upgrade Van Dyke Road 3.700
between M-59 and Utica
City limits...........
414. Pennsylvania Design, engineer, ROW 14.000
acquisition and
construct the Luzerne
County Community
College Road between
S.R. 2002 and S.R.
3004 one-mile west of
Center Street through
S.R. 2008 in the
vicinity of Prospect
Street and the Luzerne
County Community
College, including a
new interchange on
S.R. 0029.............
415. Texas Construct two-lane 4.850
parallel bridge, State
Highway 146, FM 517 to
vicinity of Dickinson
Bayou.................
416. North Dakota Upgrade US Rt. 52, 2.800
Kenmare to Donnybrook.
417. Minnesota Improve roads, Edge of 6.000
Wilderness, Grand
Rapids to Effie.......
418. Virginia Construct access road, 0.225
walking trail and
related facilities for
the Nicholsville
Center, Scott Co......
419. Maryland Construct pedestrian 1.800
and bicycle path
between Druid Hill
Park and Penn Station,
Baltimore.............
420. Illinois Construct access road 1.500
to Melvin Price Locks
and Dam Visitors
Center, Madison Co....
421. New York Install advance traffic 4.000
management system
along Cross County
Parkway between Saw
Mill River Parkway and
Hutchinson River
Parkway...............
422. South Carolina Construct I-77/SC #S-20- 7.000
30 interchange,
Fairfield Co..........
423. Pennsylvania Rehabilitate Jefferson 1.500
Heights Bridge, Penn
Hills.................
424. Oregon Construct I-205/ 20.000
Sunnyside/Sunnybrook
interchange and
related extrension
road, Clackamas Co....
425. New York Conduct Trans-Hudson 5.000
Freight Improvement
MIS, New York City....
426. Illinois Construct Marion Street 2.000
multi-modal project in
Village of Oak Park...
427. Pennsylvania Upgrade roadway in the 20.200
Princeton/Cottman I-95
interchange and
related improvements,
Philadelphia..........
428. California Extend I-10 HOV lanes, 2.940
Los Angeles...........
429. Massachusetts Rehabilitate Union 16.000
Station in Springfield
430. California Upgrade Greenville Rd. 6.800
and construct railroad
underpass, Livermore..
431. Pennsylvania Extend Martin Luther 6.000
King, Jr. East Busway
to link with Mon-
Fayette...............
432. Michigan Construct improvements 1.200
to Linden Rd. between
Maple Ave. and Pierson
Rd., Genessee Co......
433. Texas Construct Titus County 2.500
West Loop, Mount
Pleasant..............
434. New York Upgrade Riverside Drive 1.470
between 97th St. and
Tiemann, New York City
435. Florida Construct interchange 11.300
at 21st Street to
provide access to
Talleyrand Marine
Terminal..............
436. Minnesota Upgrade CSAH 116 north 1.600
of SCAH 88 in Ely.....
437. New York Rehabilitate Queens 8.000
Blvd./Sunnyside Yard
Bridge, New York City.
438. Oregon Upgrade I-5, Salem..... 6.592
439. California Install call boxes 0.288
along Highway 166
between intersection
with Highway 101 and
junction with Highway
33....................
440. Arkansas Construct US 63 2.000
interchange with
Washington Ave. and
Highway 63B...........
441. Virginia Upgrade Rt. 600 to 8.000
facilitate access
between I-81 and Mount
Rogers National
Recreation Area.......
442. Pennsylvania Construct bicycle and 0.620
pedestrian facility
between Washington's
Landing and Millvale
Borough, Allegheny Co.
443. New Jersey Conduct Route 46 32.500
Corridor Improvement
Project in passaic
County with of the
amount provided,
$11,500,000 for the
Route 46/Riverview
Drive Interchange
reconstruction
project, $16,900,000
for the Route 46/Van
Houton Avenue
reconstruction
project, and
$4,100,000 for the
Route 46/Union Blvd.
Interchange
reconstruction project
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444. Virginia Construct Southeastern 4.000
Parkway and Greenbelt
in Virginia Beach.....
445. Michigan Upgrade Hill Road 3.000
corridor between I-75
to Dort Highway,
Genesee Co............
446. Louisiana Upgrade Lapalco Blvd. 8.000
between Barataria
Blvd. and US Hwy. 90,
Jefferson Parish......
447. California Upgrade South Higuera 0.900
Street, San Luis
Obispo................
448. Rhode Island Reconstruct Harris 2.000
Ave., Woonsocket......
449. California Construct Olympic 5.000
Training Center Access
Road, Chula Vista.....
450. Alabama Construct bridge over 10.000
Tennessee River
connecting Muscle
Shoals and Florence...
451. North Carolina Construct I-540 from 13.000
east of NC Rt. 50 to
east of US Rt. 1 in
Wake Co...............
452. Oregon Upgrade Murray Blvd. 5.000
including overpass
bridge, Millikan to
Terman................
453. California Planning, preliminary 2.000
engineering and design
for Etiwanda Ave./I-10
interchange, San
Bernardino Co.........
454. Arkansas Upgrade US Rt. 412, 10.000
Mountain Home to
Missouri State line...
455. California Upgrade access road to 1.000
Mare Island...........
456. California Construct Prunedale 2.200
Bypass segment of U.S.
101, Monterey Co......
457. Illinois Rehabilitate and 2.362
upgrade 87th Street
Station to improve
intermodal access.....
458. Wisconsin Upgrade US Rt. 10 8.000
between Waupaca to US
Rt. 41................
459. Minnesota Construct railroad 0.200
crossing connecting
University of MN with
City of Crookston.....
460. Wisconsin Construct Eau Claire 8.000
Bypass project........
461. Illinois Resurface 63rd Street 0.750
from Western Avenue to
Wallace, Chicago......
462. New York Reconstruct Chili Ave. 1.600
between W. City Line
and West Ave.,
Rochester.............
463. West Virginia Construct I-81 5.300
interchange,
Martinsburg...........
464. Texas Construct 5.000
transportation
improvements as part
of redevelopment of
Kelly AFB, San Antonio
465. Oregon Construct roundabout at 0.400
intersection of
Highway 101 and
Highway 202, Clatsop
Co....................
466. Oregon Construct bike path 0.100
improvements between
W.D. Street to south
parking lot in Island
Park and bicycle/
pedestrian facility
between Island Park
path to the
Willamalane Senior
Center, Springfield...
467. Ohio Undertake multimodal 2.750
transportation
improvements, Dayton..
468. Massachusetts Upgrade Rt. 3 between 8.200
Rt. 128/I-95 to
Massachusetts and New
Hampshire State Line..
469. Texas Conduct MIS for 1.000
Multimodal Downtown
Improvement Project,
San Antonio...........
470. California Construct improvements 5.790
to Route 101/Lost
Hills Road
interchange, Calabasas
471. Florida Construct John Young 8.000
Parkway/I-4
interchange...........
472. Texas Reconstruct FM 364 4.800
between Humble Road
and I-10, Beaumont....
473. Texas Construct Austin to San 7.500
Antonio Corridor......
474. Texas Construct East Loop, 1.000
Brownsville...........
475. Illinois Upgrade South Lake 7.800
Shore Drive between
47th and Hayes,
Chicago...............
476. Alabama Construct Finley Ave. 3.900
Extension East project
477. Tennessee Implement middle 9.500
Tennessee alternative
transportation system
along the Stones River
in Murfreesboro.......
478. Hawaii Construct improvements 2.000
to H-1 between the
Waiawa interchange and
the Halawa interchange
479. New Jersey Upgrade Industrial Road 3.000
between Carteret and
Woodbridge Township...
480. Minnesota Restore MN 1.000
Transportation
facility, Jackson
Street Roundhouse, St.
Paul..................
481. Hawaii Construct Kawaihae 1.000
Bypass................
482. Georgia Upgrade U.S. Rt. 19 5.000
between Albany and
Thomaston.............
483. Michigan Operational 0.500
improvements on M-15
from I-75 north to the
Genesee County line...
484. Georgia Upgrade Lithonia 0.500
Industrial Boulevard,
DeKalb Co.............
485. Michigan Upgrade Walton Blvd. 2.000
between Dixie and
Sashabaw, Oakland Co..
486. Kentucky Reconstruct Liberty and 8.000
Todd Roads, Lexington.
487. North Carolina Construct Charlotte 16.000
Western Outer Loop
freeway, Mecklenburg
Co....................
488. Tennessee Construct Crosstown 3.200
Greenway/Bikeway,
Springfield...........
489. North Carolina Construct segment of I- 2.000
74 between Maxton
Bypass and NC 710,
Robeson Co............
490. Pennsylvania Construct enhancements 4.000
and related measures,
including purchase of
vans for reverse
commutes, to
intermodal facility
located at
intersection of 52nd
and Lancaster Ave.,
Philadelphia..........
491. Illinois Undertake Industrial 4.350
Transportation
Improvement Program in
Chicago...............
492. Illinois Resurface S. Chicago 1.060
Ave. From 71st to 95th
Streets, Chicago......
493. Texas Upgrade US Rt. 59 16.000
between US 281 to I-37
494. Tennessee Construct Stones River 7.200
Greenway, Davidson....
495. South Carolina Construct Calhoun/ 10.000
Clarendon Causeway....
496. Tennessee Construct U.S. 45 2.000
bypass, Madison Co....
497. Mississippi Upgrade Land Fill Road, 1.000
Panola Co.............
498. Illinois Construct elevated 1.200
walkway between Centre
Station and arena.....
499. New Jersey Construct interchange 10.000
improvements and
flyover ramps at I-80W
to Route D23N in
Passaic Co............
500. Illinois Construct new entrance 6.500
to Midway Airport
Terminal..............
501. North Dakota Construct Jamestown 4.800
bypass................
502. Illinois Resurface 95th St. 3.120
between Western Ave.
and Stony Island
Blvd., Chicago........
503. Massachusetts Upgrade Rt. 9/Calvin 10.000
Coolidge Bridge,
Hadley................
504. Oregon Acquire and rennovate 3.590
facility to serve as
multimodal
transportation center,
Eugene................
505. Tennessee Upgrade SR 386 between 3.440
US 31 to the Gallatin
Bypass, Sumner Co.....
506. American Samoa Construct drainage 5.000
system improvements
associated with
highway construction
on Tutilla Island,
American Samoa........
507. Ohio Replace I-280 bridge 24.000
over Maumee River,
Toledo area...........
508. Pennsylvania Improve access to 2.268
McKeesport-Duquesne
Bridge................
509. Wisconsin Upgrade State Highway 12.000
29 between Green Bay
and Wausau............
510. California Construct State Route 25.000
905 between I-805 and
the Otay Mesa Border
Crossing, San Diego
Co....................
511. California Undertake median 1.000
improvements along E.
14th St., San Leandro.
512. Virginia Conduct preliminary 4.000
engineering on I-73
between Roanoke and
Virginia/North
Carolina State line...
513. Illinois Upgrade industrial park 4.500
road in Village of
Sauget................
514. Massachusetts Construct TeleCom 7.000
Boulevard with access
via Commercial Street
and Corporation Way to
the west of Malden
River and with access
via Santilli Highway
to the east of the
river in Everett,
Medord and Malden.....
515. Rhode Island Construct Blackstone 3.455
River Bikeway.........
516. Oregon Construct intermodal 0.600
station, Clackamas Co.
517. Illinois Rehabilitate Western 0.825
Springs Arterial
Roadway, Cook Co......
518. California Implement enhanced 2.000
traffic access between
I-10, area hospitals
and southern portion
of Loma Linda.........
519. Maine Replace Ridlonville 1.500
Bridge across
Androscoggin River....
520. New York Capital improvements 5.000
for the Red Hook Barge
in NY/NJ for the Port
Authority of NY/NJ....
521. Oregon Construct bike path 1.500
between Terry Street
and Greenhill Road,
Eugene................
522. Texas Conduct pipeline 1.500
express study through
Texas Transportation
Institute (A&M
University)...........
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523. North Carolina Construct segment of 2.700
Raleigh Outer Loop,
Wake Co...............
524. North Carolina Construct segment of 16.000
new freeway, including
right-of-way
acquisition, between
East of US 401 to I-
95, and bridge over
Cape Fear River.......
525. Kentucky Construct Newton Pike 8.000
Extension between West
Main St. to South
Limestone in Lexington
526. Indiana Extend SR 149 between 4.000
SR 130 to US Rt. 30,
Valparaiso............
527. California Implement safety and 0.650
congestion mitigation
improvements along
Pacific Coast Highway,
Malibu................
528. Maryland Upgrade I-95/I-495 4.800
interchange at Ritchie
Marlboro Rd., Prince
Georges...............
529. Michigan Construct arterial 0.500
connector between US41/
M28 and Co. Rd. 480,
Marquette.............
530. Ohio Construct SR 711 25.000
connector four-lane
limited access highway
in Mahoning Co........
531. Illinois Study for new bridge 1.400
over Mississippi River
with terminus points
in St. Clair County
and St. Louis, MO.....
532. Michigan Upgrade Three Mile 1.000
Road, Grand Traverse..
533. Wisconsin Construct Abbotsford 6.000
Bypass................
534. North Carolina Upgrade US 13/NC11 4.500
(including Bethel
bypass) in Pitt and
Edgecombe.............
535. New Jersey Construct highway 5.000
connector between
Interstate Route 1&9
(Tonelle Ave.) and the
New Jersey Turnpike at
Secaucus Intermodal
Transfer Rail Station.
536. Iowa Reconstruct US Highway 2.500
218 between 7th and
20th Streets including
center turn lane from
Hubenthal Place to
Carbide Lane, Keokuk..
537. Minnesota Construct grade 1.800
crossing improvments,
Morrison County.......
538. California Upgrade Bristol St., 7.000
Santa Ana.............
539. Illinois Undertake access 3.750
improvements to U.S.
Rt. 41, Chicago.......
540. Illinois Reconstruct Dixie 0.494
Highway, Harvey.......
541. Minnesota Upgrade CSAH between 1.200
TH324 and Snake River.
542. California Rehabilitate B Street 0.700
between Foothill Blvd.
and Kelly St., Hayward
543. Illinois Construct improvements 1.900
to Pleasant Hill Road,
Carbondale............
544. Mississippi Construct access 1.000
improvments to various
roads, Humphreys Co...
545. Michigan Construct safety 1.000
enhancements at rail
crossings, Linden,
Fenton, Swartz Creek
and Gaines............
546. Maryland Implement city-wide 17.700
signal control system
replacements and
improvements in
Baltimore.............
547. Michigan Construct road drainage 0.240
improvements, Suttons
Bay Village...........
548. West Virginia Upgrade Route 10 50.000
between Logan and Man.
549. California Construct Gene Autry 9.000
Way/I-5 Access
project, Anaheim......
550. Tennessee Reconstruct US 79 4.000
between Milan and
McKenzie..............
551. Illinois Reconstruct Midlothian 0.288
Turnpike, Robbins.....
552. California Construct connector 11.500
between I-5 and SR 113
and reconstruct I-5
interchange with Road
102, Woodland.........
553. Massachusetts Reconstruct Route 2/ 3.600
Jackson Road
interchange, Lancaster
554. California Construct Airport Blvd. 8.000
interchange in Salinas
555. California Construct Third Street 12.500
South Bay Basin
Bridge, San Francisco.
556. Minnesota Reconstruct CSAH 48 0.320
extension, Brainerd/
Baxter................
557. Florida Upgrade U.S. 319 5.000
between Four Points
and Oak Ridge Road,
Tallahasee............
558. Connecticut Reconstruct I-84 6.000
between vicinity of
Route 69 in Waterbury
and Marion Avenue in
Southington...........
559. California Upgrade Riverside 0.925
Avenue/I-10
interchange, Rialto...
560. Illinois Consolidate rail tracks 1.500
and eliminate grade
crossings as part of
Gateway Intermodal
Terminal access
project...............
561. Pennsylvania Construct Robinson Town 2.700
Centre intermodal
facility..............
562. North Carolina Construct bridge over 1.800
Chockoyotte Creek in
Halifex Co............
563. Texas Investigate strategies 0.500
to reduce congestion
and facilitate access
at the international
border crossing in
Roma..................
564. Hawaii Construct Waimea Bypass 1.000
565. Oregon Reconstruct I-5/ 3.000
Beltline Road
interchange...........
566. Ohio Construct Intermodal 2.040
Industrial Park in
Wellsville............
567. Ohio Upgrade Route 82, 7.000
Strongsville..........
568. California Construct pedestrian 0.200
promenade, Pismo Beach
569. Dist. of Col. Conduct MIS of light 1.000
rail corridors, D.C...
570. California Upgrade I-680 Corridor, 10.000
Alameda Co............
571. Ohio Construct new bridge 2.000
over Muskingum River
and highway
approaches, Washington
County................
572. Massachusetts Construct improvements 12.000
along Route 18 to
provide for access to
waterfront and
downtown areas, New
Bedford...............
573. Minnesota Upgrade Cross-Range 6.000
Expressway between
Coleraine to CSAH 7...
574. Illinois Construct 1.500
transportation
improvements to
Industrial Viaduct,
Chicago...............
575. Pennsylvania Construct American 4.000
Parkway Bridge project
in Allentown..........
576. Pennsylvania Replace Grant Street 2.400
Bridge, New Castle....
577. Illinois Extend South 74th 0.500
Street, Belleville....
578. California Construct Phase 3 of 6.000
Alameda Street
project, Los Angeles..
579. New York Rehabilitate Third 1.470
Avenue Bridge over
Harlem River, New York
City..................
580. West Virginia Upgrade Route 2 in 25.000
Cabell Co., including
the relocation of
Route 2 to provide for
a connection to I-64
(Merrick Creek
Connector)............
581. Minnesota Construct Shepard Road/ 3.000
Upper Landing
interceptor, St. Paul.
582. Illinois Construct improvements 1.300
to segment of Town
Creek Road, Jackson
Co....................
583. Minnesota Complete construction 5.000
of Forest Highway 11,
Lake Co...............
584. Ohio Construct access and 4.900
related improvements
to Downtown Riverfront
Area, Dayton..........
585. Minnesota Replace Sauk Rapids 10.300
Bridge over
Mississippi River,
Stearns and Benton
Counties..............
586. Ohio Replace Jacobs Road 2.000
Bridge, Mahoning Co...
587. North Carolina Make improvements to I- 3.200
95/SR-1162 interchange
in Johnston Co........
588. Oregon Rehabilitate Broadway 10.000
Bridge in Portland....
589. Minnesota Construct Trunk Highway 8.100
169 Causeway, Itasca
Co....................
590. Minnesota Construct Cass County 0.240
Public Trails
Corridors.............
591. Tennessee Construct park and ride 8.000
intermodal centers for
Nashville/Middle
Tennessee Commuter
Rail..................
592. California Construct bicycle path, 0.500
Calabasas.............
593. Mississippi Upgrade Hampton Lake 0.880
Road, Tallahatchie Co.
594. Michigan Upgrade M.L. King 2.000
Drive. Genesee Co.....
595. Michigan Facilitate access 0.500
between I-75 and Soo
Locks through road
reconstruction,
bikepath construction
and related
improvements, Sault
Ste. Marie............
596. New York Construct Midtown West 5.000
Intermodal Ferry
Terminal, New York
City..................
597. Michigan Construct Jackson Road 4.600
project (demonstrating
performance of paper
and plastic reinforced
concrete), Scio
Township..............
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598. Alabama Upgrade Opoto-Madrid 1.400
Blvd., Birmingham.....
599. Michigan Reconstruct Bagley 0.600
Street and improve
Genschaw Road, Alpena.
600. Texas Reconstruct State 1.294
Highway 87 between
Sabine Pass and
Bolivar Penninsula,
McFadden Beach........
601. Arkansas Construct Baseline Road 5.000
RR grade separation,
Little Rock...........
602. Louisiana Construct I-10/ 8.000
Louisiana Ave.
interchange...........
603. Oregon Construct regional 10.320
multimodal
transportation center
in Albany.............
604. Oregon Repair Coos Bay rail 5.500
bridge, Port of Coos
Bay...................
605. Illinois Upgrade Illinois 336 5.100
between Illinois 61 to
south of Loraine......
606. Illinois Right-of-way 4.000
acquisition for
segment of Alton
Bypass between
Illinois 143 to
Illinois 140 near
Alton.................
607. Oregon Restore the Historic 2.000
Columbia River Highway
including construction
of a pedestrian and
bicycle path under I-
84 at Tanner Creek and
restoration of the
Tanner Creek and
Moffett Creek bridges.
608. New Jersey Reconstruct intermodal 4.000
transportation
facility on Bergenline
Ave., Union City......
609. Tennessee Alternative 5.100
transportation
systems, Rutherford...
610. Minnesota Extend County State 0.800
Highway 61 extension
into Two Harbors......
611. Mississippi Upgrade roads, 4.410
Washington Co.........
612. Michigan Operational 0.500
improvements on M-24
from I-75 to the
northern Oakland Co.
border................
613. Washington Construct Sequim/ 1.000
Dungeness Valley trail
project...............
614. California Upgrade CA Rt. 2 16.000
Southern Freeway
terminus and
transportation
efficiency
improvements to
Glendale Blvd. in Los
Angeles...............
615. Michigan Upgrade Groveland Mine 0.500
Road, Dickinson.......
616. Pennsylvania Upgrade Route 219 5.000
between Meyersdale and
Somerset..............
617. Texas Upgrade IH-30 between 29.000
Dallas and Ft. Worth..
618. Florida Upgrade U.S. 319 5.000
between I-10 and the
Florida/Georgia State
line..................
619. Rhode Island Construct Rhode Island 7.800
Greenways and Bikeways
projects with of the
amount provided
$5,700,000 for the
Washington Secondary
Bikepath, and
$2,100,000 for the
South County Bikepath
Phase 2...............
620. Texas Conduct feasability 0.250
study on upgrading SH
16 in South Texas.....
621. Virginia Construct road 0.250
improvement, trailhead
development and
related facilities for
Haysi to Breaks
Interstate Bicycle and
Pedestrian Trail
between Haysi and
Garden Hole area of
Breaks Interstate Park
622. Minnesota Upgrade CSAH 16 between 5.400
TH 53 and CSAH 4......
623. Minnesota Construct bicycle and 3.000
pedestrian facility
(Mesabi Trail), St.
Louis County..........
624. West Virginia Construct I-73/74 10.000
Corridor including
connectors with WV Rt.
44 and Co. Rt. 13
(Gilbert Creek), Mingo
County................
625. Pennsylvania Reconstruct structures 3.700
and adjacent roadway,
Etna and Aspenwall
(design and right-of-
way acquisition
phases), Allegheny Co.
626. Florida Construct safety 3.000
improvements and
beautification along
U.S. 92, Daytona Beach
627. Georgia Undertake major 15.400
arterial enhancements
in DeKalb Co. with the
amount provides as
follows: $7,000,000
for Candler Rd.,
$7,500,000 for
Memorial Highway and
$900,000 for Bufford
Highway...............
628. Minnesota Construct highway 4.000
construction between
Highway 494 and Carver
Co. Rd. 147...........
629. California Construct improvements 9.100
to Harry Bridges
Blvd., Los Angeles....
630. California Extend Route 46 8.000
expressway in San Luis
Obispo Co.............
631. Michigan Upgrade M-84 connector 16.180
between Tittabawasee
Rd. and M-13, Bay and
Saginaw Counties......
632. California Construct I-380 2.800
connector between
Sneath Lane and San
Bruno Ave., San Bruno.
633. Maryland Reconstruct segment of 9.000
Baltimore Beltway
between U.S. 1 and I-
70....................
634. Ohio Construct interchange 4.800
at SR 11 and King
Graves Rd. in Trumball
Co....................
635. Tennessee Construct Franklin Road 2.197
interchange and bypass
636. Arkansas Construct access routes 1.000
between interstate
highway, industrial
park and Slackwater
Harbor, Little Rock...
637. California Upgrade I-880, Alameda. 10.000
638. Maine Upgrade Route 11....... 4.000
639. Minnesota Upgrade 77th St. 22.800
between I-35W and 24th
Ave. to four lanes in
Richfield.............
640. Rhode Island Reconstruct Pawtucket 1.500
Ave. and Wilcott St.,
Pawtucket.............
641. Ohio Construct grade 5.000
separations at Fitch
Road in Olmsted Falls.
642. New Jersey Upgrade Market St./ 5.000
Essex St. and Rochelle
Ave./Main St. to
facilitate access to
Routes 17 and 80,
Bergen Co.............
643. Alabama Construct improvements 1.000
to Ensley Avenue
between 20th St. and
Warrior Rd.,
Birmingham............
644. California Seismic retrofit of 2.000
Golden Gate Bridge....
645. Illinois Extend Rogers Street to 1.900
mitigate congestion,
Waterloo..............
646. Massachusetts Construct I-95/I-93 5.000
interchange, Boston...
647. Minnesota Upgrade TH 13 between 2.000
TH 77 and I-494.......
648. Indiana Upgrade Ridge Road 4.400
between Griffith and
Highland..............
649. California Construct bikeways, 0.512
Santa Maria...........
650. Pennsylvania Upgrade PA 61 between 8.000
PA 895 and SR 2014,
Schuylkill Co.........
651. Pennsylvania Construct road 5.000
connector and bridge
over Allegheny River
to link New Kensington
with Allegheny Valley
Expressway............
652. Alabama Replace pedestrian 0.100
bridges at Village
Creek and Valley
Creek, Birmingham.....
653. Arkansas Upgrade U.S. 65 in 4.000
Faulkner and Van Buren
Counties..............
654. Illinois Reconstruct U.S. 6, 1.660
Harvey................
655. Texas Construct improvements 7.680
along US 69 including
frontage roads,
Jefferson Co..........
656. North Carolina Relocate US 1 from 7.300
north of Lakeview to
SR 1180, Moore and Lee
Counties..............
657. Massachusetts Reconstruct Bates 4.000
Bridge over Merrimack
River.................
658. Oregon Design and engineering 0.500
for Newberg-Dundee
Bypass................
659. Massachusetts Construct Packets 1.000
Landing Enhancement
and Restoration
Project, Town of
Yarmouth..............
660. Massachusetts Construct roadway 7.717
improvements on Crosby
Drive and Middlesex
Turnpike, Beford,
Burlington and
Billerica.............
661. Louisiana Construct the Zachary 1.000
Taylor Parkway project
662. Indiana Reconstruct US Rt. 231 4.500
between junction of
State Road 66 to
Dubois Co. line.......
663. Massachusetts Upgrade Lowell Street 1.440
between Woburn Street
and Route 38, Town of
Wilmington............
664. New York Redesign Grand 13.000
Concourse to enhance
traffic flow and
related enhancements
between E. 161st St.
and Fordham Rd., New
York City.............
665. Massachusetts Upgrade Spring St. 2.000
between Bank and
Latham Streets,
Williamstown..........
666. Massachusetts Construct bikeway 8.000
between Blackstone and
Worcester.............
667. Indiana Repair signal wires, 0.700
grade-crossing warning
devices and other
safety protections
along South Shore
Railroad between Gary
and Michigan City.....
668. Hawaii Upgrade Puuloa Road 9.000
between Kamehameha
Highway and Salt Lake
Blvd..................
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669. California Upgrade call boxes 1.500
throughout Santa
Barbara County........
670. Missouri Upgrade Route 6 between 5.000
I-29 and Route AC, St.
Joseph................
671. Tennessee Upgrade Briley Parkway 9.000
between McGavock Pike
and I-65..............
672. Wisconsin Upgrade Highway 151 8.000
between Platteville
and Dubuque...........
673. Michigan Construct Detroit 20.000
Metropolitan/Wayne
County South Access
Road..................
674. Missouri Upgrade Route 36 20.000
between Hamilton and
Chillicothe...........
675. Pennsylvania Extend Martin Luther 2.200
King Busway, Alleghany
Co....................
676. Illinois Study upgrading 2.100
Illinois 13/127
between Murphysboro
and Pinckneyville.....
677. Pennsylvania Construct access to 2.000
site of former
Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard and Base,
Philadelphia..........
678. California Construct extension of 8.000
State Route 180
between Rt. 99 and the
Hughes/West Diagonal..
679. Iowa Construct overpass to 3.475
eliminate railroad
crossing in Burlington
680. West Virginia Construct Riverside 36.000
Expressway, Fairmont..
681. Massachusetts Construct South 16.300
Weymouth Naval Air
Station Connectivity
Improvements..........
682. Ohio Construct Eastern US 5.000
Rt. 23 bypass of
Portsmouth............
683. Texas Construct highway-rail- 11.000
marine intermodal
project, Corpus
Christi...............
684. Illinois Construct Central Ave.- 8.700
Narragansett Ave.
connector, Chicago....
685. Massachusetts Preliminary design of 2.000
Route 2 connector to
downtown Fitchburg....
686. Connecticut Implement Trinity 6.810
College Area road
improvements, Hartford
687. New Jersey Construct Collingswood 8.000
Circle eliminator,
Camen.................
688. Virginia Upgrade Virginia Route 1.000
10, Surrey Co.........
689. Alabama Construct repairs to 0.600
viaducts connecting
downtown and midtown
areas, Birmingham.....
690. Connecticut Replace Windham Road 2.000
bridge, Windham.......
691. Maine Implement rural ITS.... 0.250
692. Tennessee Construct SR22 Bypass, 10.000
Obion Co..............
693. Ohio Construct Black River 5.600
intermodal
transportation center.
694. California Construct the South 26.000
Central Los Angeles
Exposition Park
Intermodal Urban
Access Project in Los
Angeles...............
695. Georgia Upgrade I-75 between 11.000
the Crisp/Dooly Co.
line to the Florida
State line............
696. California Construct bicycle paths 0.100
as part of regional
system, Agoura Hills..
697. Massachusetts Construct bicycle and 1.440
pedestrian facility
(The Riverwalk),
Peabody...............
698. California Construct I-5 rail 20.120
grade crossings
between I-605 and
State Route 91, Los
Angeles and Orange
Counties..............
699. California Construct tunnel with 8.000
approaches as part of
Devils Slide project
in San Mateo Co.......
700. Texas Construct US Highway 59 3.500
railroad crossing
overpass in Texarkana.
701. South Carolina Construct improvements 9.000
to I-95/SC 38
interchange...........
702. Texas Construct Cleveland 13.500
Bypass................
703. Illinois Rehabilitate WPA 4.700
Streets in Chicago....
704. California Implement ITS 3.550
technologies in
Employment Center area
of City of El Segundo.
705. California Construct grade- 1.600
separated bicycle path
along Los Angeles
River between Fulton
Ave. to the vicinity
of Sepulveda Blvd. and
the Sepulveda Basin
Recreation Area, Los
Angeles...............
706. Michigan Replace Barton Rd./M-14 1.000
interchange, Ann Arbor
707. Missouri Upgrade Mo. Rt. 150, 6.000
Jackson Co............
708. Michigan Construct M-24 Corridor 4.000
from I-69 to southern
Lapeer County.........
709. Virginia Upgrade Route 58 from 7.000
Stuart up Lovers' Leap
Mountain towards
Carroll Co............
710. Massachusetts Implement Cape and 0.500
Islands Rural Roads
Initiative, Cape Cod..
711. New York Rehabilitate Broadway 1.470
Bridge, New York City.
712. Massachusetts Implement Phase II of 0.391
unified signage
system, Essex Co......
713. Arizona Design, engineering and 1.000
ROW acquisition for
Area Service Highway,
Yuma..................
714. Alabama Construct Decatur 2.000
Southern Bypass.......
715. California Construct new I-95 2.200
interchange with
Highway 99W, Tehama
Co....................
716. New York Study transportation 1.000
improvements for
segments of Hutchinson
River Parkway and New
England Thruway which
pass through the
Northeast Bronx.......
717. California Construct Alameda 2.940
Corridor East, San
Gabriel Valley........
718. Massachusetts Reconstruct Pleasant 1.600
Street-River Terrace,
Holyoke...............
719. Mississippi Upgrade Alva-Stage Rd., 1.500
Montgomery Co.........
720. New York Upgrade Frederick 14.650
Douglas Circle, New
York City.............
721. West Virginia Construct New River 6.000
Parkway...............
722. Illinois Upgrade Wood Street 0.990
between Little Calumet
River to 171st St.,
Dixmore, Harvey,
Markham, Hazel Crest..
723. Michigan Improve Hoban Road and 1.120
Grand Avenue, City of
Mackinac Island.......
724. Oregon Construct South 13.000
Rivergate rail
overcrossing in
Portland..............
725. Mississippi Upgrade West County 11.000
Line Road, City of
Jackson...............
726. Massachusetts Implement directional 0.600
signage program
between Worcester CBD
and regional airport..
727. California Upgrade D Street 1.200
between Grand and
Second Streets,
Hayward...............
728. Pennsylvania Construction of noise 0.800
barriers along State
Route 28, Aspinwall...
729. Michigan Upgrade Tittabawasee 4.000
Road between Mackinaw
Road and Midland Road,
Saginaw Co............
730. South Carolina Construct North 4.500
Charleston Regional
Intermodal Center.....
731. Ohio Upgrade SR 7 (Eastern 2.000
Ave.) to improve
traffic flow into
Gallipolis, Gallia Co.
732. California Modify HOV lanes, Marin 7.000
Co....................
733. Minnesota Construct Highway 210 0.640
trail/underpass,
Brainerd/Baxter.......
734. Pennsylvania Design, engineer, ROW 2.000
acquisition and
construct the Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton
International Airport
Access Road between
Route 315 and Commerce
Blvd..................
735. Tennessee Construct greenway and 3.800
bicycle path corridor,
City of White House...
736. Texas Upgrade Highway 271 2.000
between Paris and
Pattonville...........
737. North Carolina Upgrade US-158 in 3.000
Warren and Halifax
Counties..............
738. Connecticut Revise interchange ramp 3.750
on to Route 72
northbound from I-84
East in Plainville,
Connecticut...........
739. California Improve Mission 8.500
Boulevard in San
Bernardino, California
740. Ohio Widen and reconstruct 8.000
State Route 82 from
Lorain/Cuyahoga County
line to l.R. 77.......
741. Tennessee Widen US-321 from 9.100
Kinzel Springs to Wean
Valley Road...........
742. New Hampshire Construct Orford Bridge 3.400
743. Oklahoma Reconstruct US-70 in 0.200
Marshall and Bryan
Counties..............
744. Washington Widen SR522 from SR-9 4.000
to Paradise Lake Road.
745. New York Improve Cross 1.000
Westchester Expressway
746. Pennsylvania Improve US 22/Canoe 2.000
Creek Blair County....
747. Missouri Upgrade US-60 in Carter 27.000
County, Missouri......
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748. Ohio Relocate State Route 60 1.500
from Zanesville to
Dresden, Muskingum
County................
749. Pennsylvania Construct PA 16 Truck 1.000
climbing lane in
Franklin County.......
750. Indiana Conduct railroad 0.060
relocation study in
Muncie................
751. Pennsylvania Construct highway- 2.000
transit transfer
facility in Lemoyne...
752. Georgia Construct surface 39.000
transportation
facilities along
Atlanta-Griffin-Macon
corridor..............
753. Louisiana Improve US-165 from 40.000
Alexandria to Monroe..
754. Ohio Upgrade US-30 from 15.000
Wooster to Riceland...
755. Washington Construct Edmonds 5.000
Crossing Multi-modal
transportation project
in Edmonds,
Washington............
756. Indiana Remove and replace 2.140
Walnut Street in
Muncie................
757. Pennsylvania Improve South Central 1.000
Business Park in
Fulton County.........
758. Pennsylvania Construct exit ramp on 10.500
I-180 at State Route
2049 in Lycoming
County................
759. Washington Construct pedestrian 1.000
access and safety on
Deception Pass Bridge,
Deception Pass State
Park, Washington......
760. Illinois Improve and construct 2.400
grade separation on
Cockrell Lane in
Springfield...........
761. Virginia Construct the Kemper 2.000
Street Station
connector road in
Lynchburg.............
762. Oklahoma Reconstruct and widen I- 97.050
40 Crosstown Bridge
and Realignment in
downtown Oklahoma
City, including
demolition of the
existing bridge,
vehicle approach
roads, interchanges,
intersections,
signalization and
supporting structures
between I-35 and I-44.
763. New Mexico Improve I-25 at Raton 10.000
Pass..................
764. California Reconstruct La Loma 3.000
Bridge in Pasadena....
765. New York Conduct traffic calming 0.100
study on National
Scenic Byway Route 5
in Hamburg............
766. Pennsylvania Improve PA-8 between 6.400
Cherry Tree and Rynd
Farm..................
767. Alabama Construct Historic 0.670
Whistler Bike Trail in
Prichard, Alabama.....
768. Alaska Construct capital 12.000
improvement to the
Alaska Marine Highway
and related
facilities: $6,000,000
for Seward, $3,000,000
for Ketchikan and
$3,000,000 for Hollis.
769. Connecticut Rehabilitate Route 202 2.700
bridge in New Milford,
Connecticut...........
770. Wisconsin Construct U.S. Highway 4.000
10, Freemont to
Appleton..............
771. Texas Conduct major 0.500
investment study for
Outer Loop freeway
extension between I-35
West at State Highway
170 and State Highway
199 in Tarrant County.
772. Pennsylvania Reconfigure US-13/ 4.000
Pennsylvania Turnpike
interchange...........
773. Washington Construct Washington 1.200
Pass visitor
facilities on North
Cascades Highway......
774. Washington Improve Huntington 0.750
Avenue South in Castle
Rock..................
775. California Construct Centennial 21.000
Transportation
Corridor..............
776. Kentucky Extend Hurstbourne 8.560
Parkway from Bardstown
Road to Fern Valley
Road..................
777. Pennsylvania Eliminate 16 at-grade 8.000
rail crossings through
Erie..................
778. California Construct Cabot-Camino 2.000
Capistrano Bridge
project in Southern
Orange County.........
779. Utah Widen 106th South from 5.000
I-15 to Bangerter
Highway in South
Jordan................
780. Ohio Upgrade 11 warning 1.100
devices on the rail
north/south line from
Toledo to Deshler.....
781. Washington Construct Port of 0.900
Kalama River Bridge...
782. California Improve Folsom 4.000
Boulevard--Highway 50
in the city of Folsom.
783. New Hampshire Construct the Broad 16.300
Street Parkway in
Nashua................
784. New York Construct County Road 0.515
93 between NYS 27 and
NYS 454...............
785. Washington Improve Clinton Ferry 7.750
Terminal in Clinton...
786. Illinois Construct Riverfront 0.050
pedestrian walkway in
Peoria................
787. Colorado Construct alternative 5.600
truck route in
Montrose..............
788. New York I-87 Noise Abatement 10.000
Program...............
789. New Jersey Construct Toms River 3.000
bridge project
connecting Dover and
South Toms River
Borough...............
790. California Install SiliconValley 4.860
Smart Corridor project
along the I-880
corridor..............
791. Illinois Construct Veterans 11.040
Parkway from Eastland
Drive to Commerce
Parkway in Bloomington
792. Pennsylvania Construct Drexel 1.000
University
Infrastructure
Research Facility
roadway improvements..
793. New Jersey Widen Route 1 from 7.000
Pierson Avenue to
Inman Avenue in
Middlesex County......
794. Michigan Construct US-131 5.000
Cadillac Bypass
project...............
795. New Hampshire Reconstruct US-3 2.000
Carroll town line 2.1
miles north...........
796. Texas Upgrade State Highway 12.000
35 Houston District
Brazoria County.......
797. Tennessee Construct US-27 from 5.500
State Road 61 to
Morgan County line....
798. Pennsylvania Install citywide 1.000
signalization (SAMI)
project in Lebanon....
799. Maryland Upgrade US-113 north of 24.000
US-50 to MD-589 in
Worcester County,
Maryland..............
800. Louisiana Construct Florida 0.200
Expressway in St.
Bernard and Orleans
Parishes..............
801. Colorado Construct I-25 truck 3.000
lane from Lincoln
Avenue to Castle Pines
Parkway in Douglas
County................
802. Oklahoma Conduct study of 0.300
Highway 3 in
McCurtain, Pushmataha
and Atoka Counties....
803. Texas Reconstruct intermodal 10.000
connectors on Highway
78 and Highway 544 in
Wylie.................
804. Georgia Construct noise 1.000
barriers on the
westside of I-185
between Macon Road and
Airport Thruway and on
I-75 between Mt. Zion
Road and Old Dixie
Highway in the Atlanta
area..................
805. Arkansas Construct the Ashdown 5.000
Bypass/Overpass in
Ashdown...............
806. Illinois Constuct Peoria City 4.000
River Center parking
facility in Peoria....
807. Arkansas Study and construct a 1.000
multi-modal facility
Russellville,
Arkansas..............
808. Washington Design and implement 1.000
report and
environmental study of
the I-5 corridor in
Everett, Washington...
809. Pennsylvania Construct Newton 2.000
Hamilton SR 3021 over
Juniata River in
Mifflin County........
810. Texas Widen State Highway 6 12.100
from from Senior Road
to FM521..............
811. South Dakota Construct Eastern 15.790
Dakota Expressway
(Phase I).............
812. Kentucky Construct necessary 9.500
connections for the
Taylor Southgate
Bridge in Newport and
the Clay Wade Bailey
Bridge in Covington...
813. Washington Construct traffic 0.257
signals on US-2 at
Olds Owens Road and
5th Street in Sultan,
Washington............
814. Minnesota Widen Trunk Highway 14/ 13.000
52 from 75th Street,
NW to Trunk Highway 63
in Rochester..........
815. New Jersey Improve Old York Road/ 6.640
Rising Run Road
intersection in
Burlington............
816. Pennsylvania Construct I-81 noise 0.640
abatement program in
Dauphin County........
817. Alabama Construct Crepe Myrtle 1.600
Trail near Mobile,
Alabama...............
818. California Construct SR-78/Rancho 5.000
Del Oro interchange in
Oceanside.............
819. New Jersey Improve grade 14.000
separations on the
Garden State Parkway
in Cape May County,
New Jersey............
820. Pennsylvania Construct Western 3.600
Innerloop from PA-26
to State Route 3014...
821. Kansas Widen US-169 in Miami 13.500
County................
822. New Hampshire Construct Hindsale 3.000
Bridge................
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823. Washington Construct I-5 6.650
interchanges in Lewis
County................
824. Georgia Widen Georgia Route 6/ 10.888
US-278 in Polk County.
825. Pennsylvania Improve access and 5.000
interchange from I-95
to the international
terminal at
Philadelphia
International Airport.
826. Pennsylvania Construct rail 12.800
mitigation and
improvement projects
from Philadelphia to
New Jersey Line.......
827. Nevada Extend I-580 in Washie 5.000
and Douglas Counties..
828. Georgia Resurface Davis Drive, 0.400
Green Street, and
North Houston Road in
Warner Robins.........
829. Oregon Repair Port of Hood 1.500
River Bridge Lift Span
project...............
830. New York Improve access to I-84/ 3.000
Dutchess intermodal
facility in Dutchess
County................
831. Georgia Conduct a study of an 5.000
interstate multimodal
transportation
corridor from Atlanta
to Chattanooga........
832. Nebraska Corridor study for 0.100
Louisville South
bypass from State
Highway 66 to State
Highway 50............
833. Michigan Conduct feasibility 0.250
study on widening US-
12 to three lanes
between US-127 and
Michigan Highway 50...
834. Kentucky Correct rock hazard on 0.035
US-127 in Russell
County................
835. New York Construct new exit 46A 10.000
on I-90 at Route 170
in North Chili........
836. California Construct parking lot, 3.800
pedestrian bridge and
related improvements
to improve intermodal
transportation in
Yorba Linda...........
837. Missouri Construct US-412 8.000
corridor from Kennett
to Hayti, Missouri....
838. Florida ITS improvements on US- 2.000
19 in Pasco County....
839. Florida Construct I-4 14.000
reversible safety lane
in Orlando............
840. Connecticut Improve and realign 2.020
Route 8 in Winchester.
841. Louisiana Construct State Highway 10.000
3241/State Highway
1088/I-12 interchange
in St. Tammany Parish,
Louisiana.............
842. Nebraska Corridor study for 0.350
Plattsmouth Bridge
area to US-75 and
Horning Road..........
843. Michigan Construct US-131 2.000
Business route/
industrial connector
in Kalamazoo..........
844. Michigan Reconstruct I-94 12.000
between Michigan Route
14 and US-23..........
845. California Construct Ontario 10.500
International Airport
ground access program.
846. Texas Construct the George 10.000
H.W. Bush Presidential
Corridor from Bryan to
east to I-45..........
847. Virginia Construct I-73 from 8.500
Roanoke to the North
Carolina border.......
848. Louisiana Kerner's Ferry Bridge 1.000
Replacement project...
849. Washington Widen SR-522 in 5.200
Snohomish County:
$3,650,000 for phase 1
from SR-9 to Lake
Road; $1,500,000 to
construct segment from
Paradise Lake Road to
Snohomish River Bridge
850. California Plan and design 4.000
interchange between I-
15 and Sante Fe Road
in Barstow,
California............
851. California Upgrade Ft. Irwin Road 1.500
from I-15 to Fort
Irwin.................
852. Nebraska Construct bridge in 4.000
Newcastle.............
853. Indiana Conduct rail-highway 0.100
feasibility project
study in Muncie.......
854. New Jersey Replace the Ocean City- 26.000
Longport bridge in
Cape May County, New
Jersey................
855. Kentucky Construct a segment of 15.000
the I-66 corridor from
Somerset to I-75......
856. Ohio Improve and widen SR-45 7.920
from North of the I-90
interchange to North
Bend Road in Ashtabula
County, Ohio..........
857. Illinois Construct I-88 2.000
interchange at Peace
Road in Dekalb........
858. Virginia Widen Route 123 from 10.000
Prince William County
line to State Route
645 in Fairfax County,
Virginia..............
859. Pennsylvania Widen and improve Route 1.000
449 in Potter County..
860. Ohio Conduct feasibility 0.100
study for inclusion of
US-22 as part of the
Interstate System.....
861. New Hampshire Improve the Bridge 1.000
Street bridge in
Plymouth..............
862. Louisiana Conduct a feasibility 2.000
and design study of
Louisiana Highway 30
between Louisiana
Highway 44 and I-10...
863. Louisiana Construct I-610 noise 1.000
and safety barrier in
the Lake View section
of New Orleans,
Louisiana.............
864. New York Conduct North Road 1.500
Corridor study in
Oswego County.........
865. Kansas Construct Diamond 8.400
interchange at Antioch
and I-435.............
866. Iowa Reconstruct I-235 in 6.900
Polk County...........
867. Florida Construct Port of Palm 21.000
Beach road access
improvements, Palm
Beach County, Florida.
868. Tennessee Improve the Elizabethon 8.450
Connector from US-312
to US-19 East.........
869. California Stabilize US-101 at 1.000
Wilson Creek..........
870. Michigan Improve the I-73 5.250
corridor in Jackson
and Lenawee Counties..
871. Arkansas Improve Arkansas State 2.500
Highway 59 from Rena
Road to Old Uniontown
Road in Van Buren.....
872. Illinois Construct Richton Road, 2.000
Crete.................
873. Ohio Widen Licking-SR-79- 9.400
06.65 (PID 8314) in
Licking County........
874. New York Improve and reconstruct 0.280
Commerce Street in
York Town.............
875. Arkansas Construct Highway 371 3.000
from Magnolia to
Prescott..............
876. Arkansas Construct Highway 82 7.000
from Hamburg to
Montrose..............
877. California Improve SR-91/Green 6.500
River Road interchange
878. California Widen and improve I-5/ 13.900
State Route 126
interchange in
Valencia..............
879. Pennsylvania Construct US-30 Bypass 4.400
from Exton Bypass to
PA-10.................
880. Illinois Replace State Route 47 19.000
Bridge in Morris......
881. New York Construct County Road 0.700
67 at Long Island
Expressway Exit 57
between County Road 17
and...................
882. California Construct I-10/Barton 5.000
Road West/Anderson
Street connection.....
883. New York Reconstruct Route 9 in 3.354
Plattsburgh...........
884. Illinois Engineering for Peoria 5.000
to Chicago expressway.
885. Louisiana Construct Hourma- 3.100
Thibodaux to I-10
connector from
Gramercy to Houma.....
886. Washington Construct Peace Arch 4.900
Crossing of Entry
(PACE) lane in Blaine.
887. Florida Purchase and install I- 1.000
275 traffic management
system in Pinellas
County, Florida.......
888. Mississippi Construct I-55 3.000
connectors to US-51 in
Madison, Mississippi..
889. Alabama Construct Anniston 44.600
Eastern Bypass from I-
20 to Fort McClellan
in Calhoun County.....
890. Connecticut Realign and extend Hart 4.000
Street in New Britain.
891. Texas Construct Spur 10 from 4.000
SH-36 to US-59........
892. Wisconsin Construct U.S. Highway 30.000
151 Fond du Lac Bypass
893. Ohio Grade separation 3.000
project at Snow Road
Brook Park............
894. Nebraska Conduct corridor study 0.550
from Wayne to
Vermillion-Newcastle
bridge................
895. Pennsylvania Construct Erie Eastside 21.600
Connector.............
896. New York Reconstruct County 2.473
Route 24 in Franklin
County................
897. Pennsylvania Construct SR-3019 over 0.500
Great Trough Creek in
Huntingdon County.....
898. California Construct Tulare County 9.000
roads in Tulare County
899. Pennsylvania Widen PA-228 from 1.200
Criders Corners to
State Route 3015......
900. South Carolina Three River Greenway 5.000
Project to and from
Gervals Street in
Columbia..............
901. Washington Construct State Route 3.500
305 corridor
improvements in
Poulsbo, Washington...
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902. Pennsylvania Improve Lewistown 1.000
Narrows US-322 in
Mifflin and Juniata
County................
903. Nevada Construct the US-395 5.000
Carson City Bypass....
904. Illinois Reconstruct I-74 12.865
through Peoria........
905. Florida Widen Gunn Highway 2.000
between Erlich Road
and South Mobley Road
in Hillsborough County
906. New York Construct intermodal 2.500
transportation hub in
Patchogue.............
907. New York Upgrade and relocate 20.000
Utica-Rome Expressway
in Oneida, County New
York..................
908. Georgia Conduct a study of a 2.400
multimodal
transportation
corridor from
Lawrenceville to
Marietta..............
909. Georgia I-75 advanced 1.700
transportation
management system in
Cobb County...........
910. New Hampshire Berlin Heritage Project 0.050
from the Everett
turnpike to Hudson in
Berlin County.........
911. Alabama Engineer, acquire right- 20.000
of-way, and construct
the Birmingham
Northern Beltline in
Jefferson County......
912. Florida Replace St. Johns River 14.000
Bridge in Volusia and
Seminole Counties.....
913. Maryland Improve Halfway 4.000
Boulevard east and
west of Exit 5, I-81
in Washington County..
914. Georgia Construct Harry S. 3.550
Truman Parkway........
915. Pennsylvania Reconstruct the I-81 8.000
Davis Street
interchange in
Lackawanna............
916. Illinois Widen 143rd Street in 8.000
Orland Park...........
917. Pennsylvania Conduct study of Ft. 0.500
Washington
transportation
improvements, Upper
Dublin, PA............
918. Kansas Construct grade 4.200
separations on US-36
and US-77 in
Marysville, Kansas....
919. Ohio Relocate Harrison/ 6.000
Belmont US-250........
920. Arkansas Widen 28th Street and 1.000
related improvements
in Van Buren, Arkansas
921. Tennessee Improve County Road 374 5.000
in Montgomery County..
922. Virginia Conduct feasibility 0.500
study for the
construction I-66 from
Lynchburg to the West
Virginia border.......
923. Florida Expand Palm Valley 3.100
Bridge in St. Johns
County................
924. Michigan Acquire right-of-way 28.720
and construct M-6
Grand Rapids South
Beltline in Grand
Rapids, Michigan......
925. Pennsylvania Reconstruct PA-309 in 17.400
Eastern Montgomery
with $4,000,000 for
noise abatement.......
926. Colorado Reconstruct I-225/Iliff 5.500
Avenue interchange in
Aurora................
927. California Widen US-101 from 1.600
Windsor to Arata
Interchange...........
928. New Jersey Design and construction 4.600
Belford Ferry Terminal
in Belford, New
Jersey................
929. Louisiana Construct East-West 1.000
Corridor project in
Southwest Louisiana...
930. Kentucky Construct US-127 5.800
Jamestown Bypass......
931. Kentucky Conduct feasibility 0.500
study for Northern
Kentucky High Priority
Corridor (I-74).......
932. Utah Improve 5600 West 5.000
Highway from 2100
South to 4100 South in
West Valley City......
933. Arkansas Construct US-270 East- 9.000
West Arterial in Hot
Springs...............
934. New York Improve Route 31 from 11.750
Baldwinsville to
County Route 57.......
935. Arkansas Widen West Phoenix 8.000
Avenue and related
improvements in Fort
Smith, Arkansas.......
936. Arkansas Improve Arkansas State 0.500
Highway 12 from US-71
at Rainbow Curve to
Northwest Arkansas
Regional Airport......
937. Texas Widen State Highway 35 6.900
from SH288 in Angleton
to FM521 and dedicate
$630,000 to the
acquisition of right-
of-way in Brazoria
County................
938. Louisiana Congestion mitigation 3.000
and safety
improvements to the
Central thruway in
Baton Rouge...........
939. North Carolina Widen North Carolina 4.000
Route 24 from
Swansboro to US-70 in
Onslow and Carteret
Counties..............
940. North Carolina Construct US-13 from 4.500
the Wilson the US-264
Bypass to Goldsboro in
Wayne and Wilson
Counties..............
941. Michigan Construct Bridge Street 4.200
bridge project in
Southfield............
942. Connecticut Improve Route 7 utility 7.200
and landscaping in New
Milford...............
943. Pennsylvania Construct access 1.700
improvements between
exits 56 and 57 off I-
81 in Lackawanna......
944. New Jersey Construct grade 5.000
separation of Route 35
and Tinton falls and
extend Shrewsbury
Avenue in Monmouth....
945. Washington Improve I-5/196th 4.500
Street, Southwest
Freeway interchange in
Lynnwood, Washington..
946. Tennessee Extend Pellissippi 11.800
Parkway from State
Route 33 to State
Route 321 in Blount
County................
947. New York Improve Route 281 in 9.000
Cortland..............
948. California Construct I-15 Galinas 8.500
interchange in
Riverside County......
949. New Hampshire Construct the Keene 6.150
bypass................
950. Illinois Design and construct US- 10.000
67 corridor from
Jacksonville to
Beardstown............
951. Virginia Conduct Williamsburg 0.325
2007 transportation
study.................
952. Mississippi Widen US-84 from I-55 1.250
at Brookhaven to US-49
at Collins............
953. New York Reconstruct Jackson 2.624
Avenue in New Windsor,
Orange County.........
954. Texas Widen State Highway 6 12.200
from FM521 to Brazoria
County line and
construct railroad
overpass..............
955. Tennessee Reconstruct road and 15.000
causeway in Shiloh
Military Park in
Hardin County.........
956. Florida Pedestrian safety 6.800
initiative on US-19 in
Pinellas County.......
957. Washington Improve primary truck 4.900
access route on East
Marine View Drive,
FAST corridor in
Washington............
958. Florida Construct Wonderwood 38.000
Connector from Mayport
to Arlington, Duval
County, Florida.......
959. California Improve the Avenue H 6.100
overpass in Lancaster
County................
960. Pennsylvania Improve safety on PA-41 6.000
from US-30 to PA-926..
961. New Jersey Consrtuct Route 29/129 5.500
bicycle, pedestrian
and landscape
improvement plan......
962. Idaho Construct critical 10.000
interchanges and grade-
crossings on US-20
between Idaho Falls
and Chester...........
963. Louisiana Expand Perkins Road in 10.000
Baton Rouge...........
964. Pennsylvania Widen US 30 from Walker 2.000
Rd to Fayetteville in
Franklin County.......
965. Wyoming Construct Jackson-Teton 1.830
Pathway in Teton
County................
966. Utah Widen 7200 South in 1.100
Midvale...............
967. Washington Conduct feasibility 1.000
study of State Route
35 Hood River bridge
in White Salmon.......
968. Arkansas Upgrade US Route 412, 3.550
Harrison to Mountain
Home, Arkansas........
969. Nevada Canamex Corridor 7.000
Innovative Urban
Renovation project in
Henderson.............
970. Georgia Construct Athens to 8.000
Atlanta Transportation
Corridor..............
971. California Widen State Route 29 0.500
between Route 281 and
Route 175.............
972. California Upgrade US-101 from 1.000
Eureka to Arcata......
973. Louisiana Expand Harding Road 3.600
from Scenic Highway to
the Mississippi River
and construct an
information center....
974. Indiana Improve Southwest 30.000
Highway from
Bloomington to
Evansville............
975. Pennsylvania Construct Route 72 8.810
overpass at Conrail in
Lebanon...............
976. Indiana Construct Hazel Dell 5.500
Parkway from 96th
Street to 146th Street
in Carmel.............
977. New Jersey Replace Calhoun Street 1.300
Bridge in Trenton.....
978. Utah Reconstruct US-89 and 7.000
interchange at 200
North in Kaysville....
979. California Construct Nogales 4.500
Street at Railroad
Street grade
separation in Los
Angeles County,
California............
980. Pennsylvania Improve Bedford County 2.000
Business Park Rd in
Bedford County........
981. Utah Extend Main Street from 11.500
5600 South to Vine
Street in Murray......
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982. Pennsylvania Construct US-30 at PA- 6.000
772 and PA-41.........
983. Illinois Improve Sugar Grove 2.500
US30..................
984. California Improve Route 99/Route 8.000
120 interchange in
Manteca County........
985. Pennsylvania Widen US-11/15 between 5.000
Mt. Patrick and McKees
Half Falls in Perry
County................
986. Ohio Add lanes and improve 2.000
intersections on Route
20 in Lake County,
Ohio..................
987. Pennsylvania Construct PA-283 North 2.450
Union Street ramps in
Dauphin County........
988. California Improve and construct I- 7.400
80 reliever route
project; Walters Road
and Walters Road
Extension Segments....
989. Alabama Expand US-278 in 6.000
Cullman County........
990. Ohio Construct Chagrin River/ 1.545
Gulley Brook corridor
scenic greenway along
I-90 in Lake County...
991. Oregon Construct phase I: 23.500
highway 99 to Biddle
Road of the highway 62
corridor solutions
project...............
992. New York Renovate State Route 9 3.840
in Phillipstown.......
993. Arkansas Enhance area in the 1.500
vicinity of Dickson
Street in Fayetteville
994. Missouri Construction US-67/ 8.000
Route 60 interchange
in Poplar Bluff,
Missouri..............
995. Kansas Widen US-81 from 27.800
Minneapolis, Kansas to
Nebraska..............
996. California Widen US-101 from 33.000
Petaluma Bridge to
Novato................
997. Alabama Construct new I-10 14.375
bridge over the Mobile
River in Mobile,
Alabama...............
998. Mississippi Upgrade and widen US-49 1.250
in Rankin, Simpson,
and Covington Counties
999. California Realign and improve 6.000
California Route 79 in
Riverside County......
1000. New Jersey Construct East Windsor 0.360
Bear Brook pathway
system................
1001. New York Construct Hutton Bridge 3.000
Project...............
1002. Ohio Improve State Route 800 0.500
in Monroe County......
1003. Pennsylvania Improve PA-41 between 7.600
Delaware State line
and PA-926............
1004. New York Improve Hiawatha 2.250
Boulevard and Harrison
Street corridors in
Syracuse..............
1005. Pennsylvania Replace Dellville 1.000
Bridge in Wheatfield..
1006. Florida Construct I-4/John 13.659
Young Parkway
interchange project in
Orlando...............
1007. Connecticut Reconstruct Broad 3.200
Street in New Britain.
1008. Washington Widen US-395 in the 10.000
vicinity of mile post
170 north of Spokane..
1009. New York Construct NYS Route 27 4.700
at intersection of
North Monroe Avenue...
1010. New York Reconstruct Route 23/ 0.850
Route 205 intersection
in Oneonta............
1011. Alaska Construct Pt. Mackenzie 9.000
Intermodal Facility...
1012. Maryland Construct phase 1A of 15.000
the I-70/I-270/US-340
interchange in
Frederick County......
1013. Illinois Widen and improve US-34 8.000
intechange in Aurora..
1014. Florida A-1-A Beautification 4.400
project in Daytona,
Florida...............
1015. Louisiana Construct I-49 5.600
interchange at Caddo
Port Road in
Shreveport............
1016. Tennessee Construct Kingsport 2.000
Highway in Washington
County................
1017. New Hampshire Improve 3 Pisquataqua 2.200
River Bridges on the
New Hampshire--Maine
border................
1018. Nebraska Construct the Antelope 7.500
Valley Overpass in
Lincoln...............
1019. Pennsylvania Install traffic signal 0.500
upgrade in Clearfield
Borough in Clearfield
County................
1020. North Carolina Construct US-311(I-74) 30.500
from NC-68 to US-29A-
70A...................
1021. California Design and initiation 0.500
of long term
improvements along
Highway 199 in Del
Norte County,
California............
1022. Virginia Improve Lee Highway 1.800
Corridor in Fairfax,
Virginia..............
1023. Illinois Improve roads in the 0.810
Peoria Park District..
1024. California Construct Overland 5.000
Drive overcrossing in
Temecula..............
1025. Iowa Construct the Julien 28.000
Dubuque Bridge over
the Mississippi River
at Dubuque............
1026. Kentucky Construct highway-rail 1.100
grade separations
along the City Lead in
Paducah...............
1027. Indiana Safety improvements to 9.100
McKinley and Riverside
Avenues in Muncie.....
1028. Pennsylvania Gettysburg 4.000
comprehensive road
improvement study.....
1029. Indiana Reconstruct Wheeling 1.600
Avenue in Muncie......
1030. Indiana Construct Hoosier 25.000
Heartland from
Lafayette to Ft. Wayne
1031. Louisiana Upgrade and widen I-10 11.000
between Williams
Boulevard and Tulane
Avenue in Jefferson
and Orleans Parishes..
1032. Louisiana Construct Metairie Rail 7.000
Improvements and
Relocation project in
Jefferson and Orleans
Parishes, Louisiana...
1033. Wisconsin Construct STH-26/US-41 3.000
Interchange in Oshkosh
1034. Pennsylvania Improve Sidling Hill 0.500
Curve and Truck Escape
in Fulton County......
1035. New York Construct Wellwood 1.200
Avenue from Freemont
Street to Montauk
Highway in Lindenhurst
1036. New York Improve ferry 1.000
infrastructure in
Greenport.............
1037. Alaska Construct Spruce Creek 0.350
Bridge in Soldotna....
1038. Alabama Construct East Foley 7.000
corridor project from
Baldwin County Highway
20 to State Highway 59
in Alabama............
1039. Louisiana Construct North/South 7.000
Road/I-10-US-61
connection in the
Kenner, Louisiana.....
1040. Texas Construct FM2234(McHard 6.400
Road) from SH-35 to
Beltway 8 at Monroe
Boulevard.............
1041. Michigan Construct M-5 Haggerty 3.200
Connector.............
1042. Kentucky and Indiana Ohio River Major 40.100
Investment Study
Project, Kentucky and
Indiana...............
1043. Ohio Construct Muskingum-SR- 8.000
16....................
1044. Ohio Relocate SR-30 for 1.000
final design of south
alternative in Carroll
County, Ohio..........
1045. Missouri Upgrade US-63 in Howell 8.000
County, Missouri......
1046. California Widen SR-23 between 14.000
Moorpark and Thousand
Oaks..................
1047. New York Construct CR-3 at 1.400
Southern State Parkway
overpass between Long
Island Expressway and
Colonial Springs......
1048. Washington Improve I-90/Sunset Way 19.800
interchange in
Issaquah, WA..........
1049. New York Construct Elmira 3.000
Arterial from Miller
to Cedar..............
1050. California Construct Imperial 14.500
Highway grade
separation and sound
walls at Esperanza
Road/Orangethorpe
Avenue in Yorba Linda,
California............
1051. Wyoming Widen and improve Cody-- 10.170
Yellowstone Highway
from the entrance to
Yellowstone National
Park to Cody..........
1052. Florida West Palm Beach Traffic 15.000
Calming Project on US-
1 and Flagur Drive....
1053. Missouri Construction and 33.303
upgrade of US-71/I-49
in Newton and McDonald
County, Missouri......
1054. Virginia Commuter and freight 10.000
rail congestion and
mitigation project
over Quantico Creek...
1055. California Complete Citraeado 3.000
Parkway project in San
Diego County..........
1056. Tennessee Improve State Route 92 4.550
from I-40 to South of
Jefferson City........
1057. Washington Redevelop Port of 0.077
Anacortes waterfront..
1058. Mississippi Widen US-98 from Pike 1.250
County to Foxworth....
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1059. New York Construct US-219 from 20.000
Route 39 to Route 17..
1060. Michigan Construct US-27 between 8.500
St. Johns and Ithaca..
1061. California Construct highway-rail 4.215
grade separation for
Fairway Drive and
Union Pacific track...
1062. Tennessee Reconstruct Old Walland 1.680
Highway bridge over
Little River in
Townsend..............
1063. California Construct I-10 2.000
Tippecanoe/Anderson
interchange project in
Loma Linda and San
Bernardino County,
California............
1064. California Construct State Route 10.000
76 in Northern San
Diego.................
1065. Nebraska Construct NE-35 4.500
alternative and
modified route
expressway in Norfolk
and Wayne.............
1066. Arkansas Construct Highway 425 7.000
from Pine Bluff to the
Louisiana State line..
1067. Tennessee Construct bridge and 13.200
approaches on State
Route 33 over the
Tennessee River
(Henley Street Bridge)
1068. Mississippi Construct Jackson 10.000
International Airport
Parkway and connectors
from High Street to
the Jackson
International Airport
in Jackson,
Mississippi...........
1069. Wisconsin Reconstruct U.S. 12.000
Highway 10, Waupaca
County................
1070. Ohio Construct highway-rail 8.205
grade separations on
Heisley Road between
Hendricks Road and
Jackson Street in
Mentor................
1071. Virginia Widen I-64 Bland 30.675
Boulevard interchange.
1072. Illinois Improve IL-159 in 4.275
Edwardsville..........
1073. Iowa Extend NW 86th Street 7.000
from NW 70th Street to
Beaver Drive in Polk
County................
1074. New York Construct County Route 7.577
21, Peeksill Hollow
Road renovation
project...............
1075. Iowa IA-192 relation and 6.000
Avenue G viaduct in
Council Bluffs........
1076. Ohio Upgrade and widen US-24 23.000
from I-469 to I-475...
1077. Illinois Construct crossings 12.500
over Fox River in Kane
County................
1078. Florida Construct North East 1.600
Dade Bike Path in
North Miami Beach,
Florida...............
1079. Pennsylvania Improve Oxford Valley 2.000
Road/US-1 interchange
in Bucks County.......
1080. California Improve highway access 0.500
to Humboldt Bay and
Harbor Port...........
1081. North Carolina Construct I-85 29.500
Greensboro Bypass in
Greensboro, North
Carolina..............
1082. Pennsylvania Reconfigure I-81 Exit 2 0.700
Ramp in Franklin
County................
1083. Indiana Feasibility study of 0.600
State Road 37
improvements in
Noblesville, Elwood
and Marion............
1084. New Jersey Revitalize Route 130 4.000
from Cinnaminson to
Willingboro...........
1085. Ohio Upgrade I-77/US-250/SR- 1.000
39 interchange in
Tuscarawas County.....
1086. Virginia Enhance Maple Avenue 2.700
streetscape in Vienna,
Virginia..............
1087. Arkansas Widen Highway 65/82 7.000
from Pine Bluff to the
Mississippi State line
1088. New Jersey Construct Route 31 15.400
Fleming Bypass in
Hunterdon County, New
Jersey................
1089. New York Conduct safety study 0.400
and improve I-90 in
Downtown Buffalo......
1090. Utah Widen SR-36 from I-80 3.000
to Mills Junction.....
1091. Alabama Construct the 17.650
Montgomery Outer Loop
from US-80 to I-85 via
I-65..................
1092. Tennessee Construct Foothills 11.500
Parkway from Walland
to Weans Valley.......
1093. California Upgrade and synchronize 23.000
traffic lights in the
Alameda Corridor East
in Los Angeles County.
1094. New York Conduct feasibility 0.500
study of new
International bridges
on the NY/Canada
border................
1095. Colorado Construct C-470/I-70 6.250
ramps in Jefferson Co.
1096. Virginia Improve Route 123 from 15.000
Route 1 to Fairfax
County line in Prince
William County,
Virginia..............
1097. Washington Construct Interstate 23.500
405/NE 8th Street
interchange project in
Bellevue, WA..........
1098. New Hampshire Widen I-93 from Salem 12.100
north.................
1099. South Dakota Replace Meridan Bridge. 3.250
1100. Washington Extend Mill Plain 4.000
Boulevard in Vancouver
1101. Colorado Improve SH-74/JC-73 6.250
interchange in the
city of Evergreen in
Jefferson County......
1102. Tennessee Improve US-64 in 5.000
Hardeman and McNairy
Counties..............
1103. Illinois Design and construct I- 5.500
72/MacArthur Boulevard
interchange in
Springfield...........
1104. Pennsylvania Replace bridge over 1.000
Shermans Creek in
Carroll...............
1105. Illinois Improve IL-113 in 7.700
Kankakee..............
1106. Pennsylvania Realign PA29 in the 0.550
Borough of
Collegeville,
Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania..........
1107. Louisiana Construct Causeway 5.000
Boulevard/Earhart
Expressway interchange
in Jefferson, Parish,
Louisiana.............
1108. Pennsylvania Improve PA 26 in 1.000
Huntingdon County.....
1109. New York Construct Furrows Road 1.500
from Patchogue/
Holbrook Road to
Waverly Avenue in
Islip.................
1110. Tennessee Reconstruction of US- 5.000
414 In Henderson
County................
1111. Indiana Widen 116th Street in 1.500
Carmel................
1112. Louisiana Reconstruct Jefferson 1.000
Lakefront bikepath in
Jefferson Parish,
Louisiana.............
1113. Utah Construct 7800 South 6.500
from 1300 West to
Bangerter Highway in
West Jordan...........
1114. Mississippi Construct segment 2 and 1.250
3 of the Bryam-Clinton
Corridor in Hinds
County................
1115. Kentucky Construct Route 259-101 1.000
from Brownsville to I-
65....................
1116. New Jersey Replace Kinnaman Avenue 1.600
bridge over Pohatcong
Creek in Warren County
1117. Louisiana Widen Lapalco Boulevard 5.000
from Barataria
Boulevard to Destrehan
Avenue in Jefferson
Parish, Louisiana.....
1118. Florida Restore and 1.800
rehabilitate Miami
Beach Bridge and
waterfront in Miami
Beach, Florida........
1119. Texas Widen Highway 287 from 13.500
Creek Bend Drive to
Waxahacie bypass......
1120. Utah Widen and improve 123rd/ 5.000
126th South from
Jordan River to
Bangerter Highway in
Riverton..............
1121. Ohio Construct a new 7.100
interchange at County
Road 80 and I-77 in
Dover with $100,000 to
preserve or
reconstruct the
Tourism Information
Center................
1122. Pennsylvania Realign Route 501 in 1.600
Lebanon County........
1123. Pennsylvania Construct Williamsport- 7.000
Lycoming County
Airport Access road
from I-180 to the
airport...............
1124. New York Construct the Mineola 14.000
intermodal facility
and Hicksville
intermodal facility in
Nassau County.........
1125. Arkansas Construct Highway 15 1.000
from Connector Road to
Railroad Overpass in
Pine Bluff............
1126. Kentucky Redevelop and improve 2.840
ground access to
Louisville Waterfront
District in
Louisville, Kentucky..
1127. Ohio Improve and widen SR-91 5.000
from SR-43 south to
county line/city line
in Solon..............
1128. Louisiana Extend I-49 from I-220 4.400
to Arkansas State line
1129. Pennsylvania West Philadelphia 0.410
congestion mitigation
initiative............
1130. New York Judd Road Connector in 37.300
New Hartford and
Whitestown, New York..
1131. South Dakota Construct Eastern 31.438
Dakota Expressway
(Phase II)............
1132. Virginia Conduct historic 0.500
restoration of Roanoke
Passange Station in
Roanoke...............
1133. Louisiana Construct Port of St. 2.100
Bernard Intermodal
facility..............
1134. Mississippi Construct segment 2 of 1.250
the Jackson University
Parkway in Jackson....
1135. Indiana Extend East 56th Street 6.500
in Lawrence...........
1136. Ohio Improve and construct 4.000
SR-44/Jackson Street
Interchange in
Painesville...........
1137. Pennsylvania Widen US-30 from US-222 12.000
to PA-340 and from PA-
283 to PA-741.........
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1138. Ohio Construct State Route 2.200
209 from Cambridge and
Byesville to the
Guernsey County
Industrial Park.......
1139. California Construct I-5/Avenida 3.000
Vista Hermosa
interchange in San
Clemente..............
1140. Pennsylvania Improve PA 17 from PA 1.000
274 to PA 850 in Perry
County................
1141. Georgia Improve GA-316 in 40.900
Gwinnett County.......
1142. New York Construct congestion 5.000
mitigation project for
Brookhaven............
1143. New Hampshire Construct Chestersfield 3.000
Bridge................
1144. California Improve the interchange 6.000
at Cabo and Nason
Street in Moreno
Valley................
1145. Missouri Widen US-63 in Randolph 45.360
and Boone Counties,
Missouri..............
1146. New Jersey Upgrade Garden State 30.000
Parkway Exit 142......
1147. New York Improve Bedford- 2.880
Banksville Road from
Millbrook to
Connecticut State line
1148. New York Upgrade and improve 14.200
Albany to Saratoga to
intermodal
transportation
corridor..............
1149. Oklahoma Reconstruct US-99/SH377 9.000
from Prague to Stroud
in Lincoln County.....
1150. Washington Safety improvements to 4.200
State Route 14 in
Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area..
1151. Nevada Widen I-50 between 4.000
Fallon and Fernley....
1152. South Carolina Widen and relocate SC-6 8.000
in Lexington County...
1153. Kansas Widen US-54 from 8.000
Liberal, Kansas
southwest to Oklahoma.
1154. Virginia Improve East Eldon 0.500
Street in Herndon.....
1155. Michigan Improve US-31 from 5.000
Holland to Grand Haven
1156. Arkansas Construct turning lanes 0.250
at US-71/AR-8
intersection in Mena..
1157. California Widen LaCosta Avenue in 3.000
Carlsbad..............
1158. Alaska Improve roads in 2.350
Kotzebue..............
1159. New Hampshire Construct Manchester 10.700
Airport access road in
Manchester............
1160. Texas Upgrade SH 130 in 1.000
Caldwell amd
Williamson Counties...
1161. South Dakota Construct Heartland 6.505
Expressway Phase I....
1162. New York Design and construct 16.260
Outer Harbor Bridge in
Buffalo...............
1163. Pennsylvania Reconstruct State Route 9.000
2001 in Pike County...
1164. Ohio Construct interchange 6.000
at I-480 in
Independence, Ohio....
1165. New Mexico Improve US-70 southwest 10.000
of Portales...........
1166. California Willits Bypass, Highway 1.000
101 in Mendocino
County, California....
1167. Florida Widen US-192 between 25.000
County Route 532 and I-
95 in Brevard and
Osceola Counties......
1168. Georgia Widen US-84 South from 3.200
US-82 to the Ware
County Line in
Waycross and Ware
Counties..............
1169. New Hampshire Reconstruct bridge over 3.000
the Connecticut River
between Lebanon, NH
and White River
Junction, VT..........
1170. Ohio Conduct feasibility 0.700
study for the
construction of
Muskingum County South
93-22-40 connector....
1171. Georgia Reconstruct SR-26/US-60 3.550
from Bull River to
Lazaretto Creek.......
1172. Wisconsin Improve Janesville 4.000
transportation........
1173. Illinois Reconstruct US-30 in 9.000
Joliet................
1174. New Mexico Complete the Paseo del 7.500
Norte East Corridor in
Bernalillo County.....
1175. Michigan Construct I-96/Beck 2.600
Wixom Road interchange
1176. Pennsylvania Construct US-322 25.000
Conchester Highway
between US-1 and PA-
452...................
1177. New Mexico Extend Unser Boulevard 1.000
in Albuquerque........
1178. Arkansas Conduct planning for 1.000
highway 278 and rail
for the Warren/
Monticello Arkansas
Intermodal Complex....
1179. Washington Widen SR-543 from I-5 3.616
to International
Boundary, Washington..
1180. New York Construct congestion 1.000
mitigation project for
Smithtown.............
1181. Mississippi Widen MS-15 from Laurel 10.000
to Louiseville........
1182. Pennsylvania Construct Abbey Trails 0.500
in Abington Township..
1183. Mississippi Construct East Metro 3.500
Corridor in Rankin
County, Mississippi...
1184. Utah Construct I-15 8.000
interchange at
Atkinville............
1185. California Improve SR-70 from 15.000
Marysville Bypass to
Oroville Freeway......
1186. New Hampshire Construct Conway bypass 7.100
from Madison to
Bartlett..............
1187. New York Improve the Route 31/I- 2.473
81 Bridge in Watertown
1188. Pennsylvania Relocate PA-113 at 3.000
Creamery Village in
Skippack..............
1189. Indiana Upgrade 4 warning 0.400
devices on north/south
rail line from Terre
Haute to Evansville...
1190. Pennsylvania Construct noise 0.480
abatement barriers
along US-581 from I-83
2 miles west in
Cumberland County.....
1191. Louisiana Install computer signal 6.500
synchronization system
in Baton Rouge........
1192. Alabama Construct US-231/I-10 1.350
Freeway Connector from
the Alabama border to
Dothan................
1193. Michigan Improve I-94 in 5.000
Kalamazoo County......
1194. Florida Construct Englewood 10.000
Interstate connector
from River Road to I-
75 in Sarasota and
Charlotte Counties....
1195. New York Construct Hamilton 16.500
Street interchange in
Erwin.................
1196. Alabama Extend I-759 in Etowah 15.000
County................
1197. Pennsylvania US-209 Marshall's Creek 10.000
Traffic Relief project
in Monroe County......
1198. Georgia Construct the Fall Line 23.000
Freeway from Bibb to
Richmond Counties.....
1199. Indiana Construct SR-9 bypass 3.150
in Greenfield.........
1200. Illinois Construct Alton Bypass 2.500
from IL-40 to
Fosterburg Road.......
1201. New York Replace of Route 92 4.000
Limestone Creek Bridge
in Manlius............
1202. Indiana Upgrade 14 warning 1.400
devices on east/west
rail line from Gary to
Auburn................
1203. New York Improve 6th and 0.700
Columbia Street
project in Elmira.....
1204. Michigan Improve Kent County 11.280
Airport road access in
Grand Rapids, Michigan
by extending 36th
Street, improving 48th
Street, and
constructing the I-96/
Whitneyville
Interchange...........
1205. Arkansas Enhance area around the 0.400
Paris Courthouse in
the vicinity of
Arkansas Scenic
Highway 22 and
Arkansas Scenic
Highway 309, Paris
Arkansas..............
1206. Virginia Downtown Staunton 0.500
Streetscape Plan--
Phase I in Staunton...
1207. New York Construct CR-85 from 0.675
Foster Avenue to CR97
in Suffolk County.....
1208. California Construct interchange 10.000
between I-15 and Main
Street in Hesperia,
California............
1209. Pennsylvania Construct Ardmore 0.500
Streetscape project...
1210. New York Reconstruct Route 25/ 1.000
Route 27 intersection
in St. Lawrence County
1211. Connecticut Relocate and realign 5.410
Route 72 in Bristol...
1212. Pennsylvania Improve Park Avenue/PA 0.600
36 in Blair County....
1213. Virginia Construct Route 288 in 22.000
the Richmond
Metropolitan Area.....
1214. New York Construct city of Glen 5.000
Cove waterfront
improvements..........
1215. North Carolina Upgrade and improve US- 20.000
19 from Maggie Valley
to Cherokee...........
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1216. New York Construct Eastern Long 15.000
Island Scenic Byway in
Suffolk County........
1217. Pennsylvania Widen SR-247 and SR- 10.900
2008 between 84 and
Lackawanna Valley
Industrial Highway for
the Moosic Mountain
Business Park.........
1218. Louisiana Construct and equip 5.400
Transportation
Technology and
Emergency Preparedness
Center in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.............
1219. Pennsylvania Reconstruct I-95/Street 1.770
Road interchange in
Bucks County..........
1220. Mississippi Widen State Route 24 1.250
from Liberty to I-55..
1221. New York Initiate study and 2.000
subsequent development
and engineering of an
international trade
corridor in St.
Lawrence County.......
1222. Missouri Construct Highway 36 3.496
Hannibal Bridge and
approaches in Marion
County................
1223. New York Reconstruct Ridge Road 0.160
Bridge in Orange
County................
1224. New Jersey Reconstruct South 8.000
Pembrton Road from
Route 206 to Hanover
Street................
1225. Ohio Improve Alum Creek 7.000
Drive from I-270 to
Frebis Avenue in
Franklin County.......
1226. Ohio Construct SR-315 Ohio 3.000
State University Ramp
project in Franklin
County................
1227. North Carolina Construct US-64/264 in 2.000
Dare County...........
1228. New Mexico Improve US-70 from I-25 25.000
to Organ in New
Mexico................
1229. Kentucky Construct connection 3.000
between Natcher Bridge
and KY-60 east of
Owensboro.............
1230. California Widen 5th Street and 1.000
replace 5th Street
bridge in Highland,
California............
1231. New Mexico Reconstruct US-84/US- 15.000
285 from Santa Fe to
Espanola..............
1232. Iowa Improve IA-60 Corridor 8.800
from LeMar to MN State
line..................
1233. Louisiana Construct Leeville 1.500
Bridge on LA-1........
1234. Tennessee Reconstruct US-27 in 3.000
Morgan County.........
1235. Texas Improve US 82, East- 16.400
West Freeway between
Memphis Avenue and
University Avenue.....
1236. Alabama Construct Eastern Black 23.000
Warrior River Bridge
and acquire right-of-
way and construct an
extension of the Black
Warrior Parkway from
US-82 to US-43 in
Tuscaloosa County.....
1237. North Carolina Construct US-117, the 4.500
Elizabeth City Bypass
in Pasquotank County..
1238. Florida Construct Cross 1.500
Seminole Trail
connection in Seminole
County................
1239. New York Construct County Road 1.360
50 in the vicinity of
Windsor Avenue........
1240. Ohio Construct greenway 2.300
enhancements in
Madison...............
1241. Nebraska Conduct corridor study 1.000
of NE-35 alternative
and modified route in
Norfolk, Wayne and
Dakota City...........
1242. New York Improve Broadway in 2.520
North Castle in
Westchester County....
1243. Louisiana Extend Louisiana 8.000
Highway 42 between US-
61 and I-10 in
Ascension Parish......
1244. Alaska Extend Kenai Spur 8.000
Highway-North Road in
Kenai Peninsula
Borough...............
1245. Utah Construct underpass at 3.900
100th South in Sandy..
1246. Connecticut Construct Seaview 10.000
Avenue Corridor
project...............
1247. New Jersey Replace Maple Grange 1.800
Road bridge over
Pochuck Creek in
Sussex County.........
1248. New York Construct congestion 2.500
mitigation project for
Riverhead.............
1249. Pennsylvania Improve PA 453 from 1.000
Water Street to Tyrone
in Huntingdon County..
1250. Oklahoma Reconstruct County Road 0.250
237 from Indiahoma to
Wichita Mountains
Wildlife Refuge.......
1251. Washington Construct 192nd Street 5.000
from Sr-14 to SE 15th.
1252. Ohio Construct Licking- 1.500
Thornwood Connector in
Licking County........
1253. Pennsylvania Improve I-95/PA-413 7.500
Interchange in Bucks
County................
1254. Florida Construct US-98/Thomas 15.000
Drive interchange.....
1255. Texas Widen Meacham Boulevard 3.500
from I-35W to FM-146
and extend Meacham
Boulevard from west of
FM-156 to North Main
Street................
1256. Utah Construct Cache Valley 7.000
Highway in Logan......
1257. Texas Relocation of Indiana 9.600
Avenue between 19th
street to North Loop
289 and Quaker Avenue
intersection..........
1258. Kentucky Reconstruct KY-210 from 8.000
Hodgenville to Morning
Star Road, Larue
County................
1259. Georgia Construct Rome to 4.112
Memphis Highway in
Floyd and Bartow
Counties..............
1260. Pennsylvania Realign West 38th 7.200
Street from Shunpike
Road to Myrtle Street
in Erie County........
1261. New York Upgrade Chenango County 1.600
Route 32 in Norwich...
1262. California Rehabilitate historic 3.500
train depot in San
Bernadino.............
1263. Louisiana Construct the Southern 5.500
extension of I-49 from
Lafayette to the
Westbank Expressway...
1264. New York Replace Kennedy-class 40.000
ferries, Staten Island
1265. Florida Construct South 9.000
Connector Road and
Airport Road
interchange in
Jacksonville, Florida.
1266. Virginia Construct the Lynchburg/ 1.500
Madison Heights bypass
in Lynchburg..........
1267. California Widen I-15 from 24.000
Victorville to Barstow
in California.........
1268. New York Traffic Mitigation 3.000
Project on William
Street and Losson Road
in Cheektowaga........
1269. Pennsylvania Improve PA 56 from I-99 1.000
to Somerset County
Line in Bedford County
1270. Pennsylvania Renovate Harrisburg 2.500
Transportation Center
in Dauphin County.....
1271. Washington Widen Columbia Center 1.610
Boulevard in Kennewick
1272. Indiana Improve State Road 31 0.500
in Columbus...........
1273. New York Construct pedestrian 0.250
access bridge from
Utica Union Station...
1274. Pennsylvania Improve Route 219 in 1.000
Clearfield County.....
1275. Kentucky Construct KY-70 from 2.000
Cave City to Mammoth
Cave..................
1276. New Jersey Replace Groveville- 3.200
Allentown Road bridge
in Hanilton...........
1277. Washington Construct Mount Vernon 3.500
multi-modal
transportation
facility project in
Mount Vernon,
Washington............
1278. New Jersey Construct pedestrian 3.000
bridge in Washington
Township..............
1279. Indiana Install traffic 0.900
signalization system
in Muncie.............
1280. New Mexico Improve 84/285 between 5.000
Espanola and Hernandez
1281. Florida Widen of State Road 44 2.250
in Volusia County.....
1282. Maryland Construct improvements 10.000
a I-270/MD-187
interchange...........
1283. Louisiana Increase capacity of 2.000
Lake Pontchartrain
Causeway..............
1284. Pennsylvania Construct Walnut Street 1.000
pedestrian bridge in
Dauphin County........
1285. Pennsylvania Improve US-22/PA-866 2.000
Intersection in Blair
County................
1286. Indiana Expand 126th Street in 1.000
Carmel................
1287. Ohio Upgrade 1 warning 0.100
device on the rail
line from Marion to
Ridgeway..............
1288. Illinois Conduct Midwest 0.400
Regional intermodal
facility feasibility
study in Rochelle.....
1289. Minnesota Construct Trunk Highway 16.000
610/10 from Trunk
Highway 169 in
Brooklyn Park to I-94
in Maple Grove........
1290. Oklahoma Improve Battiest- 3.000
Pickens Road between
Battiest and Pickens
in McCurtain County...
1291. Mississippi Widen US-61 from 1.250
Louisiana State line
to Adams County.......
1292. California Construct capital 5.000
improvements along I-
680 corridor..........
1293. Arkansas Study and construct Van 0.300
Buren intermodal port
facility in Van Buren,
Arkansas..............
1294. New York Construct access road 0.240
from Lake Avenue to
Milestrip Road in
Blasdell..............
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1295. Iowa Construct I-29 airport 6.200
interchange overpass
in Sioux City.........
1296. Pennsylvania Construct PA-309 4.400
Sumneytown Pike
Connector.............
1297. Kentucky Construct Savage-Cedar 0.350
Knob Bridge at Koger
Creek.................
1298. Washington Widen SR-527 from 112th 4.700
SE to 132nd SE in
Everett...............
1299. Kentucky Complete I-65 upgrade 5.000
from Elizabethtown to
Tennessee State line..
1300. Illinois Replace Gaumer Bridge 0.900
near Alvin............
1301. South Carolina Construct I-26/US-1 12.000
connector in Columbia.
1302. Illinois Construct Sullivan Road 10.000
Bridge over the Fox
River.................
1303. California Extend State Route 7 in 10.000
Imperial County.......
1304. South Carolina Construct high priority 10.000
surface transportation
projects eligible for
Federal-aid highway
funds.................
1305. New York Construct Erie Canal 3.000
Preserve I-90 rest
stop in Port Byron....
1306. Virginia Improve Harrisonburg 0.500
East Side roadways in
Harrisonburg..........
1307. Texas Improve I-35 West from 4.000
Spur 280 to I-820 in
Fort Worth............
1308. Pennsylvania Construct US-202 5.000
Section 600 Phase I
Early Action project
in Upper Gwynedd and
Lower Gwynedd.........
1309. Pennsylvania PA 26 over Piney Creek 0.800
2-bridges in Bedford
County................
1310. Florida Widen and realign Eller 5.600
Drive in Port
Everglades, Florida...
1311. Illinois Improve access to 1.600
Rantoul Aviation
Center in Rantoul.....
1312. Florida Deploy magnetic lane 0.500
marking system on I-4.
1313. Alaska Construct the a bridge 20.000
joining the Island of
Gravina to the
Community of Ketchikan
on Revilla Island.....
1314. Louisiana Conduct feasibility 5.000
study, design and
construction of
connector between
Louisiana Highway 16
to I-12 in Livingston
Parish................
1315. New York Improve Hardscrabble 2.880
Road from Route 22 to
June Road in North
Salem.................
1316. California Enhance Fort Bragg and 0.500
Willitis passenger
stations..............
1317. New Mexico Improve Uptown in 1.500
Bernalillo County.....
1318. Missouri Construction of airport 5.000
ground transportation
terminal for the
Springfield/Branson
Airport intermodal
facility in
Springfield, Missouri.
1319. North Carolina Widen US-421 from North 7.400
Carolina Route 194 to
two miles East of US-
221...................
1320. Kentucky Construct US-127: 11.215
$800,000 for the
segment between the
Albany Bypass and KY-
90; $10,375,000 for
the segment between
the Albany Bypass and
Clinton County High
School; $40,000 for
the segment between
KY696 and the
Tennessee State line..
1321. Missouri Upgrade US-71 1.000
interchange in
Carthage, Missouri....
1322. Ohio Reconstruct Morgan 0.500
County 37 in Morgan
County................
1323. New York Construct Maybrook 1.404
Corridor bikeway in
Dutchess County.......
1324. New York Construct Poughkeepsie 3.750
Intermodal Facility in
Poughkeepsie..........
1325. Illinois Construct Orchard Road 7.000
Bridge over the Fox
River.................
1326. Pennsylvania Improve PA-23 Corridor 4.000
from US-30 Bypass
between Lancaster
County line and
Morgantown............
1327. California Improve State Route 57 0.985
interchange at Lambert
Road in Brea..........
1328. Texas Upgrade State Highway 12.000
35 Yoakum District in
Matagorda and Buazovia
Counties..............
1329. Pennsylvania Improve T-344 Bridge 0.700
over Mahantango Creek
in Snyder County......
1330. Ohio Complete safety/bicycle 0.030
path in Madison
Township..............
1331. New Jersey Upgrade Montvale/ 0.500
Chestnut Ridge Road
and Grand Avenue
intersection at Garden
State Parkway in
Bergan County.........
1332. Kentucky Widen US-27 from 30.000
Norwood to Eubank.....
1333. California Extend Highway 41 in 10.000
Madera County.........
1334. New York Improve and reconstruct 0.350
Stony Street in York
Town..................
1335. Pennsylvania Complete Broad Street 2.330
ramps at Route 611
bypass in Bucks County
1336. Tennessee Construct State Route 2.400
131 from Gill Road to
Bishop Road...........
1337. Georgia Construct the Savannah 10.000
River Parkway in
Bullock, Jenkins,
Screven and Effinghaus
Counties..............
1338. Illinois Improve Illinois Route 2.300
29 in Sangamon and
Christian Counties....
1339. Mississippi Widen State Route 6 15.000
from Pontotoc to US-45
at Tupelo in
Mississippi...........
1340. Kansas Construct road and rail 35.000
grade separations in
Wichita...............
1341. Illinois Widen US-20 in Freeport 5.100
1342. Minnesota Construct Mankato South 7.000
Route in Mankato......
1343. Michigan Construct interchange 11.000
at Eastman Avenue/US-
10 in Midland.........
1344. California Highway 65 improvement 4.000
and mitigation project
1345. Pennsylvania Improve access to 1.500
Raystown in Huntingdon
County................
1346. Indiana Construct East 79th 4.000
from Sunnyside Road to
Oaklandon Road in
Lawrence..............
1347. Georgia Widen and reconstruct 3.400
Corder Road from
Pineview Drive to the
Russell Parkway.......
1348. New York Rahabilitate Jay 1.000
Covered Bridge in
Essex County..........
1349. New York Improve Long Ridge Road 2.800
from Pound Ridge Road
to Connecticut State
line..................
1350. Mississippi Widen MS-45 from 4.500
Brooksville to US-82
in Mississippi........
1351. Ohio Upgrade US-30 from SR- 15.000
235 in Hancock County
to the Ontario Bypass
in Richland County....
1352. Illinois Construct an 7.500
interchange at I-90
and Illinois Route 173
in Rockford...........
1353. New York Construct Route 17- 4.800
Lowman Crossover in
Ashland...............
1354. New Jersey Rehabilitate East 3.600
Ridgewood Avenue over
Route 17 in Bergan
County................
1355. Pennsylvania St. Thomas Signals Hade 0.200
and Jack Rds US-30 in
Franklin County.......
1356. New York Improve Route 9 in 1.560
Dutchess County.......
1357. Ohio Rail mitigation and 12.000
improvement projects
from Vermillion to
Conneaut..............
1358. Virginia Complete North Section 10.000
of Fairfax County
Parkway in Fairfax
County, Virginia......
1359. Arkansas Conduct design study 5.000
and acquire right of
way on US-71 in the
vicinity of Fort
Chaffee, Fort Smith...
1360. Pennsylvania Conduct preliminary 2.000
engineering on the
relocation of exits 4
and 5 on I-83 in York
County................
1361. Florida Construct Greater 1.341
Orlando Aviation
Authority Consolidated
Surface Access in
Orlando...............
1362. Florida Construct US17/92 and 2.750
SR-436 interchange in
Orange/Osceola/
Seminole County region
1363. Washington Construct State Route 0.600
7--Elbe rest area and
interpretive facility
in Pierce County, WA..
1364. Virginia Improve the RIC airport 3.000
connector road in
Richmond..............
1365. Tennessee Improve State Road 60 1.600
from Waterville to US-
64 in Bradley County..
1366. Pennsylvania Relocate US-219 5.000
Ridgeway,
Pennsylvania, truck
bypass connector along
Osterhout Street......
1367. Pennsylvania Construct PA 36 1.000
Convention Center
Connector in Blair
County................
1368. New Jersey Construct US-22/Chimney 23.000
Rock Road interchange
in Somerset County....
1369. Alaska Improve Dalton Highway 5.000
from Fairbanks to
Prudhoe Bay...........
1370. Pennsylvania Allegheny Trail from 12.000
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania to
Cumberland, Maryland..
1371. Washington Reconstruct I-82/SR-24 8.640
intersection and add
lanes on SR-24 to Keys
Road..................
1372. Pennsylvania Upgrade 2 sections of 1.500
US-6 in Tioga County..
1373. Illinois Congestion mitigation 12.000
for Illinois Route 31
and Illinois Route 62
intersection in
Algonquin.............
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1374. Illinois Construct Towanda- 7.760
Barnes Road in Mclean
County................
1375. Pennsylvania Construct Lackawanna 0.500
River Heritage Trail
in Lackawanna.........
1376. Pennsylvania Reconstruct I-81 3.520
Plainfield interchange
in Cumberland County..
1377. Kentucky Reconstruct US-231: 11.500
$7,500,000 for the
segment between Dry
Ridge Road and US-231
and US-31; $4,000,000
for the segment
between Allen-Warren
County line and Dry
Ridge Road............
1378. Tennessee Construct State Route 10.320
30 from Athens to
Etowah in McMinn
County................
1379. Arizona Replace US-93 Hoover 20.000
Dam Bridge............
1380. Iowa Conduct study of Port 0.100
of Des Moines, Des
Moines................
1381. Missouri Bull Shoals Lake Ferry 0.697
in Taney County,
Missouri..............
1382. Pennsylvania Widen PA-413 in Bucks 7.500
County................
1383. Mississippi Construct I-20 1.000
interchange at Pirate
Cove..................
1384. Texas Complete State Highway 10.000
35 in Aransas County..
1385. California Construct interchange 8.000
between I-15 and SR-18
in Victorville/Apple
Valley, California....
1386. Pennsylvania Improve Route 94 8.000
Corridor through
Hanover to Maryland
State Line............
1387. Ohio Upgrade 2 warning 0.200
devices on the rail
north/south line from
Columbus to Toledo....
1388. Pennsylvania Resurface current 219 6.500
bypass at Bradford....
1389. New Jersey Construct Route 17 1.500
bridge over the
Susquehanna and
Western Rail line in
Rochelle Park.........
1390. Louisiana Replace ferry in 2.150
Plaquemines Parish....
1391. New York Construct Hudson River 0.455
scenic overlook from
Route 9 to Waterfront
in Poughkeepsie.......
1392. California Complete State Route 56 4.000
in San Diego..........
1393. New Jersey Replace Clove Road 1.000
bridge over tributary
of Mill Brook and
Clove Brook in Sussex
County................
1394. California Construct interchanges 3.000
for I-10 in Coachella
Valley, Riverside
County................
1395. South Dakota Construct US-16 Hell 0.441
Canyon Bridge and
approaches in Custer
County................
1396. Wisconsin Reconstruct U.S. 26.000
Highway 151, Waupun to
Fond du Lac...........
1397. Indiana Construct I-70/Six 19.950
Points interchange in
Marion and Hendricks
County................
1398. Wyoming Reconstruct Cheyenne 8.000
Area Norris Viaduct...
1399. California Extend State Route 52 5.000
in San Diego..........
1400. Kansas Reconstruct K-7 from 3.100
Lone Elm Road to
Harrison..............
1401. Mississippi Construct US-84 from 1.250
Eddiceton to Auburn
Road..................
1402. Florida Construct County Road 8.000
470 Interchange in
Lake County...........
1403. Virginia Widen I-81 in Roanoke 6.000
and Botetourt Counties
and in Rockbridge,
Augusta and Rockingham
Counties..............
1404. California Improve and modify the 22.400
Port of Hueneme
Intermodal Corridor--
Phase II in Ventura
County................
1405. New York Construct Bay Shore 8.000
Road SR-231 to SR-27
in Suffolk County.....
1406. Alabama Complete I-59 4.000
interchange in Dekalb
County................
1407. Michigan Construct interchange 4.000
at US-10/Bay City Road
in Midland............
1408. Connecticut Improve Route 4 1.800
intersection in
Harwinton,
Connecticut...........
1409. Colorado Construct Wadsworth 1.000
Boulevard improvement
project in Arvada.....
1410. Connecticut Reconstruct Post Office/ 1.500
Town Farm Road in
Enfield, Connecticut..
1411. Pennsylvania Widen and signalize 4.300
Sumneytown Pike and
Forty Foot Road in
Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania..........
1412. Tennessee Improve State Road 95 4.900
from Westover Drive to
SR-62 in Roane and
Anderson Counties.....
1413. New York FJ&G Rail/Trail Project 0.700
in Fulton County......
1414. Pennsylvania Construct Towamencin 2.900
Township multimodal
center................
1415. Michigan Relocate US-31 from 18.000
River Road to Naomi
Road in Berrian County
1416. Alaska Extend West Douglas 3.300
Road in Goldbelt and
Juneau................
1417. Illinois Construct US-67 in 6.800
Madison and Jersey
Counties..............
1418. Idaho Reconstruct US-95 from 10.000
Bellgrove to Mica.....
1419. Idaho Construct US-95: 15.000
Sandcreek Alternate
Route in Sandpoint....
1420. Ohio Construct highway-rail 3.000
grade separations on
Snow Road in Brook
Park..................
1421. New York Construct Southern 4.740
State Parkway ITS
between NYS Route 110
and Sagtikos Parkway..
1422. Florida Widen US-17/92 in 1.800
Volusia County........
1423. Connecticut Realign Route 4 2.800
intersection in
Farmington............
1424. Louisiana Construct Louisiana 0.750
Highway 1 from the
Gulf of Mexico to US-
90....................
1425. Kentucky Construct Kentucky 31E 1.000
from Bardstowns to
Salt River............
1426. Virginia Constuct Third Bridge/ 5.000
Tunnel Crossing of
Hampton Road..........
1427. Washington Widen Cook Road in 3.100
Skagit County,
Washington............
1428. Pennsylvania Construct 25.5 miles of 0.540
the Perkiomen Trail...
1429. Louisiana Construct Port of South 0.700
Louisiana Connector in
Saint John the Baptist
Parish................
1430. New York Construct CR-96 from 0.275
Great South Bay to
Montauk Highway in
Suffolk County........
1431. Pennsylvania Construct US-6 2.400
Tunkhannock Bypass in
Wyoming County........
1432. Alabama Construct Eastern Shore 1.355
Trail project in
Fairhope, Alabama.....
1433. Georgia Construct North River 2.900
Causeway and Bridge,
St. Mary's County.....
1434. Utah Construct Phase II of 10.000
the University Avenue
Interchange in Provo..
1435. California Widen SR-71 from 13.000
Riverside County to SR-
91....................
1436. Arkansas Construct access route 16.000
to Northwest Arkansas
Regional Airport in
Highfill, Arkansas....
1437. California Construct Ocean 20.000
Boulevard and Terminal
Island Freeway
interchange in Long
Beach, California.....
1438. Nebraska Widen and reconstruct I- 8.000
680 from Pacific
Street to Dodge Street
in Douglas County.....
1439. Indiana Lafayette Railroad 29.400
relocation project in
Lafayette, Indiana....
1440. Florida Construct pedestrian 2.500
overpass from Florida
National Scenic Trail
over I-4..............
1441. Michigan Conduct preliminary 1.500
engineering, acquire
right-of-way, and
construct I-75/North
Down River Road
interchange...........
1442. New York Construct CR-82 from 0.435
Montauk Highway to
Sunrise Highway in
Suffolk County........
1443. Connecticut Widen Route 10 from 4.640
vicinity of Lazy Lane
to River Street in
Southington,
Connecticut...........
1444. Connecticut Widen Route 4 in 2.800
Torrington............
1445. Washington Construct Port of 2.500
Longview Industrial
Rail Corridor and
Fibre Way Overpass in
Longview..............
1446. Virginia Construct I-95/State 4.000
Route 627 interchange
in Stafford County....
1447. Colorado Complete the Powers 12.000
Boulevard north
extension in Colorado
Springs...............
1448. Ohio Construct St. 0.500
Clairsville Bike Path
in Belmont County.....
1449. South Dakota Construct Aberdeen 2.576
Truck bypass..........
1450. New York Conduct extended needs 4.000
study for the Tappan
Zee Bridge............
1451. Washington Widen SR-99 between 3.000
148th Street and King
County Line in
Lynnwood..............
1452. Texas Construct State Highway 32.000
121 from I-30 to US-67
in Cleburne...........
1453. Oklahoma Reconstruct US-70 from 7.500
Broken Bow to Arkansas
State line in
McCurtain County......
1454. Georgia Conduct study of a 25.000
multimodal
transportation
corridor along GA-400.
1455. New York Reconstruct and widen 5.500
Route 78 from I-90 to
Route 15..............
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1456. Nebraska Construct South Beltway 5.500
in Linclon............
1457. Nebraska Replace US-81 bridge 1.500
between Yankton, south
Dakota and Cedar
County, Nebaska.......
1458. Florida Construct Alden Road 0.700
Improvement Project in
Orange County.........
1459. California Improve and widen 7.000
Forest Hill Road in
Placer County.........
1460. Washington Improve Hillsboro 3.550
Street/Highway 395
intersection in Pasco.
1461. Missouri Construct Hermann 1.544
Bridge on Highway 19
in Montgomery and
Gasconade Counties....
1462. Utah Widen and improve 123rd/ 7.000
126th South from 700
East to Jordan River
in Draper.............
1463. Illinois Improve Constitution 3.500
Avenue in Peoria......
1464. New York Reconstruct Washington 1.700
County covered bridge
project...............
1465. New York Reconstruct Stoneleigh 3.920
Avenue in Putnam
County................
1466. Kansas Construct Phase II 10.000
improvements to US-59
from US-56 to Ottawa..
1467. Pennsylvania Rehabilitate Kenmawr 0.450
Bridge, Swissvale.....
1468. Pennsylvania Construct Steel 0.482
Heritage Trail between
Glenwood Bridge to
Clairton via
McKeesport............
1469. Illinois Construct Technology 2.735
Ave. between US Rt. 45
East to Willenborg
St., Effingham........
1470. Pennsylvania Conduct preliminary 1.000
engineering and design
for US-219 bypass of
Bradford..............
1471. Texas Construct relief route 0.250
around Alice..........
1472. Ohio Upgrade State Rt. 18 2.400
between I-71 and I-77.
1473. Illinois Upgrade St. Marie 0.036
Township Rd., Jasper
County................
1474. Illinois Upgrade US 40 in 0.094
Martinsville..........
1475. Michigan Repair 48th Ave., 0.270
Menominee.............
1476. Illinois Undertake improvements 2.000
to Campus
Transportation System,
Chicago...............
1477. Maine Construct I-95/ 2.000
Stillwater Avenue
interchange...........
1478. Maine Improve Route 26....... 1.500
1479. Maine Improve Route 23....... 0.500
1480. Massachusetts Construct Minuteman 0.750
Commuter Bikeway-
Charles River Bikeway
connector, Cambridge
and Watertown.........
1481. Massachusetts Construct Cambridge 3.000
Roadways Improvement
project, Cambridge....
1482. Massachusetts Upgrade Sacramento 0.250
Street underpass,
Somerville............
1483. Massachusetts Reconstruct roadways, 3.000
Somerville............
1484. Michigan Construct improvements 3.000
to 23 Mile Rd. between
Mound Rd. and M-53,
Macomb................
1485. Minnesota Conduct study of 0.500
potential for
diversion of traffic
from the I-35 corridor
to commuter rail,
Chisago County north
of Forest Lake along I-
35 corridor to Rush
City..................
1486. Minnesota Construct Elk River 3.200
bypass from 171st Ave.
at Highway 10 to
intersection of County
Roads 12 and 13 at
Highway 169...........
1487. Minnesota Construct grade 1.000
separated interchange
at south junction of
TH 371/Brainerd bypass
1488. New York Construct Fordham 3.000
University regional
transportation
facility..............
1489. New York Construct bike paths in 0.500
the Riverdale section
of the Bronx..........
1490. New York Construct Phase II of 2.000
the City of Mount
Vernon's New Haven
Railroad Redevelopment
1491. New York Construct Bike Paths 0.500
along the Bronx River
in Bronx Park.........
1492. New York Rehabilitate 1.000
transportation
facilities in CO-OP
City..................
1493. New York Construct sound 1.940
barriers on both sides
of Grand Central
Parkway between 172nd
St. to Chevy Chase Rd.
1494. New York Construct sound 0.400
barriers on east side
of Clearview
Expressway between
15th Rd. and Willets
Point Blvd............
1495. New York Construct sound 0.500
barriers on Grand
Central Parkway
between 244th St. and
Douglaston Parkway....
1496. New York Rehabilitate roads, 0.160
Village of Great Neck.
1497. Tennessee Construct pedestrian 3.000
and bicycle pathway to
connect with the
Mississippi River
Trail, and restore
adjacent historic
cobblestones on
riverfront, Memphis...
1498. Texas Expand Winters Freeway 11.200
(US83/84) in Abilene
between Southwest
Drive and US 277......
1499. New York Reconstruct Springfield 4.000
Blvd. between the Long
Island Rail main line
south to Rockaway
Blvd., Queens County..
1500. Pennsylvania Construct Frazier 3.000
Township interchange
on SR-28 in Allegheny.
1501. Minnesota Reconstruct St. Louis 0.600
CSAH 9 (Wallace
Avenue) in Duluth.....
1502. California Reimburse costs 5.350
associated with the
relocation and
protection work
performed relating to
pipelines, cables, and
other facilities
impacted by the
construction of the
Mid-Trench section of
the Alameda Corrido
project...............
1503. Ohio Construct grade 5.000
separation at Dille
Road in Euclid........
1504. Nevada Widen I-15 from the 2.500
California State line
to Las Vegas..........
1505. Nevada Improve at-grade 2.500
railroad crossings in
Reno..................
1506. New York Reconstruct Flushing 5.000
Avenue between
Humboldt Street and
Cypress Avenue, and
between Porter Street
and Cypress Avenue....
1507. New York Reconstruct Flushing 3.000
Avenue between Wycoff
and Gates Street......
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SEC. 128. WOODROW WILSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
Section 407(a) of the National Highway System Designation
Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 630-631) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
(2) by striking ``(a)'' and all that follows through the
period at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
``(a) Conveyances.--
``(1) Conveyance to states and district of columbia.--
``(A) General authority.--Not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary
shall convey to the State of Virginia, the State of Maryland,
and the District of Columbia all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to the Bridge, including such
related riparian rights and interests in land underneath the
Potomac River as are necessary to carry out the project.
``(B) Acceptance of title.--Except as provided in paragraph
(3), upon conveyance by the Secretary, the State of Virginia,
the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia shall
accept the right, title, and interest in and to the Bridge.
``(C) Consolidation of jurisdiction.--For the purpose of
making the conveyance under this paragraph, the Secretary of
the Interior and the head of any other Federal department or
agency that has jurisdiction over the land adjacent to the
Bridge shall transfer such jurisdiction to the Secretary.
``(D) Funds allocated.--No funds made available for the
high cost Interstate System reconstruction and improvement
program under section 160 of title 23, United States Code,
may be allocated for the Bridge before the State of Virginia,
the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia accept
right, title, and interest in and to the Bridge under this
paragraph.
``(2) Conveyance to authority.--After execution of the
agreement under subsection (c), the State of Virginia, State
of Maryland, and the District of Columbia shall convey to the
Authority their respective rights, titles, and interests in
and to the Bridge, including such related riparian rights and
interests in land underneath the Potomac River as are
necessary to carry out the Project. Except as provided in
paragraph (3), upon conveyance by the Secretary, the
Authority shall accept the right, title, and interest in and
to the Bridge and all duties and responsibilities associated
with the Bridge.''; and
(3) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of
this section, by striking ``conveyance under paragraph (1)''
and inserting ``conveyance under this subsection''.
SEC. 129. TRAINING.
(a) Training Positions for Welfare Recipients.--Section
140(a) is amended by inserting after the third sentence the
following: ``In implementing such programs, a
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State may reserve training positions for persons who receive
welfare assistance from such State; except that the
implementation of any such program shall not cause current
employees to be displaced or current positions to be
supplanted.''.
(b) Types of Training.--Section 140(b) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by inserting ``and technology'' after ``construction'';
and
(B) by inserting after ``programs'' the following: ``, and
to develop and fund summer transportation institutes''; and
(2) in the last sentence by striking ``may be available''
and inserting ``may be utilized''.
(c) Heavy Equipment Operator Training Facility.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a heavy
equipment operator training facility in Hibbing, Minnesota.
The purpose of the facility shall be to develop an
appropriate curriculum for training, and to train operators
and future operators of heavy equipment in the safe use of
such equipment.
(2) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated out of
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)
$500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 to carry out
this subsection.
(3) Applicability of title 23.--Funds made available to
carry out this subsection shall be available for obligation
in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the
Federal share of the cost of establishment of the facility
under this subsection shall be 80 percent and such funds
shall remain available until expended.
(d) Motor Carrier Operator Vehicle and Training Facility.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
State of Pennsylvania to establish and operate an advanced
tractor trailer safety and operator training facility in
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the facility shall
be to develop and coordinate an advance curriculum for the
training of operators and future operators of tractor
trailers. The facility shall conduct training on the test
track at Letterkenny Army Depot and the unused segment of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike located in Bedford County,
Pennsylvania. The facility shall be operated by a not-for-
profit entity and, when Federal assistance is no longer being
provided with respect to the facility, shall be privately
operated.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this subsection. Such funds shall remain available
until expended. The Federal share of the cost of
establishment and operation of the facility under this
subsection shall be 80 percent.
SEC. 130. TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FOR OLYMPIC CITIES.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide
assistance and support to State and local efforts on surface
and aviation-related transportation issues necessary to
obtain the national recognition and economic benefits of
participation in the International Olympic movement and the
International Paralympic movement by hosting international
quadrennial Olympic and Paralympic events in the United
States.
(b) Priority for Transportation Projects Related to Olympic
Events.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may give priority to funding for a transportation
project related to an Olympic event from funds available to
carry out 1 or more of sections 144(g)(1) and 160 of title
23, United States Code, and sections 5309 and 5326 of title
49, United States Code, if the project meets the
extraordinary needs associated with an international
quadrennial Olympic event and if the project is otherwise
eligible for assistance under such section.
(c) Transportation Planning Activities.--The Secretary may
participate in planning activities of States, metropolitan
planning organizations, and sponsors of transportation
projects related to an international quadrennial Olympic
event under sections 134 and 135 of title 23, United States
Code, and in developing intermodal transportation plans
necessary for such projects in coordination with State and
local transportation agencies.
(d) Use of Administrative Expenses.--The Secretary may
provide assistance from funds deducted under section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, for the development of an
Olympic and Paralympic transportation management plan in
cooperation with an Olympic and a Paralympic Organizing
Committee responsible for hosting, and State and local
communities affected by, an international quadrennial Olympic
event.
(e) Transportation Projects Related to Olympic Events.--
(1) General authority.--The Secretary may provide
assistance to States and local governments in carrying out
transportation projects related to an international
quadrennial Olympic event. Such assistance may include
planning, capital, and operating assistance.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the costs of
projects assisted under this subsection shall not exceed 80
percent. For purposes of determining the non-Federal share,
highway, aviation, and transit projects shall be considered a
program of projects.
(f) Eligible Governments.--A State or local government is
eligible to receive assistance under this section only if it
is hosting a venue that is part of an international
quadrennial Olympics that is officially selected by the
International Olympic Committee.
(g) Airport Development Projects.--
(1) Airport development defined.--Section 47102(3) of title
49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(H) Developing, in coordination with State and local
transportation agencies, intermodal transportation plans
necessary for Olympic-related projects at an airport.''.
(2) Discretionary grants.--Section 47115(d) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) the need for the project in order to meet the unique
demands of hosting international quadrennial Olympic
events.''.
SEC. 131. NATIONAL DEFENSE HIGHWAYS.
(a) Reconstruction Projects.--If the Secretary determines,
after consultation with the Secretary of Defense, that a
highway, or portion of a highway, located outside the United
States is important to the national defense, the Secretary
may carry out a project for the reconstruction of such
highway or portion of highway.
(b) Funding.--The Secretary may make available, from funds
appropriated for expenditure on the National Highway System,
not to exceed $20,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal
years 1998 through 2003 to carry out this section. Such sums
shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 132. MISCELLANEOUS SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS.
(a) Infrastructure Awareness Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to fund the
production of a documentary about infrastructure in
cooperation with a not-for-profit national public television
station and the National Academy of Engineering which shall
demonstrate how public works and infrastructure projects
stimulate job growth and the economy and contribute to the
general welfare of the nation.
(2) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated out of
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)
to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998, 1999, and 2000. Such funds shall remain available until
expended.
(3) Applicability of title 23.--Funds authorized by this
subsection shall be available for obligation in the same
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal share
of the cost of any project under this subsection and the
availability of funds authorized by this subsection shall be
determined in accordance with this subsection.
(b) Study of Parking Facilities Adequacy.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine the location and quantity of parking facilities at
commercial truck stops and travel plazas and public rest
areas that could be used by motor carriers to comply with
Federal hours of service rules. The study shall include an
inventory of current facilities serving the National Highway
System, analyze where shortages exist or are projected to
exist, and propose a plan to reduce the shortages. The study
shall be carried out in cooperation with research entities
representing motor carriers, the travel plaza industry, and
commercial motor vehicle drivers.
(2) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2001, the Secretary
shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the
study with any recommendations the Secretary determines
appropriate as a result of the study.
(3) Funding.--From amounts set aside under section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years
1998, 1999, and 2000, the Secretary may use not to exceed
$500,000 per fiscal year to carry out this section.
SEC. 133. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Ambassador Bridge Access, Michigan.--Notwithstanding
section 129 of title 23, United States Code, or any other
provision of law, improvements to and construction of access
roads, approaches, and related facilities (such as signs,
lights, and signals) necessary to connect the Ambassador
Bridge in Detroit, Michigan, to the Interstate System shall
be eligible for funds apportioned under sections 104(b)(1)
and 104(b)(3) of such title.
(b) Cuyahoga River Bridge, Ohio.--Notwithstanding section
149 of title 23, United States Code, or any other provision
of law, a project to construct a new bridge over the Cuyahoga
River in Cleveland, Ohio, shall be eligible for funds
apportioned under section 104(b)(2) of such title.
(c) Connecticut.--In fiscal year 1998, the State of
Connecticut may transfer any funds remaining available for
obligation under the section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United
States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act, for construction of the Interstate
System to any other program eligible for assistance under
chapter 1 of such title. Before making any distribution of
the obligation limitation under section 103(c)(4) of this
Act, the Secretary shall make available to the State of
Connecticut sufficient obligation authority under section
103(c) of this Act to obligate funds available for transfer
under this subsection.
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(d) San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, California.--In
accordance with section 502 of this Act, a project to
reconstruct the Interstate System approach to the western end
of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the ramps
connecting the bridge to Treasure Island shall be eligible
for funds under section 160 of title 23, United States Code,
relating to the high-cost Interstate System reconstruction
and improvement program.
(e) Southern California.--Notwithstanding section 120(l)(1)
of title 23, United States Code--
(1) private entity expenditures to construct the SR-91 toll
road located in Orange County, California, from SR-55 to the
Riverside County line may be credited toward the State
matching share for any Federal-aid project beginning
construction after the SR-91 toll road was opened to traffic;
and
(2) private expenditures for the future SR-125 toll road in
San Diego County, California, from SR-905 to San Miguel Road
may be credited against the State match share for Federal-aid
highway projects beginning after SR-125 is opened to traffic.
(f) International Bridge, Sault Ste. Marie, MI.--The
International Bridge Authority, or its successor
organization, shall be permitted to continue collection of
tolls for the maintenance, operation, capital improvements,
and future expansions to the International Bridge and its
approaches, plaza areas, and associated buildings and
structures.
(g) Information Services.--A food business that would
otherwise be eligible to display a mainline business logo on
a specific service food sign described in section 2G-5.7(4)
of part IIG of the 1988 edition of the Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways under the
requirements specified in that section, but for the fact that
the business is open 6 days a week, cannot be prohibited from
inclusion on such a food sign.
(h) Survey of State Practices on Specific Service
Signing.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine the practices in the States for specific service
food signs described in sections 2G-5.7 and 2G-5.8 of the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and
Highways. The study shall, at a minimum, examine--
(A) the practices of States for determining businesses
eligible for inclusion on such signs;
(B) whether States allow businesses to be removed from such
signs and the circumstances for such removal;
(C) the practices of States for erecting and maintaining
such signs, including the time required for erecting such
signs;
(D) whether States contract out the erection and
maintenance of such signs; and
(E) a survey of States' practices on the issues identified
in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
(2) Report.--Before the last day of the 1-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results
of the study, including such recommendations and
modifications to the Manual as the Secretary determines
appropriate as a result of the study. Such modifications may
be made as part of any revision to the Manual.
SEC. 134. FISCAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND OTHER AMENDMENTS.
(a) Advanced Construction.--Section 115 is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by moving the text of paragraph (1) (including
subparagraphs (A) and (B)) 2 ems to the left;
(B) by striking ``(1) In general.--'';
(C) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(D) by striking ``(A) prior'' and inserting ``(1) prior'';
and
(E) by striking ``(B) the project'' and inserting ``(2) the
project'';
(2) by striking subsection (c); and
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
(b) Availability of Funds.--Section 118 is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading for subsection (b) by
striking ``; Discretionary Projects''; and
(2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) Effect of Release of Funds.--Any Federal-aid highway
funds released by the final payment on a project, or by the
modification of the project agreement, shall be credited to
the same program funding category previously apportioned to
the State and shall be immediately available for
expenditure.''.
(c) Federal Share Payable.--Section 120 is amended in each
of subsections (a) and (b) by striking ``shall be'' and
inserting ``shall not exceed''.
(d) Payments to States for Construction.--Section 121 is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking the second sentence; and
(B) by striking the last sentence and inserting the
following: ``Such payments may also be made for the value of
the materials (1) which have been stockpiled in the vicinity
of such construction in conformity to plans and
specifications for the projects, and (2) which are not in the
vicinity of such construction if the Secretary determines
that because of required fabrication at an off-site location
the material cannot be stockpiled in such vicinity.'';
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
``(b) Project Agreement.--No payment shall be made under
this chapter except for a project covered by a project
agreement. After completion of the project in accordance with
the project agreement, a State shall be entitled to payment
out of the appropriate sums apportioned or allocated to it of
the unpaid balance of the Federal share payable on account of
such project.'';
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (d); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (c).
(e) Advances to States.--Section 124 is amended--
(1) by striking ``(a)'' the first place it appears; and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
(f) Diversion.--Section 126, and the item relating to such
section in the table of sections for chapter 1, are repealed.
(g) State Highway Department.--Section 302 is amended--
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:
``Compliance with this provision shall have no effect on the
eligibility of costs.'';
(2) by striking ``(a)''; and
(3) by striking subsection (b).
(h) Bridge Commissions.--Public Law 87-441, relating to
bridge commissions created by Congress and Federal approval
of membership of such commissions, is repealed.
(i) Other Amendments.--
(1) Section 1023(h)(1) of Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note) is amended by
striking ``the date on which Federal-aid highway and transit
programs are reauthorized after the date of the enactment of
the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2003''.
(2) Section 127(a) is amended by inserting before the next
to the last sentence the following: ``With respect to the
State of Colorado, vehicles designed to carry 2 or more
precast concrete panels shall be considered a nondivisible
load.''.
(3) Section 127(a) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ``The State of Louisiana may allow, by special
permit, the operation of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight
of up to 100,000 pounds for the hauling of sugarcane during
the harvest season, not to exceed 100 days annually.''.
(4) Section 127 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(h) Maine and New Hampshire.--With respect to Interstate
Route 95 in the State of New Hampshire, State laws or
regulations in effect on January 1, 1987, shall be applicable
for purposes of this section. With respect to that portion of
the Maine Turnpike designated Interstate Route 95 and 495,
and that portion of Interstate Route 95 from the southern
terminus of the Maine Turnpike to the New Hampshire State
line, State laws or regulations in effect on October 1, 1995,
shall be applicable for purposes of this section.''.
(j) Specialized Hauling Vehicles.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to examine
the impact of the truck weight standards on specialized
hauling vehicles.
(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report on the results of the study with any
recommendations the Secretary determines appropriate as a
result of the study.
SEC. 135. ACCESS OF MOTORCYCLES.
Section 102 is amended by redesignating subsection (b) as
subsection (c) and by inserting after subsection (a) the
following:
``(b) Access of Motorcycles.--No State or political
subdivision of a State may restrict the access of motorcycles
to any highway or portion of a highway for which Federal-aid
highway funds have been utilized for planning, design,
construction, or maintenance.''.
SEC. 136. AMENDMENTS TO PRIOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORIZATION LAWS.
(a) ISTEA High Priority Corridors.--
(1) In general.--Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032-2033)
is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (5)(B)(iii)(I)(ff) and inserting
the following:
``(ff) South Carolina State line to the Myrtle Beach Conway
region to Georgetown, South Carolina, including a connection
to Andrews following the route 41 corridor and to Manning
following the U.S. Route 521 corridor; and'';
(B) by striking paragraph (5)(B)(iii)(II)(hh) and inserting
the following:
``(hh) South Carolina State line to the Myrtle Beach Conway
region to Georgetown, South Carolina.''.
(C) in paragraph (9) by inserting after ``New York'' the
following: ``, including United States Route 322 between
United States Route 220 and I-80'';
(D) in paragraph (18)--
(i) by inserting before ``Indianapolis, Indiana'' the
following: ``Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, through Port Huron,
Michigan, southwesterly along I-69 and from Windsor, Ontario,
Canada, through Detroit, Michigan, westerly along I-94 via
Marshall, Michigan, thence south to''; and
(ii) by striking ``and to include'' and inserting the
following:
``as follows:
``(A) In Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana,
the Corridor shall--
``(i) follow the alignment generally identified in the
Corridor 18 Special Issues Study Final Report; and
``(ii) run in an East/South direction to United States
Route 61 and cross the Mis
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sissippi River (in the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee) to
Highway 79, and then follow Highway 79 south to 2 miles west
of Altimer, Arkansas, and across the Arkansas River at Lock
and Dam Number 4, Arkansas, and then proceed south in the
direction of Monticello, Arkansas, and link up with the route
proposed in the Corridor 18 Special Issues Study Final Report
which would continue to Haynesville, Louisiana.
``(B) In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Corridor shall--
``(i) include United States Route 77 from the Rio Grande
River to Interstate Route 37 at Corpus Christi, Texas, and
then to Victoria, Texas, via United States Route 77;
``(ii) include United States Route 281 from the Rio Grande
River to Interstate Route 37 and then to Victoria, Texas, via
United States Route 59; and
``(iii) include'';
(E) in paragraph (21) by striking ``United States Route 17
in the vicinity of Salamanca, New York'' and inserting
``Interstate Route 80'';
(F) by inserting ``, including I-29 between Kansas City and
the Canadian border'' before the period at the end of
paragraph (23); and
(G) by inserting after paragraph (29) the following:
``(30) Interstate Route 5 in the States of California,
Oregon, and Washington, including California State Route 905
between Interstate Route 5 and the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
``(31) The Mon-Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway in
Pennsylvania.
``(32) The Wisconsin Development Corridor from the Iowa,
Illinois, and Wisconsin border near Dubuque, Iowa, to the
Upper Mississippi River Basin near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as
follows:
``(A) United States Route 151 from the Iowa border to Fond
du Lac via Madison, Wisconsin, then United States Route 41
from Fond du Lac to Marinette via Oshkosh, Appleton, and
Green Bay, Wisconsin.
``(B) State Route 29 from Green Bay to I-94 via Wausau,
Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
``(C) United States Route 10 from Appleton to Marshfield,
Wisconsin.
``(33) The Capital Gateway Corridor following United States
Route 50 from the proposed intermodal transportation center
connected to I-395 in Washington, D.C., to the intersection
of United States Route 50 with Kenilworth Avenue and the
Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Maryland.
``(34) The Alameda Corridor East and Southwest Passage,
California. The Alameda Corridor East is generally described
as 52.8 miles from east Los Angeles (terminus of Alameda
Corridor) through the San Gabriel Valley terminating at
Colton Junction in San Bernandino. The Southwest Passage
shall follow I-10 from San Bernardino to the Arizona State
line and I-8 from San Diego to the Arizona State line.
``(35) Everett-Tacoma FAST Corridor.
``(36) New York and Pennsylvania State Route 17 from
Harriman, New York, to its intersection with I-90 in
Pennsylvania.
``(37) United States Route 90 from I-49 in Lafayette,
Louisiana, to I-10 in New Orleans.
``(38) The Ports-to-Plains Corridor from the Mexican Border
via I-27 to Denver, Colorado.
``(39) United States Route 63 from Marked Tree, Arkansas,
to I-55.
``(40) United States Route 277/United States Route 83
Corridor between I-44 in Wichita Falls, Texas, and I-20 in
Abilene, Texas.''.
(2) Provisions applicable to corridors.--Section
1105(e)(5)(A) of such Act is amended--
(A) by inserting after ``referred to'' the first place it
appears the following: ``in subsection (c)(1),'';
(B) by striking ``and'' the second place it appears; and
(C) by inserting after ``(c)(20)'' the following: ``, in
subsection (c)(36), and in subsection (c)(37)''.
(3) Routes.--Section 1105(e)(5) of such Act is further
amended--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as
subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
``(B) Routes.--
``(i) Designation.--The routes referred to in subsections
(c)(18) and (c)(20) shall be designated as Interstate Route
I-69. A State having jurisdiction over any segment of routes
referred to in subsections (c)(18) and (c)(20) shall erect
signs identifying such segment that is consistent with the
criteria set forth in subsections (e)(5)(A)(i) and
(e)(5)(A)(ii) as Interstate Route I-69, including segments of
United States Route 59 in the State of Texas. The segment
identified in subsection (c)(18)(B)(i) shall be designated as
Interstate Route I-69 East, and the segment identified in
subsection (c)(18)(B)(ii) shall be designated as Interstate
Route I-69 Central. The State of Texas shall erect signs
identifying such routes as segments of future Interstate
Route I-69.
``(ii) Rulemaking to determine future interstate sign
erection criteria.--The Secretary shall conduct a rulemaking
to determine the appropriate criteria for the erection of
signs for future routes on the Interstate System identified
in subparagraph (A). Such rulemaking shall be undertaken in
consultation with States and local officials and shall be
completed not later than December 31, 1998.'';
(C) by striking the last sentence of subparagraph (A) and
inserting it as the first sentence of subparagraph (B)(i), as
inserted by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph; and
(D) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by subparagraph
(A) of this paragraph, by striking ``(C)'' and inserting
``(D)''.
(b) Amendments to Surface Transportation Assistance Act of
1982.--Section 146 of the Surface Transportation Assistance
Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2130), relating to lane restrictions,
is repealed.
SEC. 137. BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS.
(a) In General.--Section 217 is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by inserting ``pedestrian walkways and'' after
``construction of''; and
(B) by striking ``(other than the Interstate System)'';
(2) in subsection (e) by striking ``, other than a highway
access to which is fully controlled,'';
(3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
``(g) Planning and Design.--Bicyclists and pedestrians
shall be given due consideration in the comprehensive
transportation plans developed by each metropolitan planning
organization and State in accordance with sections 134 and
135, respectively. Bicycle transportation facilities and
pedestrian walkways shall be considered, where appropriate,
in conjunction with all new construction and reconstruction
of transportation facilities, except where bicycle and
pedestrian use are not permitted. Transportation plans and
projects shall provide due consideration for safety and
contiguous routes. Safety considerations shall include the
installation and maintenance of audible traffic signals and
audible signs at street crossings.'';
(4) in subsection (h) by striking ``No motorized vehicles
shall'' and inserting ``Motorized vehicles may not'';
(5) in subsection (h)(3) by striking ``when State and local
regulations permit,'';
(6) in subsection (h)--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) when State or local regulations permit, electric
bicycles; and''; and
(7) by striking subsections (i) and (j) and inserting the
following:
``(i) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Bicycle transportation facility.--The term `bicycle
transportation facility' means new or improved lanes, paths,
or shoulders for use by bicyclists, traffic control devices,
shelters, and parking facilities for bicycles.
``(2) Electric bicycle.--The term `electric bicycle' means
any bicycle or tricycle with a low-powered electric motor
weighing under 100 pounds, with a top motor-powered speed not
in excess of 20 miles per hour.
``(3) Pedestrian.--The term `pedestrian' means any person
traveling by foot and any mobility impaired person using a
wheelchair.
``(4) Wheelchair.--The term `wheelchair' means a mobility
aid, usable indoors, and designed for and used by individuals
with mobility impairments, whether operated manually or
powered.''.
(b) Protection of Nonmotorized Transportation Traffic.--
Section 109(n) is amended to read as follows:
``(n) Protection of Nonmotorized Transportation Traffic.--
The Secretary shall not approve any project or take any
regulatory action under this title that will result in the
severance of an existing major route or have significant
adverse impact on the safety for nonmotorized transportation
traffic and light motorcycles, unless such project or
regulatory action provides for a reasonably alternate route
or such a route exits.''.
(c) Railway-Highway Crossings.--Section 130 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(j) Bicycle Safety.--In carrying out projects under this
section, a State shall take into account bicycle safety.''.
(d) Highway and Street Design Standards.--
(1) Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate, in
conjunction with the American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials, a study to consider proposals
to amend the policies of such association relating to highway
and street design standards to accommodate bicyclists and
pedestrians.
(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after such date of
enactment, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report
on the results of the study with any recommendations on
amending the policies referred to in paragraph (1) the
Secretary determines appropriate.
(e) National Bicycle Safety Education Curricula.--
(1) Development.--The Secretary is authorized to develop a
national bicycle safety education curricula that may include
courses relating to on-road training.
(2) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a copy of the curricula.
(3) Funding.--From amounts made available under section 210
of this Act, the Secretary may use not to exceed $500,000 for
fiscal year 1998 to carry out this subsection.
(f) Design Guidance.--In implementing section 217(g) of
title 23, United States Code, the Secretary, in cooperation
with the American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials, the Institute of Transportation
Engineers, and other inter
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ested organizations, shall develop guidance on the various
approaches to accommodating bicycles and pedestrian travel.
The guidance shall address issues such as the level and
nature of the demand, volume, and speed of motor vehicle
traffic, safety, terrain, cost, and sight distance. The
guidance shall be developed within 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 138. HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM.
Section 152 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ``, bicyclists,'' after
``motorists'';
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:
``In carrying out this section, States shall minimize any
negative impact on safety and access for bicyclists and
pedestrians.'';
(3) in subsection (b) by inserting after ``project'' the
following: ``or safety improvement project described in
subsection (a)''; and
(4) in subsections (f) and (g) by striking ``highway'' each
place it appears.
SEC. 139. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Life Cycle Cost Analysis.--Section 106(e) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``with a cost of
$25,000,000 or more'';
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the following:
``The program shall be based on the principles contained in
section 2 of Executive Order 12893.''; and
(3) in paragraph (2) by inserting after ``maintenance,''
the following: ``user costs,''.
(b) Evaluation of Procurement Practices and Project
Delivery.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
to assess the impact that a utility company's failure to
relocate their facilities in a timely manner has on the
delivery and cost of Federal-aid highway and bridge projects.
The study shall also assess the following:
(A) Methods States use to mitigate such delays, including
the use of the courts to compel utility cooperation.
(B) The prevalence and use of incentives to utility
companies for early completion of utility relocations on
Federal-aid transportation project sites and, conversely,
penalties assessed on utility companies for utility
relocation delays on such projects.
(C) The extent to which States have used available
technologies, such as subsurface utility engineering, early
in the design of Federal-aid highway and bridge projects so
as to eliminate or reduce the need for or delays due to
utility relocations.
(D) Whether individual States compensate transportation
contractors for business costs they incur when Federal-aid
highway and bridge projects under contract to them are
delayed by utility company caused delays in utility
relocations and any methods used by States in making any such
compensation.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit
to Congress a report on the results of the study with any
recommendations the Comptroller General determines
appropriate as a result of the study.
SEC. 140. CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES.
(a) Contracting Procedures.--Section 112(b)(2) of title 23,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i) by striking ``, except to'' and
all that follows through ``services'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
following:
``(C) Selection, performance, and audits.--
``(i) In general.--All requirements for architectural,
engineering, and related services at any phase of a highway
project funded in whole or in part with Federal-aid highway
funds shall be performed under a contract awarded in
accordance with subparagraph (A) unless the simplified
acquisition procedures of the Federal Acquisition Regulations
of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, apply.
``(ii) Prohibition on state restrictions.--A State shall
not impose any overhead restriction, or salary limitation
inconsistent with the Federal Acquisition Regulations, that
would preclude any qualified firm from being eligible to
compete for contracts awarded in accordance with subparagraph
(A).
``(iii) Compliance with federal acquisition regulations.--
The process for selection, award, performance,
administration, and audit of the resulting contracts shall
comply with the procedures, cost principles, and cost
accounting principles of the Federal Acquisition Regulations,
including parts 30, 31, and 36 of title 48, Code of Federal
Regulations.'';
(3) in subparagraph (G)--
(A) by inserting ``(i) General rule.--'' before
``Subpargraphs'';
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) State option.--Congress has determined that the
State opt-out period for the contract administration
procedures has expired. States that have complied with or
received waivers from the Secretary regarding the
requirements of section 307 of the National Highway
Designation Act of 1995, as of the date of the enactment of
this clause, shall not be subject to the requirements of
subparagraph (A).''; and
(C) by indenting clause (i), as designated by subparagraph
(A) of this paragraph, and aligning it with clause (ii), as
added by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(H) Compliance.--A State shall comply, with respect to
any architecture, engineering, or related service contract
for any phase of a Federal-aid highway project, with the
qualifications-based selection procedures of the Federal
Acquisition Regulations, and with the single audit procedures
required under this paragraph, or with an existing State law
or a statute enacted in accordance with the legislative
session exemption provided by subparagraph (G).''.
(b) Selection Process.--Section 112 is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(g) Selection Process.--A State may procure, under a
single contract, the services of a consultant to prepare any
environmental impact assessments or analyses required,
including environmental impact statements, as well as
subsequent engineering and design work on the same project if
the State has conducted a review that assesses the
objectivity of any analysis, environmental assessment, or
environmental impact statement prior to its submission to the
Secretary.''.
SEC. 141. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE STUDY.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall request the Transportation
Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct
a study regarding the regulation of weights, lengths, and
widths of commercial motor vehicles operating on Federal-aid
highways to which Federal regulations currently apply. In
conducting the study, the Board shall review current law,
regulations, studies (including Transportation Research Board
Special Report 225), and practices and develop
recommendations regarding any revisions to current law and
regulations that the Board deems appropriate.
(b) Factors To Consider and Evaluate.--In developing
recommendations under subsection (a), the Board shall
consider and evaluate the impact of the recommendations
described in subsection (a) on the economy, the environment,
safety, and service to communities.
(c) Consultation.--In carrying out the study, the Board
shall consult the Department of Transportation, States, the
motor carrier industry, freight shippers, highway safety
groups, air quality and natural resource management groups,
commercial motor vehicle driver representatives, and other
appropriate entities.
(d) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Board shall transmit to Congress
and the Secretary a report on the results of the study
conducted under this section.
(e) Recommendations.--Not later than 6 months after the
date of receipt of the report under subsection (d), the
Secretary may transmit to Congress a report containing
comments or recommendations of the Secretary regarding the
report.
(f) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated out of
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)
$250,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 to carry out
this subsection.
(g) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds made available to
carry out this section shall be available for obligation in
the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the
Federal share of the cost of the study under this section
shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available
until expended.
SEC. 142. NEW YORK AVENUE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
(a) Establishment.--There is established an authority to be
known as the New York Avenue Transportation Development
Authority (hereinafter in this section referred to as
``Authority'').
(b) Membership.--The Authority shall be composed of 5
members appointed as follows:
(1) 3 individuals appointed by the President.
(2) 2 individuals appointed by the mayor of the District of
Columbia.
(c) Compensation.--Members of the Authority may not receive
pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on
the Authority.
(d) Duties.--The Authority shall develop a transportation
improvement plan for the Capital Gateway Corridor and
vicinity following United States Route 50 from I-395 in
Washington, D.C., to the intersection of United States Route
50 with Kenilworth Avenue and the Baltimore-Washington
Parkway in Maryland, which shall include--
(1) engineering, pre-design, and design necessary to
improve the corridor; and
(2) economic feasibility studies of financing the project,
including the feasibility of repaying funds that may be
borrowed from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out the
project.
(e) Considerations for TIP.--In developing the
transportation improvement plan, the Authority shall
consider--
(1) how a tunnel or other method to re-route interstate
traffic from the surface of New York Avenue may improve
traffic on and access to the New York Avenue Corridor; and
(2) how to improve access to the National Arboretum.
(f) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Authority shall report to the
Congress on any additional legal authorities it needs to
carry out the transportation improvement plan.
(g) Funding.--The Authority is eligible to receive funds
authorized under the National Corridor Planning and
Development program established in section 115.
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SEC. 143. DEFINITIONS.
Section 101(a) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Definitions.--The following definitions apply:
``(1) Apportionment.--The term `apportionment' includes
unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization
laws.
``(2) Carpool project.--The term `carpool project' means
any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools,
including provision of carpooling opportunities to the
elderly and handicapped, systems for locating potential
riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring
vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes
as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related
traffic control devices, and designating existing facilities
for use for preferential parking for carpools.
``(3) Construction.--The term `construction' means the
supervising, inspecting, actual building, and all expenses
incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a
highway, including bond costs and other costs relating to the
issuance in accordance with section 122 of bonds or other
debt financing instruments and costs incurred by the State in
performing Federal-aid project related audits which directly
benefit the Federal-aid highway program. Such term includes--
``(A) locating, surveying, and mapping (including the
establishment of temporary and permanent geodetic markers in
accordance with specifications of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce);
``(B) resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation;
``(C) acquisition of rights-of-way;
``(D) relocation assistance, acquisition of replacement
housing sites, and acquisition and rehabilitation,
relocation, and construction of replacement housing;
``(E) elimination of hazards of railway grade crossings;
``(F) elimination of roadside obstacles;
``(G) improvements which directly facilitate and control
traffic flow, such as grade separation of intersections,
widening of lanes, channelization of traffic, traffic control
systems, and passenger loading and unloading areas; and
``(H) capital improvements which directly facilitate an
effective vehicle weight enforcement program, such as scales
(fixed and portable), scale pits, scale installation, and
scale houses.
``(4) County.--The term `county' includes corresponding
units of government under any other name in States which do
not have county organizations and, in those States in which
the county government does not have jurisdiction over
highways, any local government unit vested with jurisdiction
over local highways.
``(5) Federal-aid highways.--The term `Federal-aid
highways' means highways eligible for assistance under this
chapter other than highways classified as local roads or
rural minor collectors.
``(6) Federal-aid system.--The term `Federal-aid system'
means any one of the Federal-aid highway systems described in
section 103.
``(7) Federal lands highways.--The term `Federal lands
highways' means forest highways, public lands highways, park
roads, parkways, and Indian reservation roads which are
public roads.
``(8) Forest development roads and trails.--The term
`forest development roads and trails' means a forest road or
trail under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service.
``(9) Forest highway.--The term `forest highway' means a
forest road under the jurisdiction of, and maintained by, a
public authority and open to public travel.
``(10) Forest road or trail.--The term `forest road or
trail' means a road or trail wholly or partly within, or
adjacent to, and serving the National Forest System and which
is necessary for the protection, administration, and
utilization of the National Forest System and the use and
development of its resources.
``(11) Highway.--The term `highway' includes roads,
streets, and parkways, and also includes rights-of-way,
bridges, railroad-highway crossings, tunnels, drainage
structures, signs, guardrails, and protective structures, in
connection with highways. It further includes that portion of
any interstate or international bridge or tunnel and the
approaches thereto, the cost of which is assumed by a State
highway department, including such facilities as may be
required by the United States Customs and Immigration
Services in connection with the operation of an international
bridge or tunnel.
``(12) Highway safety improvement project.--The term
`highway safety improvement project' means a project which
corrects or improves high hazard locations, eliminates
roadside obstacles, improves highway signing and pavement
marking, installs priority control systems for emergency
vehicles at signalized intersections, installs or replaces
emergency motorist aid call boxes, or installs traffic
control or warning devices at high accident potential
locations.
``(13) Indian reservation roads.--The term `Indian
reservation roads' means public roads that are located within
or provide access to an Indian reservation or Indian trust
land or restricted Indian land which is not subject to fee
title alienation without the approval of the Federal
Government, or Indian and Alaska Native villages, groups, or
communities in which Indians and Alaskan Natives reside, whom
the Secretary of the Interior has determined are eligible for
services generally available to Indians under Federal laws
specifically applicable to Indians.
``(14) Interstate system.--The term `Interstate System'
means the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate
and Defense Highways described in section 103(e).
``(15) Maintenance.--The term `maintenance' means the
preservation of the entire highway, including surface,
shoulders, roadsides, structures, and such traffic-control
devices as are necessary for its safe and efficient
utilization.
``(16) National highway system.--The term `National Highway
System' means the Federal-aid highway system described in
section 103(b).
``(17) Operating costs for traffic monitoring, management,
and control.--The term `operating costs for traffic
monitoring, management, and control' includes labor costs,
administrative costs, costs of utilities and rent, and other
costs associated with the continuous operation of traffic
control, such as integrated traffic control systems, incident
management programs, and traffic control centers.
``(18) Operational improvement.--The term `operational
improvement' means a capital improvement for installation of
traffic surveillance and control equipment, computerized
signal systems, motorist information systems, integrated
traffic control systems, incident management programs, and
transportation demand management facilities, strategies, and
programs and such other capital improvements to public roads
as the Secretary may designate, by regulation; except that
such term does not include resurfacing, restoring, or
rehabilitating improvements, construction of additional
lanes, interchanges, and grade separations, and construction
of a new facility on a new location.
``(19) Park road.--The term `park road' means a public
road, including a bridge built primarily for pedestrian use,
but with capacity for use by emergency vehicles, that is
located within, or provides access to, an area in the
National Park System with title and maintenance
responsibilities vested in the United States.
``(20) Parkway.--The term `parkway', as used in chapter 2
of this title, means a parkway authorized by Act of Congress
on lands to which title is vested in the United States.
``(21) Project.--The term `project' means an undertaking to
construct a particular portion of a highway, or if the
context so implies, the particular portion of a highway so
constructed or any other undertaking eligible for assistance
under this title.
``(22) Project agreement.--The term `project agreement'
means the formal instrument to be executed by the State
highway department and the Secretary as required by section
110(a).
``(23) Public authority.--The term `public authority' means
a Federal, State, county, town, or township, Indian tribe,
municipal or other local government or instrumentality with
authority to finance, build, operate, or maintain toll or
toll-free facilities.
``(24) Public lands development roads and trails.--The term
`public lands development roads and trails' means those roads
or trails which the Secretary of the Interior determines are
of primary importance for the development, protection,
administration, and utilization of public lands and resources
under his control.
``(25) Public lands highway.--The term `public lands
highway' means any highway through unappropriated or
unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other
Federal reservations under the jurisdiction of and maintained
by a public authority and open to public travel.
``(26) Public road.--The term `public road' means any road
or street under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a
public authority and open to public travel.
``(27) Rural areas.--The term `rural areas' means all areas
of a State not included in urban areas.
``(28) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means Secretary of
Transportation.
``(29) State.--The term `State' means any one of the fifty
States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.
``(30) State funds.--The term `State funds' includes funds
raised under the authority of the State or any political or
other subdivision thereof, and made available for expenditure
under the direct control of the State highway department.
``(31) State highway department.--The term `State highway
department' means that department, commission, board, or
official of any State charged by its laws with the
responsibility for highway construction.
``(32) Transportation enhancement activities.--The term
`transportation enhancement activities' means, with respect
to any project or the area to be served by the project, any
of the following activities if such activity has a direct
link to surface transportation: provision of facilities for
pedestrians and bicycles, provision of safety and educational
activities for pedestrians and bicyclists, acquisition of
scenic easements and scenic or historic sites, scenic or
historic highway programs, landscaping and other scenic
beautification, including removal of graffiti and litter to
the extent that such removal is in excess of fiscal year 1997
maintenance levels for removal of graffiti and litter,
historic preservation, rehabilitation and operation of
historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities
(including historic railroad facilities and canals),
preservation of abandoned railway corridors (including the
conversion and use thereof for
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pedestrian or bicycle trails), control and removal of outdoor
advertising, archaeological planning and research,
environmental mitigation to address water pollution due to
highway runoff or reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality
while maintaining habitat connectivity, and provision of
tourist and welcome centers.
``(33) Urban area.--The term `urban area' means an
urbanized area or, in the case of an urbanized area
encompassing more than one State, that part of the urbanized
area in each such State, or urban place as designated by the
Bureau of the Census having a population of 5,000 or more and
not within any urbanized area, within boundaries to be fixed
by responsible State and local officials in cooperation with
each other, subject to approval by the Secretary. Such
boundaries shall, as a minimum, encompass the entire urban
place designated by the Bureau of the Census, except in the
case of cities in the State of Maine and in the State of New
Hampshire.
``(34) Urbanized area.--The term `urbanized area' means an
area with a population of 50,000 or more designated by the
Bureau of the Census, within boundaries to be fixed by
responsible State and local officials in cooperation with
each other, subject to approval by the Secretary. Boundaries
shall, at a minimum, encompass the entire urbanized area
within a State as designated by the Bureau of the Census.''.
SEC. 144. SUBSTITUTE PROJECT.
(a) Approval of Project.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, upon the request of the Mayor of the
District of Columbia, the Secretary may approve substitute
highway and transit projects under section 103(e)(4) of title
23, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of this Act, in lieu of construction of
the Barney Circle Freeway project in the District of
Columbia, as identified in the 1991 Interstate Cost Estimate.
(b) Eligibility for Federal Assistance.--Upon approval of
any substitute project or projects under subsection (a)--
(1) the cost of construction of the Barney Circle Freeway
Modification project shall not be eligible for funds
authorized under section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway
Act of 1956; and
(2) substitute projects approved pursuant to this section
shall be funded from interstate construction funds
apportioned or allocated to the District of Columbia that are
not expended and not subject to lapse on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share payable on account of
a project or activity approved under this section shall be 85
percent of the cost thereof; except that the exception set
forth in section 120(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code,
shall apply.
(d) Limitation on Eligibility.--Any substitute project
approved pursuant to subsection (a) (for which the Secretary
finds that sufficient Federal funds are available) must be
under contract for construction, or construction must have
commenced, before the last day of the 4-year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this section. If the
substitute project is not under contract for construction, or
construction has not commenced, by such last day, the
Secretary shall withdraw approval of the substitute project.
SEC. 145. USE OF HOV LANES BY ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
Section 102(a) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, before
September 30, 2003, a State may permit an electric vehicle
with fewer than 2 occupants to operate in high occupancy
vehicle lanes if the vehicle is certified and labeled as an
Inherently Low Emission Vehicle pursuant to section 88.313-93
of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, provided that such
permission may be revoked by the State should the State
determine it necessary.''.
TITLE II--HIGHWAY SAFETY
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this
title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision of
law, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 202. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.
(a) Uniform Guidelines.--Section 402(a) is amended--
(1) in the fourth sentence by striking ``(4)'' and
inserting ``(4) to prevent accidents and''; and
(2) in the eighth sentence by striking ``include
information obtained by the Secretary under section 4007 of
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
and''.
(b) Administration of State Programs.--Section 402(b) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``(b)(1)'' and all that follows through
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(b) Administration of State Programs.--'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;
(3) in paragraph (1)(C), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
(4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (3)(C)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)(C)''.
(c) Apportionment of Funds.--The 6th sentence of section
402(c) is amended by inserting ``the apportionment to the
Secretary of the Interior shall not be less than three-
fourths of 1 percent of the total apportionment and'' after
``except that''.
(d) Application in Indian Country.--Section 402(i) is
amended to read as follows:
``(i) Application in Indian Country.--
``(1) In general.--For the purpose of application of this
section in Indian country, the terms `State' and `Governor of
a State' include the Secretary of the Interior and the term
`political subdivision of a State' includes an Indian tribe.
Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1)(C), 95 percent of the funds
apportioned to the Secretary of the Interior under this
section shall be expended by Indian tribes to carry out
highway safety programs within their jurisdictions. The
requirements of subsection (b)(1)(D) shall be applicable to
Indian tribes, except to those tribes with respect to which
the Secretary of Transportation determines that application
of such provisions would not be practicable.
``(2) Indian country defined.--In this subsection, the term
`Indian country' means--
``(A) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation
under the jurisdiction of the United States, notwithstanding
the issuance of any patent, and including rights-of-way
running through the reservation;
``(B) all dependent Indian communities within the borders
of the United States, whether within the original or
subsequently acquired territory thereof and whether within or
without the limits of a State; and
``(C) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which
have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running
through such allotments.''.
(e) Rulemaking Proceeding.--Section 402(j) is amended to
read as follows:
``(j) Rulemaking Proceeding.--The Secretary may from time
to time conduct a rulemaking process to identify highway
safety programs that are highly effective in reducing motor
vehicle crashes, injuries, and deaths. Any such rulemaking
shall take into account the major role of the States in
implementing such programs. When a rule promulgated in
accordance with this section takes effect, States shall
consider these highly effective programs when developing
their highway safety programs.''.
(f) Highway Safety Education and Information.--
(1) In general.--For fiscal years 1999 and 2000, the
Secretary shall allow any State to use funds apportioned to
it under section 402 of title 23, United States Code to
purchase television and radio time for the placement of
highway safety public service messages.
(2) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of the
effectiveness of the public service messages and transmit a
report on the results of the study together with the
transmittal under section 508 of this Act.
SEC. 203. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Section 403(a)(2)(A) is amended by inserting ``, including
training in work zone safety management'' after
``personnel''.
SEC. 204. OCCUPANT PROTECTION INCENTIVE GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 4 is amended by inserting after
section 404 the following:
``Sec. 405. Occupant protection incentive grants
``(a) General Authority.--
``(1) Authority to make grants.--Subject to the provisions
of this section, the Secretary shall make grants under
subsections (b) and (c) to States that adopt and implement
effective programs to reduce highway deaths and injuries
resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly
restrained in motor vehicles. Such grants may be used by
recipient States only to implement and enforce, as
appropriate, such programs.
``(2) Maintenance of effort.--No grant may be made to a
State under subsection (b) or (c) in any fiscal year unless
the State enters into such agreements with the Secretary as
the Secretary may require to ensure that the State will
maintain its aggregate expenditures from all other sources
for programs described in paragraph (1) at or above the
average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years
preceding the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act of 1998.
``(3) Maximum period of eligibility; federal share for
grants.--No State may receive grants under subsection (b) or
(c) in more than 6 fiscal years beginning after September 30,
1997. The Federal share payable for any grant under this
section shall not exceed--
``(A) in the first and second fiscal years in which the
State receives the grant, 75 percent of the cost of
implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in such fiscal
year a program adopted by the State;
``(B) in the third and fourth fiscal years in which the
State receives the grant, 50 percent of the cost of
implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in such fiscal
year such program; and
``(C) in the fifth and sixth fiscal years in which the
State receives the grant, 25 percent of the cost of
implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in such fiscal
year such program.
``(b) Grant A.--A State may establish its eligibility for a
grant under this subsection by adopting or demonstrating to
the satisfaction of the Secretary at least 5 of the following
and, beginning in fiscal year 2001, at least 6 of the
following:
``(1) Safety belt use law.--The State has in effect a
safety belt use law that makes unlawful throughout the State
the operation of a passenger motor vehicle whenever an
individual (other than a child who is secured in
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a child restraint system) in the front seat of the vehicle
(and, beginning in fiscal year 2000, in any seat in the
vehicle) does not have a safety belt properly secured about
the individual's body.
``(2) Primary safety belt use law.--The State provides for
primary enforcement of its safety belt use law.
``(3) Minimum fine or penalty points.--The State imposes a
minimum fine, or provides for the imposition of penalty
points against an individual's driver's license, for a
violation of its safety belt use law.
``(4) Child safety seat law.--The State has in effect a
child passenger protection law that makes unlawful throughout
the State the operation of a passenger motor vehicle whenever
a child up to 4 years of age in the vehicle is not properly
secured in a child safety seat.
``(5) Special traffic enforcement program.--The State has
implemented a statewide special traffic enforcement program
for occupant protection that emphasizes publicity for the
program.
``(6) Child occupant protection education program.--The
State has implemented a statewide comprehensive child
occupant protection education program that includes education
about proper seating positions for children in air bag
equipped motor vehicles and instruction on how to reduce the
improper use of child restraints systems.
``(7) Child passenger protection law.--The State has in
effect a child passenger protection law that makes unlawful
throughout the State the operation of a passenger motor
vehicle whenever a child up to 10 years of age (and,
beginning in fiscal year 2003, a child up to 16 years of age)
in the vehicle is not properly restrained.
``(c) Grant B.--A State may establish its eligibility for a
grant under this subsection by adopting or demonstrating to
the satisfaction of the Secretary each of the following:
``(1) State safety belt use rate.--The State demonstrates a
statewide safety belt use rate in both front outboard seating
positions in all passenger motor vehicles of 80 percent or
higher in each of the years a grant under this subparagraph
is received.
``(2) Survey method.--The State follows safety belt use
survey methods which conform to guidelines issued by the
Secretary ensuring that such measurements are accurate and
representative.
``(d) Grant Amounts.--The amount of each grant for which a
State qualifies under subsection (b) or (c) for a fiscal year
shall equal up to 30 percent of the amount apportioned to the
State for fiscal year 1997 under section 402 of this title.
``(e) Definitions.--In this subsection, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Child safety seat.--The term `child safety seat'
means any device (except safety belts) designed for use in a
motor vehicle to restrain, seat, or position a child who
weighs 50 pounds or less.
``(2) Motor vehicle.--The term `motor vehicle' means a
vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured
primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways, but
does not include a vehicle operated only on a rail line.
``(3) Multipurpose passenger vehicle.--The term
`multipurpose passenger vehicle' means a motor vehicle with
motive power (except a trailer), designed to carry not more
than 10 individuals, that is constructed either on a truck
chassis or with special features for occasional off-road
operation.
``(4) Passenger car.--The term `passenger car' means a
motor vehicle with motive power (except a multipurpose
passenger vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer) designed to carry
not more than 10 individuals.
``(5) Passenger motor vehicle.--The term `passenger motor
vehicle' means a passenger car or a multipurpose passenger
motor vehicle.
``(6) Safety belt.--The term `safety belt' means--
``(A) with respect to open-body passenger vehicles,
including convertibles, an occupant restraint system
consisting of a lap belt or a lap belt and a detachable
shoulder belt; and
``(B) with respect to other passenger vehicles, an occupant
restraint system consisting of integrated lap and shoulder
belts.
``(f) Administrative Expenses.--Funds authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section shall be subject to a
deduction not to exceed 5 percent for the necessary costs of
administering the provisions of this section.
``(g) Applicability of Chapter 1.--
``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, all provisions of chapter 1 of this title that
are applicable to National Highway System funds, other than
provisions relating to the apportionment formula and
provisions limiting the expenditure of such funds to Federal-
aid highways, shall apply to the funds authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section.
``(2) Inconsistent provisions.--If the Secretary determines
that a provision of chapter 1 of this title is inconsistent
with this section, such provision shall not apply to funds
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.
``(3) Credit for state and local expenditures.--The
aggregate of all expenditures made during any fiscal year by
a State and its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal
funds) for carrying out the State highway safety program
under section 402 (other than planning and administration)
shall be available for the purpose of crediting such State
during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share of the cost
of any project under this section (other than one for
planning or administration) without regard to whether such
expenditures were actually made in connection with such
project.
``(4) Increased federal share for certain indian tribe
programs.--In the case of an occupant protection program
carried out by an Indian tribe, if the Secretary is satisfied
that an Indian tribe does not have sufficient funds available
to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of such program,
the Secretary may increase the Federal share of the cost
thereof payable under this title to the extent necessary.
``(5) Treatment of term `state highway department'.--In
applying provisions of chapter 1 in carrying out this
section, the term `State highway department' as used in such
provisions shall mean the Governor of a State and, in the
case of an Indian tribe program, the Secretary of the
Interior.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 404 the following:
``405. Occupant protection incentive grants.''.
SEC. 205. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.
Section 410 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 410. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures
``(a) General Authority.--Subject to the requirements of
this section, the Secretary shall make grants to States that
adopt and implement effective programs to reduce traffic
safety problems resulting from individuals driving while
under the influence of alcohol. Such grants may only be used
by recipient States to implement and enforce such programs.
``(b) Maintenance of Effort.--No grant may be made to a
State under this section in any fiscal year unless the State
enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the
Secretary may require to ensure that the State will maintain
its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for alcohol
traffic safety programs at or above the average level of such
expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of the
enactment of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation
and Equity Act of 1998.
``(c) Maximum Period of Eligibility; Federal Share for
Grants.--No State may receive grants under this section in
more than 6 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1997.
The Federal share payable for any grant under this section
shall not exceed--
``(1) in the first and second fiscal years in which the
State receives a grant under this section, 75 percent of the
cost of implementing and enforcing in such fiscal year a
program adopted by the State pursuant to subsection (a);
``(2) in the third and fourth fiscal years in which the
State receives a grant under this section, 50 percent of the
cost of implementing and enforcing in such fiscal year such
program; and
``(3) in the fifth and sixth fiscal years in which the
State receives a grant under this section, 25 percent of the
cost of implementing and enforcing in such fiscal year such
program.
``(d) Basic Grant Eligibility.--
``(1) Basic grant a.--A State shall become eligible for a
grant under this paragraph by adopting or demonstrating to
the satisfaction of the Secretary at least 5 of the
following:
``(A) .08 bac per se law.--A law that provides that any
individual with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent
or greater while operating a motor vehicle shall be deemed to
be driving while intoxicated.
``(B) Administrative license revocation.--An administrative
driver's license suspension or revocation system for
individuals who operate motor vehicles while under the
influence of alcohol that requires that--
``(i) in the case of an individual who, in any 5-year
period beginning after the date of the enactment of the
Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of
1998, is determined on the basis of a chemical test to have
been operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol
or is determined to have refused to submit to such a test as
proposed by a law enforcement officer, the State agency
responsible for administering drivers' licenses, upon receipt
of the report of the law enforcement officer--
``(I) shall suspend the driver's license of such individual
for a period of not less than 90 days if such individual is a
first offender in such 5-year period; and
``(II) shall suspend the driver's license of such
individual for a period of not less than 1 year, or revoke
such license, if such individual is a repeat offender in such
5-year period; and
``(ii) the suspension and revocation referred to under
clause (i) shall take effect not later than 30 days after the
day on which the individual refused to submit to a chemical
test or received notice of having been determined to be
driving under the influence of alcohol, in accordance with
the State's procedures.
``(C) Underage drinking program.--An effective system, as
determined by the Secretary, for preventing operators of
motor vehicles under age 21 from obtaining alcoholic
beverages and for preventing persons from making alcoholic
beverages available to individuals under age 21. Such system
may include a graduated licensing system, the issuance of
drivers' licenses to individuals under age 21 that are easily
distinguishable in appearance from drivers' licenses issued
to individuals age 21 years of age or older,
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and the issuance of drivers' licenses that are tamper
resistant.
``(D) Enforcement program.--Either--
``(i) a statewide program for stopping motor vehicles on a
nondiscriminatory, lawful basis for the purpose of
determining whether the operators of such motor vehicles are
driving while under the influence of alcohol; or
``(ii) a statewide special traffic enforcement program for
impaired driving that emphasizes publicity for the program.
``(E) Repeat offenders.--Effective sanctions for repeat
offenders convicted of driving under the influence of
alcohol. Such sanctions, as determined by the Secretary, may
include electronic monitoring; alcohol interlocks; intensive
supervision of probation; vehicle impoundment, confiscation,
or forfeiture; dedicated detention facilities; special
measures to reduce driving with a suspended license; and
assignment of treatment.
``(F) Drivers with high bac's.--Programs to target
individuals with high blood alcohol concentrations who
operate a motor vehicle. Such programs may include
implementation of a system of graduated penalties and
assessment of individuals convicted of driving under the
influence of alcohol.
``(G) Young adult drinking programs.--Programs to reduce
driving while under the influence of alcohol by individuals
age 21 through 34. Such programs may include awareness
campaigns; traffic safety partnerships with employers,
colleges, and the hospitality industry; assessment of first
time offenders; and incorporation of treatment into judicial
sentencing.
``(H) Testing for bac.--An effective system for increasing
the rate of testing for blood alcohol concentration of motor
vehicle drivers in fatal accidents and, in fiscal year 2000
and in each fiscal year thereafter, a rate of such testing
that is equal to or greater than the national average.
``(2) Basic grant b.--A State shall become eligible for a
grant under this paragraph by adopting or demonstrating to
the satisfaction of the Secretary each of the following:
``(A) Fatal impaired driver percentage reduction.--The
percentage of fatally injured drivers with 0.10 percent or
greater blood alcohol concentration in the State has
decreased in each of the 3 most recent calendar years for
which statistics for determining such percentages are
available.
``(B) Fatal impaired driver percentage comparison.--The
percentage of fatally injured drivers with 0.10 percent or
greater blood alcohol concentration in the State has been
lower than the average percentage for all States in each of
the calendar years referred to in subparagraph (A).
``(3) Basic grant amount.--The amount of a basic grant made
to a State for a fiscal year under this subsection shall
equal up to 30 percent of the amount apportioned to the State
for fiscal year 1997 under section 402 of this title.
``(e) Discretionary Grants.--
``(1) In general.--Upon receiving an application from a
State, the Secretary may make grants to the State for
carrying out innovative programs (other than the programs
specified in subsection (d)) to reduce traffic safety
problems resulting from individuals driving while under the
influence of alcohol or controlled substances. Such programs
may seek to achieve such a reduction through legal, judicial,
enforcement, educational, technological, or other approaches.
``(2) Eligibility.--A State shall be eligible to receive a
grant under this subsection in a fiscal year only if the
State is eligible to receive a grant under subsection (d) in
such fiscal year.
``(3) Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out
this section, not to exceed 12 percent shall be available for
making grants under this subsection.
``(f) Administrative Expenses.--Funds authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section shall be subject to a
deduction not to exceed 5 percent for the necessary costs of
administering the provisions of this section.
``(g) Applicability of Chapter 1.--
``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, all provisions of chapter 1 of this title that
are applicable to National Highway System funds, other than
provisions relating to the apportionment formula and
provisions limiting the expenditure of such funds to Federal-
aid highways, shall apply to the funds authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section.
``(2) Inconsistent provisions.--If the Secretary determines
that a provision of chapter 1 of this title is inconsistent
with this section, such provision shall not apply to funds
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.
``(3) Credit for state and local expenditures.--The
aggregate of all expenditures made during any fiscal year by
a State and its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal
funds) for carrying out the State highway safety program
under section 402 (other than planning and administration)
shall be available for the purpose of crediting such State
during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share of the cost
of any project under this section (other than one for
planning or administration) without regard to whether such
expenditures were actually made in connection with such
project.
``(4) Increased federal share for certain indian tribe
programs.--In the case of an alcohol-impaired driving
countermeasures program carried out by an Indian tribe, if
the Secretary is satisfied that an Indian tribe does not have
sufficient funds available to meet the non-Federal share of
the cost of such program, the Secretary may increase the
Federal share of the cost thereof payable under this title to
the extent necessary.
``(5) Treatment of term `state highway department'.--In
applying provisions of chapter 1 in carrying out this
section, the term `State highway department' as used in such
provisions shall mean the Governor of a State and, in the
case of an Indian tribe program, the Secretary of the
Interior.
``(h) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Alcoholic beverage.--The term `alcoholic beverage'
has the meaning such term has under section 158(c) of this
title.
``(2) Controlled substances.--The term `controlled
substances' has the meaning such term has under section
102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6)).
``(3) Motor vehicle.--The term `motor vehicle' means a
vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured
primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways, but
does not include a vehicle operated only on a rail line.''.
SEC. 206. STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY DATA IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 4 is further amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
``Sec. 411. State highway safety data improvements
``(a) General Authority.--Subject to the provisions of this
section, the Secretary shall make grants to States that adopt
and implement effective programs to--
``(1) improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness,
uniformity, and accessibility of the State's data needed to
identify priorities for national, State, and local highway
and traffic safety programs;
``(2) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to make such
improvements;
``(3) link these State data systems, including traffic
records, together and with other data systems within the
State, such as systems that contain medical and economic
data; and
``(4) improve State data systems' compatibility with
national data systems and those of other States and enhance
the Secretary's ability to observe and analyze national
trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and causation.
Such grants may be used by recipient States only to implement
such programs.
``(b) Model Data Elements.--The Secretary, in consultation
with States and other appropriate parties, shall determine
the model data elements necessary to observe and analyze
national trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and
causation. A State's multiyear highway safety data and
traffic records plan described in subsection (e)(1) shall
demonstrate how the model data elements will be incorporated
into the State's data systems for the State to be eligible
for grants under this section.
``(c) Maintenance of Effort.--No grant may be made to a
State under this section in any fiscal year unless the State
enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the
Secretary may require to ensure that the State will maintain
its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for highway
safety data programs at or above the average level of such
expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of the
enactment of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation
and Equity Act of 1998.
``(d) Maximum Period of Eligibility; Federal Share for
Grants.--No State may receive grants under this section in
more than 6 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1997.
The Federal share payable for any grant under this section
shall not exceed--
``(1) in the first and second fiscal years in which the
State receives the grant, 75 percent of the cost of
implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in such fiscal
year a program adopted by the State;
``(2) in the third and fourth fiscal years in which the
State receives the grant, 50 percent of the cost of
implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in such fiscal
year such program; and
``(3) in the fifth and sixth fiscal years in which the
State receives the grant under this section, 25 percent of
the cost of implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in
such fiscal year such program.
``(e) First-Year Grants.--
``(1) Eligibility.--A State shall be eligible for a first-
year grant under this section in a fiscal year if the State
either--
``(A) demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary,
that the State has--
``(i) established a highway safety data and traffic records
coordinating committee with a multidisciplinary membership,
including the administrators, collectors, and users of such
data (including the public health, injury control, and motor
carrier communities);
``(ii) completed, within the preceding 5 years, a highway
safety data and traffic records assessment or an audit of the
State's highway safety data and traffic records system; and
``(iii) initiated the development of a multiyear highway
safety data and traffic records strategic plan, to be
approved by the State's highway safety data and traffic
records coordinating committee, that identifies and
prioritizes the State's highway safety data and traffic
records needs and goals, and that identifies performance-
based measures by which progress toward those goals will be
determined; or
``(B) provides, to the satisfaction of the Secretary--
``(i) a certification that the State has met the
requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A);
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``(ii) a multiyear plan that--
``(I) identifies and prioritizes the State's highway safety
data and traffic records needs and goals;
``(II) specifies how the State's incentive funds for the
fiscal year will be used to address those needs and goals;
and
``(III) identifies performance-based measures by which
progress toward those goals will be determined; and
``(iii) a certification that the State's highway safety
data and traffic records coordinating committee continues to
operate and supports the multiyear plan described in clause
(ii).
``(2) Grant amounts.--The amount of a first-year grant made
to a State for a fiscal year under this subsection shall
equal--
``(A) if the State is eligible for the grant under
paragraph (1)(A), $125,000, subject to the availability of
appropriations; and
``(B) if the State is eligible for the grant under
paragraph (1)(B), an amount determined by multiplying--
``(i) the amount appropriated to carry out this section for
such fiscal year; by
``(ii) the ratio that the funds apportioned to the State
under section 402 for fiscal year 1997 bears to the funds
apportioned to all States under section 402 for fiscal year
1997;
except that no State shall receive less than $225,000,
subject to the availability of appropriations.
``(f) Succeeding Year Grants.--
``(1) Eligibility.--A State shall be eligible for a grant
under this subsection in any fiscal year succeeding the first
fiscal year in which the State receives a grant under
subsection (e) if the State, to the satisfaction of the
Secretary--
``(A) submits or updates a multiyear plan described in
subsection (e)(1)(A)(iii);
``(B) certifies that the highway safety data and traffic
records coordinating committee of the State continues to
operate and supports the multiyear plan; and
``(C) reports annually on the State's progress in
implementing the multiyear plan.
``(2) Grant amounts.--The amount of a succeeding year grant
made to the State for a fiscal year under this paragraph
shall equal the amount determined by multiplying--
``(A) the amount appropriated to carry out this section for
such fiscal year; by
``(B) the ratio that the funds apportioned to the State
under section 402 for fiscal year 1997 bears to the funds
apportioned to all States under section 402 for fiscal year
1997;
except that no State shall receive less than $225,000,
subject to the availability of appropriations.
``(g) Administrative Expenses.--Funds authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section shall be subject to a
deduction not to exceed 5 percent for the necessary costs of
administering the provisions of this section.
``(h) Applicability of Chapter 1.--
``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, all provisions of chapter 1 of this title that
are applicable to National Highway System funds, other than
provisions relating to the apportionment formula and
provisions limiting the expenditure of such funds to Federal-
aid highways, shall apply to the funds authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section.
``(2) Inconsistent provisions.--If the Secretary determines
that a provision of chapter 1 of this title is inconsistent
with this section, such provision shall not apply to funds
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.
``(3) Credit for state and local expenditures.--The
aggregate of all expenditures made during any fiscal year by
a State and its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal
funds) for carrying out the State highway safety program
under section 402 (other than planning and administration)
shall be available for the purpose of crediting such State
during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share of the cost
of any project under this section (other than one for
planning or administration) without regard to whether such
expenditures were actually made in connection with such
project.
``(4) Increased federal share for certain indian tribe
programs.--In the case of a highway safety data improvements
program carried out by an Indian tribe, if the Secretary is
satisfied that an Indian tribe does not have sufficient funds
available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of such
program, the Secretary may increase the Federal share of the
cost thereof payable under this title to the extent
necessary.
``(5) Treatment of term `state highway department'.--In
applying provisions of chapter 1 in carrying out this
section, the term `State highway department' as used in such
provisions shall mean the Governor of a State and, in the
case of an Indian tribe program, the Secretary of the
Interior.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
``411. State highway safety data improvements.''.
SEC. 207. NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.
(a) Transfer of Selected Functions to Non-Federal
Management.--Section 30302 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Transfer of Selected Functions to Non-Federal
Management.--
``(1) Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into an agreement
with an organization that represents the interests of the
States to manage, administer, and operate the National Driver
Register's computer timeshare and user assistance functions.
If the Secretary decides to enter into such an agreement, the
Secretary shall ensure that the management of these functions
is compatible with this chapter and the regulations issued to
implement this chapter.
``(2) Required demonstration.--Any transfer of the National
Driver Register's computer timeshare and user assistance
functions to an organization that represents the interests of
the States shall begin only after a determination is made by
the Secretary that all States are participating in the
National Driver Register's `Problem Driver Pointer System'
(the system used by the Register to effect the exchange of
motor vehicle driving records), and that the system is
functioning properly.
``(3) Transition period.--Any agreement entered into under
this subsection shall include a provision for a transition
period sufficient to allow the States to make the budgetary
and legislative changes the States may need to pay fees
charged by the organization representing their interests for
their use of the National Driver Register's computer
timeshare and user assistance functions. During this
transition period, the Secretary shall continue to fund these
transferred functions.
``(4) Fees.--The total of the fees charged by the
organization representing the interests of the States in any
fiscal year for the use of the National Driver Register's
computer timeshare and user assistance functions shall not
exceed the total cost to the organization of performing these
functions in such fiscal year.
``(5) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in
this subsection may be construed to diminish, limit, or
otherwise affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out
this chapter.''.
(b) Access to Register Information.--
(1) Conforming amendments.--Section 30305(b) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2) by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ``, unless the information is about a
revocation or suspension still in effect on the date of the
request'';
(B) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by section 207(b) of
the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
324, 110 Stat. 3908)--
(i) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting
``subsection (a) of this section''; and
(ii) by moving the text of such paragraph 2 ems to the
left; and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (8), as redesignated by
section 502(b)(1) of the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104-264, 110 Stat. 3262), as paragraph
(9).
(2) Federal agency access provision.--Section 30305(b) of
title 49, United States Code, is further amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (10) and
inserting such paragraph after paragraph (9);
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) The head of a Federal department or agency that
issues motor vehicle operator's licenses may request the
chief driver licensing official of a State to obtain
information under subsection (a) of this section about an
individual applicant for a motor vehicle operator's license
from such department or agency. The department or agency may
receive the information, provided it transmits to the
Secretary a report regarding any individual who is denied a
motor vehicle operator's license by that department or agency
for cause; whose motor vehicle operator's license is revoked,
suspended, or canceled by that department or agency for
cause; or about whom the department or agency has been
notified of a conviction of any of the motor vehicle-related
offenses or comparable offenses listed in section 30304(a)(3)
and over whom the department or agency has licensing
authority. The report shall contain the information specified
in section 30304(b).''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) The head of a Federal department or agency
authorized to receive information regarding an individual
from the Register under this section may request and receive
such information from the Secretary.''.
(c) Evaluation and Assessment of Alternatives.--
(1) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall evaluate the
implementation of chapter 303 of title 49, United States
Code, and the programs under sections 31106 and 31309 of such
title and identify alternatives to improve the ability of the
States to exchange information about unsafe drivers and to
identify drivers with multiple licenses.
(2) Technology assessment.--The Secretary, in conjunction
with the American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators, shall conduct an assessment of available
electronic technologies to improve access to and exchange of
motor vehicle driving records. The assessment may consider
alternative unique motor vehicle driver identifiers that
would facilitate accurate matching of drivers and their
records.
(3) Report to congress.--Not later than 2 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
transmit to Congress a report on the results of the
evaluation and technology assessment, together with any
recommendations for appropriate administrative and
legislative actions.
SEC. 208. SAFETY STUDIES.
(a) Blowout Resistant Tires Study.--The Secretary shall
conduct a study on the benefit to public safety of the use of
blowout re
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sistant tires on commercial motor vehicles and the potential
to decrease the incidence of accidents and fatalities from
accidents occurring as a result of blown out tires.
(b) School Bus Occupant Safety Study.--The Secretary shall
conduct a study to assess occupant safety in school buses.
The study shall examine available information about occupant
safety and analyze options for improving occupant safety.
(c) Reports.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report on the results of each study conducted
under this section.
(d) Limitation on Funding.--The Secretary may not expend
more than $200,000, from funds made available by section 210,
for conducting each study under this section.
SEC. 209. EFFECTIVENESS OF LAWS ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM BLOOD
ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
to evaluate the effectiveness of State laws that--
(1) deem any individual with a blood alcohol concentration
of 0.08 percent or greater while operating a motor vehicle to
be driving while intoxicated; and
(2) deem any individual under the age of 21 with a blood
alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or greater while
operating a motor vehicle to be driving while intoxicated;
in reducing the number and severity of alcohol-involved
crashes.
(b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Public Works
and the Environment of the Senate a report containing the
results of the study conducted under this section.
SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--The following sums are authorized to be
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account):
(1) NHTSA highway safety programs.--For carrying out
section 402 of title 23, United States Code, by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration $128,200,000 for fiscal
year 1998, $150,700,000 for fiscal year 1999, and
$195,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
(2) FHWA highway safety programs.--For carrying out section
402 of title 23, United States Code, by the Federal Highway
Administration $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $20,000,000
for fiscal year 1999, and $25,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2000 through 2003.
(3) NHTSA highway safety research and development.--For
carrying out section 403 of such title by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration $55,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003.
(4) FHWA highway safety research and development.--For
carrying out section 403 of such title by the Federal Highway
Administration $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998
through 2003.
(5) Occupant protection incentive grants.--For carrying out
section 405 of such title $9,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(6) Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive
grant program.--For carrying out section 410 of such title
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $45,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(7) State highway safety data grants.--For carrying out
section 411 of such title $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(8) National driver register.--For carrying out chapter 303
of title 49, United States Code, by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, $2,300,000 for each of fiscal
years 1998 through 2003.
(b) Transfers.--In each fiscal year, the Secretary may
transfer any amounts remaining available under paragraph (5),
(6), or (7) of subsection (a) to the amounts made available
under any other of such paragraphs in order to ensure, to the
maximum extent possible, that each State receives the maximum
incentive funding for which the State is eligible under
sections 405, 406, and 410 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 211. TRANSPORTATION INJURY RESEARCH.
(a) Center for Transportation Injury Research.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to
establish and maintain a center for transportation injury
research at the Calspan University of Buffalo Research Center
affiliated with the State University of New York at Buffalo.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $2,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this subsection.
(b) Head and Spinal Cord Injury Research.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
Neuroscience Center for Excellence at Louisiana State
University and the Virginia Transportation Research Institute
at George Washington University for research and technology
development for preventing and minimizing head and spinal
cord injuries relating to automobile accidents.
(2) Funding.--Of amounts made available for each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(F), $500,000 per
fiscal year shall be available to carry out this subsection.
TITLE III--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this
title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision of
law, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.
Section 5302 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5302. Definitions
``(a) In General.--In this chapter, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Capital project.--The term `capital project' means a
project for--
``(A) acquiring, constructing, supervising, or inspecting
equipment or a facility for use in mass transportation,
expenses incidental to the acquisition or construction
(including designing, engineering, location surveying,
mapping, and acquiring rights of way), payments for the
capital portions of rail trackage rights agreements, transit-
related intelligent transportation systems, relocation
assistance, acquiring replacement housing sites, and
acquiring, constructing, relocating, and rehabilitating
replacement housing;
``(B) rehabilitating a bus;
``(C) remanufacturing a bus;
``(D) overhauling rail rolling stock;
``(E) preventive maintenance;
``(F) leasing equipment or a facility for use in mass
transportation subject to regulations the Secretary
prescribes limiting the leasing arrangements to those that
are more cost-effective than acquisition or construction; or
``(G) a mass transportation improvement that enhances
economic development or incorporates private investment
(including commercial and residential development and
pedestrian and bicycle access to a mass transportation
facility) because the improvement--
``(i) enhances the effectiveness of a mass transportation
project and is related physically or functionally to that
mass transportation project or establishes new or enhanced
coordination between mass transportation and other
transportation; and
``(ii) provides a fair share of revenue for mass
transportation that will be used for mass transportation.
``(2) Chief executive officer of a state.--The term `chief
executive officer of a State' includes the designee of the
chief executive officer.
``(3) Emergency regulation.--The term `emergency
regulation' means a regulation--
``(A) that is effective temporarily before the expiration
of the otherwise specified periods of time for public notice
and comment under section 5334(b) of this title; and
``(B) prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation as the
result of a finding that a delay in the effective date of the
regulation--
``(i) would injure seriously an important public interest;
``(ii) would frustrate substantially legislative policy and
intent; or
``(iii) would damage seriously a person or class without
serving an important public interest.
``(4) Fixed guideway.--The term `fixed guideway' means a
mass transportation facility--
``(A) using and occupying a separate right of way or rail
for the exclusive use of mass transportation and other high
occupancy vehicles; or
``(B) using a fixed catenary system and a right of way
usable by other forms of transportation.
``(5) Handicapped individual.--The term `handicapped
individual' means an individual who, because of illness,
injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other incapacity or
temporary or permanent disability (including an individual
who is a wheelchair user or has semiambulatory capability),
cannot use effectively, without special facilities, planning,
or design, mass transportation service or a mass
transportation facility.
``(6) Local governmental authority.--The term `local
governmental authority' includes--
``(A) a political subdivision of a State;
``(B) an authority of at least one State or political
subdivision of a State;
``(C) an Indian tribe; and
``(D) a public corporation, board, or commission
established under the laws of a State.
``(7) Mass transportation.--The term `mass transportation'
means transportation by a conveyance that provides regular
and continuing general or special transportation to the
public, but does not include school bus, charter, or
sightseeing transportation.
``(8) Net project cost.--The term `net project cost' means
the part of a project that reasonably cannot be financed from
revenues.
``(9) New bus model.--The term `new bus model' means a bus
model (including a model using alternative fuel)--
``(A) that has not been used in mass transportation in the
United States before the date of production of the model; or
``(B) used in mass transportation in the United States but
being produced with a major change in configuration or
components.
``(10) Preventive maintenance.--The term `preventive
maintenance' means a major activity intended to improve or
upgrade a transit vehicle or facility or repair or replace a
damaged, malfunctioning, overaged, or outmoded transit
vehicle or facility system,
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subsystem, element, or component. Such term does not include
any activity of a routine or servicing nature, such as
checking and replenishing fluid levels, adjusting settings on
otherwise properly operating components, washing and cleaning
a transit vehicle or facility, changing tires and wheels, or
repairing damage to a vehicle or facility caused by an
accident.
``(11) Public transportation.--The term `public
transportation' means mass transportation.
``(12) Regulation.--The term `regulation' means any part of
a statement of general or particular applicability of the
Secretary of Transportation designed to carry out, interpret,
or prescribe law or policy in carrying out this chapter.
``(13) State.--The term `State' means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin
Islands.
``(14) Transit.--The term `transit' means mass
transportation.
``(15) Transit enhancement.--The term `transit enhancement'
means with respect to any project or an area to be served by
the project, historic preservation, rehabilitation, and
operation of historic mass transportation buildings,
structures, and facilities (including historic bus and
railroad facilities and canals); projects that enhance
transit safety and security; landscaping and other scenic
beautification and art in and around mass transportation
stations, facilities, bus shelters, bridges, and buses;
bicycle and pedestrian access to mass transportation,
including bicycle storage facilities and installing equipment
for transporting bicycles on mass transportation vehicles;
projects that enhance access for the disabled to mass
transportation; and archaeological planning and research
related to mass transportation projects.
``(16) Urban area.--The term `urban area' means an area
that includes a municipality or other built-up place that the
Secretary of Transportation, after considering local patterns
and trends of urban growth, decides is appropriate for a
local mass transportation system to serve individuals in the
locality.
``(17) Urbanized area.--The term `urbanized area' means an
area--
``(A) encompassing at least an urbanized area within a
State that the Secretary of Commerce designates; and
``(B) designated as an urbanized area within boundaries
fixed by State and local officials and approved by the
Secretary of Transportation.
``(b) Authority To Modify `Handicapped Individual'.--The
Secretary of Transportation by regulation may modify the
definition of subsection (a)(5) as it applies to section
5307(d)(1)(D) of this title.''.
SEC. 303. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.
(a) Goals and Objectives of Planning Process.--Section
5303(b) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Goals and Objectives of Planning Process.--
``(1) Consideration.--To the extent that the metropolitan
planning organization determines appropriate, the
metropolitan transportation planning process may include
consideration of goals and objectives that--
``(A) support the economic vitality of the metropolitan
area, especially by enabling global competitiveness,
productivity, and efficiency;
``(B) increase the safety and security of the
transportation system for all users;
``(C) increase the accessibility and mobility for people
and freight;
``(D) protect and enhance the environment, conserve energy,
and enhance quality of life;
``(E) enhance the integration and connectivity of the
transportation system, across and between modes, for people
and freight;
``(F) promote efficient system utilization and operation;
and
``(G) preserve and optimize the existing transportation
system.
This paragraph shall apply to the development of long-range
transportation plans and transportation improvement programs.
``(2) Conversion to goals and objectives.--The metropolitan
planning organization shall cooperatively determine with the
State and mass transportation operators how the
considerations listed in paragraph (1) are translated into
metropolitan goals and objectives and how they are factored
into decisionmaking.''.
(b) Coordination.--Section 5303(e) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(4) Project located in multiple mpos.--If a project is
located within the boundaries of more than one metropolitan
planning organization, the metropolitan planning
organizations shall coordinate plans regarding the
project.''.
(c) Long-Range Transportation Plan.--Section 5303(f) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``transportation'' after
``long-range'';
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ``at least shall--'' and
inserting ``shall contain, at a minimum, the following:'';
(3) in paragraph (1)(A)--
(A) by striking ``identify'' and inserting ``An
identification of''; and
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a
period;
(4) by striking paragraph (1)(B) and inserting the
following:
``(B) A financial plan that demonstrates how the adopted
transportation plan can be implemented, indicates resources
from public and private sources that are reasonably expected
to be made available to carry out the plan and recommends any
additional financing strategies for needed projects and
programs. The financial plan may include, for illustrative
purposes, additional projects that would be included in the
adopted transportation plan if reasonable additional
resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were
available. For the purpose of developing the transportation
plan, the metropolitan planning organization and State shall
cooperatively develop estimates of funds that will be
available to support plan implementation.'';
(5) in paragraph (1)(C)--
(A) by striking ``assess'' and inserting ``An assessment
of''; and
(B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
(6) in paragraph (1)(D) by striking ``indicate'' and
inserting ``Indicate'';
(7) in paragraph (4) by inserting after ``employees,'' the
following: ``freight shippers and providers of freight
transportation services,''; and
(8) in paragraph (5) by inserting ``transportation'' before
``plan''.
SEC. 304. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
Section 5304 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``2 years'' and inserting
``3 years''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2)--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C)
and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) may include, for illustrative purposes, additional
projects that would be included in the adopted transportation
plan if reasonable additional resources beyond those
identified in the financial plan were available.''.
SEC. 305. TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREAS.
Section 5305(d)(1) is amended by striking ``of the National
Highway System'' each place it appears and inserting the
following: ``under the National Highway System and high risk
road safety programs,''.
SEC. 306. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.
(a) Section Heading.--
(1) Amendment to section.--Section 5307 is amended by
striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5307. Urbanized area formula grants''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The item relating to section
5307 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended to
read as follows:
``5307. Urbanized area formula grants.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 5307(a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``In this section--'' and inserting ``In
this section, the following definitions apply:'';
(2) by inserting ``Associated capital maintenance items.--
The term'' after ``(1)''; and
(3) by inserting ``Designated recipient.--The term'' after
``(2)''.
(c) General Authority.--Section 5307(b) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``, improvement, and operating costs'' and
inserting ``and improvement costs''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In
an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000, the
Secretary may also make grants under this section to finance
the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in
mass transportation.'';
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (5); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
(d) Advance Construction.--Section 5307(g)(3) is amended by
striking ``the amount by which'' and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting ``the most favorable
financing terms reasonably available for the project at the
time of borrowing. The applicant shall certify, in a manner
satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant has shown
reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing
terms.''.
(e) Coordination of Reviews.--Section 5307(i)(2) is amended
by adding at the end the following: ``To the extent
practicable, the Secretary shall coordinate such reviews with
any related State or local reviews.''.
(f) Transit Enhancement Activities.--Section 5307(k) is
amended to read as follows:
``(k) Transit Enhancement Activities.--2 percent of the
funds apportioned to urbanized areas of at least 200,000
population under section 5336 for a fiscal year shall only be
available for transit enhancement activities.''.
(g) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5307(n) is amended by
inserting ``5319,'' after ``5318,''.
SEC. 307. MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT BLOCK GRANTS.
Section 5308, and the item relating to section 5308 in the
table of sections for chapter 53, are repealed.
SEC. 308. CAPITAL PROGRAM GRANTS AND LOANS.
(a) Section Heading.--Section 5309 is amended in the
section heading by striking ``Discretionary'' and inserting
``Capital program''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section
5309 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
striking ``Discretionary'' and inserting ``Capital program''.
(c) General Authority.--Section 5309(a) is amended--
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(1) by striking paragraph (1)(E) and inserting the
following:
``(E) capital projects to modernize existing fixed guideway
systems;'';
(2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1)(F);
(3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (1)(G)
and inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1)(G) the following:
``(H) capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and
purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-
related facilities.''.
(d) Consideration of Decreased Commuter Rail
Transportation.--Section 5309(c) is repealed.
(e) Criteria for Grants and Loans for Fixed Guideway
Systems.--Section 5309(e) is amended to read as follows:
``(e) Criteria for Grants and Loans for Fixed Guideway
Systems.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation may
approve a grant or loan under this section for a capital
project for a new fixed guideway system or extension of an
existing fixed guideway system only if the Secretary
determines that the proposed project is--
``(A) based on the results of an alternatives analysis and
preliminary engineering;
``(B) justified based on a comprehensive review of its
mobility improvements, environmental benefits, cost
effectiveness, and operating efficiencies; and
``(C) supported by an acceptable degree of local financial
commitment, including evidence of stable and dependable
financing sources to construct, maintain, and operate the
system or extension.
``(2) Alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.--
In evaluating a project under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary
shall analyze and consider the results of the alternatives
analysis and preliminary engineering for the project.
``(3) Project justification.--In evaluating a project under
paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall--
``(A) consider the direct and indirect costs of relevant
alternatives;
``(B) consider factors such as congestion relief, improved
mobility, air pollution, noise pollution, energy consumption,
and all associated ancillary and mitigation costs necessary
to carry out each alternative analyzed;
``(C) identify and consider existing mass transportation
supportive land use policies and future land use patterns and
the costs of urban sprawl;
``(D) consider the degree to which the project increases
the mobility of the mass transportation dependent population
or promotes economic development;
``(E) consider population density, current transit
ridership in the corridor, and cost per new rider;
``(F) consider the technical capability of the grant
recipient to construct the project;
``(G) adjust the project justification to reflect
differences in local land, construction, and operating costs;
and
``(H) consider other factors the Secretary determines
appropriate to carry out this chapter.
``(4) Local financial commitment.--
``(A) Evaluation of project.--In evaluating a project under
paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall require that--
``(i) the proposed project plan provides for the
availability of contingency amounts the Secretary determines
to be reasonable to cover unanticipated cost increases;
``(ii) each proposed local source of capital and operating
financing is stable, reliable, and available within the
proposed project timetable; and
``(iii) local resources are available to operate the
overall proposed mass transportation system (including
essential feeder bus and other services necessary to achieve
the projected ridership levels) without requiring a reduction
in existing mass transportation services to operate the
proposed project.
``(B) Stability, reliability, and availability of local
financing.--In assessing the stability, reliability, and
availability of proposed sources of local financing for the
project, the Secretary shall consider--
``(i) existing grant commitments;
``(ii) the degree to which financing sources are dedicated
to the purposes proposed;
``(iii) any debt obligation that exists or is proposed by
the recipient for the proposed project or other mass
transportation purpose; and
``(iv) the extent to which the project has a local
financial commitment that exceeds the required non-Federal
share of the cost of the project.
``(5) Regulations.--No later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of the Building Efficient Surface
Transportation and Equity Act of 1998, the Secretary shall
issue regulations on how the Secretary will evaluate and rate
the projects based on the results of alternatives analysis,
project justification, and the degree of local financial
commitment as required under this subsection.
``(6) Project evaluation and rating.--A proposed project
may advance from alternatives analysis to preliminary
engineering, and may advance from preliminary engineering to
final design and construction, only if the Secretary finds
that the project meets the requirements of this section and
there is a reasonable likelihood that the project will
continue to meet such requirements. In making such findings,
the Secretary shall evaluate and rate the project as either
highly recommended, recommended, or not recommended based on
the results of alternatives analysis, the project
justification criteria, and the degree of local financial
commitment as required under this subsection. In rating the
projects, the Secretary shall provide, in addition to the
overall project rating, individual ratings for each criteria
established under the regulations issued under paragraph (5).
``(7) Full funding grant agreement.--A project financed
under this subsection shall be carried out through a full
funding grant agreement. The Secretary shall enter into a
full funding grant agreement based on the evaluations and
ratings required under this subsection. The Secretary shall
not enter into a full funding grant agreement for a project
unless that project is authorized for final design and
construction.
``(8) Limitations on applicability.--
``(A) Projects with a section 5309 federal share of less
than $25,000,000.--A project for a new fixed guideway system
or extension of an existing fixed guideway system is not
subject to the requirements of this subsection, and the
simultaneous evaluation of similar projects in at least 2
corridors in a metropolitan area may not be limited, if the
assistance provided under this section with respect to the
project is less than $25,000,000.
``(B) Projects in nonattainment areas.--The simultaneous
evaluation of projects in at least 2 corridors in a
metropolitan area may not be limited and the Secretary shall
make decisions under this subsection with expedited
procedures that will promote carrying out an approved State
Implementation Plan in a timely way if a project is--
``(i) located in a nonattainment area;
``(ii) a transportation control measure (as defined by the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)); and
``(iii) required to carry out the State Implementation
Plan.
``(C) Projects financed with highway funds.--This
subsection does not apply to a project financed completely
with amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account).
``(D) Previously issued letter of intent or full funding
grant agreement.--This subsection does not apply to projects
for which the Secretary has issued a letter of intent or
entered into a full funding grant agreement before the date
of the enactment of this subparagraph.''.
(f) Letters of Intent and Full Funding Grant Agreements.--
Section 5309(g) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Financing'' and
inserting ``Funding'';
(2) by striking ``full financing'' each place it appears
and inserting ``full funding''; and
(3) in paragraph (1)(B)--
(A) by striking ``30 days'' and inserting ``60 days'';
(B) by inserting before the first comma ``or entering into
a full funding grant agreement''; and
(C) by striking ``issuance of the letter.'' and inserting
``letter or agreement. The Secretary shall include with the
notification a copy of the proposed letter or agreement as
well as the evaluations and ratings for the project.''.
(g) Allocating Amounts.--Section 5309(m) is amended to read
as follows:
``(m) Allocating Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available by section
5338(b) for grants and loans under this section for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003--
``(A) 40 percent shall be available for fixed guideway
modernization;
``(B) 40 percent shall be available for capital projects
for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing
fixed guideway systems; and
``(C) 20 percent shall be available to replace,
rehabilitate, and buy buses and related equipment and to
construct bus-related facilities.
``(2) Limitation on amounts available for activities other
than final design and construction.--Not more than 8 percent
of the amounts made available in each fiscal year by
paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for activities other than
final design and construction.
``(3) Bus and bus facility grants.--
``(A) Consideration.--In making grants under paragraph
(1)(C), the Secretary shall consider the age of buses, bus
fleets, related equipment, and bus-related facilities.
``(B) Funding for bus testing facility.--Of the amounts
made available by paragraph (1)(C), $3,000,000 shall be
available in each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry
out section 5318.
``(C) Funding for bus technology pilot program.--Of the
funds made available by paragraph (1)(C), 10 percent shall be
available in each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry
out the bus technology pilot program under subsection (o).
``(D) Other than urbanized areas.--Of amounts made
available by paragraph (1)(C), not less than 5.5 percent
shall be available in each fiscal year for other than
urbanized areas.
``(4) Eligibility for assistance for multiple projects.--A
person applying for, or receiving, assistance for a project
described in clause (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) may
receive assistance for a project described in another of
those clauses.''.
(h) Advance Construction.--Section 5309(n)(2) is amended by
striking ``in a way'' and inserting ``in a manner''.
(i) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Relocation of subsection.--Section 5309 is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (f); and
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(B) by redesignating subsections (g) through (o) as
subsections (f) through (n), respectively.
(2) Cross references.--Chapter 53 is amended--
(A) in section 5319 by striking ``5309(h)'' and inserting
``5309(g)'';
(B) in section 5328(a)(2) by striking ``5309(e)(1)-(6) of
this title'' and inserting ``5309(e)''; and
(C) in section 5328(a)(4) by striking ``5309(m)(2) of this
title'' and inserting ``5309(o)(1)''.
(3) References to full funding grant agreements.--Sections
5320 and 5328(a)(4) are each amended by striking ``full
financing'' each place it appears and inserting ``full
funding''. The subsection heading for section 5320(e) is
amended by striking ``Financing'' and inserting ``Funding''.
(j) Bus Technology Pilot Program.--Section 5309 is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(o) Bus Technology Pilot Program.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot
program for the testing and deployment of new bus technology,
including clean fuel and alternative fuel technology.
``(2) Projects.--Under the pilot program, the Secretary
shall carry out projects for testing and deployment of new
bus technology, including clean fuel and alternative fuel
technology. The Secretary shall select projects for funding
under the pilot program that will employ a variety of
technologies and will be performed in a variety of geographic
areas of the country with populations under 50,000, between
50,000 and 200,000, and over 200,000.
``(3) Report.--Not later than April 30, 2000, the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report on the results of the pilot program,
including a description of the projects carried out, the
amounts obligated, and the status of the test and deployment
activities undertaken.''.
(k) Reports.--Section 5309 is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(p) Reports.--
``(1) Funding levels and allocations of funds for fixed
guideway systems.--
``(A) Annual report.--Not later than the first Monday in
February of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that includes a proposal
on the allocation of amounts to be made available to finance
grants and loans for capital projects for new fixed guideway
systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems
among applicants for those amounts.
``(B) Recommendations on funding.--The annual report under
this paragraph shall include evaluations and ratings, as
required under subsection (e), for each project that is
authorized or has received funds under this section since the
date of the enactment of this Act or October 1 of the
preceding fiscal year, whichever date is earlier. The report
shall also include recommendations of projects for funding
based on the evaluations and ratings and on existing
commitments and anticipated funding levels for the next 3
fiscal years and for the next 10 fiscal years based on
information currently available to the Secretary.
``(2) Supplemental report on new starts.--The Secretary
shall submit a report to Congress on the 31st day of August
of each year that describes the Secretary's evaluation and
rating of each project that has completed alternatives
analysis or preliminary engineering since the date of the
last report. The report shall include all relevant
information that supports the evaluation and rating of each
project, including a summary of each project's financial
plan.
``(3) Annual gao review.--the General Accounting Office
shall--
``(A) conduct an annual review of--
``(i) the processes and procedures for evaluating and
rating projects and recommending projects; and
``(ii) the Secretary's implementation of such processes and
procedures; and
``(B) shall report to Congress on the results of such
review by April 30 of each year.''.
(l) Project Defined.--Section 5309 is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(q) Project Defined.--In this section, the term `project'
means, with respect to a new fixed guideway system or
extension to an existing fixed guideway system, a minimum
operable segment of the project.''.
SEC. 309. DOLLAR VALUE OF MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall not consider the
dollar value of mobility improvements, as specified in the
report required under section 5309(m)(1)(C) or section
5309(p) (as added by this Act), in evaluating projects under
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, in developing
regulations, or in carrying out any other duty of the
Secretary.
(b) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a
study of the dollar value of mobility improvements and the
relationship of mobility improvements to the overall
transportation justification of a new fixed guideway system
or extension to an existing system.
(2) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2000, the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report on the results of the study, including an
analysis of the factors relevant to determining the dollar
value of mobility improvements.
SEC. 310. FORMULA GRANTS AND LOANS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF
ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES.
(a) Section Heading.--Section 5310 is amended in the
section heading by striking ``Grants'' and inserting
``Formula grants''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section
5310 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
inserting ``formula'' before ``grants''.
SEC. 311. FORMULA PROGRAM FOR OTHER THAN URBANIZED AREAS.
(a) Intercity Bus Transportation.--Section 5311 is
amended--
(1) in the section heading by striking ``Financial
assistance'' and inserting ``Formula grants''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ``10 percent of the
amount made available in the fiscal year ending September 30,
1993, and''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section
5311 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
striking ``Financial assistance'' and inserting ``Formula
grant''.
SEC. 312. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND TRAINING
PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Section 5312 is amended--
(1) in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking the
first parenthetical phrase; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Joint Partnerships for Deployment of Innovation.--
``(1) Consortium defined.--In this subsection, the term
`consortium' means one or more public or private
organizations located in the United States which provide mass
transportation service to the public and one or more
businesses, including small and medium sized businesses,
incorporated in a State, offering goods or services or
willing to offer goods or services to mass transportation
operators. It may include as additional members public or
private research organizations located in the United States,
or State or local governmental authorities.
``(2) Grants and agreements.--The Secretary may make grants
and enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
agreements with consortia selected competitively from among
public and private partnerships to promote the early
deployment of innovation in mass transportation technology,
services, management, or operational practices. Any such
grant, contract, or agreement shall provide for the sharing
of costs, risks, and rewards of early deployment of
innovation. Such grants, contracts, and agreements shall be
subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary
prescribes.
``(3) Consultation requirement.--This subsection shall be
carried out in consultation with the transit industry.
``(4) Cost sharing.--Any consortium that receives a grant
or enters into a contract or agreement under this subsection
shall provide at least 50 percent of the cost of any joint
partnership project. Any business, organization, person, or
governmental body may contribute funds to such project.
``(5) Public notice.--The Secretary shall periodically give
public notice of--
``(A) the technical areas for which joint partnerships are
solicited under this subsection;
``(B) required qualifications of consortia desiring to
participate in such partnerships;
``(C) the method of selection and evaluation criteria to be
used in selecting participating consortia and projects under
this subsection; and
``(D) the process by which projects will be awarded under
this subsection.
``(6) Acceptance of revenues.--The Secretary may accept a
portion of the revenues resulting from sales of an innovation
supported under this subsection and deposit any revenues
accepted into a special account of the Treasury of the United
States to be established for purposes of carrying out this
subsection.
``(e) International Mass Transportation Program.--
``(1) Activities.--The Secretary is authorized to engage in
activities to inform the United States domestic mass
transportation community about technological innovations
available in the international marketplace and activities
that may afford domestic businesses the opportunity to become
globally competitive in the export of mass transportation
products and services. These activities may include--
``(A) development, monitoring, assessment, and
dissemination domestically of information about worldwide
mass transportation market opportunities;
``(B) cooperation with foreign public sector entities in
research, development, demonstration, training, and other
forms of technology transfer and exchange of experts and
information;
``(C) advocacy, in international mass transportation
markets, of firms, products, and services available from the
United States;
``(D) informing the international market about the
technical quality of mass transportation products and
services through participation in seminars, expositions, and
similar activities; and
``(E) offering those Federal Transit Administration
technical services which cannot be readily obtained from the
United States private sector to foreign public authorities
planning or undertaking mass transpor
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tation projects if the cost of these services will be
recovered under the terms of each project.
``(2) Cooperation.--The Secretary may carry out activities
under this subsection in cooperation with other Federal
agencies, State or local agencies, public and private
nonprofit institutions, government laboratories, foreign
governments, or any other organization the Secretary
determines is appropriate.
``(3) Funding.--The funds available to carry out this
subsection shall include funds paid to the Secretary by any
cooperating organization or person and shall be deposited by
the Secretary in a special account in the Treasury of the
United States to be established for purposes of carrying out
this subsection. The funds shall be available for promotional
materials, travel, reception, and representation expenses
necessary to carry out the activities authorized by this
subsection. Reimbursement for services provided under this
subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account
concerned.''.
(b) Mass Transportation Technology Development and
Deployment.--
(1) General authority.--The Secretary may make grants and
enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
agreements with eligible consortia to promote the development
and early deployment of innovation in mass transportation
technology, services, management, or operational practices.
The Secretary shall coordinate activities under this section
with related activities under programs of other Federal
departments and agencies.
(2) Eligibility criteria.--To be qualified to receive
funding under this section, an eligible consortium shall--
(A) be organized for the purpose of designing, developing,
and deploying advanced mass transportation technologies that
address identified technological impediments in the mass
transportation field;
(B) have an established mechanism for designing,
developing, and deploying advanced mass transportation
technologies as evidenced by participation in a Federal
program such as the consortia funded pursuant to Public Law
102-396;
(C) facilitate the participation in the consortium of
small- and medium-sized businesses in conjunction with large
established manufacturers, as appropriate;
(D) be designed to use State and Federal funding to attract
private capital in the form of grants or investments to
further the purposes of this section; and
(E) provide for the sharing of costs, risks, and rewards of
early deployment of innovation in mass transportation
technologies.
(3) Grant requirements.--Grants, contracts, and agreements
under paragraph (1) shall be eligible under and consistent
with section 5312 of title 49, United States Code, and shall
be subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary
prescribes.
(4) Federal share of costs.--The Federal share of costs for
a grant, contract, or agreement with a consortium under this
subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the net project
cost.
(5) Eligible consortium defined.--For purposes of this
section, the term ``eligible consortium'' means a consortium
of--
(A) businesses incorporated in the United States;
(B) public or private educational or research organizations
located in the United States;
(C) entities of State or local governments in the United
States;
(D) Federal laboratories; or
(E) existing consortia funded pursuant to Public Law 103-
396.
(6) Funding.--
(A) Set-aside of amounts made available under section
5338(d).--Of the funds made available by or appropriated
under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, for a
fiscal year $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out this
subsection.
(B) Set-aside of amounts made available under section
5309(o).--Of the funds made available to carry out the bus
technology pilot program under section 5309(o) of title 49,
United States Code, for a fiscal year $5,000,000 shall be
available to carry out this subsection.
(c) Fuel Cell Bus and Bus Facilities Program.--Of the funds
made available for a fiscal year to carry out the bus
technology pilot program under section 5309(o) of title 49,
United States Code, $4,850,000 shall be available to carry
out the fuel cell powered transit bus program and the
intermodal transportation fuel cell bus maintenance facility.
(d) Advanced Technology Pilot Project.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants for the
development of low speed magnetic levitation technology for
public transportation purposes in urban areas to demonstrate
energy efficiency, congestion mitigation, and safety
benefits.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this subsection.
(3) Federal share.--The Federal share payable on account of
activities carried out using a grant made under this
subsection shall be 80 percent of the cost of such
activities.
(e) Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants for the
study, design, and demonstration of fixed guideway technology
in North Orange-South Seminole County, Florida, and in
Galveston, Texas.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available pursuant to
section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal
year 1999, $1,500,000 shall be available to carry out this
subsection. Of such sums, $750,000 shall be available for
fixed guideway activities in North Orange-South Seminole
County, Florida, and $750,000 shall be available for fixed
guideway activities in Galveston, Texas.
SEC. 313. NATIONAL PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
Section 5314(a)(2) is amended by striking ``$2,000,000''
and inserting ``$3,000,000''.
SEC. 314. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.
(a) In General.--Section 5315 is amended--
(1) in the section heading by striking ``mass
transportation'' and inserting ``transit''; and
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``mass transportation'' in the first
sentence and inserting ``transit'';
(B) by inserting ``and architectural design'' before the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (5);
(C) by striking ``carrying out'' in paragraph (7) and
inserting ``delivering'';
(D) by inserting ``, construction management, insurance,
and risk management'' before the semicolon at the end of
paragraph (11);
(E) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (13);
(F) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (14) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(G) by adding at the end the following:
``(15) innovative finance.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section
5315 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
striking ``mass transportation'' and inserting ``transit''.
SEC. 315. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES.
Section 5316, and the item relating to section 5316 in the
table of sections for chapter 53, are repealed.
SEC. 316. TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.
Section 5317, and the item relating to section 5317 in the
table of sections for chapter 53, are repealed.
SEC. 317. BUS TESTING FACILITIES.
(a) Operation and Maintenance.--Section 5318(b) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``make a contract with'' and inserting
``enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or
make a grant to,'';
(2) by inserting ``or organization'' after ``person'';
(3) by inserting ``, cooperative agreement, or grant''
after ``The contract''; and
(4) by inserting ``mass transportation'' after ``and
other''.
(b) Availability of Amounts.--Section 5318(d) is amended by
striking ``make a contract with'' and inserting ``enter into
a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant
to,''.
SEC. 318. BICYCLE FACILITIES.
Section 5319 is amended by striking ``under this section is
for 90 percent of the cost of the project'' and inserting
``made eligible by this section is for 90 percent of the cost
of the project; except that, if the grant or any portion of
the grant is made with funds required to be expended under
section 5307(k) and the project involves providing bicycle
access to mass transportation, that grant or portion of that
grant shall be at a Federal share of 95 percent''.
SEC. 319. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON ASSISTANCE.
(a) Technical Amendment.--Section 5323(d) is amended by
striking ``Buying and Operating
Buses.--''
and inserting ``Condition on Charter Bus Transportation
Service.--''.
(b) Government's Share.--Section 5323(i) is amended to read
as follows:
``(i) Government Share of Costs for Certain Projects.--A
grant for a project to be assisted under this chapter that
involves acquiring vehicle-related equipment required by the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et
seq.) or vehicle-related equipment (including clean fuel or
alternative fuel vehicle-related equipment) for purposes of
complying with or maintaining compliance with the Clean Air
Act, is for 90 percent of the net project cost of such
equipment attributable to compliance with such Acts. The
Secretary shall have discretion to determine, through
practicable administrative procedures, the costs of such
equipment attributable to compliance with such Acts.''.
(c) Buy America.--Section 5323(j)(7) is amended to read as
follows:
``(7) Opportunity to correct inadvertent error.--The
Secretary may allow a manufacturer or supplier of steel,
iron, or manufactured goods to correct after bid opening any
certification made under this subsection if the Secretary is
satisfied that the manufacturer or supplier submitted an
incorrect certification as a result of an inadvertent or
clerical error.''.
(d) Participation of Governmental Agencies in Design and
Delivery of Transportation Services.--Section 5323 is amended
by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections (l)
and (m) and by inserting after subsection (j) the following:
``(k) Participation of Governmental Agencies in Design and
Delivery of Transportation Services.--To the extent feasible,
governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that
receive assistance from Government sources (other than the
Department of Transportation) for nonemergency transportation
services shall participate and coordinate with recipients of
assistance under this chapter in the design and delivery of
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portation services and shall be included in the planning for
such services.''.
(e) Submission of Certifications.--Section 5323 is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(n) Submission of Certifications.--A certification
required under this chapter and any additional certification
or assurance required by law or regulation to be submitted to
the Secretary may be consolidated into a single document to
be submitted annually as part of a grant application under
this chapter. The Secretary shall publish annually a list of
all certifications required under this chapter with the
publication required under section 5336(e)(2).''.
(f) Required Payments and Eligible Costs.--Section 5323 is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(o) Required Payments and Eligible Costs of Projects That
Enhance Economic Development or Incorporate Private
Investment.--
``(1) Required payments.--Each grant or loan under this
chapter for a capital project described in section
5302(a)(1)(G) shall require that a person making an agreement
to occupy space in a facility funded under this chapter pay a
reasonable share of the costs of the facility through rental
payments and other means.
``(2) Eligible costs.--Eligible costs for a capital project
described in section 5302(a)(1)(G)--
``(A) include property acquisition, demolition of existing
structures, site preparation, utilities, building
foundations, walkways, open space, and a capital project for,
and improving, equipment or a facility for an intermodal
transfer facility or transportation mall; but
``(B) do not include construction of a commercial revenue
producing facility or a part of a public facility not related
to mass transportation.''.
SEC. 320. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Efficient Procurement.--Section 5325 is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b); and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Efficient Procurement.--A recipient may award a
procurement contract under this chapter to other than the
lowest bidder when the award furthers an objective consistent
with the purposes of this chapter, including improved long-
term operating efficiency and lower long-term costs.''.
(b) Architectural, Engineering, and Design Contracts.--
Section 5325(b), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``or requirement'' after ``A contract'';
and
(2) by inserting before the last sentence the following:
``When awarding such contracts, recipients of assistance
under this chapter shall maximize efficiencies of
administration by accepting nondisputed audits conducted by
other government agencies, as provided in subparagraphs (C)
through (F) of section 112(b)(2) of title 23.''.
SEC. 321. SPECIAL PROCUREMENTS.
(a) Turnkey System Projects.--Section 5326(a) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Turnkey system project defined.--In this subsection,
the term `turnkey system project' means a project under which
a recipient enters into a contract with a seller, firm, or
consortium of firms to design and build a mass transportation
system or an operable segment thereof that meets specific
performance criteria. Such project may also include an option
to finance, or operate for a period of time, the system or
segment or any combination of designing, building, operating,
or maintaining such system or segment.'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting ``Selection of turnkey projects.--'' after
``(2)''; and
(B) by inserting ``or an operable segment of a mass
transportation system'' after ``transportation system'';
(3) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``Demonstrations.--''
after ``(3)''; and
(4) by aligning paragraphs (2) and (3) with paragraph (1)
of such section, as amended by paragraph (1) of this section.
(b) Technical Amendment.--Section 5326 is amended by
striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Acquiring Rolling Stock.--A recipient of financial
assistance of the United States Government under this chapter
may enter into a contract to expend that assistance to
acquire rolling stock--
``(1) based on--
``(A) initial capital costs; or
``(B) performance, standardization, life cycle costs, and
other factors; or
``(2) with a party selected through a competitive
procurement process.
``(d) Procuring Associated Capital Maintenance Items.--A
recipient of a grant under section 5307 of this title
procuring an associated capital maintenance item under
section 5307(b) may enter into a contract directly with the
original manufacturer or supplier of the item to be replaced,
without receiving prior approval of the Secretary, if the
recipient first certifies in writing to the Secretary that--
``(1) the manufacturer or supplier is the only source for
the item; and
``(2) the price of the item is no more than the price
similar customers pay for the item.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5334(b)(4) is amended by
striking ``5323(a)(2), (c) and (e), 5324(c), and 5325 of this
title'' and inserting ``5323(a)(2), 5323(c), 5323(e),
5324(c), 5325(a), 5325(b), 5326(c), and 5326(d)''.
SEC. 322. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW.
Section 5327(c)(2) is amended--
(1) by striking ``make contracts'' and inserting ``enter
into contracts''; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end of the first
sentence the following: ``and to provide technical assistance
to correct deficiencies identified in compliance reviews and
audits carried out under this section''.
SEC. 323. STUDY ON ALCOHOL AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES RANDOM
TESTING RATE CALCULATION.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine how the alcohol and controlled substances random
testing rate under section 5331 of title 49, United States
Code, should be calculated.
(b) Considerations.--In conducting the study under this
section, the Secretary shall consider--
(1) the differences in random testing results among
employers subject to section 5331 of title 49, United States
Code;
(2) the differences in random testing results among
employers subject to such section in areas with populations
of at least 200,000, in areas with populations less than
200,000, and in other than urbanized areas;
(3) the deterrent effect of random testing; and
(4) the effect of random testing on public safety.
(c) Report.--Not later than December 31, 1999, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results
of the study conducted under this section, together with any
proposed changes to the calculation of the random alcohol and
controlled substances testing rate.
SEC. 324. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
(a) Training and Conference Costs.--Section 5334(a) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (8);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(10) collect fees to cover the costs of training or
conferences, including costs of promotional materials,
sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration to promote
mass transportation and credit amounts collected to the
appropriation concerned.''.
(b) Flexibility for Areas With Populations Under 200,000.--
Section 5334(i) is amended to read as follows:
``(i) Flexibility for Areas With Populations Under
200,000.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation
and Equity Act of 1998, the Secretary shall seek public
comment on ways to simplify and streamline the administration
of the formula program for urbanized areas with populations
of less than 200,000 and shall make, to the extent feasible
and consistent with statutory requirements, every effort to
ease any administrative burdens thereby identified.''.
(c) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Section heading.--The heading for section 5334 is
amended by inserting ``provisions'' after ``Administrative''.
(2) Table of sections.--The item relating to section 5334
in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
inserting ``provisions'' after ``Administrative''.
SEC. 325. REPORTS AND AUDITS.
(a) National Transit Database.--Section 5335(a) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``Reporting System and Uniform System of
Accounts and Records'' and inserting ``National Transit
Database''; and
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``by uniform categories,'' and inserting
``using uniform categories''; and
(B) by striking ``and a uniform system of accounts and
records'' and inserting ``and using a uniform system of
accounts''.
(b) Reports.--Section 5335 is further amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b).
SEC. 326. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FORMULA GRANTS.
Section 5336 is amended--
(1) in the section heading by striking ``block grants'' and
inserting ``formula grants''; and
(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
``(d) Limitation on Operating Assistance and Preventive
Maintenance.--Of the funds apportioned under this section for
urbanized areas, such sums as may be necessary shall be
available for operating assistance for urbanized areas with
populations under 200,000, except that the total amount of
such funds made available for such operating assistance and
for urbanized areas for preventive maintenance activities
that become eligible for capital assistance under section
5307 on the date of the enactment of the Building Efficient
Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998 may not exceed
$400,000,000 for any fiscal year.''.
SEC. 327. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIXED GUIDEWAY
MODERNIZATION.
(a) Distribution.--Section 5337(a) is amended to read as
follows:
``(a) Distribution.--The Secretary of Transportation shall
apportion amounts made available for fixed guideway
modernization under section 5309 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003 as follows:
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``(1) The first $497,700,000 shall be apportioned in the
following urbanized areas as follows:
``(A) Baltimore, $8,372,000.
``(B) Boston, $38,948,000.
``(C) Chicago/Northwestern Indiana, $78,169,000.
``(D) Cleveland, $9,509,500.
``(E) New Orleans, $1,730,588.
``(F) New York, $176,034,461.
``(G) Northeastern New Jersey, $50,604,653.
``(H) Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey, $58,924,764.
``(I) Pittsburgh, $13,662,463.
``(J) San Francisco, $33,989,571.
``(K) Southwestern Connecticut, $27,755,000.
``(2) The next $74,849,950 shall be apportioned as follows:
``(A) $4,849,950 to the Alaska Railroad for improvements to
its passenger operations.
``(B) Of the remaining $70,000,000--
``(i) 50 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph
(1) as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A); and
``(ii) 50 percent in other urbanized areas eligible for
assistance under section 5336(b)(2)(A) to which amounts were
apportioned under this section for fiscal year 1997, as
provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this
section.
``(3) The next $5,700,000 shall be apportioned in the
following urbanized areas as follows:
``(A) Pittsburgh, 61.76 percent.
``(B) Cleveland, 10.73 percent.
``(C) New Orleans, 5.79 percent.
``(D) 21.72 percent in urbanized areas to which paragraph
(2)(B)(ii) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and
subsection (e) of this section.
``(4) The next $186,600,000 shall be apportioned in each
urbanized area to which paragraph (1) applies and in each
urbanized area to which paragraph (2)(B) applies, as provided
in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section.
``(5) The next $140,000,000 shall be apportioned as
follows:
``(A) 65 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph
(1) as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e)
of this section.
``(B) 35 percent to other urbanized areas eligible for
assistance under section 5336(b)(2)(A) of this title if the
areas contain fixed guideway systems placed in revenue
service at least 7 years before the fiscal year in which
amounts are made available and in any urbanized area if,
before the first day of the fiscal year, the area satisfies
the Secretary that the area has modernization needs that
cannot adequately be met with amounts received under section
5336(b)(2)(A), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and
subsection (e) of this section.
``(6) The next $100,000,000 shall be apportioned as
follows:
``(A) 60 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph
(1) as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e)
of this section.
``(B) 40 percent to urbanized areas to which paragraph
(5)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and
subsection (e) of this section.
``(7) Remaining amounts shall be apportioned as follows:
``(A) 50 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph
(1) as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e)
of this section.
``(B) 50 percent to urbanized areas to which paragraph
(5)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and
subsection (e) of this section.''.
(b) Route Segments To Be Included in Apportionment
Formulas.--Section 5337 is further amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(e) Route Segments To Be Included in Apportionment
Formulas.--(1) Amounts apportioned under paragraphs (2)(B),
(3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall have attributable to
each urbanized area only the number of fixed guideway revenue
miles of service and number of fixed guideway route miles for
segments of fixed guideway systems used to determine
apportionments for fiscal year 1997.
``(2) Amounts apportioned under paragraphs (5) through (7)
of subsection (a) shall have attributable to each urbanized
area only the number of fixed guideway revenue miles of
service and number of fixed guideway route-miles for segments
of fixed guideway systems placed in revenue service at least
7 years before the fiscal year in which amounts are made
available.''.
SEC. 328. AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 5338 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 5338. Authorizations
``(a) Formula Grants.--
``(1) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out sections 5307, 5310, and 5311--
``(A) $2,697,600,000 for fiscal year 1998;
``(B) $3,213,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
``(C) $3,553,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through
2003.
``(2) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5307 and 5311--
``(A) $290,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
``(B) $68,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
``(3) Allocation of funds.--Of the aggregate of amounts
made available by and appropriated under this subsection for
a fiscal year--
``(A) 2.4 percent shall be available to provide
transportation services to elderly individuals and
individuals with disabilities under section 5310;
``(B) 5.37 percent shall be available to provide financial
assistance for other than urbanized areas under section 5311;
and
``(C) 92.23 percent shall be available to provide financial
assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307.
``(b) Capital Program Grants and Loans.--There shall be
available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust
Fund to carry out section 5309:
``(1) $2,197,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
``(2) $2,412,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
``(3) $2,613,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through
2003.
``(c) Planning.--
``(1) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and 5313(b) $54,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
``(2) From the general fund.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and
5313(b)--
``(A) $48,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
``(B) $52,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
``(3) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available by
or appropriated under this subsection for a fiscal year--
``(A) 82.72 percent shall be available for metropolitan
planning under sections 5303, 5304, and 5305; and
``(B) 17.28 percent shall be available for State planning
under section 5313(b).
``(d) Research.--
``(1) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322
$38,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
``(2) From the general fund.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a),
5314, 5315, and 5322 $38,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 and 1999.
``(3) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available by
or appropriated under this subsection for a fiscal year--
``(A) not less than $5,250,000 shall be available for
providing rural transportation assistance under section
5311(b)(2);
``(B) not less than $8,250,000 shall be available for
carrying out transit cooperative research programs under
section 5313(a);
``(C) not less than $3,000,000 shall be available to carry
out programs under the National Transit Institute under
section 5315; and
``(D) the remainder shall be available for carrying out
national planning and research programs under sections
5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, and 5322.
``(e) University Transportation Research.--
``(1) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out section 5505 $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2003.
``(2) From the general fund.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 5505 $6,000,000 per fiscal
year for fiscal years 1998 and 1999.
``(f) Administration.--
``(1) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for
administrative expenses to carry out section 5334 $52,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
``(2) From the general fund.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for administrative expenses to carry out section
5334--
``(A) $46,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
``(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
``(g) Grants as Contractual Obligations.--
``(1) Grants financed from the highway trust fund.--A grant
or contract approved by the Secretary, that is financed with
amounts made available under subsection (a)(1), (b), (c)(1),
(d)(1), (e)(1), or (f)(1) is a contractual obligation of the
United States Government to pay the Government's share of the
cost of the project.
``(2) Grants financed from general funds.--A grant or
contract, approved by the Secretary, that is financed with
amounts made available under subsection (a)(2), (c)(2),
(d)(2), (e)(2), or (f)(2) is a contractual obligation of the
Government to pay the Government's share of the cost of the
project only to the extent amounts are provided in advance in
an appropriations law.
``(h) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts made available by
or appropriated under subsections (a) through (e) shall
remain available until expended.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 53 is amended as
follows:
(1) In sections 5303(h)(1), 5303(h)(2)(A), and
5303(h)(3)(A) by striking ``5338(g)(1)'' and inserting
``5338(c)(3)(A)''.
(2) In section 5303(h)(1) by striking ``-5306'' and
inserting ``and 5305''.
(3) In section 5303(h)(4) by striking ``5338(g)'' and
inserting ``5338(c)(3)(A)''.
(4) In section 5309(f)(4), as redesignated by section
308(i)(1)(B) of this Act, by striking ``5338(a)'' and
inserting ``5338(b)''.
(5) In section 5310(b) by striking ``5338(a)'' and
inserting ``5338(a)(3)(A)''.
(6) In section 5311(c) by striking ``5338(a)'' and
inserting ``5338(a)(3)(B)''.
(7) In section 5313(a)(1) by striking ``section
5338(g)(3)'' and inserting ``sections 5338(d)(3)(B) and
5338(d)(3)(D)''.
(8) In section 5313(b)(1) by striking ``5338(g)(3)'' and
inserting ``5338(c)(3)(B)''.
(9) In section 5314(a)(1) by striking ``5338(g)(4)'' and
inserting ``5338(d)(3)(D)''.
(10) In section 5318(d) by striking ``5338(j)(5)'' and
inserting ``5309(m)(3)(B)''.
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(11) In section 5333(b) by striking ``5338(j)(5)'' each
place it appears and inserting ``5338(b)''.
(12) In section 5336(a) by striking ``5338(f)'' and
inserting ``5338(a)(3)(C)''.
(13) In section 5336(e)(1) by striking ``5338(f)'' and
inserting ``5338(a)(3)(C)''.
SEC. 329. OBLIGATION CEILING.
(a) Capital Program Grants and Loans.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the total of all obligations from
amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund by section 5338(b) of title 49, United
States Code, shall not exceed--
(1) $2,000,000,000 in fiscal year 1998;
(2) $2,412,000,000 in fiscal year 1999; and
(3) $2,613,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2000 through
2003.
(b) Formula Grants, Planning, Research, Administration, and
Studies.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
total of all obligations from amounts made available from the
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund by subsections
(a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 5338 of title 49,
United States Code, and sections 331 and 332 of this Act
shall not exceed--
(1) $2,260,000,000 in fiscal year 1998;
(2) $3,213,000,000 in fiscal year 1999; and
(3) $3,703,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2000 through
2003.
SEC. 330. ACCESS TO JOBS CHALLENGE GRANT PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) General Authority.--The Secretary may make grants under
this section to assist States, local governmental
authorities, and nonprofit organizations in financing
transportation services designed to transport welfare
recipients to and from jobs and activities related to their
employment. The Secretary shall coordinate activities under
this section with related activities under programs of other
Federal departments and agencies.
(b) Grant Criteria.--In selecting applicants for grants
under this section, the Secretary shall consider the
following:
(1) The percentage of the population in the area to be
served that are welfare recipients.
(2) The need for additional services (including bicycling)
to transport welfare recipients to and from specified jobs,
training, and other employment support services, and the
extent to which the proposed services will address those
needs.
(3) The extent to which the applicant demonstrates
coordination with, and the financial commitment of, existing
transportation service providers and the extent to which the
applicant demonstrates coordination with the State agency or
department that administers the State program funded under
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act.
(4) The extent to which the applicant demonstrates maximum
utilization of existing transportation service providers and
expands existing transit networks or hours of service or
both.
(5) The extent to which the applicant demonstrates an
innovative approach that is responsive to identified service
needs.
(6) The extent to which the applicant presents a
comprehensive approach to addressing the needs of welfare
recipients and identifies long-term financing strategies to
support the services under this section.
(c) Eligible Projects.--The Secretary may make grants under
this section for--
(1) capital projects and to finance operating costs of
equipment, facilities, and associated capital maintenance
items related to providing access to jobs under this section;
(2) promoting the use of transit by workers with
nontraditional work schedules;
(3) promoting the use by appropriate agencies of transit
vouchers for welfare recipients under specific terms and
conditions developed by the Secretary; and
(4) promoting the use of employer-provided transportation
including the transit pass benefit program under subsections
(a) and (f) of section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
No planning or coordination activities are eligible for
assistance under this section.
(d) Competitive Grant Selection.--The Secretary shall
conduct a national solicitation for applications for grants
under this section. Grantees shall be selected on a
competitive basis. The Secretary shall select not more than
10 demonstration projects for the pilot program, including 6
projects from urbanized areas with populations of at least
200,000, 2 projects from urbanized areas with populations
less than 200,000, and 2 projects from other than urbanized
areas.
(e) Federal Share of Costs.--The Federal share of costs
under this section shall be provided from funds appropriated
to carry out this section. The Federal share of the costs for
a project under this section shall not exceed 50 percent of
the net project cost. The remainder shall be provided in cash
from sources other than revenues from providing mass
transportation. Funds appropriated to a Federal department or
agency (other than the Department of Transportation) and
eligible to be used for transportation may be used toward the
nongovernment share payable on a project under this section.
(f) Planning Requirements.--The requirements of sections
5303 through 5306 of title 49, United States Code, apply to
grants made under this section. Applications must reflect
coordination with and the approval of affected transit grant
recipients and the projects financed must be part of a
coordinated public transit-human services transportation
planning process.
(g) Grant Requirements.--A grant under this section shall
be subject to all of the terms and conditions of grants made
under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, and such
terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary.
(h) Program Evaluation.--
(1) Comptroller general.--Six months after the date of the
enactment of this Act and each 6 months thereafter, the
Comptroller General shall conduct a study to evaluate the
access to jobs program conducted under this section and
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate the results of the study.
(2) Department of transportation.--The Secretary shall
conduct a study to evaluate the access to jobs program
conducted under this section and transmit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate the results of the study within 2
years of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(i) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
(1) Capital project and urbanized area.--The terms
``capital project'' and ``urbanized area'' have the meaning
such terms have under section 5302 of title 49, United States
Code.
(2) Existing transportation service providers.--The term
``existing transportation service providers'' means mass
transportation operators and governmental agencies and
nonprofit organizations that receive assistance from Federal,
State, or local sources for nonemergency transportation
services.
(3) Welfare recipient.--The term ``welfare recipient''
means an individual who receives or received aid or
assistance under a State program funded under part A of title
IV of the Social Security Act (whether in effect before or
after the effective date of the amendments made by title I of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996) at any time during the 3-year
period ending on the date the applicant applies for a grant
under this section.
(j) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $150,000,000 per fiscal year for
fiscal years 1998 through 2003. Such sums shall remain
available until expended.
SEC. 331. ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
EXTENSION ACT OF 1997.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall ensure that the total apportionments
and allocations made to a designated grant recipient under
section 5338 of this Act for fiscal year 1998 shall be
reduced by the amount apportioned to such designated
recipient pursuant to section 8 of the Surface Transportation
Extension Act of 1997 (111 Stat. 2559).
(b) Fixed Guideway Modernization Adjustment.--In making the
apportionments described in subsection (a), the Secretary
shall adjust the amount apportioned to each urbanized area
for fixed guideway modernization for fiscal year 1998 to
reflect the method for apportioning funds in section 5337(a).
SEC. 332. PROJECTS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND
EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS.
(a) Final Design and Construction.--The following projects
are authorized for final design and construction for fiscal
years 1998 through 2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title
49, United States Code:
(1) Atlanta--Athens Commuter Rail.
(2) Atlanta--Griffin Commuter Rail.
(3) Atlanta--North Line Extension.
(4) Austin--NW/North Central/SE--Airport LRT.
(5) Baltimore--Central LRT Extension to Glen Burnie.
(6) Boston--Massport Airport Intermodal Transit Connector.
(7) Boston--North Shore Blue Line Extension to Beverly.
(8) Charlotte--South Corridor Transitway.
(9) Chicago--Navy Pier-McCormick Place Busway.
(10) Chicago--North Central Upgrade Commuter Rail.
(11) Chicago--Ravenswood Line Extension.
(12) Chicago--Southwest Extension.
(13) Chicago--West Line Expansion.
(14) Cleveland--Akron-Canton Commuter Rail.
(15) Cleveland--Berea Metroline Extension.
(16) Cleveland--Blue Line Extension.
(17) Cleveland--Euclid Corridor Extension.
(18) Cleveland--I-90 Corridor to Ashtabula County.
(19) Cleveland--Waterfront Line Extension.
(20) Dallas--North Central Extension.
(21) Dallas--Ft. Worth RAILTRAN (Phase II).
(22) Denver--East Corridor (Airport).
(23) Denver--Southeast LRT (I-25 between 6th & Lincoln).
(24) Denver--Southwest LRT.
(25) Denver--West Corridor LRT.
(26) East St. Louis-St. Clair County--Mid-America Airport
Corridor.
(27) Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-Miami Tri-County
Commuter Rail.
(28) Galveston--Trolley Extension.
(29) Hartford--Griffin Line.
(30) Hollis--Ketchikan Ferry.
(31) Houston--Regional Bus Plan--Phase I.
(32) Kansas City--I-35 Commuter Rail.
(33) Kansas City--Southtown Corridor.
(34) Las Vegas Corridor.
(35) Little Rock--River Rail.
(36) Los Angeles--Metrolink San Bernadino Line.
(37) Los Angeles--MOS-3.
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(38) Los Angeles--Metrolink (Union Station-Fullerton).
(39) Louisville--Jefferson County Corridor.
(40) MARC--Commuter Rail Improvements.
(41) Maryland Light Rail Double Track.
(42) Memphis--Medical Center Extension.
(43) Miami--East-West Intermodal Corridor.
(44) Miami--North 27th Avenue Corridor.
(45) Miami--South Busway Extension.
(46) Milwaukee--East-West Corridor.
(47) Monterey County Commuter Rail.
(48) Nashua, NH--Lowell, MA Commuter Rail.
(49) Nashville--Commuter Rail.
(50) New Orleans--Canal Streetcar.
(51) New York--8th Avenue Subway Connector.
(52) New York--Brooklyn--Staten Island Ferry.
(53) New York--Long Island Railroad East Side Access.
(54) New York--Staten Island Ferry--Whitehall Intermodal
Terminal.
(55) New York Susquehanna and Western Commuter Rail.
(56) New Jersey Urban Core.
(57) Norfolk--Virginia Beach Corridor.
(58) Orange County--Fullerton--Irvine Corridor.
(59) Orlando--I-4 Central Florida Light Rail System.
(60) Philadelphia--Schuykill Valley Metro.
(61) Phoenix--Fixed Guideway.
(62) Colorado--Roaring Fork Valley Rail.
(63) Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System.
(64) Pittsburgh--MLK Busway Extension.
(65) Portland--South-North Corridor.
(66) Portland--Westside-Hillsboro Corridor.
(67) Raleigh-Durham--Regional Transit Plan.
(68) Sacramento--Folsom Extension.
(69) Sacramento--Placer County Corridor.
(70) Sacramento--South Corridor.
(71) Salt Lake City--Light Rail (Airport to University of
Utah).
(72) Salt Lake City--Ogden-Provo Commuter Rail.
(73) Salt Lake City--South LRT.
(74) San Diego--Mid-Coast LRT Corridor.
(75) San Diego--Mission Valley East Corridor.
(76) San Diego--Oceanside--Escondido Corridor.
(77) San Francisco--BART to San Francisco International
Airport Extension.
(78) San Francisco--Bayshore Corridor.
(79) San Jose--Tasman Corridor Light Rail.
(80) San Juan--Tren Urbano.
(81) San Juan--Tren Urbano Extension to Minellas.
(82) Santa Cruz--Fixed Guideway.
(83) Seattle--Southworth High Speed Ferry.
(84) Seattle--Sound Move Corridor.
(85) South Boston--Piers Transitway.
(86) St. Louis--Cross County Corridor.
(87) Stockton--Altamont Commuter Rail.
(88) Tampa Bay--Regional Rail.
(89) Twin Cities--Northstar Corridor (Downtown,
Minneapolis-Anoka County-St. Cloud).
(90) Twin Cities--Transitways Corridors.
(91) Washington--Richmond Rail Corridor Improvements.
(92) Washington, D.C.--Dulles Corridor Extension.
(93) Washington, D.C.--Largo Extension.
(94) West Trenton Line (West Trenton-Newark).
(95) Westlake--Commuter Rail Link.
(96) Pittsburgh North Shore-Central Business District
Corridor.
(97) Pittsburgh--Stage II Light Rail.
(98) Boston--North-South Rail Link.
(99) Spokane--South Valley Corridor Light Rail.
(100) Miami--Palmetto Metrorail.
(b) Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Engineering.--The
following projects are authorized for alternatives analysis
and preliminary engineering for fiscal years 1998 through
2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States
Code:
(1) Albuquerque--High Capacity Corridor.
(2) Atlanta--Georgia 400 Multimodal Corridor.
(3) Atlanta--MARTA Extension (S. DeKalb-Lindbergh).
(4) Atlanta--MARTA I-285 Transit Corridor.
(5) Atlanta--MARTA Marietta-Lawrenceville Corridor.
(6) Atlanta--MARTA South DeKalb Comprehensive Transit
Program.
(7) Baltimore--Metropolitan Rail Corridor.
(8) Baltimore--People Mover.
(9) Bergen County Cross--County Light Rail.
(10) Birmingham Transit Corridor.
(11) Boston--Urban Ring.
(12) Charleston--Monobeam.
(13) Chicago--Cominsky Park Station.
(14) Chicago--Inner Circumferential Commuter Rail.
(15) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail.
(16) Dallas--DART LRT Extensions.
(17) Dallas--Las Colinas Corridor.
(18) Dayton--Regional Riverfront Corridor.
(19) El Paso--International Fixed Guideway (El Paso-
Juarez).
(20) Fremont--South Bay Corridor.
(21) Georgetown Branch (Bethesda-Silver Spring).
(22) Houston--Advanced Transit Program.
(23) Jacksonville--Fixed Guideway Corridor.
(24) Kenosha-Racine--Milwaukee Rail Extension.
(25) Knoxville--Electric Transit.
(26) Lorain--Cleveland Commuter Rail.
(27) Los Angeles--MOS-4 East Side Extension (II).
(28) Los Angeles--MOS-4 San Fernando Valley East-West.
(29) Los Angeles--LOSSAN (Del Mar-San Diego).
(30) Maine High Speed Ferry Service.
(31) Maryland Route 5 Corridor.
(32) Memphis--Regional Rail Plan.
(33) Miami--Kendall Corridor.
(34) Miami--Northeast Corridor.
(35) New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor.
(36) New Orleans--Airport--CBD Commuter Rail.
(37) New Orleans--Desire Streetcar.
(38) New York--Astoria--East Elmhurst Extension.
(39) New York--Broadway--Lafayette & Bleecker St Transfer.
(40) New York--Brooklyn--Manhattan Access.
(41) New York--Lower Manhattan Access.
(42) New York--Manhattan East Side Link.
(43) New York--Midtown West Intermodal Terminal.
(44) New York--Nassau Hub.
(45) New York--North Shore Railroad.
(46) New York--Queens West Light Rail Link.
(47) New York--St. George's Ferry Intermodal Terminal.
(48) Newburgh--LRT System.
(49) North Front Range Corridor.
(50) Northeast Indianapolis Corridor.
(51) Oakland Airport--BART Connector.
(52) Philadelphia--Broad Street Line Extension.
(53) Philadelphia--Cross County Metro.
(54) Philadelphia--Lower Marion Township.
(55) Pinellas County--Mobility Initiative Project.
(56) Redlands--San Bernardino Transportation Corridor.
(57) Riverside--Perris rail passenger service.
(58) Salt Lake City--Draper Light Rail Extension.
(59) Salt Lake City--West Jordan Light Rail Extension.
(60) San Francisco--CalTrain Extension to Hollister.
(61) Scranton--Laurel Line Intermodal Corridor.
(62) SEATAC--Personal Rapid Transit.
(63) Toledo--CBD to Zoo.
(64) Union Township Station (Raritan Valley Line).
(65) Washington County Corridor (Hastings-St. Paul).
(66) Washington, D.C.--Georgetown-Ft. Lincoln.
(67) Williamsburg--Newport News-Hampton LRT.
(68) Cincinnati/N. Kentucky--Northeast Corridor.
(69) Northeast Ohio--commuter rail.
(70) California--North Bay Commuter Rail.
(c) Effect of Authorization.--
(1) In general.--Projects authorized by subsection (a) for
final design and construction are also authorized for
alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.
(2) Fixed guideway authorization.--The project authorized
by subsection (a)(3) includes an additional 28 rapid rail
cars and project scope changes from amounts authorized by the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(3) Intermodal center authorization.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Huntington, West Virginia
Intermodal Facility project is eligible for funding under
section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code.
(d) New Jersey Urban Core Project.--
(1) Allocations.--Section 3031(a) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Allocations.--
``(A) Rail connection between penn station newark and broad
street station, newark.--Of the amounts made available for
the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B)
of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998
through 2003, the Secretary shall set aside 10 percent, but
not more than $5,000,000, per fiscal year for preliminary
engineering, design, and construction of the rail connection
between Penn Station, Newark and Broad Street Station,
Newark.
``(B) Newark--newark international airport--elizabeth
transit link.--Of the amounts made available for the New
Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of
title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through
2003, the Secretary, after making the set aside under
subparagraph (A), shall set aside 10 percent, but not more
than $5,000,000, per fiscal year for preliminary engineering,
design, and construction of the Newark--Newark International
Airport--Elizabeth Transit Link, including construction of
the auxiliary New Jersey Transit station, described in
subsection (d).
``(C) Light rail connection and alignment within and
serving the city of elizabeth.--Of amounts made available for
the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B)
of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998
through 2003, the Secretary, after making the set-aside under
subparagraphs (A) and (B), shall set aside 10 percent but not
more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary
engineering, design, and construction of the light rail
connection and alignment within and serving the city of
Elizabeth as described in subsection (d).''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3031(c) of such Act is
amended--
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(A) by striking ``section 3(i) of the Federal Transit Act
(relating to criteria for new starts)'' and inserting
``section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code,''; and
(B) by striking ``; except'' and all that follows through
``such element''.
(3) Elements of new jersey urban core project.--Section
3031(d) of such Act is amended--
(A) by inserting after ``Secaucus Transfer'' the following:
``(including relocation and construction of the Bergen County
and Pascack Valley Rail Lines and the relocation of the Main/
Bergen Connection with construction of a rail station and
associated components to and at the contiguous New Jersey
Meadowlands Sports Complex)'';
(B) by striking ``, Newark-Newark International Airport-
Elizabeth Transit Link'' and inserting the following:
``(including a connection from the Vince Lombardi Station to
Saddlebrook), Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth
Transit Link (including construction of an auxiliary New
Jersey Light Rail Transit station directly connected to and
integrated with the Amtrak Northeast Corridor Station at
Newark International Airport, providing access from the
Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail
Transit Link to the Newark International Airport)''; and
(C) by inserting after ``New York Penn Station Concourse,''
the following: ``the restoration of commuter rail service in
Lakewood to Freehold to Matawan or Jamesburg, New Jersey, as
described in section 3035(p) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131), a
light rail extension of the Newark-Newark International
Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link from Elizabeth, New
Jersey, to the towns of Cranford, Westfield, Fanwood, and
Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey, and any appropriate
light rail connections and alignments within the city of
Elizabeth to be determined by the city of Elizabeth and the
New Jersey Department of Transportation (and which shall
include connecting midtown Elizabeth to Route 1 Park and
Ride, the Elizabeth Car House Museum, Division Street, Singer
Place, Ferry Terminal, Jersey Gardens Mall, Elizabeth Port to
Lot D at Newark Airport) and any appropriate fixed guideway
system in Passaic County,''.
SEC. 333. PROJECTS FOR BUS AND BUS-RELATED FACILITIES.
Of the amounts made available to carry out section
5309(m)(1)(C) for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000, the
Secretary shall make funds available for the following
projects in not less than the amounts specified for the
fiscal year:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 1999 FY 2000
Project (in (in
millions) millions)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albuquerque, NM buses..................... 1.250 1.250
1
.
Alexandria, VA bus maintenance facility... 1.000 1.000
2
.
Alexandria, VA King Street Station access. 1.100 0.000
3
.
Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority buses 0.842 0.842
4 and transit system improvements..........
.
Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority Logan 0.080 0.000
5 Valley Mall Suburban Transfer Center.....
.
Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority 0.424 0.000
6 Transit Center improvements..............
.
Arkansas Highway and Transit Department 0.200 2.000
7 buses....................................
.
Armstrong County-Mid County, PA bus 0.150 0.150
8 facilities and buses.....................
.
Atlanta, GA MARTA buses................... 9.000 13.500
9
.
1 Austin, TX buses.......................... 1.250 1.250
0
.
1 Babylon, NY Intermodal Center............. 1.250 1.250
1
.
1 Birmingham-Jefferson County, AL buses..... 1.250 1.250
2
.
1 Boulder/Denver, CO RTD buses.............. 0.625 0.625
3
.
1 Bradford County, Endless Mountain 1.000 0.000
4 Transportation Authority buses...........
.
1 Brookhaven Town, NY elderly and disabled 0.225 0.000
5 buses and vans...........................
.
1 Brooklyn-Staten Island, NY Mobility 0.800 0.000
6 Enhancement buses........................
.
1 Broward County, FL buses.................. 1.000 0.000
7
.
1 Buffalo, NY Auditorium Intermodal Center.. 2.000 2.000
8
.
1 Buffalo, NY Crossroads Intermodal Station. 1.000 0.000
9
.
2 Cambria County, PA bus facilities and 0.575 0.575
0 buses....................................
.
2 Centre Area, PA Transportation Authority 1.250 1.250
1 buses....................................
.
2 Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority buses.. 0.300 0.000
2
.
2 Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority 1.000 0.000
3 Intermodal Center........................
.
2 Chester County, PA Paoli Transportation 1.000 1.000
4 Center...................................
.
2 Clark County, NV Regional Transportation 1.250 1.250
5 Commission buses.........................
.
2 Cleveland, OH Triskett Garage bus 0.625 0.625
6 maintenance facility.....................
.
2 Crawford Area, PA Transportation buses.... 0.500 0.000
7
.
2 Culver City, CA CityBus buses............. 1.250 1.250
8
.
2 Davis, CA Unitrans transit maintenance 0.625 0.625
9 facility.................................
.
3 Dayton, OH Multimodal Transportation 0.625 0.625
0 Center...................................
.
3 Daytona, FL Intermodal Center............. 2.500 2.500
1
.
3 Duluth, MN Transit Authority community 1.000 1.000
2 circulation vehicles.....................
.
3 Duluth, MN Transit Authority intelligent 0.500 0.500
3 transportation systems...................
.
3 Duluth, MN Transit Authority Transit Hub.. 0.500 0.500
4
.
3 Dutchess County, NY Loop System buses..... 0.521 0.521
5
.
3 East Hampton, NY elderly and disabled 0.100 0.000
6 buses and vans...........................
.
3 Erie, PA Metropolitan Transit Authority 1.000 1.000
7 buses....................................
.
3 Everett, WA Multimodal Transportation 1.950 1.950
8 Center...................................
.
3 Fayette County, PA Intermodal Facilities 1.270 1.270
9 and buses................................
.
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4 Fayetteville, AR University of Arkansas 0.500 0.500
0 Transit System buses.....................
.
4 Fort Dodge, IA Intermodal Facility (Phase 0.885 0.885
1 II)......................................
.
4 Gary, IN Transit Consortium buses......... 1.250 1.250
2
.
4 Grant County, WA buses and vans........... 0.600 0.000
3
.
4 Greensboro, NC Multimodal Center.......... 3.340 3.339
4
.
4 Greensboro, NC Transit Authority buses.... 1.500 1.500
5
.
4 Greensboro, NC Transit Authority small 0.321 0.000
6 buses and vans...........................
.
4 Hartford, CT Transportation Access Project 0.800 0.000
7
.
4 Healdsburg, CA Intermodal Facility........ 1.000 1.000
8
.
4 Honolulu, HI bus facility and buses....... 2.250 2.250
9
.
5 Hot Springs, AR Transportation Depot and 0.560 0.560
0 Plaza....................................
.
5 Humboldt, CA Intermodal Facility.......... 1.000 0.000
1
.
5 Huntington, WV Intermodal Facility........ 8.000 12.000
2
.
5 Illinois statewide buses and bus-related 6.800 8.200
3 equipment................................
.
5 Indianapolis, IN buses.................... 5.000 5.000
4
.
5 Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus 1.000 1.000
5 safety and security......................
.
5 Ithaca, NY TCAT bus technology 1.250 1.250
6 improvements.............................
.
5 Lackawanna County, PA Transit System buses 0.600 0.600
7
.
5 Lakeland, FL Citrus Connection transit 1.250 1.250
8 vehicles and related equipment...........
.
5 Lane County, OR Bus Rapid Transit......... 4.400 4.400
9
.
6 Lansing, MI CATA bus technology 0.600 0.000
0 improvements.............................
.
6 Little Rock, AR Central Arkansas Transit 0.300 0.300
1 buses....................................
.
6 Livermore, CA automatic vehicle locator... 1.000 1.000
2
.
6 Long Island, NY CNG transit vehicles and 1.250 1.250
3 facilities...............................
.
6 Los Angeles County, CA Foothill Transit 1.625 1.250
4 buses....................................
.
6 New York, NY West 72nd St. Intermodal 1.750 1.750
5 Station..................................
.
6 Los Angeles, CA San Fernando Valley smart 0.300 0.000
6 shuttle buses............................
.
6 Los Angeles, CA Union Station Gateway 1.250 1.250
7 Intermodal Transit Center................
.
6 Louisiana statewide bus facilities and 8.000 12.000
8 buses....................................
.
6 Maryland statewide bus facilities and 7.000 11.500
9 buses....................................
.
7 Mercer County, PA buses................... 0.750 0.000
0
.
7 Miami Beach, FL Electric Shuttle Service.. 0.750 0.750
1
.
7 Miami-Dade, FL buses...................... 2.250 2.250
2
.
7 Michigan statewide buses.................. 10.000 13.500
3
.
7 Milwaukee County, WI buses................ 4.000 6.000
4
.
7 Mineola/Hicksville, NY LIRR Intermodal 1.250 1.250
5 Centers..................................
.
7 Modesto, CA bus maintenance facility...... 0.625 0.625
6
.
7 Monroe County, PA Transportation Authority 1.000 0.000
7 buses....................................
.
7 Monterey, CA Monterey-Salinas buses....... 0.625 0.625
8
.
7 Morango Basin, CA Transit Authority bus 0.650 0.000
9 facility.................................
.
8 New Haven, CT bus facility................ 2.250 2.250
0
.
8 New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses... 1.750 1.750
1
.
8 Newark, NJ Morris & Essex Station access 1.250 1.250
2 and buses................................
.
8 Northstar Corridor, MN Intermodal 6.000 10.000
3 Facilities and buses.....................
.
8 Norwich, CT buses......................... 2.250 2.250
4
.
8 Ogden, UT Intermodal Center............... 0.800 0.800
5
.
8 Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and 5.000 5.000
6 buses....................................
.
8 Orlando, FL Downtown Intermodal Facility.. 2.500 2.500
7
.
8 Palm Springs, CA fuel cell buses.......... 1.000 1.000
8
.
8 Perris, CA bus maintenance facility....... 1.250 1.250
9
.
9 Philadelphia, PA Frankford Transportation 5.000 5.000
0 Center...................................
.
9 Philadelphia, PA Intermodal 30th Street 1.250 1.250
1 Station..................................
.
9 Portland, OR Tri-Met buses................ 1.750 1.750
2
.
9 Pritchard, AL bus transfer facility....... 0.500 0.000
3
.
9 Reading, PA BARTA Intermodal 1.750 1.750
4 Transportation Facility..................
.
9 Red Rose, PA Transit Bus Terminal......... 1.000 0.000
5
.
9 Richmond, VA GRTC bus maintenance facility 1.250 1.250
6
.
9 Riverhead, NY elderly and disabled buses 0.125 0.000
7 and vans.................................
.
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9 Robinson, PA Towne Center Intermodal 1.500 1.500
8 Facility.................................
.
9 Rome, NY Intermodal Center................ 0.400 0.000
9
.
10 Sacramento, CA CNG buses.................. 1.250 1.250
0
.
10 San Francisco, CA Islais Creek Maintenance 1.250 1.250
1 Facility.................................
.
10 San Juan, Puerto Rico Intermodal access... 0.600 0.600
2
.
10 Santa Clarita, CA facilities and buses.... 1.250 1.250
3
.
10 Santa Cruz, CA bus facility............... 0.625 0.625
4
.
10 Santa Rosa/Cotati, CA Intermodal 0.750 0.750
5 Transportation Facilities................
.
10 Seattle, WA Intermodal Transportation 1.250 1.250
6 Terminal.................................
.
10 Shelter Island, NY elderly and disabled 0.100 0.000
7 buses and vans...........................
.
10 Smithtown, NY elderly and disabled buses 0.125 0.000
8 and vans.................................
.
10 Somerset County, PA bus facilities and 0.175 0.175
9 buses....................................
.
11 South Amboy, NJ Regional Intermodal 1.250 1.250
0 Transportation Initiative................
.
11 South Bend, IN Urban Intermodal 1.250 1.250
1 Transportation Facility..................
.
11 South Carolina statewide Virtual Transit 1.220 1.220
2 Enterprise...............................
.
11 South Dakota statewide bus facilities and 1.500 1.500
3 buses....................................
.
11 Southampton, NY elderly and disabled buses 0.125 0.000
4 and vans.................................
.
11 Southold, NY elderly and disabled buses 0.100 0.000
5 and vans.................................
.
11 Springfield, MA Union Station............. 1.250 1.250
6
.
11 St. Louis, MO Bi-state Intermodal Center.. 1.250 1.250
7
.
11 Denver, CO Stapleton Intermodal Center.... 1.250 1.250
8
.
11 Suffolk County, NY elderly and disabled 0.100 0.000
9 buses and vans...........................
.
12 Texas statewide small urban and rural 4.000 4.500
0 buses....................................
.
12 Towamencin Township, PA Intermodal Bus 1.500 1.500
1 Transportation Center....................
.
12 Tuscaloosa, AL Intermodal Center.......... 1.000 0.000
2
.
12 Ukiah, CA Transportation Center........... 0.500 0.000
3
.
12 Utah Transit Authority, UT Intermodal 1.500 1.500
4 Facilities...............................
.
12 Utah Transit Authority/Park City Transit, 6.500 6.500
5 UT buses.................................
.
12 Utica, NY Union Station................... 2.100 2.100
6
.
12 Utica and Rome, NY bus facilities and 0.500 0.000
7 buses....................................
.
12 Washington County, PA Intermodal 0.630 0.630
8 Facilities...............................
.
12 Washington, D.C. Intermodal Transportation 2.500 2.500
9 Center...................................
.
13 Washoe County, NV transit improvements.... 1.250 1.250
0
.
13 Waterbury, CT bus facility................ 2.250 2.250
1
.
13 West Virginia statewide Intermodal 5.000 5.000
2 Facility and buses.......................
.
13 Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit 0.979 0.979
3 system fareboxes.........................
.
13 Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit 1.000 1.000
4 system shuttle buses.....................
.
13 Westchester County, NY DOT articulated 1.250 1.250
5 buses....................................
.
13 Westmoreland County, PA Intermodal 0.200 0.200
6 Facility.................................
.
13 Wilkes-Barre, PA Intermodal Facility...... 1.250 1.250
7
.
13 Williamsport, PA Bus Facility............. 1.200 1.200
8
.
13 Windsor, CA Intermodal Facility........... 0.750 0.750
9
.
14 Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and 8.000 12.000
0 buses....................................
.
14 Woodland Hills, CA Warner Center 0.325 0.625
1 Transportation Hub.......................
.
14 Worcester, MA Union Station Intermodal 2.500 2.500
2 Transportation Center....................
.
14 Lynchburg, VA buses....................... 0.200 0.000
3
.
14 Harrisonburg, VA buses.................... 0.200 0.000
4
.
14 Roanoke, VA buses......................... 0.200 0.000
5
.
14 Allegheny County, PA buses................ 0.000 1.500
6
.
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SEC. 334. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
of the Secretary of Transportation's implementation of
project management oversight under section 5327 of title 49,
United States Code.
(b) Contents.--The study shall include the following:
(1) A listing of the amounts made available under section
5327(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, for project
management oversight in each of fiscal years 1992 through
1997 and a description of the activities funded using such
amounts.
(2) A description of the major capital projects subject to
project management oversight, including the grant amounts for
such projects.
(3) A description of the contracts entered into for project
management oversight, including the scope of work and dollar
amounts of such contracts.
(4) A determination of whether the project management
oversight activities conducted
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by the Secretary are authorized under section 5327.
(5) A description of any cost savings or program
improvements resulting from project management oversight.
(6) Recommendations regarding any changes that would
improve the project management oversight function.
(c) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report containing
the results of the study.
SEC. 335. PRIVATIZATION.
(a) Study.--Not later than 3 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an
agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the effect
of privatization or contracting out mass transportation
operation and administrative functions on cost, availability
and level of service, efficiency, safety, quality of services
provided to transit-dependent populations, and employer-
employee relations.
(b) Terms of Agreement.--The agreement entered into in
subsection (a) shall provide that--
(1) the Transportation Research Board, in conducting the
study, consider the number of grant recipients that have
privatized or contracted out services, the size of the
population served by such grant recipients, the basis for
decisions regarding privatization or contracting out, and the
extent to which contracting out was affected by the
integration and coordination of resources of transit agencies
and other Federal agencies and programs; and
(2) the panel conducting the study shall include
representatives of transit agencies, employees of transit
agencies, private contractors, academic and policy analysts,
and other interested persons.
(c) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of
entry into the agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report containing the results of the study.
(d) Funding.--There shall be available from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this
section $200,000 for fiscal year 1998, subject to the
obligation limitation set forth in section 329(b).
(e) Contractual Obligation.--Entry into an agreement to
carry out this section that is financed with amounts made
available under subsection (c) is a contractual obligation of
the United States to pay the Government's share of the cost
of the study.
SEC. 336. SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
(a) Study.--Not later than 3 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an
agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the safety
issues attendant to transportation of school children to and
from school and school-related activities by various
transportation modes.
(b) Terms of Agreement.--The agreement entered into in
subsection (a) shall provide that--
(1) the Transportation Research Board, in conducting the
study, consider--
(A) in consultation with the National Transportation Safety
Board, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and other
relevant entities, available crash injury data, and if
unavailable or insufficient, recommend a new data collection
regimen and implementation guidelines; and
(B) vehicle design and driver training requirements,
routing, and operational factors that affect safety and other
factors that the Secretary considers appropriate; and
(2) the panel conducting the study shall include
representatives of highway safety organizations, school
transportation, mass transportation operators, employee
organizations, bicycling organizations, academic and policy
analysts, and other interested parties.
(c) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of
entry into the agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report containing the results of the study.
(d) Funding.--There shall be available from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this
section $200,000 for fiscal year 1998, subject to the
obligation limitation set forth in section 329(b).
(e) Contractual Obligation.--Entry into an agreement to
carry out this section that is financed with amounts made
available under subsection (c) is a contractual obligation of
the United States to pay the Government's share of the cost
of the study.
SEC. 337. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA STUDY.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine whether the current formula for apportioning funds
to urbanized areas accurately reflects the transit needs of
the urbanized areas and if not whether any changes should be
made either to the formula or through some other mechanism to
reflect the fact that some urbanized areas with a population
between 50,000 and 200,000 have transit systems that carry
more passengers per mile or hour than the average of those
transit systems in urbanized areas with a population over
200,000.
(b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 1999, the
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report on the results of the study conducted under
this section together with any proposed changes to the method
for apportioning funds to urbanized areas with a population
over 50,000.
SEC. 338. COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
of Federal departments and agencies (other than the
Department of Transportation) that receive Federal financial
assistance for non-emergency transportation services.
(b) Contents.--In conducting the study, the Comptroller
General shall--
(1) identify each Federal department and agency (other than
the Department of Transportation) that has received Federal
financial assistance for non-emergency transportation
services in any of the 3 fiscal years preceding the date of
the enactment of this Act;
(2) identify the amount of such assistance received by each
Federal department and agency in such fiscal years; and
(3) identify the projects and activities funded using such
financial assistance.
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report containing
the results of the study and any recommendations for enhanced
coordination between the Department of Transportation and
other Federal departments and agencies that provide funding
for non-emergency transportation.
SEC. 339. FINAL ASSEMBLY OF BUSES.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
to review monitoring by the Federal Transit Administration of
preaward and post-delivery audits for compliance with the
requirements for final assembly of buses of section 5323(j)
of title 49, United States Code.
(b) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report containing
the results of the study.
SEC. 340. CLEAN FUEL VEHICLES.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
of the various low and zero emission fuel technologies for
transit vehicles, including compressed natural gas, liquified
natural gas, biodiesel fuel, battery, alcohol based fuel,
hybrid electric, fuel cell, and clean diesel to determine the
status of the development and use of such technologies, the
environmental benefits of such technologies under the Clean
Air Act, and the cost of such technologies and any associated
equipment.
(b) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2000, the
Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the
study, together with recommendations for incentives to
encourage the use of low and zero emission fuel technology
for transit vehicles.
TITLE IV--MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
SEC. 401. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this
title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision of
law, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 402. STATE GRANTS.
(a) Objective and Definitions.--Section 31101 is amended--
(1) by striking
``Sec. 31101. Definitions''
and inserting the following:
``Sec. 31101. Objective and definitions'';
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)--
(A) by inserting ``or gross vehicle weight'' after
``rating''; and
(B) by striking ``10,000 pounds'' and inserting ``10,001
pounds, whichever is greater'';
(3) in paragraph (1)(C) by inserting ``and transported in a
quantity requiring placarding under regulations prescribed by
the Secretary under section 5103'' after ``title'';
(4) by striking ``In this subchapter--'' and inserting the
following:
``(b) Definitions.--In this subchapter the following
definitions apply:''; and
(5) by inserting after the section heading the following:
``(a) Objective.--The objective of this subchapter is to
ensure that the Secretary, States, and other political
jurisdictions establish programs to improve motor carrier,
commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety to support a safe
and efficient transportation system by--
``(1) promoting safe for-hire and private transportation,
including transportation of
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passengers and hazardous materials, to reduce the number and
severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes;
``(2) developing and enforcing effective, compatible, and
cost-beneficial motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and
driver safety regulations and practices, including
enforcement of State and local traffic safety laws and
regulations;
``(3) assessing and improving statewide program performance
by setting program outcome goals, improving problem
identification and countermeasures planning, designing
appropriate performance standards, measures, and benchmarks,
improving performance information, and monitoring program
effectiveness;
``(4) ensuring that drivers of commercial motor vehicles
and enforcement personnel obtain adequate training in safe
operational practices and regulatory requirements; and
``(5) advancing promising technologies and encouraging
adoption of safe operational practices.''.
(b) Performance-Based Grants and Hazardous Materials
Transportation Safety.--Section 31102 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``improving motor carrier safety and''
after ``programs for''; and
(B) by inserting ``, hazardous material transportation
safety,'' after ``commercial motor vehicle safety''; and
(2) in the first sentence of paragraph (b)(1)--
(A) by striking ``adopt and assume responsibility for
enforcing'' and inserting ``assume responsibility for
improving motor carrier safety and to adopt and enforce'';
and
(B) by inserting ``, hazardous material transportation
safety,'' after ``commercial motor vehicle safety''.
(c) Contents of State Plans.--Section 31102(b)(1) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (J) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)'';
(2) by striking subparagraphs (K), (L), (M), and (N) and
inserting the following:
``(K) ensures consistent, effective, and reasonable
sanctions;
``(L) ensures that the State agency will coordinate the
plan, data collection, and information systems with State
highway safety programs under title 23;
``(M) ensures participation in motor carrier, commercial
motor vehicle, and driver information systems by all
appropriate jurisdictions receiving funding under this
section;
``(N) implements performance-based activities by fiscal
year 2003;'';
(3) in subparagraph (O)--
(A) by inserting after ``activities'' the following: ``in
support of national priorities and performance goals,
including'';
(B) by striking ``to remove'' in clause (i) and inserting
``activities aimed at removing'';
(C) by striking ``to provide'' in clause (ii) and inserting
``activities aimed at providing''; and
(D) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the end of
clause (ii); and
(E) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and inserting the
following:
``(iii) interdiction activities affecting the
transportation of controlled substances by commercial motor
vehicle drivers and training on appropriate strategies for
carrying out those interdiction activities;'';
(4) by striking subparagraph (P) and inserting the
following:
``(P) provides that the State will establish a program to
ensure the proper and timely correction of commercial motor
vehicle safety violations noted during an inspection carried
out with funds authorized under section 31104;'';
(5) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (Q)
and inserting ``; and''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
``(R) ensures that roadside inspections will be conducted
only at a distance that is adequate to protect the safety of
drivers and enforcement personnel.''.
(d) United States Government's Share of Costs.--The first
sentence of section 31103 is amended by inserting ``improve
commercial motor vehicle safety and'' before ``enforce''.
(e) Availability of Amounts.--Section 31104(a) of such
title is amended to read as follows:
``(a) In General.--The following amounts are made available
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) for the Secretary of Transportation to incur
obligations to carry out section 31102:
``(1) Not more than $78,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
``(2) Not more than $110,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
``(3) Not more than $130,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2003.''
(f) Conforming Amendment.--Section 31104(b) is amended by
striking ``(1)'' and by striking paragraph (2).
(g) Allocation Criteria and Eligibility.--Section 31104 is
further amended--
(1) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and inserting the
following:
``(f) Allocation Criteria and Eligibility.--
``(1) In general.--On October 1 of each fiscal year or as
soon after that date as practicable and after making the
deduction under subsection (e), the Secretary shall allocate
amounts made available to carry out section 31102 for such
fiscal year among the States with plans approved under
section 31102. Such allocation shall be made under such
criteria as the Secretary prescribes by regulation.
``(2) High-priority activities and projects.--The Secretary
may designate up to 5 percent of amounts available for
allocation under paragraph (1) to reimburse--
``(A) States for carrying out high priority activities and
projects that improve commercial motor vehicle safety and
compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations,
including activities and projects that are national in scope,
increase public awareness and education, or demonstrate new
technologies; and
``(B) local governments and other persons that use trained
and qualified officers and employees, for carrying out
activities and projects described in subparagraph (A) in
coordination with State motor vehicle safety agencies.'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g);
(3) by striking subsection (i);
(4) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (h); and
(5) in the first sentence of subsection (h), as so
redesignated, by striking ``tolerance''.
(h) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 311 is amended by striking the item relating to
section 31101 and inserting the following:
``31101. Objective and definitions.''.
SEC. 403. INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Section 31106 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 31106. Information systems
``(a) Information Systems and Data Analysis.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to the provisions of this
section, the Secretary shall establish and operate motor
carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver information
systems and data analysis programs to support safety
activities required under this title.
``(2) Coordination into network.--In cooperation with the
States, the information systems under this section shall be
coordinated into a network providing identification of motor
carriers and drivers, commercial motor vehicle registration
and license tracking, and motor carrier, commercial motor
vehicle, and driver safety performance data.
``(3) Data analysis capacity and programs.--The Secretary
shall develop and maintain under this section data analysis
capacity and programs that provide the means to--
``(A) identify and collect necessary motor carrier,
commercial motor vehicle, and driver data;
``(B) evaluate the safety fitness of motor carriers,
commercial motor vehicles, and drivers;
``(C) develop strategies to mitigate safety problems and to
measure the effectiveness of such strategies and related
programs;
``(D) determine the cost-effectiveness of Federal and State
safety and enforcement programs and other countermeasures;
and
``(E) adapt, improve, and incorporate other information and
information systems as the Secretary determines appropriate.
``(4) Standards.--To implement this section, the Secretary
may prescribe technical and operational standards to ensure--
``(A) uniform, timely, and accurate information collection
and reporting by the States and other entities;
``(B) uniform Federal, State, and local policies and
procedures; and
``(C) the reliability and availability of the information
to the Secretary, States, and others as the Secretary
determines appropriate.
``(b) Performance and Registration Information Program.--
``(1) Information clearinghouse.--The Secretary shall
include, as part of the information systems authorized by
this section, a program to establish and maintain a
clearinghouse and repository of information related to State
registration and licensing of commercial motor vehicles and
the motor carriers operating the vehicles. The clearinghouse
and repository shall include information on the safety
fitness of each motor carrier and registrant and other
information the Secretary considers appropriate, including
information on motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and
driver safety performance.
``(2) Design.--The program shall link Federal safety
information systems with State registration and licensing
systems and shall be designed to enable a State to--
``(A) determine the safety fitness of a motor carrier or
registrant when licensing or registering the motor carrier or
commercial motor vehicle or while the license or registration
is in effect; and
``(B) decide, in cooperation with the Secretary, whether
and what types of sanctions or operating limitations to
impose on the motor carrier or registrant to ensure safety.
``(3) Conditions for participation.--The Secretary shall
require States, as a condition of participation in the
program, to--
``(A) comply with the technical and operational standards
prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (a)(4); and
``(B) possess or seek authority to impose commercial motor
vehicle registration sanctions or operating limitations on
the basis of a Federal safety fitness determination.
``(4) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
31107, not more than $6,000,000 in each of fiscal years 1998
through 2003 may be used to carry out this subsection.
``(c) Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety Program.--In
coordination with the information system under section 31309,
the Secretary is authorized to establish a program to improve
commercial motor vehicle
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driver safety. The objectives of the program shall include--
``(1) enhancing the exchange of driver licensing
information among the States and among the States, the
Federal Government, and foreign countries;
``(2) providing information to the judicial system on
commercial motor vehicle drivers;
``(3) evaluating any aspect of driver performance that the
Secretary determines appropriate; and
``(4) developing appropriate strategies and countermeasures
to improve driver safety.
``(d) Cooperative Agreements, Grants, and Contracts.--The
Secretary may carry out this section either independently or
in cooperation with other Federal departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities, or by making grants to, and entering into
contracts and cooperative agreements with, States, local
governments, associations, institutions, corporations, and
other persons.
``(e) Information Availability and Privacy Protection.--
``(1) Availability of information.--The Secretary shall
make data collected in systems and through programs under
this section available to the public to the maximum extent
permissible under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) and
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
``(2) Review of data.--The Secretary shall allow
individuals and motor carriers to whom the data pertains to
review periodically such data and to request corrections or
clarifications.
``(3) State and local officials.--State and local safety
and enforcement officials shall have access to data made
available under this subsection to the same extent as Federal
safety and enforcement officials.''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 31107 is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 31107. Authorization of appropriations for information
systems
``(a) In General.--There shall be available from the
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to
carry out sections 31106 and 31309 of this title--
``(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
``(2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
``(3) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through
2003.
The amounts made available under this subsection shall remain
available until expended.
``(b) Contract Authority.--Approval by the Secretary of a
grant with funds made available under this section imposes
upon the United States Government a contractual obligation
for payment of the Government's share of costs incurred in
carrying out the objectives of the grant.''.
(c) Subchapter Heading.--The heading for subchapter I of
chapter 311 is amended by inserting after ``GRANTS'' the
following: ``AND OTHER COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PROGRAMS''.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--The table of sections for
chapter 311 is amended--
(1) by striking
``SUBCHAPTER I--STATE GRANTS''
and inserting
``SUBCHAPTER I--STATE GRANTS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
PROGRAMS'';
(2) by striking the item relating to section 31106 and
inserting the following:
``31106. Information systems.''; and
(3) by striking the item relating to section 31107 and
inserting the following:
``31107. Authorization of appropriations for information systems.''.
SEC. 404. AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTER DEFINED.
Section 31111(a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``section--'' and inserting ``section, the
following definitions apply:'';
(2) by inserting after ``(1)'' the following: ``Maxi-cube
vehicle.--The term'';
(3) by inserting after ``(2)'' the following: ``Truck
tractor.--The term'';
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs
(2) and (3), respectively; and
(5) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated,
the following:
``(1) Automobile transporter.--The term `automobile
transporter' means any vehicle combination designed and used
specifically for the transport of assembled highway
vehicles.''.
SEC. 405. INSPECTIONS AND REPORTS.
(a) General Powers of the Secretary.--Section 31133(a)(1)
is amended by inserting ``and make contracts for'' after
``conduct''.
(b) Reports and Records.--Section 504(c) is amended by
inserting ``(and, in the case of a motor carrier, a
contractor)'' before the second comma.
SEC. 406. EXEMPTIONS AND PILOT PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 31315 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 31315. Exemptions and pilot programs
``(a) Exemptions.--
``(1) In general.--Upon receipt of a request pursuant to
paragraph (3), the Secretary of Transportation may grant to a
person or class of persons an exemption from a regulation
prescribed under this chapter or section 31136 if the
Secretary finds such exemption would likely achieve a level
of safety equal to or greater than the level that would be
achieved absent such exemption. An exemption may be granted
for no longer than 2 years from its approval date and may be
renewed upon application to the Secretary.
``(2) Authority to revoke exemption.--The Secretary shall
immediately revoke an exemption if the person fails to comply
with the terms and conditions of such exemption or if
continuation of the exemption would not be consistent with
the goals and objectives of this chapter or section 31136, as
the case may be.
``(3) Requests for exemption.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this section and after
notice and an opportunity for public comment, the Secretary
shall specify by regulation the procedures by which a person
may request an exemption. Such regulations shall, at a
minimum, require the person to provide the following
information for each exemption request:
``(A) The provisions from which the person requests
exemption.
``(B) The time period during which the exemption would
apply.
``(C) An analysis of the safety impacts the exemption may
cause.
``(D) The specific countermeasures the person would
undertake, if the exemption were granted, to ensure an equal
or greater level of safety than would be achieved absent the
exemption.
``(4) Notice and comment.--
``(A) Upon receipt of a request.--Upon receipt of an
exemption request, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register a notice explaining the request that has been filed
and shall give the public an opportunity to inspect the
safety analysis and any other relevant information known to
the Secretary and to comment on the request. This
subparagraph does not require the release of information
protected by law from public disclosure.
``(B) Upon granting a request.--Upon granting a request for
exemption, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register the name of the person granted the exemption, the
provisions from which the person will be exempt, the
effective period, and all terms and conditions of the
exemption.
``(C) Upon denying a request.--Upon denying a request for
exemption, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register the name of the person denied the exemption and the
reasons for such denial.
``(5) Applications to be dealt with promptly.--The
Secretary shall grant or deny an exemption request after a
thorough review of its safety implications, but in no case
later than 180 days after the filing date of such request, or
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the
reason for the delay in the decision and an estimate of when
the decision will be made.
``(6) Terms and conditions.--The Secretary shall establish
terms and conditions for each exemption to ensure that it
will likely achieve a level of safety equal to or greater
than the level that would be achieved absent such exemption.
The Secretary shall monitor the implementation of the
exemption to ensure compliance with its terms and conditions.
``(7) Notification of state compliance and enforcement
personnel.--Before granting a request for exemption, the
Secretary shall notify State safety compliance and
enforcement personnel, including roadside inspectors, and the
public that a person will be operating pursuant to an
exemption and any terms and conditions that will apply to the
exemption.
``(b) Pilot Programs.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may conduct pilot programs
to evaluate innovative approaches to motor carrier, vehicle,
and driver safety. Such pilot programs may include exemptions
from a regulation prescribed under this chapter or section
31136 if the pilot program contains, at a minimum, the
elements described in paragraph (2). The Secretary shall
publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the
program and the exemptions to be considered and provide
notice and an opportunity for public comment before the
effective date of any exemptions.
``(2) Program elements.--In proposing a pilot program and
before granting exemptions for purposes of a pilot program,
the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following
elements in each pilot program plan:
``(A) A program scheduled life of not more than 3 years.
``(B) A scientifically valid methodology and study design,
including a specific data collection and analysis plan, that
identifies appropriate control groups for comparison.
``(C) The fewest participants necessary to yield
statistically valid findings.
``(D) Observance of appropriate ethical protocols for the
use of human subjects in field experiments.
``(E) An oversight plan to ensure that participants comply
with the terms and conditions of participation.
``(F) Adequate countermeasures to protect the health and
safety of study participants and the general public.
``(G) A plan to inform State partners and the public about
the pilot program and to identify approved participants to
safety compliance and enforcement personnel and to the
public.
``(3) Authority to revoke participation.--The Secretary
shall immediately revoke participation in a pilot program of
a motor carrier, vehicle, or driver for failure to comply
with the terms and conditions of the pilot program or if
continued participation would not be consistent with the
goals and objectives of this chapter or section 31136, as the
case may be.
``(4) Authority to terminate program.--The Secretary shall
immediately terminate a pilot program if its continuation
would not
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be consistent with the goals and objectives of this chapter
or section 31136, as the case may be.
``(5) Report to congress.--At the conclusion of each pilot
program, the Secretary shall promptly report to Congress the
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the program,
including suggested amendments to law or regulation that
would enhance motor carrier, vehicle, and driver safety and
improve compliance with national safety standards.
``(c) Preemption of State Rules.--During the time period
that an exemption or pilot program is in effect under this
section, no State shall enforce any law or regulation that
conflicts with or is inconsistent with an exemption or pilot
program with respect to a person exercising the exemption or
participating in the pilot program.''.
(b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections for chapter
313 is amended by striking the item relating to section 31315
and inserting the following:
``31315. Exemptions and pilot programs.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 31136(e) is amended to
read as follows:
``(e) Exemptions.--The Secretary may grant exemptions from
any regulation prescribed under this section in accordance
with section 31315.''.
(d) Protection of Existing Exemptions.--The amendments made
by subsections (a) and (c) of this section shall not apply to
or otherwise affect an exemption or waiver in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of this Act under
section 31315 or 31136(e) of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 407. SAFETY REGULATION.
(a) Commercial Motor Vehicle Defined.--Section 31132(1) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by inserting ``or gross vehicle weight'' after
``rating''; and
(B) by inserting ``, whichever is greater'' after
``pounds''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by inserting ``or livery'' after ``taxicab''; and
(B) by striking ``6 passengers'' and inserting ``8
passengers, including the driver,''.
(b) Repeal of Review Panel.--Section 31134, and the item
relating to such section in the table of sections for chapter
311, are repealed.
(c) Repeal of Submission to Review Panel.--Section 31140,
and the item relating to such section in the table of
sections for chapter 311, are repealed.
(d) Review Procedure.--Section 31141 is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the
following:
``(b) Submission of Regulation.--A State that enacts a
State law or issues a regulation on commercial motor vehicle
safety shall submit a copy of the law or regulation to the
Secretary of Transportation immediately after the enactment
or issuance.
``(c) Review and Decisions by Secretary.--
``(1) Review.--The Secretary shall review State laws and
regulations on commercial motor vehicle safety. The Secretary
shall decide whether the State law or regulation--
``(A) has the same effect as a regulation prescribed by the
Secretary under section 31136;
``(B) is less stringent than such regulation; or
``(C) is additional to or more stringent than such
regulation.
``(2) Regulations with same effect.--If the Secretary
decides a State law or regulation has the same effect as a
regulation prescribed by the Secretary under section 31136 of
this title, the State law or regulation may be enforced.
``(3) Less stringent regulations.--If the Secretary decides
a State law or regulation is less stringent than a regulation
prescribed by the Secretary under section 31136 of this
title, the State law or regulation may not be enforced.
``(4) Additional or more stringent regulations.--If the
Secretary decides a State law or regulation is additional to
or more stringent than a regulation prescribed by the
Secretary under section 31136 of this title, the State law or
regulation may be enforced unless the Secretary also decides
that--
``(A) the State law or regulation has no safety benefit;
``(B) the State law or regulation is incompatible with the
regulation prescribed by the Secretary; or
``(C) enforcement of the State law or regulation would
cause an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce.
``(5) Consideration of effect on interstate commerce.--In
deciding under paragraph (4) whether a State law or
regulation will cause an unreasonable burden on interstate
commerce, the Secretary may consider the effect on interstate
commerce of implementation of that law or regulation with the
implementation of all similar laws and regulations of other
States.'';
(2) by striking subsection (e); and
(3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as
subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
(e) Inspection of Safety Equipment.--Section 31142(a) is
amended by striking ``part 393 of title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations'' and inserting ``the regulations issued under
section 31136''.
(f) Protection of States Participating in State Groups.--
Section 31142(c)(1)(C) is amended--
(1) by inserting after ``from'' the following:
``participating in the activities of a voluntary group of
States''; and
(2) by striking ``that meets'' and all that follows through
``1984''.
(g) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate a report on the status of
implementation of the amendments made by subsection (a)(2) of
this section.
SEC. 408. IMPROVED INTERSTATE SCHOOL BUS SAFETY.
(a) Applicability of Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations to Interstate School Bus Operations.--Section
31136 is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Applicability to School Transportation Operations of
Local Education Agencies.--Not later than 6 months after the
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall
issue regulations making the relevant commercial motor
carrier safety regulations issued under subsection (a)
applicable to all interstate school transportation operations
by local educational agencies (as defined in section 14101 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965).''.
(b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
a report describing the status of compliance by private for-
hire motor carriers and local educational agencies in meeting
the requirements of section 31136 of title 49, United States
Code, and any activities of the Secretary or the States to
enforce such requirements.
SEC. 409. REPEAL OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE MISCELLANEOUS
AUTHORITIES.
Subchapter IV of chapter 311 (including sections 31161 and
31162), and the items relating to such subchapter and
sections in the table of sections for chapter 311, are
repealed.
SEC. 410. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATORS.
(a) Commercial Motor Vehicle Defined.--Section 31301(4) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by inserting ``or gross vehicle weight'' after
``rating'' the first 2 places it appears; and
(B) by inserting ``, whichever is greater,'' after
``pounds'' the first place it appears; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)(ii) by inserting ``is'' before
``transporting'' each place it appears.
(b) Prohibition on CMV Operation Without CDL.--
(1) In general.--Section 31302 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 31302. Driver's license requirement
``An individual may operate a commercial motor vehicle only
if the individual has a valid commercial driver's license. An
individual operating a commercial motor vehicle may have only
one driver's license at any time.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The item relating to section
31302 in the table of sections for chapter 313 is amended to
read as follows:
``31302. Driver's license requirement.''.
(c) Unique Identifiers in CDLs.--
(1) In general.--Section 31308(2) is amended by inserting
before the semicolon ``and each license issued after January
1, 2000, include unique identifiers to minimize fraud and
duplication''.
(2) Deadline for issuance of regulations.--Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the amendment
made by paragraph (1).
(d) Commercial Driver's License Information System.--
Section 31309 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``make an agreement under
subsection (b) of this section for the operation of, or
establish under subsection (c) of this section,'' and
inserting ``maintain'';
(2) by inserting after the first sentence of subsection (a)
the following: ``The system shall be coordinated with
activities carried out under section 31106.'';
(3) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
(4) in subsection (d)(1)--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E);
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (F)
and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(G) information on all fines, penalties, convictions, and
failure to appear for a hearing or trial incurred by the
operator with respect to operation of a motor vehicle for a
period of not less than 3 years beginning on the date of the
imposition of such a fine or penalty or the date of such a
conviction or failure to appear.'';
(5) by striking subsection (d)(2) and inserting the
following:
``(2) The information system under this section must
accommodate any unique identifiers required to minimize fraud
or duplication of a commercial driver's license under section
31308(2).'';
(6) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) Availability of Information.--Information in the
information system shall be made available and subject to
review and correction in accordance with section 31106(e).'';
(7) in subsection (f) by striking ``If the Secretary
establishes an information system under this section, the''
and inserting ``The'';
(8) by striking ``shall'' in the first sentence of
subsection (f) and inserting ``may''; and
(9) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as
subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.
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(e) Repeal of Obsolete Grant Programs.--Sections 31312 and
31313, and the items relating to such sections in the table
of sections for chapter 313, are repealed.
(f) Updating Amendments.--Section 31314 is amended--
(1) by striking ``(2), (5), and (6)'' each place it appears
in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ``(3), and (5)'';
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ``(1) Amounts'' and all
that follows through ``(2) Amounts'' and inserting
``Amounts'';
(3) by striking subsection (d); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
SEC. 411. INTERIM BORDER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Program.--The Secretary shall carry out a program to
improve commercial motor vehicle safety in the vicinity of
borders between the United States and Canada and the United
States and Mexico.
(b) Grant and Other Authority.--The Secretary may expend
funds made available to carry out this section--
(1) for making grants to border States, local governments,
organizations, and other persons to carry out activities
described in subsection (c);
(2) for personnel of the Department of Transportation to
conduct such activities; and
(3) for entry into contracts for the conduct of such
activities.
(c) Use of Funds.--Activities for which funds may be
expended under this section include--
(1) employment by the Department of Transportation or a
border State of additional personnel to enforce commercial
motor vehicle safety regulations described in subsection (a);
(2) training of personnel to enforce such regulations;
(3) development of data bases and communication systems to
improve commercial motor vehicle safety; and
(4) education and outreach initiatives.
(d) Criteria.--In selecting activities and projects for
funding under this section, the Secretary shall consider
current levels of enforcement by border States, cross border
traffic patterns (including volume of commercial motor
vehicle traffic), location of inspection facilities, and such
other factors as the Secretary determines will result in the
greatest safety improvement and benefit to border States and
the Nation.
(e) Federal Share.--
(1) In general.--The Federal share payable under a grant
made under this section for--
(A) any activity described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of
subsection (c) shall be 80 percent; and
(B) any activity described in subsection (c)(1) shall be--
(i) 80 percent for the first 2 years that a State receives
a grant under this section for such activity;
(ii) 50 percent for the third and fourth years that a State
receives a grant under this section for such activity; and
(iii) 25 percent for the fifth and sixth years that a State
receives a grant under this section for such activity.
(2) In-kind contributions.--In determining the non-Federal
costs under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include in-
kind contributions by the grant recipient, of which up to
$2,500,000 may be used to upgrade earthquake simulation
facilities as required to carry out the program.
(f) Maintenance of Effort.--A grant may not be made to a
State under this section for an activity described in
subsection (c)(1) in any fiscal year unless the State enters
into such agreements with the Secretary as the Secretary may
require to ensure that the State will maintain its aggregate
expenditures from all other sources for employment of
personnel to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety
regulations in the vicinity of the border at or above the
average level of such expenditures in the State's 2 fiscal
years preceding the date of the enactment of this section.
(g) Funding.--Of amounts made available to carry out the
coordinated border infrastructure and safety program under
section 116 of this Act, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 shall
be available to carry out this section.
(h) Border State Defined.--In this section, the term
``border State'' means any State that has a boundary in
common with Canada or Mexico.
SEC. 412. VEHICLE WEIGHT ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of State
laws and regulations pertaining to penalties for violation of
State commercial motor vehicle weight laws.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the study shall be to
determine the effectiveness of State penalties as a deterrent
to illegally overweight trucking operations. The study shall
evaluate fine structures, innovative roadside enforcement
techniques, a State's ability to penalize shippers and
carriers as well as drivers, and shall examine the
effectiveness of administrative and judicial procedures
utilized to enforce vehicle weight laws.
(c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under
this section, together with any legislative recommendations
of the Secretary.
(d) Funding.--From amounts made available under
subparagraphs (F) through (I) of section 127(a)(3) of this
Act, the Secretary may use not to exceed $300,000 to carry
out this section.
SEC. 413. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN
AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX AGREEMENT.
Sections 31702, 31703, and 31708, and the items relating to
such sections in the table of sections for chapter 317, are
repealed.
SEC. 414. TELEPHONE HOTLINE FOR REPORTING SAFETY VIOLATIONS.
(a) In General.--For a period of not less than 2 years
beginning on or before the 90th day following the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish,
maintain, and promote the use of a nationwide toll-free
telephone system to be used by drivers of commercial motor
vehicles and others to report potential violations of Federal
motor carrier safety regulations and any laws or regulations
relating to the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles
and to report potentially improper inspections, audits, and
enforcement activities.
(b) Monitoring.--The Secretary shall monitor reports
received by the telephone system and shall consider
nonfrivolous information provided by such reports in setting
priorities for motor carrier safety audits and other
enforcement activities.
(c) Protection of Persons Reporting Violations.--
(1) Prohibition.--A person reporting a potential violation
to the telephone system while acting in good faith may not be
discharged, disciplined, or discriminated against regarding
pay, terms, or privileges of employment because of the
reporting of such violation.
(2) Applicability of section 31105 of title 49.--For
purposes of section 31105 of title 49, United States Code, a
violation or alleged violation of paragraph (1) shall be
treated as a violation of section 31105(a) of such title.
(d) Funding.--From amounts set aside under section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary may use not to
exceed $300,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to
carry out this section.
SEC. 415. INSULIN TREATED DIABETES MELLITUS.
(a) Determination.--Not later than 18 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall determine
whether a practicable and cost-effective screening,
operating, and monitoring protocol could likely be developed
for insulin treated diabetes mellitus individuals who want to
operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce that
would ensure a level of safety equal to or greater than that
achieved with the current prohibition on individuals with
insulin treated diabetes mellitus driving such vehicles.
(b) Compilation and Evaluation.--Prior to making the
determination in subsection (a), the Secretary shall compile
and evaluate research and other information on the effects of
insulin treated diabetes mellitus on driving performance. In
preparing the compilation and evaluation, the Secretary
shall, at a minimum--
(1) consult with States that have developed and are
implementing a screening process to identify individuals with
insulin treated diabetes mellitus who may obtain waivers to
drive commercial motor vehicles in intrastate commerce;
(2) evaluate the Department's policy and actions to permit
certain insulin treated diabetes mellitus individuals who
meet selection criteria and who successfully comply with the
approved monitoring protocol to operate in other modes of
transportation;
(3) analyze available data on the safety performance of
diabetic drivers of motor vehicles;
(4) assess the relevance of intrastate driving and
experiences of other modes of transportation to interstate
commercial motor vehicle operations; and
(5) consult with interested groups knowledgeable about
diabetes and related issues.
(c) Report to Congress.--If the Secretary determines that
no protocol described in subsection (a) could likely be
developed, the Secretary shall report to Congress the basis
for such determination.
(d) Initiation of Rulemaking.--If the Secretary determines
that a protocol described in subsection (a) could likely be
developed, the Secretary shall report to Congress a
description of the elements of such protocol and shall
promptly initiate a rulemaking proceeding to implement such
protocol.
SEC. 416. PERFORMANCE-BASED CDL TESTING.
(a) Review.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a review
of the procedures established and implemented by States under
section 31305 of title 49, United States Code, to determine
if the current system for testing is an accurate measure and
reflection of an individual's knowledge and skills as an
operator of a commercial motor vehicle and to identify
methods to improve testing and licensing standards, including
identifying the benefits and costs of a graduated licensing
system.
(b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
completion of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall issue regulations under section 31305 reflecting the
results of the review.
SEC. 417. POSTACCIDENT ALCOHOL TESTING.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of the
feasibility of utilizing qualified emergency responders and
law enforcement officers for conducting postaccident alcohol
testing of commercial motor vehicle operators under section
31306 of title 49, United States Code, as a method of
obtaining more timely information and reducing the burdens
that employers may encounter in meeting the testing
requirements of such section.
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(b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a)
with recommendations regarding the utilization of emergency
responders and law enforcement officers in conducting testing
described in subsection (a).
SEC. 418. DRIVER FATIGUE.
(a) Technologies To Reduce Fatigue of Commercial Motor
Vehicle Operators.--
(1) Development of technologies.--As part of the activities
of the Secretary relating to the fatigue of commercial motor
vehicle operators, the Secretary shall encourage the
research, development, and demonstration of technologies that
may aid in reducing such fatigue.
(2) Identification of technologies.--In identifying
technologies pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
take into account--
(A) the degree to which the technology will be cost
efficient;
(B) the degree to which the technology can be effectively
used in diverse climatic regions of the Nation; and
(C) the degree to which the application of the technology
will further emissions reductions, energy conservation, and
other transportation goals.
(3) Funding.--The Secretary may use amounts made available
under subparagraphs (F) through (I) of section 127(a)(3) of
this Act to carry out this subsection.
(b) Nonsedating Antihistamines.--The Secretary shall review
available information on the effects of antihistamines on
driver fatigue, awareness, and performance and shall consider
encouraging the use of nonsedating antihistamines as a means
of reducing the adverse effects of the use of other
antihistamines by drivers.
SEC. 419. SAFETY FITNESS.
(a) In General.--Section 31144 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 31144. Safety fitness of owners and operators
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) determine whether an owner or operator is fit to
operate safely commercial motor vehicles;
``(2) periodically update such safety fitness
determinations;
``(3) make such safety fitness determinations readily
available to the public; and
``(4) prescribe by regulation penalties for violations of
this section consistent with section 521.
``(b) Procedure.--The Secretary shall maintain by
regulation a procedure for determining whether an owner or
operator is fit to operate safely commercial motor vehicles.
The procedure shall include, at a minimum, the following
elements:
``(1) Specific initial and continuing requirements with
which an owner or operator must comply to demonstrate safety
fitness.
``(2) A methodology the Secretary will use to determine
whether an owner or operator is fit.
``(3) Specific time frames within which the Secretary will
determine whether an owner or operator is fit.
``(c) Prohibited Transportation.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in sections
521(b)(5)(A) and 5113 and this subsection, an owner or
operator who the Secretary determines is not fit may not
operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce
beginning on the 61st day after the date of such fitness
determination and until the Secretary determines such owner
or operator is fit.
``(2) Owners or operators transporting passengers.--With
regard to owners or operators of commercial motor vehicles
designed or used to transport passengers, an owner or
operator who the Secretary determines is not fit may not
operate in interstate commerce beginning on the 46th day
after the date of such fitness determination and until the
Secretary determines such owner or operator is fit.
``(3) Owners or operators transporting hazardous
material.--With regard to owners or operators of commercial
motor vehicles designed or used to transport hazardous
material for which placarding of a motor vehicle is required
under regulations prescribed under chapter 51, an owner or
operator who the Secretary determines is not fit may not
operate in interstate commerce beginning on the 46th day
after the date of such fitness determination and until the
Secretary determines such owner or operator is fit.
``(4) Secretary's discretion.--Except for owners or
operators described in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary
may allow an owner or operator who is not fit to continue
operating for an additional 60 days after the 61st day after
the date of the Secretary's fitness determination, if the
Secretary determines that such owner or operator is making a
good faith effort to become fit.
``(d) Review of Fitness Determinations.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after an unfit
owner or operator requests a review, the Secretary shall
review such owner's or operator's compliance with those
requirements with which the owner or operator failed to
comply and resulted in the Secretary determining that the
owner or operator was not fit.
``(2) Owners or operators transporting passengers.--Not
later than 30 days after an unfit owner or operator of
commercial motor vehicles designed or used to transport
passengers requests a review, the Secretary shall review such
owner's or operator's compliance with those requirements with
which the owner or operator failed to comply and resulted in
the Secretary determining that the owner or operator was not
fit.
``(3) Owners or operators transporting hazardous
material.--Not later than 30 days after an unfit owner or
operator of commercial motor vehicles designed or used to
transport hazardous material for which placarding of a motor
vehicle is required under regulations prescribed under
chapter 51, the Secretary shall review such owner's or
operator's compliance with those requirements with which the
owner or operator failed to comply and resulted in the
Secretary determining that the owner or operator was not fit.
``(e) Prohibited Government Use.--A department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States Government may not use
to provide any transportation service an owner or operator
who the Secretary has determined is not fit until the
Secretary determines such owner or operator is fit.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5113 is amended by
striking subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and inserting the
following:
``See section 31144.''.
SEC. 420. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION REGULATION AND
FARM SERVICE VEHICLES.
(a) Exceptions.--Section 5117(d)(2) is amended--
(1) by striking ``do not prohibit'';
(2) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by inserting ``do not prohibit'' before ``or
regulate''; and
(B) by striking ``or'' the last place it appears;
(3) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``do not prohibit''
before ``transportation'';
(4) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B)
and inserting ``; or''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) do not prohibit a State from providing an exception
from requirements relating to placarding, shipping papers,
and emergency telephone numbers for the private motor
carriage in intrastate transportation of an agricultural
production material from a source of supply to a farm, from a
farm to another farm, from a field to another field on a
farm, or from the farm back to the source of supply.
In granting any exception under subparagraph (C), a State
must certify to the Secretary that such exception is in the
public interest, the need for such exception, and that the
State shall monitor the exception and take such measures
necessary to ensure that safety is not compromised.''.
(b) Agricultural Production Material Defined.--Section 5117
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Agricultural Production Material Defined.--In this
section, the term `agricultural production material' means--
``(1) ammonium nitrate fertilizer in a quantity that does
not exceed 16,094 pounds;
``(2) a pesticide in a quantity that does not exceed 502
gallons for liquids and 5,070 pounds for solids; and
``(3) a diluted solution of water and pesticides or
fertilizer in a quantity that does not exceed 3,500
gallons.''.
SEC. 421. TRUCK TRAILER CONSPICUITY.
(a) Issuance of Final Rule.--Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
issue a final rule regarding the conspicuity of trailers
manufactured before December 1, 1993.
(b) Considerations.--In conducting the rulemaking under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum,
the following:
(1) The cost-effectiveness of any requirement to retrofit
trailers manufactured before December 1, 1993.
(2) The extent to which motor carriers have voluntarily
taken steps to increase equipment visibility.
(3) Regulatory flexibility to accommodate differing trailer
designs and configurations, such as tank trucks.
SEC. 422. DOT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall develop
and submit to Congress a plan for implementing authority (if
subsequently provided by law) to--
(1) investigate and bring civil actions to enforce chapter
5 of title 49, United States Code, or a regulation or order
of the Secretary under such chapter, when violated by
shippers, freight forwarders, brokers, consignees, or persons
(other than rail carriers, motor carriers, motor carriers of
migrant workers, or motor private carriers); and
(2) assess civil or criminal penalties against a person who
knowingly aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, or
procures a violation of a regulation or an order of the
Secretary under chapter 311 or section 31502 of such title to
the same extent as a motor carrier or driver who commits such
a violation.
(b) Contents of Implementation Plan.--In developing the
implementation plan, the Secretary, at a minimum, shall
consider--
(1) in what circumstances the Secretary would exercise the
new authority;
(2) how the Secretary would determine that shippers,
freight forwarders, brokers, consignees, or other persons
committed violations described in subsection (a), including
what types of evidence would be conclusive;
(3) what procedures would be necessary during
investigations to ensure the confidentiality of shipper
contract terms prior to the Secretary's findings of
violations;
(4) what impact the exercise of the new authority would
have on the Secretary's resources, including whether
additional investigative or legal resources would be nec
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essary and whether the staff would need specialized education
or training to exercise properly such authority;
(5) to what extent the Secretary would conduct educational
activities for persons who would be subject to the new
authority; and
(6) any other information that would assist the Congress in
determining whether to provide the Secretary the new
authority.
SEC. 423. ELECTRONIC DATA STUDY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall contract with an
entity that is independent of the Department of
Transportation to conduct a study to identify, examine, and
evaluate current and future issues and policies related to
government access to data produced by electronic systems for
motor carrier regulatory enforcement. The entity shall have
demonstrated knowledge about the motor carrier industry,
motor carrier safety regulations, and the electronic
information industry.
(b) Inspector General.--The Office of the Inspector General
of the Department of Transportation shall approve the
statement of work of the entity referred to in subsection (a)
and approve the contract award under subsection (a). In
carrying out its responsibilities under this subsection, the
Office of the Inspector General shall perform such overview
and validation or verification of data as may be necessary to
ensure that the study to be conducted under subsection (a)
meets the requirements of subsection (a).
(c) Deadline.--The study to be conducted under subsection
(a) shall be completed not later than 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act. A report containing the results
of the study shall be submitted to the Secretary and
Congress.
(d) Funding.--Of amounts made available under section
127(a)(3)(H), $100,000 for fiscal year 1998, $200,000 for
fiscal year 1999, and $200,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be
available to carry out this subsection.
TITLE V--PROGRAMMATIC REFORMS AND STREAMLINING
SEC. 501. PROJECT APPROVAL AND OVERSIGHT.
(a) In General.--Section 106 is amended by striking the
section heading and all that follows through the period at
the end of subsection (d) and inserting the following:
``Sec. 106. Project approval and oversight
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Submission of plans, specifications, and estimates.--
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each State
highway department shall submit to the Secretary for approval
such plans, specifications, and estimates for each proposed
project as the Secretary may require.
``(2) Project agreement.--The Secretary shall act upon the
plans, specifications, and estimates as soon as practicable
after the date of their submission and shall enter into a
formal project agreement with the State highway department
formalizing the conditions of the project approval.
``(3) Contractual obligation.--The execution of the project
agreement shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the
Federal Government for the payment of its proportional
contribution thereto.
``(4) Guidance.--In taking action under this subsection,
the Secretary shall be guided by the provisions of section
109.
``(b) Project Agreement.--
``(1) Provision of state funds.--The project agreement
shall make provision for State funds required for the State's
pro rata share of the cost of construction of the project and
for the maintenance of the project after completion of
construction.
``(2) Representations of state.--The Secretary may rely
upon representations made by the State highway department
with respect to the arrangements or agreements made by the
State highway department and appropriate local officials if a
part of the project is to be constructed at the expense of,
or in cooperation with, local subdivisions of the State.
``(c) Special Rules for Project Oversight.--
``(1) NHS projects.--
``(A) General authority.--Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (d), the Secretary may discharge to the State any
of the Secretary's responsibilities under this title for
design, plans, specifications, estimates, contract awards,
and inspection of projects on the National Highway System.
``(B) Agreement.--The Secretary and the State shall reach
agreement as to the extent the State may assume the
Secretary's responsibilities under this subsection. The
Secretary may not assume any greater responsibility than the
Secretary is permitted under this title on September 30,
1997, except upon agreement by the Secretary and the State.
``(2) Non-interstate system projects.--For all projects
under this title that are not on the National Highway System,
the State shall assume the Secretary's responsibility under
this title for design, plans, specifications, estimates,
contract awards, and inspection of projects. For projects
that are on the National Highway System but not on the
Interstate System, the State shall assume the Secretary's
responsibility under this title for design, plans,
specifications, estimates, contract awards, and inspections
of projects unless the State or the Secretary determines that
such assumption is not appropriate.
``(d) Secretary's Responsibilities.--Nothing in this
section, section 133, and section 149 shall affect or
discharge any responsibility or obligation of the Secretary
under any Federal law, other than this title. Any
responsibility or obligation of the Secretary under sections
113 and 114 of this title and section 5333 of title 49,
United States Code, shall not be affected and may not be
discharged under this section, section 133, or section
149.''.
(b) Repeal of Obsolete Provisions.--Sections 105, 110, and
117, and the items relating to such sections in the table of
sections for chapter 1, are repealed.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
106 and inserting:
``106. Project approval and oversight.''.
SEC. 502. ENVIRONMENTAL STREAMLINING.
(a) Coordinated Environmental Review Process.--
(1) Development and implementation.--The Secretary shall
develop and implement a coordinated environmental review
process for highway construction projects that require--
(A) the preparation of an environmental impact statement or
environmental assessment under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, except that the Secretary may decide not
to apply this section to the preparation of an environmental
assessment under such Act; or
(B) the conduct of any other environmental review,
analysis, opinion, or issuance of an environmental permit,
license, or approval by operation of Federal law.
(2) Memorandum of understanding.--The coordinated
environmental review process for each project shall ensure
that, whenever practicable (as set forth in this section),
all environmental reviews, analyses, opinions, and any
permits, licenses, or approvals that must be issued or made
by any Federal agency for the concerned highway project shall
be conducted concurrently and completed within a
cooperatively determined time period. Such process for a
project or class of projects may be incorporated into a
memorandum of understanding between the Department of
Transportation and all other Federal agencies (and, where
appropriate, State agencies). In establishing such time
period and any time periods for review within such period the
Department and all such agencies shall take into account
their respective resources and statutory commitments.
(b) Elements of Coordinated Environmental Review Process.--
For each highway project, the coordinated environmental
review process established under this section shall provide,
at a minimum, for the following elements:
(1) Agency identification.--The Secretary shall, at the
earliest possible time, identify all potential Federal
agencies that--
(A) have jurisdiction by law over environmental-related
issues that may be affected by the project and the analysis
of which would be part of any environmental document required
by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; or
(B) may be required by Federal law to independently--
(i) conduct an environmental-related review or analysis; or
(ii) determine whether to issue a permit, license, or
approval or render an opinion on the environmental impact of
the project.
(2) Time limitations and concurrent review.--The Secretary
and the head of each Federal agency identified under
paragraph (1)--
(A)(i) shall jointly develop and establish time periods for
review for--
(I) all Federal agency comments with respect to any
environmental review documents required by the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the project; and
(II) all other independent Federal agency environmental
analyses, reviews, opinions, and decisions on any permits,
licenses, and approvals that must be issued or made for the
project;
whereby each such Federal agency's review shall be undertaken
and completed within such established time periods for
review; or
(ii) may enter into an agreement to establish such time
periods for review with respect to a class of projects; and
(B) shall ensure, in establishing such time periods for
review, that the conduct of any such analysis, review,
opinion, and decision is undertaken concurrently with all
other environmental reviews for the project, including those
required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969;
except that such review may not be concurrent if the affected
Federal agency can demonstrate that such concurrent review
would result in a significant adverse impact to the
environment or substantively alter the operation of Federal
law or would not be possible without information developed as
part of the environmental review process.
(3) Factors to be considered.--Time periods for review
established under this section shall be consistent with those
established by the Council on Environmental Quality under the
provisions of sections 1501.8 and 1506.10 of title 40, Code
of Federal Regulations.
(4) Extensions.--The Secretary shall extend any time
periods for review under this section if, upon good cause
shown, the Secretary and any Federal agency concerned
determine that additional time for analysis and review is
needed as a result of new information which has been
discovered that could not reasonably have been anticipated
when such agency's time periods for review were established.
Any memorandum of understanding shall be modified to
incorporate any mutually agreed upon extensions.
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(c) Dispute Resolution.--When the Secretary determines that
a Federal agency which is subject to a time period for its
environmental review or analysis under this section has
failed to complete such review, analysis, opinion, or
decision on issuing any permit, license, or approval within
the established time period or within any agreed upon
extension to such time period, then the Secretary may close
the record. If the Secretary finds after timely compliance
with this section, that an environmental issue related to the
highway project that an affected Federal agency has
jurisdiction over by operation of Federal law has not been
resolved, then the Secretary and the head of such agency
shall resolve the matter within 30 days of the finding by the
Secretary.
(d) Acceptance of Purpose and Need.--For any environmental
impact statement prepared pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or the conduct of any other
environmental review, analysis, opinion, or issuance of an
environmental permit, license, or approval that requires an
analysis of purpose and need, the agency conducting such
review with respect to the highway project shall give due
consideration to the project purpose and need as defined by
the Secretary and the project applicant.
(e) Participation of State Agencies.--For any project
eligible for assistance under chapter 1 of title 23, United
States Code, a State, by operation of State law, may require
that all State agencies that have jurisdiction by State or
Federal law over environmental-related issues that may be
affected by the project or must issue any environmental-
related reviews, analyses, opinions, or determinations on
issuing any permits, licenses, or approvals for the project
be subject to the coordinated environmental review process
provided for in this section unless the Secretary determines
that a State's participation would not be in the public
interest. For a State to require State agencies to
participate in the review process, all affected agencies of
such State shall be subject to the review process.
(f) Assistance to Affected Federal Agencies.--The Secretary
may approve a request by a State to provide funds made
available under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, to
the State for the project subject to the review process
established by this section to affected Federal agencies to
provide the resources necessary to meet any time limits
established by this section. Such requests shall only be
approved for the additional amounts that the Secretary
determines are necessary for such affected Federal agencies
to meet the time limits for environmental review where such
time limits are less than the customary time necessary for
such review.
(g) Federal Agency Defined.--For the purposes of this
section, the term ``Federal agency'' means any Federal agency
or any State agency carrying out affected responsibilities
required by operation of Federal law.
(h) Judicial Review and Savings Clause.--
(1) Judicial review.--Nothing in this section shall affect
the reviewability of any final Federal agency action in a
district court of the United States or in the court of any
State.
(2) Savings clause.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to affect the applicability of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or any other Federal
environmental statute or affect the responsibility of any
Federal officer to comply with or enforce any such statute.
(i) State Environmental Review Delegation Pilot
Demonstration Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the
Council on Environmental Quality, shall establish and
implement a State environmental review pilot demonstration
program. Such program shall permit the Secretary, in
cooperation with the Council on Environmental Quality, to
develop criteria for States to select up to 8 States for
participation in the program. A State interested in
participation in the program shall submit to the Secretary an
application for participation.
(2) Delegation of authority.--For each State selected to
participate in the pilot program, the Secretary shall
delegate and the State shall accept all of the
responsibilities for conducting the Federal environmental
review process required by the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 in the manner required if the projects were
undertaken by the Secretary.
(3) Certification.--A State that is selected to participate
in the pilot program shall, prior to assuming any
responsibilities for the Secretary under this subsection,
submit to the Secretary and the Secretary, in cooperation
with the Council on Environmental Quality, shall approve a
certification that shall, at a minimum--
(A) be in a form acceptable to the Secretary;
(B) be executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the
recipient of assistance under this section (hereinafter in
this section referred to as the ``certifying officer'');
(C) specify that the certifying officer consents to assume
the status of a responsible Federal officer under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (and any applicable
regulations issued by the Secretary or the Council on
Environmental Quality implementing such Act) for the affected
project;
(D) accept jurisdiction of the Federal courts for the
purpose of enforcement of the State's responsibilities for
the project; and
(E) agree that the Secretary's approval of such
certification shall constitute the Secretary's
responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 and any other related provisions of law that the
Secretary may specify for the affected project.
(4) Oversight.--For each State selected to participate in
the pilot program, the Secretary shall, in cooperation with
the Council on Environmental Quality, conduct quarterly
audits in the first year of such participation, and annual
audits every year thereafter, to ensure that each selected
State is complying with all elements of the certification
provided for in this subsection and all requirements
delegated pursuant to this subsection.
(5) Termination.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the
Council on Environmental Quality, may immediately terminate
the participation of any State if the Secretary, in
cooperation with the Council on Environmental Quality, finds
that such State is not complying with any responsibility or
duty set forth in this subsection or that the State's
continued participation in the program would result in any
adverse impact on the environment.
(6) Period of applicability.--The pilot program shall
remain in effect for 3 years. The pilot program shall apply
to all projects initiated within such 3-year period, and any
such project shall be subject to the provisions of this
subsection until the review of the project is completed under
this subsection.
(7) Report to congress.--The Secretary and Council on
Environmental Quality shall transmit to Congress annual
reports on the pilot program.
SEC. 503. MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDY INTEGRATION.
The Secretary shall eliminate the major investment study
set forth in section 450.318 of title 23, Code of Federal
Regulations, as a separate requirement and promulgate
regulations to integrate such requirement, as appropriate, as
part of each analysis undertaken pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for a project receiving
assistance with funds made available under this Act
(including any amendments made by this Act).
SEC. 504. FINANCIAL PLAN.
The Secretary shall require each recipient of Federal
financial assistance for a highway or transit project with an
estimated total cost of $1,000,000,000 or more to submit to
the Secretary an annual financial plan. Such plan shall be
based on detailed annual estimates of the cost to complete
the remaining elements of the project and on reasonable
assumptions, as determined by the Secretary, of future
increases in the cost to complete the project.
SEC. 505. UNIFORM TRANSFERABILITY OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY
FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 is amended by inserting after
section 109 the following:
``Sec. 110. Uniform transferability of Federal-aid highway
funds
``(a) General Rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law but subject to subsections (b) and (c), if at least 50
percent of a State's apportionment under section 104 or 144
for a fiscal year or at least 50 percent of the funds set-
aside under section 133(d) from the State's apportionment
section 104(b)(3) may not be transferred to any other
apportionment of the State under section 104 or 144 for such
fiscal year, then the State may transfer not to exceed 50
percent of such apportionment or set aside to any other
apportionment of such State under section 104 or 144 for such
fiscal year.
``(b) Application to Certain Set-Asides.--This section
shall not apply to funds subject to the last sentence of
section 133(d)(1) and funds subject to sections 104(f) and
133(d)(3). The maximum amount that a State may transfer under
this section of the State's set-aside under section 133(d)(2)
for a fiscal year may not exceed 50 percent of (1) the amount
of such set-aside, less (2) the amount of the State's set-
aside under section 133(d)(3) for fiscal year 1996.
``(c) Application to Certain CMAQ Funds.--The maximum
amount that a State may transfer under this section of the
State's apportionment under section 104(b)(2) for a fiscal
year may not exceed 50 percent of (1) the amount of such
apportionment, less (2) the amount of the State's
apportionment under section 104(b)(2) for fiscal year 1997.
Any such funds apportioned under section 104(b)(2) and
transferred under this section may only be obligated in
geographic areas eligible for the obligation of funds
apportioned under section 104(b)(2).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 109 the following:
``110. Uniform transferability of Federal-aid highway funds.''.
SEC. 506. DISCRETIONARY GRANT SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROCESS.
(a) Establishment of Criteria.--The Secretary shall
establish criteria for all discretionary programs funded from
the Highway Trust Fund (including the Mass Transit Account).
To the extent practicable, such criteria shall conform to the
Executive Order No. 12893 (relating to infrastructure
investment). In formulating such criteria, the Secretary
shall provide that, if 2 or more applications for a
discretionary grant are otherwise equal, then the grant shall
be awarded to the application from a State that has a Highway
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) return of
less than 90 percent.
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(b) Selection Process.--
(1) Limitation on acceptance of application.--Before
accepting application for grants under any discretionary
program for which funds are authorized to be appropriated
from the Highway Trust Fund (including the Mass Transit
Account) by this Act (including the amendments made by this
Act), the Secretary shall publish the criteria established
under subsection (a). Such publication shall identify all
statutory criteria and any criteria established by regulation
that will apply to such program.
(2) Explanation.--At least 14 days before making a grant
under a discretionary program described in paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall transmit to the respective committees of the
House of Representatives and the Senate having jurisdiction
over such program, and shall publish, an explanation of how
projects will be selected based on the criteria established
for such program under subsection (a).
(c) Minimum Programs.--At a minimum the criteria
established under subsection (a) and the process established
by subsection (b) shall apply to the following programs:
(1) The high cost Interstate System reconstruction and
improvement program.
(2) The research program under title VI of this Act.
(3) The national corridor planning and development program.
(4) The coordinated border infrastructure and safety
program.
(5) The construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal
facilities.
(6) The scenic byway program.
(7) The discretionary bridge program.
(8) New fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing
fixed guideway systems under section 5309 of title 49, United
States Code.
(9) Transit research and planning.
SEC. 507. ELIMINATION OF REGIONAL OFFICE RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall eliminate any
programmatic responsibility of the regional offices of the
Federal Highway Administration as part of the
Administration's efforts to restructure its field
organization, including elimination of regional offices,
creation of technical resource centers, and maximum
delegation of authority to its State offices.
(b) Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall transmit to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate a detailed implementation plan not
later than September 30, 1998, and thereafter provide
periodic progress reports to such Committees.
(c) Implementation.--The Secretary shall begin
implementation of the plan transmitted under subsection (b)
not later than December 31, 1998.
SEC. 508. AUTHORITY FOR CONGRESS TO MAKE MIDCOURSE
CORRECTIONS TO THE HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT
PROGRAMS.
The Secretary shall not apportion or allocate, prior to
August 1, 2001, any funds authorized to be appropriated or
made available for fiscal year 2001 under title 23, United
States Code (other than sections 125 and 157 and amounts
necessary for the administration of the Federal Highway
Administration under section 104(a)), title I and VI of this
Act (other than section 127(b)), section 31104(a) of title
49, United States Code, section 5338 of title 49, United
States Code (other than amounts necessary for the
administration of the Federal Transit Administration), and
title III of this Act, unless a law has been enacted making
midcourse corrections to the Federal-aid highway and transit
programs authorized by this Act (including amendments made by
this Act) which would, at a minimum--
(1) approve a funding distribution for and any
modifications to the high-cost interstate reconstruction and
improvement program;
(2) approve a proposed system of performance bonuses to
States pursuant to the bonus program established under
section 123 of this Act;
(3) approve a cost estimate for States as part of the
Appalachian development highway system program;
(4) determine whether to approve a revised formula for the
distribution of funds under section 104(b)(2) of title 23,
United States Code, for the congestion mitigation and air
quality improvement program due to the designation of new
nonattainment areas by the Environmental Protection Agency;
(5) make any other appropriate programmatic changes and
recommendations made to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committees on Environment and Public Works and Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;
(6) approve projects under the capital program for final
design and construction of a new fixed guideway system or
extension of an existing fixed guideway system; and
(7) include a certification that such law meets the
requirements of this section.
TITLE VI--TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
SEC. 601. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this
title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision of
law, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 602. APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.
Funds made available by subparagraphs (F) through (I) of
section 127(a)(3) of this Act shall be available for
obligation in the same manner as if such funds were
apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code,
except that the Federal share payable for a project or
activity carried out using such funds shall be determined by
the Secretary (unless otherwise expressly provided by this
Act) and such funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 603. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.
The Secretary may transfer not to exceed 10 percent of the
amounts made available by each of subparagraphs (F) through
(I) of section 127(a)(3) of this Act to the amounts made
available by any other of such subparagraphs.
SEC. 604. NOTICE.
(a) Notice of Reprogramming.--If any funds authorized for
carrying out this title or the amendments made by this title
are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to
be provided to the Appropriations Committees of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, notice of such action shall
concurrently be provided to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure and the Committee on Science of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and
Public Works and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate.
(b) Notice of Reorganization.--The Secretary of
Transportation shall provide notice to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on
Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, not later than 15
days before any major reorganization of any program, project,
or activity of the Department of Transportation for which
funds are authorized by this title or the amendments made by
this title.
SEC. 605. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM.
With the year 2000 fast approaching, it is the sense of the
Congress that the Department of Transportation should--
(1) give high priority to correcting all 2-digit date-
related problems in its computer systems to ensure that those
systems continue to operate effectively in the year 2000 and
beyond;
(2) assess immediately the extent of the risk to the
operations of the Department of Transportation posed by the
problems referred to in paragraph (1), and plan and budget
for achieving Year 2000 compliance for all of its mission-
critical systems; and
(3) develop contingency plans for those systems that the
Department of Transportation is unable to correct in time.
Subtitle A--Surface Transportation Research, Technology, and Education
PART I--HIGHWAY RESEARCH
SEC. 611. RESEARCH.
(a) Research.--Section 307(a) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
``(3) Amounts deposited by cooperating organizations and
persons.--There shall be available to the Secretary for
carrying out this subsection such funds as may be deposited
by any cooperating organization or person in a special
account of the Treasury of the United States established for
such purpose.''.
(b) Long-Term Pavement Performance.--Section 307(b)(2) is
amended to read as follows:
``(2) Long-term pavement performance.--
``(A) In general.--As part of the highway research program
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out a long-
term pavement performance program to continue to completion
the long-term pavement performance tests initiated under the
strategic highway research program.
``(B) Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.--In
carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make
grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts
for the following purposes:
``(i) To continue the monitoring, material-testing, and
evaluation of the highway test sections established under the
long-term pavement performance program.
``(ii) To carry out analyses of the data collected under
the program.
``(iii) To prepare the products required to fulfill the
original objectives of the program and to meet future
pavement technology needs.''.
(c) Advanced Research.--Section 307(b)(4) is amended to
read as follows:
``(4) Advanced research.--
``(A) In general.--The highway research program under
subsection (a) shall include an advanced research program,
consistent with the plan developed under section 5506 of
title 49, that addresses longer-term, higher-risk research
that shows potential benefits for improving the durability,
efficiency, environmental impact, productivity, and safety
(including bicycle and pedestrian safety) of highway and
intermodal transportation systems. In carrying out this
program, the Secretary shall strive to develop partnerships
with the public and private sectors.
``(B) Research areas.--In carrying out the advanced
research program under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may
make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and
contracts in such areas as the Secretary determines
appropriate, including the following:
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``(i) Characterization of materials used in highway
infrastructure, including analytical techniques,
microstructure modeling, and the deterioration processes.
``(ii) Diagnostics for evaluation of the condition of
bridge and pavement structures to enable the assessment of
risks of failure, including from seismic activity, vibration,
and weather.
``(iii) Design and construction details for composite
structures.
``(iv) Safety technology based problems in the areas of
pedestrian and bicycle safety, roadside hazards, and
composite materials for roadside safety hardware.
``(v) Environmental research, including particulate matter
source apportionment, control strategy synthesis evaluation,
and model development.
``(vi) Data acquisition techniques for system condition and
performance monitoring.
``(vii) Human factors, including prediction of the response
of current and future travelers to new technologies.''.
(d) Supporting Infrastructure.--Section 307(b)(5) is
amended--
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
``(A) Methods, materials, and testing to improve the
durability of surface transportation infrastructure
facilities and extend the life of bridge structures,
including new and innovative technologies to reduce corrosion
and tests simulating seismic activity, vibration, and
weather.'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (C);
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);
and
(4) by adding after subparagraph (C), as so redesignated,
the following new subparagraphs:
``(D) Research on the use of recycled materials, such as
paper and plastic fiber reinforcement systems.
``(E) New innovative technologies to enhance and facilitate
field construction and rehabilitation techniques for
minimizing disruption during repair and maintenance of
structures.
``(F) Expansion of knowledge of implementing life cycle
cost assessment, including establishing the appropriate
analysis period and discount rates, learning how to value and
properly consider user costs, determining tradeoffs between
reconstruction and rehabilitation, and establishing
methodologies for balancing higher initial costs of new
technologies and improved or advanced materials against lower
maintenance costs.
``(G) Standardized estimates of useful life under various
conditions for advanced materials of use in surface
transportation. Such estimates shall be developed in
conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and other appropriate organizations.''.
(e) Repeals.--Section 307 is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (c), (d), and (e) and inserting
the following:
``(c) Study of Future Strategic Highway Research Program.--
``(1) Study.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation
and Equity Act of 1998, the Secretary shall make a grant to,
or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with, the
Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of
Sciences (referred to in this subsection as the ``Board'') to
conduct a study to determine the goals, purposes, research
agenda and projects, administrative structure, and fiscal
needs for a new strategic highway research program to replace
the program established under section 307(d) (as in effect on
the day before the date of enactment of the Building
Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998), or
a similar effort.
``(B) Consultation.--In conducting the study, the Board
shall consult with the American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials and such other entities as the
Board determines to be necessary to the conduct of the study.
``(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after making a grant
or entering into a cooperative agreement or contract under
subsection (a), the Board shall submit a final report on the
results of the study to the Secretary, the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on
Science of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate.''; and
(2) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as
subsections ``(d), (e), and (f)''.
(f) Seismic Research Program.--Section 307(d), as so
redesignated, is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a
program to study the vulnerability of the Federal-aid highway
system and other surface transportation systems to seismic
activity and to develop and implement cost-effective methods
to reduce such vulnerability.'';
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
``(4) Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out
this section, the Secretary shall expend not more than
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to
carry out this subsection, of which up to $2,500,000 may be
used to upgrade earthquake simulation facilities as required
to carry out the program.''; and
(3) by striking paragraph (5).
(g) Biennial Report.--Section 307(f), as so redesignated,
is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``Biennial
Report.--The Secretary''; and
(2) by inserting after ``highway needs'' the following: ``,
as well as the backlog of current highway needs,''.
(h) Recycled Materials Research Program.--Section 307 is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Recycled Materials Research Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a program of
research to determine--
``(A) the performance of asphalt pavement containing tire-
derived carbonous asphalt modifiers under various climate and
use conditions; and
``(B) the degree to which asphalt pavement containing tire-
derived carbonous asphalt modifiers can be recycled.
``(2) Date of completion.--The Secretary shall complete the
research program under this subsection not later than 3 years
after the date of the enactment of the Building Efficient
Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998.''.
(i) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 3 is amended--
(1) in the heading to section 307 by striking ``and
planning''; and
(2) in the table of sections for such chapter by striking
the item relating to section 307 and inserting the following:
``307. Research.''.
(j) Technological Innovation.--Section 307 is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Technological Innovation.--The programs and
activities carried out under this section shall be consistent
with the plan developed under section 5506 of title 49.''.
SEC. 612. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--Chapter 3 is amended by inserting after
section 312 the following:
``Sec. 313. State planning and research
``(a) General Rule.--Two percent of the sums apportioned
for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1997,
under section 104 (other than sections 104(f) and 104(h)) and
under section 144 shall be available for expenditure by the
State, in consultation with the Secretary, only for the
following purposes:
``(1) Engineering and economic surveys and investigations.
``(2) The planning of future highway programs and local
public transportation systems and the planning of the
financing of such programs and systems, including statewide
planning under section 135.
``(3) Development and implementation of management systems
under section 303.
``(4) Studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of
highway usage and the desirable regulation and equitable
taxation thereof.
``(5) Research, development, and technology transfer
activities necessary in connection with the planning, design,
construction, management, and maintenance of highway, public
transportation, and intermodal transportation systems and
study, research, and training on the engineering standards
and construction materials for such systems, including the
evaluation and accreditation of inspection and testing and
the regulation and taxation of their use.
``(b) Minimum Expenditures on Research, Development, and
Technology Transfer Activities.--Not less than 25 percent of
the funds which are apportioned to a State for a fiscal year
and are subject to subsection (a) shall be expended by the
State for research, development, and technology transfer
activities described in subsection (a) relating to highway,
public transportation, and intermodal transportation systems
unless the State certifies to the Secretary for such fiscal
year that total expenditures by the State for transportation
planning under sections 134 and 135 will exceed 75 percent of
the amount of such funds and the Secretary accepts such
certification. Funds used for research provided under this
subsection are not subject to an assessment under the Small
Business Research and Development Enhancement Act of 1992
(Public Law 102-564).
``(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share payable on account
of any project financed with funds which are subject to
subsection (a) shall be 80 percent unless the Secretary
determines that the interests of the Federal-aid highway
program would be best served by decreasing or eliminating the
non-Federal share.
``(d) Administration of Sums.--Funds which are subject to
subsection (a) shall be combined and administered by the
Secretary as a single fund which shall be available for
obligation for the same period as funds apportioned under
section 104(b)(1).
``(e) Annual Report.--Each State shall report annually to
the Secretary on the level of its funding for research and
development activities described in subsection (a)(5). A
State may provide such information as part of another report
that the State provides to the Secretary.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 3 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 312 the following:
``313. State planning and research.''.
(c) Highway Noise Research Center.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in cooperation with a
university with an ongoing program relating to noise control
and acoustics research, shall carry out research on methods
to reduce highway noise.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $1,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this subsection.
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SEC. 613. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION OUTREACH
PROGRAM.
(a) Activities.--Section 325(a) is amended--
(1) by inserting after ``expertise'' the following: ``,
goods, and services'';
(2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
(3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) gathering and disseminating information on foreign
transportation markets and industries.''.
(b) Funds.--Section 325(c) is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Funds.--Funds available to carry out this section
shall include funds deposited by any cooperating organization
or person in a special account for such purpose with the
Secretary of the Treasury. The funds deposited in the special
account and other funds available to carry out this section
shall be available to cover the cost of any activity eligible
under this section, including the cost of promotional
materials, travel, reception and representation expenses, and
salaries and benefits. Reimbursements for salaries and
benefits of Department of Transportation employees providing
services under this section shall be credited to the special
account.''.
(c) Eligibility.--Section 325 is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(d) Eligible Use of State Planning and Research Funds.--A
State, in coordination with the Secretary, may obligate funds
made available to carry out section 313 for any activity
authorized under subsection (a).''.
PART II--TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, AND
TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT
SEC. 621. NATIONAL HIGHWAY INSTITUTE.
Section 321 is amended by striking subsection (f) and
redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).
SEC. 622. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 3 is further amended by inserting
after section 321 the following:
``Sec. 322. National technology deployment initiative
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and
implement a national technology deployment initiative to
expand adoption by the surface transportation community of
innovative technologies to improve the safety, efficiency,
reliability, service life, and sustainability of
transportation systems and to reduce environmental impact.
``(b) Integration With Other Programs.--The Secretary shall
integrate activities undertaken pursuant to this section with
the efforts of the Department to disseminate the results of
research sponsored by the Department and to facilitate
technology transfer.
``(c) Leveraging of Federal Resources.--In selecting
projects to be carried out under this section, the Secretary
shall give preference to projects that leverage Federal funds
with other significant public or private resources.
``(d) Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements.--The
Secretary may carry out this section either independently or
in cooperation with other Federal departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities or by making grants to, or entering into
contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with
any State or local agency, authority, association,
institution, corporation (for-profit or nonprofit),
organization, or person.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 3 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 321 the following:
``322. National technology deployment initiative.''.
SEC. 623. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.
(a) Local Technical Assistance Program.--Section 326(a) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``Authority'' and inserting ``Local
Technical Assistance Program''; and
(2) by striking ``transportation assistance program'' and
inserting ``local technical assistance program''.
(b) Research Fellowships.--Section 326 is further amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, including
information obtained pursuant to section 307(b)(5)(F) and
(G)'' after ``modern highway technology'';
(2) by striking subsection (c);
(3) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c), and
in paragraph (1) of that subsection, by inserting
``concrete,'' after ``pavement,''; and
(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Research Fellowships.--
``(1) General authority.--The Secretary may, acting either
independently or in cooperation with other Federal
departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, make grants for
research fellowships for any purpose for which research is
authorized by this section.
``(2) Dwight david eisenhower transportation fellowship
program.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a
transportation research fellowship program for the purpose of
attracting qualified students to the field of transportation.
Such program shall be known as the `Dwight David Eisenhower
Transportation Fellowship Program'.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 3 is amended--
(1) in the heading to section 326 by striking ``program''
and inserting ``programs''; and
(2) in the table of sections for such chapter by striking
the item relating to section 326 and inserting the following:
``326. Education and training programs.''.
SEC. 624. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``Sec. 5505. University transportation research
``(a) Regional Centers.--The Secretary of Transportation
shall make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher
learning to establish and operate 1 university transportation
center in each of the 10 United States Government regions
that comprise the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System.
``(b) Other Centers.--The Secretary shall make grants to
nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and
operate 10 university transportation centers, in addition to
the centers receiving grants under subsection (a), to address
transportation management and research and development, with
special attention to increasing the number of highly skilled
individuals entering the field of transportation.
``(c) Selection of Grant Recipients.--
``(1) Applications.--In order to be eligible to receive a
grant under this section, a nonprofit institution of higher
learning shall submit to the Secretary an application that is
in such form and contains such information as the Secretary
may require.
``(2) Selection criteria.--The Secretary shall select each
recipient of a grant under this section through a competitive
process, except as provided in subsection (i), on the basis
of the following:
``(A) For regional centers, the location of the center
within the Federal region to be served.
``(B) The demonstrated research and extension resources
available to the recipient to carry out this section.
``(C) The capability of the recipient to provide leadership
in making national and regional contributions to the solution
of immediate and long-range transportation problems.
``(D) The recipient's establishment of a surface
transportation program encompassing several modes of
transportation.
``(E) The recipient's demonstrated commitment of at least
$200,000 in regularly budgeted institutional amounts each
year to support ongoing transportation research and education
programs.
``(F) The recipient's demonstrated ability to disseminate
results of transportation research and education programs
through a statewide or regionwide continuing education
program.
``(G) The strategic plan the recipient proposes to carry
out under the grant.
``(d) Objectives.--Each university transportation center
receiving a grant under this section shall conduct the
following programs and activities:
``(1) Basic and applied research, the products of which are
judged by peers or other experts in the field to advance the
body of knowledge in transportation.
``(2) An education program that includes multidisciplinary
course work and participation in research.
``(3) An ongoing program of technology transfer that makes
research results available to potential users in a form that
can be implemented, utilized, or otherwise applied.
``(e) Maintenance of Effort.--In order to be eligible to
receive a grant under this section, a recipient shall enter
into an agreement with the Secretary to ensure that the
recipient will maintain total expenditures from all other
sources to establish and operate a university transportation
center and related research activities at a level at least
equal to the average level of such expenditures in its 2
fiscal years prior to award of a grant under this section.
``(f) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the costs of
activities carried out using a grant made under this section
is 50 percent of costs. The non-Federal share may include
funds provided to a recipient under section 5307 or 5311 of
this title or section 313, 322, or 326(a) of title 23, United
States Code.
``(g) Program Coordination.--
``(1) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate the
research, education, training, and technology transfer
activities that grant recipients carry out under this
section, disseminate the results of the research, and
establish and operate a clearinghouse.
``(2) Annual review and evaluation.--At least annually and
consistent with the plan developed under section 5506, the
Secretary shall review and evaluate programs the grant
recipients carry out.
``(3) Funding limitation.--The Secretary may use not more
than 1 percent of amounts made available from Government
sources to carry out this subsection.
``(h) Limitation on Availability of Funds.--Funds made
available to carry out this program shall remain available
for obligation for a period of 2 years after the last day of
the fiscal year for which such funds are authorized.
``(i) Special Rule for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out subsections (a) and (b)
in fiscal years 1998 and 1999, the Secretary shall make
grants to each university transportation center and
university research institute that received a grant in fiscal
year 1997 under section 5316 or 5317 of this title, as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this
section.
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``(2) Terms and conditions.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, grants made pursuant to paragraph
(1) in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 shall be subject to the
same terms and conditions as the fiscal year 1997 grants
referred to in paragraph (1); except that the university
research institutes at San Jose State University, North
Carolina A&T State University, and the University of South
Florida shall each receive $1,000,000 in grants under
paragraph (1) in each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999.
``(j) University Research Institutes.--Any university
research institute that received a grant under section 5316
of this title, as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this section, shall be eligible to receive
grants made available to university transportation centers
under this section.
``(k) Applications That May Be Considered.--In selecting
grant recipients under subsection (b), the Secretary shall
consider at a minimum applications submitted by the
following:
``(1) Any university transportation center or university
research institute described in subsection (i)(1).
``(2) The University of Denver and Mississippi State
University.
``(3) The University of Arizona.
``(4) The University of Central Florida.
``(5) Carnegie Mellon and Lehigh Universities.
``(6) University of Southern California and California
State University at Long Beach.
``(7) Pace University.
``(8) A consortium of historically black colleges in
Alabama.
``(9) Lawson State Community College.
``(10) A consortium consisting of the University of
Wisconsin, the University of Illinois, and Purdue University.
``(11) The University of New Hampshire.
``(12) A consortium consisting of George Mason University,
along with the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech
University.
``(13) The University of Tennessee.
``(14) The Alabama Transportation Institute.
``(15) A consortium consisting of Columbia University, City
University of New York, Manhattan College, and New Jersey
Institute of Technology.
``(16) Maritime College of the State University of New
York.
``(17) University of New Orleans.
``(18) University of Maine.
``(19) Tennessee Technological University.
``(20) Middle Tennessee State University.
``(21) The University of Maryland.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 5504 the
following:
``5505. University transportation research.''.
(c) Appalachian Transportation Institute.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants under section
5505 of title 49, United States Code, to Marshall University,
West Virginia, on behalf of a consortium which also may
include West Virginia University Institute of Technology, the
College of West Virginia, and Bluefield State College to
establish and operate an Appalachian Transportation
Institute. Such institute shall conduct research, training,
technology transfer, and other transportation related
activities in the development and enhancement of
transportation systems in the Appalachian region, including
the Appalachian Development Highway System.
(2) Funding.--Of amounts made available to carry out such
section 5505, $2,000,000 shall be available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry out paragraph (1).
(3) Federal share.--The Federal share payable for the costs
of the institute referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 80
percent; except that the non-Federal interest shall receive
credit for the reasonable cost associated with the
establishment and administration of the institute referred to
in paragraph (1).
(d) ITS Institute.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants under section
5505 of title 49, United States Code, to the University of
Minnesota to continue to operate and expand the ITS
Institute. The ITS Institute shall continue to conduct
research, education, and development activities that focus on
transportation management, enhanced safety, human factors,
and reduced environmental effects. The ITS Institute shall
develop new or expanded programs to address emerging issues
of ITS related to transportation policy, intermodalism,
sustainable community development, and transportation
telematics.
(2) Funding.--Of amounts made available to carry out such
section 5505, $2,000,000 shall be available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry out paragraph (1).
(3) Federal share.--The Federal share payable for the costs
of the institute referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 80
percent; except that the non-Federal interest shall receive
credit for the reasonable cost associated with the
establishment and administration of the institute referred to
in paragraph (1).
SEC. 625. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1998
through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(G) of this Act--
(1) not to exceed $8,000,000 per fiscal year shall be
available for the National Highway Institute under section
321 of title 23, United States Code;
(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 per fiscal year shall be
available for the local technical assistance program under
section 326(a) of such title;
(3) not to exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year shall be
available for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation
Fellowship Program under section 326(b) of such title;
(4) not to exceed $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998
and 1999 and $19,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2003 shall be available for the national technology
deployment initiative program under section 322 of such
title; and
(5) not to exceed $17,750,000 per fiscal year shall be
available for university transportation centers under section
5505 of title 49, United States Code.
PART III--BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS AND MISCELLANEOUS
PROGRAMS
SEC. 631. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.
(a) In General.--Section 111 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking the second sentence of subsection (b)(4);
(2) in subsection (c)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (J) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (K) by striking the period and
inserting ``; and'' ; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(L) transportation-related variables influencing global
competitiveness.'';
(3) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) by striking ``national transportation system'' in the
first sentence and inserting ``Nation's transportation
systems'';
(B) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) be coordinated with efforts to measure outputs and
outcomes of the Department of Transportation and the Nation's
transportation systems under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (107 Stat. 285 et seq.);''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``, made relevant to
the States and metropolitan planning organizations,'' after
``accuracy'';
(4) in subsection (c)(3) by adding at the end the
following: ``The Bureau shall review and report to the
Secretary of Transportation on the sources and reliability of
the statistics proposed by the heads of the operating
administrations of the Department to measure outputs and
outcomes as required by the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (107 Stat. 285 et seq.), and shall
undertake such other reviews as may be requested by the
Secretary.'';
(5) in subsection (c) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Supporting transportation decisionmaking.--Ensuring
that the statistics compiled under paragraph (1) are relevant
for transportation decisions by Federal, State, and local
governments, transportation-related associations, private
businesses, and consumers.'';
(6) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as
subsections (h), (i) and (j), respectively;
(7) by striking subsection (g); and
(8) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Intermodal Transportation Data Base.--The Director
shall establish and maintain an intermodal transportation
data base. The data base shall be suitable for analyses
conducted by the Federal Government, the States, and
metropolitan planning organizations. The data base shall
include, at a minimum--
``(1) information on the volumes and patterns of movement
of goods, including local, interregional, and international
movements, by all modes of transportation and intermodal
combinations, and by relevant classification;
``(2) information on the volumes and patterns of movement
of people, including local, interregional, and international
movements, by all modes of transportation and intermodal
combinations, and by relevant classification; and
``(3) information on the location and connectivity of
transportation facilities and services and a national
accounting of expenditures and capital stocks on each mode of
transportation and intermodal combinations.
``(e) National Transportation Library.--The Director shall
establish and maintain a national transportation library
containing a collection of statistical and other information
needed for transportation decisionmaking at the Federal,
State, and local levels.
``(f) National Transportation Atlas Data Base.--The
Director shall develop and maintain geographic data bases
depicting transportation networks; flows of people, goods,
vehicles, and craft over those networks; and social,
economic, and environmental conditions affecting or affected
by those networks. These data bases shall be able to support
intermodal network analysis.
``(g) Research and Development Grants.--The Secretary may
make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or
contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities to
support the programs and activities of the Bureau.'';
(9) by striking subsection (i), as so redesignated, and
inserting the following:
``(i) Prohibition on Certain Disclosures.--
``(1) Information obtained under long-term data collection
program.--An officer or employee of the Bureau may not--
``(A) make any publication in which the data furnished by
an individual or organization under paragraph (c)(2) can be
identified;
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``(B) use the information furnished under the provisions of
subsection (c)(2) for a nonstatistical purpose; or
``(C) permit anyone other than the individuals authorized
by the Director to examine individual reports furnished under
subsection (c)(2).
``(2) Copies of reports.--No department, bureau, agency,
officer, or employee of the United States, except the
Director in carrying out the purpose of this section, shall
require, for any reason, copies of reports which have been
filed under subsection (c)(2) with the Bureau or retained by
any individual respondent. Copies of such reports which have
been so retained or filed with the Bureau or any of its
employees, contractors, or agents shall be immune from legal
process, and shall not, without the consent of the individual
concerned, be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in
any action, suit, or other judicial or administrative
proceeding. This paragraph shall only apply to information
that permits information concerning an individual or
organization to be reasonable inferred by direct or indirect
means.
``(3) Collection of data for nonstatistical purposes.--In a
case in which the Bureau is authorized by statute to collect
data or information for nonstatistical purposes, the Director
shall clearly distinguish the collection of such data or
information by rule, and on the collection instrument, to
inform a respondent requested or required to supply the data
or information of the nonstatistical purposes.''; and
(10) by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Data Product Sales Proceeds.--Notwithstanding section
3302 of title 31, United States Code, funds received by the
Bureau from the sale of data products may be credited to the
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and
shall be available for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau
for such expenses.
``(l) Funding.--
``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) $31,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1998 through 2003 to carry out this section, except
that amounts for activities under subsection (g) may not
exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year. Amounts made available
under this subsection shall remain available for a period of
3 fiscal years.
``(2) Applicability of title 23.--Funds authorized by this
subsection shall be available for obligation in the same
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5503 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as
subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
SEC. 632. TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a
transportation technology innovation and demonstration
program in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(b) Contents of Program.--
(1) Use of concrete pavement.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct research on
improved methods of using concrete pavement in the
construction, reconstruction, and repair of Federal-aid
highways.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $10,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(2) Motor vehicle safety warning system.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall expand and continue
the study authorized by section 358(c) of the National
Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (23 U.S.C. 401 note;
109 Stat. 625) relating to the development of a motor vehicle
safety warning system and shall conduct tests of such system.
(B) Grants.--In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary
may make grants to State and local governments.
(C) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2000 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(3) Steel bridge construction.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants for
research and construction to improve and demonstrate the use
of steel bridge construction.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $10,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(C) Federal share.--The Federal share payable on account of
construction activities carried out using a grant made under
this paragraph shall be 80 percent of the cost of such
activities.
(4) Use of asphalt pavement.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct research on
improved methods of using asphalt pavement in the
construction, reconstruction, and repair of Federal-aid
highways.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $10,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(5) Use of hazardous materials monitoring systems.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct research on
improved methods of deploying and integrating existing ITS
projects to include hazardous materials monitoring systems
across various modes of transportation.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(I) of
this Act, $1,500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(6) Motor carrier advanced sensor control system.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct research on
the deployment of a system of advanced sensors and signal
processors in trucks and tractor trailers to determine axle
and wheel alignment, monitor collision alarm, check tire
pressure and tire balance conditions, measure and detect load
distribution in the vehicle, and monitor and adjust automatic
braking systems.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(I) of
this Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(7) Outreach and technology transfer activities.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall continue to support
the Urban Consortium's ITS outreach and technology transfer
activities.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(8) Transportation economic and land use system.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall continue development
and deployment through the New Jersey Institute of Technology
to metropolitan planning organizations of the Transportation
Economic and Land Use System.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $1,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(9) Great lakes its implementation.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
State of Wisconsin to continue ITS activities in the corridor
serving the Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chicago, Illinois,
and Gary, Indiana, areas initiated under the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts allocated for each of fiscal
years 1998 through 2003 under section 657(a) of this Act,
$2,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out
this paragraph.
(10) Northeast its implementation.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
States to continue ITS activities in the Interstate Route I-
95 corridor in the northeastern United States initiated under
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts allocated for each of fiscal
years 1998 through 2003 under section 657(a) of this Act,
$5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out
this paragraph.
(11) Composite materials.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct research in
the use of composite materials for guardrails and bridge
decking.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(F) of
this Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(12) Intelligent transportation infrastructure.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a program to
advance the deployment of an operational intelligent
transportation infrastructure system for the measurement of
various transportation system activities to aid in the
transportation planning and analysis while making a
significant contribution to the ITS program under this title.
This program shall be located in the 2 largest metropolitan
areas in the State of Pennsylvania.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $1,700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(C) Federal share.--The Federal share payable on account of
the program carried out under this paragraph shall be 80
percent of the cost of such program.
(13) Corrosion control and prevention.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make a grant to
conduct a study on the costs and benefits of corrosion
control and prevention. The study shall be conducted in
conjunction with an interdisciplinary team of experts from
the fields of metallurgy, chemistry, economics, and others,
as appropriate. Not later than September 30, 2001, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study
results, together with any recommendations.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1999 and 2000 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of this
Act, $500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out
this paragraph.
(14) Recycled materials.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
University of New Hampshire to continue research on the use
of recycled materials in the construction of transportation
projects.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(F) of
this Act, $1,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
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(15) Translink.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
Texas Transportation Institute to continue the Translink
Research program.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts allocated for each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2001 under section 657(a) of this Act,
$1,300,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out
this paragraph.
(16) Fundamental properties of asphalts and modified
asphalts.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall continue to carry out
section 6016 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991. Additional areas of the program under
such section shall be asphalt-water interaction studies and
asphalt-aggregate thin film behavior studies.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(F) of
this Act, $3,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(17) National center for transportation management,
research, and development.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to design,
develop, and implement research, training, and technology
transfer activities to increase the number of highly skilled
minority individuals and women entering the transportation
workforce. The grant recipient shall be an institution with a
predominantly minority student population, a dedicated
graduate degree program in transportation studies, and a
demonstrated record for at least 5 years in pursuing the
objectives for which grants are authorized by this
subparagraph.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section
127(a)(3)(H) of this Act, $1,000,000 shall be available to
carry out this paragraph for fiscal year 2000, $1,250,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$1,750,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(18) Infrastructure technology institute.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to study
techniques to evaluate and monitor infrastructure conditions,
to improve information systems for infrastructure
construction and management, and to study advanced materials
and automated processes for constructing and rehabilitating
public works facilities. The recipient shall be an
institution with a demonstrated record for at least 5 years
in pursuing the objectives for which grants are authorized by
this subparagraph.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 2000 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $3,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
SEC. 633. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 49,
United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 5506. Surface transportation research planning
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall--
``(1) establish a strategic planning process, consistent
with section 306 of title 5, United States Code, for the
Department of Transportation to determine national
transportation research and technology development priorities
related to surface transportation;
``(2) coordinate Federal surface transportation research
and technology development activities;
``(3) measure the results of those activities and how they
impact the performance of the national surface transportation
system; and
``(4) ensure that planning and reporting activities carried
out under this subchapter are coordinated with all other
surface transportation planning and reporting requirements.
``(b) Implementation.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) provide for the integrated planning, coordination,
and consultation among the operating administrations, all
other Federal agencies with responsibility for surface
transportation research and technology development, State and
local governments, institutions of higher education,
industry, and other private and public sector organizations
engaged in surface transportation-related research and
development activities;
``(2) ensure that the Department's surface transportation
research and technology development programs do not duplicate
other Federal, State, or private sector research and
development programs; and
``(3) provide for independent validation of the scientific
and technical assumptions underlying the Department's surface
transportation research and technology development plans.
``(c) Surface Transportation Research and Technology
Development Strategic Plan.--
``(1) Development.--The Secretary shall develop an
integrated surface transportation research and technology
development strategic plan.
``(2) Contents.--The plan shall include--
``(A) an identification of the general goals and objectives
of the Department of Transportation for surface
transportation research and development;
``(B) a description of the roles of the Department of
Transportation and other Federal agencies in achieving the
goals identified under subparagraph (A), in order to avoid
unnecessary duplication of effort;
``(C) a description of the Department's overall strategy,
and the role of each of the operating administrations in
carrying out the plan over the next 5 years including a
description of procedures for coordination of its efforts
with the operating administrations and with other Federal
agencies;
``(D) an assessment of how State and local research and
technology development activities are contributing to the
achievement of the goals identified under subparagraph (A);
``(E) details of the Department's surface transportation
research and technology development programs, including
performance goals, resources needed to achieve those goals,
and performance indicators as described in section 1115(a) of
title 31, United States Code, for the next 5 years for each
area of research and technology development;
``(F) significant comments on the plan and its contents
obtained from outside sources; and
``(G) responses to significant comments obtained from the
National Research Council and other advisory bodies, and a
description of any corrective actions taken pursuant thereto.
``(3) National research council review.--The Secretary
shall enter into an agreement for the review by the National
Research Council of the details of each--
``(A) strategic plan or revision required under section 306
of title 5, United States Code;
``(B) performance plan required under section 1115 of title
31, United States Code; and
``(C) program performance report required under section
1116 of title 31, United States Code,
with respect to surface transportation research and
technology development.
``(4) Performance plans and reports.--In complying with
sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, the
Secretary shall include--
``(A) a summary of the results for the previous fiscal year
of surface transportation research and technology development
programs to which the Department of Transportation
contributes, along with--
``(i) an analysis of the relationship between those results
and the goals identified under paragraph (2)(A); and
``(ii) a description of the methodology used for assessing
the results; and
``(B) a description of significant surface transportation
research and technology development initiatives, if any,
undertaken during the previous fiscal year which were not in
the plan developed under paragraph (1), and any significant
changes in the plan from the previous year's plan.
``(d) Merit Review and Performance Measurement.--The
Secretary shall, within one year after the date of the
enactment of this section, transmit to the Congress a report
describing competitive merit review procedures for research
and technology development, and performance measurement
procedures for surface transportation research and technology
development and demonstrations.
``(e) Procurement Procedures.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) develop model procurement procedures that encourage
the use of advanced technologies; and
``(2) develop model transactions for carrying out and
coordinating Federal and State surface transportation
research and technology development activities.
``(f) Consistency With Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993.--The plans and reports developed under this
section shall be consistent with and incorporated as part of
the plans developed under section 306 of title 5, United
States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United
States Code.
``Sec. 5507. Surface transportation-environment cooperative
research program
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall
establish and carry out a surface transportation and
environment cooperative research program.
``(b) Contents.--The program to be carried out under this
section shall include research designed to--
``(1) develop more accurate models for evaluating
transportation control measures and transportation system
designs that are appropriate for use by State and local
governments, including metropolitan planning organizations,
in designing implementation plans to meet Federal, State, and
local environmental requirements;
``(2) improve understanding of the factors that contribute
to the demand for transportation, including transportation
system design, demographic change, land use planning, and
communications and other information technologies; and
``(3) develop indicators of economic, social, and
environmental performance of transportation systems to
facilitate analysis of potential alternatives.
``(c) Advisory Board.--
``(1) Establishment.--In consultation with appropriate
Federal agencies, the Secretary shall establish an advisory
board to recommend environmental and energy conservation
research, technology, and technology transfer activities
related to surface transportation.
``(2) Membership.--The advisory board shall include--
``(A) representatives of State transportation and
environmental agencies;
``(B) transportation and environmental scientists and
engineers; and
``(C) representatives of metropolitan planning
organizations, transit operating agencies, and environmental
organizations.
``(d) National Academy of Sciences.--The Secretary may make
grants to, and enter
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into cooperative agreements with, the National Academy of
Sciences to carry out such activities relating to the
research, technology, and technology transfer activities
described in subsection (b) as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.
``(e) Funding.--Funding for carrying out this section shall
be derived from funds made available under section
127(a)(3)(F) of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation
and Equity Act of 1998.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 5505 the
following:
``5506. Surface transportation research planning.
``5507. Surface transportation-environment cooperative research
program.''.
Subtitle B--Intelligent Transportation Systems
SEC. 651. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this subtitle, the following definitions apply:
(1) Intelligent transportation systems; its.--The terms
``intelligent transportation systems'' and ``ITS'' mean
electronics, communications, or information processing used
singly or in combination to improve the efficiency and safety
of surface transportation systems.
(2) Intelligent transportation infrastructure.--The term
``intelligent transportation infrastructure'' means fully
integrated public sector ITS components, as defined by the
Secretary.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Transportation.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such
term under section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 652. SCOPE OF PROGRAM.
(a) Scope.--Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, the
Secretary shall conduct an ongoing ITS program to research,
develop, and operationally test intelligent transportation
systems and advance nationwide deployment of such systems as
a component of the Nation's surface transportation systems.
(b) Goals.--The goals of the ITS program include--
(1) enhancement of surface transportation efficiency to
enable existing facilities to meet a significant portion of
future transportation needs and to reduce regulatory,
financial, and other transaction costs to public agencies and
system users;
(2) enhancement of safe operation of motor vehicles,
including motorcycles, and nonmotorized vehicles on the
Nation's surface transportation systems, with a particular
emphasis on decreasing the number and severity of collisions;
(3) protection and enhancement of the natural environment
and communities affected by surface transportation, with
particular emphasis on assisting States to attain air quality
goals established pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq.);
(4) accommodation of the needs of all users of the Nation's
surface transportation systems, including the operators of
commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, and motorcycles, and
including the handicapped;
(5) improvement of public access to employment, goods, and
services;
(6) development of a technology base and necessary
standards and protocols for intelligent transportation
systems;
(7) improvement of the Nation's ability to respond to
emergencies and natural disasters and enhancement of national
defense mobility;
(8) promotion of the access and use of data collected from
projects conducted under the program by public and private
organizations; and
(9) the development of a workforce capable of developing,
operating, and maintaining intelligent transportation
systems.
SEC. 653. GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Cooperation and Consultation Requirements.--
(1) Cooperation with governmental, private, and educational
entities.--The Secretary shall carry out the ITS program in
cooperation with State and local governments and other public
entities, the United States private sector, and colleges and
universities, including historically black colleges and
universities and other minority institutions of higher
education.
(2) Consultation with federal officials.--In carrying out
the ITS program, the Secretary, as appropriate, shall consult
with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and
the heads of other Federal departments and agencies.
(b) Standards.--
(1) Development of national its architecture.--The
Secretary shall develop, implement, and maintain a national
ITS architecture and standards and protocols to promote the
widespread use and evaluation of ITS technology as a
component of the Nation's surface transportation systems.
(2) Interoperability among its technologies.--The national
ITS architecture shall promote interoperability among ITS
technologies implemented throughout the States.
(3) Use of services of standards-setting organizations.--In
carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may use the
services of standards-setting organizations.
(4) Establishment of dedicated short-range vehicle to
wayside wireless standard.--In carrying out this subsection,
the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, and the Federal
Communications Commission, shall take such actions as may be
necessary to secure the necessary spectrum for the near-term
establishment of a dedicated short-range vehicle to wayside
wireless standard.
(c) Evaluations.--
(1) Guidelines and requirements.--The Secretary shall issue
guidelines and requirements for the evaluation of field and
related operational tests carried out under section 655 of
this Act.
(2) Objectivity and independence.--The guidelines and
requirements issued under paragraph (1) shall include
provisions to ensure the objectivity and independence of the
evaluator and to avoid any real or apparent conflict of
interest or potential influence on the outcome by parties to
the tests or any other formal evaluation conducted under this
subtitle.
(d) Information Clearinghouse.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and
maintain a repository for technical and safety data collected
as a result of federally-sponsored projects under this
subtitle and shall make, upon request, such information
(except for proprietary information and data) readily
available to all users of the repository at an appropriate
cost.
(2) Delegation of authority.--The Secretary may delegate
the responsibility of the Secretary under this subsection,
with continuing oversight by the Secretary, to an appropriate
entity that is not within the Department of Transportation.
Any entity to which such responsibility is delegated shall be
eligible for Federal assistance under this subtitle.
(e) Advisory Committees.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may utilize 1 or more
advisory committees in carrying out this subtitle.
(2) Applicability of federal advisory committee act.--Any
advisory committee utilized under this subsection shall be
subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.,
86 Stat. 770).
(3) Funding.--Funding provided for an advisory committee
utilized under this subsection shall be available from moneys
appropriated for advisory committees as specified in relevant
appropriations Acts and from funds allocated for research,
development, and implementation activities in connection with
the ITS program.
(f) Conformity With Standards.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure that ITS
projects carried out using funds made available out of the
Highway Trust Fund conform to the national ITS architecture
and standards and protocols developed under subsection (b).
(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to projects
carried out using funds authorized for specific research
objectives in the National ITS Program Plan under section 654
of this Act.
(g) Life-Cycle Cost Analysis.--The Secretary shall require
an analysis of the life-cycle costs of each project carried
out using funds made available under this subtitle, and each
project authorized in section 656 of this Act, for operations
and maintenance of ITS elements, where the total initial
capital costs of the such elements exceed $3,000,000.
(h) Procurement Methods.--
(1) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall develop
appropriate technical assistance and guidance to assist State
and local agencies in evaluating and selecting appropriate
methods of procurement for its projects carried out using
funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund, including
innovative and nontraditional methods of procurement.
(2) ITS software.--To the maximum extent practicable,
contracting officials shall use as a critical evaluation
criterion the Software Engineering Institute's Capability
Maturity Model, or another similar recognized standard risk
assessment methodology, to reduce the cost, schedule, and
performance risks associated with the development,
management, and integration of ITS software.
SEC. 654. NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN.
(a) National ITS Program Plan.--
(1) Updates.--The Secretary shall maintain and update, as
necessary, the National ITS Program Plan developed by the
Department of Transportation and the Intelligent
Transportation Society of America.
(2) Scope.--The National ITS Program Plan shall--
(A) specify the goals, objectives, and milestones for the
deployment of intelligent transportation infrastructure in
the context of major metropolitan areas, smaller metropolitan
and rural areas, and commercial vehicle information systems
and networks;
(B) specify how specific programs and projects relate to
the goals, objectives, and milestones referred to in
subparagraph (A), including consideration of the 5-, 10-, and
20-year timeframes for the goals and objectives;
(C) establish a course of action necessary to achieve the
program's goals and objectives;
(D) provide for the evolutionary development of standards
and protocols to promote and ensure interoperability in the
implementation of ITS technologies; and
(E) establish a cooperative process with State and local
governments for determining desired surface transportation
system performance levels and developing plans for na
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tional incorporation of specific ITS capabilities into
surface transportation systems.
(b) Reporting.--The plan described in subsection (a) shall
be transmitted and updated as part of the plan developed
under section 5506 of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 655. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND
OPERATIONAL TESTS.
(a) Technical Assistance, Training, and Information.--The
Secretary may provide technical assistance, training, and
information to State and local governments seeking to
implement, operate, maintain, and evaluate ITS technologies
and services.
(b) Transportation Planning.--The Secretary may provide
funding to support adequate consideration of transportation
system management and operations, including ITS, within
metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes.
(c) Research and Operational Tests.--The Secretary may
provide funding for research and operational tests relating
to ITS. Such tests shall be designed for the collection of
data to permit objective evaluation of the results of the
tests and the derivation of cost-benefit information that is
useful to others contemplating the deployment of similar
systems.
(d) Demonstration and Evaluation of Intelligent Vehicle
Highway Systems.--The Secretary may conduct research and
development activities for the purpose of demonstrating
integrated intelligent vehicle highway systems and roadway
safety systems. Such research shall include state-of-the-art
systems and shall integrate collision avoidance, in-vehicle
information, and other safety related systems (including
infrastructure-based systems). Development work--
(1) shall incorporate human factors research, which may
include research in the science of the driving process, to
improve the operational efficiency and safety of intelligent
transportation systems;
(2) may incorporate research on environmental, weather, and
natural conditions that impact intelligent transportation
systems, including the effects of cold climates; and
(3) may incorporate materials or magnetics research.
SEC. 656. ITS DEPLOYMENT.
(a) Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Deployment
Incentives Program.--The Secretary shall conduct a program to
promote the deployment of regionally integrated, intermodal
intelligent transportation systems and, through financial and
technical assistance under this subtitle, shall assist in the
development and implementation of such systems.
(b) Goals.--In accordance with the National ITS Program
Plan under section 654 of this Act, the Secretary shall
provide incentives for the deployment of integrated
applications of intermodal, intelligent transportation
infrastructure and system technologies to--
(1) stimulate sufficient deployment to validate and
accelerate the establishment of national ITS standards and
protocols;
(2) realize the benefits of regionally integrated,
intermodal deployment of intelligent transportation
infrastructure and commercial vehicle operations, including
electronic border crossing applications; and
(3) motivate innovative approaches to overcoming non-
technical constraints or impediments to deployment.
(c) Project Selection.--In order to be eligible for funding
under this section, a project shall--
(1) contribute to national deployment goals and objectives
outlined in the National ITS Program Plan under section 654
of this Act;
(2) demonstrate a strong commitment to cooperation among
agencies, jurisdictions, and the private sector, as evidenced
by signed memorandums of understanding that clearly define
the responsibilities and relation of all parties to a
partnership arrangement, including institutional
relationships and financial agreements needed to support
deployment, and commitment to the criteria provided in
paragraphs (3) through (7);
(3) demonstrate commitment to a comprehensive plan of fully
integrated ITS deployment in accordance with the national ITS
architecture and standards and protocols established under
section 653(b) of this Act;
(4) be part of approved plans and programs developed under
applicable statewide and metropolitan transportation planning
processes and applicable State air quality implementation
plans, as appropriate, at the time Federal funds are sought;
(5) minimize the relative percentage and amount of Federal
contributions under this section to total project costs;
(6) ensure continued, long-term operations and maintenance
without continued reliance on Federal funding under this
subtitle, along with documented evidence of fiscal capacity
and commitment from anticipated public and private sources;
(7) demonstrate technical capacity for effective operations
and maintenance or commitment to acquiring necessary skills;
and
(8) identify the impacts on bicycle and pedestrian
transportation and safety and evaluate options to mitigate
any adverse impacts on bicycle and pedestrian transportation
and safety.
(d) Funding Limitations.--
(1) Projects in metropolitan areas.--Funding under this
section for intelligent transportation infrastructure
projects in metropolitan areas shall be limited to activities
primarily necessary to integrate intelligent transportation
infrastructure elements either deployed or to be deployed
with other sources of funds.
(2) Other projects.--For commercial vehicle projects and
projects outside metropolitan areas, funding provided under
this subtitle may also be used for installation of
intelligent transportation infrastructure elements.
(3) Fiscal year limitations.--Of the amounts made available
to carry out this section in a fiscal year--
(A) not more than $15,000,000 may be used for projects in a
metropolitan area;
(B) not more than $2,000,000 may be used for a project in a
rural area;
(C) not more than $5,000,000 may be used for a commercial
vehicle information system and network project; and
(D) not more than $35,000,000 may be used for projects in a
State.
(4) Priorities.--In providing funding for projects under
this section, the Secretary shall allocate--
(A) not less than 25 percent of the funds made available to
carry out this section to eligible State and local entities
for the implementation of commercial vehicle information
systems and networks, and international border crossing
improvements, in support of public sector commercial vehicle
operations nationwide; and
(B) not less than 10 percent of such funds for other
intelligent transportation infrastructure deployment
activities outside of metropolitan areas.
SEC. 657. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
(a) Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Deployment
Incentives Program.--
(1) Allocation.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(I) of
this Act, $75,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out section 656 of this Act.
(2) Use of unallocated amounts.--In addition to amounts
made available by subsection (b), any amounts made available
under paragraph (1) and not allocated by the Secretary for
carrying out section 656 of this Act may be used by the
Secretary for carrying out other activities authorized under
this subtitle.
(b) ITS Research and Program Support Activities.--Of the
amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1998 through
2003 by section 127(a)(3)(I) of this Act, $100,000,000 per
fiscal year shall be available to carry out multi-year
research and technology development initiatives under this
subtitle (other than projects under section 656 of this Act).
(c) Federal Share Payable.--
(1) Intelligent transportation infrastructure deployment
incentives program.--For activities funded with amounts
allocated under subsection (a), the Federal share payable
from such amounts shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs of
the activities, and the total Federal share payable from all
eligible sources (including subsection (a)) shall not exceed
80 percent of the costs of the activities.
(2) Other programs.--For activities funded with amounts
allocated under subsection (b), unless the Secretary
determines otherwise, the Federal share payable on account of
such activities shall not exceed 80 percent of the costs of
the activities.
(3) Long-range activities.--For long-range activities
undertaken in partnership with private entities for the
purposes of section 655(d) of this Act, the Federal share
payable from funds allocated under this subtitle on account
of such activities shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs
of the activities, and the total Federal share payable from
all eligible sources (including subsection (a)) shall not
exceed 80 percent of the costs of the activities.
(4) Participation of other public and private sources.--The
Secretary shall seek maximum participation in the funding of
activities under this subtitle from other public and private
sources, and shall minimize the use of funds provided under
this subtitle for the construction or long-term acquisition
of buildings and grounds.
(d) Advanced Traffic Monitoring and Response Center.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, in conjunction with
the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, to establish an
advanced traffic monitoring and emergency response center at
Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The
center shall help develop and coordinate traffic monitoring
and ITS systems on the entire Pennsylvania Turnpike system
and I-81, coordinate emergency response with State and local
governments in the Central Pennsylvania Region, and conduct
research.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 127(a)(3)(H) of
this Act, $1,667,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this subsection.
SEC. 658. REPEAL.
Part B of title VI of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2189-2195) is repealed.
TITLE VII--TRUTH IN BUDGETING
SEC. 701. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law (except the Line
Item Veto Act of 1996), the receipts and disbursements of the
Highway Trust Fund established by section 9503 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986--
(1) shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays,
receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of--
(A) the budget of the United States Government as submitted
by the President,
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(B) the congressional budget (including allocations of
budget authority and outlays provided therein), or
(C) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985; and
(2) shall be exempt from any general budget limitation
imposed by statute on expenditures and net lending (budget
outlays) of the United States Government.
SEC. 702. APPLICABILITY.
This title shall apply to fiscal years beginning after
September 30, 1997.
TITLE VIII--RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY PROGRAM
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Recreational Boating
Safety Improvement Act of 1998''.
SEC. 802. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 13106 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``(1)'' and all that follows through the
first sentence and inserting the following: ``Except as
provided in subsection (c) and subject to such amounts as are
provided in appropriations laws, the Secretary may expend for
each fiscal year the amount transferred for such fiscal year
to the Boat Safety Account under section 9503(c)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(c)(4)).''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c)(1) Of the amount transferred for each fiscal year to
the Boat Safety Account under section 9503(c)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(c)(4))--
``(A) up to two percent is available to the Secretary to
pay the costs of investigations, personnel, and activities
related to administering State recreational boating safety
programs;
``(B) up to two percent is available to the Secretary to
ensure compliance with chapter 43 of this title; and
``(C) up to three percent is available to the Secretary to
establish, operate, and maintain aids to navigation that
promote primarily recreational boating safety.
``(2) Amounts made available by this subsection shall
remain available until expended.''.
(b) Comprehensive Surveys.--Section 13103(c) of title 46,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) The Secretary shall use amounts allocated under this
subsection to conduct and report to the Congress the findings
of a comprehensive survey of recreational boating in the
United States, by not later than December 1 of 1999 and of
every fifth year thereafter. The amount expended for each
survey may not exceed 50 percent of the amounts allocated
under this subsection for the fiscal year in which the survey
is conducted.''.
(c) Requirement To Use State Program Assistance for Certain
Public Access Facilities.--Section 13106 of title 46, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d)(1) The Secretary shall require that of the amount
appropriated for a fiscal year to which this subsection
applies that is allocated and distributed under this chapter
for State recreational boating safety programs, the amount
described in paragraph (2) shall be available only for use
pursuant to subsection (b)(4) for public access facilities
for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
``(2) The amount referred to in paragraph (1) is equal to
five percent of the portion of sums appropriated for the
fiscal year to carry out this chapter that is in excess of
$35,000,000.
``(3) This subsection applies to any fiscal year for which
the total amount appropriated to carry out this chapter
exceeds $35,000,000.''.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect October
1, 1998.
SEC. 803. AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM
ACT.
Section 203 of the National Sea Grant College Program Act
(33 U.S.C. 1122) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (5);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (17) as
paragraphs (5) through (16), respectively;
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (F) of
paragraph (7), as so redesignated, as subparagraphs (D)
through (G), respectively; and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) of paragraph (7),
as so redesignated, the following:
``(C) Lake Champlain (to the extent that such resources
have hydrological, biological, physical, or geological
characteristics and problems similar or related to those of
the Great Lakes);''.
TITLE IX--RAILROADS
SEC. 901. HIGH-SPEED RAIL.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 26104 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsections:
``(d) Fiscal Year 1998.--(1) There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year
1998, for carrying out section 26101 (including payment of
administrative expenses related thereto).
``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, for carrying out
section 26102 (including payment of administrative expenses
related thereto).
``(e) Fiscal Year 1999.--(1) There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year
1999, for carrying out section 26101 (including payment of
administrative expenses related thereto).
``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, for carrying out
section 26102 (including payment of administrative expenses
related thereto).
``(f) Fiscal Year 2000.--(1) There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2000, for carrying out section 26101 (including payment of
administrative expenses related thereto).
``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, for carrying out
section 26102 (including payment of administrative expenses
related thereto).
``(g) Fiscal Year 2001.--(1) There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2001, for carrying out section 26101 (including payment of
administrative expenses related thereto).
``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, for carrying out
section 26102 (including payment of administrative expenses
related thereto).''.
(b) Definition.--Section 26105(2) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(2) the term `high-speed rail' means all forms of
nonhighway ground transportation that run on rails or
electromagnetic guideways providing transportation service
which is--
``(A) reasonably expected to reach sustained speeds of more
than 125 miles per hour; and
``(B) made available to members of the general public as
passengers,
but does not include rapid transit operations within an urban
area that are not connected to the general rail system of
transportation;''.
SEC. 902. LIGHT DENSITY RAIL LINE PILOT PROJECTS.
(a) Amendment.--Part B of subtitle V of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new chapter:
``CHAPTER 223--LIGHT DENSITY RAIL LINE PILOT PROJECTS
``Sec.
``22301. Light density rail line pilot projects.
``Sec. 22301. Light density rail line pilot projects
``(a) Grants.--The Secretary of Transportation may make
grants to States that have State rail plans described in
section 22102 (1) and (2), to fund pilot projects that
demonstrate the relationship of light density railroad
services to the statutory responsibilities of the Secretary,
including those under title 23.
``(b) Limitations.--Grants under this section may be made
only for pilot projects for making capital improvements to,
and rehabilitating, publicly and privately owned rail line
structures, and may not be used for providing operating
assistance.
``(c) Private Owner Contributions.--Grants made under this
section for projects on privately owned rail line structures
shall include contributions by the owner of the rail line
structures, based on the benefit to those structures, as
determined by the Secretary.
``(d) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of the
pilot projects carried out with grant assistance under this
section to determine the public interest benefits associated
with the light density railroad networks in the States and
their contribution to a multimodal transportation system. Not
later than March 31, 2003, the Secretary shall report to
Congress any recommendations the Secretary considers
appropriate regarding the eligibility of light density rail
networks for Federal infrastructure financing.
``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
this section $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. Such funds shall remain
available until expended.''.
(b) Table of Chapters.--The table of chapters of subtitle V
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to chapter 221 the following new
item:
``223. LIGHT DENSITY RAIL LINE PILOT PROJECTS..................22301''.
SEC. 903. MIAMI-ORLANDO-TAMPA CORRIDOR PROJECT.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Transportation $200,000,000, to be made available to the
Florida Department of Transportation to reimburse the Florida
Overland Express project in the Miami-Orlando-Tampa corridor
for capital costs of that project. The Florida Department of
Transportation shall deposit funds received under this
section into a separate account which shall, to the extent
not yet required for the purposes of this section, be
invested in United States Treasury securities. Funds
authorized under this section shall not be counted in
calculating the allocation to the State of Florida under
section 111.
SEC. 904. ALASKA RAILROAD.
(a) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants to the Alaska
Railroad for capital rehabilitation of and improvements to
its passenger services.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to
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carry out this section $5,250,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003.
SEC. 905. RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSING HAZARD ELIMINATION IN HIGH
SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section
104(d)(2) of title 23, United States Code, $5,250,000 for
each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003.
SEC. 906. RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING.
(a) Amendments.--Title V of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 is amended--
(1) by striking sections 501 through 504 and inserting the
following new sections:
``SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS.
``For purposes of this title:
``(1)(A) The term `cost' means the estimated long-term cost
to the Government of a direct loan or loan guarantee,
calculated on a net present value basis, excluding
administrative costs and any incidental effects on
governmental receipts or outlays.
``(B) The cost of a direct loan shall be the net present
value, at the time when the direct loan is disbursed, of the
following cash flows:
``(i) Loan disbursements.
``(ii) Repayments of principal.
``(iii) Payments of interest and other payments by or to
the Government over the life of the loan after adjusting for
estimated defaults, prepayments, fees, penalties, and other
recoveries.
``(C) The cost of a loan guarantee shall be the net present
value when a guaranteed loan is disbursed, of the following
cash flows:
``(i) Estimated payments by the Government to cover
defaults and delinquencies, interest subsidies, or other
payments.
``(ii) Estimated payments to the Government, including
origination and other fees, penalties, and recoveries.
``(D) Any Government action that alters the estimated net
present value of an outstanding direct loan or loan guarantee
(except modifications within the terms of existing contracts
or through other existing authorities) shall be counted as a
change in the cost of that direct loan or loan guarantee. The
calculation of such changes shall be based on the estimated
present value of the direct loan or loan guarantee at the
time of modification.
``(E) In estimating net present values, the discount rate
shall be the average interest rate on marketable Treasury
securities of similar maturity to the direct loan or loan
guarantee for which the estimate is being made.
``(2) The term `direct loan' means a disbursement of funds
by the Government to a non-Federal borrower under a contract
that requires the repayment of such funds. The term includes
the purchase of, or participation in, a loan made by another
lender. The term does not include the acquisition of a
federally guaranteed loan in satisfaction of default claims.
``(3) The term `direct loan obligation' means a binding
agreement by the Secretary to make a direct loan when
specified conditions are fulfilled by the borrower.
``(4) The term `intermodal' means of or relating to the
connection between rail service and other modes of
transportation, including all parts of facilities at which
such connection is made.
``(5) The term `loan guarantee' means any guarantee,
insurance, or other pledge with respect to the payment of all
or a part of the principal or interest on any debt obligation
of a non-Federal borrower to a non-Federal lender, but does
not include the insurance of deposits, shares, or other
withdrawable accounts in financial institutions.
``(6) The term `loan guarantee commitment' means a binding
agreement by the Secretary to make a loan guarantee when
specified conditions are fulfilled by the borrower, the
lender, or any other party to the guarantee agreement.
``SEC. 502. DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.
``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary may provide direct
loans and loan guarantees to State and local governments,
government sponsored authorities and corporations, railroads,
and joint ventures that include at least 1 railroad.
``(b) Eligible Purposes.--
``(1) In general.--Direct loans and loan guarantees under
this section shall be used to--
``(A) acquire, improve, or rehabilitate intermodal or rail
equipment or facilities, including track, components of
track, bridges, yards, buildings, and shops;
``(B) refinance outstanding debt incurred for the purposes
described in subparagraph (A); or
``(C) develop or establish new intermodal or railroad
facilities.
``(2) Operating expenses not eligible.--Direct loans and
loan guarantees under this section shall not be used for
railroad operating expenses.
``(c) Priority Projects.--In granting applications for
direct loans or guaranteed loans under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority to projects that--
``(1) enhance public safety;
``(2) enhance the environment;
``(3) promote economic development;
``(4) enable United States companies to be more competitive
in international markets;
``(5) are endorsed by the plans prepared under section 135
of title 23, United States Code, by the State or States in
which they are located; or
``(6) preserve rail or intermodal service to small
communities or rural areas.
``(d) Extent of Authority.--The aggregate unpaid principal
amounts of obligations under direct loans and loan guarantees
made under this section shall not exceed $5,000,000,000 at
any one time. Of this amount, not less than $1,000,000,000
shall be available solely for projects primarily benefiting
freight railroads other than Class I carriers.
``(e) Rates of Interest.--
``(1) Direct loans.--The Secretary shall require interest
to be paid on a direct loan made under this section at a rate
not less than that necessary to recover the cost of making
the loan.
``(2) Loan guarantees.--The Secretary shall not make a loan
guarantee under this section if the interest rate for the
loan exceeds that which the Secretary determines to be
reasonable, taking into consideration the prevailing interest
rates and customary fees incurred under similar obligations
in the private capital market.
``(f) Infrastructure Partners.--
``(1) Authority of secretary.--In lieu of or in combination
with appropriations of budget authority to cover the costs of
direct loans and loan guarantees as required under section
504(b)(1) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, the
Secretary may accept on behalf of an applicant for assistance
under this section a commitment from a non-Federal source to
fund in whole or in part credit risk premiums with respect to
the loan that is the subject of the application. In no event
shall the aggregate of appropriations of budget authority and
credit risk premiums described in this paragraph with respect
to a direct loan or loan guarantee be less than the cost of
that direct loan or loan guarantee.
``(2) Credit risk premium amount.--The Secretary shall
determine the amount required for credit risk premiums under
this subsection on the basis of--
``(A) the circumstances of the applicant, including the
amount of collateral offered;
``(B) the proposed schedule of loan disbursements;
``(C) historical data on the repayment history of similar
borrowers;
``(D) consultation with the Congressional Budget Office;
and
``(E) any other factors the Secretary considers relevant.
``(3) Payment of premiums.--Credit risk premiums under this
subsection shall be paid to the Secretary before the
disbursement of loan amounts.
``(4) Cohorts of loans.--In order to maintain sufficient
balances of credit risk premiums to adequately protect the
Federal Government from risk of default, while minimizing the
length of time the Government retains possession of those
balances, the Secretary shall establish cohorts of loans.
When all obligations attached to a cohort of loans have been
satisfied, credit risk premiums paid for the cohort, and
interest accrued thereon, which were not used to mitigate
losses shall be returned to the original source on a pro rata
basis.
``(g) Prerequisites for Assistance.--The Secretary shall
not make a direct loan or loan guarantee under this section
unless the Secretary has made a finding in writing that--
``(1) repayment of the obligation is required to be made
within a term of not more than 25 years from the date of its
execution;
``(2) the direct loan or loan guarantee is justified by the
present and probable future demand for rail services or
intermodal facilities;
``(3) the applicant has given reasonable assurances that
the facilities or equipment to be acquired, rehabilitated,
improved, developed, or established with the proceeds of the
obligation will be economically and efficiently utilized;
``(4) the obligation can reasonably be repaid, using an
appropriate combination of credit risk premiums and
collateral offered by the applicant to protect the Federal
Government; and
``(5) the purposes of the direct loan or loan guarantee are
consistent with subsection (b).
``(h) Conditions of Assistance.--The Secretary shall,
before granting assistance under this section, require the
applicant to agree to such terms and conditions as are
sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary, to ensure that,
as long as any principal or interest is due and payable on
such obligation, the applicant, and any railroad or railroad
partner for whose benefit the assistance is intended--
``(1) will not use any funds or assets from railroad or
intermodal operations for purposes not related to such
operations, if such use would impair the ability of the
applicant, railroad, or railroad partner to provide rail or
intermodal services in an efficient and economic manner, or
would adversely affect the ability of the applicant,
railroad, or railroad partner to perform any obligation
entered into by the applicant under this section;
``(2) will, consistent with its capital resources, maintain
its capital program, equipment, facilities, and operations on
a continuing basis; and
``(3) will not make any discretionary dividend payments
that unreasonably conflict with the purposes stated in
subsection (b).
``SEC. 503. ADMINISTRATION OF DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN
GUARANTEES.
``(a) Applications.--The Secretary shall prescribe the form
and contents required of applications for assistance under
section 502, to enable the Secretary to determine the
eligibility of the applicant's proposal, and shall establish
terms and conditions for direct
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loans and loan guarantees made under that section.
``(c) Assignment of Loan Guarantees.--The holder of a loan
guarantee made under section 502 may assign the loan
guarantee in whole or in part, subject to such requirements
as the Secretary may prescribe.
``(d) Modifications.--The Secretary may approve the
modification of any term or condition of a direct loan, loan
guarantee, direct loan obligation, or loan guarantee
commitment, including the rate of interest, time of payment
of interest or principal, or security requirements, if the
Secretary finds in writing that--
``(1) the modification is equitable and is in the overall
best interests of the United States; and
``(2) consent has been obtained from the applicant and, in
the case of a loan guarantee or loan guarantee commitment,
the holder of the obligation.
``(e) Compliance.--The Secretary shall assure compliance,
by an applicant, any other party to the loan, and any
railroad or railroad partner for whose benefit assistance is
intended, with the provisions of this title, regulations
issued hereunder, and the terms and conditions of the direct
loan or loan guarantee, including through regular periodic
inspections.
``(f) Commercial Validity.--For purposes of claims by any
party other than the Secretary, a loan guarantee or loan
guarantee commitment shall be conclusive evidence that the
underlying obligation is in compliance with the provisions of
this title, and that such obligation has been approved and is
legal as to principal, interest, and other terms. Such a
guarantee or commitment shall be valid and incontestable in
the hands of a holder thereof, including the original lender
or any other holder, as of the date when the Secretary
granted the application therefor, except as to fraud or
material misrepresentation by such holder.
``(g) Default.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations
setting forth procedures in the event of default on a loan
made or guaranteed under section 502. The Secretary shall
ensure that each loan guarantee made under that section
contains terms and conditions that provide that--
``(1) if a payment of principal or interest under the loan
is in default for more than 30 days, the Secretary shall pay
to the holder of the obligation, or the holder's agent, the
amount of unpaid guaranteed interest;
``(2) if the default has continued for more than 90 days,
the Secretary shall pay to the holder of the obligation, or
the holder's agent, 90 percent of the unpaid guaranteed
principal;
``(3) after final resolution of the default, through
liquidation or otherwise, the Secretary shall pay to the
holder of the obligation, or the holder's agent, any
remaining amounts guaranteed but which were not recovered
through the default's resolution;
``(4) the Secretary shall not be required to make any
payment under paragraphs (1) through (3) if the Secretary
finds, before the expiration of the periods described in such
paragraphs, that the default has been remedied; and
``(5) the holder of the obligation shall not receive
payment or be entitled to retain payment in a total amount
which, together with all other recoveries (including any
recovery based upon a security interest in equipment or
facilities) exceeds the actual loss of such holder.
``(h) Rights of the Secretary.--
``(1) Subrogation.--If the Secretary makes payment to a
holder, or a holder's agent, under subsection (g) in
connection with a loan guarantee made under section 502, the
Secretary shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the
holder with respect to the obligor under the loan.
``(2) Disposition of property.--The Secretary may complete,
recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, maintain,
operate, charter, rent, sell, or otherwise dispose of any
property or other interests obtained pursuant to this
section. The Secretary shall not be subject to any Federal or
State regulatory requirements when carrying out this
paragraph.
``(i) Action Against Obligor.--The Secretary may bring a
civil action in an appropriate Federal court in the name of
the United States in the event of a default on a direct loan
made under section 502, or in the name of the United States
or of the holder of the obligation in the event of a default
on a loan guaranteed under section 502. The holder of a
guarantee shall make available to the Secretary all records
and evidence necessary to prosecute the civil action. The
Secretary may accept property in full or partial satisfaction
of any sums owed as a result of a default. If the Secretary
receives, through the sale or other disposition of such
property, an amount greater than the aggregate of--
``(1) the amount paid to the holder of a guarantee under
subsection (g) of this section; and
``(2) any other cost to the United States of remedying the
default,
the Secretary shall pay such excess to the obligor.
``(j) Breach of Conditions.--The Attorney General shall
commence a civil action in an appropriate Federal court to
enjoin any activity which the Secretary finds is in violation
of this title, regulations issued hereunder, or any
conditions which were duly agreed to, and to secure any other
appropriate relief.
``(k) Attachment.--No attachment or execution may be issued
against the Secretary, or any property in the control of the
Secretary, prior to the entry of final judgment to such
effect in any State, Federal, or other court.
``(l) Investigation Charge.--The Secretary may charge and
collect from each applicant a reasonable charge for appraisal
of the value of the equipment or facilities for which the
direct loan or loan guarantee is sought, and for making
necessary determinations and findings. Such charge shall not
aggregate more than one-half of 1 percent of the principal
amount of the obligation.'';
(2) by striking sections 505 through 515 (other than
511(c)), 517, and 518;
(3) in section 511(c) by striking ``this section'' and
inserting ``section 502'';
(4) by moving subsection (c) of section 511 (as amended by
paragraph (3) of this section) from section 511 to section
503 (as inserted by paragraph (1) of this section), inserting
it after subsection (a), and redesignating it as subsection
(b); and
(5) by redesignating section 516 as section 504.
(b) Technical and Conforming Provisions.--
(1) Table of contents.--The table of contents of title V of
the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
is amended by striking the items relating to sections 502
through 518 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 502. Direct loans and loan guarantees.
``Sec. 503. Administration of direct loans and loan guarantees.
``Sec. 504. Employee protection.''.
(2) Savings provision.--A transaction entered into under
the authority of title V of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.) before
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be administered
until completion under its terms as if this Act were not
enacted.
(3) Repeal.--Section 211(i) of the Regional Rail
Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 721(i)) is repealed.
TITLE X--CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING
SEC. 1001. CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure that
all additional spending provided by this Act above the levels
assumed for those programs under section 257 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 in the
baseline projections contained in the Congressional Budget
Office document entitled ``Revised Baseline Budget
Projections for Fiscal Years 1999-2008,'' dated March 3,
1998, except that for programs with discretionary outlays the
projections shall assume obligation authority at the 1998
enacted level and that the programs shall be adjusted for the
transfer of general fund programs to the trust fund, is fully
offset through mandatory and discretionary offsets set forth
in this Act.
(b) Duty Imposed on Secretary.--The Secretary of
Transportation shall not apportion, allocate, or obligate any
funds authorized or provided by this Act unless it contains a
section stating that the conditions set forth in subsection
(c) have been met.
(c) Enumeration of Specific Conditions.--The conditions
referred to in subsection (b) are that this Act shall contain
provisions that offset any increase in outlays from the
Highway Trust Fund caused by this Act above the levels
assumed for those programs under section 257 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 in the
baseline projections contained in the Congressional Budget
Office document entitled ``Revised Baseline Budget
Projections for Fiscal Years 1999-2008,'' dated March 3,
1998, except that for programs with discretionary outlays the
projections shall assume obligation authority at the 1998
enacted level and that the programs shall be adjusted for the
transfer of general fund programs to the trust fund, by
reducing mandatory and discretionary spending.
SEC. 1002. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS
PROGRAMS.
It is the sense of the Congress that provisions referred to
in section 1001(c) that are to be contained in this Act to
offset increases described in that section in outlays from
the Highway Trust Fund should not include any provision
making a change in programs or benefits administered by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
TITLE XI--EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF HIGHWAY-RELATED TAXES AND TRUST
FUND
Sec. 1101. Short title; amendment of 1986 Code.
Sec. 1102. Extension of highway-related taxes and trust fund.
Sec. 1103. Modifications to Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 1104. Provisions relating to Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.
Sec. 1105. Repeal of excise tax on tires.
Sec. 1106. Repeal of 4.3 cent excise tax on diesel fuel and gasoline
used in trains.
Sec. 1107. Delay in effective date of new requirement for approved
diesel or kerosene terminals.
Sec. 1108. Simplified fuel tax refund procedures.
Sec. 1109. Repeal of National Recreational Trails Trust Fund.
SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Surface
Transportation Revenue Act of 1998''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in
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this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the
reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 1102. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY-RELATED TAXES AND TRUST FUND.
(a) Extension of Taxes.--
(1) In general.--The following provisions are each amended
by striking ``1999'' each place it appears and inserting
``2005'':
(A) Section 4041(a)(1)(C)(iii)(I) (relating to rate of tax
on certain buses).
(B) Section 4041(a)(2)(B) (relating to rate of tax on
special motor fuels), as amended by section 907(a)(1) of the
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
(C) Section 4041(m)(1)(A) (relating to certain alcohol
fuels), as amended by section 907(b) of the Taxpayer Relief
Act of 1997.
(D) Section 4051(c) (relating to termination).
(E) Section 4081(d)(1) (relating to termination).
(F) Section 4481(e) (relating to period tax in effect).
(G) Section 4482(c)(4) (relating to taxable period).
(H) Section 4482(d) (relating to special rule for taxable
period in which termination date occurs).
(2) Tax on tires extended only through September 30,
2000.--Section 4071(d) (relating to termination) is amended
by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
(3) Other provisions.--
(A) Floor stocks refunds.--Section 6412(a)(1) (relating to
floor stocks refunds) is amended--
(i) by striking ``1999'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2005'', and
(ii) by striking ``2000'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2006''.
(B) Installment payments of highway use tax.--Section
6156(e)(2) (relating to installment payments of highway use
tax on use of highway motor vehicles) is amended by striking
``1999'' and inserting ``2005''.
(b) Extension of Certain Exemptions.--The following
provisions are each amended by striking ``1999'' and
inserting ``2005'':
(1) Section 4221(a) (relating to certain tax-free sales).
(2) Section 4483(g) (relating to termination of exemptions
for highway use tax).
(c) Extension of Deposits Into, and Certain Transfers From,
Trust Fund.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (b), and paragraphs (2) and (3)
of subsection (c), of section 9503 (relating to the Highway
Trust Fund) are each amended--
(A) by striking ``1999'' each place it appears (other than
in subsection (b)(4)) and inserting ``2005'', and
(B) by striking ``2000'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2006''.
(2) Motorboat and small-engine fuel tax transfers.--
(A) In general.--Paragraphs (4)(A)(i) and (5)(A) of section
9503(c) are each amended by striking ``1998'' and inserting
``2003''.
(B) Conforming amendments to land and water conservation
fund.--Section 201(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-11(b)) is amended--
(i) by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``2003'', and
(ii) by striking ``1998'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2004''.
(3) Conforming amendment.--The heading for paragraph (3) of
section 9503(c) is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Floor stocks refunds.--''.
(d) Extension and Expansion of Expenditures From Trust
Fund.--
(1) Highway account.--
(A) Extension of expenditure authority.--Paragraph (1) of
section 9503(c) is amended by striking ``1998'' and inserting
``2003''.
(B) Expansion of purposes.--Paragraph (1) of section
9503(c) is amended--
(i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (C), and
(ii) by striking ``1991.'' in subparagraph (D) and all that
follows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting
``1991, or
``(E) authorized to be paid out of the Highway Trust Fund
under the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act of 1998.
In determining the authorizations under the Acts referred to
in the preceding subparagraphs, such Acts shall be applied as
in effect on the date of the enactment of the Building
Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998.''.
(2) Mass transit account.--
(A) Extension of expenditure authority.--Paragraph (3) of
section 9503(e) is amended by striking ``1998'' and inserting
``2003''.
(B) Expansion of purposes.--Paragraph (3) of section
9503(e) is amended--
(i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A),
(ii) by adding ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B), and
(iii) by striking all that follows subparagraph (B) and
inserting:
``(C) the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act of 1998,
as such sections and Acts are in effect on the date of the
enactment of the Building Efficient Surface Transportation
and Equity Act of 1998.''.
(e) Technical Correction Relating to Transfers to Mass
Transit Account.--
(1) In general.--Section 9503(e)(2) is amended by striking
the last sentence and inserting the following: ``For purposes
of the preceding sentence, the term `mass transit portion'
means, for any fuel with respect to which tax was imposed
under section 4041 or 4081 and otherwise deposited into the
Highway Trust Fund, the amount determined at the rate of--
``(A) except as otherwise provided in this sentence, 2.86
cents per gallon,
``(B) 1.43 cents per gallon in the case of any partially
exempt methanol or ethanol fuel (as defined in section
4041(m)) none of the alcohol in which consists of ethanol,
``(C) 1.86 cents per gallon in the case of liquefied
natural gas,
``(D) 2.13 cents per gallon in the case of liquefied
petroleum gas, and
``(E) 9.71 cents per MCF (determined at standard
temperature and pressure) in the case of compressed natural
gas.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect as if included in the amendment made by
section 901(b) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
SEC. 1103. MODIFICATIONS TO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
(a) Determination of Trust Fund Balances After September
30, 1998.--
(1) In general.--Section 9503 (relating to Highway Trust
Fund) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(f) Determination of Trust Fund Balances After September
30, 1998.--For purposes of determining the balances of the
Highway Trust Fund and the Mass Transit Account after
September 30, 1998--
``(1) the opening balance of the Highway Trust Fund (other
than the Mass Transit Account) on October 1, 1998, shall be
$8,000,000,000,
``(2) the opening balance of the Mass Transit Account on
such date shall be $5,500,000,000, and
``(3) no interest on any obligation held by such Fund shall
be credited to such Fund if such interest accrues after
September 30, 1998.
The Secretary shall cancel obligations held by the Highway
Trust Fund to reflect the reduction in the balances under
this subsection.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
(b) Repeal of Limitation on Expenditures Added by Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 9503 (relating
to expenditures from Highway Trust Fund) is amended by
striking paragraph (7).
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by
section 901 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
(c) Limitation on Expenditure Authority.--Subsection (b) of
section 9503 (relating to transfers to Highway Trust Fund) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Limitation on transfers to highway trust fund.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
no amount may be appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund on
and after the date of any expenditure from the Highway Trust
Fund which is not permitted by this section. The
determination of whether an expenditure is so permitted shall
be made without regard to--
``(i) any provision of law which is not contained or
referenced in this title or in a revenue Act, and
``(ii) whether such provision of law is a subsequently
enacted provision or directly or indirectly seeks to waive
the application of this paragraph.
``(B) Exception for prior obligations.--Subparagraph (A)
shall not apply to any expenditure to liquidate any contract
entered into (or for any amount otherwise obligated) before
October 1, 2003, in accordance with the provisions of this
section.''.
(d) Modification of Mass Transit Account Rules on
Adjustments of Apportionments.--Paragraph (4) of section
9503(e) is amended to read as follows:
``(4) Limitation.--Rules similar to the rules of subsection
(d) shall apply to the Mass Transit Account.''.
SEC. 1104. PROVISIONS RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST
FUND.
(a) Increased Transfers.--
(1)(A) Effective with respect to taxes imposed after
September 30, 1999, and before October 1, 2000, subparagraph
(D) of section 9503(b)(4) is amended by striking ``11.5
cents'' and inserting ``14.9 cents''.
(B) Effective with respect to taxes imposed after September
30, 2000, paragraph (4) of section 9503(b) is amended by
striking subparagraph (D) and by redesignating subparagraphs
(E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F),
respectively.
(2) Subparagraph (A) of section 9503(c)(4), as amended by
section 1102(c)(2)(A), is amended to read as follows:
``(A) Transfers to boat safety account.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall pay from time to
time from the Highway Trust Fund into the Boat Safety Account
in the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund amounts (as determined by
the Secretary) equivalent to one-half of the motorboat fuel
taxes received after September 30, 1998, and before October
1, 2003.
``(ii) Limit on amount in fund.--No amount shall be
transferred under this subparagraph during any fiscal year if
the Secretary determines that such transfer would result in
increasing the unobligated balance in the Boat Safety Account
to a sum in excess of one-half of the total amount received
as motorboat fuel taxes during the preceding fiscal year.''.
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(b) Extension and Expansion of Expenditure Authority From
Boat Safety Account.--Section 9504(c) (relating to
expenditures from Boat Safety Account) is amended--
(1) by striking ``1998'' and inserting ``2003'', and
(2) by striking ``October 1, 1988'' and inserting ``the
date of the enactment of the Building Efficient Surface
Transportation and Equity Act of 1998''.
(c) Limitation on Expenditure Authority.--Section 9504
(relating to Aquatic Resources Trust Fund) is amended by
redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and by
inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Limitation on Transfers to Aquatic Resources Trust
Fund.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no
amount may be appropriated or paid to any Account in the
Aquatic Resources Trust Fund on and after the date of any
expenditure from any such Account which is not permitted by
this section. The determination of whether an expenditure is
so permitted shall be made without regard to--
``(A) any provision of law which is not contained or
referenced in this title or in a revenue Act, and
``(B) whether such provision of law is a subsequently
enacted provision or directly or indirectly seeks to waive
the application of this subsection.
``(2) Exception for prior obligations.--Paragraph (1) shall
not apply to any expenditure to liquidate any contract
entered into (or for any amount otherwise obligated) before
October 1, 2003, in accordance with the provisions of this
section.''.
(d) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
section, the amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Increased transfers.--The amendment made by subsection
(a)(2) shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 1105. REPEAL OF EXCISE TAX ON TIRES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 32 (relating to
automotive and related items) is amended by striking part II.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 4051 is amended by striking subsection (d).
(2) Section 4218 is amended--
(A) by striking ``(other than a tire taxable under section
4071)'' in subsection (a),
(B) by striking subsection (b), and
(C) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
(3)(A) The third sentence of section 4221(a) is amended to
read as follows: ``Paragraphs (4) and (5) shall not apply to
the tax imposed by section 4051 on and after October 1,
2005.''
(B) Subsection (e) of section 4221 is amended--
(i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3),
(ii) by striking so much of such subsection as precedes the
text of paragraph (1) and inserting:
``(e) Reciprocity Required in Case of Civil Aircraft.--'',
and
(iii) by moving such text 2 ems to the left.
(4) Paragraph (1) of section 4223(b) is amended by striking
``section 4218(c)'' and inserting ``section 4218(b)''.
(5)(A) Paragraph (1) of section 6412(a) is amended--
(i) by striking ``Tires and taxable'' in the heading and
inserting ``Taxable'', and
(ii) by striking ``4071 or''.
(B) Subsection (c) of section 6412 is amended by striking
``sections 4071 and'' and inserting ``section''.
(6)(A) Paragraph (1) of section 6416(b) is amended--
(i) by striking ``or (C)'' in subparagraph (A), and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C).
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) is amended by adding
``or'' at the end of subparagraph (D), by striking
subparagraph (E), and by redesignating subparagraph (F) as
subparagraph (E).
(C) Subsection (b) of section 6416 is amended by striking
paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively.
(D) Subsection (d) of section 4216 is amended by striking
``section 6416(b)(5)'' and inserting ``section 6416(b)(4)''.
(7) Paragraph (1) of section 9503(b) is amended by striking
subparagraphs (C) and (D) and by redesignating subparagraphs
(E) and (F) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively.
(8) Paragraph (5) of section 9503(b) is amended by striking
``and (E)'' and inserting ``and (C)''.
(9) The table of parts for subchapter A of chapter 32 is
amended by striking the item relating to part II.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on October 1, 2000; except that the
amendment made by subsection (b)(6) shall not apply to
amounts received in the Treasury with respect to taxes
imposed before such date.
SEC. 1106. REPEAL OF 4.3 CENT EXCISE TAX ON DIESEL FUEL AND
GASOLINE USED IN TRAINS.
(a) Diesel Fuel.--
(1) In general.--Clause (ii) of section 4041(a)(1)(C)
(relating to rate of tax) is amended to read as follows:
``(ii) Rate of tax on trains.--In the case of any sale for
use, or use, of diesel fuel in a train, the rate of tax
imposed by this paragraph shall be--
``(I) 5.55 cents per gallon after September 30, 1995, and
before October 1, 1999,
``(II) 4.3 cents per gallon after September 30, 1999, and
before October 1, 2000, and
``(III) zero after September 30, 2000.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of section
6427(l)(3) is amended to read as follows:
``(B) so much of the rate specified in section
4081(a)(2)(A) as does not exceed--
``(i) 5.55 cents per gallon after September 30, 1995, and
before October 1, 1999,
``(ii) 4.3 cents per gallon after September 30, 1999, and
before October 1, 2000, and
``(iii) zero after September 30, 2000.''.
(b) Gasoline.--Subparagraph (B) of section 6421(f)(3) is
amended to read as follows:
``(B) so much of the rate specified in section
4081(a)(2)(A) as does not exceed--
``(i) 5.55 cents per gallon after September 30, 1995, and
before October 1, 1999,
``(ii) 4.3 cents per gallon after September 30, 1999, and
before October 1, 2000, and
``(iii) zero after September 30, 2000.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1107. DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATE OF NEW REQUIREMENT FOR
APPROVED DIESEL OR KEROSENE TERMINALS.
Subsection (f) of section 1032 of the Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1997 is amended to read as follows:
``(f) Effective Dates.--
``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments
made by this section shall take effect on July 1, 1998.
``(2) The amendment made by subsection (d) shall take
effect on July 1, 2000.''.
SEC. 1108. SIMPLIFIED FUEL TAX REFUND PROCEDURES.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 6427(i)(2) is
amended to read as follows:
``(A) In general.--If, at the close of any quarter of the
taxable year of any person, at least $750 is payable in the
aggregate under subsections (a), (b), (d), (h), (l), and (q)
of this section and section 6421 to such person with respect
to fuel used--
``(i) during such quarter, or
``(ii) any prior quarter during such taxable year for which
no other claim has been filed,
a claim may be filed under this section with respect to such
fuel.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Subsection (i) of section 6427 is amended by striking
paragraph (4) and by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph
(4).
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 6427(k) is amended to read as
follows:
``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a
payment of a claim filed under paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of
subsection (i).''.
(3) Paragraph (2) of section 6421(d) is amended to read as
follows:
``(2) Exception.--
``For payments per quarter based on aggregate amounts payable under
this section and section 6427, see section 6427(i)(2).''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 1109. REPEAL OF NATIONAL RECREATIONAL TRAILS TRUST FUND.
(a) In General.--Section 9511 (relating to National
Recreational Trails Trust Fund) is repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 9503(c) is amended by striking paragraph (6).
(2) The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 98 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 9511.
The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third
time, was read a third time by title.
The question being put, viva voce,
Will the House pass said bill?
The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. SNOWBARGER, announced that the yeas had
it.
Mr. SHUSTER demanded a recorded vote on passage of said bill, which
demand was supported by one-fifth of a quorum, so a recorded vote was
ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device.
Yeas
337
It was decided in the
Nays
80
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Answered present
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para.30.23 [Roll No. 98]
AYES--337
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Allen
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker
Baldacci
Barcia
Bartlett
Bass
Bateman
Becerra
Bereuter
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Bryant
Bunning
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Capps
Carson
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Coble
Collins
Combest
Condit
Conyers
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Crapo
Cummings
Cunningham
Danner
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
Engel
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English
Ensign
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Filner
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Granger
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Hansen
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hefner
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hutchinson
Hyde
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
King (NY)
Kleczka
Klink
Knollenberg
Kucinich
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lowey
Lucas
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDade
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Metcalf
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Pappas
Pascrell
Pastor
Paxon
Pease
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Poshard
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Reyes
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogan
Rogers
Rothman
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryun
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Saxton
Schaefer, Dan
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shaw
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Snyder
Solomon
Spence
Stabenow
Stearns
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Sununu
Talent
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thompson
Thune
Thurman
Tiahrt
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Weygand
Whitfield
Wicker
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--80
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Barton
Bentsen
Boehner
Bonilla
Brown (OH)
Burr
Campbell
Cardin
Castle
Chabot
Christensen
Coburn
Cox
Crane
Cubin
Davis (FL)
Deal
Deutsch
Dooley
Edwards
Fazio
Goss
Graham
Hall (TX)
Hastings (FL)
Hayworth
Herger
Hill
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hoyer
Hunter
Inglis
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kind (WI)
Kingston
Kolbe
LaFalce
Largent
Lewis (GA)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Moran (VA)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Obey
Parker
Paul
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Radanovich
Rohrabacher
Sabo
Salmon
Sanford
Scarborough
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shays
Skaggs
Smith, Adam
Souder
Spratt
Stark
Stenholm
Stump
Thornberry
Wexler
White
Wolf
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--3
Hefley
Lofgren
McCrery
NOT VOTING--10
Cannon
Gonzalez
Jefferson
Klug
Payne
Rangel
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Waters
Yates
So the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said bill was passed was, by
unanimous consent, laid on the table.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in said
bill.
para.30.24 clerk to correct engrossment
On motion of Mr. SHUSTER, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That in the engrossment of the foregoing bill the Clerk be
authorized to correct section numbers, cross references, and
punctuation, and to make such stylistic, clerical, technical,
conforming, and other changes as may be necessary to reflect the actions
of the House in amending the bill.
para.30.25 order of business-- h.r. 2400
On motion of Mr. SHUSTER, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That if and when the Clerk receives a message from the Senate
indicating that that body has passed the bill (H.R. 2400) to authorize
funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit
programs, and for other purposes, with an amendment, insisted upon its
amendment, and requested a conference with the House, the House be
deemed to have disagreed to the amendment of the Senate and agreed to
the conference requested by the Senate, and that the Speaker be deemed
to have appointed conferees without intervening motion;
Ordered further, That it shall be in order at any time during the week
of Tuesday, April 21, 1998, notwithstanding the Speaker's appointment of
conferees pursuant to this request, for a Member to offer a motion to
instruct the managers on the part of the House on the bill (H.R. 2400),
as if offered prior to the appointment of the conferees, and that the
managers may not file their report prior to Wednesday, April 22, 1998.
para.30.26 contributions of dr. martin luther king, jr.
On motion of Mr. CANADY, by unanimous consent, the Committee on the
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of the following
concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 247):
Whereas the life work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
serves as an inspiration to all people who believe in
justice, equality, and human rights;
Whereas Dr. King advanced his goals and principles with
determination, faith, dignity, and courage in the face of
life-threatening opposition;
Whereas Dr. King raised the consciousness of the Nation to
fundamental injustices and inequalities in American society
and moved the Nation significantly forward on the long and
unfinished road to racial harmony and reconciliation;
Whereas the work of Dr. King created a basis of
understanding and respect for individuals, communities, and
the Nation as a whole, to act cooperatively and courageously
to establish tolerance, justice, and equality among all
people;
Whereas Dr. King's life and political philosophy advocated
the need for men and women to strive to overcome oppression
without resorting to violence;
Whereas Dr. King was the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace
Prize for his unrelenting efforts to bring about social and
racial justice;
Whereas Dr. King believed in, practiced, and urged others
to achieve political change and social equality through
nonviolent means and dedicated his life to achieving the goal
of a fully integrated society;
Whereas there is still much work to be done in achieving
full reconciliation among America's racial, social, and
ethnic communities and in creating a colorblind society;
Whereas Dr. King's life was tragically ended on April 4,
1968, before completing his work and fulfilling his dream of
a Nation where people are not judged by the color of their
skin but by the content of their character; and
Whereas Dr. King's political philosophy and life's work
shine as a guiding light for all people who would live
peacefully together in freedom, both nationally and around
the world: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress--
(1) recognizes the importance of the life and work of the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the civil society and
freedoms of the United States of America;
(2) recognizes that Dr. King's life was tragically taken
before the full achievement of his goals; and
(3) calls on the people of the United States to study,
reflect on, and celebrate Dr. King's life and ideals in order
to fulfill his dream of civil and human rights for all
people.
When said concurrent resolution was considered.
After debate,
By unanimous consent, the concurrent resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said concurrent resolution was
agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in said
concurrent resolution.
para.30.27 designation of speaker pro tempore to sign enrollments
The SPEAKER laid before the House a communication, which was read as
follows:
Washington, DC,
April 1, 1998.
I hereby designate the Honorable Constance A. Morella or,
if not available to perform this duty, the Honorable Thomas
M. Davis to act as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills
and joint resolutions through Tuesday, April 21, 1998.
Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
By unanimous consent, the designation was accepted.
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para.30.28 enrollment correction
On motion of Mr. BILIRAKIS, by unanimous consent, the following
concurrent resolution of the Senate was taken from the Speaker's table
(S. Con. Res. 87):
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (S. 419) to
provide surveillance, research, and services aimed at
prevention of birth defects, and for other purposes, the
Secretary of the Senate shall make the following corrections:
(1) In section 1 of the bill, strike ``1997'' and insert
``1998''.
(2) In section 2 of the bill:
(A) In subsection (d) of section 317C of the Public Health
Service Act (as proposed to be amended by such section 2)
strike ``1998'' and insert ``1999''.
(B) In subsection (f) of section 317C of the Public Health
Service Act (as proposed to be amended by such section 2)
strike ``1998'' and all that follows through ``2001'' and
insert ``1999, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001
and 2002''.
When said concurrent resolution was considered.
After debate,
By unanimous consent, the concurrent resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said concurrent resolution was
agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.
Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate thereof.
para.30.29 permission to file report
On motion of Mr. McKEON, by unanimous consent, the Committee on
Education and the Workforce was granted permission until 5 o'clock p.m.
on Monday, April 20, 1998 to file a report on the bill (H.R. 6) to
extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of
1965, and for other purposes.
para.30.30 order of business--extension of remarks
On motion of Mr. WHITFIELD, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That, for today, all members be permitted to extend their
remarks and to include extraneous material in that section of the Record
entitled ``Extension of Remarks''.
para.30.31 speaker and minority leader to accept resignations, appoint
commissions
On motion of Mr. WHITFIELD, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That, notwithstanding any adjournment of the House until
Tuesday, April 21, 1998, the Speaker and the Minority Leader be
authorized to accept resignations and to make appointments to
commissions, boards and committees duly authorized by law or by the
House.
para.30.32 calendar wednesday business dispensed with
On motion of Mr. WHITFIELD, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That business in order for consideration on Wednesday, April
22, 1998, under clause 7, rule XXIV, the Calendar Wednesday rule, be
dispensed with.
para.30.33 appointment of conferees--h.r. 2400
Pursuant to the foregoing order of the House today, The Speaker pro
tempore, Mr. SNOWBARGER, announced the appointment of the following
Members as managers on the part of the House to the conference with the
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of
the Senate to the bill (H.R 2400), effective upon receipt of the proper
message from the Senate:
For consideration of the House bill (except title XI) and the Senate
amendment (except title VI), and modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Shuster, Young of Alaska, Petri, Boehlert, Kim, Horn, Mrs.
Fowler, and Messrs. Baker, Ney, Metcalf, Oberstar, Rahall, Borski,
Lipinski, Wise, Clyburn, Filner and McGovern.
Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate of the foregoing
appointments.
para.30.34 further message from the senate
A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks,
announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a concurrent
resolution of the House of the following title:
H. Con. Res. 257. Concurrent Resolution providing for an
Adjournment of both Houses.
para.30.35 senate enrolled bill signed
The SPEAKER announced his signature to an enrolled bill of the Senate
of the following title:
S. 750. An act to consolidate certain mineral interests in
the National Grasslands in Billings County, North Dakota,
through the exchange of Federal and private mineral interests
to enhance land management capabilities and environmental and
wildlife protection, and for other purposes.
para.30.36 leave of absence
By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. YATES, for
today after 8:15 p.m.
And then,
para.30.37 adjournment
On motion of Mr. HAYWORTH, pursuant to the provisions of House
Concurrent Resolution 257, at 11 o'clock and 59 minutes p.m., the House
adjourned until 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 1998 for ``morning-hour
debate''.
para.30.38 reports of committees on public bills and resolutions
Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to
the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:
Mr. BLILEY: Committee on Commerce. H.R. 2691. A bill to
reauthorize and improve the operations of the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration; with an amendment
(Rept. 105-477). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union.
Mr. COBLE: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1252. A bill to
modify the procedures of the Federal courts in certain
matters, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept.
105-478). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union.
Mr. GILMAN: Committee on International Relations. H.R.
2431. A bill to establish an Office of Religious Persecution
Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of sanctions
against countries engaged in a pattern of religious
persecution, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept.
105-480, Pt. 1). Ordered to be printed.
para.30.39 time limitation of referred bill
Pursuant to clause 5 of rule X the following action was taken by the
Speaker:
H.R. 1778. Referral to the Committees on Commerce,
Transportation and Infrastructure, and Government Reform and
oversight extended for a period ending not later than April
30, 1998.
H.R. 2431. Referral to the Committees on Ways and Means,
the Judiciary, Banking and Financial Services, and Rules
extended for a period ending not later than May 8, 1998.
para.30.40 public bills and resolutions
Under clause 5 of Rule X and clause 4 of Rule XXII, public bills and
resolutions were introduced and severally referred, as follows:
By Mr. HALL of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr.
Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Wolf, Mr.
Olver, Mr. Filner, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Kennedy of
Rhode Island, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs.
Emerson, Mr. Strickland, Ms. Furse, Mr. Faleomavaega,
Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr.
Kucinich):
H.R. 3615. A bill to amend the Emergency Food Assistance
Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations to purchase and to
make available to emergency feeding organizations additional
commodities for distribution to needy persons; to the
Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. SPENCE (for himself and Mr. Skelton) (both by
request):
H.R. 3616. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 1999 for military activities of the Department of
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal
year 1999, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
National Security.
By Mr. VENTO (for himself and Mrs. Roukema) (both by
request):
H.R. 3617. A bill to make technical corrections to the
Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act
of 1994 to reflect the status of the Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund within the Treasury Department,
to extend the authorization for the Fund, and to make other
amendments to the Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund, the community development financial
institutions program, the Bank Enterprise Act awards program,
and the small business capital enhancement program in order
to more efficiently and effectively promote economic
revitalization, community development, and community
development financial institutions, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of
Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr.
Clyburn, Mr.
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Mascara, Ms. Carson, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms.
Waters, Mr. Olver, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Ms.
Brown of Florida, and Mr. Doyle):
H.R. 3618. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
increase the amount of assistance for providing automobiles
to certain disabled veterans; to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs.
By Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of
Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr.
Clyburn, Mr. Mascara, Ms. Carson, Mr. Reyes, Mr.
Rodriguez, Ms. Waters, Mr. Olver, Mr. Peterson of
Minnesota, Ms. Brown of Florida, and Mr. Doyle):
H.R. 3619. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
increase the amount of assistance for specially adapted
housing for disabled veterans; to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs.
By Mr. GEPHARDT:
H.R. 3620. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to reduce individual income tax rates, simplify the tax
code, eliminate the marriage penalty, provide for return-free
filing of income taxes, prohibit income tax rates from
increasing without a national referendum, eliminate corporate
welfare, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and
Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Government
Reform and Oversight, and House Oversight, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Yates, Ms. Furse, and
Mr. Gutierrez):
H.R. 3621. A bill to eliminate the National Forest
Foundation; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. RANGEL:
H.R. 3622. A bill to amend section 2007 of the Social
Security Act to provide grant funding for 20 additional
empowerment zones, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
By Mr. COYNE (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Stark, Mr.
Matsui, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. McDermott,
Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and
Mr. Becerra):
H.R. 3623. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to simplify the individual capital gains tax for all
individuals and to provide modest reductions in the capital
gains tax for most individuals; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr.
Castle):
H.R. 3624. A bill to amend the Violence Against Women Act
of 1994, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the
Older Americans Act of 1965, the Public Health Service Act,
and the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to ensure that
older women are protected from institutional, community, and
domestic violence and sexual assault and to improve outreach
efforts and other services available to older women
victimized by such violence, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to
the Committees on the Judiciary, Commerce, and Banking and
Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned.
By Mr. CANNON:
H.R. 3625. A bill to establish the San Rafael Swell
National Heritage Area and the San Rafael Swell National
Conservation Area in the State of Utah, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. PAUL:
H.R. 3626. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on the
sale of animals which are raised and sold as part of an
educational program; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. RUSH (for himself and Ms. Furse):
H.R. 3627. A bill to assist local governments and local
citizens' organizations in the assessment and remediation of
brownfield sites, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation
and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Banking and Financial
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. GREEN:
H.R. 3628. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to allow individuals a deduction for amounts paid for
insurance for medical care; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
By Mr. WELDON of Florida:
H.R. 3629. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and
Human Services from promulgating any regulation, rule, or
other order if the effect of such regulation, rule, or order
is to eliminate or modify any requirement under the Medicare
Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for
physician supervision of anesthesia services, as such
requirement was in effect on December 31, 1997; to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee
on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned.
By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Redmond, and
Mr. Skeen):
H.R. 3630. A bill to redesignate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 9719 Candelaria Road NE. in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the ``Steven Schiff Post
Office''; to the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight.
By Mr. BILBRAY:
H.R. 3631. A bill to require the Secretary of the Navy to
conduct a study on ordinance and munitions waste in San Diego
Bay; to the Committee on National Security.
By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. English of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mrs.
Kelly, Mr. Quinn, and Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania):
H.R. 3632. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to grant relief to participants in multiemployer plans
from certain section 415 limits on defined benefit pensions;
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Gekas,
Mr. Graham, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Portman, Mr. Boehner,
Mr. Sessions, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Schumer):
H.R. 3633. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Import
and Export Act to place limitations on controlled substances
brought into the United States from Mexico; to the Committee
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. LAZIO of New York (for himself, Ms. Hooley of
Oregon, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. McIntosh, Mr.
Ney, Mr. Royce, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Dooley of California,
Mr. Boswell, Mr. Weller, Mr. Goode, and Mr. Minge):
H.R. 3634. A bill to modernize the requirements under the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974 and to establish a balanced consensus
process for the development, revision, and interpretation of
Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured
homes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. LAZIO of New York (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr.
Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Bereuter,
Mr. Sessions, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Ehrlich,
Mr. Ney, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Kelly, Mr.
Portman, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cook, Mr.
English of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Metcalf):
H.R. 3635. A bill to provide for the conversion of housing
projects for elderly persons financed by direct loans to
financing under project rental assistance contracts; to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. Hamilton, Ms.
McKinney, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Hall of Ohio, and Mr.
Leach):
H.R. 3636. A bill to support sustainable and broad-based
agricultural and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on International
Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Baker,
Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr.
Manton, Mr. Allen, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Woolsey, and
Mrs. Tauscher):
H.R. 3637. A bill to amend the National Housing Act to
authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to
insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
substantial rehabilitation of child care and development
facilities and to establish the Children's Development
Commission to certify such facilities for such insurance, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial
Services.
By Mr. ANDREWS:
H.R. 3638. A bill to require a preference for Federal
contractors that hire welfare recipients, to require the
Secretary of Transportation to make grants to assist States
and other entities in financing transportation services for
welfare recipients, and to allow the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to provide guarantees of State loans to
current or recent welfare recipients; to the Committee on
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on
Transportation and Infrastructure, and Government Reform and
Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Myrick, and
Mr. Calvert):
H.R. 3639. A bill to establish the Drug Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Administration, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on
Education and the Workforce, and Banking and Financial
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. BENTSEN:
H.R. 3640. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security
Act to permit public schools
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and certain other entities to determine presumptive
eligibilty for children under the Medicaid Program; to the
Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky (for himself, Mr. Houghton,
and Mr. English of Pennsylvania):
H.R. 3641. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to allow capital gain treatment on the transfer of a
franchise in connection with the transfer of an existing
business, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
By Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN:
H.R. 3642. A bill to establish the District Court of the
Virgin Islands as a court under article III of the United
States Constitution; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN (for herself and Mr. Underwood):
H.R. 3643. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to increase job creation and small business expansion
and formation in economically distressed United States
insular areas; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. CRANE (for himself and Mr. Ramstad):
H.R. 3644. A bill to amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide for the use of customs
user fees for additional preclearance activities of the
Customs Services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
By Mrs. CUBIN (for herself, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Stump, Mr.
Hall of Texas, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Largent,
Mr. Jones, Mr. Everett, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Shimkus,
and Mr. Gibbons):
H.R. 3645. A bill to prohibit the return of veterans
memorial objects to foreign nations without specific
authorization of law; to the Committee on International
Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Towns,
Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Davis of Illinois,
Mr. Shays, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Kennedy
of Massachusetts, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Carson, Mr.
Stokes, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. Engel):
H.R. 3646. A bill to ban the importation of large capacity
ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on
transferring such devices to those that were manufactured
before the ban became law; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DEUTSCH:
H.R. 3647. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to make technical corrections to a map relating to the
Coastal Barrier Resources System; to the Committee on
Resources.
By Ms. DUNN of Washington (for herself and Mr. Tauzin):
H.R. 3648. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other
communications services; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Ms. DUNN of Washington:
H.R. 3649. A bill to amend part A of title XI of the Social
Security Act to include retirees among recipients of annual
Social Security account statements; to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
By Mr. EHRLICH:
H.R. 3650. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to repeal joint and several liability of spouses on
joint returns of Federal income tax, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr.
King of New York, and Mrs. McCarthy of New York):
H.R. 3651. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to provide for a standard of efficiency in the
provision of home health services to Medicare beneficiaries
and to reward those home health agencies who meet or exceed
the standard, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. ETHERIDGE (for himself, Mr. Price of North
Carolina, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Frost, Mr.
Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr.
Dooley of California, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Thurman, Mr.
Fazio of California, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Hefner, Mrs.
Meek of Florida, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Matsui, Mrs.
Clayton, Ms. Carson, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Watt of North
Carolina, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Delahunt, Ms.
Pelosi, Mr. Stenholm, and Mr. Moran of Virginia):
H.R. 3652. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide a source of interest-free capital, in
addition to that recommended in the President's budget
proposal, for the construction and renovation of public
schools in States experiencing large increases in public
school enrollment; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. EVANS (for himself and Mrs. Kelly):
H.R. 3653. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to
require that the Secretaries of the military departments
provide honor guard details for the funerals of veterans, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on National Security.
By Mr. EWING (for himself, Mr. Condit, Mr. Shimkus, Mr.
Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. LaHood, Mr.
Minge, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Moran of Kansas, and Mr.
Kolbe):
H.R. 3654. A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of
1978 to require the President to report to Congress on any
selective embargo on agricultural commodities, to provide a
termination date for the embargo, to provide greater
assurances for contract sanctity, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. GREEN:
H.R. 3655. A bill to encourage States to enact laws to
prohibit the sale of tobacco products to individuals under
the age of 18; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself and Mr. McHale):
H.R. 3656. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide an election of deduction in lieu of a basis
increase where indebtedness secured by property has original
issue discount and is held by a cash method taxpayer; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. GUTKNECHT:
H.R. 3657. A bill to suspend the duty on oxidized
polyacrylonitrile fibers until January 1, 2002; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. HILL:
H.R. 3658. A bill to provide for the settlement of the
water rights claims of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky
Boy's Reservation, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Resources.
By Mr. HULSHOF (for himself, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Smith of
Oregon, Mr. Combest, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr.
Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Dooley of
California, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Herger, Mr.
Christensen, Mr. Pombo, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Hostettler,
Mr. Holden, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Watkins,
Mr. Weller, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Emerson, Mr.
Baldacci, Mr. Thune, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Boyd, Mr.
Foley, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. McDade, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr.
Edwards, Mr. Souder, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Scarborough,
and Mr. Hutchinson):
H.R. 3659. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide for Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mrs.
Tauscher, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Mr.
Kucinich, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr.
Gejdenson, Ms. Rivers, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Frost, Mrs.
McCarthy of New York, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr.
Snyder, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. LaTourette, Mr.
Houghton, and Mr. Davis of Virginia):
H.R. 3660. A bill to invest in the future of the United
States by doubling the amount authorized for basic
scientific, medical, and pre-competitive engineering
research; to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the
Committees on Commerce, and Agriculture, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr.
Shays, Mr. Filner, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Moakley, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota,
Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Carson, Mr. Olver, Ms.
Rivers, Mr. Markey, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr.
Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts,
Mr. Waxman, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr.
Tierney, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Delahunt, Mr.
Lantos, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr.
Clement, Mr. Frost, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Moran of
Virginia, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. McIntosh, Mr.
Meehan, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Ms.
Velazquez):
H.R. 3661. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to give greater priority
to research on the exposure of veterans of Operation Desert
Shield and Operation Desert Storm to biological agents or
chemical weapons, other toxic agents such as depleted uranium
and organophosphates, pyridostigmine bromide, vaccines, oil
well fire pollution, and other potentially hazardous
substances, to require the Director of the National
Institutes of Health to monitor, through a comprehensive
database, the resulting effects of such exposure on those
veterans' health and their clinical progress in order to
identify and provide appropriate and effective medical
treatment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on
National Security, and Commerce, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. LEACH (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gejdenson,
Mr. Lantos, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, and Mr.
Sherman):
H.R. 3662. A bill to establish a commission to examine
issues pertaining to the disposition of Holocaust-era assets
in the United States before, during, and after World War
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II, and to make recommendations to the President on further
action, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking
and Financial Services.
By Mr. LEACH:
H.R. 3663. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide equitable treatment for contributions by
employees to defined contribution pension plans; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky (for himself, Mr. Bunning of
Kentucky, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr.
Rogers):
H.R. 3664. A bill to provide crop insurance coverage for
tobacco crops, to provide extension services related to
tobacco, and to provide for the administration of the Federal
tobacco price support and quota programs at no expense to the
Department of Agriculture; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mrs. LOWEY:
H.R. 3665. A bill to amend the Family Violence Prevention
and Services Act to improve and strengthen certain
provisions; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. Clay, Mr. Kildee, Mr.
Andrews, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Sanchez, Mr.
Ford, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr.
Blagojevich, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Lantos,
Mr. LaFalce, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Lampson,
Mr. Hall of Ohio, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Frost, Mr.
Torres, Mr. Sawyer, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Neal of
Massachusetts, and Mrs. Morella):
H.R. 3666. A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act
and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with
increased access to food and nutrition assistance, to
simplify program operations and improve program management,
to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through
fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. MCCRERY (for himself, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Farr of
California, Mr. Foley, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr.
Jefferson, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Christensen, Mrs. Emerson,
Mr. Weller, Mr. Houghton, and Mr. Sam Johnson):
H.R. 3667. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to increase the deduction for meal and entertainment
expenses of small businesses; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
By Mr. MCHALE (for himself and Mr. Buyer):
H.R. 3668. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
provide for the furnishing by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs of burial flags for deceased members and former
members of the Selected Reserve; to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. MCINNIS:
H.R. 3669. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to provide funding for the implementation of the
endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the
Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins; to the Committee on
Resources.
By Mr. MENENDEZ:
H.R. 3670. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to
require States to check law enforcement records to verify
whether adult applicants for food stamp benefits are
ineligible to receive such benefits because they are
detainees in law enforcement facilities or are fugitives from
justice; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. MICA (for himself, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Hastert, Mr.
Goode, and Mrs. Myrick):
H.R. 3671. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to
provide the death penalty for smuggling certain drugs into
the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Rangel,
Mr. Coyne, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Levin, Mr. McDermott, Mr.
Gejdenson, Mr. Pomeroy, and Ms. Stabenow):
H.R. 3672. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to promote expanded retirement savings; to the Committee
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned.
By Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. Castle, Ms. Christian-
Green, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Underwood, and Mr.
Romero-Barcelo):
H.R. 3673. A bill to amend the 50 States Commemorative Coin
Program Act to extend the program by an additional year for
the purpose of including the District of Columbia, American
Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin
Islands within the scope of the program; to the Committee on
Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself and Mr. Clement):
H.R. 3674. A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to
clarify that the Secretary of Transportation does not have
authority to collect user fees for navigational assistance
services, including icebreaking; to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. ORTIZ:
H.R. 3675. A bill to designate a United States courthouse
in Brownsville, Texas, as the ``Reynaldo G. Garza - Filemon
B. Vela, Sr. United States Courthouse``; to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Green, Ms.
DeLauro, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Frost, Mr. Lewis of Georgia,
Ms. Furse, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Rothman,
Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Martinez,
Ms. Jackson-Lee, Ms. Carson, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Rush,
Mr. Engel, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Sawyer, Ms. Kaptur, Mr.
Cummings, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McGovern, Mr.
Manton, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, and Mr.
Menendez):
H.R. 3676. A bill to establish a comprehensive program to
ensure the safety of food products intended for human
consumption which are regulated by the Food and Drug
Administration; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. PASTOR:
H.R. 3677. A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of
the Interior to convey certain works, facilities, and titles
of the Gila Project, and Designated Lands within or adjacent
to the Gila Project, to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and
Drainage District, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Resources.
By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota (for himself and Mr.
Pomeroy):
H.R. 3678. A bill to provide crop insurance, marketing
loan, and emergency operating loan relief for agricultural
producers in certain counties in the States of North Dakota
and Minnesota that have been repeatedly designated as Federal
disaster areas; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. REYES (for himself and Mr. Gephardt):
H.R. 3679. A bill to authorize additional appropriations
for personnel and technology for the United States Customs
Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which
have joint responsibility at ports of entry, in order to
increase inspection and enforcement at ports of entry and to
expedite and facilitate the flow of legal commercial and
passenger traffic at United States borders and interior
checkpoints; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. RIGGS:
H.R. 3680. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to help children
and youth learn English, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. RILEY:
H.R. 3681. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration to review and adjust the size
standards used to determine whether or not enterprises in
certain industry categories are small business concerns for
the purposes of competing for Federal contracting
opportunities; to the Committee on Small Business.
By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Barcia of
Michigan, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. DeLay, Mr.
Boehner, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Canady of
Florida, Mr. Goss, Mr. Stearns, Mr. McCollum, Mr.
Mica, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Weldon of Florida,
Mr. Goode, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hefner, Mr. John,
Mr. Minge, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota,
Mr. Rahall, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Barr of
Georgia, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Bartlett of
Maryland, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr.
Bryant, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Burr of North
Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr.
Camp, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Chambliss, Mr.
Christensen, Mr. Coble, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Crane, Mr.
Cunningham, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Dickey, Mr.
Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ehlers, Mrs. Emerson, Mr.
Ensign, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Gutknecht,
Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hyde,
Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Istook, Mr. King of
New York, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. LaHood,
Mr. Largent, Mr. Latham, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr.
Linder, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McDade, Mr.
McIntosh, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Metcalf, Mrs.
Myrick, Mr. Ney, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Pappas, Mr.
Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Portman, Mr.
Quinn, Mr. Ryun, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sessions, Mr.
Shadegg, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Linda Smith of
Washington, Mr. Snowbarger, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Souder,
Mr. Talent, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Thune, Mr. Walsh, Mr.
Watts of Oklahoma, and Mr. Whitfield):
H.R. 3682. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to
prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid laws
requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SESSIONS:
H.R. 3683. A bill to provide for each American the
opportunity to provide for his or her retirement through a
S.A.F.E. account, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con
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sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction
of the committee concerned.
By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Collins, Mr. Sununu, and
Mr. Portman):
H.R. 3684. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, the Social Security Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the
Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970
to improve the method by which Federal unemployment taxes are
collected; to improve the method by which funds are provided
from Federal unemployment tax revenue for employment security
administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education
and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned.
By Mr. SHAYS (for himself and Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts):
H.R. 3685. A bill to provide that the amount authorized to
be appropriated for national defense functions of the
Government for fiscal year 1999 may not exceed the amount
authorized to be appropriated for national defense functions
for fiscal year 1998; to the Committee on National Security.
By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Moran of
Virginia, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Condit, Ms. DeLauro, Mr.
Frost, Ms. Harman, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Ms.
Lofgren, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Tanner, Mr.
Torres, and Ms. Woolsey):
H.R. 3686. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to make block grants to States for purposes of
improving the quality of child care services and making
grants to business consortia to provide quality child care
services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. THORNBERRY:
H.R. 3687. A bill to authorize prepayment of amounts due
under a water reclamation project contract for the Canadian
River Project, Texas; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. WATKINS (for himself and Mr. Istook):
H.R. 3688. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas
well production; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. WHITFIELD:
H.R. 3689. A bill to transfer administrative jurisdiction
over the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area to
the Secretary of Agriculture; to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the
Committees on Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. WISE (for himself, Mr. Ney, Mr. Oxley, Mr.
Rahall, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Goode, Mr. Strickland, Mr.
Baesler, and Mr. Boucher):
H.R. 3690. A bill to establish provisions regarding a
proposed rulemaking under the Clean Air Act with respect to
the transport, in the eastern portion of the United States,
of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen; to the Committee
on Commerce.
By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Lantos, and
Mr. Smith of New Jersey):
H. Con. Res. 258. Concurrent resolution encouraging
international resolution of the political status of East
Timor; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. MANTON (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York,
and Mr. Bilirakis):
H. Con. Res. 259. Concurrent resolution recognizing and
honoring the people of the Dodecanesian Islands for their
stance in fighting fascism and preserving democratic values
and beliefs; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. RUSH (for himself and Mr. Pallone):
H. Con. Res. 260. Concurrent resolution expressing the
sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp
should be issued honoring Paul Leroy Robeson, and that the
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the
Postmaster General in 1998, during which occurs the 100th
anniversary of Paul Robeson's birth, that such a stamp be
issued; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
By Mr. CONDIT (for himself, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Herger,
Mr. Matsui, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr. Doolittle,
and Mr. Pombo):
H. Res. 406. A resolution expressing the sense of the House
of Representatives that the canned fruit subsidy regime of
the European Union is a bilateral trade concern of high
priority, for which prompt corrective action is needed; to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
para.30.41 memorials
Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as
follows:
273. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of
the State of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution No.
330 memorializing the President of the United States and
Congress to maintain and increase funding for the
Pennsylvania National Guard Counterdrug Program; to the
Committee on National Security.
274. Also,a memorial of the Legislature of the State of
Washington, relative to House Joint Memorial No. 4039 urging
the Federal Communications Commission to review and amend its
ruling barring direct reimbursement to state agencies that
provide telecommunications services; to the Committee on
Commerce.
275. Also,a memorial of the Senate of the State of
Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No.155 memorializing
the President of the United States and the Congress of the
United States to take immediate and necessary action to
provide for United States citizenship for Wojtek Tokarcyzk;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
276. Also,a memorial of the General Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, relative to Senate Joint Resolution
No. 220 expressing the sense of the Virginia General Assembly
in support of the retention of the 1,250-mile perimeter rule
at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
277. Also,a memorial of the House of Representatives of the
State of Pennsylvania, relative to House Resolution 358
memorializing the Congress of the United States to urge the
United States Department of Commerce to continue in a timely
fashion the ongoing investigation relating to the dumping of
certain stainless steel products into the American
marketplace; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
278. Also,a memorial of the Senate of the State of
Washington, relative to Senate Joint Memorial No. 8019
requesting federal funds for housing finance; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
279. Also,a memorial of the Senate of the State of
Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 147 memorializing
the Congress of the United States to provide full funding for
harbor maintenance and lamprey control in the Great Lakes and
to urge other Great Lake states to join in this effort;
jointly to the Committees on Transportation and
Infrastructure and Resources.
para.30.42 private bills and resolutions
Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of the
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:
By Mr. MCINTYRE:
H.R. 3691. A bill for the relief of Augusto Ernesto
Segovia, Maria Isabel Segovia, Edelmira Isabel Segovia, Perla
Franccesca Segovia, and Augusto Thomas Segovia; to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota:
H.R. 3692. A bill for the relief of Anne M. Nagel; to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
para.30.43 reports of committees on private bills and resolutions
Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to
the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:
Mr. SMITH of Texas: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 2729.
A bill for the private relief of Ruth Hairston by waiver of a
filing deadline for appeal from a ruling relating to her
application for a survivor annuity (Rept. 105-479); which was
referred to the Committee of the Whole House.
para.30.44 additional sponsors
Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors were added to public bills and
resolutions as follows:
H.R. 44: Mr. Dan Schaefer of Colorado.
H.R. 59: Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania and Mr. Tauzin.
H.R. 74: Mr. Skaggs and Mr. Rangel. .
H.R. 96: Mr. Pitts.
H.R. 123: Mr. Bass.
H.R. 135: Mrs. Capps.
H.R. 165: Ms. Stabenow.
H.R. 218: Mr. Upton.
H.R. 303: Ms. Hooley of Oregon.
H.R. 306: Mr. Luther.
H.R. 371: Ms. Kilpatrick.
H.R. 452: Ms. Sanchez.
H.R. 453: Mr. Berman and Mr. Sherman.
H.R. 457: Mr. Hall of Texas.
H.R. 465: Mr. Pickett.
H.R. 536: Mr. Menendez.
H.R. 603: Mr. Luther.
H.R. 612: Mr. Torres.
H.R. 715: Ms. Lofgren.
H.R. 864: Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Mr. Kennedy of
Rhode Island.
H.R. 900: Mr. Jackson and Mrs. McCarthy of New York.
H.R. 915: Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr.
Metcalf, Mr. Boswell, and Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania.
H.R. 923: Mr. Hostettler and Mr. LoBiondo.
H.R. 939: Mr. McDade.
H.R. 981: Mr. Wynn.
H.R. 1061: Mr. Gilchrest and Mr. DeFazio.
H.R. 1111: Mr. Boehlert, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr.
Brown of California, Mr. Upton and Mr. Ensign.
H.R. 1126: Mr. Kingston.
H.R. 1173: Mr. Clyburn and Mrs. Capps.
H.R. 1176: Mr. Faleomavaega and Mr. Oberstar.
H.R. 1215: Mr. Waxman.
H.R. 1231: Mr. Neal of Massachusetts and Mr. Bonior.
H.R. 1232: Mr. Regula, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii,
and Mr. Stark.
H.R. 1234: Mr. Hilliard.
H.R. 1280: Mr. Scarborough.
H.R. 1290: Mr. Clement and Mr. John.
H.R. 1334: Mr. Gilchrest and Mr. Stark.
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H.R. 1362: Ms. Granger.
H.R. 1401: Mr. Scott and Mr. Ramstad.
H.R. 1404: Mr. Wexler, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Engel, Mr. Hastings
of Florida, and Mr. Kleczka.
H.R. 1415: Mrs. Capps.
H.R. 1427: Ms. Eshoo and Mr. Bilbray.
H.R. 1521: Mr. Dickey, Mr. Foley, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr.
Weldon of Florida.
H.R. 1522: Mr. Faleomavaega and Mr. Snyder.
H.R. 1525: Mr. Nethercutt.
H.R. 1571: Mr. Lampson and Mr. Nadler.
H.R. 1624: Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin.
H.R. 1635: Mr. Boswell, Mr. McHale, Mr. Shays, Mr. Olver,
Mr. Lantos, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gejdenson, Ms.
Woolsey, and Ms. Lofgren.
H.R. 1636: Mr. Matsui, Mr. Leach, Ms. Sanchez, and Mr.
Fazio of California.
H.R. 1711: Mr. Minge, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, and Mr.
Knollenberg.
H.R. 1715: Mr. Ensign and Mr. Davis of Florida.
H.R. 1736: Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin.
H.R. 1766: Mr. Berry, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Dooley of California,
Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Everett, Mr. Kildee, Mr. King of New York,
Mr. Lampson, Mr. Largent, Mr. Tauzin, and Mrs. Johnson of
Connecticut.
H.R. 1773: Mr. Romero-Barcelo.
H.R. 1786: Mr. Markey, Mr. Pallone. Mr. Meeks of New York,
and Mr. Pascrell.
H.R. 1788: Mr. Kleczka.
H.R. 1800: Mr. Goodling, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. McDade, Mr.
Peterson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Goode.
H.R. 1804: Mr. Callahan, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Hilliard, Mr.
Everett, Mr. Riley, and Mr. Aderholt.
H.R. 1891: Mr. Foley and Mr. Thornberry.
H.R. 2009: Mr. Weygand and Mr. Kanjorski.
H.R. 2020: Mr. LaFalce and Mr. Cramer.
H.R. 2070: Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania.
H.R. 2094: Mr. Franks of New Jersey and Mr. Schumer.
H.R. 2145: Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Cooksey,
Mr. Martinez, and Mr. Pomeroy.
H.R. 2154: Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr.
Conyers, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Martinez, Mr.
Olver, Mr. Lantos, and Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut.
H.R. 2174: Ms. Furse.
H.R. 2231: Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Pomeroy, and Mr. Pease.
H.R. 2374: Mr. Schumer.
H.R. 2409: Mr. Traficant, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Boehlert, Mr.
Gilchrest, and Mr. Ford.
H.R. 2431: Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Klink, Mr. Green,
Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Visclosky.
H.R. 2433: Mr. Pease and Mr. Sanders.
H.R. 2488: Ms. Woolsey.
H.R. 2489: Ms. Carson, Ms. Kaptur, and Ms. DeGette.
H.R. 2500: Mr. Davis of Florida and Mr. Sununu.
H.R. 2509: Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and
Ms. DeGette.
H.R. 2547: Ms. Norton and Mr. Schumer.
H.R. 2553: Ms. Millender-McDonald.
H.R. 2556: Mr. Minge.
H.R. 2568: Mr. Bob Schaffer.
H.R. 2593: Mrs. McCarthy of New York and Mrs. Capps.
H.R. 2596: Mr. Goodling and Ms. Woolsey.
H.R. 2598: Mr. Barrett of Nebraska.
H.R. 2609: Mr. Scarborough and Mr. Barton of Texas.
H.R. 2660: Mr. Minge, Mr. Delahunt, and Mr. Engel.
H.R. 2670: Mr. Gutierrez and Ms. Harman.
H.R. 2671: Mr. Stark.
H.R. 2708: Mr. Hastert, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Campbell, Ms.
Jackson-Lee, and Mr. Pease.
H.R. 2713: Mr. Neal of Massachusetts and Mrs. Clayton.
H.R. 2714: Mr. Snyder.
H.R. 2727: Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Barcia
of Michigan, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Goss,
Mr. Taylor of Mississippi. Mr. Castle, Mrs. Thurman, Mr.
Horn, Mr. Martinez, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Houghton, Mrs.
Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Petri, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr.
Gilman, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. LaTourette, Mr.
Thune, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Whitfield, Mr.
Quinn, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Fowler, Mr.
Foley, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. McHugh,
Mr. Bass, Mr. Porter, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. Upton,
and Mr. Leach.
H.R. 2733: Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Bob Schaffer, Mr. Cook, Mr.
Hall of Texas, Mr. Leach, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Hansen, Mr.
Dooley of California, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr.
Smith of Michigan, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Sessions, and Mr.
Shadegg.
H.R. 2761: Mr. Towns.
H.R. 2804: Mr. Frost, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Hastings of Florida,
and Mr. Hinojosa.
H.R. 2829: Mr. Skelton, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr.
Istook.
H.R. 2874: Mr. Romero-Barcelo.
H.R. 2908: Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Fox of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr.
Stenholm, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Mr. Poshard.
H.R. 2912: Mr. Goodling.
H.R. 2921: Mr. Blunt and Mr. Engel.
H.R. 2923: Mr. Poshard, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr.
Faleomavaega, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, and Mr. Deal of
Georgia.
H.R. 2939: Mr. Hobson and Mr. Graham.
H.R. 2941: Mr. Largent.
H.R. 2995: Mr. Sununu and Mr. McDermott.
H.R. 2960: Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island.
H.R. 2963: Mr. Torres, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Lewis of
Georgia, and Mrs. Maloney of New York.
H.R. 2968: Mr. Sensenbrenner.
H.R. 2990: Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sununu, Ms.
Millender-McDonald, Mr. Lewis of California, Ms. Hooley of
Oregon, Ms. Furse, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mrs. Clayton, and
Mr. Hastings of Florida.
H.R. 3000: Mr. Hobson and Ms. Pryce of Ohio.
H.R. 3007: Mr. Boehlert and Mr. Ewing.
H.R. 3010: Ms. Woolsey.
H.R. 3032: Mr. Hinchey.
H.R. 3033: Mr. Meeks of New York.
H.R. 3050: Mr. Klink and Mr. Clyburn.
H.R. 3081: Ms. Pryce of Ohio and Mr. Boswell.
H.R. 3104: Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Hunter, Mr.
Lucas of Oklahoma, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Leach, and Mr. Diaz-
Balart.
H.R. 3131: Mrs. Lowey.
H.R. 3140: Ms. Stabenow.
H.R. 3143: Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin.
H.R. 3148: Mr. Frost.
H.R. 3156: Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Sisisky, Mr.
Fazio of California, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Sanders,
Mr. Spratt, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Tanner, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Snyder.
H.R. 3161: Mr. Luther.
H.R. 3178: Mr. Sanders.
H.R. 3181: Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Morella, and Mr. Ortiz.
H.R. 3185: Mr. Souder.
H.R. 3189: Mr. LaHood, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Paxon, and Mr.
Neumann.
H.R. 3205: Mr. Maloney of Connecticut.
H.R. 3215: Mr. Paul, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Kolbe,
Mr. Smith of Michigan, and Ms. Woolsey.
H.R. 3225: Mr. English of Pennsylvania.
H.R. 3228: Mr. Royce, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Miller
of Florida, and Mr. Klug.
H.R. 3236: Mr. Fossella, Mr. Obey, Mr. Lewis of Georgia,
Mrs. Kelly, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey.
H.R. 3240: Mr. McGovern.
H.R. 3248: Mr. Sununu and Mr. Calvert.
H.R. 3255: Mr. Engel.
H.R. 3267: Mr. Ney.
H.R. 3269: Ms. Lofgren.
H.R. 3279: Mr. Manton, Mr. Stupak, and Mr. Kucinich.
H.R. 3281: Mr. Frank of Massachusetts and Mr. Waxman.
H.R. 3283: Mr. DeFazio and Mr. Filner.
H.R. 3284: Mr. Jenkins.
H.R. 3293: Ms. Lofgren and Ms. Slaughter.
H.R. 3308: Mr. Rahall, Ms. Kilpatrick, and Mr. Duncan.
H.R. 3318: Mr. Upton, Mr. Herger, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma,
Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. Hall of
Texas.
H.R. 3331: Mr. Souder.
H.R. 3333: Ms. Woolsey and Ms. Furse.
H.R. 3338: Mr. Manton and Ms. Lofgren.
H.R. 3341: Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Frost,
Mr. Moran of Virginia, and Mrs. Meek of Florida.
H.R. 3396: Mr. Hobson, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr.
Frelinghuysen, and Mr. Dickey.
H.R. 3435: Mr. Sessions, Mr. Petri, and Mr. Weller.
H.R. 3462: Mr. Wexler.
H.R. 3497: Mr. Cooksey and Mr. Livingston.
H.R. 3506: Mrs. Northup, Mr. Livingston, Mr. King of New
York, Mr. Baldacci, and Mr. Spence.
H.R. 3510: Mr. Dingell.
H.R. 3514: Mr. Miller of California.
H.R. 3532: Mr. Mascara, Mr. Adam Smith of Washington, Ms.
Danner, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Clement, Mr.
Ramstad, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Whitfield, Mrs.
Sanders, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr.
Jenkins, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr.
Greenwood.
H.R. 3524: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Stark, and Mr. Coyne.
H.R. 3526: Mr. Maloney of Connecticut.
H.R. 3531: Mr. Frost and Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin.
H.R. 3535: Mr. Sensenbrenner and Mr. Norwood.
H.R. 3538: Mr. Bonior, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Frost, and Mr.
Engel.
H.R. 3541: Mr. Packard, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Riggs, Mr.
Evans, Mr. Kim, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Kelly, Mr.
Filner, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Shays Mr. McHugh, Mr.
Cooksey, and Mr. Snyder.
H.R. 3546: Ms. Dunn of Washington, and Mr. Ramstad.
H.R. 3551: Mr. Filner.
H.R. 3555: Mr. McHugh and Mr. Frost.
H.R. 3561: Mr. Markey.
H.R. 3563: Mr. Sandlin.
H.R. 3570: Mr. Miller of California and Ms. Stabenow.
H.R. 3571: Mr. Manton, Mr. Stupak, Mrs. Thurman, Mr.
Bishop, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Kleczka.
H.R. 3577: Mr. Frost.
H.R. 3599: Mr. English of Pennsylvania.
H.R. 3603: Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Filner, Mr. Everett, and Mr.
Cooksey.
H.R. 3605: Mr. Turner, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Sachumer, Mr.
Engel, Mr. Berry, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Torres, and Mr. Fox of
Pennsylvania.
H.R. 3610: Mr. Forbes, Ms. Furse, Mr. Weygand, and Mr.
English of Pennsylvania.
H.J. Res. 65: Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hilliard, Mrs. Capps, Mr.
Olver, and Mr. Faleomavaega.
H.J. Res. 66: Mr. Weygand and Mr. Cummings.
H.J. Res. 99: Mr. Foley.
H.J. Res. 102: Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Fawell, Mrs.
Fowler, Ms. Granger, Mr. Klink, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Solomon, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Young of Florida.
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H.J. Res. 108: Mr. Poshard.
H. Con. Res. 27: Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Meeks of New York, and
Mr. Shaw.
H. Con. Res. 126: Mr. King of New York.
H. Con. Res. 211: Mr. Burton of Indiana.
H. Con. Res. 215: Mr. Lewis of Georgia.
H. Con. Res. 220: Mr. Ackerman and Mrs. McCarthy of New
York.
H. Con. Res. 222: Mr. Menendez, Mr. Ballenger, and Mr.
Sanford.
H. Con. Res. 229: Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms.
Rivers, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Sisisky, and Mr. Stupak.
H. Con. Res. 233: Mr. Bonior, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Lipinski,
and Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania.
H. Con. Res. 234: Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Kelly, Mr.
Rohrabacher, Mr. Scarborough, Ms. Furse, and Mr. Wexler.
H. Con. Res. 240: Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Frost, Ms.
Lofgren, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Pastor,
Mr. Torres, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Roybal-Allard,
and Mr. Doggett.
H. Con. Res. 241: Mr. Luther and Ms. DeLauro.
H. Con. Res. 246: Mr. Blagojevich.
H. Con. Res. 247: Mr. Meehan, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Lowey, Mr.
English of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Cummings,
Mr. Tiahrt, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Poshard, and Mr. Sanders.
H. Con. Res. 249: Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, and
Mr. Bonior.
H. Con. Res. 250: Ms. Lofgren and Mrs. Furse.
H. Con. Res. 254: Mr. LoBiondo and Mr. Rohrabacher.
H. Res. 37: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Hilliard, and Mr. Visclosky.
H. Res. 279: Mr. Kucinich.
H. Res. 363: Mr. Filner and Mr. Spence.
H. Res. 399: Mr. Allen and Mr. Souder.
para.30.45 petitions, etc.
Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the
clerk's desk and referred as follows:
55. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the City Council of
the City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, relative to
Resolution No. R0056-98 urging the United States House of
Representatives and the United States Senate to pass H.R.
1151; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
56. Also,a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County,
New York, relative to Resolution No. 53 petitioning the
Congress of the United States to Support Various Initiatives
for the Prevention and Treatment of Breast Cancer; to the
Committee on Commerce.
57. Also,a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County,
New York, relative to Resolution No. 56 petitioning the
Congress of the United States to Support Use of Military
Force in Iraq if the President of the United States Deems it
Necessary; to the Committee on International Relations.
para.30.46 deletions of sponsors from public bills and resolutions
Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors were deleted from public bills
and resolutions as follows:
H.R. 1173: Mr. Hilleary.
H.R. 2183: Mr. Dickey.